I had a solid Sunday today, no wins but made two deep runs. I took 2nd out of nearly 1000 runners in the Stars $150 6-max. The competition was surprisingly tough for a $150 tournament: I recognized three good players at my starting table, and the last few tables were downright tough. The competition was if anything over-aggressive, but there are worse mistakes to make. Speaking of over-aggressive:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, 162 Tournament, 1500/3000 Blinds 375 Ante (6 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (BB) (t64393)
UTG (t286807)
MP (t283047)
CO (t165436)
Button (t59865)
SB (t164471)
Hero’s M: 9.54
Preflop: Hero is BB with 8
, 9
1 fold, MP bets t6600, CO calls t6600, 2 folds, Hero calls t3600
Flop: (t23550) 7, 5, 6
(3 players)
Hero checks, MP bets t10990, CO calls t10990, Hero raises to t57418 (All-In), MP raises to t276072 (All-In), CO calls t147471 (All-In)
Turn: (t397890) J (3 players, 3 all-in)
River: (t397890) 2
(3 players, 3 all-in)
Total pot: t397890
Results:
Hero had 8, 9 (straight, nine high).
MP had 8, A (high card, Ace).
CO had 5, 5 (three of a kind, fives).
Outcome: Hero won t195804, CO won t202086
The guy who called with A8 wasn’t a bad player, either- and he snap called it. I’m surprised 55 didn’t raise the flop, but it certainly worked out well for me, since I don’t imagine I get MP’s stack if that happens. This was at the final two tables. I won a coin-flip or two and cold-decked a guy KK vs. AQ when we were down to 4. Oooh here’s a good one though that I played vs. the same guy:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, 162 Tournament, 6000/12000 Blinds 1500 Ante (5 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
SB (t281553)
Hero (BB) (t355931)
UTG (t332138)
MP (t1275747)
Button (t586631)
Hero’s M: 13.96
Preflop: Hero is BB with 3, 4
2 folds, Button bets t24000, 1 fold, Hero calls t12000
Flop: (t61500) 2, A, Q (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets t28799, Hero raises to t67890, Button calls t39091
Turn: (t197280) A (2 players)
Hero bets t77777, 1 fold
Total pot: t197280
Results:
Hero didn’t show 3, 4.
Outcome: Hero won t197280
The turn A is a great card to take him cheaply off of his floats. It greatly reduces the number of A’s in his range, and it makes sense that I could bet small with the hand I’m representing.
I ended up losing a big coin flip 99 < AKs, but not a lot I could do about that.
I also did pretty well in the $500 heads up FTOPS, finishing 9th out of 1024, nearly as well as I did last FTOPS, when I took 8th. I’m not thrilled with my bust-out hand:
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 40/80 Blinds (2 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (SB) (t1940)
BB (t4060)
Hero’s M: 16.17
Preflop: Hero is SB with 10, A
Hero bets t160, BB raises to t405, Hero raises to t1940 (All-In), BB calls t1535
Flop: (t3880) 3, 2, K (2 players, 1 all-in)
Turn: (t3880) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: (t3880) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: t3880
Results:
Hero had 10, A (one pair, Queens).
BB had J, J (two pair, Queens and Jacks).
Outcome: BB won t3880
Yeah, on the one hand, I’ve got 25 BB’s against a guy with a 20% 3-bet. On the other hand, I was just thinking to myself that he wouldn’t be 3-betting light with these stack sizes. Oh well, it can’t be that bad.
