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Paul2432

01-22-2005, 11:03 PM

I'm in. Pokerman1007, table 17.

Good luck all.

paul

Dale

01-22-2005, 11:09 PM

I'm in. I got dealt AA on the first hand. My 8-year-old daughter, stalling bedtime and kibbitzing, counselled me not to go all-in and get knocked out in the first round. Had only one caller to a modest raise and no post-flop action, so no chance to do it.

IsaacW

01-22-2005, 11:47 PM

I'm in... Table 21, T415 at the moment :-(

Mike Gallo

01-22-2005, 11:52 PM

Please give me some details on this. I have internet access, however I do not have an account with Empire, or their software.

david050173

01-22-2005, 11:56 PM

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Please give me some details on this. I have internet access, however I do not have an account with Empire, or their software.

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You play 3k raked hands a month they have free roll with top prize being 2 wsop entries.

ilovemyZ

01-22-2005, 11:59 PM

i'm in, datsun_240z, table 40... currently catching some nice cards... how about the others?

Paul2432

01-23-2005, 12:02 AM

1165 at first break. No real interesting hands so far.

Paul

david050173

01-23-2005, 12:05 AM

2K and have been right around there (+-200) since the first orbit. Only interesting hand was I tried to slow play trip 10s on the flop (AT3). Turn was a J and it turned out he had pocket JJ. Felt like he was trying to milk me (I thought straight) so I didn't lose too much.

IsaacW

01-23-2005, 12:17 AM

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I'm in... Table 21, T415 at the moment :-(

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I'm out in 412th...

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

UTG+2 (t800)
MP1 (t1605)
MP2 (t720)
MP3 (t940)
Hero (t310)
Button (t2058)
SB (t730)
BB (t1287)
UTG (t780)
UTG+1 (t770)

Preflop: Hero is CO with J/images/graemlins/club.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, Hero raises t310 (all-in), Button folds, SB folds, BB calls t260.

Flop: (t645) 2/images/graemlins/club.gif, 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif (2 players)

Turn: (t645) 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif (2 players)

River: (t645) 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif (2 players)

Final Pot: t645

Results
BB has Jd As (high card, ace).
Hero has Jc Kd (high card, king).
Outcome: BB wins t645.

ilovemyZ

01-23-2005, 12:19 AM

Just moved to table 3, T3800 as of 8:15 PST

jar

01-23-2005, 12:23 AM

406

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

MP2 (t610)
MP3 (t755)
CO (t590)
Button (t605)
SB (t630)
BB (t680)
Hero (t2410)
UTG+1 (t3615)
MP1 (t2300)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif, Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
Hero raises to t150, UTG+1 calls t150, MP1 raises to t700, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds, Hero raises to t2400, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls [t1600] t700.

MP1 shows 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif

Flop: (t3325) 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif, K/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif (2 players)

Turn: (t3325) J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif (2 players)

River: (t3325) 2/images/graemlins/club.gif (2 players)

Final Pot: t3325

Dale

01-23-2005, 12:28 AM

Hey Datsun, I sat at the table with you till I got KTFO'd.

Remember the guy that went all-in on zilch a few times and got away with it once or twice? I threw out 99 once and JJ once because of him and with large stacks behind me, including yours.

ilovemyZ

01-23-2005, 12:34 AM

Are you talking about the guy sitting in the 10 seat? or the one that I caught bluffing w/ 62o when i had trip 5s?

Dale

01-23-2005, 12:43 AM

The guy that was bluffing w/ the 62o. I think that might have been the hand I threw out 99, and a 9 flopped.

ilovemyZ

01-23-2005, 12:47 AM

No... on that hand the flop was 554 two-tone, and he kept betting like he had something big. We definitely had to maniacs at the table though. My stack thanks them.

Dale

01-23-2005, 12:52 AM

You're right, I just found that hand.

ilovemyZ

01-23-2005, 12:55 AM

Hey pokerman, welcome to the table /images/graemlins/cool.gif

david050173

01-23-2005, 01:07 AM

2nd break. 5k chips. Couldn't get action the couple of times I had AA and KK.

ilovemyZ

01-23-2005, 01:07 AM

break #2, 2nd in chips, ~T13000. I really benefited from the crazies and the no-shows. People were calling down w/ bottom pairs and betting into flush boards. Fortunately, I had the cards to capitalize.

Paul2432

01-23-2005, 01:09 AM

Thanks. Hit a couple of hands including a set at my last table. In good shape with 6760, at table 3 with Ilovemyz.

