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Punker
03-25-2005, 04:41 PM
Starting at table 6:

Stack: 990, blinds 10-15
Raise to 30 UTG with KdJd. One caller, and then a raise to 250. I fold

Stack: 935, blinds 10-15
In middle position with QTo. Player to my right min raises to 30. I reraise to 90. Original raiser is the only caller. Flop T54. I bet 140, he folds.

Stack: 1050, blinds 10-15
In early middle with AKo. I min raise to 30. Button calls, big blind calls. Flop T52. Big blind bets 15, I raise to 85. Both fold.

Stack: 1095, blinds 10-15
On the button with A7o. UTG limps, folded to me, and I raise to 50. SB calls, BB folds, limper folds. Flop T97. SB checks, I bet 80. He raises to 160. I reraise to 320. He moves all in. I fold.

Stack: 645, blinds 10-20
In late position with 55. UTG+1 min raises to 40, and one call to me. I call. Button calls, BB calls. Flop K96. Original raiser jams for 1100 and I fold.

Stack: 605, blinds 10-20
In middle position with AJo. UTG limps for 20, I raise to 50. One call behind, and the limper calls. Flop K93. Limper checks, I bet 120, player behind calls, limper folds. Turn 2. I check, player behind bets 150, I fold.

Stack: 405, blinds 10-20
In middle position with AKo. I open raise to 60, all fold.

Stack: 435, blinds 10-20
In the BB with ATo. Folded to the SB, who limps. I check. Flop AK7. He min bets 20, I call. Turn 9. He min bets 20, I raise to 60, he folds.

Stack: 485, blinds 10-20
In late position with 99. I open raise to 75, BB is the only caller. Flop AKT. He checks, I bet 120. He jams for 485, and I fold.

Stack: 290, blinds 10-20
In late position with KJs. I open raise to 55, and BB is the only caller. Flop Q62 with one of my suit. Check-check. Turn offsuit 2. He min bets 20, I call. River 6. Check check. He shows 98o, and I win with king high.

Stack: 325, blinds 150-30
In SB with JJ. Folded to me, I open raise all in. BB folds.

Stack: 355, blinds 15-30
In late position with AKo. UTG limps, middle position limps, I move all in. BB calls, limpers fold. BB shows ATo. Board Q82-7-9, and I double up.

Stack 785, blinds 15-30 (next hand)
In late position with QQ. EP limps, another limp, and player to my right raises to 150. I reraise all in for 785. Limpers fold, and raiser hems and haws, and declares he's laying down TT.

Stack: 965, blinds 15-30
In late position with AKo. Player to my right open raises to 60, and I reraise to 225. This is the same player who laid down the TT last hand. He is the only caller of the raise. Flop K75. He checks, I bet 250, he raises to 500. I move in for 240 more and he calls with 99. Turn T, river Q, and I double up again.

*** First break, stack 1945 ****

Stack: 1945, blinds 25-50
In middle position with QJs, I open raise to 150 and steal the blinds.

Stack: 2020, blinds 25-50
In the BB with Ac2c. Two limpers, and the SB completes. I check. Flop KQT. Checked around. Turn 6, giving me the nut flush draw. I bet 80 and all fold.

Stack: 2095, blinds 25-50
In middle position with KK. Two limpers, and I raise to 275. One limper folds, other calls. Flop T66. I bet 400, he folds.

Stack: 2495, blinds 25-50
In late position with JTo. I open raise to 150, SB is the only caller. Flop AQ3. He bets 100, I call. Turn 5, he bets 250, I fold.

Stack: 2245, blinds 25-50
In the BB with Qd7d. Middle position raises to 100, I am the only caller. Flop Td2c2d. I check, he bets 150. He has about 1500 left after betting. I raise to 500. He folds.

Stack: 2495, blinds 50-100
UTG+1 with A7o. I open raise to 275, and the BB is the only caller. Flop Q43. BB checks, I bet 375, he calls. Turn J. Check Check. River 9, he bets 600, I fold.

Stack: 1645, blinds 50-100
In late position with 9c7c. UTG+1 limps, I raise to 300. He limp reraises all in for 560 more, and I fold.

Stack: 1345, blinds 50-100
In middle position with QJo. I open raise to 325, and there is one caller behind me. Flop JJT. I bet 350 and he folds.

Stack: 1820, blinds 50-100
UTG with AJs. I open raise to 275, and all fold.

Stack: 1970, blinds 50-100
In the BB with T9s. Button open raises to 400. He has 665 left after raising. SB folds, and I move all in. Button calls with 44. Board: K95-5-Q, and I win.

Stack: 3085, blinds 50-100 (next hand)
In the SB with QQ. Middle position min raises to 200 and I call. BB calls. Flop AJ2. I check, BB checks, raiser bets 200. I raise to 800, and both fold.

Stack: 3585, blinds 50-100
In middle position with A6o. UTG limps, and I raise to 375. Player behind me moves all in, UTG limp reraises all in. I fold. Player behind shows KK, UTG shows 99. UTG has already been marked as a tricky aggressive player in my notes.

Stack: 3210, blinds 50-100
In middle position with QJs. I open raise to 300. Player behind calls, and Tricky aggressive calls in the BB. Flo KQ6 with one of my suit. Tricky bets minimum, and I call. Player behind folds. Turn 7, tricky bets minimum, I call. River A, tricky bets minimum, I call. He shows 55 and I win.

Stack: 4060, blinds 50-100
In the SB with JJ. Two limpers and I raise to 350. BB moves all in for 973. Both limpers fold, and I call. Board AQ8-3-K, giving him two pair, but I make a flush and win.

