JOUR de POKER 2 - Results
First, thanks to everyone for a really fun day of poker. Nine no-shows put a small damper on the beginning of the tournament, but that was quickly overcome once the cards hit the table.
The lesson I've learned from this one is that it is possible to plan something too far in advance. On the plus side, we immediately dropped to 3 tables which left one table open and ready for the side games which soon started up.
The order of elimination was as follows...
23rd - 4:17pm - "Professor" Dave
22nd - 4:24pm - "Bluffy" Jeff B.
21st - 4:37pm - "Ercules" Eric R.
20th - 4:55pm - "Redington" Tyson
19th - 4:58pm - "Jester" Clint O.
18th - 5:35pm - "PeterWin" Peter
17th - 5:37pm - "Princess" Lisa H.
16th - 6:57pm - "The packy" Mark
15th - 7:00pm - "friend of pokerpimp2" Rick
14th - 7:08pm - "Dirty Whore" Mark B.
13th - 7:13pm - "Slippery" Pete A.
12th - 7:21pm - "Shopsy" Jeff
11th - 7:28pm - "Dumb Fluck" Adam S.
10th - 7:37pm - "castor" Adam a.k.a. "The Pringles Can"
9th - 7:48pm - "Pinhead" Brad
FINAL TABLE (starting chip count at final table)
8th - 8:05pm - "pokerpimp" John (21,800 chips)
In his first tournament at Bristol St., John made it to the final table, not content to simply limp into the money. He made a move and it didn't hold up. Good to see the pokerpimp crew out at Bristol St.!
7th - 8:50pm - "All-In" Steve S. (28,200 chips)
The defending champion of Jour de Poker lost most of his chips in a semi bluff against "stpboy". Steve had an incredible run at the beginning of the day to build up his stack then used it agressively and well throughout the rest of the tournament. Mr. "All-In" has vowed to be back at the final table soon.
6th - 9:08pm - "Iron" Richard (21,150)
One of the more solild players, Iron used selective starting hands to propel himself to the final table. Sadly bursting on the bubble, "Iron" had a great time and can't wait for the next event.
5th - 9:32pm - "Zithal" Rob L. (10,900) $46
The tournament found himself at a 3K stack at one point doubling up two hands in a row to make a comeback. The first double-up was a bad beat as he moved all-in with A6d, only to run into KK. An A on the river put him back in the game.
4th - 10:00pm - "Siswanto" Mike S. (68,200) $92
The chip leader at the final table, his luck completely dried up. That and the fact that people "kept raising my big blind" kept Siswanto from a higher postion.
3rd - 10:23pm - "The Incredible Hulk" Dave B. (46,100) $138
Like "Zithal", "The Hulk" found himself to under 10k in chips very late in the tournament. Two double ups just before the final table formed propelled him into a nice sized stack and third place money. A regular at the Bristol St. Casino, this was Dave's first "In the money" finish!
2nd - 10:46pm - "stpboy" Shannon (22,000) $300
Once we were down to two players, stp couldn't finish SirWatts off. Twice he had him covered all-in and both times SirWatts found a way back. Finally, with both stacks roughly equal, both players agreed to a split of $300 with $44 and the title of Champion to be played out. "stpboy" has come off a fresh 33rd place finish at the Brantford Tournament and his winning ways continue at Bristol St.
1st - 10:46pm - "SirWatts" Mike (17,000) $344
Finishing on the bubble in JdP Event #1 and winning his way in at the second satellite tournament, SirWatts played a great tournament earning his first place finish and title of Jour de Poker 2 Champion, representing the largest win to date of this young future pro. Congrats on a well-played tournament!
It was a grueling day of poker and I just want to thank everyone that was able to make it out. See you at Jour de Poker 3!
Please feel free to add your "favorite moment/hand/bad beat of the day" to this thread... I can't wait to see the response from Redington.
The lesson I've learned from this one is that it is possible to plan something too far in advance. On the plus side, we immediately dropped to 3 tables which left one table open and ready for the side games which soon started up.
The order of elimination was as follows...
23rd - 4:17pm - "Professor" Dave
22nd - 4:24pm - "Bluffy" Jeff B.
21st - 4:37pm - "Ercules" Eric R.
20th - 4:55pm - "Redington" Tyson
19th - 4:58pm - "Jester" Clint O.
