I had a deep run but ultimately a disappointing 15th place finish in last night’s $1000 Super Tuesday tournament on PokerStars, which performance they chronicled on their blog. I say “disappointing” not only because I went from 2/18 to out in 15th but also because I felt like I wasn’t playing all that well in the late game and mostly just accumulated chips through running good on pre-flop all-ins.
The tournament got off to a good start, with me picking up big pots from two different players who frankly played their hands pretty badly:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t40 (9 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com
SB (t4191)
BB (t1466)
UTG (t3066)
UTG+1 (t5619)
MP1 (t4260)
MP2 (t6164)
MP3 (t5035)
CO (t4405)
Hero (t6269)
Preflop: Hero is Button with 9h, 7h.
6 folds, Hero raises to t80, SB raises to t200, 1 fold, Hero calls t120.
Flop: (t440) 7c, 9c, 9d (2 players)
SB bets t320, Hero calls t320.
Turn: (t1080) 3d (2 players)
SB bets t600, Hero calls t600.
River: (t2280) 2s (2 players)
SB bets t960, Hero raises to t5149, SB calls t2111 (All-In).
Final Pot: t10500
Results in white below:
SB has 7s Qs (two pair, nines and sevens).
Hero has 9h 7h (full house, nines full of sevens).
Outcome: Hero wins t10500.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t60 (9 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com
Button (t5650)
SB (t2477)
BB (t2801)
UTG (t5406)
UTG+1 (t4095)
MP1 (t4264)
MP2 (t4870)
MP3 (t3330)
Hero (t10520)
Preflop: Hero is CO with As, Jh.
5 folds, Hero raises to t120, Button calls t120, 1 fold, BB calls t60.
Flop: (t340) Ac, Tc, 3c (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t326, Button calls t326, BB folds.
Turn: (t992) Js (2 players)
Hero bets t669, Button calls t669.
River: (t2330) 7s (2 players)
Hero bets t1444, Button calls t1444.
Final Pot: t5218
Results in white below:
Hero has As Jh (two pair, aces and jacks).
Button has Qh Ah (one pair, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins t5218.
After that things were quiet for a while and I just sort of rode my stack without doing too much. Eventually I got into two questionable spots, both with TT and within 10 minutes of each other. I made a post about these on 2+2, so I don’t want to reveal too much about them here, but by all means please let me know what you think in that thread.
My next big pot, where I suppose there was some skill involved, came here:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t1000 (9 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com
MP1 (t111393)
MP2 (t147439)
MP3 (t25260)
CO (t81660)
Hero (t54309)
SB (t38012)
BB (t15045)
UTG (t16782)
UTG+1 (t21806)
Preflop: Hero is Button with Kd, Td.
3 folds, MP2 raises to t2000, MP3 calls t2000, 1 fold, Hero calls t2000, 2 folds.
Flop: (t7000) 5d, Tc, 9h (3 players)
MP2 bets t3100, MP3 calls t3100, Hero calls t3100.
Turn: (t16300) Ks (3 players)
MP2 checks, MP3 bets t20035 (All-In), Hero calls t20035, MP2 folds.
River: (t56370) 2c (2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: t56370
Results in white below:
MP3 has Jc Kc (one pair, kings).
Hero has Kd Td (two pair, kings and tens).
Outcome: Hero wins t56370.
My stack just sort of fell off after this, I think I just didn’t find any good spots for a while and so my stack went down while the blinds went up. A three-way all-in with AA > QQ> JJ catapaulted me back into 2nd place with 18 remaining, but even from there I couldn’t make anything happen. The hand where I lost my stack is probably pretty standard but honestly when he 4-bet me I didn’t feel good about sticking it in and I half wish I hadn’t:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t2800 (8 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com
MP1 (t146880)
MP2 (t82793)
CO (t92672)
Button (t194184)
Hero (t132475)
BB (t54039)
UTG (t180453)
UTG+1 (t115150)
Preflop: Hero is SB with Qh, Qd.
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t5750, 4 folds, Hero raises to t15000, 1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t31885, Hero raises to t132125, UTG+1 calls t82915 (All-In).
Flop: (t249025) 6d, Td, 5d (2 players, 1 all-in)
Turn: (t249025) 2h (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: (t249025) Jc (2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: t249025
Results in white below:
Hero has Qh Qd (one pair, queens).
UTG+1 has Kh Kc (one pair, kings).
Outcome: UTG+1 wins t231700. Hero wins t17325.
In the k10 DD hand…are you ever putting anymore money in without a king(or ten or DD) on turn/river?
are you just floating to take it away some how?
It seems like a spot where you could profitably raise flop?
Hard to say. I was calling with pot odds, position, and a pretty good hand, ready to play poker on the next street. I think raising mostly just results in worse hands folding. I don’t believe I’m a favorite to be ahead, so it matters that I’m getting odds and have outs/position.
bubbling FTs is the worst
Yeah. It was a tough final two tables, so it’s not like dodging a bullet on the QQ vs. KK thing would’ve guaranteed me a top 3 finish or even a final table. Believer82 and Kabutze (3/6 NL regular) chopped it up, and there other good players such AK87 still in it as well.
awesome weekend:
8th, 8th, 11th
FML
If any of those was in the Sunday Million I wouldn’t feel too sorry for you.
109 6-max, 109-6max, $50r (11th)
Bubble, Bubble, Bubble