Paul

ilovemyZ

01-23-2005, 01:22 AM

After the break... I'm getting my ass handed to me. Made the mistake of raising w/ a weak A trying a blind steal... he had AKs. Then I raise w/ a suited A, run into AK again. Quickly knocks me back down to size. Them's the breaks of a bully.

david050173

01-23-2005, 01:39 AM

Up to 20k after getting my KK all in reraised all in by 77. My hand held up.

Paul2432

01-23-2005, 02:12 AM

We're hanging in there Z. We both need to make something happen soon though.

4540 at third break.

Paul

ilovemyZ

01-23-2005, 02:13 AM

Wow, the last hour was completely horrible for me. I think the only playable hand I had was AJo. I ended up out at 44th when I pushed a flush draw. OH well... not bad for a poor limit guy in his first NL tourney.

ilovemyZ

01-23-2005, 02:15 AM

LOL... sorry to leave you hanging. But check out table 2... d050173 is getting out of the kiddie pool and making moves. BTW, I honestly did not think he had a pocket kings... At best, I thought he had over cards.

david050173

01-23-2005, 02:34 AM

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LOL... sorry to leave you hanging. But check out table 2... d050173 is getting out of the kiddie pool and making moves. BTW, I honestly did not think he had a pocket kings... At best, I thought he had over cards.

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It is a tough break. I was pretty agressive for a while. So far have only made one bad read. This thing takes for ever I didn't expect a 600 person to take this long. I feel bad for the east coasters..

david050173

01-23-2005, 02:38 AM

just put a major suck out on someone. I called from the BB with pocket TTs and pushed on a low card flop. He had kings. Thank god for the river.

ilovemyZ

01-23-2005, 03:08 AM

David,
I forgot to ask if you screamed "JAAA" like Mattias Anderson when you caught your 10 on the river. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

david050173

01-23-2005, 03:17 AM

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David,
I forgot to ask if you screamed "JAAA" like Mattias Anderson when you caught your 10 on the river. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Well I stopped breathing when I saw he had an over pair. By the time the Ten came I was out of breath. I had to settle for a tiger woods fist pump. I was the chip leader for 2 hands a second ago. This should start getting really fun in the next half hour or so.

david050173

01-23-2005, 03:27 AM

Ok empire poker tournaments are lame. This thing just went hand for hand with 20 left. The thing only pays 2 spots. On the other hand the software was nice and put the big stacks at the other table.

ilovemyZ

01-23-2005, 03:48 AM

Yeah... the hand for hand really slows things down. I trying to give you some sweat. Lemme know if you want me to back off.

david050173

01-23-2005, 04:09 AM

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Yeah... the hand for hand really slows things down. I trying to give you some sweat. Lemme know if you want me to back off.

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Well I tend to ignore chat (multitabling habit) so if I miss you it wasn't personal. Been pretty card dead lately and people have been raising in front of me before I can steal. It turns out AJ is a good resteal hand against a UTG raister/images/graemlins/grin.gif Not going to try that too often....

ilovemyZ

01-23-2005, 04:22 AM

You're doing very well. 3rd in chips right at the break. Looks like the cards are coming your way again. Good luck and keep up the good work.

david050173

01-23-2005, 04:24 AM

Ok at the 5 hour break. 11 people left. I have 73K chips which is right around 3rd. A bunch of people at with 40K though. Not much post flop play anymore. Most pots are either stolen or folded to continuation bets.

I am beginning to understand what Dan Harrington was talking about getting tired. And I have only had that one heart stopping moment. I wish he would have finished his second book. It would come in handy right now /images/graemlins/smile.gif

david050173

01-23-2005, 04:32 AM

Made a bad move with 55 so am a bit crippled at the final table. Time to catch some cards and get lucky

david050173

01-23-2005, 04:38 AM

Out in 10th. I pushed (something like 3-4x BB in UTG+2) with AJ and ran into AQ and I couldn't pull out my second suckout of the tournament.
In retrospect it probably wasn't worth it to gamble with 55. I thought he would lay down ax to a big raise (he had been raising light a lot from what he showed). My other mistake is I made one steal raise when I should have pushed. Oh well it was loads of fun but I am exhausted. Considering I went out before the first break last time, I think reading HOH has improved my game. Either that or variance smiled on me today. I prefer to believe the former even if the later is more likely /images/graemlins/grin.gif