Stack: 5333, blinds 75-150
In late position with 55. I open raise to 400, and the SB is the only caller. Flop T32, all spades. He checks, I move all in, he (duh) calls with the nut flush and wins.

Stack: 3929, blinds 75-150
In the BB with K6o. Tricky open limps, and I check. Flop AJT. I check, he min bets 150, I call. Turn Q. I check, he min bets 150, I raise to 600. He moves all in and I call. He has K7o and we chop the pot.

Stack: 3892, blinds 75-150
In the cutoff with 83o. I open raise to 425, and the SB calls. Flop JT6. He checks, I bet 700, he folds.

Stack: 4467, blinds 75-150
In late position with KQs. Tricky limps, I call, BB checks. Flop 886, none of my suit. BB checks, tricky bets the minimum, I raise the minimum. BB folds, Tricky calls. Turn 7. Check check. River 5. Check check. He wins with AJ.

Stack: 3867, blinds 75-150
Next hand with TT. I open raise to 425 and steal the blinds.

Stack: 4092, blinds 75-150
Next hand with A7o. I open raise to 425 and steal the blinds.

Stack: 4167, blinds 75-150
In the SB with K6s. Tricky open raises to 300 and I call. BB folds. Flop A85, one of my suit. I check, he bets the minimum. I call. Turn 4, not of my suit. I check, he bets the minimum. I raise to 700, he folds.

Stack: 4917, blinds 75-150
In late position with AA. I open raise to 450 and steal the blinds.

Stack: 5142, blinds 75-150 (next hand)
I open raise to 400 with QTo. Button calls. Flop A87. I bet 375, he calls. Turn 3. I check, he bets 400, I fold. This is the 2nd time we have done this betting sequence and I resolve to attempt a turn checkraise on this player soon.

Stack: 4367, blinds 75-150
In late position with Q5s. Tricky limps in, I raise to 800. He calls. Flop AAT. He checks, I bet 1500, he folds.

Stack: 5392, blinds 75-150
In middle position with K6o. I open raise to 400 and steal the blinds.

*** Second break, stack: 5617 ****

Stack: 5617, blinds 100-200
In middle position with AQ. Player to my right min raises to 400. I reraise to 1200 and all fold.

Tricky player referenced several times above goes broke here.

Stack: 6317, blinds 100-200
In the BB with KTs. Early position min raises to 400, and I call. Flop Q87, none of my suit. I check, he bets 500. I raise to 1500, and he folds.

Stack: 7217, blinds 100-200
In middle position with A7o. I open raise to 600 and steal the blinds.

Stack: 7517, blinds 100-200
In early position with 88. I open raise to 600 and steal the blinds.

Stack: 7817, blinds 100-200
In the big blind with Ac9c. Late position min raises to 400, and I call. Flop QQ2 with two clubs. I check, he bets 900. He has 6700 left after betting. I raise to 2000 and he folds.

Stack: 9217, blinds 100-200
In the SB with 33. One limper, I complete, the BB checks. Flop T84, checked around. Turn 2. I bet 500 and all fold.

Stack: 9617, blinds 100-200
In middle position with KQo. UTG min raises, I call, BB calls. Flop T72. BB checks, UTG checks, I bet 800, both fold.

Stack: 10517, blinds 100-200
In early position with A8s. I open raise to 550, player on my left is the only caller. He has 3100 left after calling. Flop K72, none of my suit. I bet 900, he folds.

Stack: 11367, blinds 100-200
Next hand, UTG holding QQ. I open raise to 600 and steal the blinds

Stack: 11667, blinds 100-200
Next hand, in the BB holding KQs. EP raises to 500 and I am the only caller. Flop AA8. I check, and he bets 275. I fold.

Stack: 11017, blinds 150-300
In middle position, holding AQ. UTG limps for 300, and I raise to 1100. All fold.

Stack: 11317, blinds 150-300
In late position, holding A4o. I open raise to 900 and all fold.

Stack: 11617, blinds 150-300
In the BB holding JTs. One middle position limper, and I check. Flop QQ8. Check check. Turn 7. I bet the minimum and he folds.

Stack: 12217, blinds 200-400
Next hand, holding K9s in the SB. Folded to me, BB has 1553 (1153 after posting the blind). I move all in and he folds.

Stack: 12617, blinds 200-400
On the button, holding 93s. Folded to me. SB has 998 left after posting the SB, BB has 4169. I raise to 1500, and the SB calls. BB folds. SB shows A5o. Board: Q43-J-8 and I eliminate the SB.

** we are about 25 from the money here as I see I begin to berate a staller **

Stack: 14215, blinds 200-400
In middle position holding KTs. UTG limps, I limp, button limps, SB completes, BB checks. Flop K98. Checked to me, I bet 1250. SB calls. Turn 3. SB jams all in for 554. I call. He has JT and misses his draw on the river, which is a Jack.

Stack: 17019, blinds 200-400
In middle position holding T8o. I open raise to 1100, and the BB calls. Flop A92. BB checks, I bet 1400. BB moves all in for 5584 total, and I fold.

Stack: 14519, blinds 200-400
Next hand, holding A8o. I open raise to 1200, and get reraised by a late position player to 3600. This is a new player to the table who is near the overall chip lead, and is the only player to have me covered at the table (henceforth called bully). I fold.

Stack: 13319, blinds 200-400
I limp UTG holding QJs. BB is the only other player. Flop AJ2. Check check. Turn 5. He checks, I bet 800, he folds.

