Two Plus Two Newer Archives - View Single Post - Stars 20/180 Tournament Report: My First Win

seke2 · #6 02-21-2006, 04:41 PM

Here's the final table hands. It took a while, especially 3/4 handed. I came to the FT in 8th place, but wasn't particularly short-stacked.

Most of these hands are fairly interesting, I'll leave out some of the boring steals. Some of my favorites/most interesting:

Hand 44
Hand 45
Hand 46
Hand 47
Hand 50
Hand 54 (really would like some feedback on this one)
Hand 59

Hand 44: They look like aces, anyway

I start the FT in interesting fashion. 2 players are always knocked out quickly, and I'm the new shortie. Action is folded to CO, who is the same big stack that I tangled with a few times. I decide to stand up to his minraising crap now, and I think I have a lot of FE against him too. I'm pretty sure I can get him to lay down a lot of hands he should be calling with here. And it works. Also, Nez and some other trout show up around this time to cheer me on, thanks guys!

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1600 (7 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

SB (t43727)
BB (t64191)
UTG (t30593)
MP1 (t38976)
MP2 (t28105)
CO (t44358)
Hero (t20050)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
3 folds, CO raises to t3275, Hero raises to t20050, 2 folds, CO folds.

Final Pot: t23700

Results in white below: 
No showdown. Hero wins t23700. 

Hand 45: My favorite hand of the night
Didn't know much about this villain, I hadn't seen him before the FT. He seemed like a guy who wouldn't get off a hand easily, and that worked for me here. I cbet a flop that is perfect for my hand, checked the turn to induce the bluff, got exactly what I wanted, got him pot committed, and doubled up. I think this was the perfect line for this hand. This hand gives me one of the larger stacks.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1600 (7 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

MP2 (t42702)
CO (t72491)
Button (t27168)
SB (t40876)
BB (t27880)
UTG (t32933)
Hero (t25950)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
1 fold, Hero raises to t4800, MP2 calls t4800, 4 folds.

Flop: (t10050) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets t6000, MP2 calls t6000.

Turn: (t22050) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets t8000, Hero raises to t15075, MP2 calls t7075.

River: (t52200) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)

Final Pot: t52200

Results in white below: 
Hero has Kd Ac (two pair, aces and eights).
MP2 has Tc Th (two pair, tens and eights).
Outcome: Hero wins t52200. 

Hand 46: This usually gets me into trouble
I can't tell you how many times I've cbet a flop like this only to run into resistance. But I felt like I'd been outgunning UTG (same loose bigstack from many earlier confrontations) a while, and I could do it again. I reraise with AQs, which I wasn't too comfortable about, but was happy when we went heads up. Flop didn't help me at all, but I was hoping it didn't help him either. The cbet took it down.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1600 (6 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

CO (t13177)
Button (t71766)
SB (t33073)
BB (t47351)
UTG (t52733)
Hero (t51900)

Preflop: Hero is MP with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG raises to t3200, Hero raises to t9000, 4 folds, UTG calls t5800.

Flop: (t18300) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets t10000, UTG folds.

Final Pot: t28300

Results in white below: 
No showdown. Hero wins t28300. 

Hand 47: Terrible Tens
Don't like how I played this one. I basically decided to play for set value or an all undercard flop, figuring I had the implied odds to get paid off well against 2 players. I folded on the two overcard flop without too much regret. Just don't know if there was a better line here.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1600 (6 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

UTG (t13027)
MP (t71616)
CO (t32123)
Button (t47651)
SB (t41983)
Hero (t63600)

Preflop: Hero is BB with T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
3 folds, Button raises to t6400, SB calls t5600, Hero calls t4800.

Flop: (t17175) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, Button bets t8000, SB folds, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t25175

Results in white below: 
No showdown. Button wins t25175. 

Hand 48: My luckbox takes a hand off
Got what I wanted here, isolated against the UTG shortie. He sucked out g00t.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t2000 (5 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

UTG (t10227)
MP (t113989)
Button (t58501)
SB (t31283)
Hero (t56000)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls t2000, 2 folds, SB completes, Hero raises to t8000, UTG raises to t10227, SB folds, Hero calls t2127.

Flop: (t21654) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)

Turn: (t21654) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)

River: (t21654) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)

Final Pot: t21654

Results in white below: 
UTG has Ah 4h (two pair, fours and threes).
Hero has Ad Kc (one pair, threes).
Outcome: UTG wins t21654. 

Hand 49: Stealing at the FT
Standard?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t2000 (5 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Button (t19554)
SB (t91689)
BB (t63701)
UTG (t50483)
Hero (t44573)

Preflop: Hero is MP with T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
1 fold, Hero raises to t6100, 3 folds.

Final Pot: t6500

Results in white below: 
No showdown. Hero wins t6500. 

