Final Table w/ my 'A' game, Stars, $3+R to Bahamas qualifier WPT!

Pigga

$3+R to WPT Qualifier
143 entrys

Blinds

10-20

Rebought right away 3000 chips

KTd in BB
flop open ended and diamond draw
bet on turn, take 70 pot

nothing else, first orbit

Q4c in BB, not raised,check, missed flop, folded
3010 chips after sb gives me garbage




failed limp w/ 89s on button, 2 ppl went all in, fold

ATh in cutoff, limp (only 2 ppl at table folded...)
flop 5d Qd 5h , turn Kc,fold on turn to 100 bet


67d in mid position, limped flopped diamond draw

turned, str8 draw (OE)
rivered flush, lost to higher flush....
1470 chips

QQ next hand
doubled up vs 66, back to 2970 chips



15/30 blinds
136 of 143 left
currently in 46th


AA in cutoff, raised 150, sb called, UTG+2 called
bet 275 to QTx rainbow, both folded
at 3345 chips


Q8s on button. flop 8's take 720 pot to some1 missing

flush draw on river

AJo in cutoff raised 150
one caller, 566 , bet 250, take 435 pot when he folds

next hand, QQ
utg+1 raised 60, i re-raised 500
original raiser folded, flop 3 spades, i have Qs
bet 500, take down 1335 pot

4710 in chips

limp w/ A8d in mid
flop 57A rainbow, bet 150 in sb, guy before me pushed

all in for 2k, he made 57, other guy rivered trip aces,

my kicker wouldnt of held


25-50 blinds
117 of 143 left
currently in 34th/117 w/ 4650 in chips


A9d utg, limped (bad move, flame later)
almost fam pot, missed flop KT5, folded to 300 bet
turn brings 2nd diamond, but pairs 5's....i wouldnt

make the flush


QQ again (third time) in UTG+3
raised to 350 right before me, i re raise to 1500
folded to raiser, he pushed all in, for 590 more i call
he has TT, and i take a cool 4300 pot when he doesnt

improve
now at 6690 chips

im happy, QQ 3 times, and not cracked once during this

rebuy period, thats unheard of!

limp w/ KQo UTG
flop comes A98, no help folded w/ every1 else to a 250

bet

KQs on button call 150
flop 25s 4c
guy bet 300, i call , sb called, bb pushed all in for

4k
every1 folded




50-100 blinds
102 of 143 left
currently in ????? caught a rush of cards, couldnt type

in when accurate


JJ in cutoff, re-raised 1000
bet 2k on rag flop, took 2500 pot at 7500

AKo in 2 from cutoff
re-raise 1500 (too agrresive now i think about it) vs a

300 raise, guy over the top of me for 2400 more i call
my AKo vs AKo vs QQ
QQ holds up and im back to 4700

AKc re-raise to 700, same guy from before pushed all in
i river aces vs his QJd (which didnt improve), back to

6540 chips

trying to type this up during a rush of cards is

insane!!!

A8o in BB. make 8s on flop (only a Q overcard showing,)
bet 200 on flop, one call, turn rag, bet 300, he folds
take 700 pot


JKo on button, limped
flop comes Jhigh, rainbow (J86)
sb bet 500, 2 callers, i raise 1000 more on button
sb folds, 2 other callers
bet 1500 on turn
guy pushed on 9 on river, making a str8, damn
i called (over 10k in pot, he takes it all)

