An Amusing Tournament 30 Minutes
This was the Pokerstars 10+1 non rebuy at 7:45 tonight. Late in the tournament I was fairly low stacked (about 9k ) with blinds of 1k/2k.
For the next 30 minutes I played a total of 4 hands. Can you see the pattern? (Note, will be removing the early hand spam to keep the post below 10,000 characters)
Hand 1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Monteroy [As Ac]
PAPADOUG: folds
Monteroy: raises 2000 to 4000
55lucky55: folds
Gundam73: folds
scrags8: folds
FrozeLast: folds
RakingRon: raises 4000 to 8000
JKo917: folds
Monteroy: raises 1525 to 9525 and is all-in
RakingRon: calls 1525
*** FLOP *** [7d 5c 9c]
RakingRon said, "ha"
RakingRon said, "nice"
*** TURN *** [7d 5c 9c] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [7d 5c 9c Jc] [Jd]
Monteroy said, "heh thanks"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RakingRon: shows [4c Ad] (a pair of Jacks)
Monteroy: shows [As Ac] (two pair, Aces and Jacks)
Monteroy collected 21850 from pot
Hand 2 (blinds up to 1500/3000)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Monteroy [Qd Ac]
PAPADOUG: folds
Monteroy: raises 9300 to 12300 and is all-in
conman33: folds
ant12: folds
scrags8: folds
FrozeLast: folds
RakingRon: calls 10800
JKo917: folds
*** FLOP *** [3s As Ah]
*** TURN *** [3s As Ah] [9d]
RakingRon said, "nh"
*** RIVER *** [3s As Ah 9d] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RakingRon: shows [Ks Jc] (a pair of Aces)
Monteroy: shows [Qd Ac] (three of a kind, Aces)
Monteroy said, "I approve of that flop"
Monteroy said, "thanks"
Monteroy collected 28800 from pot
Hand 3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Monteroy [Qd Qc]
RakingRon: raises 3000 to 6000
JKo917: folds
Hibernian: folds
Monteroy: raises 13350 to 19350 and is all-in
KingRat: folds
ant12: folds
compote_tom: folds
sugawolf17: folds
FrozeLast: folds
RakingRon: calls 13350
*** FLOP *** [9d 9h Td]
*** TURN *** [9d 9h Td] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [9d 9h Td 6c] [2c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RakingRon: shows [8d Ad] (a pair of Nines)
Monteroy: shows [Qd Qc] (two pair, Queens and Nines)
Monteroy collected 44550 from pot
Hand 4 (2k/4k blinds)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Monteroy [8h 8s]
Hibernian: folds
Monteroy: raises 8000 to 12000
KingRat: folds
ant12: folds
compote_tom: folds
sugawolf17: folds
FrozeLast: folds
RakingRon: calls 8000
*** FLOP *** [5c 8c 7d]
RakingRon: checks
Monteroy: bets 4000
RakingRon: raises 7208 to 11208 and is all-in
Monteroy: calls 7208
RakingRon said, "ha"
Monteroy said, "sorry Ron heh"
*** TURN *** [5c 8c 7d] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [5c 8c 7d 3h] [2c]
RakingRon said, "you get me"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RakingRon: shows [Qs Th] (high card Queen)
Monteroy: shows [8h 8s] (three of a kind, Eights)
RakingRon said, "wow"
Monteroy collected 50016 from pot
I almost felt bad when I knocked him out as he was one of the best sports I have seen in these tournaments and he took the fact that I just kept smashing him with all ins with class. I don't think I have ever had one person double me up 4 times within 30 minutes in a tournament like that before, especially with those being the only 4 hands I played.
