AK killed my father... and raped my mother!
 

I was deep in two cheapo MTTs on stars today and AK was the death of me on both.

In this first one, I made what was possibly my first laydown of AKs preflop.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t800 (9 handed) converter

MP2 (t30282)
MP3 (t21770)
CO (t28040)
Hero (t11222)
SB (t10828)
BB (t10675)
UTG (t8128)
UTG+1 (t24074)
MP1 (t1278)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises to t1600</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t4000</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP3 calls t2400.

Flop: (t8350) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP3 checks, <font color="#CC3333">CO bets t5600</font>, MP3 folds.

Final Pot: t13950

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
No showdown. CO wins t13950. </font>

I was later told that the reraiser had QQ. Why would I fold? WHYWHYWHYYYY?

So literally 5 hands later, almost the exact same situation arises.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t800 (8 handed) converter

CO (t29232)
Button (t20148)
SB (t32640)
Hero (t10972)
UTG (t10178)
UTG+1 (t10825)
MP1 (t47540)
MP2 (t32302)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t1600</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to t5600</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t10922</font>, CO calls t9322, SB folds.

Flop: (t27694) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Turn: (t27694) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

River: (t27694) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t27694

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Kc Ac (one pair, kings).
CO has Tc Th (three of a kind, tens).
Outcome: CO wins t27694. </font>

What an awful way to go &gt;_&lt;

----------------------------------------

Now, on to the tourney where I was actually doing REALLY well. I have a history of cashing in big MTTs but never making the final table. I feel it's a curse at this point and I was praying I would overcome it in this tournament as I was the dominant chip leader for quite some time. Little did I know... AK wasn't finished toying with me yet.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t6000 (8 handed) converter

Hero (t139273)
SB (t218519)
BB (t150301)
UTG (t77046)
UTG+1 (t56117)
MP1 (t252056)
MP2 (t92323)
CO (t172104)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t12000</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t84000</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG calls t64746 (All-In).

Flop: (t162546) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Turn: (t162546) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t162546) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t162546

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
UTG has 7h 7s (three of a kind, sevens).
Hero has Ac Kc (one pair, kings).
Outcome: UTG wins t155292. Hero wins t7254. </font>

Boom... half of my stack gone. Maybe I should just stop overbetting this POS hand.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t8000 (6 handed) converter

Hero (t104027)
CO (t281411)
Button (t26492)
SB (t353406)
BB (t99582)
UTG (t273004)

Preflop: Hero is MP with T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t103627</font>, CO calls t103627, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>.

Flop: (t209254) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Turn: (t209254) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

River: (t209254) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t209254

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Tc Ts (two pair, tens and threes).
CO has Ks As (two pair, aces and kings).
Outcome: CO wins t209254. </font>

Oh I see how it is ace king. I see how it is.

2 spots short!!! &gt;_&lt;

[censored] big slick