HH right now

PokerStars Game #783250898: Tournament #3070599,

Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2004/10/19 -

16:52:31 (ET)
Table '3070599 16' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: pullman (2328 in chips)
Seat 2: NYC99 (6015 in chips)
Seat 3: prymetyme6 (5260 in chips)
Seat 4: Cartel Lord (9040 in chips)
Seat 5: DmanR (2225 in chips)
Seat 6: Pigga (6890 in chips)
Seat 7: nick sev (3037 in chips)
Seat 8: DnDDaddy (5720 in chips)
Seat 9: wendy_md (3000 in chips)
nick sev: posts small blind 50
DnDDaddy: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Pigga [Jh Kd]
wendy_md: folds
pullman: folds
NYC99: folds
prymetyme6: calls 100
Cartel Lord: folds
DmanR: raises 100 to 200
Pigga: calls 200
nick sev: calls 150
DnDDaddy: calls 100
prymetyme6: calls 100
*** FLOP *** [Js 6h 8d]
nick sev: bets 500
DnDDaddy: folds
prymetyme6: calls 500
DmanR: calls 500
Pigga: raises 1000 to 1500
nick sev: folds
prymetyme6: calls 1000
DmanR: calls 1000
*** TURN *** [Js 6h 8d] [6c]
prymetyme6: checks
DmanR: checks
AJWH32 [observer] said, "nicks a *****"
Pigga: bets 1500
prymetyme6: calls 1500
DmanR: calls 525 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [Js 6h 8d 6c] [9h]
prymetyme6: bets 2060 and is all-in
Pigga: calls 2060
*** SHOW DOWN ***
prymetyme6: shows [Qc Ts] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
Pigga: shows [Jh Kd] (two pair, Jacks and Sixes)
prymetyme6 collected 6070 from side pot
DmanR: shows [Ah 8c] (two pair, Eights and Sixes)
prymetyme6 collected 7575 from main pot
Tim5469 [observer] said, "inside straight draws"
Tim5469 [observer] said, "dont you love them"
DmanR re-buys and receives 1500 chips for $3.00
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 13645 Main pot 7575. Side pot 6070. | Rake 0
Board [Js 6h 8d 6c 9h]
Seat 1: pullman folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: NYC99 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: prymetyme6 showed [Qc Ts] and won (13645) with

a straight, Eight to Queen
Seat 4: Cartel Lord folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: DmanR showed [Ah 8c] and lost with two pair,

Eights and Sixes
Seat 6: Pigga (button) showed [Jh Kd] and lost with two

pair, Jacks and Sixes
Seat 7: nick sev (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: DnDDaddy (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: wendy_md folded before Flop (didn't bet)




next hand

pushed all in KJo w. 5 mins left in rebuys
took 350 in blinds


First Break

1880 in chips, added on for $3
3880 in chips now.....


Stats @ break

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 60 hands

and saw flop:
- 4 out of 7 times while in big blind (57%)
- 0 out of 7 times while in small blind (0%)
- 16 out of 46 times in other positions (34%)
- a total of 20 out of 60 (33%)
Pots won at showdown - 4 of 6 (66%)
Pots won without showdown - 8


89 of 143 left

Prize Pool:

143 entries, 250 rebuys, 78 add-ons

1st-2nd $650 entry to WPT qualifier
3rd - $113



Real poker starts now, now i have a chance:


75-150 blinds
89 of 143 left
currently in 83rd of 89



limped in w/ 33 after 2 orbits
flopped a set to a rainbow flop (38Q)
turn K pushed in and doubled up

now at 8k

got 88 called the same guys all in
he had 45d
knocked him out

now at 11k ( YA DUDE )

AQo in UTG, raised 600
3 callers, J64 flop, 2 spades folded to 450 q on turh ,

would of held but oh well


AQo in BB raised 1200, UTG who limped pushed all in
i called, he turns AK over

i floped 4 flushing w/ hearts, and river the str8

luckily alive, and at 20k in chips

PHEW


HH


*********** # 1 **************
PokerStars Game #783333642: Tournament #3070599,

Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2004/10/19 -

17:23:20 (ET)
Table '3070599 21' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: wendy_md (4625 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: jacksgrl56 (18435 in chips)
Seat 3: Stevie BJ (13000 in chips)
Seat 5: Bullet_Snare (2900 in chips)
Seat 6: kalookikid (27788 in chips)
Seat 7: cold roll (5587 in chips)
Seat 8: Pigga (10195 in chips)
Seat 9: humanhilite (10555 in chips)
cold roll: posts small blind 100
Pigga: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Pigga [Qc Ah]
humanhilite: calls 200
wendy_md: folds
jacksgrl56: calls 200
Stevie BJ: folds
Bullet_Snare: folds
kalookikid: calls 200
cold roll: calls 100
Pigga: raises 1200 to 1400
humanhilite: raises 9155 to 10555 and is all-in
jacksgrl56: folds
kalookikid: folds
cold roll: folds
Pigga: calls 8795 and is all-in
BigFreddy [observer] said, "still havin trouble finding

conversation huh?"
*** FLOP *** [Kh 8h Jh]
*** TURN *** [Kh 8h Jh] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 8h Jh 9s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Pigga: shows [Qc Ah] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
humanhilite: shows [As Kd] (a pair of Kings)
Pigga collected 20990 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 20990 | Rake 0
Board [Kh 8h Jh 9s Td]
Seat 1: wendy_md folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: jacksgrl56 folded before Flop
Seat 3: Stevie BJ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Bullet_Snare folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: kalookikid (button) folded before Flop
Seat 7: cold roll (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: Pigga (big blind) showed [Qc Ah] and won