Sadly once Ron left me I was moved to another table, the magic faded and my tournament came to a sad close when the following two hands happened shortly after each other. Certainly can't fault my opponent here, but ouch this hurt.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Monteroy [Ks Ac]
Hogdog90: folds
Monteroy: raises 8000 to 12000
JKo917: folds
DMLUIGI: raises 21748 to 33748 and is all-in
rtgeb4: folds
deznuts: folds
Haywood1234: folds
RoseDavid: folds
Monteroy: calls 21748
*** FLOP *** [6d 8h Td]
DMLUIGI said, "lol"
*** TURN *** [6d 8h Td] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [6d 8h Td 4d] [9d]
Monteroy said, "sigh"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Monteroy: shows [Ks Ac] (high card Ace)
DMLUIGI: shows [Kc Ad] (a flush, Ace high)
DMLUIGI said, "oh sh.itt"
DMLUIGI collected 75096 from pot
deznuts said, "ouchy"
then the final blow about 5 hands later. This hand still baffles me as I certainly expected someone to call (with hopefully overcards). I certainly never expected to be dominating.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Monteroy [3c 3d]
RoseDavid: folds
Hogdog90: folds
Monteroy: raises 8660 to 14660 and is all-in
JKo917: raises 23432 to 38092 and is all-in
DMLUIGI: folds
deznuts: folds
Haywood1234: folds
*** FLOP *** [2s 4s Jc]
Monteroy said, "heh sure"
Monteroy said, "why not"
*** TURN *** [2s 4s Jc] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [2s 4s Jc Jh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Monteroy: shows [3c 3d] (two pair, Jacks and Threes)
JKo917: shows [3h Jd] (three of a kind, Jacks)
deznuts said, "gg"
JKo917 collected 40420 from pot
I ended up 29th out of about 1200 which I guess was ok (though Ron did fill me with final table dreams). I therefore dedicate this tournament to him (since basically all of my chips were his
). He was actually a fairly solid player (though a bit overagressive pre flop at times) and he was a class act which is sadly not the norm in these cases so if anyone runs accross him at a table expect a friendly competitive match and kudos to him for that.
Edit: Just checked and I see that JKo917 ended up winning the tournament. I will admit that surprised me, but maybe his play is a valid one to go for the tournament win (given his soso stack) if he actually assumes his 2 cards will be live and that noone else will call. 14.6 k to win 24k more. Guess it works if I have a hand like K 10 but not so good against AK or any pair besides 2s. It is an interesting type of play (ie: it is either extremely advanced or extremely stupid) and it certainly worked for him tonight.
On a seperate note, I also did my standard 100-200th place finish in the Stars rebuy (my 10th finish in that range this month out of 13 (2 money finishes and 1 worse finish), which I admit is grating my nerves) with a 147th.
However, what amazed me the most was that I was at a table with the blinds of 800 and 1200 that I actually stole 5 blinds (in 5 tries) and was never reraised, which was FINALLY nice to see happen in that rebuy ( I started to assume it was just an All_Aces myth ). Though I did have a solid stack I was knocked out when my AK BB shove was called by a J 6 that overraised preflop and barely had the odds to call as a result (he raised 2k to 8 k and my stack was 22k). Was sort of frustrating ending both tournaments losing to jack rag all in preflop 
The rebuy hand fairly late that was the most interesting to see (ie: the what was he thinking category), which nicely validated my theory that a lot of "luck" late in the rebuy is finding bad players badly overplaying hands:
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Monteroy [9s Kc]
SconCAT: folds
brittarge: raises 800 to 1600
Monteroy: folds
sdm9201: folds
UnBalanced1: folds
woostma: raises 2400 to 4000
BRYAN1972: folds
lakefront: folds
BK COMBO: folds
brittarge: calls 2400
*** FLOP *** [Qc 8d 4s]
brittarge: bets 1600
woostma: raises 2400 to 4000
brittarge: calls 2400
*** TURN *** [Qc 8d 4s] [3h]
brittarge: bets 1600
woostma: raises 31794 to 33394 and is all-in
brittarge: calls 5390 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [Qc 8d 4s 3h] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
brittarge: shows [6c 6s] (a pair of Sixes)
woostma: shows [Kd Kh] (a pair of Kings)
woostma collected 31630 from pot
As the hand was happening I was thinking if brittarge had QQ then I loved the way he played it with the calling raises and betting again small over and over to really annoy the opponent and force a call or raise. Sadly for him he just sucked instead and I have no idea what brittarge was thinking at any point in this hand. As much as people say winning coin flips is important, I think finding a brittarge is even more so.
