Sticking with these... Here is this morning's stats:
Games Played: 14
Total Entries: $136
Won (Profit): $200.40 ($64.40)
ROI: 47%
Interesting SNG stats so far:
All SNGs
Games Played: 211
Total Entries: $1,681
Won (Profit): $2,370 ($689)
ROI: 41%
February SNGs by type:
$11.00+$1.00 6-man turbos
Games Played: 27
Total Entries: $324
Won (Profit): $620.70 ($296.70)
ROI: 92% (Wow!)
$6.00+$0.50 6-man turbos
Games Played: 68
Total Entries: $442
Won (Profit): $559.8 ($117.8)
ROI: 27% (Not as good, but still good)
Needless to say, no more cash games for me for a while. Gonna try and mix in some MTTs here in the next week. My wife is gone on Sunday, so I will have 10 days of nightly MTTs. Hopefully, I can run as well as I have been in these SNGs.
Thanks for reading.
Ryan
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
A weekend full of SNGs...
Throw in about 30 mins of cash games and a couple of MTTs, and that was my weekend. My wife had a friend in from out of town, along with her two kids, and they spent a lot of time together. Eventhough I had the kids with me most of the time, during naps and early bedtimes, I was able to get quit a bit of poker in.
As discussed previously, I am on a terrible downswing playing cash games. Yes, that is what brought my roll to where it was 30 days ago, and I did have a good run at one point, but right now, I am so timid, every time I play a hand, I think I am going to get beat. It has been rough, and an attitude like that, you never are going to win.
I am fiding myself checking down with TPTK, folding to semi-bluffs and then by the time the river hits, I would have won the hand. Not trusting reads or betting patterns, and just all in all playing horrible cash game poker.
Hence my decision to focus more on SNGs. I have always liked them, and the fact that going broke on a hand only costs you a buy-in is nice, although winning an all-in doesn't guarantee you any money either.
I posted my SNG history in the last post, and here are my results since then:
And then here is my overall SNG history brought to you by Sharkscope:
I have not kept track of cash games that well, or really at all since I have started playing, but these SNG stats are pretty decent. I guess the trick would be to move up a level and see how that goes. I have been playing mostly $6 and $11 6-man turbos. Would be really great if there were a $15ish turbo, but instead, I would have to move up to $22 turbos. I don't have any problem doing that, I am just a little bit of a bankroll nit.
What is usually the case is that, like right now, I would play three $6 6-man turbos and two $11 6-man turbos. With tourney fees, that $43.50 for those 5 SNGs. If I win one of the $11 SNGs, I break even and the rest is gravy. I know it is a nitty way to look at it, but I like to have 4-6 SNGs going at once, and the goal (obviously) would be to profit at least something on that round of SNGs. I have played about 13 "rounds" the last few days, and only ended up down on one occasion, so it has been working.
Crazy thing about the weekend, the summary of my cash experiences lately:
How does he call this?
Nice runner-runer donk!
Quickest $70 I ever spent. Really depressing after grinding it out on SNGs and then losing a bulk of the profit in 3 minutes.
Anyways, back to the SNG grind. Hope you are all well, thanks for reading, and good luck at the tables.
Ryan
As discussed previously, I am on a terrible downswing playing cash games. Yes, that is what brought my roll to where it was 30 days ago, and I did have a good run at one point, but right now, I am so timid, every time I play a hand, I think I am going to get beat. It has been rough, and an attitude like that, you never are going to win.
I am fiding myself checking down with TPTK, folding to semi-bluffs and then by the time the river hits, I would have won the hand. Not trusting reads or betting patterns, and just all in all playing horrible cash game poker.
Hence my decision to focus more on SNGs. I have always liked them, and the fact that going broke on a hand only costs you a buy-in is nice, although winning an all-in doesn't guarantee you any money either.