(20990) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 9: humanhilite showed [As Kd] and lost with a pair

of Kings


I KNOW HOW LUCKY I GOT, BUT I HAD TO TAKE A CHANCE

Pigga

CHANCE.......
DONT LET ME SCREW THIS UP PLZ

100-200 blinds
currenty 20,300 in chips
10th/59 left


During current Hold'em session you were dealt 79 hands

and saw flop:
- 5 out of 8 times while in big blind (62%)
- 1 out of 10 times while in small blind (10%)
- 20 out of 61 times in other positions (32%)
- a total of 26 out of 79 (32%)
Pots won at showdown - 7 of 10 (70%)
Pots won without showdown - 8


limp w/ KTo, missed, folded to 600 bet
20,030 in chips




100-200 ante 25

19530 in chips
12th of 54 left

19100 in chips, no cards coming
15th/50


QJo in cutoff doubled up a short stack...to 1000


200-400 ante 25


During current Hold'em session you were dealt 96 hands

and saw flop:
- 5 out of 10 times while in big blind (50%)
- 1 out of 12 times while in small blind (8%)
- 23 out of 74 times in other positions (31%)
- a total of 29 out of 96 (30%)
Pots won at showdown - 7 of 11 (63%)
Pots won without showdown - 8

17th/48 w/ 18k

TT in BB, called 1200 raise pf,
flop Jxx rainbow, check-called 1200, turn rag bet 800,

he called, river,Q bet 800 again, he called, and mucked
took a 9200 pot
now at 22,530 chips and 11th

AJo raise to 2k
flop 442 put the other guy all in, made him lay down

66 (according to what he was typing, trying to get a

tell i believe)


5600 pot, now at 26k



2nd break

25.605 in chips

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 105

hands and saw flop:
- 6 out of 11 times while in big blind (54%)
- 1 out of 13 times while in small blind (7%)
- 24 out of 81 times in other positions (29%)
- a total of 31 out of 105 (29%)
Pots won at showdown - 8 of 12 (66%)
Pots won without showdown - 9

10th/37



300-600 ante 50


KTo in BB first hand of this level of blinds

AQs in SB 2nd hand of blinds called all in vs AJc
KK295 board
4k pot and i knock a guy out

final 4 tables, 36 left


folded ATd in EP bc a guy was pushing all in b/c he had

to goto work......good fold would of been vs 99 and

missed

missed a flush in BB, lost 3k


400-800 ante 50
20k in chips
29 left of 143


During current Hold'em session you were dealt 124

hands and saw flop:
- 9 out of 14 times while in big blind (64%)
- 2 out of 16 times while in small blind (12%)
- 24 out of 94 times in other positions (25%)
- a total of 35 out of 124 (28%)
Pots won at showdown - 9 of 14 (64%)
Pots won without showdown - 9


keep getting stuff like Q6o , j6o, ace-rag
havent been stealing any pots, not any half-decent

cards to do so

at 18.5k and i got J6o again in BB blah
j6 off just won my a 14k pot when i rivered jacks

flopped 4 flush, turned a gutshot draw and made a pair

on river, guy tried to raise min (another 1600 on my

bet) i call and take down 14k, back to 27k in chips




final 3 tables

blinds still 400-800 ante 50

i got 27k


11th/24


600-1200 ante 75
24.5k in chips, but no cards
11/22 left


JKo, raised to 6k UTG+1
made a str8 on river vs all in A6s, 14k pot

next hand made 9's full of aces on turn

52k in chips,


88 in SB, 3JJ took a 9k pot when betting 3600 into pot
now have 57k in chips



18 left, final 2 tables
56780 in chips
currently in 5th of 18

stats as of final 2 tables

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 148

hands and saw flop:
- 11 out of 17 times while in big blind (64%)
- 3 out of 19 times while in small blind (15%)
- 26 out of 112 times in other positions (23%)
- a total of 40 out of 148 (27%)
Pots won at showdown - 12 of 17 (70%)
Pots won without showdown - 10


stole blinds/ante w/ TQd UTG+1 pot of 3700
59k in chips


KJd on button
had nut flush draw on flop, made nut str8 on turn
23k pot, not at 72k total

