Stars 500k Official Thread

Anyone else in stars 500k guaranteed yet besides me...

[ansky451]

There are 2 500ks, specify. And yes like half the forum is probably, including me (in both).

[Bigdaddydvo]

The Party one?

Hit edit and make it pretty like ***Official Party 500K***

And yes I'm in.

[yvesaint]

lets do the damn thing

table 227

and i already folded KK in the other MTT i was due to a blatant misclick /images/graemlins/mad.gif

[MLG]

im in, but tilting from the [censored] giants. agh.

[Rizen]

I'm in both Party and Stars. GL all

-Rizen

[Exitonly]

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im in, but tilting from the [censored] giants. agh.

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that was ridiculous.

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I'm in both.

[Jurollo]

[ QUOTE ]
I'm in both Party and Stars. GL all

-Rizen

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Going to get another final table?
~Justin

[Ogre]

I'm in both.

Vikings pwn /images/graemlins/cool.gif

[ZBTHorton]

In. Please edit the title of the thread so people know its here.

[TwistedEcho]

in stars

[Rizen]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
I'm in both Party and Stars. GL all

-Rizen

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Going to get another final table?
~Justin

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I certainly hope so! I wouldn't enter them if that wasn't the plan though /images/graemlins/wink.gif

-Rizen

[Yuv]

OMFG, I just got home and forgot I unregisted a few days ago. DAMN.

GL all.

Has any 2+2er ever won one of these? Anyone ever even come close?

[MLG]

me, twice.

[KingDan]

In Stars, as I haven't gotten around to RB on party yet.

Im in. Good Luck.

Wow I'm impressed, how big were the fields when you did?

didnt the blind levels use to be 30 mins?

[MLG]

2200 and 2400.

Nope.

The 700k guaranteed is 20 minutes, and I've never seen 30 minutes except for deep stack tourneys and WCOOP.

oh ok must have been the WCOOP i was thinking about thanks

[ZBTHorton]

[ QUOTE ]
Has any 2+2er ever won one of these? Anyone ever even come close?

[/ QUOTE ]

Several others have as well. Didn't CSC win one?

[Exitonly]

Ok, so i'm out of both of these, before the first break.

Thats enough poker for the day.

I`m in at table 169.

Already doubled up with QQ vs. JTo /images/graemlins/blush.gif

I doubled thru also with AA vs. KK, im at table 109

[Proofrock]

I'm in, table 57. Proofrock.

-J.A.

[KingDan]

PokerStars Game #3050364864: Tournament #14407693, Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2005/11/13 - 17:23:48 (ET)
Table '14407693 187' Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Blixx (1440 in chips)
Seat 2: haydeng (7640 in chips)
Seat 3: sohokid (4030 in chips)
Seat 4: SlyGrin (2295 in chips)
Seat 5: cantstop (2830 in chips)
Seat 6: threedot (2790 in chips)
Seat 7: Danny98765 (2185 in chips)
Seat 8: raisingman (915 in chips)
Seat 9: topdoggjb (3270 in chips)
raisingman: posts small blind 50
topdoggjb: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Danny98765 [Jc Js]
Blixx: folds
haydeng: calls 100
sohokid: folds
SlyGrin: folds
cantstop: folds
threedot: folds
Danny98765: raises 300 to 400
raisingman: folds
topdoggjb: folds
haydeng: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [3s 3c 7d]
haydeng: bets 200
Danny98765: raises 600 to 800
haydeng: calls 600
*** TURN *** [3s 3c 7d] [4s]
haydeng: checks
Danny98765: bets 985 and is all-in
haydeng: calls 985
*** RIVER *** [3s 3c 7d 4s] [6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
haydeng: shows [4h 4c] (a full house, Fours full of Threes)
Danny98765: shows [Jc Js] (two pair, Jacks and Threes)
Danny98765 said, "nh"


Edit: cleaned it up
PS rigged.

[Ogre]

up to 7k at the break

[sloth469]

I'm in table 332. Just under 4500 at 1st break.

GL all.

-Sloth

[yvesaint]

4300 at the first break ... just picked up a few pots here and there

[TwistedEcho]

3160, most tight ass table ever, and im a pussy when it comes to stealing /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Rizen]

3215 at the break.