Hope I didn't bore anyone too much with this. .
For the next 30 minutes I played a total of 4 hands. Can you see the pattern? (Note, will be removing the early hand spam to keep the post below 10,000 characters)
Hand 1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Monteroy [As Ac]
PAPADOUG: folds
Monteroy: raises 2000 to 4000
55lucky55: folds
Gundam73: folds
scrags8: folds
FrozeLast: folds
RakingRon: raises 4000 to 8000
JKo917: folds
Monteroy: raises 1525 to 9525 and is all-in
RakingRon: calls 1525
*** FLOP *** [7d 5c 9c]
RakingRon said, "ha"
RakingRon said, "nice"
*** TURN *** [7d 5c 9c] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [7d 5c 9c Jc] [Jd]
Monteroy said, "heh thanks"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RakingRon: shows [4c Ad] (a pair of Jacks)
Monteroy: shows [As Ac] (two pair, Aces and Jacks)
Monteroy collected 21850 from pot
Hand 2 (blinds up to 1500/3000)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Monteroy [Qd Ac]
PAPADOUG: folds
Monteroy: raises 9300 to 12300 and is all-in
conman33: folds
ant12: folds
scrags8: folds
FrozeLast: folds
RakingRon: calls 10800
JKo917: folds
*** FLOP *** [3s As Ah]
*** TURN *** [3s As Ah] [9d]
RakingRon said, "nh"
*** RIVER *** [3s As Ah 9d] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RakingRon: shows [Ks Jc] (a pair of Aces)
Monteroy: shows [Qd Ac] (three of a kind, Aces)
Monteroy said, "I approve of that flop"
Monteroy said, "thanks"
Monteroy collected 28800 from pot
Hand 3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Monteroy [Qd Qc]
RakingRon: raises 3000 to 6000
JKo917: folds
Hibernian: folds
Monteroy: raises 13350 to 19350 and is all-in
KingRat: folds
ant12: folds
compote_tom: folds
sugawolf17: folds
FrozeLast: folds
RakingRon: calls 13350
*** FLOP *** [9d 9h Td]
*** TURN *** [9d 9h Td] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [9d 9h Td 6c] [2c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RakingRon: shows [8d Ad] (a pair of Nines)
Monteroy: shows [Qd Qc] (two pair, Queens and Nines)
Monteroy collected 44550 from pot
Hand 4 (2k/4k blinds)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Monteroy [8h 8s]
Hibernian: folds
Monteroy: raises 8000 to 12000
KingRat: folds
ant12: folds
compote_tom: folds
sugawolf17: folds
FrozeLast: folds
RakingRon: calls 8000
*** FLOP *** [5c 8c 7d]
RakingRon: checks
Monteroy: bets 4000
RakingRon: raises 7208 to 11208 and is all-in
Monteroy: calls 7208
RakingRon said, "ha"
Monteroy said, "sorry Ron heh"
*** TURN *** [5c 8c 7d] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [5c 8c 7d 3h] [2c]
RakingRon said, "you get me"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RakingRon: shows [Qs Th] (high card Queen)
Monteroy: shows [8h 8s] (three of a kind, Eights)
RakingRon said, "wow"
Monteroy collected 50016 from pot
I almost felt bad when I knocked him out as he was one of the best sports I have seen in these tournaments and he took the fact that I just kept smashing him with all ins with class. I don't think I have ever had one person double me up 4 times within 30 minutes in a tournament like that before, especially with those being the only 4 hands I played.
