$22 Deep Stack Limit

[AlphaWice]

Are YOU in?

well I'M thinking about it. I;ve been up for 20 hours though and I'm not sure I should since it will last a long long time considering no antes...so even longer than usual.

[Arnfinn Madsen]

I'm in, I am curious to see how it will play out. Even if the blinds increase slowly, I guess after 4-5 hours basically all players will be relatively short stacked. An interesting aspect will be that you may have the same guy left or right of you for 5-6 hours.

[pfkaok]

any idea how long this will take for LHE? will it be longer than the NLHE ones even though its less peopel?

[Arnfinn Madsen]

It looks like there will be appx.2 million chips in play. Guess that will probably take it to stakes level 20 or something. 20 levels will take 11+ hours to play out.

[AlphaWice]

how long did deepstack NL go for?

[Arnfinn Madsen]

12-13 hours, but they have more players. However, we are up to 3 million chips in this one now (12 hours maybe).

[A_C_Slater]

Should one treat a deepstacked LHE tourney like one would treat a cash game?

[Arnfinn Madsen]

Yes, just don't lock your notes. Many of your opponents will start very loose and gradually tighten up as the stakes increase.

First break sure came quick. 6,802 chips, keep paying off when people hit their draws though.

[Arnfinn Madsen]

T4,635 at 1st break. 7 calling stations at my table, cards haven't hit good, but if they do I will be paid big (they call river caps on scary boards with top pair, crappy kicker). My table is like playing .10/.20. It is nice since I increase my chances, but joined this since I hoped it would be some good players to battle with so a bit disappointed (I will meet them later in tourney prob. though).

This is by the far the worst tournament ive ever played in. I dont even think the limit 1 dollar tournaments are this bad.

[Arnfinn Madsen]

I have only seen 8 players so far, but it is the worst limit table I have seen for a while /images/graemlins/smile.gif. People coldcalling after UTG-raiser and other coldcaller with 10 2 etc..

Well, I'm also in this tourney, srcarrel is my name.

I guess I've been fairly ... fortunate (?) in that my
table isn't completely terrible, just a few players.
Anyways, I'm getting close to the 10k mark, how's everyone
else doing?

Oh, and whos playing the shorthanded tourney in an
hour or so?

[Arnfinn Madsen]

I am down to 2,300, have been extremely unlucky.

[PrtyPsux]

Im in. same name. I was up in the first 20 spots for the first hour playing a bunch of hands. Now im down to 6k after a bunch of draws missed and a few sets getting sucked out. There are some huge donkeys at my table.

Second break, I'm sitting happily at 10,775.

[PrtyPsux]

im down to 5k. I raise utg and get called by q7...its ridiculous. hopefully my hands will start holding up.

[Arnfinn Madsen]

T 3,750 at 2nd break. I am a losing player at .10/.20 I guess /images/graemlins/smirk.gif. As there is 3 players at every showdown I just have to play by my cards. Haven't bluffed a single time and probably won't do it for the next 2-3 hours either so it is quite simple poker.

[Arnfinn Madsen]

1st hand after break I hit good. Donks with the autocallbutton on pays me off so at 5,950 now.

[AlphaWice]

I suck because im a donkey, 3.3 after second.

[Arnfinn Madsen]

On turn there is 4 players in hand, 3 spades on board 789J on board and I have straight. Since player bets and other call I figure one of them may have flush and see no value in raising. Same thing happens on river, they have just crap /images/graemlins/confused.gif. I pick up pot.

T 9,000 now.

I'm out..Everytime I had a decent hand someone would call to river to hit two pair.. But I guess it's always good to get out of these things quickly than to play forever and not cash..

I'm in the limit shorthanded, hopefully my luck will be better.

Get knocked out with all my chips in on a 752 rainbow flop with QQ, turn is of course an A. I lost most of my chips to runner runner flushes? Or called to the river overcards.

[Arnfinn Madsen]

Yeah, variance becomes huge even if edge is huge when they play like this. GG.