18th - 5:35pm - "PeterWin" Peter
17th - 5:37pm - "Princess" Lisa H.
16th - 6:57pm - "The packy" Mark
15th - 7:00pm - "friend of pokerpimp2" Rick
14th - 7:08pm - "Dirty Whore" Mark B.
13th - 7:13pm - "Slippery" Pete A.
12th - 7:21pm - "Shopsy" Jeff
11th - 7:28pm - "Dumb Fluck" Adam S.
10th - 7:37pm - "castor" Adam a.k.a. "The Pringles Can"
9th - 7:48pm - "Pinhead" Brad
FINAL TABLE (starting chip count at final table)
8th - 8:05pm - "pokerpimp" John (21,800 chips)
In his first tournament at Bristol St., John made it to the final table, not content to simply limp into the money. He made a move and it didn't hold up. Good to see the pokerpimp crew out at Bristol St.!
7th - 8:50pm - "All-In" Steve S. (28,200 chips)
The defending champion of Jour de Poker lost most of his chips in a semi bluff against "stpboy". Steve had an incredible run at the beginning of the day to build up his stack then used it agressively and well throughout the rest of the tournament. Mr. "All-In" has vowed to be back at the final table soon.
6th - 9:08pm - "Iron" Richard (21,150)
One of the more solild players, Iron used selective starting hands to propel himself to the final table. Sadly bursting on the bubble, "Iron" had a great time and can't wait for the next event.
5th - 9:32pm - "Zithal" Rob L. (10,900) $46
The tournament found himself at a 3K stack at one point doubling up two hands in a row to make a comeback. The first double-up was a bad beat as he moved all-in with A6d, only to run into KK. An A on the river put him back in the game.
4th - 10:00pm - "Siswanto" Mike S. (68,200) $92
The chip leader at the final table, his luck completely dried up. That and the fact that people "kept raising my big blind" kept Siswanto from a higher postion.
3rd - 10:23pm - "The Incredible Hulk" Dave B. (46,100) $138
Like "Zithal", "The Hulk" found himself to under 10k in chips very late in the tournament. Two double ups just before the final table formed propelled him into a nice sized stack and third place money. A regular at the Bristol St. Casino, this was Dave's first "In the money" finish!
2nd - 10:46pm - "stpboy" Shannon (22,000) $300
Once we were down to two players, stp couldn't finish SirWatts off. Twice he had him covered all-in and both times SirWatts found a way back. Finally, with both stacks roughly equal, both players agreed to a split of $300 with $44 and the title of Champion to be played out. "stpboy" has come off a fresh 33rd place finish at the Brantford Tournament and his winning ways continue at Bristol St.
1st - 10:46pm - "SirWatts" Mike (17,000) $344
Finishing on the bubble in JdP Event #1 and winning his way in at the second satellite tournament, SirWatts played a great tournament earning his first place finish and title of Jour de Poker 2 Champion, representing the largest win to date of this young future pro. Congrats on a well-played tournament!
It was a grueling day of poker and I just want to thank everyone that was able to make it out. See you at Jour de Poker 3!
Please feel free to add your "favorite moment/hand/bad beat of the day" to this thread... I can't wait to see the response from Redington.
Comments
I actually put together some notes on some hands and I'll try to get a post together on a few of those later on. Thanks again to Rob and to all the great players for a fun night.
Chip counts...
stpboy (me) 25K
Hulk 40K
Steve "all in" 30K
Top 5 get paid
Blinds 250/500 8 players remain
I call the BB with Jc10d off in middle position.
The SB (hulk) and BB (Steve "All-in") complete.
Flop 4d Js 8d
SB fires out 1000, BB calls. I'm thinking here that Hulk has a pair and wants to end it here or he is on the flush draw. I know I have the Steve beat because he would have raised with anything better then J10 preflop. I call.
Turn Ac
Hulk and Steve "all in" both check. I bet 2700.
Hulk calls, Steve folds.
River 9d
I quickly motion to my chips as if I am gong to bet and then look to Hulk and say "oh, it's on you". He checks and I check right behind him. He falls back in his chair "CRAP!" and flips over his flush (2d 3d). He asked me if I meant to motion to my chips and congratulated me on a "nice move".
I could have lost more in that hand but wanted and needed to see what he was betting with. I guess the lesson here is two fold, 1) you gotta raise 2) you gotta bet...1 for me 2 for him.
stp
I need to learn how to play shortstacked...