-Rizen

5600. Was at this amount about 12 minutes in, haven't gotten much service since.

[ZBTHorton]

3700 at first break. Lost alot of chips on a big laydown..but built back up.

[Proofrock]

just under 6k at first break.

-J.A.

[SixgunSam]

Really bad first hour. Stuck on 2.5k. Table 422. Hopefully things turn around soon.

[Chobohoya]

3295 at the first break, table 409.

[prayformojo]

Was crippled but tripled (almost) up when LAG cold-called my raise with A6s, short stack went all in with JJ, I raised all in with KK, and LAG called off half his stack with a (thankfully unfulfilled) prayer. Sitting just at average stack size.

[TwistedEcho]

CO shoves 2900, i over push from sb with AQs. CO shows T4d.

Flop AdKdQx... had me slightly worried.

9900 now

Doubled 88 vs 77, 13K now.

[yvesaint]

out in 954 to a coinflip

[Rizen]

Little over 14k at the break.

-Rizen

12K at break, I am luckboxing donkey, which is really the best thing you can be.

[ZBTHorton]

Little over 10K at second break.

[TwistedEcho]

27k, hated this hand...

PokerStars Game #3051005928: Tournament #14407693, Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2005/11/13 - 18:35:40 (ET)
Table '14407693 97' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: aggchar (3142 in chips)
Seat 2: Par65 (8197 in chips)
Seat 3: oskar (3672 in chips)
Seat 4: TwistedEcho (16900 in chips)
Seat 5: QT576 (6225 in chips)
Seat 6: johnnypuma (10645 in chips)
Seat 7: goerger5587 (4515 in chips)
Seat 8: TNT65 (5460 in chips)
Seat 9: epark109 (17958 in chips)
aggchar: posts the ante 25
Par65: posts the ante 25
oskar: posts the ante 25
TwistedEcho: posts the ante 25
QT576: posts the ante 25
johnnypuma: posts the ante 25
goerger5587: posts the ante 25
TNT65: posts the ante 25
epark109: posts the ante 25
aggchar: posts small blind 200
Par65: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TwistedEcho [Jd Js]
oskar: folds
TwistedEcho: raises 800 to 1200
QT576: folds
johnnypuma: folds
goerger5587: folds
TNT65: folds
epark109: raises 2400 to 3600
aggchar: folds
Par65: folds
TwistedEcho: calls 2400
*** FLOP *** [9h 3s Tc]
TwistedEcho: checks
epark109: bets 6000
TwistedEcho: raises 7275 to 13275 and is all-in
epark109: folds
TwistedEcho collected 20025 from pot

[sloth469]

Just under 22k at 2nd break. Flopped a set vs an over pair first hand back after first break and haven't looked back. Long way to go still.

Good luck to all!

-sloth

hit 2 hands, TT vs AJ and AA vs AK.
Now just under 25K.

[Proofrock]

back down to 3.5k at break -- so unbelievably card dead + all of my steals went bad. i suck at poker.

-J.A.

[prayformojo]

4.5K at the second break. I hit a bad spot but rebuilt a bit with some steals. The table is very weak. About 80% of blind steals go unopposed. LAG to my left keeps me from capitalizing though, because I know he'll coldcall with plenty of hands.

6180 at the break. So card dead it isn`t even funny.

Good luck /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[SixgunSam]

I was at 11k one hand before the break, then JJ beat my QQ and I'm at 7k. Looking for some luck to get back in it.

[SixgunSam]

Haha, second hand after the break and I get QQ again and call an all-in from the shortstack. He has AK and wins that race. QQ has been a bitch to me in this tournament. 0-3 with them. At 2k and on life support now.

I suck so bad it is sick, pissed away 15K down to 9K.

[sloth469]

Shaniac still in too. Only noticed cause he was 17th when i was 18th on the board.

[Proofrock]

Out 862nd. My shortstack Q10s UTG 6.5xBB push ran into a maniac in the BB. i can't believe he would call off 1/8th of his stack with just pocket kings. what a donkey.

-J.A.

[ZBTHorton]

Out 595th to a r-r straight. That pisses me off.

[prayformojo]

635th. Got aggressive in the BB against a button limper who wouldn't budge. Got some back, then hit 99 v. short stack's TT. Couple hands later, playing two random cards in the BB versus pre-flop raisers and re-raisers, who pretty much ate me for lunch.