[AlphaWice]

PokerStars Game #2916783552: Tournament #14165399, Hold'em Limit - Level V (150/300) - 2005/10/28 - 20:42:52 (ET)
Table '14165399 55' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: retrab (2430 in chips)
Seat 2: pjabone (12975 in chips)
Seat 3: AlphaWice (2990 in chips)
Seat 4: rickstere25 (5815 in chips)
Seat 5: chang lee (5975 in chips)
Seat 6: tvcgolf (17490 in chips)
Seat 7: Hawken24 (14865 in chips)
Seat 8: cilldroichid (4770 in chips)
Seat 9: usedd (2452 in chips)
pjabone: posts small blind 75
AlphaWice: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AlphaWice [Qc Th]
rickstere25: folds
chang lee: folds
tvcgolf: folds
Hawken24: folds
cilldroichid: raises 150 to 300
usedd: folds
retrab: folds
pjabone: calls 225
AlphaWice: calls 150
*** FLOP *** [8c 5s Qs]
pjabone: checks
AlphaWice: checks
cilldroichid: bets 150
pjabone: calls 150
AlphaWice: raises 150 to 300
cilldroichid: folds
pjabone: calls 150
*** TURN *** [8c 5s Qs] [4c]
pjabone: checks
AlphaWice: bets 300
pjabone: calls 300
*** RIVER *** [8c 5s Qs 4c] [3c]
pjabone: checks
AlphaWice: bets 300
pjabone: raises 300 to 600
AlphaWice: calls 300
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pjabone: shows [5c Tc] (a flush, Ten high)
AlphaWice: mucks hand
pjabone collected 3450 from pot
AlphaWice said, "OMG"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3450 | Rake 0
Board [8c 5s Qs 4c 3c]
Seat 1: retrab (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: pjabone (small blind) showed [5c Tc] and won (3450) with a flush, Ten high
Seat 3: AlphaWice (big blind) mucked [Qc Th]


lost after this beat

[PrtyPsux]

I have 2 pair and the maniac chiplead caps the turn I just call the river, he has a set. I have AJ I hit my J and Im up against Q's. I have JJ for the final hand and I go all in, the flop comes QA and Im out. LHE tourneys are rigged.

Well, 3rd break now, not doing as well as before,
down to T 8,280.

Anyone else still in?

Oh, and I'm doing terribly in the shorthanded tourney.

[Arnfinn Madsen]

I am in at T13,525. Some of the worst calling stations are out, so play starts to normalize a bit, my table has gone from .10/.20 to .25/.50, I guess. But I have seen only one good player except me so far at my table.

I don't know about you but it seems that the
play has become very tight lately.

[Arnfinn Madsen]

I was switched to another table, and it is quite tight. Typical in these limit tourneys that it gets tighter and tighter.

[ClaytonN]

I'm still in the Party $22 limit tournament with 50 people left - RC276

okay back to your scheduled program.

I stand corrected

PokerStars Game #2917656180: Tournament #14165399, Hold'em Limit - Level VIII (400/800) - 2005/10/28 - 22:21:02 (ET)
Table '14165399 2' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: TurbineMan (5642 in chips)
Seat 2: mcgheeworld (12492 in chips)
Seat 3: geri21 (7140 in chips)
Seat 4: leemur1 (7640 in chips)
Seat 5: my.c.a.t.s. (16931 in chips)
Seat 6: HawkVT (15900 in chips)
Seat 7: srcarrel (8255 in chips)
Seat 8: alexnakash (32850 in chips)
Seat 9: CoachMarshal (5793 in chips)
CoachMarshal: posts small blind 200
TurbineMan: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to srcarrel [Ts Tc]
mcgheeworld: raises 400 to 800
geri21: raises 400 to 1200
leemur1: folds
my.c.a.t.s.: calls 1200
HawkVT: calls 1200
srcarrel: calls 1200
alexnakash: calls 1200
CoachMarshal: folds
TurbineMan: folds
mcgheeworld: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [Qd 6d 4s]
mcgheeworld: checks
geri21: bets 400
my.c.a.t.s.: calls 400
HawkVT: calls 400
srcarrel: calls 400
alexnakash: folds
mcgheeworld: calls 400
*** TURN *** [Qd 6d 4s] [Td]
mcgheeworld: checks
geri21: bets 800
my.c.a.t.s.: raises 800 to 1600
HawkVT: calls 1600
srcarrel: calls 1600
mcgheeworld: folds
geri21: raises 800 to 2400
my.c.a.t.s.: raises 800 to 3200
Betting is capped
HawkVT: calls 1600
srcarrel: calls 1600
geri21: calls 800
*** RIVER *** [Qd 6d 4s Td] [Qs]
geri21: bets 800
my.c.a.t.s.: calls 800
HawkVT: folds
srcarrel: raises 800 to 1600
geri21: raises 740 to 2340 and is all-in
my.c.a.t.s.: calls 1540
srcarrel: raises 60 to 2400
my.c.a.t.s.: calls 60
*** SHOW DOWN ***
srcarrel: shows [Ts Tc] (a full house, Tens full of Queens)
my.c.a.t.s.: mucks hand
srcarrel collected 120 from side pot
geri21: mucks hand
srcarrel collected 29620 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 29740 Main pot 29620. Side pot 120. | Rake 0
Board [Qd 6d 4s Td Qs]
Seat 1: TurbineMan (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: mcgheeworld folded on the Turn
Seat 3: geri21 mucked [Ac Ad]
Seat 4: leemur1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: my.c.a.t.s. mucked [7d 5d]
Seat 6: HawkVT folded on the River
Seat 7: srcarrel showed [Ts Tc] and won (29740) with a full house, Tens full of Queens
Seat 8: alexnakash (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: CoachMarshal (small blind) folded before Flop