Stack: 13919, blinds 200-400
In the BB next hand holding 64s. Late position min raises to 800. I call. Flop T44. I check, he moves in for 6377, I call. He has AK and it goes Turn T, river K.

*** Third break, stack 21296. ***

Stack: 21296, blinds 300-600
In the SB holding A9o. Bully limps UTG, middle position limps, I complete, BB checks. Flop AK4. Checked to the middle position player, who bets 1500. I raise to 5000. Middle player is the only caller. Turn 6, check check. River J, check check. I am expecting to beat a slightly weaker ace, but he surprises me and shows 44 for a flopped set.

*** We are now 10 from the money, as someone on our table is eliminated in 100th place ***

Stack: 15696, blinds 300-600
In middle position with J4o, I open raise to 1500. Bully reraises to 4200. I fold.

I receive a walk in the BB here.

Stack: 14496, blinds 300-600
In the SB with 95s. Middle position min raises to 1200. Folded to me, and I move all in. Raiser has 4300 left, and I'm assuming he won't be calling here as we are about 5 from the money and he's far from a short stack. He folds.

Stack: 16296, blinds 300-600
Next hand, on the button with AK. Folded to me, and I raise to 1500. SB folds, and bully reraises to 4400. I move all in and after thinking a long time, he calls with 22. Board: A83-Q-K, and I become the chip leader in the tourney, while badly hurting someone who is causing me problems. The rail berates him extensively.

*** We are now in the money ***

Stack: 32892, blinds 400-800
In middle position with KQs. I open raise to 2000 and steal the blinds.

** Bully blows off his still 9K stack here with A3 vs QQ on an AQxxx board. I'm happy to see him gone **

Stack: 33692, blinds 400-800
In late position with 82o. I open raise to 2200 and steal the blinds.

Stack: 34492, blinds 400-800
In middle position with 76s. Annoying staller moves all in for 1256, and I call. BB calls. Flop JJ5. Checked around. Turn K. BB bets 2000 and I fold. River 4. BB shows J9 and annoying staller is eliminated.

Stack: 33236, blinds 400-800
In the BB with KK. Middle player open raises all in for 2734. I call. He has AQ. Board TT4-7-T and I win.

Stack: 35907, blinds 400-800
In middle position with AQ. I open raise to 2200, and 2+2er vipdirect moves all in for 4107 from the button. I call. He has 77. Board J93-6-6 and I double him up.

Stack: 31863, blinds 400-800
Next hand, holding A4o. I open raise to 2200 and steal the blinds.

Stack: 33063, blinds 400-800
Next hand holding AJ. Short stack moves in for 3844, and I call. All others fold. He shows 66. Board A93-Q-4 and I win (he is eliminated in 68th place)

Stack: 38107, blinds 400-800
Next hand, holding 88 (by now, I'm UTG). I open for 2200, and a late position moves in for 8306. I call and he shows 99. Board J32-3-T and I double him up. I resolve to slow things down a bit here.

Stack: 29801, blinds 400-800
Next hand, hold QTo. UTG min raises to 1600, and I call. Flop A98. I check, he bets 800, I call. Turn 4. I check, he bets 800, I raise to 3000, he moves all in for 13415. I fold. So much for slowing things down.

Stack: 24001, blinds 500-1000
After I finally fold a few hands, I open raise from late position with 98o to 2500 and steal the blinds.

Stack: 25501, blinds 500-1000
In middle position, holding JJ. I open raise to 3000 and am called by the player on my left. Flop 755. I bet 5000 and he calls. Turn 4. I move all in for 17501, and he calls for 14815. I am sure I'm dead, but he flips up KTs for a flush draw. River offsuit 5 and I have a monster stack again. He is eliminated in 58th place.

Stack: 48316, blinds 500-1000
I have folded about an orbit straight, resolving not to blow off my chips. A middle position player limps in, and I raise in late position with A6o. He calls. Flop A76. He has 31K behind. He checks, I bet 8000, he folds.

** Table 6 finally breaks, and I move to a table with 2+2ers Ho_Ender and sirio11 **

Stack: 50816, blinds 500-1000
In late position with A3o. Early player min raises to 2000, and I reraise to 6000. He folds. We are down to less than 40 players on 4 tables, but the top 4 chip stacks are all at this table. I resolve to take it carefully.

** Ho_ender now jinxes himself by asking if they allow deals in party tourneys **

An important pot that I am not in. As stated, there are the top 4 chip stacks in the tourney at this table. One of them (48886) min raises UTG to 3000. Another one (59341) calls. The button (2+2s Ho_ender 63091) raises to 9250. UTG reraises to 23200. Caller folds, and Ho_ender moves all in. UTG calls. Ho_ender has AK, UTG has KK, and the KK hold up, leaving him at 102272, which is about 2x as much as second has.

Stack: 52816, blinds 750-1500
UTG+1 with KK. I open raise to 4000 and steal the blinds, my first action on the new table after several orbits.

Stack: 55066, blinds 750-1500
UTG next hand with AK. I call. Folded to the massive chip leader, who makes it 27150 to go. I fold.

Stack: 51316, blinds 750-1500
In late position with ATs. Massive chip leader opens for 4700 on my right. I reraise to 17000 and all fold.

Stack: 58266, blinds 750-1500
In late position next hand with KK. I open raise to 4500, and sirio11 moves all in for 12500. I call, and he shows AQ. Board ATT-J-J and I double up another 2+2er.

