After more than a year of playing all of the big Sunday internet poker tournaments, I finally won one of the @#$% things. There were 815 entrants in Ultimate Bet’s weekly $215 tournament, but they guarantee a $200K prizepool, so there was an overlay of about 20%. After just over 7 hours of playing, my first place finish was good for $45,000, the largest prize I’ve won live or online.
I’m actually not going to post too many hands from this tournament right now because I’ve got a few other ideas. If they don’t pan out, I’ll post more hands later, and if they do pan out, then you’ll find out about them here, so just stay tuned. For now, here’s the entirety of the heads up match that concluded the tournament. UB doesn’t facilitate deals the way Poker Stars does (not that I would have been inclined to deal with this guy anyway, as I felt I was substantially better), so we were playing heads up for $18,000.
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Seat 2: Foucault ($920000) – 
Seat 3: Pkrismycrack ($1115000) – 
– 
Seat 4: Deck Of Clubs ($0) Sitting Out
PRE-FLOP:
Foucault posts small blind $10000
Pkrismycrack posts BIG blind $20000
Dealt To: Foucault
ANTE Foucault ($2000)
ANTE Pkrismycrack ($2000)
RAISE Foucault ($53000)
CALL Pkrismycrack ($53000)
FLOP:
Pot: $130000
CHECK Pkrismycrack
CHECK Foucault
TURN:
Pot: $130000
BET Pkrismycrack ($75000)
CALL Foucault ($75000)
RIVER:
Pot: $280000
BET Pkrismycrack ($245000)
FOLD Foucault
This guy was really bluffy, and I was very tempted to call the river. I’m still not sure it was a good fold, but he usually showed his bluffs, and he didn’t show this hand, so I’m inclined to say I was beat.
Hand 2
Seat 2: Foucault ($790000) – –
Seat 3: Pkrismycrack ($1245000) –
PRE-FLOP:
Pkrismycrack posts small blind $10000
Foucault posts BIG blind $20000
Dealt To: Foucault
ANTE Foucault ($2000)
ANTE Pkrismycrack ($2000)
CALL Pkrismycrack ($20000)
CHECK Foucault
FLOP:
Pot: $54000
CHECK Foucault
BET Pkrismycrack ($55000)
FOLD Foucault
UNCALLED Pkrismycrack ($55000)
Pkrismycrack collected $44000 from main pot
I wasn’t sure what to make of his overbet, but I didn’t feel the need to go to war with bottom pair.
Hand 3
Seat 2: Foucault ($768000) –
Seat 3: Pkrismycrack ($1267000) – –
PRE-FLOP:
Foucault posts small blind $10000
Pkrismycrack posts BIG blind $20000
Dealt To: Foucault
ANTE Foucault ($2000)
ANTE Pkrismycrack ($2000)
RAISE Foucault ($56000)
CALL Pkrismycrack ($56000)
FLOP:
Pot: $136000
CHECK Pkrismycrack
CHECK Foucault
TURN:
Pot: $136000
BET Pkrismycrack ($70000)
CALL Foucault ($70000)
RIVER:
Pot: $276000
BET Pkrismycrack ($235000)
CALL Foucault ($235000)
SHOWDOWN:
Pkrismycrack:
Foucault:
Foucault collected $726000 from main pot with two pair, nines and fours
Like I said, he was really aggressive post-flop, despite being overly passive pre-flop. I checked the flop because it would be a tough spot if he raised and because I had a feeling he’d bluff at me if I gave him the chance.
Hand 4
Seat 2: Foucault ($1131000) – –
Seat 3: Pkrismycrack ($904000) –
PRE-FLOP:
Pkrismycrack posts small blind $10000
Foucault posts BIG blind $20000
Dealt To: Foucault
ANTE Foucault ($2000)
ANTE Pkrismycrack ($2000)
CALL Pkrismycrack ($20000)
CHECK Foucault
FLOP:
Pot: $54000
CHECK Foucault
BET Pkrismycrack ($40000)
FOLD Foucault
UNCALLED Pkrismycrack ($40000)
Pkrismycrack collected $44000 from main pot
Seat 2: Foucault ($1109000) –
Seat 3: Pkrismycrack ($926000) – –
PRE-FLOP:
Foucault posts small blind $10000
Pkrismycrack posts BIG blind $20000
Dealt To: Foucault
ANTE Foucault ($2000)
ANTE Pkrismycrack ($2000)
CALL Foucault ($20000)
CHECK Pkrismycrack
FLOP:
Pot: $54000
CHECK Pkrismycrack
CHECK Foucault
TURN:
Pot: $54000
CHECK Pkrismycrack
CHECK Foucault
RIVER:
Pot: $54000
BET Pkrismycrack ($41000)
FOLD Foucault
He actually showed the same hand I had after I folded.