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PokerStars Game #2917669239: Tournament #14165399, Hold'em Limit - Level VIII (400/800) - 2005/10/28 - 22:22:26 (ET)
Table '14165399 2' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: TurbineMan (5242 in chips)
Seat 2: mcgheeworld (10892 in chips)
Seat 4: leemur1 (7640 in chips)
Seat 5: my.c.a.t.s. (9731 in chips)
Seat 6: HawkVT (11100 in chips)
Seat 7: srcarrel (30795 in chips)
Seat 8: alexnakash (31650 in chips)
Seat 9: CoachMarshal (5593 in chips)
TurbineMan: posts small blind 200
mcgheeworld: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to srcarrel [Ah Kh]
Morphling29 is connected
leemur1: folds
my.c.a.t.s.: raises 400 to 800
HawkVT: folds
srcarrel: raises 400 to 1200
alexnakash: calls 1200
CoachMarshal: folds
TurbineMan: folds
mcgheeworld: folds
my.c.a.t.s.: raises 400 to 1600
Betting is capped
srcarrel: calls 400
alexnakash: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [8d 7h 8h]
my.c.a.t.s.: checks
srcarrel: bets 400
alexnakash: calls 400
my.c.a.t.s.: calls 400
*** TURN *** [8d 7h 8h] [4h]
my.c.a.t.s.: checks
srcarrel: bets 800
alexnakash: calls 800
my.c.a.t.s.: calls 800
*** RIVER *** [8d 7h 8h 4h] [4s]
mcgheeworld said, "cats you mucked a flush"
mcgheeworld said, "you suck"
my.c.a.t.s.: checks
srcarrel: bets 800
mcgheeworld said, "a complete donkey"
alexnakash: calls 800
my.c.a.t.s.: calls 800
*** SHOW DOWN ***
srcarrel: shows [Ah Kh] (a flush, Ace high)
alexnakash: mucks hand
my.c.a.t.s.: mucks hand
srcarrel collected 11400 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11400 | Rake 0
Board [8d 7h 8h 4h 4s]
Seat 1: TurbineMan (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: mcgheeworld (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: leemur1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: my.c.a.t.s. mucked [Qd Qh]
Seat 6: HawkVT folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: srcarrel showed [Ah Kh] and won (11400) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 8: alexnakash mucked [6h 6d]
Seat 9: CoachMarshal (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Oh, and as an aside, I'm about 10th in chips in the
shorthanded tourney.

[Arnfinn Madsen]

I'm out, see you are doing well. GL.

4th break, T 40,595. I'm doing pretty well so far.

Well, its the ?? break (I've lost count) and I'm
at about 50k in chips, that'd be about 14th in chips.

The competition has certainly become more difficult
since the first rounds but still beatable.

FYI, losing to a 3-outer on the river is not very
nice at this point in the tourney /images/graemlins/wink.gif

When will the madness end.

??+1 break, still at a little under 50k.

I might as well stop posting as I'm still
at 50k. I had a brief affair with 100k but
it didn't work out for too long.

Oh, and as much as 3-outers on the river are
no fun, 2-outers ar worse.

[UMCorona]

Still in this thing...

At the break after level 14 now. I'm at 128k, 9th out of 34. Got off to an excruciatingly slow start for the first few hours, then it's been a bit of a rollercoaster ride from there on.

Hopefully I can hold it together and at least make the final table and make this worth all the time.

Well, looks like FT time, and we both made it.

[UMCorona]

And I'm out in 9th. TT with the small stack at the table and decided I was doubling or losing on it. 88 called and hit an 8 and that's it for me.

Good luck Pythuz. I'd stay and watch, but after 10 hours I need to go pass out.

Well, sorry to disappoint but I'm out the door
behind you in 8th, AJ with A of spades vs AQo, flop J
high with all spades and my opponent catches his
Q on the river.

It was fun, but I'm not sure I'll do it again, a
bit long. Anyways, now I'm off to get some sleep.