The Official KotZ #17 Pot Limit Hold'em Thread

[eMarkM]

In the interest of retaining your lead, you probably want to discourage participation. The lower the turnout, the fewer points those of us behind you can possibly get to catch you.

[MicroBob]

only 25 players?!?!

Didn't we have 55 or so for Stud H/L??

This is a surprisingly low turn-out.

[eMarkM]

36 for Stud/8 last time. Yeah, it's a low turnout.

[jedi]

Damn, less than 10 hands into it and I've bluffed off 2/3 of my stack. Urgh.

[MicroBob]

I already got AQs, TT flops quads (vs. QQ), and then steal the blind with JJ.

Up to 2990 and trailing only David Ross.

On the quad-T's hand the turn was an A so I bet modestly hoping to get re-raised by the PF-raiser if he had AK or AQ (even though there were a couple T's on the board I still had hopes).
But since he had QQ he laid it down.
Myrtle commented that I probably should have checked....since I suck as a tourney player I'll defer to ANYONE's opinion....but since it was re-raised before the flop I thought the chances of him coming over the top of me with AK were reasonable.
But a check probably would have drawn the bet that I wanted here.
Oh well.


Blinded down to 2970....I'm now tied with David for chip-lead. Whoopeee!!!

[eMarkM]

ohkanada gets the bounty on VinnyTheFish.

[MicroBob]

AKo knocks out CMBurns who had KK.
And earlier was TT beating QQ.
Catching ridiculous breaks.

4140 - chip-leader but I don't really deserve it.

Oops - David just passed me again.

[VinnyTheFish]

[ QUOTE ]
ohkanada gets the bounty on VinnyTheFish.

[/ QUOTE ]

The Klingon really deserves it. This is the hand that put a bullet through my heart and my hopes and dreams.

PokerStars Game #917396417: Tournament #1891979, Hold'em Pot Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2004/12/02 - 21:23:23 (ET)
Table '1891979 2' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: VinnyTheFish (1365 in chips)
Seat 2: (1210 in chips)
Seat 4: (1440 in chips)
Seat 5: (2950 in chips)
Seat 6: (740 in chips)
Seat 7: (1815 in chips)
Seat 8: (1210 in chips)
Seat 9: KURN (1270 in chips)
VinnyTheFish: posts small blind 15
C.M. Burns: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to VinnyTheFish [Ad Ah]
XXX: calls 30
: folds
: folds
: folds
: folds
KURN: raises 105 to 135
VinnyTheFish: raises 330 to 465
: folds
: folds
KURN: calls 330
*** FLOP *** [Js Qh 8d]
VinnyTheFish: bets 900 and is all-in
KURN: calls 805 and is all-in
VinnyTheFish said, "no"
VinnyTheFish said, "no"
*** TURN *** [Js Qh 8d] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [Js Qh 8d 6s] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
VinnyTheFish: shows [Ad Ah] (a pair of Aces)
KURN: shows [Jd Jh] (three of a kind, Jacks)
VinnyTheFish said, "boo hoo"
KURN collected 2600 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Board [Js Qh 8d 6s Kh]
Seat 1: VinnyTheFish (small blind) showed [Ad Ah] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: C.M. Burns (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: KURN (button) showed [Jd Jh] and won (2600) with three of a kind, Jacks

Now I have to change my freeking picture!

[wayabvpar]

Down under 1k, scratched back up (thanks to a lucky flop v CrackerZack's 88 that helped my AK), then ran into AA (CZ again). Gave away 1/2 my remaining stack betting into a flopped set (I hear this is a bad idea). 14/18 at the break. Bleah.

[ohkanada]

Thanks for the quick transfer!

Ken