Stack: 42880, blinds 750-1500
In middle position next hand with QTs. I open raise to 4500 and Ho_ender moves all in from the SB for 14195 total. I call and he shows A2o. Board KQJ-7-A and I finally eliminate a 2+2er.

*** We are down to 3 tables now, and I am moved to play on table 3 with 2+2er Smallstake. I get a good table draw and have the chip lead at this table ***

Stack: 55575, blinds 1000-2000
In the BB with 85s. SB open limps, and I check. Flop KJ3. Check check. Turn 8. SB checks, I bet the minimum, he folds.

Stack: 56575, blinds 1000-2000
On the button holding J9s. Two limpers and I limp. Both blinds come in. Board T65, I fold to a bet.

Stack: 54575, blinds 1000-2000
In the cutoff, holding Q9o. Folded to me and I open raise to 6000. SB moves all in for 38234 and I fold.

Stack: 48575, blinds 1000-2000
In middle position, holding QJo. I open raise to 6000 and steal the blinds.

Stack: 49575, blinds 1000-2000
In the SB holding 98o. Button open limps all in for 399. BB has 11880. I move all in, to drive out the BB, and freeroll on eliminating the short stack button. He has KJ. Board AK3-9-Q, and I make a few chips on the hand.

Stack: 50777, blinds 1000-2000
In late position with A8o. I open raise to 5500, and the BB calls. Flop KQT. I bet 8000 and he folds.

** We are still at 30 players amazingly. The stack who was all in for 399 has run himself back up to over 21K! He then blows his stack calling all in with ace high on the flop **

Stack: 54277, blinds 1000-2000
In late position with QJs. I open raise to 4500 and get reraised to 14800. I fold.

Stack: 45277, blinds 1000-2000
In the SB with 88. One limper, I complete, BB (new bully) checks. Flop KK6. Checked around. Turn 2. I bet 6500 and both players call. River 8. I check, new bully bets 17900, next player calls. I move all in for 35777 total. New bully folds, other player calls for about 31K total. He shows Q8 for the turned flush draw, and pair on the river, and is eliminated in 21st place.

** Down to 20 players, and I am moved to table 1 at last. I am in second place overall as the massive chip leader has been abusing the short stacks on his table and is now over 200K. Table 1 now features 4 2+2ers: vipdirect, sirio11, Smallstake, and myself **

Stack 113300, Blinds 2000-4000
In the BB with ATo. A short stack moves all in from middle position for 15924 total. I call, and he shows J8s. Board AT2-4-2 and he makes a flush to double up.

Stack: 96006, blinds 2000-4000
In middle position with A5o. I open raise to 12000, and a short stack moves in from the BB for 25532 total. I call and he has AK. Board A64-J-4 and I double him up.

Stack: 70474, blinds 2000-4000
In early position with KJs. I open raise to 12000, and vipdirect moves in for 22572. I call and he shows A9s. Board T52-A-3, and I double him up again.

*** I'm steaming a bit at this moment. I've doubled up three players inside one orbit of the table, with three ok-ish hands (having lost with the best of it, the worst of it, and in a close matchup), and am now back to only being above average stack instead of dominant. I resolve to slow down and calm down, and fold some marginal hands in the next orbit such as A5s and 66 **

Stack: 41902, blinds 2000-4000
In middle position with A8s, I open raise to 12000. Another small stack moves in on my for 19574 total. I call and he shows ATo. Board Q75-2-J makes me a flush, and I start to feel better. 17 players left.

Stack: 67656, blinds 2000-4000
In the BB with J8s. sirio11 moves all in for 5863 and I call. Sirio11 shows Q9o. Board A73-K-A and I double him up for the second time. I'm beginning to hate 2+2.

Stack: 59793, blinds 2000-4000
In late position with KTo. I open raise to 12000 and steal the blinds.

Stack: 61793, blinds 2000-4000
In the SB with 96o, I open limp. sirio11 checks. Flop K32. I bet the minimum, sirio11 folds.

** sirio is eliminated in 16th place sometime after that hand **

Stack: 59793, blinds 3000-6000
In middle position with KK. UTG+2 raises to 13800. I move all in. He folds.

Stack: 79593, blinds 3000-6000
In middle position with 65s. I open raise to 18000 and steal the blinds.

Stack: 88593, blinds 3000-6000
In the BB with KJo. Middle position raises the minimum and I call. Flop A85, all hearts (I have the Jh). check check. Turn 4h. I bet the minimum, and he raises the minimum. I call. River 6s. Check check. Surprisingly, he has 97 of diamonds for a straight and I win a large pot.

*** Final table begins, with chip stacks of:

Seat 1: vipdirect ( $101236 )
Seat 4: pokerkid155 ( $51256 )
Seat 7: stflet ( $49524 )
Seat 9: TheSame5Guys ( $112593 )
Seat 2: kogo9 ( $40114 )
Seat 3: smilinal989 ( $60208 )
Seat 5: wgp123 ( $227226 )
Seat 6: AkAdondada ( $49758 )
Seat 8: stoneface51 ( $40372 )
Seat 10: sololiving ( $71713 )

***

I don't have a lot of feeling about any of these players, other than knowing that vipdirect is a tough solid player who is experienced at higher limits. kogo9 has been trying to bully me for a while, and getting away with it. wgp123 is the massive chip leader from above, who has been playing his big stack very well on the other tables (I have been keeping any eye on them on the side while playing mine)

Stack: 112593, blinds 3000-6000
I pick up JJ in early position and raise to 18000. vipdirect is the only caller. Flop: K98. Check check. Turn 7. I bet the minimum and he folds.