I posted my SNG history in the last post, and here are my results since then:
And then here is my overall SNG history brought to you by Sharkscope:
I have not kept track of cash games that well, or really at all since I have started playing, but these SNG stats are pretty decent. I guess the trick would be to move up a level and see how that goes. I have been playing mostly $6 and $11 6-man turbos. Would be really great if there were a $15ish turbo, but instead, I would have to move up to $22 turbos. I don't have any problem doing that, I am just a little bit of a bankroll nit.
What is usually the case is that, like right now, I would play three $6 6-man turbos and two $11 6-man turbos. With tourney fees, that $43.50 for those 5 SNGs. If I win one of the $11 SNGs, I break even and the rest is gravy. I know it is a nitty way to look at it, but I like to have 4-6 SNGs going at once, and the goal (obviously) would be to profit at least something on that round of SNGs. I have played about 13 "rounds" the last few days, and only ended up down on one occasion, so it has been working.
Crazy thing about the weekend, the summary of my cash experiences lately:
How does he call this?
Nice runner-runer donk!
Quickest $70 I ever spent. Really depressing after grinding it out on SNGs and then losing a bulk of the profit in 3 minutes.
Anyways, back to the SNG grind. Hope you are all well, thanks for reading, and good luck at the tables.
Ryan
Friday, February 8, 2008
Does anybody read this blog?
Not that I am really concerned about it, what I really want to do is look back 5 years from now, when I am consistantly playing higher and higher staked tourneys and cash games, that I see where I came from and the micro-stakes I used to play, and be thankful that I am playing for $1000's every day.
As far as today goes, things are good, I have been playing more and more sit-n-gos, less cash games. Didn't play much the last 36 hours or so, but have increased the roll slightly. Up to $2,454.
Hope to have a good long update with some interesting hands by the end of the weekend.
Good luck at the tables.
Ryan
As far as today goes, things are good, I have been playing more and more sit-n-gos, less cash games. Didn't play much the last 36 hours or so, but have increased the roll slightly. Up to $2,454.
Hope to have a good long update with some interesting hands by the end of the weekend.
Good luck at the tables.
Ryan
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Sit'n'Gos the way to Go?
Take a look at February so far in Sit-n-gos:
To summarize, I have paid $272.50 to play in however many sit-n-gos that is, and have won $420.90m for an overall ROI of 54%. Why am I playing cash games?
Now, I have been running pretty decent in these sit-n-gos, but still, I put myself in good situations, and I don't fear stacking off for $50 on one hand. I make a couple of good moves in a $10 6-man, and I can profit $30 if I win. I lose $10 if I get sucked out on. Somehow, I like the look of that better. Also, it seems as though in the levels I am playing ($5 to $12 sit-n-gos, with the occasional $22) people don't mind getting it all it with a shitty hand. I am a pretty tight player by nature, and have always felt that is why I am successful at sit-n-gos.
Barring passport problems, my wife will be out of town for 10 days starting February 17 in the am. That gives me a chance to qualify for the last 2 FTOPS events, which I will try to do, as well as play 10 solid days of poker after that. I want to try and start working out, as I am up 10 pounds since December 20th. But I have a long opportunity to play a lot of poker, and I will try and take advantage as much as possible.
With a solid run of sit-n-gos, my bankroll is back up to $2,400. Let's get to $3k by the end of February. Lord know I will have a lot of opportunities to get there.
Thanks for reading, and thanks for your support. Good luck at the tables!
Ryan
To summarize, I have paid $272.50 to play in however many sit-n-gos that is, and have won $420.90m for an overall ROI of 54%. Why am I playing cash games?
Now, I have been running pretty decent in these sit-n-gos, but still, I put myself in good situations, and I don't fear stacking off for $50 on one hand. I make a couple of good moves in a $10 6-man, and I can profit $30 if I win. I lose $10 if I get sucked out on. Somehow, I like the look of that better. Also, it seems as though in the levels I am playing ($5 to $12 sit-n-gos, with the occasional $22) people don't mind getting it all it with a shitty hand. I am a pretty tight player by nature, and have always felt that is why I am successful at sit-n-gos.
