A few of the hands from last night's tournament
There are a few hands that I wanted to post from last night's tournament, with explanation for anyone who is interested in poker.
Scariest Hand:
#Game No : 34505xxxx
***** Hand History for Game 34505xxxx *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:19611295 Level:15 Blinds (1500/3000) - Saturday, January 28, 03:05:17 EDT 2006
Table January Semi-Finals II Day2(568571) Table #1 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 4: HERO ( $34144 )
Seat 5: davidaquila ( $54941 )
Seat 7: DannyOhBoy ( $31994 )
Seat 8: THREEKINGS04 ( $103562 )
Seat 10: PSTARFISH ( $39956 )
Seat 6: glibglub ( $40584 )
Seat 1: buckscopa ( $90896 )
Trny:19611295 Level:15
Blinds (1500/3000)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ 6c 6d ]
THREEKINGS04 folds.
PSTARFISH folds.
buckscopa raises [9000].
HERO is all-In [34144]
davidaquila folds.
glibglub folds.
DannyOhBoy folds.
buckscopa calls [25144].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qd, Kh, Ah ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 5h ]
buckscopa shows [ Kd, Qc ] two pairs, kings and queens.
HERO shows [ 6c, 6d ] three of a kind, sixes.
HERO wins 72788 chips from the main pot with three of a kind, sixes.
There were 14 players left on 2 tables at this point. Top 9 got the prize package. 10th place paid $500, 11th place paid $300. (The tournament cost $270 to enter, so it was a huge difference to finish anywhere but in the top 9) The player "buckscopa" had been raising preflop very frequently.
I don't like getting into a coinflip in a situation like this. I thought that I had the best hand with a pair of 66s (which I did, at about a 53% favorite to win), but I didn't think that he would call my all-in (his call was absolutely horrible by the way... only if he was certain that I had a small pair can this call be good), and I knew that I needed to pick up some chips to survive.
When I saw the flop, I thought I was done. The turn saved me, but I still wasn't safe because there were 4 cards, any king or queen, on the river that would have beaten me.
My Biggest Mistake
#Game No : 345062xxxx
***** Hand History for Game 345062xxxx *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:19611295 Level:16 Blinds (2000/4000) - Saturday, January 28, 03:40:18 EDT 2006
Table January Semi-Finals II Day2(568571) Table #1 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: HERO ( $61788 )
Seat 5: davidaquila ( $62482 )
Seat 7: DannyOhBoy ( $113750 )
Seat 8: THREEKINGS04 ( $32978 )
Seat 6: glibglub ( $44468 )
Seat 1: buckscopa ( $80611 )
Trny:19611295 Level:16
Blinds (2000/4000)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Qs Ad ]
davidaquila folds.
glibglub folds.
DannyOhBoy folds.
THREEKINGS04 raises [16000].
buckscopa folds.
Your time bank will be activated in 5 secs. If you do not want it to be used, please act now.
HERO is all-In [57788]
THREEKINGS04 is all-In [16978]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kh, 2h, 7c ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ks ]
** Dealing River ** [ 8s ]
THREEKINGS04 shows [ Kd, Ac ] three of a kind, kings.
HERO shows [ Qs, Ad ] a pair of kings.
HERO wins 28810 chips from side pot #1 with a pair of kings.
THREEKINGS04 wins 67956 chips from the main pot with three of a kind, kings.
There were a total of 11 players left at this point, 6 on my table and 5 on the other table.
I still don't know how I feel about this hand. I put myself in the worst situation that I faced in the whole tournament--- I was a huge underdog. The reason was that I felt that the player "THREEKINGS04" should be making a move with a very wide range of hands, a big enough range that my AQo would be a big favorite over. I thought a long time before deciding to play--- I knew that we would be playing for all his chips.
I think that the key here is that he didn't just raise all-in. Most players pushing a wide range will just raise all-in. BUT, it's also tricky, because a person can raise an amount which indicates that they are committed to the pot, and also make it appear that they want a call. So sometimes it's difficult to tell whether a "less-than-all-in" raise is indicating a strong hand, or whether it's disguising a weak hand.
So I'm still undecided about this hand. In hindsight-- it's easy to say that I made a very bad mistake. I was in a bad position after losing this--- I was the shortest stack remaining in the tournament out of the 11, and a little desperate.
