1 tournament win makes up for 5 crappy ones

Summary of results for the last 12 hours
$13 6-man turbo – 5th place - net -$13
$3.25 6-man turbo – 6th place - net -$3.25
$3.25 6-man turbo – 4th place - net -$3.25
$11 27-person SNG – 9th place – net -$11
$11 27-person SNG – 17th place – net -$11 and then….
$5.50 27-person SNG – 1st place – net +$44.50
Total Profit - $3.00!!!!!

My daughter got me up at 4:00 this morning, she couldn’t sleep, and she wanted water, and this and that, so of course, daddy gets up. My wife was complaining about me rolling into her in bed and snoring too much, so I guess that is a sign. Get up and play poker.

All of my other SNGs, other than the last one that I won, I played good poker. Couple of classic suckouts by my opponents got me sent to the rail early on. My favorite one was when I raised it up in the second level of the $13 6-man SNG to 4xBB with TT from the cutoff, get called by the SB and BB. Flop comes rainbow 2 5 8. Perfect. SB bets ½ pot, BB raises, I contemplate a call or a shove, and figured a raise would commit me anyways, so I shove, SB folds and BB calls with…………………………….JT? Of course a 9 on the turn gave him some more outs, and he spikes a J on the river to take the pot. I mean, WTF was he thinking? So ghey.

For some reason, I have had some success lately specifically in the $5 27-person SNGs with 2 2nds and now a first. This one went pretty smoothly as we worked to the final table, and I kept getting my money in good. Here are a couple of hands leading up to the last table:

Table '86519449 3' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: PJS JR. (1905 in chips)
Seat 3: Rosie1986 (1705 in chips)
Seat 4: Duc_bim (1815 in chips)
Seat 5: binostar (1630 in chips)
Seat 6: POKA4$ACE (1115 in chips)
Seat 7: pokerlake (1220 in chips)
Seat 8: waldano (1480 in chips)
Seat 9: Cos999 (1190 in chips)
pokerlake: posts small blind 25
waldano: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR. [Qd Ah]
Cos999: folds
PJS JR.: raises 100 to 150
5 folds
waldano: calls 100
*** FLOP *** [9h Qs Jc]
waldano: checks
PJS JR.: bets 200
waldano: calls 200
*** TURN *** [9h Qs Jc] [7c]
waldano: checks
PJS JR.: bets 300
waldano: calls 300
*** RIVER *** [9h Qs Jc 7c] [6d]
waldano: checks
PJS JR.: safety checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
waldano: shows [Qh Kd] (a pair of Queens)
PJS JR.: shows [Qd Ah] (a pair of Queens - Ace kicker)
PJS JR. collected 1325 from pot

And then this one…

Table '86519449 3' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: PJS JR. (2480 in chips)
Seat 5: binostar (1580 in chips)
Seat 6: POKA4$ACE (1240 in chips)
Seat 7: pokerlake (1095 in chips)
Seat 8: waldano (805 in chips)
Seat 9: Cos999 (1690 in chips)
pokerlake: posts small blind 25
waldano: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR. [As Qs]
Cos999: raises 100 to 150
PJS JR.: calls 150
3 folds
waldano: calls 100
*** FLOP *** [4d 3c Ah]
waldano: checks
Cos999: bets 100
PJS JR.: calls 100
waldano: folds
*** TURN *** [4d 3c Ah] [5d]
Cos999: bets 100
PJS JR.: calls 100
*** RIVER *** [4d 3c Ah 5d] [5h]
Cos999: bets 100
PJS JR.: calls 100 safety call – he has AK??
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Cos999: shows [Ks Kh] (two pair, Kings and Fives)
PJS JR.: shows [As Qs] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
PJS JR. collected 1075 from pot

So, I double up to 3000 chips without any sweating at all. Then this hand comes up and I get extremely lucky…

Table '86519449 3' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: PJS JR. (3195 in chips)
Seat 2: kosmas23 (2957 in chips)
Seat 3: claudjo (708 in chips)
Seat 4: SUERTES (3080 in chips)
Seat 5: binostar (3260 in chips)
Seat 6: Duc_bim (2415 in chips)
Seat 9: Cos999 (2015 in chips)
claudjo: posts small blind 75
SUERTES: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR. [Ts Td]
3 folds
PJS JR.: raises 300 to 450
kosmas23: calls 450
claudjo: calls 375
SUERTES: folds
*** FLOP *** [8d 9s 6s]
claudjo: bets 258 and is all-in
PJS JR.: raises 2487 to 2745 and is all-in hoping to isolate
kosmas23: calls 2507 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [8d 9s 6s] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [8d 9s 6s 2c] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PJS JR.: shows [Ts Td] (a straight, Six to Ten)
kosmas23: shows [6c 6d] (three of a kind, Sixes)
PJS JR. collected 4498 from side pot
claudjo: shows [9d Jd] (a pair of Nines)
PJS JR. collected 2274 from main pot

Just before the final table, I flop TPTK and get it all in against a shorter stack’s flush draw and lose. I am off to the final table with 5000ish chips.