Barring passport problems, my wife will be out of town for 10 days starting February 17 in the am. That gives me a chance to qualify for the last 2 FTOPS events, which I will try to do, as well as play 10 solid days of poker after that. I want to try and start working out, as I am up 10 pounds since December 20th. But I have a long opportunity to play a lot of poker, and I will try and take advantage as much as possible.
With a solid run of sit-n-gos, my bankroll is back up to $2,400. Let's get to $3k by the end of February. Lord know I will have a lot of opportunities to get there.
Thanks for reading, and thanks for your support. Good luck at the tables!
Ryan
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Quick Update - Not Good
Have been running like shit.
Busted out of the 5th round of the EPT qualifying.
Haven't had time to play tourneys.
Cash games have been awful. JJ running into QQ running into KK running into AA.
Bankroll down to $2,150.
Not happy right now.
Not happy at all.
Time to run better.
Please.
Ryan
Busted out of the 5th round of the EPT qualifying.
Haven't had time to play tourneys.
Cash games have been awful. JJ running into QQ running into KK running into AA.
Bankroll down to $2,150.
Not happy right now.
Not happy at all.
Time to run better.
Please.
Ryan
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Ummm.... help?
What an interesting run I'm on. My cash game has gone to hell in a handcart. My tourney game rocks. What happened? My run at the cash games has been so good the last 2 months, but lately, I can't win a thing.
Highlights from last week:
1) Playing the EPT steps, started at the $7.50 level, have worked my way up to the $700 level. 2 wins away from Monte Carlo!
2) 2nd place in a $4+0.40 180-man on PS. Got heads up down about 2-1 in chips, and was caught bluffing all-in on the river with a busted draw to the other guy with top pair, 2 kicker, but I was already committed by the turn, so felt I'd give it a shot.
Lowlights:
1) Getting my a$$ kicked in cash games. Big time.
2) Can't win with Aces
3) Can't win with Kings
4) Can't seem to win at all.
My account balance is now at $2,338 + the $700 ticket to the EPT steps tourney. So, in some technical way, I reached my $3k goal for January. But not really. The $700 ticket has no cash value (which I would probably cash out if I could) so I am still really at the $2,300 level still.
I have changed my outlook, and am going to take it easy on the cash games for a while. I want to focus on sit-n-gos for a while, and psych myself up to make a run for Monte Carlo. Also, would like to play a few more tourneys, especially after my second place finish on the 180-man on PS.
Thanks for reading, will try an update over the weekend.
Good luck at the tables.
Ryan
Highlights from last week:
1) Playing the EPT steps, started at the $7.50 level, have worked my way up to the $700 level. 2 wins away from Monte Carlo!
2) 2nd place in a $4+0.40 180-man on PS. Got heads up down about 2-1 in chips, and was caught bluffing all-in on the river with a busted draw to the other guy with top pair, 2 kicker, but I was already committed by the turn, so felt I'd give it a shot.
Lowlights:
1) Getting my a$$ kicked in cash games. Big time.
2) Can't win with Aces
3) Can't win with Kings
4) Can't seem to win at all.
My account balance is now at $2,338 + the $700 ticket to the EPT steps tourney. So, in some technical way, I reached my $3k goal for January. But not really. The $700 ticket has no cash value (which I would probably cash out if I could) so I am still really at the $2,300 level still.
I have changed my outlook, and am going to take it easy on the cash games for a while. I want to focus on sit-n-gos for a while, and psych myself up to make a run for Monte Carlo. Also, would like to play a few more tourneys, especially after my second place finish on the 180-man on PS.
Thanks for reading, will try an update over the weekend.
Good luck at the tables.
Ryan
Friday, January 25, 2008
Brag Post Alert!
