(Unoffocial) WCOOP #2--$215 Headsup No Limit Hold Em--Thread

[shaniac]

It's gonna be a fun event...twice as big and twice the buyin of last year's equivalent. All you have to do to cash the tournament is win three headsup matches in a row, which is harder than it sounds but also very doable. Nine wins takes the blue ribbon and around $40,000 USD.

Last year, I won 3 rounds, but lost in the fourth. Doubled my buyin--this year it's quadruple the buyin for the same feat. I don't remember too much from the event, but there was one interesting twist when my second round opponent began our match sitting out. I had raised his stack down marginally when he came back. Before noticing that he had returned, I raised again by forced of habit. He called. I had A9. All the money went in on a nine-high flop, him with Q9, and I won the second round having only to play 1 hand.

Some over/under proposition bets:

Number of players (between 1 and 512) who will be eliminated in the first level of play (15 minutes): 100.

Length for the entire first round: 100 minutes.

I'm inclined to take the over on both but let's see how good the arbitrary lines I set were.

Good luck everyone--I'll add to the thread tomorrow after each round, and it would be fun to get a lot of different stories. Hopefully there will be several updates.

Shane

[Johnsears]

I bet the first round will be under 80 minutes.

[Roman]

ill take that

[Rick Diesel]

I'll take the over on this. The rounds are substantially longer than the Stars regular heads up tournies.

[Grivan]

From my experience the rounds in the normal headsup tournies are over 80 minutes long.

[Tosh]

Well I'm playing, but just for fun as I am the worst headsup player known to man.

[jwvdcw]

I'm in this...gl all!

[cartoonsoldier]

So I can watch you guys playing while trying to win some money in the .05/.10 tables.

[TakeMeToTheRiver]

Wish I could get out of work in time to play in these things... I guess my priorities are all out of whack. If you are playing, post your screen names if you don't mind us sweating you...

Chuck

[Jason Strasser]

I'm here, I ran away from work. I will win it all!

Muahahahhaha

(prepares for 1st round exit)

[eric5148]

Fossilman is MIA. He's getting blinded down.

[shaniac]

3rd Hand I get TT in the BB. He completes, I don't raise.

Board is 954 with 2 spades. I check. He bets 60, I raise to 160 he makes it 260, I go allin, he calls with 54. Turn is a 5. GG shaniac.

Shane

[jwvdcw]

round 1:

jwvdcw vs IDontHavAKlu

[Meatmaw]

how does blinding down work in a headsup game with a player sitting out? Is there some timer that is always on, or is it as bad as just a full-on fold-fest like in SNGs?

[ohkanada]

Greg is in Vegas playing the 10k WPT event at the Mirage.

Ken

[cartoonsoldier]

Ouch. that sucks.

[shaniac]

I wonder how Stars feels about that.

Shane

[cartoonsoldier]

The only raises I am seeing on jwvdvw's tables are of 20 /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

strassa is doing good /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[shaniac]

I expected a 9 to turn, not the 5. That's poker....see you all next year.

Shane

[eric5148]

Did Stars pay for all his entries into each wcoop event?

[eric5148]

SenorBeef out in 847th.

[cartoonsoldier]

Congrats to strassa2

[ethan]

Nice job with round 1. Out of curiosity, what'd you have that hand near the end with the QTT flop?

[Jason Strasser]

Round one done. Weak opponent, took 20 minutes.

-Jason

[La Brujita]

Jason,

Nice playing, that opponent should have sold his W dollars at a discount if you want my opinion.

[Tosh]

LB will back me up here, when your name is Tosh, it is better to be lucky than good. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (2 handed)

saw flop|<font color="C00000">saw showdown</font>

<font color="C00000">Button (t1045)</font>
<font color="C00000">Hero (t1955)</font>

Preflop: Hero is BB with A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="CC3333">Button raises to t60</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t120</font>, Button calls t60.

Flop: (t240) 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets t60</font>, <font color="CC3333">Button raises to t210</font>, Hero calls t150.

Turn: (t660) J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">Button bets t300</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t720</font>, Button calls t415 (All-In).

River: (t2095) 4/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t2095
<font color="green">Main Pot: t2090 (t2090), between Button and Hero.</font> &gt; <font color="black">Pot won by Hero (t2090).</font>
<font color="green">Pot 2: t5 (t5), returned to Hero.</font>

<font color="black">
Hero shows Ah 8s (three of a kind, eights).
Button shows Kc Ks (two pair, kings and eights).
Outcome: Hero wins t2095. </font>

[SeppDeitrich]

your opponent played his hand quite tyerribly

[MLG]

I don't know that I agree with that. He didn't play it wonderfully, but he has to think he's ahead there, and enducing Tosh to get all the money in.

[Tosh]

I can swing with that, you need to be highly skilled to flop trips though. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Tosh]

Well I assume Greg told Stars so I don't know why they didn't unregister him.

