PokerStars 250k Guarenteed **Official Thread**

[Chief911]

Who's in?

[MLG]

I am, as usual.
handle: anakinso

[Frenchie]

I'm in (Catchupriver) after qualifying thru the 11R Turbo Satellite (Crazy Tourney with blinds going up every 5 mins)

I`m in.

Stars name: Valhall

[binions]

$420,400 prize money

[ADGator]

i am in off to a decent start with KK the second hand, have 3130. Should be fun havent played it in a while.

adgator

[GambleAB]

I'm in.
1st level- I flop bottom set, win against a guy who flopped the other two pair and someone slowplaying aces.
Time for me to start bleeding chips like I'm a Harlem Globetrotter in Jayson William's house.

[ADGator]

well that was quick, glad to be back playing, on a side note, i outlasted fossilman. gl everyone

[2005]

I'm in... wsop2005

Gavin Griffin

[SixgunSam]

I took a look at your table just about the time you lost that big pot to AA with your KQ. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Chief911]

Just had an interesting hand come up at my table that included a bit of discussion. No HH, so sorry.

I'm in MP with AA. Blinds 25/50.

One limper to me and I make it 200. 4 callers. YIKES. Flop is KT7 (Two clubs). I bet 400 into an 875 pot, and no callers.


Afterwards someone started saying I played the aces weak, and should have bet 800 or so. I think you want some action from one person there, thus my bet of 400.

Opinions?

Nick

[durron597]

Will you fold to a turn check-raise if the third club comes off? Or if you check behind, do you fold the river to a big turn bet?

You are pricing in any flush draw, you have to bet at least 600 (IMO).

[schwah]

well

what would you have done if you had been raised big on the flop?

what would you do if someone flat called?

aces can be tricky to play on later streets early in a tournament. one way around that is to overbet preflop to the point of pot-committing yourself.

[Frenchie]

T1630 at the first break. Keeps getting river by worst hand. I think that I need to increase my flop/turn bets to stop the chasing (I usually bet from 50% to 100% of pot size on flop, 30% to 60% on turn)

3370 at first break.

Hopefully i`ll get better cards from now on. I feel like i have been folding for almost an hour.

This hand saved me:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (8 handed)

Hero (t1610)
UTG (t1315)
UTG+1 (t6525)
MP1 (t8050)
MP2 (t5325)
CO (t1495)
Button (t3270)
SB (t1510)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls t100, MP1 calls t100, MP2 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t400) 6/images/graemlins/club.gif, 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, <font color="CC3333">MP1 bets t500</font>, SB folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t1510</font>, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls t1010.

Turn: (t3420) T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>

River: (t3420) 3/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t3420

Results:
Hero has 3h 6d (full house, sixes full of threes).
MP1 has 4h 5h (two pair, sixes and fives).
Outcome: Hero wins t3420.

[MLG]

it got a lot worse. i was down to 25 chips at the 50-100 level. Somehow im still alive and up at 2425 at the start of the second hour. Only 1 suck-out involved.

[Chief911]

I'm done. Poor play + no cards = out.

Nick

Oh well. I`m out.

JJ runs into QTo, and when i push with TT as a shortstack i meet KK.

Good luck to those still playing. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[2005]

have 8458 right now, lost one big pot so far, won all the other ones. I had TT on a 7 high flop and put the other guy all in for slightly more than the pot, he called w/ 2 overs and a flush draw. I turned a set, but it made his flush. Still in good shape though.

Gavin Griffin

[2005]

100/200(25) I am BB w/ K4o... try to fold to a 400 chips raise, and accidentally hit call button. flop is 478, I put him all in for 1400 after mentioning that I hit the wrong button. He calls w/ AQ and misses, I have 10,500.

Gavin Griffin

[remen]

NH with the straight draw Gavin /images/graemlins/ooo.gif

[MLG]

I'm still in. After another suck-out for all my chips ive managed to run them up to 8297

[2005]

BIG POT... I gambled a bit /images/graemlins/smile.gif:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (9 handed)

Button (t3700)
Hero (t10275)
BB (t2724)
UTG (t7205)
UTG+1 (t5700)
MP1 (t8275)
MP2 (t2081)
MP3 (t6770)
CO (t5620)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif.
UTG calls t400, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, Hero completes, <font color="CC3333">BB raises to t1200</font>, UTG calls t800, Hero calls t800.

Flop: (t3600) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 7/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets t1500</font>, BB calls t1499 (All-In), <font color="CC3333">UTG raises to t5980</font>, Hero calls t4480.

Turn: (t17059) 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(3 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t17059) 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(3 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t17059

[schwah]

T5165 at break 2

starting to feel the crunch


well, actually i've been feeling the crunch since 75/150 /images/graemlins/smile.gif we'll see how i do

[schwah]

seconds after making this post i lose KQo vs KJs T300 /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[TylerD]

I see our very own SpicyF is dominating, with twice the amount of chips of the person in second chip position.

[2005]

down to 8k now... bleh

Gavin Griffin

[2005]

out

[ThingDo]

WOOHOO, MLG Is chipleader with 114k with about 230 players remaining. GO GO GOG DUDE, you got this!

[MLG]

still a long way to go. then again, I'd rather be in this position than in any other.

[woodguy]

MLG,
When I saw the original post for this thread I surfed the tourney seeing how everyone was doing, and I swear I remember seeing you down to 25 chips or something really low.

Is my memory faulty, or is this true?

Regards,
Woodguy

[MLG]

you are correct, 25 chips with the blinds at 50-100. Dont I have insane poker skills?

[woodguy]

What did you do to get back on track? Go all in with 53s? /images/graemlins/grin.gif

That is amazing!

Even if you don't win this thing, I want to see a trip report titled "A chip and a chair isn't just bullshit story"

Regards,
Woodguy

[TheTimeIsUp]

AQ vs. AK = Out /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[MLG]

Alas the run has ended, out in 86th with A-Q v. A-K. My stack got whittled down, just got played back at all the times i had 67, instead of the times when I had 10s, or Ks. Last hand, I had around 55K, blinds at 3K/6K and I moved in UTG+1 with AQ. Biggest stack at the table has about 150K and thinks forever. I had pretty much persuaded myself that I was at worst a coinflip if he called. I was surprised, and more than a little displeased to see that AK. When the blinds go up that fast you gotta get lucky there's no way around it.