DONT GO RABBIT HUNTING!!!!!!!
Here is the first hand that I lost it on...
Blinds 100-200
One bettor ahead immedietly to my right, were in late position, he raises to 500, I have AKd and make it 1500 to go as this guy has raised with unsuited connectors, naked aces etc.
He calls
FLOP Td 3o 6o
He goes all -in for 6000 and has me covered. This is maybe the second all in of the tourny and everyone comes over to see.
I think about it, wasnt sure if he had a set or it was a scare bet with an over pair...I even flip my cards over and ask if I should call. Something told me he had it and I laid it down.
Sure enough he flips TT for the set,
So as a congratulations for my great laydown, I ask to see the next cards.
Qd ....burn ...then Jd.....
at first I was thinking wow, I would have made the flush....
Then as everyone starts hollering... and I realize...I would have rivered the Royal Flush.... doubled up and it would have been a completely different tourny.
That burned, I kept telling myself it was a great laydown. So don't go rabbit hunting!!!! Especially when all it can do is hurt you.
I guess it is all relative though... I can completely say I outplayed myself as
I looked over at the Pringles Can that was in the place of someone who paid but didnt show up and was being blinded.... the can finished tenth.
But as always, the side games proved to be Quite lucrative.... maybe an early exit strategy is a good idea!
See everyone at my place on the 4th.
Redington
Let's see... I'm sure some these details are incorrect, but hopefully it's close.
Early on, I think blinds 75-150 (3rd level?) before the break. I am in the big blind with KsTs. It is raised by UTG, a fairly aggressive player, to 2X BB (I think). UTG+1 calls. He and UTG have been butting heads a little, probably because UTG+1 knows UTG is playing aggressively with a wide range of hands. One other caller on the button and I decide to call and see a flop.
Flop comes Qs xs xs (sorry can't remember the x cards, but they weren't aces, Kings or tens).
I bet out around $1K. All fold except UTG+1 who calls. I'm only slightly worried about a made nut flush because I have the Ks, and the Qs is out meaning they weren't playing AsQs or AsKs.
Turn is an 8o I believe. I remember it gave a potential straight draw. At this point I am sure that UTG+1 has either AQ or the As and no other spade. I muddle up and anounce I'm betting $3K but only throw in 1.5K in chips. UTG+1 calls. I am fairly certain he's got the Ace of spades now and is hoping to catch the nut flush.
River is a brick. I bet $2K, hoping that it is a low enough amount that he might call with a pair, but he doesn't bite.
It seemed like a more interesting hand at the time, but it's was pretty boring when I look back at it. It got me up to $12K for the break, which was fine by me. I coasted for a while afterwards waiting for a quality holding.
Later on, I get moved downstairs and I'm very happy to leave table 3. I am to the immediate right of the chip leader, Mike S. He did not remember me, but I recall all too well he busted me out at a tournament in Toronto a couple of months back. At that game, he had limped in UTG and then set me all in when I made a steal attempt... turned out he had pocket Kings.
Anyways, I know he's a good player, and knows how to play with a larger stack as he has been stealing and bullying the table I'm at. I'm down to about $8K and the blinds have now gone up enough that I need to start moving. I believe it's $400/800 blinds. I'm in the small blind and it's folded around to me. I look down at pocket kings. I am trying to convince him I'm making a half hearted steal attempt, so I raise to $2000 total. He sets me all in and I call and double up. I tell him about the last tournament where he busted me with Kings and we end up exchanging a few friendly verbal jabs (he's still a big stack... I didn't hurt him too much). Naturally he keeps making steals on my small blind for the next bit, and I keep telling him I have a feeling he's going to double me up again.
I made a bunch of notes afterwards about a lot of hands but nothing is all that interesting. Writing down the key hands really helped me a lot in figuring out what I did right, and especially what I did wrong. I was disappointed with my final table performance, but part of that was just my lack of experience. I faltered in changing gears at a time where I had to either be really aggressive or continue being patient and playing solid hands (I had time to wait a little I think as I had around 18 BB and there were 2 shorter stacks that were under pressure). It was like changing gears on a mountain bike and having the gears slip, leaving you in limbo...neither high or low gear. I don't have a lot of live tournament experience, so hopefully I can learn from my mistakes for the next one.
Once again, great tournament Zithal! Thanks for putting up with me (and letting me double you up at the final table lol!).