Table '86519449 2' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: b_r_@_m_8_0 (7095 in chips)
Seat 2: Stokson (4545 in chips)
Seat 3: Russak0505 (1870 in chips)
Seat 4: MyriadMutiny (7250 in chips)
Seat 5: Duc_bim (3815 in chips)
Seat 6: binostar (5215 in chips)
Seat 7: SUERTES (3605 in chips)
Seat 8: PJS JR. (4995 in chips)
Seat 9: Molsson (2110 in chips)

First big hand:

Table '86519449 2' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: b_r_@_m_8_0 (8015 in chips)
Seat 2: Stokson (4215 in chips)
Seat 4: MyriadMutiny (5935 in chips)
Seat 5: Duc_bim (9960 in chips)
Seat 6: binostar (2225 in chips)
Seat 7: SUERTES (5805 in chips)
Seat 8: PJS JR. (4345 in chips)
b_r_@_m_8_0: posts the ante 25
Stokson: posts the ante 25
MyriadMutiny: posts the ante 25
Duc_bim: posts the ante 25
binostar: posts the ante 25
SUERTES: posts the ante 25
PJS JR.: posts the ante 25
Duc_bim: posts small blind 200
binostar: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR. [As Kh]
SUERTES: folds
PJS JR.: raises 3920 to 4320 and is all-in
4 folds
binostar: calls 1800 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Ah 4d 7s]
*** TURN *** [Ah 4d 7s] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [Ah 4d 7s 7d] [5h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
binostar: shows [8d 8h] (two pair, Eights and Sevens)
PJS JR.: shows [As Kh] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
PJS JR. collected 4775 from pot

As we were on the bubble, the 2 bigger stacks raised every time and everyone folded. I wasn’t picking up any hands, and chose to hang back until one of the short stacks went out and we made the money. That never seemed to happen. And the big stacks wanted the bubble to continue, case in point…

Table '86519449 2' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: b_r_@_m_8_0 (5765 in chips)
Seat 2: Stokson (3565 in chips)
Seat 4: MyriadMutiny (1485 in chips)
Seat 5: Duc_bim (16660 in chips)
Seat 7: SUERTES (11155 in chips)
Seat 8: PJS JR. (1870 in chips)
b_r_@_m_8_0: posts the ante 50
Stokson: posts the ante 50
MyriadMutiny: posts the ante 50
Duc_bim: posts the ante 50
SUERTES: posts the ante 50
PJS JR.: posts the ante 50
Stokson: posts small blind 400
MyriadMutiny: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR. [Js 3d]
Duc_bim: folds
SUERTES: folds
PJS JR.: folds
b_r_@_m_8_0: folds
Stokson: folds
MyriadMutiny collected 1100 from pot
MyriadMutiny: doesn't show hand

I mean, it wouldn’t be too much to get the small stack out with any kind of raise by the big stacks, but they didn’t want him out yet. As a result, I blinded myself down to nothing, and all of a sudden, I was in danger on going out on the bubble. Here is the hand that saved me.

Table '86519449 2' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: b_r_@_m_8_0 (7165 in chips)
Seat 2: Stokson (1565 in chips)
Seat 4: MyriadMutiny (1685 in chips)
Seat 5: Duc_bim (18760 in chips)
Seat 7: SUERTES (9555 in chips)
Seat 8: PJS JR. (1770 in chips)
b_r_@_m_8_0: posts the ante 50
Stokson: posts the ante 50
MyriadMutiny: posts the ante 50
Duc_bim: posts the ante 50
SUERTES: posts the ante 50
PJS JR.: posts the ante 50
Duc_bim: posts small blind 400
SUERTES: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR. [Ts Jh]
PJS JR.: raises 920 to 1720 and is all-in
3 folds
Duc_bim: calls 1320
SUERTES: calls 920
*** FLOP *** [Ad Tc 7c]
Duc_bim: checks
SUERTES: checks
*** TURN *** [Ad Tc 7c] [9s]
Duc_bim: checks
SUERTES: checks
*** RIVER *** [Ad Tc 7c 9s] [6c]
Duc_bim: checks
SUERTES: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Duc_bim: shows [Js Qd] (high card Ace)
SUERTES: shows [Qc 7d] (a pair of Sevens)
PJS JR.: shows [Ts Jh] (a pair of Tens)
PJS JR. collected 5460 from pot Weeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally the shortest stack went out on this hand:

Table '86519449 2' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: b_r_@_m_8_0 (8565 in chips)
Seat 2: Stokson (1465 in chips)
Seat 4: MyriadMutiny (1585 in chips)
Seat 5: Duc_bim (16940 in chips)
Seat 7: SUERTES (7335 in chips)
Seat 8: PJS JR. (4610 in chips)
b_r_@_m_8_0: posts the ante 50
Stokson: posts the ante 50
MyriadMutiny: posts the ante 50
Duc_bim: posts the ante 50
SUERTES: posts the ante 50
PJS JR.: posts the ante 50
PJS JR.: posts small blind 400
b_r_@_m_8_0: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR. [Kc Qs]
Stokson: raises 615 to 1415 and is all-in
3 folds
PJS JR.: calls 1015
b_r_@_m_8_0: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ah 8s 7d]
*** TURN *** [Ah 8s 7d] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [Ah 8s 7d Jh] [Td]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PJS JR.: shows [Kc Qs] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
Stokson: shows [2d As] (a pair of Aces)
PJS JR. collected 3930 from pot