Stack: 133593, blinds 3000-6000
I have AA in the SB and a short stack open raises all in for 40758. I call. He has A9, and the board of Q62-4-7 changes nothing.

Stack: 180351, blinds 3000-6000
I have AK in middle position. wgp123 open raises to 18100 from UTG+1. I reraise to 65000 and all fold. I now take over the chip lead.

Stack: 199451, blinds 3000-6000
I have AJs in the SB. vipdirect open raises to 20500, and I call. Flop KK7. Check check. Turn Q. I bet 20000 and he pauses a long time, including using the time bank, before folding.

Stack: 227951, blinds 4000-8000
I have A8o in middle position, and open raise to 25000. kogo9 continues to bully me and raises all in for 61214. I hesitantly fold.

Stack: 198951, blinds 4000-8000
I have AK in middle position. UTG+1 opens for 23100, and I move all in. He has about 42000 left. He folds.

Stack: 234051, blinds 4000-8000
I have KQ UTG and open for 25000. Short stack moves all in for 300032 total, and I call. He has AQ. Board KK5-2-2 and I eliminate him in 7th place.

Stacks at this point:
Seat 1: vipdirect ( $105108 )
Seat 4: pokerkid155 ( $119756 )
Seat 9: TheSame5Guys ( $276083 )
Seat 2: kogo9 ( $92214 )
Seat 5: wgp123 ( $157126 )
Seat 10: sololiving ( $53713 )

Stack: 268083, blinds 4000-8000
Folded to me in the SB and I have As7s. I move all in on sololiving and he folds.

Stack: 276083, blinds 4000-8000
In the BB with Ts5s. vipdirect opens for 16500, and I call. Flop Q32. I check, he bets 14400, I fold.

Stack: 255583, blinds 4000-8000
On the button with KTo. I open raise to 25000 and steal the blinds.

Stack: 267583, blinds 5000-10000
UTG with KTs. I open raise to 30000 and steal the blinds.

Stack: 257583, blinds 5000-10000
SB with K4o. Folded to me in the SB and I move all in. sololiving now has 98426, and I think he's going to be a bit more cautious. He folds.

Stack: 267583, blinds 5000-10000
In late position with AA. 2nd chip leader opens for 37100, and I move all in. He surprises me and calls. He has AK. Board A53-Q-9, and I eliminate him in 6th.

With 5 left, the stacks are now:
Seat 1: vipdirect ( $71708 )
Seat 4: pokerkid155 ( $118256 )
Seat 9: TheSame5Guys ( $455596 )
Seat 2: kogo9 ( $75014 )
Seat 10: sololiving ( $83426 )

At this point, all the sit&go experience helps. I *know* they are going to be trying to outlast each other, meaning I can move all in pretty much at will here, and they are going to be folding almost every time as they hope someone else calls and maybe they move up $2500 in real money. vipdirect gets the first few move-in's in on me when I'm in late position, but then slows down.

Stack: 455596, blinds 5000-1000
I open raise all in with 96s and steal the blinds.

Stack: 470596, blinds 5000-10000
Next hand, I open raise all in with A6s and steal the blinds.

Stack: 485596, blinds 5000-10000
Next hand, I open raise all in with T7s and get called by the short stack, who has AJ. Board JJ3-8-6 and I double him up.

Stack: 407170, blinds 5000-10000
I open raise all in with A7o and steal the blinds.

Stack: 417170, blinds 5000-10000
kogo9 moves all in UTG for 45014. I call on the button with KQo. He shows 22. Board T77-T-4 and he is eliminated in 5th.

Stack: 462185, blinds 5000-10000
I have folded 4-5 hands in a row here. pokerkid155 (who is in 3rd right now with 108256) opens for 29300 and I move in on him with Q8o. He folds.

Stack: 486484, blinds 5000-10000
In the SB with ATo. I open raise all in and steal the blind.

Stack: 496484, blinds 5000-10000
Next hand, On the button with A2s. I open raise all in and steal the blinds.

Stack: 511484, blinds 5000-10000
Next hand, UTG with A5o. I open raise all in and steal the blinds.

Stack: 526484, blinds 5000-10000
Next hand, in the BB with QTo. vipdirect moves all in for 51708. I call and he has AK. Board TT4-4-A and I eliminate him in 4th.

Stack: 583192, blinds 5000-10000
I open limp in the SB with 54o. Flop JT7. check-check. Turn T. I bet the minimum and he folds.

Stack: 593192, blinds 5000-10000
I open raise UTG with AJo. pokerkid155 calls for his last 68956 total and shows A7. Board K74-9-6 and I double him up.

Current stacks:
Seat 4: pokerkid155 ( $142912 )
Seat 9: TheSame5Guys ( $524236 )
Seat 10: sololiving ( $136852 )

The next hand:
Stack: 524236, blinds 5000-10000
sololiving moves all in, and pokerkid155 calls. I just made $6000 with him calling! I fold. sololiving has KK, pokerkid155 A9. Board AQ3-4-9, and we are now headsup.

Stacks:
Seat 4: pokerkid155 ( $289764 )
Seat 9: TheSame5Guys ( $514236 )

Stack: 514236, blinds 5000-10000
I have T5o in the SB and give him a walk.

Stack: 509236, blinds 5000-10000
I have QJs in the BB and he gives me a walk.

Stack: 514236, blinds 5000-10000
I have 43o in the SB and call. He checks. Flop QJ7. He bets 10000, and I raise to 45000, he calls. Turn 8. He checks, I bet 75000 and he folds.