The next two hands I was dealt 88. The first one, a guy raised to 9200, I reraised all in with 88, he folded. The second, it was folded to me, I raised all-in with 88 and stole the blinds. Then I was back in the running with 48000 chips.
Sealing the Deal
#Game No : 345063xxxx
***** Hand History for Game 345063xxxx *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:19611295 Level:16 Blinds (2000/4000) - Saturday, January 28, 03:43:48 EDT 2006
Table January Semi-Finals II Day2(568571) Table #1 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: HERO ( $44010 )
Seat 5: davidaquila ( $56482 )
Seat 7: DannyOhBoy ( $107750 )
Seat 8: THREEKINGS04 ( $73956 )
Seat 6: glibglub ( $44468 )
Seat 1: buckscopa ( $69411 )
Trny:19611295 Level:16
Blinds (2000/4000)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Kc Kd ]
glibglub folds.
DannyOhBoy folds.
THREEKINGS04 folds.
buckscopa is all-In [69411]
HERO is all-In [42010]
davidaquila folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9h, Qs, 4h ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6d ]
** Dealing River ** [ Qc ]
HERO shows [ Kc, Kd ] two pairs, kings and queens.
buckscopa shows [ Ad, 5h ] a pair of queens.
buckscopa wins 25401 chips from side pot #1 with a pair of queens.
HERO wins 92020 chips from the main pot with two pairs, kings and queens.
There were 11 people left. This was a no-brainer hand. The only hand that I was behind to was pocket aces. The player "buckscopa" made a mistake by going all-in to steal the blinds. He should have just raised to 12000 or so.
After this hand-- the rest was just a matter of time.... I knocked out the 11th and 10th place people, and the rest of us were cruisin'.
#Game No : 345064xxxx
***** Hand History for Game 345064xxxx *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:19611295 Level:16 Blinds (2000/4000) - Saturday, January 28, 03:46:32 EDT 2006
Table January Semi-Finals II Day2(568571) Table #1 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: HERO ( $82020 )
Seat 5: davidaquila ( $72482 )
Seat 7: DannyOhBoy ( $107750 )
Seat 8: THREEKINGS04 ( $73956 )
Seat 6: glibglub ( $38468 )
Seat 1: buckscopa ( $21401 )
Trny:19611295 Level:16
Blinds (2000/4000)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ 9c 9h ]
davidaquila folds.
glibglub folds.
DannyOhBoy folds.
THREEKINGS04 folds.
buckscopa is all-In [19401]
HERO calls [17401].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2d, 8d, Th ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 2c ]
buckscopa shows [ 6d, Ad ] a pair of twos.
HERO shows [ 9c, 9h ] two pairs, nines and twos.
HERO wins 42802 chips from the main pot with two pairs, nines and twos.
I made this call for precisely the same reasons as I called with AQ in "my biggest mistake". Only this time it was an easy call because not as much of my chip-stack was threatened.
#Game No : 345066xxxx
***** Hand History for Game 345066xxxx****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:19611295 Level:16 Blinds (2000/4000) - Saturday, January 28, 03:52:30 EDT 2006
Table January Semi-Finals II Day2(568571) Table #1 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 4: HERO ( $125421 )
Seat 5: davidaquila ( $66482 )
Seat 7: DannyOhBoy ( $99750 )
Seat 8: THREEKINGS04 ( $89956 )
Seat 6: glibglub ( $32468 )
Seat 1: golfjoynt ( $97757 )
Seat 2: SuqmeJohnson ( $10125 )
Seat 3: halfkeg ( $62554 )
Seat 9: Carmen35 ( $82948 )
Seat 10: lynkish ( $67539 )
Trny:19611295 Level:16
Blinds (2000/4000)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Ac 7d ]
glibglub: its been a long time since I played just one table, like this
davidaquila folds.
glibglub: usually 4 to 8
glibglub folds.
DannyOhBoy folds.
THREEKINGS04 folds.
Carmen35 folds.
lynkish folds.
golfjoynt folds.
SuqmeJohnson is all-In [10125]
HERO: me too... i was playing 8 in the beginning.. last 2 hours just this one
halfkeg folds.
HERO calls [6125].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kc, 2s, 2h ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ As ]
** Dealing River ** [ Ad ]
HERO shows [ Ac, 7d ] a full house, Aces full of twos.
SuqmeJohnson shows [ Ks, Qd ] two pairs, aces and kings.
HERO wins 22250 chips from the main pot with a full house, Aces full of twos.