99 next hand
ace on flop and 3 hearts....folded


next hand AQo, limped due to 4 other limpers
caught a stealer w/ a4, floped a Q
97k in chips
NOW CHIP LEADER



1000-2000 ante 100
currently chip leader w/ 97k of 16 left

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 157

hands and saw flop:
- 11 out of 18 times while in big blind (61%)
- 3 out of 20 times while in small blind (15%)
- 29 out of 119 times in other positions (24%)
- a total of 43 out of 157 (27%)
Pots won at showdown - 13 of 18 (72%)
Pots won without showdown - 12

2 hands into the level, folded QTo early suspecting an

all in, good laydown by me....


2 hands later in BB AQo, took the blinds, at 98k


layed down KQo to an all in raise, guy would of turned

a set....good laydown, lost 8k though....no biggie

currently 90k, 2nd/12 ppl, chip leader has 150k

BB w/ K8 soooted, took a 25k pot, now have 103k in

chips, knocked out a dieing short stack and took about

8k from a guy w/ 60k

raised UTG w/ KTo, guy came over the top for 16k

more........folded it, 93k



ATo raise 10k, guy comes over the top for 32 more,

smelled like Ace rag, i call, he turns ace 5

rivers the 5 for 2 pair, other wise i was at 140k.....


down to 32k at third break

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 179

hands and saw flop:
- 13 out of 22 times while in big blind (59%)
- 4 out of 24 times while in small blind (16%)
- 30 out of 133 times in other positions (22%)
- a total of 47 out of 179 (26%)
Pots won at showdown - 15 of 21 (71%)
Pots won without showdown - 13

down to 10 players, im in 9th now



1500/3000 ante 150

27k after blinds hit me

MADE IT TO FINAL TABLE AND FIRST HAND IN BB QQ tripled

up off 2 big stacks, now 82k again

KJh UTG raised to 12k pf, hit a K took a just shy of

50k pot

back to 103k

stats at final 7


During current Hold'em session you were dealt 192

hands and saw flop:
- 15 out of 25 times while in big blind (60%)
- 4 out of 26 times while in small blind (15%)
- 31 out of 141 times in other positions (21%)
- a total of 50 out of 192 (26%)
Pots won at showdown - 16 of 22 (72%)
Pots won without showdown - 14



44 took out AJo

6 left



2000-4000 ante 200

in 3rd of 6 currently


During current Hold'em session you were dealt 203

hands and saw flop:
- 15 out of 26 times while in big blind (57%)
- 4 out of 28 times while in small blind (14%)
- 31 out of 149 times in other positions (20%)
- a total of 50 out of 203 (24%)
Pots won at showdown - 16 of 22 (72%)
Pots won without showdown - 15

106k in chips



final 5
lost 30k w/ KTo

at about 66k

made 37k back w/ 57s

at 87k

took 10k in bb w/ 8T diam to a all h flop, had tens tho

down 75k after a few orbits

made a move w/ AT beat A9, rivered a 10 to beat his 9's

from the flop


made nut str8 on river, got 231k now



3000-6000 ante 300

chip leader w/ 228k

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 230

hands and saw flop:
- 18 out of 32 times while in big blind (56%)
- 5 out of 33 times while in small blind (15%)
- 32 out of 165 times in other positions (19%)
- a total of 55 out of 230 (23%)
Pots won at showdown - 18 of 24 (75%)
Pots won without showdown - 18



once it was 4-handed, im laying down ATo and JKo,KTo to

small pf raise b/c Mini Helmuth is dangerously

shortstacked and we are on the bubble


flopped a set of 8's in BB and now up to 253k

next hand AJc, 50k more WAHOO

285k total

QTo in SB, IS A BEAUTIFUL HAND

raise 18k from sb, called by bb
flop KJ2 rainbow

i bet 24k, he called, turn = 9 GIVING ME THE NUT

STR8!!!!

bet 30k, he cold called, river, BLANK

i bet 42k, he pushed all in, I JUMPED OUTTA MY CHAIR

AND CALLED w/ GG right away ready!