Stack: 569236, blinds 5000-10000
I have JTo in the BB and he gives me a walk.

Stack: 574236, blinds 5000-10000
I have 88 in the SB and call. He checks. Flop 522. He checks, and I bet 20000. He raises to 40000. I move all in and he folds.

Stack: 623236, blinds 5000-10000
He calls in the SB and I check in the BB with K9o. Flop Q83. Check check. Turn 6. I bet 10000 and he calls. River 7. I check, he bets 10000 and I fold.

Stack: 604236, blinds 5000-10000
I call in the SB with T8o and he checks. Flop 983. He bets 21500 and I move all in. He calls. He has 76o. Turn J, river A, and he misses his draw and:

Player TheSame5Guys finished in 1 place and received $26532

Roman
03-25-2005, 05:01 PM
These first four hands:
Stack: 990, blinds 10-15
Raise to 30 UTG with KdJd. One caller, and then a raise to 250. I fold

Stack: 935, blinds 10-15
In middle position with QTo. Player to my right min raises to 30. I reraise to 90. Original raiser is the only caller. Flop T54. I bet 140, he folds.

Stack: 1050, blinds 10-15
In early middle with AKo. I min raise to 30. Button calls, big blind calls. Flop T52. Big blind bets 15, I raise to 85. Both fold.

Stack: 1095, blinds 10-15
On the button with A7o. UTG limps, folded to me, and I raise to 50. SB calls, BB folds, limper folds. Flop T97. SB checks, I bet 80. He raises to 160. I reraise to 320. He moves all in. I fold.

are terrible in almost every way... do you usually play like a fish (no offense) in the beggining of a tourney and see if you catch a huge wave of luck?

Havent totally finished reading it, but rest of the tourney looks aggressive but good.

Punker
03-25-2005, 05:31 PM
Can you tell me what you didn't like specifically about them?

MLG
03-25-2005, 05:35 PM
Hand 1: This is a great way to play a multi-way pot out of position with an easily dominated hand.

Hand 2: You have a mediocre hand at best and you are reraising with half the field still to act. Aggresive is one thing, this is suicide.

Hand 3. Not awful except for the minraise preflop.

Hand 4. I can't imagine how that third raise is anything but meaningless chip spewing. He just isnt folding nearly enough to make it close to worth it.

Rushmore
03-25-2005, 05:52 PM
[ QUOTE ]
Stack: 990, blinds 10-15
Raise to 30 UTG with KdJd. One caller, and then a raise to 250. I fold

[/ QUOTE ]

If you hadn't raised, you'd have had KJs out of position against two other players, but it only would have cost you 50 or 60, so you could have seen a flop. Otherwise, just muck it.

[ QUOTE ]
Stack: 935, blinds 10-15
In middle position with QTo. Player to my right min raises to 30. I reraise to 90. Original raiser is the only caller. Flop T54. I bet 140, he folds.

[/ QUOTE ]

Blecch. You're raising a hand which is very likely better than yours, AND there's a bunch of people to act behind you.

[ QUOTE ]
Stack: 1050, blinds 10-15
In early middle with AKo. I min raise to 30. Button calls, big blind calls. Flop T52. Big blind bets 15, I raise to 85. Both fold.

[/ QUOTE ]

With the exception of the inexplicable mini-raise (are you trying to entice callers?), this is straightforward and good and fine and nice.

[ QUOTE ]
Stack: 1095, blinds 10-15
On the button with A7o. UTG limps, folded to me, and I raise to 50. SB calls, BB folds, limper folds. Flop T97. SB checks, I bet 80. He raises to 160. I reraise to 320. He moves all in. I fold.

[/ QUOTE ]

Why would you want to adopt an agressive posture with bottom pair with a coordinated board against a player who called a preflop raise from out of position and then check-raised you on the flop?

I'm only responding because you asked the poster. Not trying to be too critical.

I realize there are a lot of ways to skin a cat, but one must retain one's own pelt while doing so.

Tyler Durden
03-25-2005, 05:56 PM
[ QUOTE ]
Stack: 935, blinds 10-15
In middle position with QTo. Player to my right min raises to 30. I reraise to 90. Original raiser is the only caller. Flop T54. I bet 140, he folds.

[/ QUOTE ]

Umm, what? You reraised in level one w/ QT? Weird.

[ QUOTE ]
Stack: 2495, blinds 50-100
UTG+1 with A7o. I open raise to 275, and the BB is the only caller. Flop Q43. BB checks, I bet 375, he calls. Turn J. Check Check. River 9, he bets 600, I fold.

[/ QUOTE ]

You don't have enough chips to be playing this hand.

[ QUOTE ]
Stack: 1970, blinds 50-100
In the BB with T9s. Button open raises to 400. He has 665 left after raising. SB folds, and I move all in. Button calls with 44. Board: K95-5-Q, and I win.

[/ QUOTE ]

This play makes no sense?

Congrats on your win. I couldn't read all of it but I like some parts of your style.

MSUcougar
03-25-2005, 05:58 PM
Wow I read the whole thing... thanks for compiling it...

Thoughts: It appears you got an inordinate amount of folds from your bluff attempts in situations where you could've been severely crippled or eliminated... and also caught monsters and subsequently got plenty of action at very opportune times (maybe those go hand in hand?)...

You also won your coinflips in critical situations (ex: AK vs 22 hand)... (was that just before the money or just after the bubble burst?)