Don't read this if you hate brag posts. It was a fun morning for me today. Backing up to last night, got a little bit of time to play some 50NL on FT, and was down about a buy-in. Hopped onto a $12+1 DS Qualifier for the $530 Sunday Million, and was out in 5 minutes when my aces got cracked all-in pre-flop vs. Q8. Huh?? Yah, sucky. Managed to win a $26 tourney token on FT, but other than that, a down night.
This morning, I had to wake up to review some documents for work, so I was up very, very early. I figured I would get into the 5 EST $24+2 tourney on FT. I limped with AK in early position with the hope of re-raising, and got the chance when almost everyone limps and the BB raises it to 4BB (after 6 limpers???). So I re-raise and he puts me all-in, he's got QQ. I lose the race, I'm out. In about 4 minutes. Ick. $26 not well spent.
Was going to focus on my work only, but got onto Stars instead (I'm such a good procrastinator!) and a $12+1 $530 Sunday Million qualifier was starting in a few minutes. I got in. Then, my luck changed.
I got heads up on the first table after playing only really premium hands and getting it in really good a couple of times and taking the chip lead. When we got heads up:
PokerStars Game #14807113372: Tournament #74378667, $12+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level V (75/150) - 2008/01/25 - 05:43:23 (ET)
Table '74378667 1' 8-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 4: funvloh (3197 in chips)
Seat 8: PJS JR. (5803 in chips)
PJS JR.: posts small blind 75
funvloh: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR. [6s 9s]
PJS JR.: calls 75
funvloh: checks
*** FLOP *** [9d 6d 5s]
funvloh: checks
PJS JR.: bets 300
funvloh: calls 300
*** TURN *** [9d 6d 5s] [Jh]
funvloh: bets 2747 and is all-in
PJS JR.: calls 2747
*** RIVER *** [9d 6d 5s Jh] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
funvloh: shows [Js 7h] (a pair of Jacks)
PJS JR.: shows [6s 9s] (two pair, Nines and Sixes)
PJS JR. collected 6394 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6394 | Rake 0
Board [9d 6d 5s Jh 4c]
Seat 4: funvloh (big blind) showed [Js 7h] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 8: PJS JR. (button) (small blind) showed [6s 9s] and won (6394) with two pair, Nines and Sixes
After waiting for a good 20 minutes for the other tables to finish, I got started on table 2. Things didn't go well early. I got down to about 1000 chips before I raised all-in to pick up blinds, and then:
PokerStars Game #14807360565: Tournament #74378667, $12+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round II, Level IV (50/100) - 2008/01/25 - 06:14:13 (ET)
Table '74378667 1' 8-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: PJS JR. (1105 in chips)
Seat 3: katcher11 (5950 in chips)
Seat 4: Sedda (1025 in chips)
Seat 5: hpcricket (2445 in chips)
Seat 8: ceejee (1475 in chips)
hpcricket: posts small blind 50
ceejee: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR. [Jd Ac]
PJS JR.: raises 1005 to 1105 and is all-in
katcher11: folds
Sedda: folds
hpcricket: raises 1005 to 2110
ceejee: folds
*** FLOP *** [3s Js 4c]
*** TURN *** [3s Js 4c] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [3s Js 4c 3d] [2c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hpcricket: shows [Ad Th] (a pair of Threes)
PJS JR.: shows [Jd Ac] (two pair, Jacks and Threes)
PJS JR. collected 2310 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2310 | Rake 0
Board [3s Js 4c 3d 2c]
Seat 1: PJS JR. showed [Jd Ac] and won (2310) with two pair, Jacks and Threes
Seat 3: katcher11 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Sedda (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: hpcricket (small blind) showed [Ad Th] and lost with a pair of Threes
Seat 8: ceejee (big blind) folded before Flop
I took down some blinds in the next 4-5 hands, and the other short stacks got wiped out in a hurry, 2 of them on one hand with my heads-up villain. Katcher11 had taken out, I believe, everyone at this table, so he had most of the chips. Situation didn't look good...
