FT Stars $150K Sweat Davidross
 

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Re: FT Stars $150K Sweat Davidross
 

Cap'nJackpot [observer]: GO DAVIS

Re: FT Stars $150K Sweat Davidross
 

watching

Re: FT Stars $150K Sweat Davidross
 

sweet, glglgl

Re: FT Stars $150K Sweat Davidross
 

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sweet, glglgl

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Re: FT Stars $150K Sweat Davidross
 

GL From possibly the only other person from Burlington, Ontario, take it down.

Re: FT Stars $150K Sweat Davidross
 

No wonder JP will not chop - hes nearly 30K in the hole on sharkscope

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No wonder JP will not chop - hes nearly 30K in the hole on sharkscope

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????

I have him up 77k this year and up 140k total on thepokerdb.

Re: FT Stars $150K Sweat Davidross
 

PokerStars Game #10896910450: Tournament #54725615, $300+$20 Hold'em No Limit - Level XXII (6000/12000) - 2007/07/12 - 04:43:16 (ET)
Table '54725615 43' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: JP 5-time (925595 in chips)
Seat 3: davidross (405170 in chips)
Seat 6: chiefs2458 (191735 in chips)
JP 5-time: posts the ante 600
davidross: posts the ante 600
chiefs2458: posts the ante 600
JP 5-time: posts small blind 6000
davidross: posts big blind 12000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
chiefs2458: raises 18000 to 30000
JP 5-time: folds
davidross: calls 18000
*** FLOP *** [8h 5c As]
davidross: checks
chiefs2458: bets 32000
davidross: raises 342570 to 374570 and is all-in
chiefs2458: calls 129135 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [8h 5c As] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [8h 5c As 2d] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
davidross: shows [5h 5s] (three of a kind, Fives)
chiefs2458: shows [Ad Ah] (three of a kind, Aces)
chiefs2458 collected 390070 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 390070 | Rake 0
Board [8h 5c As 2d 4d]
Seat 2: JP 5-time (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: davidross (big blind) showed [5h 5s] and lost with three of a kind, Fives
Seat 6: chiefs2458 (button) showed [Ad Ah] and won (390070) with three of a kind, Aces

Re: FT Stars $150K Sweat Davidross
 

PokerStars Game #10896944305: Tournament #54725615, $300+$20 Hold'em No Limit - Level XXII (6000/12000) - 2007/07/12 - 04:51:58 (ET)
Table '54725615 43' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: JP 5-time (917328 in chips)
Seat 3: davidross (260835 in chips)
Seat 6: chiefs2458 (344337 in chips)
JP 5-time: posts the ante 600
davidross: posts the ante 600
chiefs2458: posts the ante 600
chiefs2458: posts small blind 6000
JP 5-time: posts big blind 12000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
davidross: raises 21333 to 33333
chiefs2458: folds
JP 5-time: raises 52567 to 85900
davidross: raises 174335 to 260235 and is all-in
JP 5-time: calls 174335
*** FLOP *** [Qh 3h 6s]
*** TURN *** [Qh 3h 6s] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [Qh 3h 6s 7s] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JP 5-time: shows [Kd Ks] (a pair of Kings)
davidross: shows [6d 6c] (three of a kind, Sixes)
davidross collected 528270 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 528270 | Rake 0
Board [Qh 3h 6s 7s 4d]
Seat 2: JP 5-time (big blind) showed [Kd Ks] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 3: davidross (button) showed [6d 6c] and won (528270) with three of a kind, Sixes
Seat 6: chiefs2458 (small blind) folded before Flop

Re: FT Stars $150K Sweat Davidross
 

I wish I could spike a set on an all in for once.

Re: FT Stars $150K Sweat Davidross
 

since when do old dudes 4bet shove with less than QQ [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Re: FT Stars $150K Sweat Davidross
 

so how did he do?

Re: FT Stars $150K Sweat Davidross
 

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Re: FT Stars $150K Sweat Davidross
 

nice run anyways david.

(huge david ross fanboi since 2004)

Thanks for the sweat
 

It's always nice to have someone rooting for you. Last night was a much needed relief. I almost made a post yesterday titled "Playing NL cash games seem to be ruining my tournament game". I had gone 36 straight Stars tournaments without a cash and 42 tournaments since my last cash over $1K (and that was a $1400 cash in a $1K buy in. Since Monte Carlo I have just plain run bad.