Hand 50: Questionable laydown
With UTG raising to 4xBB, and MP calling, and UTG being fairly short, I figured I'd end up playing for 22k if I called this 8k raise. Standard fold?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t2000 (5 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

UTG (t22854)
MP (t90489)
Button (t60501)
SB (t48283)
Hero (t47873)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG raises to t8000, MP calls t8000, 3 folds.

Flop: (t16400) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG bets t14754 (All-In), MP calls t14754.

Turn: (t45908) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t45908) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t45908

Results in white below: 
UTG has Qd Ad (flush, ace high).
MP has Th Ah (high card, ace).
Outcome: UTG wins t45908. 

Hand 51: Luckbox repaired
Any better line here to extract more? I thought I played it right. As people say, it's hard to misplay quads. Anyway, this makes me the CL by a slight margin.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t2000 (5 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

BB (t49008)
UTG (t67635)
MP (t60401)
Button (t47183)
Hero (t45773)

Preflop: Hero is SB with T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
2 folds, Button calls t2000, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t5400) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero checks, BB bets t4000, Button folds, Hero calls t4000.

Turn: (t13400) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets t6000, Hero calls t6000.

River: (t25400) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets t10000, BB calls t10000.

Final Pot: t45400

Results in white below: 
BB has 9s Ah (full house, kings full of nines).
Hero has Ts Kh (four of a kind, kings).
Outcome: Hero wins t45400. 

Hand 52: Now that's how tens are supposed to work
Standard? Bet less on the flop?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t2000 (5 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

MP (t36708)
Button (t64335)
SB (t54101)
BB (t44883)
Hero (t69973)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
Hero raises to t6000, 3 folds, BB calls t4000.

Flop: (t10400) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t9000, BB folds.

Final Pot: t19400

Results in white below: 
No showdown. Hero wins t19400. 

Hand 53: But I wanted action!
Was my raise size (only 2.5xBB, when my usual raises were 3xBB) too big of an alarm here?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t2000 (5 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

UTG (t36608)
MP (t64235)
Button (t53001)
SB (t38783)
Hero (t77373)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
3 folds, SB completes, Hero raises to t5100, SB folds.

Final Pot: t6500

Results in white below: 
No showdown. Hero wins t6500. 

Hand 54: When a c-bet goes wrong
This one generated a good bit of discussion with the railbirds last night. UTG is a complete luckbox. At some point (not sure if it was before or after this), he called an all-in with bad pot odds with A9 on a QJT board. I also saw him call an all-in with K9s, and he sucked out against AK in that spot. So he's clearly capable of making some whacky moves. And I certainly had the pot odds to call when he pushed here, something like 3:1. I thought a very long time and folded. I still don't know what to think about this one.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t2000 (5 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

BB (t40508)
UTG (t48135)
MP (t66901)
Button (t34683)
Hero (t79773)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG raises to t4000, 2 folds, Hero raises to t12000, 1 fold, UTG calls t8000.

Flop: (t24300) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets t15000, UTG raises to t36035, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t75335

Results in white below: 
No showdown. UTG wins t75335. 

Hand 55: Playing AQ like a man
UTG was a solid player, but I felt like I had a good spot here to push with a lot of FE and a likely flip if called. After the hand, he said "44" and I, of course, replied "good fold."

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t3000 (5 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

SB (t27516)
BB (t89310)
UTG (t67493)
MP (t38358)
Hero (t47323)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG raises to t9150, 1 fold, Hero raises to t47323, 2 folds, UTG folds.

Final Pot: t56923

Results in white below: 
No showdown. Hero wins t56923. 

Hand 56: I love AQ, and AQ loves me
Second verse, same as the first. I'd been stealing a bit (55, T9o, etc.) without getting called, pulled this move again. This time it was against the luckbox, and I knew I was way ahead of his range. Also, around this time Nez477, who is sweating, asks me to finish up and win fast cause he wants to go watch The Bachelor. Just thought I'd mention that.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t3000 (5 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

UTG (t27066)
MP (t91860)
Button (t48293)
SB (t41658)
Hero (t61123)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
1 fold, MP raises to t9150, 2 folds, Hero raises to t61123, MP folds.

Final Pot: t70723

Results in white below: 
No showdown. Hero wins t70723. 

Hand 57: Ace-rag is the new AQ
This was part of my rolling over the table. Flops were hitting me every time too.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t3000 (5 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

SB (t55782)
BB (t82560)
UTG (t47993)
MP (t13092)
Hero (t70573)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
2 folds, Hero raises to t9000, 1 fold, BB calls t6000.

Flop: (t15600) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t10000, BB folds.

Final Pot: t25600

Results in white below: 
No showdown. Hero wins t25600. 