Player SuqmeJohnson finished in 10 place and received $500
SuqmeJohnson has left the table.
Scariest Hand:
#Game No : 34505xxxx
***** Hand History for Game 34505xxxx *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:19611295 Level:15 Blinds (1500/3000) - Saturday, January 28, 03:05:17 EDT 2006
Table January Semi-Finals II Day2(568571) Table #1 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 4: HERO ( $34144 )
Seat 5: davidaquila ( $54941 )
Seat 7: DannyOhBoy ( $31994 )
Seat 8: THREEKINGS04 ( $103562 )
Seat 10: PSTARFISH ( $39956 )
Seat 6: glibglub ( $40584 )
Seat 1: buckscopa ( $90896 )
Trny:19611295 Level:15
Blinds (1500/3000)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ 6c 6d ]
THREEKINGS04 folds.
PSTARFISH folds.
buckscopa raises [9000].
HERO is all-In [34144]
davidaquila folds.
glibglub folds.
DannyOhBoy folds.
buckscopa calls [25144].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qd, Kh, Ah ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 5h ]
buckscopa shows [ Kd, Qc ] two pairs, kings and queens.
HERO shows [ 6c, 6d ] three of a kind, sixes.
HERO wins 72788 chips from the main pot with three of a kind, sixes.
There were 14 players left on 2 tables at this point. Top 9 got the prize package. 10th place paid $500, 11th place paid $300. (The tournament cost $270 to enter, so it was a huge difference to finish anywhere but in the top 9) The player "buckscopa" had been raising preflop very frequently.
I don't like getting into a coinflip in a situation like this. I thought that I had the best hand with a pair of 66s (which I did, at about a 53% favorite to win), but I didn't think that he would call my all-in (his call was absolutely horrible by the way... only if he was certain that I had a small pair can this call be good), and I knew that I needed to pick up some chips to survive.
When I saw the flop, I thought I was done. The turn saved me, but I still wasn't safe because there were 4 cards, any king or queen, on the river that would have beaten me.
My Biggest Mistake
#Game No : 345062xxxx
***** Hand History for Game 345062xxxx *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:19611295 Level:16 Blinds (2000/4000) - Saturday, January 28, 03:40:18 EDT 2006
Table January Semi-Finals II Day2(568571) Table #1 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: HERO ( $61788 )
Seat 5: davidaquila ( $62482 )
Seat 7: DannyOhBoy ( $113750 )
Seat 8: THREEKINGS04 ( $32978 )
Seat 6: glibglub ( $44468 )
Seat 1: buckscopa ( $80611 )
Trny:19611295 Level:16
Blinds (2000/4000)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Qs Ad ]
davidaquila folds.
glibglub folds.
DannyOhBoy folds.
THREEKINGS04 raises [16000].
buckscopa folds.
Your time bank will be activated in 5 secs. If you do not want it to be used, please act now.
HERO is all-In [57788]
THREEKINGS04 is all-In [16978]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kh, 2h, 7c ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ks ]
** Dealing River ** [ 8s ]
THREEKINGS04 shows [ Kd, Ac ] three of a kind, kings.
HERO shows [ Qs, Ad ] a pair of kings.
HERO wins 28810 chips from side pot #1 with a pair of kings.
THREEKINGS04 wins 67956 chips from the main pot with three of a kind, kings.
There were a total of 11 players left at this point, 6 on my table and 5 on the other table.
I still don't know how I feel about this hand. I put myself in the worst situation that I faced in the whole tournament--- I was a huge underdog. The reason was that I felt that the player "THREEKINGS04" should be making a move with a very wide range of hands, a big enough range that my AQo would be a big favorite over. I thought a long time before deciding to play--- I knew that we would be playing for all his chips.
I think that the key here is that he didn't just raise all-in. Most players pushing a wide range will just raise all-in. BUT, it's also tricky, because a person can raise an amount which indicates that they are committed to the pot, and also make it appear that they want a call. So sometimes it's difficult to tell whether a "less-than-all-in" raise is indicating a strong hand, or whether it's disguising a weak hand.
So I'm still undecided about this hand. In hindsight-- it's easy to say that I made a very bad mistake. I was in a bad position after losing this--- I was the shortest stack remaining in the tournament out of the 11, and a little desperate.
The next two hands I was dealt 88. The first one, a guy raised to 9200, I reraised all in with 88, he folded. The second, it was folded to me, I raised all-in with 88 and stole the blinds. Then I was back in the running with 48000 chips.