Sadly once Ron left me I was moved to another table, the magic faded and my tournament came to a sad close when the following two hands happened shortly after each other. Certainly can't fault my opponent here, but ouch this hurt.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Monteroy [Ks Ac]
Hogdog90: folds
Monteroy: raises 8000 to 12000
JKo917: folds
DMLUIGI: raises 21748 to 33748 and is all-in
rtgeb4: folds
deznuts: folds
Haywood1234: folds
RoseDavid: folds
Monteroy: calls 21748
*** FLOP *** [6d 8h Td]
DMLUIGI said, "lol"
*** TURN *** [6d 8h Td] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [6d 8h Td 4d] [9d]
Monteroy said, "sigh"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Monteroy: shows [Ks Ac] (high card Ace)
DMLUIGI: shows [Kc Ad] (a flush, Ace high)
DMLUIGI said, "oh sh.itt"
DMLUIGI collected 75096 from pot
deznuts said, "ouchy"
then the final blow about 5 hands later. This hand still baffles me as I certainly expected someone to call (with hopefully overcards). I certainly never expected to be dominating.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Monteroy [3c 3d]
RoseDavid: folds
Hogdog90: folds
Monteroy: raises 8660 to 14660 and is all-in
JKo917: raises 23432 to 38092 and is all-in
DMLUIGI: folds
deznuts: folds
Haywood1234: folds
*** FLOP *** [2s 4s Jc]
Monteroy said, "heh sure"
Monteroy said, "why not"
*** TURN *** [2s 4s Jc] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [2s 4s Jc Jh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Monteroy: shows [3c 3d] (two pair, Jacks and Threes)
JKo917: shows [3h Jd] (three of a kind, Jacks)
deznuts said, "gg"
JKo917 collected 40420 from pot
I ended up 29th out of about 1200 which I guess was ok (though Ron did fill me with final table dreams). I therefore dedicate this tournament to him (since basically all of my chips were his
). He was actually a fairly solid player (though a bit overagressive pre flop at times) and he was a class act which is sadly not the norm in these cases so if anyone runs accross him at a table expect a friendly competitive match and kudos to him for that.Edit: Just checked and I see that JKo917 ended up winning the tournament. I will admit that surprised me, but maybe his play is a valid one to go for the tournament win (given his soso stack) if he actually assumes his 2 cards will be live and that noone else will call. 14.6 k to win 24k more. Guess it works if I have a hand like K 10 but not so good against AK or any pair besides 2s. It is an interesting type of play (ie: it is either extremely advanced or extremely stupid) and it certainly worked for him tonight.
On a seperate note, I also did my standard 100-200th place finish in the Stars rebuy (my 10th finish in that range this month out of 13 (2 money finishes and 1 worse finish), which I admit is grating my nerves) with a 147th.
However, what amazed me the most was that I was at a table with the blinds of 800 and 1200 that I actually stole 5 blinds (in 5 tries) and was never reraised, which was FINALLY nice to see happen in that rebuy ( I started to assume it was just an All_Aces myth
). Though I did have a solid stack I was knocked out when my AK BB shove was called by a J 6 that overraised preflop and barely had the odds to call as a result (he raised 2k to 8 k and my stack was 22k). Was sort of frustrating ending both tournaments losing to jack rag all in preflop The rebuy hand fairly late that was the most interesting to see (ie: the what was he thinking category), which nicely validated my theory that a lot of "luck" late in the rebuy is finding bad players badly overplaying hands:
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Monteroy [9s Kc]
SconCAT: folds
brittarge: raises 800 to 1600
Monteroy: folds
sdm9201: folds
UnBalanced1: folds
woostma: raises 2400 to 4000
BRYAN1972: folds
lakefront: folds
BK COMBO: folds
brittarge: calls 2400
*** FLOP *** [Qc 8d 4s]
brittarge: bets 1600
woostma: raises 2400 to 4000
brittarge: calls 2400
*** TURN *** [Qc 8d 4s] [3h]
brittarge: bets 1600
woostma: raises 31794 to 33394 and is all-in
brittarge: calls 5390 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [Qc 8d 4s 3h] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
brittarge: shows [6c 6s] (a pair of Sixes)
woostma: shows [Kd Kh] (a pair of Kings)
woostma collected 31630 from pot
As the hand was happening I was thinking if brittarge had QQ then I loved the way he played it with the calling raises and betting again small over and over to really annoy the opponent and force a call or raise. Sadly for him he just sucked instead and I have no idea what brittarge was thinking at any point in this hand. As much as people say winning coin flips is important, I think finding a brittarge is even more so.
Hope I didn't bore anyone too much with this.
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