I was really kicking ass in this thing, had twice-average stack of 150 BBs approaching the bubble, and then it all went to shit in about 25 hands. This was the first one that took a big chunk out of me:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, 530 Tournament, 500/1000 Blinds 125 Ante (9 handed) – PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
UTG+1 (t37143)
MP1 (t146405)
MP2 (t41652)
MP3 (t36296)
CO (t42449)
Button (t45988)
SB (t23216)
BB (t16685)
Hero (UTG) (t108755)
Hero’s M: 41.43
Preflop: Hero is UTG with A♥, J♦
Hero bets t2000, 2 folds, MP2 calls t2000, 4 folds, BB calls t1000
Flop: (t7625) 4♥, 3♦, J♥ (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t4444, MP2 calls t4444, 1 fold
Turn: (t16513) 10♥ (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets t8800, Hero raises to t102186 (All-In), MP2 calls t26283 (All-In)
River: (t86679) 5♣ (2 players, 2 all-in)
Total pot: t86679
Results:
Hero had A♥, J♦ (one pair, Jacks).
MP2 had 10♣, 10♠ (three of a kind, tens).
Outcome: MP2 won t86679
The guy actually tanked before calling, and I was convinced I was good. I don’t think it was a deliberate slowroll. He probably gets my stack if either T turns, but this was obviously the gin card for him.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, 530 Tournament, 500/1000 Blinds 125 Ante (8 handed) – PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
CO (t139760)
Button (t81179)
SB (t34671)
BB (t49864)
UTG (t99256)
UTG+1 (t19591)
MP1 (t87574)
Hero (MP2) (t68103)
Hero’s M: 27.24
Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A♦, 5♣
3 folds, Hero bets t2000, 3 folds, BB calls t1000
Flop: (t5500) 3♠, 3♣, 4♥ (2 players)
BB bets t4000, Hero calls t4000
Turn: (t13500) 5♥ (2 players)
BB bets t7500, Hero calls t7500
River: (t28500) 2♦ (2 players)
BB bets t36239 (All-In), Hero calls t36239
Total pot: t100978
Results:
BB had 2♥, 2♠ (full house, twos over threes).
Hero had A♦, 5♣ (straight, five high).
Outcome: BB won t100978
I’m not so happy about this one. I think the river is very foldable in retrospect. I told myself that my hand doesn’t look like an A, but I don’t think that matters. I think 56 and 67 are in his range as well as boats, so there’s really a lot I lose to. Still a shitty river.
Then I shoved my last 13 BB’s from UTG+1 with KQ and the BB snap-called me with A2o. Like, I can’t even tell you how much he didn’t think about it.
So played nearly 9 hours in this thing just to bubble it. Overall played 13 hours today. Would love to take tomorrow off but there’s the 4-max starting at 9AM!
Andrew,
Re the 1st hand – just seems like a cooler. The are so many draw combos as opposed to sets in his range, and since he only has a pot sized bet left- I dont see how you can either fold or call. Shove seems the only option.
Do you ever see a situation where you get away from this on the turn ie fold or call? For instance, would it make a diff if this was day 1 of the ME?