[TwistedEcho]

several steals picked off, and 88 vs smaller stacks AA leaves me at 11k

Can't wait to see Lee Jones saying "Congratulations PoopiePickle, you played a great game!"

[Rizen]

Just under 30k at the break.

-Rizen

[TwistedEcho]

Pushed AQ with little over 10bb, two callers battled out on QTx flop, i beat QJ for main pot. 55k now

[sloth469]

Just over 70k at 3rd break. Good for top 10. Still not much worth mentioning.

[dozer]

my first time playing in the 500k, won a seat last night for $9 . In the money with 38k in chips.

In the money, very shot stack will be out soon.

66K at break, first hand back and I drop to 52K. I forgot that I'd occasionally have to play poker after the bubble burst.

Keep it up Twisted, Ive been watching.

gl

[resetdave]

out around 250. I lost half my stack with JJ when I ran into QQ. Then I went all in with AK with 9xBB against A10. He caught his 10 on the flop. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

going 3 orbits without raking a pot and doubling up stacks of 2 to 3 BB really eats away at a person's stack.

Yow.

I'm out, i ran into aces on consecutive hands. 180th ain't bad, but i had delusions of grandeur. Went cold decked/antsy at a bad time.

[sloth469]

AJ ran into a set of 3's on a flop of J3x blinds were getting crazy compared to stacks. Finished 144th.

Good luck anyone still in.

Lots of 2+2er's left in this one, gl to those still left.

[cwsiggy]

Nh Twisted - AK clubs vs KK. GL rest of way.

[TwistedEcho]

i suckout good /images/graemlins/smile.gif 200k

[TwistedEcho]

153k at break, AT can't beat JJ sadly /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Any 2+2ers alive still?

good luck twisted /images/graemlins/laugh.gif.

[dozer]

still in 86k in chips

[TwistedEcho]

A2 > my TT for 87k pot, down to 100k

[mlagoo]

doing a bit of sweating while i study, just saw shaniac's AK fall short to A8 and QJ allin preflop. this game is brutal.

[TwistedEcho]

i dont think ive seen a run of shortstacked junk cards this bad ever /images/graemlins/frown.gif Used up all the good hands it appears.

gl twisted, the cards will come.. I'll sweat ya the rest of the way... or until I can get off my ass and do homework.

They are back.

A2 vs AQ

QQ vs 99

good job back to 365k

[AlcateL]

Been sweating twisted since the first hand and was it worth it.. YEAP

Bring it home please /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[DalaiLama]

who is this blofishme kid?

[dozer]

still in, short stacked at 146k. Have to make a move soon

[TwistedEcho]

200k, this is hard work /images/graemlins/smile.gif

slickster604?

nice pickup with the trip Queens!

[AlcateL]

nh much?

401K TwistedEcho

QT vs T2

[TwistedEcho]

really thought he might fold something marginal, i've been really tight, and pretty passive in my blinds, and when he called with T2 (i pushed QT from bb over his sb 3xbbraise) i was pretty happy.

i thought he would give you more respect as well /images/graemlins/confused.gif. Oh well, you wanted the call this time.

[dozer]

yea I'm slickster604, just busted in 29th place. My AQ lost to KJ and it crippled my stack to 2 big blinds. I push in the CO with what i have left with K3 suited and lose. Guess it wasn't meant to be final table /images/graemlins/smile.gif

yeah i saw that, his call with kj wasnt bad though. that push by blo was awful with 22 tho. could have just called and checked it down. Good showing though, and nice pay day anywho.

ouch, nice fold against KK but that's tough still

[TwistedEcho]

i had ATo there, thought he might be making a play to pickup the chips and freerolling vs the allin

Good luck Echo and whoever is still in..I busted in 409th...totally card dead for about hour and 15 minutes and my stack dwindled to 6500 with 600-1200 blinds. picked 5-6 suited and moved and was called down and lost to AK...maybe next time

but you just got it back! nice domination.

[dozer]

yea his call was fine with such a small stack. Was hoping to get some chips and try and make it to the final table.

I was surprized at blofish's play too.

[billyjex]

GL Twisted... take it down.