PokerStars Game #14807379077: Tournament #74378667, $12+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round II, Level IV (50/100) - 2008/01/25 - 06:16:30 (ET)
Table '74378667 1' 8-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: PJS JR. (2160 in chips)
Seat 3: katcher11 (9840 in chips)
katcher11: posts small blind 50
PJS JR.: posts big blind 100
Got worse...
PokerStars Game #14807403214: Tournament #74378667, $12+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round II, Level V (75/150) - 2008/01/25 - 06:19:30 (ET)
Table '74378667 1' 8-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: PJS JR. (1710 in chips)
Seat 3: katcher11 (10290 in chips)
katcher11: posts small blind 75
PJS JR.: posts big blind 150
Then, I got it in bad and sucked out...
PokerStars Game #14807465095: Tournament #74378667, $12+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round II, Level V (75/150) - 2008/01/25 - 06:27:04 (ET)
Table '74378667 1' 8-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: PJS JR. (1935 in chips)
Seat 3: katcher11 (10065 in chips)
PJS JR.: posts small blind 75
katcher11: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR. [Kd 5s]
PJS JR.: raises 1785 to 1935 and is all-in
katcher11: calls 1785
*** FLOP *** [5h 4d 6d]
*** TURN *** [5h 4d 6d] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [5h 4d 6d Kh] [Th]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
katcher11: shows [Ah 9c] (high card Ace)
PJS JR.: shows [Kd 5s] (two pair, Kings and Fives)
PJS JR. collected 3870 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3870 | Rake 0
Board [5h 4d 6d Kh Th]
Seat 1: PJS JR. (button) (small blind) showed [Kd 5s] and won (3870) with two pair, Kings and Fives
Seat 3: katcher11 (big blind) showed [Ah 9c] and lost with high card Ace
Then, on 3-4 hands in a row, he raised and I re-raised all-in with top 15% hands and took them all down. He almost insta-folded every single time. After than, he seemed to be a little rattled and stopped raising. He was folding and unwilling to put any chips into the pot unless he had a hand. He was waiting for an opportunity to get it all in with a good hand.
I became the aggressor and was betting almost every flop that we saw and taking it down. Then, 2 hands after taking over the chip lead:
PokerStars Game #14807505734: Tournament #74378667, $12+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round II, Level VI (100/200) - 2008/01/25 - 06:32:00 (ET)
Table '74378667 1' 8-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: PJS JR. (6620 in chips)
Seat 3: katcher11 (5380 in chips)
PJS JR.: posts small blind 100
katcher11: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR. [5d 6h]
PJS JR.: calls 100
katcher11: checks
*** FLOP *** [7c 8s 9d]
katcher11: bets 400
PJS JR.: raises 6020 to 6420 and is all-in
katcher11: calls 4780 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [7c 8s 9d] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [7c 8s 9d Jc] [4s] (Made me sweat a T on the river!)
*** SHOW DOWN ***
katcher11: shows [9s Qh] (a pair of Nines)
PJS JR.: shows [5d 6h] (a straight, Five to Nine)
PJS JR. collected 10760 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10760 | Rake 0
Board [7c 8s 9d Jc 4s]
Seat 1: PJS JR. (button) (small blind) showed [5d 6h] and won (10760) with a straight, Five to Nine
Seat 3: katcher11 (big blind) showed [9s Qh] and lost with a pair of Nines
BOOM! $530 score! Since there were only 44 players in the tourney, there was no 2nd place money. It was all or nothing, and it felt wonderful to come out on top. Maybe $530 is not a lot to some, but it's a wonderful increase to my roll. They are T$, and I probably won't play the Sunday Million, but a nice cash none the less. Probably will treat myself to playing one of the $215 Sunday Millions at a later date.
Needless to say, I am beaming at work today, very happy about my tourney win. I appreciate you all for reading, and will post some cash hands that I played after the tourney. Was up about a buy-in on Stars in about 45 minutes, then it was off to work. Bankroll after the tourney win: $2,514!