I was down to $1600 in my Stars account and without Neteller reloading is such a hassle. I almost didn't enter because the $320 was such a big piece of my remaining roll. But I'm sure glad I did. When your hands hold up tournaments seem so easy. I got off to a good start, getting AA and KK early plus flopping a set and getting paid at least something on all of them. I was over 10K when the average was still 3K and stayed in the top 40 for most of the first 2 hours. Went card dead and took some hits as the bubble approached though and with 90 getting paid I was in the mind set to make sure I cashed first (terrible what bankroll pressure does to you). Of course with around 105 left I pick up KK behind the chip leaders raise. I can't tell you how many times I have bubbled in the last 2 months with premium hands. I considered folding for about half a second then pushed. He insta-called with AQ and unbelievably no A came.

It was just one of those nights that every time I'd get low I found the big hand at the right time. I lost a number of races when I was the larger stack, but always came back right after it. My luckiest hand came with around 60 or 70 left. I was down to just over 10 BB's, and pushed with 44. I get called by the guy onb my left and then the button pushed a monster stack, forcing the cold caller out. He has AK, and with the board coming QJxxx I can't imagine I would have survived without the protection.

With 11 left, the two chip leaders played an all-in pot that I couldn't believe. They had both been trying to be table captain (remember we're 6 handed now), But after a raise and call pre-flop the big stack bets teh flop of A K T and gets raised. He pushes and gets insta-called.He has AQ and the 2nd stack has QJ. SO the big stack has less than a BB left and My 8th position moves up to 7 and a few hands later I'm at my first final table in months(on stars, I'm actually running quite well at UB).

I was 7th or 8th when we made the final table and was just looking to move up a little. Lucky for me the giant stack was on my right and as he slowly gobbled up everyone else I just stayed out of his way. I didn'traise any pots specculatively, but I re-raised a lot when I thought people were making too many raises and built my stack nicely.

I never got it in bad until we were 3 handed, my 66 vs KK hand where I flopped my set. But the poker gods made up for that almost right away. After all night of my good hands holding up I had to let TT, and QQ go after terrible flops/action. My last hand was AJ vs AT but the TTx flop killed me.

The post I wanted to make yesterday was regarding the effect my ring game play seems to have had on my tournament results. I have had pretty good tournament results over the last few years playing very simple tight ABC poker. I was a limit player and didn't really get the subtelties of NL play so I played to survive as long as possible, then play big move poker to negate my post flop disadvantages. THen last fall I madee the switch from limit to NL ring games and almost right away had my best run of tournament results ever. I started playing more pots, accumulating more chips early allowing me to get deeper into the tournaments. From November to April I ran real good including nice cashes in Atlantis and Monaco. THe 2 hands that launched me in those tournaments were T6s and A4s, 2 hands I would never have played a year ago. Then a funny thing happened, it all stopped working. I think I overdid it, playing too many hands too far, both in ring games and tournaments. I stopped winning at both. I found myself short or out of tournaments in the first 30 minutes over and over again, a very new experience for me.

I ran so bad in ring games that I moved down in limits again, and that helped almost right away. THe games were less aggressive, allowing me to play post flop a lot more and get comfortable again. I FT'd twice at UB last week, then last night's break through at Stars. I tend to run in streaks so here's hoping I'm back on the good trail again.

Re: Thanks for the sweat
 

nice tr. well played. gg.

Re: Thanks for the sweat
 

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Then a funny thing happened, it all stopped working

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Often when that happens to me I'm not playing these "speculative" hands in the right position.....generally the last 3.

Great report David, nice to see you do well sir.

Cheers,
Woodguy

Re: Thanks for the sweat
 

David Ross fan here also, wondering where/ how ya been since your Monte Carlo tr. Hope this is a good sign for you, also.

Re: Thanks for the sweat
 

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I was down to $1600 in my Stars account and without Neteller reloading is such a hassle.

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this might be a trend. I dipped down under $2000 at pokerstars for the first time in years tonight, then won the $109 20k. Maybe we just need to bleed our accounts more often. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

congrates Dave. considering you never really had chips, 3rd was pretty nice.