[TomHimself]

PokerStars Game #3053057040: Tournament #14407693, Hold'em No Limit - Level XXI (15000/30000) - 2005/11/13 - 22:07:29 (ET)
Table '14407693 174' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: bloFISHmee (554182 in chips)
Seat 2: Nickristian (406372 in chips)
Seat 3: newbie4 (132078 in chips)
Seat 4: hwgdf (194776 in chips)
Seat 6: oscartotti (159618 in chips)
Seat 7: Slickster604 (63235 in chips)
Seat 8: Joseba (217888 in chips)
Seat 9: dabest247 (203076 in chips)
bloFISHmee: posts the ante 1500
Nickristian: posts the ante 1500
newbie4: posts the ante 1500
hwgdf: posts the ante 1500
oscartotti: posts the ante 1500
Slickster604: posts the ante 1500
Joseba: posts the ante 1500
dabest247: posts the ante 1500
dabest247: posts small blind 15000
bloFISHmee: posts big blind 30000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Nickristian: folds
newbie4: folds
hwgdf: folds
newbie4 said, "i am trying"
oscartotti: folds
Slickster604: raises 31735 to 61735 and is all-in
Joseba: folds
dabest247: calls 46735
bloFISHmee: raises 490947 to 552682 and is all-in
dabest247: calls 139841 and is all-in
oscartotti said, "what is OBV"
*** FLOP *** [5c Jd 9d]
*** TURN *** [5c Jd 9d] [Tc]
Slickster604 said, "k"
Slickster604 said, "k"
*** RIVER *** [5c Jd 9d Tc] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dabest247: shows [4d 4c] (two pair, Nines and Fours)
bloFISHmee: shows [2h 2c] (two pair, Nines and Deuces)
dabest247 collected 279682 from side pot
Slickster604: shows [3s Ks] (a pair of Nines)
dabest247 collected 197205 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 476887 Main pot 197205. Side pot 279682. | Rake 0
Board [5c Jd 9d Tc 9c]
Seat 1: bloFISHmee (big blind) showed [2h 2c] and lost with two pair, Nines and Deuces
Seat 2: Nickristian folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: newbie4 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: hwgdf folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: oscartotti folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Slickster604 showed [3s Ks] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 8: Joseba (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: dabest247 (small blind) showed [4d 4c] and won (476887) with two pair, Nines and Fours



is there any merit to this play by blofishmee? he is just bluffing into dry sidepot. would it be +ev if dabest folded and he got it to heads up?

[dozer]

Funny hand, I'm yelling out K. But I have a ton of outs to counterfeit or make a straight. Too bad none of them hit.

After thinking about it, the play wasn't as bad as it appears. I can have any 2 cards in this situation, and he can be sure it will be a coin flip. By getting dabest out, he increases his chance of winning the pot. Blo fish is playing to win, not to move up in the money, that is probably why he pushed.

damn that AQ vs. KQ hand, K river A turn.. talk about a sigh of relief for that guy

JJ vs. AJ, xKKKx board, nice takedown

this must be really stressful

[TwistedEcho]

yeah, AIM vdptwistedecho if ppl want to chat while i press the fold button /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Good luck at the final table Twisted and congrats.

[AlcateL]

final table, gogo make me proud

[cwsiggy]

Congrats on final table.

Im curious as to what you folded a while ago where you open raised, DingDing went all in, and another called.

DingDing had KK, set up on the flop, but im curious as to if you were on a steal or a middle pair?

After you win this, give me an answer! /images/graemlins/cool.gif

[dozer]

congrats twisted for making the final table. Take it down!

[mlagoo]

its probably nice to see that you make an extra $4k just because some dude decided to call all his chips off with 88 =)

[yvesaint]

nothin like seeing T8s suck out on 88 at the FT

That was an easy jump of 10K. Nice work.

gl twisted! guaranteed 7th right now, people dropping like flies

[AlcateL]

he replied earlier saying AT vs KK

gg echo, very nice

GG

Walking back to Houston...

[KneeCo]

GG Twisted.

Grats on the cash and success.

Thanks for the entertaining and educational sweat.

Isn't walking back to Houston only when AK runs into AA?

Whatever, TwistedEcho is my hero. Good work!