*Official* Quarter Million Guaranteed Thread [Archive]

DonButtons

01-09-2005, 08:04 PM

Zebra, I thought you weren't going to play these till you were at the 200 sng level /images/graemlins/wink.gif I saw you in one of my dad's 50 sngs while I was critiqueing his play.

Well, Im in table 80, bads33d.

Up to 2155 after some guy tilted me the rest of his chips, this would seem like a crazy call to most, but I usually drop QQ in this spot.

***** Hand History for Game 1413723268 *****
NL Hold'em Trny:8543601 Level:1 Blinds (10/15) - Sunday, January 09, 18:49:27 EDT 2005
Table Quarter Million Guaranteed(192795) Table #80 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: sohen13 ( $2465 )
Seat 2: bads33d ( $1235 )
Seat 3: pokerindaear ( $155 )
Seat 4: BGSTAR ( $1580 )
Seat 5: winall888 ( $2795 )
Seat 6: blackcat13 ( $1430 )
Seat 7: dogface222 ( $1420 )
Seat 8: jamesblond ( $2140 )
Seat 9: bjmarshall ( $895 )
Seat 10: xzanos ( $885 )
Trny:8543601 Level:1
Blinds (10/15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to bads33d [ Tc Td ]
sohen13 folds.
bads33d calls [15].
pokerindaear folds.
BGSTAR calls [15].
winall888 folds.
blackcat13 folds.
dogface222 folds.
jamesblond calls [15].
bjmarshall is all-In [885]
xzanos folds.
bads33d calls [880].
BGSTAR folds.
jamesblond folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qd, 3h, 7s ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 2d ]
bjmarshall shows [ 5h, Th ] high card queen.
bads33d shows [ Tc, Td ] a pair of tens.
Player bjmarshall finished in 1324 place
bads33d wins 1835 chips from the main pot with a pair of tens.
bjmarshall has left the table.
The Small Blind left the table. The Dealer button
[ QUOTE ]
first one in 2 months. good luck everyone.

HAHA TABLE 1 BABY...never before...I hope it is a good sign because i have been playing crappy lately.

1500 chips? Damn where have I been.

[/ QUOTE ]

ZebraAss

01-09-2005, 08:05 PM

My computer freezes...AHH...no biggie its early. I get back...fold A4. THen get KK....my computer freezes again...AHHH...no biggie i have time to get back. WHen i get back I see 222 on flop 4 on turn and 7 on river. As i watch 4 players all with Ax split the pot.

ZebraAss

01-09-2005, 08:07 PM

...qualifier.

ZebraAss

01-09-2005, 08:20 PM

Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: GilbertZ ( $1175 )
Seat 3: classicalgui ( $1835 )
Seat 4: De_geldmaker ( $1953 )
Seat 5: makalush11 ( $2107 )
Seat 6: cukoobird ( $2570 )
Seat 7: Luv42 ( $900 )
Seat 8: ne2aces ( $1430 )
Seat 9: ZebraAss ( $1045 )
Seat 10: PuntingPete ( $3510 )
Blinds (15/30)
Dealt to ZebraAss [ 4h 5d ]
GilbertZ folds.
classicalgui folds.
De_geldmaker folds.
makalush11 calls [30].
cukoobird folds.
Luv42 folds.
ne2aces calls [30].
ZebraAss folds.
PuntingPete checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4d, 3d, 5c ]
PuntingPete bets [60].
makalush11 calls [60].
ne2aces folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5s ]
PuntingPete bets [250].
makalush11 calls [250].
** Dealing River ** [ Qc ]
PuntingPete checks.
makalush11 checks.
PuntingPete shows [ 6d, 8s ] a pair of fives.
makalush11 shows [ 2h, Th ] a pair of fives.
makalush11 wins 725 chips from the main pot with a pair of fives with ten kicker.

modaddy

01-09-2005, 08:22 PM

I'm in at table 113. At T2200 approaching first break. GL all.

DonButtons

01-09-2005, 08:34 PM

1975 first break

Zinzan

01-09-2005, 08:34 PM

Table 16. t1685 (avg. t1974). No hands worth noting.

GLA,

-Z

shant

01-09-2005, 08:34 PM

Table #20

2805 at first break.

Zinzan

01-09-2005, 08:37 PM

Hand worth noting.

99 runs into "short stack" with AA. Down to t800.

-Z

Matt24

01-09-2005, 08:44 PM

Table 62

2677

bugstud

01-09-2005, 08:59 PM

moved to table 10, first hand....I play so bad

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Hero (t2370)
CO (t3080)
Button (t1795)
SB (t3380)
BB (t3550)
UTG (t4215)
UTG+1 (t875)
UTG+2 (t4305)
MP1 (t2920)
MP2 (t3502)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 calls t100, MP2 folds, Hero calls t100, CO folds, Button calls t100, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t500) 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, MP1 bets t100, Hero calls t100, Button calls t100, SB folds, BB folds.