Sealing the Deal
#Game No : 345063xxxx
***** Hand History for Game 345063xxxx *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:19611295 Level:16 Blinds (2000/4000) - Saturday, January 28, 03:43:48 EDT 2006
Table January Semi-Finals II Day2(568571) Table #1 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: HERO ( $44010 )
Seat 5: davidaquila ( $56482 )
Seat 7: DannyOhBoy ( $107750 )
Seat 8: THREEKINGS04 ( $73956 )
Seat 6: glibglub ( $44468 )
Seat 1: buckscopa ( $69411 )
Trny:19611295 Level:16
Blinds (2000/4000)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Kc Kd ]
glibglub folds.
DannyOhBoy folds.
THREEKINGS04 folds.
buckscopa is all-In [69411]
HERO is all-In [42010]
davidaquila folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9h, Qs, 4h ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6d ]
** Dealing River ** [ Qc ]
HERO shows [ Kc, Kd ] two pairs, kings and queens.
buckscopa shows [ Ad, 5h ] a pair of queens.
buckscopa wins 25401 chips from side pot #1 with a pair of queens.
HERO wins 92020 chips from the main pot with two pairs, kings and queens.
There were 11 people left. This was a no-brainer hand. The only hand that I was behind to was pocket aces. The player "buckscopa" made a mistake by going all-in to steal the blinds. He should have just raised to 12000 or so.
After this hand-- the rest was just a matter of time.... I knocked out the 11th and 10th place people, and the rest of us were cruisin'.
#Game No : 345064xxxx
***** Hand History for Game 345064xxxx *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:19611295 Level:16 Blinds (2000/4000) - Saturday, January 28, 03:46:32 EDT 2006
Table January Semi-Finals II Day2(568571) Table #1 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: HERO ( $82020 )
Seat 5: davidaquila ( $72482 )
Seat 7: DannyOhBoy ( $107750 )
Seat 8: THREEKINGS04 ( $73956 )
Seat 6: glibglub ( $38468 )
Seat 1: buckscopa ( $21401 )
Trny:19611295 Level:16
Blinds (2000/4000)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ 9c 9h ]
davidaquila folds.
glibglub folds.
DannyOhBoy folds.
THREEKINGS04 folds.
buckscopa is all-In [19401]
HERO calls [17401].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2d, 8d, Th ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 2c ]
buckscopa shows [ 6d, Ad ] a pair of twos.
HERO shows [ 9c, 9h ] two pairs, nines and twos.
HERO wins 42802 chips from the main pot with two pairs, nines and twos.
I made this call for precisely the same reasons as I called with AQ in "my biggest mistake". Only this time it was an easy call because not as much of my chip-stack was threatened.
#Game No : 345066xxxx
***** Hand History for Game 345066xxxx****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:19611295 Level:16 Blinds (2000/4000) - Saturday, January 28, 03:52:30 EDT 2006
Table January Semi-Finals II Day2(568571) Table #1 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 4: HERO ( $125421 )
Seat 5: davidaquila ( $66482 )
Seat 7: DannyOhBoy ( $99750 )
Seat 8: THREEKINGS04 ( $89956 )
Seat 6: glibglub ( $32468 )
Seat 1: golfjoynt ( $97757 )
Seat 2: SuqmeJohnson ( $10125 )
Seat 3: halfkeg ( $62554 )
Seat 9: Carmen35 ( $82948 )
Seat 10: lynkish ( $67539 )
Trny:19611295 Level:16
Blinds (2000/4000)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Ac 7d ]
glibglub: its been a long time since I played just one table, like this
davidaquila folds.
glibglub: usually 4 to 8
glibglub folds.
DannyOhBoy folds.
THREEKINGS04 folds.
Carmen35 folds.
lynkish folds.
golfjoynt folds.
SuqmeJohnson is all-In [10125]
HERO: me too... i was playing 8 in the beginning.. last 2 hours just this one
halfkeg folds.
HERO calls [6125].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kc, 2s, 2h ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ As ]
** Dealing River ** [ Ad ]
HERO shows [ Ac, 7d ] a full house, Aces full of twos.
SuqmeJohnson shows [ Ks, Qd ] two pairs, aces and kings.
HERO wins 22250 chips from the main pot with a full house, Aces full of twos.
Player SuqmeJohnson finished in 10 place and received $500
SuqmeJohnson has left the table.
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