[Jason Strasser]

Tosh that's all skill what are you talking about. /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[La Brujita]

I will attest that Toshoutdraw sometimes has luck on his side when playing.

I don't know how bad his opponent played. I would have reraised before the flop but Tosh had been pretty aggressive in the match so he might have been trying to get him to bluff at a pot.

Postflop I am losing my W dollars with KK.

[Grivan]

Well Im out in the first round... had AA once and JJ once both times opponent folded from the SB before I even got to act.

Other then that I couldn't flop a pair at all and when I did my opponent had a better one.

[Jason Strasser]

I would smooth call and probably be close to all in on the flop.

[eMarkM]

Yes. He's getting quite a few free rides these days, not just from Stars. Another fringe benefit of being the champ.

[jwvdcw]

out in 523rd /images/graemlins/mad.gif

[SeppDeitrich]

yes, it's a skill i have to master if i want to play high limits. If i can learn that one it'll make other areas of my game alot easier /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[cartoonsoldier]

I think you were not aggressive enough against your opponent, but you would know better /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Gl to the rest

[jwvdcw]

[ QUOTE ]
I think you were not aggressive enough against your opponent, but you would know better /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Gl to the rest

[/ QUOTE ]

I did think he was fairly passive. He would fold to most minimum preflop raises. Perhaps you're correct...not sure how solid I am at heads up really.

[jayjay23]

Pokerstars: Babyjay

won my first round a little bit ago.

major swings in this one as i was in control to start.

I had AJ and J came on the flop...my opponent went all-in ended up having QQ.

I had to fold my KK after the river produced a straight draw and he went all-in.

Final hand he had 33 and I had AK and caught a K on the river.

[ethan]

A shame the luck hasn't shown up in round two. That JJv99 hand was brutal.

[cartoonsoldier]

That freaking sucks, there is no way a person can avoid losing that hand. No way.

[Tosh]

UGH!!

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t40 (2 handed)

saw flop|<font color="C00000">saw showdown</font>

<font color="C00000">Hero (t3520)</font>
<font color="C00000">BB (t2480)</font>

Preflop: Hero is Button with J/images/graemlins/club.gif, J/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t120</font>, <font color="CC3333">BB raises to t200</font>, Hero calls t80.

Flop: (t400) 7/images/graemlins/club.gif, J/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, Hero checks.

Turn: (t400) 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">BB bets t320</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t680</font>, BB calls t360.

River: (t1760) 9/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">BB bets t1600 (All-In)</font>, Hero calls t1600.

Final Pot: t4960
<font color="green">Main Pot: t4960 (t4960), between Hero and BB.</font> &gt; <font color="black">Pot won by BB (t4960).</font>

<font color="black">
BB shows 9s 9h (four of a kind, nines).
Hero shows Jc Js (full house, jacks full of nines).
Outcome: BB wins t4960. </font>

[AtlBrvs4Life]

That's tough to handle. The one outer.

[Tosh]

Yeah it was very annoying. Was just starting to get into it too.

[Ulysses]

[ QUOTE ]
I wonder how Stars feels about that.


[/ QUOTE ]

I read in some interview w/ Greg that he was getting his entries into all the major tournies paid for. I can't recall, but I think it was Stars that was doing that as part of their sponsorship deal w/ him. If that's the case, I imagine they feel fine and hope he kicks some butt at the Mirage!

[SeppDeitrich]

that's ugly...

[cartoonsoldier]

Nice hand last one /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Jason Strasser]

Thanks, second round opponent was much better... Onto the third round...

[Jason Strasser]

for 5 bucks table 2200117

[Meatmaw]

Can someone give us firewall prisoners a dump of what the prize payouts are? /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Jason Strasser]

1st 40k
2nd 20k
3-4 12k
5-8 6k
9-16 2200
17-32 1400
33-64 800
65-128 400

Win next round, enter money.

So basically this is when i lose.

[cartoonsoldier]

I finished playing one low-buy in MTT, and look and he has already eliminated the opposition.

Lucky or bad player?

[SeppDeitrich]

Anyone watching the match between thoes two folding stations on the last table of the round?

[curtains]

Waiting for 2nd round to end, there is one match left, these guys just fold over and over to the BB, its unbelievable.

[Jason Strasser]

This is the worst match ever. Seriously. 2 weak tighties, give me the winner.

[Jason Strasser]

Oh my god

I got the winner!
lol
better not lose

[Meatmaw]

Great job! Push on through to the $800 purse!

[SeppDeitrich]

that's why I wanted to bet one you /images/graemlins/smile.gif
shame you didn't take me up on it..

oh, 1 question, what did you have the hand where the flop came down j9t, and you raised him out?

[Jason Strasser]

TT

[ethan]

This match is ridiculous.