Turn: (t800) J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif (3 players)
MP1 checks, Hero bets t400, Button calls t400, MP1 folds.

River: (t1600) 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets t225, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t1825

ZebraAss

01-09-2005, 09:05 PM

ran into AA...gl all.

modaddy

01-09-2005, 09:07 PM

Do you folks normally call in this situation? Healthy (40xbb) stack, with a chance to take out a short stack on a possible coinflip or even dominating hand...

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Hero (t3470)
MP1 (t3850)
MP2 (t5950)
MP3 (t3680)
CO (t2430)
Button (t4193)
SB (t1450)
BB (t1580)
UTG (t650)
UTG+1 (t895)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, Q/images/graemlins/club.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls t100, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, BB folds,
SB is all-in [1400]

Zinzan

01-09-2005, 09:13 PM

[ QUOTE ]
Do you folks normally call in this situation?

[/ QUOTE ]

Tough one... if short stack was just a *little* shorter, I might call.

No read, these stack sizes... I'd probably fold.

-Z

JackOfSpeed

01-09-2005, 09:14 PM

Shortstacked when I called another slightly less short stack's all in with 4s. He had king 4 (???) and spiked a king (duh!!) to knock me out ~800th.

shant

01-09-2005, 09:32 PM

Just had JJ run into KK. Down to 1000.

Zinzan

01-09-2005, 09:35 PM

Was down to t500 or so... started pushing with anything from 88 or AT on up... no calls for a while, and I get up to about t1050. finally lowered my standards and pushed on the button (folded to me) with 79h. SB calls with KK, but I hit a straight. Up to t2k.

But I lose t600 when I raise with AJ and have to call a push from a small stack. He turns over QQ.

Down to t1175 now as I've had no cards and have been blinded down a bit.

-Z

DonButtons

01-09-2005, 09:37 PM

1225, card dead...no chances to steal in LP with soo many people open raising from ep and mp...

bugstud

01-09-2005, 09:39 PM

2800 table 10 FFGuru4u

modaddy

01-09-2005, 09:40 PM

T2700 at second break. I called the push I asked about earlier and found myself against 88, about what I expected. I turned a pair but that was no match against his flopped set.

I've grinded my way back up to 2700, but less action then I would have like to have seen from KK, QQ and JJ... table is playing very tight (save one LAG), but I don't have enough chips to do much stealing of my own. Even trying to take advantage of the tightness isn't working... e.g. I open limped with KK from EP, folded around to BB who checks. Flop comes monochrome (I don't have the suit), so I'm forced to make an 'I'm serious" pot bet and succeed only in grabbing the blinds.

Zinzan, who is LouGatz on here?

Pete

01-09-2005, 09:43 PM

at t5565 at the 2nd break...on table 47

Zinzan

01-09-2005, 09:46 PM

[ QUOTE ]
Who is LouGatz on here?

[/ QUOTE ]

Nobody that I know of... just been chatting with him. Not even sure why. Just bored.

He made an insane call on the second hand of the tourney. Someone pushed all-in and he calls with 88 in the BB. Other guy turns over AK (yes, he made an insane push), and Lou's eights hold. He really hadn't done much after that early double up, but eventually won a thousand or so on KK vs. 33.

-Z

bugstud

01-09-2005, 09:49 PM

out in 500th exactly. Had 3220, guy to my right minrases to 400 and I decided to move in with AsKs. He eventually called with red jacks and I lost.

modaddy

01-09-2005, 09:52 PM

You had mentioned fisheye glasses on his avatar so I assumed he was 2+2... I guess you meant his PP avatar not his 2+2 one.

Zinzan

01-09-2005, 09:55 PM

[ QUOTE ]
You had mentioned fisheye glasses on his avatar so I assumed he was 2+2... I guess you meant his PP avatar not his 2+2 one.

[/ QUOTE ]

LOL. Yeah, I was just joking about Fossilman glasses on his Party avatar.

-Z

shant

01-09-2005, 10:02 PM

Out in 422nd. AK vs A7 and he hit a 7 to knock me out.

modaddy

01-09-2005, 10:08 PM

I'm out at 379th. Down to 5BB, had to push w/ JTo UTG, got folded around to BB and I was feeling good. Until he called with aces.

GL survivors.

DonButtons

01-09-2005, 10:10 PM

Out 423rd, AK vs QQ, my ak goes unimproved.