Hand 58: And again...on the next hand
Similar hand. The table is literally leaning my way now. Sometimes I think I should cbet less, but it feels so good, and I'm pretty consistent about doing it whether or not I hit the flop.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t3000 (5 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Button (t54132)
SB (t73410)
BB (t47843)
UTG (t12942)
Hero (t81673)

Preflop: Hero is MP with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
1 fold, Hero raises to t9000, Button calls t9000, 2 folds.

Flop: (t18600) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets t12000, Button folds.

Final Pot: t30600

Results in white below: 
No showdown. Hero wins t30600. 

Hand 59: My Ace-rag is better than your ace-rag!
At this point, things had been pretty stagnant for a while. We lost 1 guy, I hang around 90k-100k for about 20 hands, chips are just getting passed around the table. And then I finally knock out this guy who had been short-stacked and all-in behind 2 or 3 times. My luckbox beat his senseless. This call was made easier because I'd been attacking his blind relentlessly, and I felt that he would be willing to defend with any ace, not just a good ace. Also, my cbetting every flop helped diguise that this flop was very favorable for me too.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t3000 (4 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

BB (t51624)
UTG (t70110)
Button (t54143)
Hero (t94123)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
2 folds, Hero raises to t9000, BB calls t6000.

Flop: (t15450) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets t10000, BB raises to t20000, Hero raises to t84973, BB calls t22474 (All-In).

Turn: (t142897) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t142897) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t142897

Results in white below: 
BB has 7h Ah (one pair, aces).
Hero has 9h Ad (one pair, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins t142897. 

Hand 60: Setting it up for later
Wanted to send a message that these guys wouldn't get cheap flops when I had anything decent. This might have helped set up a later hand too.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t4000 (3 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Button (t67760)
SB (t56393)
Hero (t145847)

Preflop: Hero is BB with T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
1 fold, SB completes, Hero raises to t10200, SB folds.

Final Pot: t12600

Results in white below: 
No showdown. Hero wins t12600. 

Hand 61: I minraised...I'm sorry guys
I don't know why I did it. I'm sorry, MTT forum. What's my punishment?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t4000 (3 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

BB (t42960)
Button (t76793)
Hero (t150247)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
1 fold, Hero raises to t8200, 1 fold.

Final Pot: t8600

Results in white below: 
No showdown. Hero wins t8600. 

Hand 62: Tempting, but I'll pass
Didn't want to let the luckbox button guy think I'd let him off cheap on my blind. When he pushed that flop, I was real tempted to call with the gutshot and probable K outs, but the odds weren't there and I figured I could take him out later, since he completely sucked.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t4000 (3 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Button (t36560)
SB (t72393)
Hero (t161047)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
Button raises to t8000, 1 fold, Hero calls t4000.

Flop: (t12400) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets t8000, Button raises to t28360, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t48760

Results in white below: 
No showdown. Button wins t48760. 

Hand 63: Wonder how good middle pair is
Somewhat interesting blind battle hand. I raise from SB, BB calls. I cbet the flop with middle pair. I really didn't have a plan if he pushed. I guess I would have called.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t4000 (3 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

BB (t54960)
Button (t70193)
Hero (t144847)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
1 fold, Hero raises to t10000, BB calls t6000.

Flop: (t16400) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets t15000, BB folds.

Final Pot: t31400

Results in white below: 
No showdown. Hero wins t31400. 

Hand 64: Knocking out the competition
SB totally sucked, so BB was my real competition here. I'd seen him pull this same move a lot of times. Someone would bet, he'd push, they'd fold. So when he did it against me, I wasn't worrying about AA/KK, and called quickly. The ladies held up and I went heads up against a donktastic luckbox.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t4000 (3 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

SB (t44760)
BB (t69993)
Hero (t155247)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
Hero raises to t10000, 1 fold, BB raises to t69793, Hero calls t59793.

Flop: (t139786) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)

Turn: (t139786) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)

River: (t139786) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)

Final Pot: t139786

Results in white below: 
BB has 7c 7h (one pair, sevens).
Hero has Qs Qh (one pair, queens).
Outcome: Hero wins t139786. 

Hand 65: The entire heads up session...
...Lasted 1 hand. Here it is. He limps, I raise with my ace, he pushes, and I realize that this guy has no plan, is completely incapable of limp/raising intentionally, and probably decided to push just because I raised and he "knew" I was bluffing. Well, I called him, he showed me some trash, and MHIG for my first MTT win of real significance!

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t4000 (2 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Button (t42560)
Hero (t227440)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
Button calls t2000, Hero raises to t12000, Button raises to t42560, Hero calls t30360.

Flop: (t84920) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)

Turn: (t84920) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)

River: (t84920) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)

Final Pot: t84920

Results in white below: 
Button has 2s Js (one pair, twos).
Hero has Ad 5c (one pair, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins t84920. 

Thanks again to everyone who sweated.