Finally lately all these bubbles, and now 1st place and

$650 richer off a $6 entry!


Thanks to all the forum peeps for cheering me on and

keeping me on my 'A' game, represent guys


the HH that won it all for me


*********** # 1 **************
PokerStars Game #783777837: Tournament #3070599,

Hold'em No Limit - Level XV (3000/6000) - 2004/10/19 -

19:59:00 (ET)
Table '3070599 3' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Pigga (279276 in chips)
Seat 8: Hydro (211284 in chips)
Seat 9: Scotteyes (254940 in chips)
Pigga: posts the ante 300
Hydro: posts the ante 300
Scotteyes: posts the ante 300
Pigga: posts small blind 3000
Hydro: posts big blind 6000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Pigga [Qh Td]
Scotteyes: folds
Pigga: raises 18000 to 24000
Hydro: calls 18000
*** FLOP *** [2c Jd Kc]
Pigga: bets 12000
Hydro: calls 12000
*** TURN *** [2c Jd Kc] [9d]
Pigga: bets 30000
Hydro: calls 30000
*** RIVER *** [2c Jd Kc 9d] [5h]
Pigga: bets 42000
Hydro: raises 102984 to 144984 and is all-in
Pigga: calls 102984
Pigga said, "gg"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hydro: shows [Kd 2s] (two pair, Kings and Deuces)
Pigga: shows [Qh Td] (a straight, Nine to King)
ScottyZ [observer] said, "woohoo!!!!!"
Scotteyes said, "gg"
Pigga collected 422868 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 422868 | Rake 0
Board [2c Jd Kc 9d 5h]
Seat 1: Pigga (small blind) showed [Qh Td] and won

(422868) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 8: Hydro (big blind) showed [Kd 2s] and lost with

two pair, Kings and Deuces
Seat 9: Scotteyes (button) folded before Flop (didn't

bet)



thanks once again, you guys are helping me improve my

game greatly, and now its finally showing


cheers, im getting drunk tonight to celebrate!



**ps**
the other hand i thought i did great, was vs DnD i smelled ace-rag and i caught him w/ the A5o and it was a great read, too bad the 5 spiked on the river, but i guess it made up when i spiked the AT vs A9, and he had 9's on the flop but i made the 10 on the river!!!!!!!

Thanks once again all. maybe ill see ya in bahamas!

Pigga

Tournament started - 2004/10/19 - 16:00:00 (ET)
Tournament finished - 2004/10/19 - 19:59:57 (ET)
1: Scotteyes (Hillsboro), (qualified for the target tournament)
2: Pigga (Sardis), (qualified for the target tournament)
3: Hydro (Titusville ), $113.00
4: Mini_Helmuth (Mirfield),
5: DnDDaddy (Redmond),
6: brett279 (USMC),
7: Tee Du Temps (coconut creek),
8: pepsi13 (Masury),
9: Johnny Fanta (Lawrenceville),

(i technically had first, w/ over 400k in chips but meh)


251 hands played and saw flop:
- 8 times out of 39 while in small blind (20%)
- 19 times out of 37 while in big blind (51%)
- 32 times out of 175 in other positions (18%)
- a total of 59 times out of 251 (23%)

Pots won at showdown - 21 out of 27 (77%)
Pots won without showdown - 20

Hork42

Congrats Pigga! Good work. Good luck in the next one!


hork.

DJP

Congrats on the win. Nice to see members here taking down some tourneys.
I also remember playing against that mini hellmuth guy in a tourney before too. Can't remember if I made notes or not. lol

ralphthemouse

very nice job.

take it all the way!

djw

Awesome! Congrats

Adam**

WTG now do it again, BAHAMAS baby.......

Pigga

i played in a sat for it again today, using my $W

fell shortstack nearing the final table

i busted out 12th, w/ TJ on a AT7J board, i pushed, called by 89 and river was a blank.....ill probably win another seat but we'll see what happens


im playing the best poker ever right now, making it far into these huge mtt, so im happy w/ my play, and i know im going to make more and more final tables....patience is paying off to wait for those great cards

btw, if anyone is interested, i have 500 $W for sale, email me if you are!

james@pokerplayer.ca


Thanks

Pigga

**EDIT** sold all the $w.....sorry