He just keeps folding. I'd think he wasn't even there except that sometimes he raises, then folds /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[La Brujita]

Is the dude waiting for AA every hand? What the hell.

[jayjay23]

2nd round.

I have about 2800 in chips and my opponent has about 3200.

I'm BB and he calls. I have 5h 8h and check. Flop came Ac2d9h. He checked and I checked. Turn came 7h giving me the flush draw and inside straight draw. He bet 120 and I called as he was a pretty aggressive player. River came 6d. I led out with a bet of 360 and he raised 360. I did not put him on anything and reraised all-in and he called with 8T for the higher straight.

As I said he was pretty aggressive and would raise, check raise quite a bit. I guess my only play could have been to raise him a signicant amount on the turn. Any thoughts??

[fnurt]

With that good a draw, I would have raised the turn. On the river I go broke too.

[Jason Strasser]

Meh, I called an all-in, which i thought was a frustrated one, with A8, he had K5, rivered a st8, currently:

7300 to 4700 my favor. He is weak tight, but woke up for a bit, then went back to sleep.

[Equal]

Thanks for the updates.... good luck. Win this damn thing.

[curtains]

Ship it....came back from down 3-1 in chips and made it to round 4! GoodLuck all

[cartoonsoldier]

88 vs QK.

I was hell praying for no KQ on the flop...on the turn he had tooo many outs.

Good job

and Congrats for ITM

[Jason Strasser]

Woot, that had my adrenaline going. He was soooo favored on that flop =)

[La Brujita]

That was an awful flop. He had 14 pretty good outs.

[Capn486]

GJ finishing in the money /images/graemlins/cool.gif

[ethan]

I missed it, but I'll presume JTx. Nice job moving on, although it took a little longer than expected /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[durron597]

What was the flop? JTx? Anyone have the HH? (Congratulations!)

[Tosh]

Nice going Jason.

[Jason Strasser]

JTx

x8

[Anborn]

yes it was JTx

[Capn486]

Who else is still in this? Curtains?

[Meatmaw]

what round is playing still? are people currently reporting making it to the $800 level (i.e. already won 800)? What's the current list of people?

[Capn486]

Kicking some ass early.

[Capn486]

Wow, nice job. That was quick ^_^

[cartoonsoldier]

Good job man...keep it up.

[Jason Strasser]

Thanks, I dont know what happened that last hand, I just thought he was full of it.

I didnt expect to be called by a hand like that...

-Jason

(brb dinner)

[Capn486]

Worked out for the best /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[SeppDeitrich]

i guess he correctly assumed you werew full of it too, just not full enough for his liking.

[curtains]

Poker is stupid

[Jason Strasser]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t160 (2 handed)

Hero (t16960)
Button (t7040)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A/images/graemlins/club.gif, T/images/graemlins/club.gif.
Button calls t80, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t480</font>, Button calls t320.

Flop: (t960) 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets t640</font>, Button calls t640.

Turn: (t2240) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">Button bets t1760</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t14080</font>, Button calls t4160 (All-In).

River: (t22240) 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t22240

Results in white below: <font color="white">
Hero shows Ac Tc (one pair, nines).
Button shows Kh Th (one pair, nines).
Outcome: Hero wins t22240. </font>

[Capn486]

I was upstairs getting something to eat. I missed it. What happened?

[Rekwob]

that guy wasnt that great

keep up the good work jason

[Sponger15aa]

[ QUOTE ]
Hero raises to t14080</font>, Button calls t4160 (All-In).

[/ QUOTE ]

did you crap yourself when this happen? or crap yourself when you saw what he had, or was it just one long crap.

[Jason Strasser]

A little bit of both. When he called I initially thought I was drawing dead. Then I realized he was the one drawing close to dead.

[cartoonsoldier]

I wish it was 3-way and I had called with 27o /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[cartoonsoldier]

Other 2+2ers, or famous players gone through to the next round?

[pokerhooker]

Looking back, don't you think it was ill-advised to go all-in on the turn? With a board like that, there weren't many marginal holdings that might fold to an all-in raise but would call a lesser raise.

At any rate, I can't believe he called you... good luck!

[Sponger15aa]

[ QUOTE ]
Other 2+2ers, or famous players gone through to the next round?

[/ QUOTE ]

well, if by "pokerstars" famous, then -db- is a pretty good player, he usually plays the $1K heads up matches on stars, wouldn't put it past him to win this whole thing...well...besides strassa

[Jason Strasser]

gah, thanks for the love. I made a poor read.

-Jason

(out)

[cartoonsoldier]

gg man.

[La Brujita]

GG, I thought you played very well. I thought your hand was good as I looked over at it first honestly.

Your opponent was a very good player imo.

[Jason Strasser]

Yeah, I finally ran into someone who knew what they were doing... Oh well... Thanks for the sweat.