Yah baby. Highest so far.
Let's keep going.
Ryan
This morning, I had to wake up to review some documents for work, so I was up very, very early. I figured I would get into the 5 EST $24+2 tourney on FT. I limped with AK in early position with the hope of re-raising, and got the chance when almost everyone limps and the BB raises it to 4BB (after 6 limpers???). So I re-raise and he puts me all-in, he's got QQ. I lose the race, I'm out. In about 4 minutes. Ick. $26 not well spent.
Was going to focus on my work only, but got onto Stars instead (I'm such a good procrastinator!) and a $12+1 $530 Sunday Million qualifier was starting in a few minutes. I got in. Then, my luck changed.
I got heads up on the first table after playing only really premium hands and getting it in really good a couple of times and taking the chip lead. When we got heads up:
PokerStars Game #14807113372: Tournament #74378667, $12+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level V (75/150) - 2008/01/25 - 05:43:23 (ET)
Table '74378667 1' 8-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 4: funvloh (3197 in chips)
Seat 8: PJS JR. (5803 in chips)
PJS JR.: posts small blind 75
funvloh: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR. [6s 9s]
PJS JR.: calls 75
funvloh: checks
*** FLOP *** [9d 6d 5s]
funvloh: checks
PJS JR.: bets 300
funvloh: calls 300
*** TURN *** [9d 6d 5s] [Jh]
funvloh: bets 2747 and is all-in
PJS JR.: calls 2747
*** RIVER *** [9d 6d 5s Jh] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
funvloh: shows [Js 7h] (a pair of Jacks)
PJS JR.: shows [6s 9s] (two pair, Nines and Sixes)
PJS JR. collected 6394 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6394 | Rake 0
Board [9d 6d 5s Jh 4c]
Seat 4: funvloh (big blind) showed [Js 7h] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 8: PJS JR. (button) (small blind) showed [6s 9s] and won (6394) with two pair, Nines and Sixes
After waiting for a good 20 minutes for the other tables to finish, I got started on table 2. Things didn't go well early. I got down to about 1000 chips before I raised all-in to pick up blinds, and then:
PokerStars Game #14807360565: Tournament #74378667, $12+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round II, Level IV (50/100) - 2008/01/25 - 06:14:13 (ET)
Table '74378667 1' 8-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: PJS JR. (1105 in chips)
Seat 3: katcher11 (5950 in chips)
Seat 4: Sedda (1025 in chips)
Seat 5: hpcricket (2445 in chips)
Seat 8: ceejee (1475 in chips)
hpcricket: posts small blind 50
ceejee: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR. [Jd Ac]
PJS JR.: raises 1005 to 1105 and is all-in
katcher11: folds
Sedda: folds
hpcricket: raises 1005 to 2110
ceejee: folds
*** FLOP *** [3s Js 4c]
*** TURN *** [3s Js 4c] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [3s Js 4c 3d] [2c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hpcricket: shows [Ad Th] (a pair of Threes)
PJS JR.: shows [Jd Ac] (two pair, Jacks and Threes)
PJS JR. collected 2310 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2310 | Rake 0
Board [3s Js 4c 3d 2c]
Seat 1: PJS JR. showed [Jd Ac] and won (2310) with two pair, Jacks and Threes
Seat 3: katcher11 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Sedda (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: hpcricket (small blind) showed [Ad Th] and lost with a pair of Threes
Seat 8: ceejee (big blind) folded before Flop
I took down some blinds in the next 4-5 hands, and the other short stacks got wiped out in a hurry, 2 of them on one hand with my heads-up villain. Katcher11 had taken out, I believe, everyone at this table, so he had most of the chips. Situation didn't look good...