I'm not crazy about your loose early tourney play but I think you played your big stack well.

Congratulations on the win... /images/graemlins/cool.gif

Punker
03-25-2005, 06:00 PM
No offense taken, and I do like discussing these kinds of hands, since the early stages of the Party tourneys are actually quite interesting to me. I'm not one to hunker down and play group 1 hands for all my chips preflop in the first three levels, certainly.

Hand 1: I don't like mucking this hand, but alternatively I don't want to get overly involved with it. I think the min raise is an ok way to play it that in most cases will end up with you seeing the flop with the initiative (as opposed to limping in which case you will often be raised), but I understand not everyone feels the same.

Hand 2: Not sure exactly why I did this...I suspect that the min raise from that particular player had previously indicated a garbage hand.

Hand 3: I have explained in several posts in the past why I like min raising, as it leaves more chance to play after the flop by keeping more chips behind in your stack, while at the same time keeping the pot smaller. Again, not to everyone's taste, but I really like to try to play postflop, even in the somewhat shallow stacked party tourneys.

Hand 4: The coordinated board was a big part of the aggressive stance. I figured it was strongly possible he was raising with some sort of draw, and the idea is to stop him from keeping the lead in the hand and semibluffing me out of the pot. The reraise on the flop is designed to be the last chips put in the pot no matter what his action is. Risky for sure...not sure if I like it in retrospect (results aside).

DireWolf
03-25-2005, 06:14 PM
what was the thinking for this hand? were you gunna limp-reraise against anyone but the cheap leader?

Stack: 55066, blinds 750-1500
UTG next hand with AK. I call. Folded to the massive chip leader, who makes it 27150 to go. I fold.

MSUcougar
03-25-2005, 06:27 PM
[ QUOTE ]
Stack: 3085, blinds 50-100 (next hand)
In the SB with QQ. Middle position min raises to 200 and I call. BB calls. Flop AJ2. I check, BB checks, raiser bets 200. I raise to 800, and both fold.

[/ QUOTE ]
Were you confident that PF raiser didn't have an A here or were you basically just "hoping" for a fold? I assume your reasoning for not reraising PF was to trap on a favorable flop? Seems like I always get reraised all in when I try to make a play like this on the flop...

Ulysses
03-25-2005, 06:28 PM
Edited to add: I read the thread and noticed you've already responded to a few of these. No need to repeat yourself re: those hands.

[ QUOTE ]
Stack: 935, blinds 10-15
In middle position with QTo. Player to my right min raises to 30. I reraise to 90.

[/ QUOTE ]

Why?

[ QUOTE ]
Stack: 1050, blinds 10-15
In early middle with AKo. I min raise to 30.

[/ QUOTE ]

Why?

[ QUOTE ]
Stack: 1095, blinds 10-15
On the button with A7o. UTG limps, folded to me, and I raise to 50. SB calls, BB folds, limper folds. Flop T97. SB checks, I bet 80. He raises to 160. I reraise to 320.

[/ QUOTE ]

Why?

[ QUOTE ]
Stack: 2495, blinds 50-100
UTG+1 with A7o. I open raise to 275

[/ QUOTE ]

Why?

[ QUOTE ]
Stack: 1645, blinds 50-100
In late position with 9c7c. UTG+1 (660 total) limps, I raise to 300.

[/ QUOTE ]

This one seems very borderline.

[ QUOTE ]
Stack: 1970, blinds 50-100
In the BB with T9s. Button open raises to 400. He has 665 left after raising. SB folds, and I move all in. Button calls with 44. Board: K95-5-Q, and I win.

[/ QUOTE ]

Guy open-raises w/ 40% of his stack leaving himself w/ a very small stack for this stage of the tourney and you move in on him w/ Ten-high? Why?

[ QUOTE ]
Stack: 3085, blinds 50-100 (next hand)
In the SB with QQ. Middle position min raises to 200 and I call. BB calls. Flop AJ2. I check, BB checks, raiser bets 200. I raise to 800, and both fold.

[/ QUOTE ]

Why this line?

[ QUOTE ]
Stack: 3585, blinds 50-100
In middle position with A6o. UTG limps, and I raise to 375. Player behind me moves all in, UTG limp reraises all in. I fold. Player behind shows KK, UTG shows 99. UTG has already been marked as a tricky aggressive player in my notes.

[/ QUOTE ]

You raise a tricky aggressive limper w/ A6o w/ a few yet to act? Why?

[ QUOTE ]
Stack: 15696, blinds 300-600
In middle position with J4o, I open raise to 1500.

[/ QUOTE ]

Table would be have to be playing really tight for me to get this jiggy.


[ QUOTE ]
Stack: 55066, blinds 750-1500
UTG next hand with AK. I call. Folded to the massive chip leader, who makes it 27150 to go. I fold.

[/ QUOTE ]

Interesting hand.


Overall, a lot of solid play and a lot of good well-timed aggressive moves (even the ones that didn't work out) later with a big stack. Early on and in the mid-stages, though, I think you got involved way too much and made a number of poor decisions. In the later stages, there are a few decisions that maybe are somewhat marginal, but given your approach to running over the table, I don't really take issue with any of the raises/calls you made, even some that were very thin.

Punker
03-25-2005, 06:32 PM
I was willing to play a large pot with this hand against anyone except the chip leader, yes.