Seat 2: Foucault ($1087000) – –
Seat 3: Pkrismycrack ($948000) –
PRE-FLOP:
Pkrismycrack posts small blind $10000
Foucault posts BIG blind $20000
Dealt To: Foucault
ANTE Foucault ($2000)
ANTE Pkrismycrack ($2000)
CALL Pkrismycrack ($20000)
RAISE Foucault ($85000)
CALL Pkrismycrack ($85000)
FLOP:
Pot: $204000
CHECK Foucault
CHECK Pkrismycrack
TURN:
Pot: $204000
BET Foucault ($100000)
FOLD Pkrismycrack
UNCALLED Foucault ($100000)
Foucault collected $174000 from main pot
Hand 7
Seat 2: Foucault ($1174000) –
Seat 3: Pkrismycrack ($861000) – –
PRE-FLOP:
Foucault posts small blind $10000
Pkrismycrack posts BIG blind $20000
Dealt To: Foucault
ANTE Foucault ($2000)
ANTE Pkrismycrack ($2000)
RAISE Foucault ($57000)
CALL Pkrismycrack ($57000)
FLOP:
Pot: $138000
CHECK Pkrismycrack
CHECK Foucault
TURN:
Pot: $138000
BET Pkrismycrack ($115000)
CALL Foucault ($115000)
RIVER:
Pot: $368000
BET Pkrismycrack ($170000)
CALL Foucault ($170000)
SHOWDOWN:
Pkrismycrack:
Foucault:
Foucault collected $688000 from main pot with two pair, aces and jacks
Same deal as before. This actually illustrated quite well why I check the flop, because he probably would have check-raised with the nut flush draw, and I may have ended up folding the best hand.
Hand 8
Seat 2: Foucault ($1518000) – –
Seat 3: Pkrismycrack ($517000) –
PRE-FLOP:
Pkrismycrack posts small blind $10000
Foucault posts BIG blind $20000
Dealt To: Foucault
ANTE Foucault ($2000)
ANTE Pkrismycrack ($2000)
CALL Pkrismycrack ($20000)
CHECK Foucault
FLOP:
Pot: $54000
BET Foucault ($21000)
RAISE Pkrismycrack ($105000)
FOLD Foucault
UNCALLED Pkrismycrack ($84000)
Pkrismycrack collected $86000 from main pot
Hand 9
Seat 2: Foucault ($1475000) –
Seat 3: Pkrismycrack ($560000) – –
PRE-FLOP:
Foucault posts small blind $10000
Pkrismycrack posts BIG blind $20000
Dealt To: Foucault
ANTE Foucault ($2000)
ANTE Pkrismycrack ($2000)
CALL Foucault ($20000)
CHECK Pkrismycrack
FLOP:
Pot: $54000
CHECK Pkrismycrack
BET Foucault ($28000)
CALL Pkrismycrack ($28000)
TURN:
Pot: $110000
CHECK Pkrismycrack
CHECK Foucault
RIVER:
Pot: $110000
BET Pkrismycrack ($50000)
CALL Foucault ($50000)
SHOWDOWN:
Pkrismycrack:
Foucault:
Foucault collected $200000 from main pot with two pair, fours and deuces
Hand 10
Seat 2: Foucault ($1575000) – –
Seat 3: Pkrismycrack ($460000) –
PRE-FLOP:
Pkrismycrack posts small blind $10000
Foucault posts BIG blind $20000
Dealt To: Foucault
ANTE Foucault ($2000)
ANTE Pkrismycrack ($2000)
CALL Pkrismycrack ($20000)
CHECK Foucault
FLOP:
Pot: $54000
BET Foucault ($23000)
CALL Pkrismycrack ($23000)
TURN:
Pot: $100000
CHECK Foucault
BET Pkrismycrack ($80000)
RAISE Foucault ($1530000)
CALL Pkrismycrack ($415000)
UNCALLED Foucault ($1115000)
RIVER:
Pot: $1010000
SHOWDOWN:
Foucault:
Pkrismycrack:
Foucault collected $920000 from main pot with two pair, kings and sixes
Dirty, I know. But I do think it was only a matter of time before I busted him, as I had owned him hard in almost every big pot we’d played heads up.
Congrats! Excellent score. I look forward to the rest of the FT HH. I know I witnessed a few very aggro hands there.
Did you scream “fuck yeah” when the 6 hit?
Congrats, Andrew. Now you can afford to drop a few buy-ins this weekend at logan’s game. fish
Congratulations!!!!! We’ll have to celebrate this weekend. Try not to take everyone’s money at the game (except for Joe. You can take his. 🙂
Also, I like the little cards in this post.
Jen,
Definitely, I am looking forward to it. Too bad you won’t be around until Sunday. I’ll try not to party too hardy Saturday night.
Logan,
I was actually more excited about some of earlier suckouts, including K4s>JJ early in the final table, because losing those would have crippled me. I guess this is pretty cocky, but I was pretty confident I’d beat this guy even if I lost this pot, so really when the 6 hit, I was thinking, “That’s convenient.”