PokerStars Game #14807379077: Tournament #74378667, $12+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round II, Level IV (50/100) - 2008/01/25 - 06:16:30 (ET)
Table '74378667 1' 8-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: PJS JR. (2160 in chips)
Seat 3: katcher11 (9840 in chips)
katcher11: posts small blind 50
PJS JR.: posts big blind 100
Got worse...
PokerStars Game #14807403214: Tournament #74378667, $12+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round II, Level V (75/150) - 2008/01/25 - 06:19:30 (ET)
Table '74378667 1' 8-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: PJS JR. (1710 in chips)
Seat 3: katcher11 (10290 in chips)
katcher11: posts small blind 75
PJS JR.: posts big blind 150
Then, I got it in bad and sucked out...
PokerStars Game #14807465095: Tournament #74378667, $12+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round II, Level V (75/150) - 2008/01/25 - 06:27:04 (ET)
Table '74378667 1' 8-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: PJS JR. (1935 in chips)
Seat 3: katcher11 (10065 in chips)
PJS JR.: posts small blind 75
katcher11: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR. [Kd 5s]
PJS JR.: raises 1785 to 1935 and is all-in
katcher11: calls 1785
*** FLOP *** [5h 4d 6d]
*** TURN *** [5h 4d 6d] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [5h 4d 6d Kh] [Th]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
katcher11: shows [Ah 9c] (high card Ace)
PJS JR.: shows [Kd 5s] (two pair, Kings and Fives)
PJS JR. collected 3870 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3870 | Rake 0
Board [5h 4d 6d Kh Th]
Seat 1: PJS JR. (button) (small blind) showed [Kd 5s] and won (3870) with two pair, Kings and Fives
Seat 3: katcher11 (big blind) showed [Ah 9c] and lost with high card Ace
Then, on 3-4 hands in a row, he raised and I re-raised all-in with top 15% hands and took them all down. He almost insta-folded every single time. After than, he seemed to be a little rattled and stopped raising. He was folding and unwilling to put any chips into the pot unless he had a hand. He was waiting for an opportunity to get it all in with a good hand.
I became the aggressor and was betting almost every flop that we saw and taking it down. Then, 2 hands after taking over the chip lead:
PokerStars Game #14807505734: Tournament #74378667, $12+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round II, Level VI (100/200) - 2008/01/25 - 06:32:00 (ET)
Table '74378667 1' 8-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: PJS JR. (6620 in chips)
Seat 3: katcher11 (5380 in chips)
PJS JR.: posts small blind 100
katcher11: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR. [5d 6h]
PJS JR.: calls 100
katcher11: checks
*** FLOP *** [7c 8s 9d]
katcher11: bets 400
PJS JR.: raises 6020 to 6420 and is all-in
katcher11: calls 4780 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [7c 8s 9d] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [7c 8s 9d Jc] [4s] (Made me sweat a T on the river!)
*** SHOW DOWN ***
katcher11: shows [9s Qh] (a pair of Nines)
PJS JR.: shows [5d 6h] (a straight, Five to Nine)
PJS JR. collected 10760 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10760 | Rake 0
Board [7c 8s 9d Jc 4s]
Seat 1: PJS JR. (button) (small blind) showed [5d 6h] and won (10760) with a straight, Five to Nine
Seat 3: katcher11 (big blind) showed [9s Qh] and lost with a pair of Nines
BOOM! $530 score! Since there were only 44 players in the tourney, there was no 2nd place money. It was all or nothing, and it felt wonderful to come out on top. Maybe $530 is not a lot to some, but it's a wonderful increase to my roll. They are T$, and I probably won't play the Sunday Million, but a nice cash none the less. Probably will treat myself to playing one of the $215 Sunday Millions at a later date.
Needless to say, I am beaming at work today, very happy about my tourney win. I appreciate you all for reading, and will post some cash hands that I played after the tourney. Was up about a buy-in on Stars in about 45 minutes, then it was off to work. Bankroll after the tourney win: $2,514!
Yah baby. Highest so far.
Let's keep going.
Ryan
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