Zinzan

01-09-2005, 10:17 PM

[ QUOTE ]
I'm out at 379th. Down to 5BB, had to push w/ JTo UTG, got folded around to BB and I was feeling good. Until he called with aces.

[/ QUOTE ]

JT is a good hand to push with when in dire straits. Just hope nobody has a high pair, and you're usually live. Bad luck running into aces.

-Z

Zinzan

01-09-2005, 10:38 PM

This was shaping up to be a dream hand for me... until the river. Big stack bully was raising literally EVERY hand since sitting down at our table 30 minutes before this hand. He would fold to large all-ins back at him, but was loose otherwise.

I know aces are dangerous, but I suddenly liked my chances in this tournament. Unfortunately, the poker gods decided to reward bully's bad play. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

UTG+1 (t9140)
UTG+2 (t3000)
MP1 (t8606)
MP2 (t5238)
MP3 ((eks22) Big Stack Bully) (t15665)
CO (t2820)
Hero (t6985)
SB (t2140)
BB (t1551)
UTG (t2955)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 ((eks22) Big Stack Bully) raises to t800, CO folds, Hero raises to t2000, SB folds, BB folds, MP3 ((eks22) Big Stack Bully) calls t1200.

Flop: (t4600) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif (2 players)
(eks22) Big Stack Bully bets t4700, Hero raises to t4985 (All-In), (eks22) Big Stack Bully calls t285.

Turn: (t14570) 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t14570) 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t14570

Results in white below: 
(eks22) Big Stack Bully has 6s As (flush, ace high).
Hero has Ac Ad (two pair, aces and fives).
Outcome: (eks22) Big Stack Bully wins t14570. 

Damn, I'm depressed.

Good luck, KingMedicine... and anybody else still in this.

-Z

Pete

01-09-2005, 10:44 PM

that is one rough beat....

at the 3rd break i am at t7445. slightly below average
PeteKA98 on table 3

Zinzan

01-09-2005, 11:10 PM

Okay, in an effort to get out of my brief depression, I'm taking another look at my tournament.

I already mentioned that shortly after first break, I was a small stack and pushed 79s on the button, and doubled up against KK.

Half an hour after the second break, I tripled up from t1400 when my EP desparation push with 55 spiked a set against JJ and AK.

Shortly afterwards, I went from t4800 to about t7K when my AT beat AK (other player had pushed and called with less than premium hands, thus I called his push against my raise).

Unfortunately, just when I thought things were going my way, my Aces got cracked by A6s. Bleh.

But still... I guess I shouldn't be depressed. /images/graemlins/crazy.gif

-Z

Pete

01-09-2005, 11:47 PM

at t17432 after the 4th break....thanks for the support zin
sorry about your tough luck.

Zinzan

01-09-2005, 11:48 PM

s'alright, pete. hope to see you and kingmedicine at the final table.

-Z

btw, current stats:
1417 entrants
108 remaining

largest/average/smallest stack:
75K/20K/3K

peteka98 t17432, table 3
kingmedicine t46688, table 6

Come cheer on your 2+2'ers!

Zinzan

01-10-2005, 01:28 AM

KingMedicine and peteka98 are still looking good.

Current stats:
29 left
200K/76K/4K

KingMedicine: 56K, table 1
peteka98: 58K, table 3

Good luck, guys!

-Z

Zinzan

01-10-2005, 01:37 AM

[ QUOTE ]
peteka98: 58K, table 3

[/ QUOTE ]

Make that:
peteka98: 125K, table 3!

Huge double up with A9 all-in against AK. Nines on turn and river, iirc.

-Z

Pete

01-10-2005, 01:47 AM

yes i sure did get lucky when the button raised my blind i went all in with my a9 and hit a miracle.

Zinzan

01-10-2005, 02:34 AM

KingMedicine goes out 12th after a long dead card spell.

But peteka98 doubles up as he heads into the Final table, taking t210K with him!

-Z

Zinzan

01-10-2005, 03:46 AM

peteka98 - 590K
Billy433 - 1,200K
eks22 - 276K

(was pretty even until the last hand)

Go, Pete, go!

-Z

Zinzan

01-10-2005, 04:00 AM

[ QUOTE ]
peteka98 - 590K
Billy433 - 1,200K
eks22 - 276K

[/ QUOTE ]

Geez, eks killed us both with suckouts, Pete.

Unfortunately, he pushed his way from that 276K to more than cover you before calling your all-in with A5s (!!!). Your AQ (I think that's what it was) goes down when he hits his two outer.

Nice tourney, Pete. You deserved better there at the end. eks22 definitely deserved worse.