Then I won a couple of big ones when we got down to 3-handed:
Table '86519449 2' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: Duc_bim (11690 in chips)
Seat 7: SUERTES (22035 in chips)
Seat 8: PJS JR. (6775 in chips)
Duc_bim: posts the ante 75
SUERTES: posts the ante 75
PJS JR.: posts the ante 75
SUERTES: posts small blind 600
PJS JR.: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR. [8c 9c]
Duc_bim: raises 1600 to 2800
SUERTES: folds
PJS JR.: raises 3900 to 6700 and is all-in
Duc_bim: folds
PJS JR. collected 6425 from pot

And then…

Table '86519449 2' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: Duc_bim (8890 in chips)
Seat 7: SUERTES (22035 in chips)
Seat 8: PJS JR. (9575 in chips)
Duc_bim: posts the ante 75
SUERTES: posts the ante 75
PJS JR.: posts the ante 75
SUERTES: posts small blind 600
PJS JR.: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR. [Ac Tc]
Duc_bim: folds
SUERTES: raises 1200 to 2400
PJS JR.: raises 7100 to 9500 and is all-in
SUERTES: calls 7100
*** FLOP *** [5d 4s 4d]
*** TURN *** [5d 4s 4d] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [5d 4s 4d Ts] [6s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SUERTES: shows [Qc Kc] (a pair of Fours)
PJS JR.: shows [Ac Tc] (two pair, Tens and Fours)
PJS JR. collected 19225 from pot

Pretty standard 3-handed there. I became chipleader, and continued to win when I got my money in. Then, we got down to head-up when my 2 opponents tangled:

Table '86519449 2' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 5: Duc_bim (7165 in chips)
Seat 7: SUERTES (10360 in chips)
Seat 8: PJS JR. (22975 in chips)
Duc_bim: posts the ante 75
SUERTES: posts the ante 75
PJS JR.: posts the ante 75
Duc_bim: posts small blind 600
SUERTES: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR. [Js 4c]
PJS JR.: folds
Duc_bim: raises 5890 to 7090 and is all-in
SUERTES: calls 5890
*** FLOP *** [6d 6s 8s]
*** TURN *** [6d 6s 8s] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [6d 6s 8s Jc] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Duc_bim: shows [Kc 8c] (two pair, Eights and Sixes)
SUERTES: shows [6c 6h] (four of a kind, Sixes)
SUERTES collected 14405 from pot

Heads-up play lasted a while, a contained a few beats:

Table '86519449 2' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 7: SUERTES (13300 in chips)
Seat 8: PJS JR. (27200 in chips)
SUERTES: posts the ante 75
PJS JR.: posts the ante 75
SUERTES: posts small blind 800
PJS JR.: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR. [Qd Jd]
SUERTES: raises 3200 to 4800
PJS JR.: raises 22325 to 27125 and is all-in
SUERTES: calls 8425 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [4c Ah Th]
*** TURN *** [4c Ah Th] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [4c Ah Th 4h] [8h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PJS JR.: shows [Qd Jd] (a pair of Fours)
SUERTES: shows [7s Qh] (a flush, Ace high)
SUERTES collected 26600 from pot

This one stunk for sure, but I battled back by raising all-in and winning 7 of the next 9 hands, and then this:

Table '86519449 2' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 7: SUERTES (24050 in chips)
Seat 8: PJS JR. (16450 in chips)
SUERTES: posts the ante 75
PJS JR.: posts the ante 75
PJS JR.: posts small blind 800
SUERTES: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR. [Ks 9h]
PJS JR.: raises 14775 to 16375 and is all-in
SUERTES: calls 14775
*** FLOP *** [Jh 9s As]
*** TURN *** [Jh 9s As] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 9s As 8s] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SUERTES: shows [5c 5s] (a pair of Fives)
PJS JR.: shows [Ks 9h] (a pair of Nines)
PJS JR. collected 32900 from pot

And the final blow:

Table '86519449 2' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 7: SUERTES (9275 in chips)
Seat 8: PJS JR. (31225 in chips)
SUERTES: posts the ante 75
PJS JR.: posts the ante 75
PJS JR.: posts small blind 800
SUERTES: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR. [Ad Td]
PJS JR.: raises 9600 to 11200
SUERTES: calls 7600 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Qs 2c 2h]
*** TURN *** [Qs 2c 2h] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 2c 2h 9d] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SUERTES: shows [Kc 7s] (a pair of Deuces)
PJS JR.: shows [Ad Td] (a pair of Deuces - Ace kicker)
PJS JR. collected 18550 from pot

So, all of that work, and I am up $3 for the day. Yay.

More to follow after I run hot for the next week. I will keep you posted.

Ryan