PokerStars Tournament #42679186, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $50.00/$5.00
207 players
Total Prize Pool: $23350.00
Tournament started - 2007/02/12 - 00:15:00 (ET)
Dear all aces,
You finished the tournament in 2nd place.
A $4,086.25 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
You earned 274.80 tournament leader points in this tournament.
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http://www.pokerstars.com/tlb_tournament_rankings.htmlCongratulations!
Thank you for participating.
All was going well until this hand heads-up:
PokerStars Game #8401683723: Tournament #42679186, $50+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVIII (6000/12000) - 2007/02/12 - 05:00:40 (ET)
Table '42679186 21' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: all aces (458212 in chips)
Seat 8: bballin04 (289288 in chips)
all aces: posts the ante 600
bballin04: posts the ante 600
all aces: posts small blind 6000
bballin04: posts big blind 12000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to all aces [Kh 9h]
all aces: raises 24000 to 36000
bballin04: calls 24000
*** FLOP *** [8s 9d 6h]
bballin04: checks
all aces: bets 72000
bballin04: raises 180688 to 252688 and is all-in
all aces: calls 180688
*** TURN *** [8s 9d 6h] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [8s 9d 6h Tc] [6s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bballin04: shows [Qc Td] (two pair, Tens and Sixes)
all aces: shows [Kh 9h] (two pair, Nines and Sixes)
bballin04 collected 578576 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 578576 | Rake 0
Board [8s 9d 6h Tc 6s]
Seat 5: all aces (button) (small blind) showed [Kh 9h] and lost with two pair, Nines and Sixes
Seat 8: bballin04 (big blind) showed [Qc Td] and won (578576) with two pair, Tens and Sixes
(you have to work in a bad beat story whenever you can)
I OWNED the guy heads-up, and I don't mind saying so, because he was typing things like "you are owning me" and "this is embarrassing". Oh well, unlucky... first would have been nicer.
I felt great about my playing last night... I was checking out the hand history and looking at random hands. I was out of line a lot, but it was working, and it worked all the way to the end. I can't really complain too much. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come in Vegas at the end of the month! I'm playing in a series at the Wynn... 2 1K NLHE tournaments, 1 2K NLHE, and 1 1K LHE. I'm going with my brother... his first time in Vegas. Could be messy.
I will post the details about our trip here after I get back.
This year is off to a great start. I'm trying to squeeze in as many MTT's as possible in preparation for the Wynn and I'm generally happy with the results. AND I finally made the money in my stupid fuckin' home game on Friday! That's really banner news... unfortunately, the moral victory was soured by the fact that--while I took third--my nemesis (and former co-worker on Poker Night Live) JohnnyT took first place. Haha just kidding he plays good... not a nemesis perse, maybe a rival.
ANYWAY the very fact that I cracked the money at all makes me happy. I'm notoriously unlucky in my home game. I host a 10-player SNG every six weeks or so, and I usually get stuck in each one for about $280 or so (after rebuys and everything). Then I bust out and sulk in a corner. This pattern has been repeating itself for... oh, let's say a year and a half. The money I don't care about, it's the fact that I'm going to all of this effort to put on a nice game for my friends, and I always get reamed. Not anymore, I tell you!
Friday, Feb. 9: 3rd place, $428. (I was into the tournament for $280 haha, but who cares, I made the damn money.)
My brother has agreed to trade 20% of our action with me in Vegas. For me, this means covering 20% of his tournament entries (which will probably equal $300 I'll owe him, if that) and taking 20% of whatever he wins. For him, the risk (and the reward) is higher, with him covering 20% of my tournament entries (which will equal as much as 1K he'll owe me) and taking 20% of whatever I win.
I can tell that he's a bit freaked out by the prospect of handing over 1K to me after I bust out of everything, but I have assured him that I am doing him the favour here. I mean, sure, he COULD end up having to fork over 1K, but I COULD win 180K in one of these things, and end up handing HIM 36K for doing NOTHING. Who can argue with that logic... I'm definitely doing him the favour here.
We're staying at the Orleans. It's clean and cheap, but it's off the strip. After checking out the rates for places on the strip, I figured that the Orleans and taxicabs was the way to go.
VEGAS BABY. Until then, I'll try to parlay the 4K win from last night into some serious cash via Stars multi-table tournaments. They take a lot of time, but I have to put in that time right now if I'm going to be at the top of my game in Vegas.
TRIP REPORTS:
If you've read the older stuff on this blog, you'll know that I love writing trip reports. It should come as no surprise, then, that I love reading them too. And this guy's are great in my humble opinion. Start from the top and work your way down... it goes on and on but it's worth it.
Before I go, one more hand from last night:
PokerStars Game #8401282445: Tournament #42679186, $50+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (1000/2000) - 2007/02/12 - 03:36:46 (ET)
Table '42679186 21' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Boogirl1001 (9580 in chips)
Seat 2: Lisa Turner (45502 in chips)
Seat 3: JessicaMarie (22436 in chips)
Seat 4: PennyTrader (80543 in chips)
Seat 5: all aces (90218 in chips)
Seat 6: suitedkrunk (72780 in chips)
Seat 8: bballin04 (64179 in chips)
Seat 9: ob1k (53658 in chips)
Boogirl1001: posts the ante 100
Lisa Turner: posts the ante 100
JessicaMarie: posts the ante 100
PennyTrader: posts the ante 100
all aces: posts the ante 100
suitedkrunk: posts the ante 100
bballin04: posts the ante 100
ob1k: posts the ante 100
all aces: posts small blind 1000
suitedkrunk: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to all aces [7s 5d]
bballin04: folds
ob1k: folds
Boogirl1001: folds
Lisa Turner: folds
JessicaMarie: raises 2000 to 4000
PennyTrader: folds
all aces: calls 3000
suitedkrunk: calls 2000
*** FLOP *** [3s 8s 4d]
all aces: checks
suitedkrunk: checks
JessicaMarie: checks
*** TURN *** [3s 8s 4d] [Qh]
all aces: bets 6000
suitedkrunk: calls 6000
JessicaMarie: folds
*** RIVER *** [3s 8s 4d Qh] [Kh]
all aces: bets 20000
suitedkrunk: folds
all aces collected 24800 from pot
all aces: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 24800 | Rake 0
Board [3s 8s 4d Qh Kh]
Seat 1: Boogirl1001 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Lisa Turner folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: JessicaMarie folded on the Turn
Seat 4: PennyTrader (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: all aces (small blind) collected (24800)
Seat 6: suitedkrunk (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 8: bballin04 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: ob1k folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Cheeky. Very cheeky.
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