Arnfinn Madsen
03-25-2005, 06:39 PM
BTW, saw this nice picture of you entering a major live event /images/graemlins/wink.gif
Picture of Roman (http://www.dagbladet.no/dinside/2005/03/23/427063.html?i=2)

Punker
03-25-2005, 06:39 PM
"Guy open-raises w/ 40% of his stack leaving himself w/ a very small stack for this stage of the tourney and you move in on him w/ Ten-high? Why? "

Well, simply I thought he would fold /images/graemlins/tongue.gif I thought that he would have just moved in with any hand he wanted to play for his whole stack.

"You raise a tricky aggressive limper w/ A6o w/ a few yet to act? Why?"

He was tricky and aggressive, but he limped with a wide range of hands, including a lot of really janky stuff. I wanted to remind him not to do so.

(Regarding the QQ hand) "Why this line?"

I was planning to checkraise any favorable flop, and when this flop came down badly, I was planning to give up on the flop. However, he bet the minimum and my natural thieving instincts could not help themselves.

(in response to various other marginal blind steal attempts) "Why?"

I like to steal blinds /images/graemlins/grin.gif Simply put, I struggled for a long time with the middle stages of tournaments, where I would get an ok stack as the first (weak) half of the field was culled, and then struggle into the money as a below average stack, and then bust out somewhere in the final 4-5 tables (something I think many people are familiar with). More study led me to decide that I needed to open up my game much more in the middle stages to get to the money with chips and be able to exploit those medium-short stacks. I may have taken it too far /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

sirio11
03-25-2005, 06:49 PM
[ QUOTE ]
Stack: 61793, blinds 2000-4000
In the SB with 96o, I open limp. sirio11 checks. Flop K32. I bet the minimum, sirio11 folds.


[/ QUOTE ]

Thanks for posting. After the tourney, I tought about my hands, and this was 1 of the 3 mistakes I think I made in the tourney. I think I have Q8 in this hand, I was going to move all in on you, but for some reason, since I knew you were a 2+2er, you knew I am, you have folded your LB to me in a previous round and you've seen my willingness to go all in with a short stack, I thought you have some kind of a hand and wanted me to move all in on you, thats why I check. Turns out to be a mistake, because most probably you've fold; after your bet in the flop, you can't fold to my small raise with any 2.

Congratulations on your win, and thanks again for posting.

wAzZu24
03-25-2005, 06:51 PM
[ QUOTE ]
"Guy open-raises w/ 40% of his stack leaving himself w/ a very small stack for this stage of the tourney and you move in on him w/ Ten-high? Why? "

Well, simply I thought he would fold /images/graemlins/tongue.gif I thought that he would have just moved in with any hand he wanted to play for his whole stack.


[/ QUOTE ]

How the hell can you think hes folding here? I have seen MANY people who are short stacked raise about 40% of their stack with AA because they feel they are more likely to get action since the raise is less than a flat push.

Nice job on the win, but honestly i find it incredible that you won with some of these plays.

Ulysses
03-25-2005, 06:53 PM
[ QUOTE ]
I thought that he would have just moved in with any hand he wanted to play for his whole stack.

[/ QUOTE ]

FWIW, that raise of his screams out to me "I'm willing to play for my whole stack." It often means "Please, please, I pray I get to play for my whole stack."

[ QUOTE ]
I was planning to checkraise any favorable flop, and when this flop came down badly, I was planning to give up on the flop. However, he bet the minimum and my natural thieving instincts could not help themselves.

[/ QUOTE ]

Sounds good. I'm a big fan of changing plans w/ a good reason.

[ QUOTE ]
I like to steal blinds /images/graemlins/grin.gif ... I may have taken it too far /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

Well, I didn't read the details of every hand, but I did glance at every hand you posted. Notice that you had a ton of steals w/ all sorts of crap that I had no comment on. The stealing was great. It's just a question of assessing your chances, picking your spots well, and understanding how the hand might play out if someone does call. I think if you stack up all of the plays I didn't say anything about and put them side-by-side against the ones that I did question, you'll see some distinct differences. A few of these were pretty obvious, of course, based on the number of other folks who instantly jumped on them.

JaBlue
03-25-2005, 07:17 PM
Great post, and great read. I'd like to encourage other players to post full tourneys like this too, its a great vehicle to learn for the reader and the player.

Anyway, I hate a lot of your early plays, but you make up for it with the big stack play later on. Well done and congrats on the score.

DireWolf
03-25-2005, 07:25 PM
Another suggestion that could help me and any other aspiring tourny players:
If anyone does this again (and wants to take the time to do it), include some of the more important folds you made pre-flop. I think if these were included within the list, it would be very helpful to see.

JaBlue
03-25-2005, 07:37 PM
Don't be so overly fixated on preflop play /images/graemlins/smile.gif. Although this would help, it wouldn't help you anywhere near as much as the real meat and postflop play.

Generally preflop play is very straightforward and easy online and once you understand how to evaluate it, almost all of your decisions should be automatic.

IHateKeithSmart
03-25-2005, 08:52 PM
Thanks for posting punk. I was watching the other night, and that late 88 hand in the sb was sweet.

HoldingFolding
03-26-2005, 09:36 PM
Fantastic post again Punker, you are, in the vernacular, a "diamond geezer". Your first tourney win post is a cherished classic. The shock has worn off a little though, this one I found myself laughing at miniraises from UTG+1 with K9o - well he would do wouldn't he, he's Punker. Here's hoping for your continued success and it may be time to change your name again - and you might want to keep it under wraps with so many 2+2ers making the final tables!

RandomFluke
03-26-2005, 10:04 PM
Punker, you're a scholar and a gentleman, and there's damned few of us left! Thanks for the post.