I saw him make the wrong bets at the wrong time earlier and fall down to 6K when the average stack was about 19K. But he immediately went into push on every hand mode until he was back up to 27K and someone finally called (at the wrong time). He got real lucky not to run into a decent hand on several of his pushes. And lucky again to hit when called.

Of course, he finished second soon after you left, Pete, when his Ax was beat by AK on an A-T-T flop. As wrong as it was, it would have been so wrong if he had won this damn thing.

-Z

Pete

01-10-2005, 04:01 AM

took 3rd!! lost my stack when i went in with ak of hearts and eks got me with a5 when a 5 dropped. cant be mad cause i did the same a few times.

thanks for the cheers all!

Lost78

01-10-2005, 04:22 AM

Way to go Pete !!!

Since crossing with ya at the Large Caps, I have to root for ya because you are such a class act.

Pete

01-10-2005, 04:42 AM

thanks lost! you are a pretty good player in your own right too. keep it up man

KingMedicine

01-10-2005, 12:04 PM

pete! monster score. very nice work.

i had the worst run of cards in my life last night. from having a nearly avg stack with 20 left i went about 100 hands without an A, two cards 10 and up, ANY pair or any suited connector 7+. oddly enough, it was my final hand A8o that was the best of my last 100. its painful to bleed out like that, leaving so much money on the table.

anyway, im glad to see that you took down a nice score!

thanks to zin (!), bads/aka donb, Zebra and all the other 2ers who were out in fine form last night. sorry if my game put any of you to sleep.

KingMedicine

Bernas

01-10-2005, 12:21 PM

Congrats Pete.

I gave this one a whirl last night for the first time. I self destructed and went from chip leader to out in 39th in about 5 hands.

Zinzan

01-10-2005, 01:09 PM

[ QUOTE ]
I gave this one a whirl last night for the first time. I self destructed and went from chip leader to out in 39th in about 5 hands.

[/ QUOTE ]

Geez, YOU were nasber?!!!

Wow, I watched that self-destruction when you were sitting on KingMedicine's left. That was ugly.

First one, huh? I'm sure you'll get it together next time. Still, good money for your first shot at this one.

-Z

KingMedicine

01-10-2005, 01:23 PM

nas, i had been watching you for quite a while before you self-destructed. your game was right on, until you took a beat, then you just came unraveled. we all do it, you just did it at a bad time. next time, just stand up from your computer and walk around, do some jumping jacks, get a glass of wine, anything; sit out a few hands (check for aces) and cool off. after your beat, you still had a huge stack with a lot of room for manuevering.

Bernas

01-10-2005, 01:33 PM

Yeah, I usually play on Paradise and the $215 on Stars under a different alias. I have done pretty good at both but wanted to give this one a shot.

My bust out hand, the guy had exactly what I thought he had (A,rag). I just figured there was no way he could call an all in for his tournament life when he didn't hit an Ace on the flop. I don't dislike my play there.

There was only one hand where I should have played differently. That was the one against latinart where I lost a considerable amount of my stack on a bluff. Bad move. Should never try to bluff a bad player.

Lesson learned.

Bernas

01-10-2005, 01:40 PM

Yes, great advice. Normally this is what I would do. I was tired and didn't feel like getting out of bed.

Even still, I normally have better control. It wasn't the first time in the tourney that I had lost a good portion of my stack and had to build it back up. Just let it get to me that time I guess.

My problem was I never changed gears after I was no longer Big Stack. Don't know if I was tired or what, as that is unlike me.

Cheers,
nas

poolshark

01-10-2005, 03:18 PM

Hi All,

I was in this and was doing well. Key word is 'was'.

Here is goes:

for once i started getting cards early. Became the chip leader when I busted QQ from my AA big blind. There were about 1000 left when i became the chip leader at 9000 chips! stayed in the lead on first break. Then lost a couple , went down to 500 chips and came back at 12000 in the chip lead again!

King Medicine - I think you commented something about me definitely making the final table!

Pete - I think we might have been on the same table for a while!

After third break - I had 14k chips and there were two guys pn the table who had more than me. about 300 left in the tourney! I was doing well - stealing the blinds enough, not taking chances against big stacks.

any how, I get Kj suited on the button. BB is 600, big stack (26K) opens in MP at 1200. My first instinct was to throw away, but then I called (me at 14K) thinking i am going ahead only if i hit big, or he might be on low pair. well bingo - the flop is JJ7, big stack checks, i bet 2000, he min raises to 4000, i push he calls - and shows 77 !!!!!
I am out in 239th. the only two hands i was afraid of were AJ or 77, and his play would have been with anything from 88-AA!! Only if I had gone with my instinct to fold!

What do you guys think???