Its time for the Sunday Million on PokerStars

[mwballer]

Just Lost... AKs vs KTo for half my chips and then almost all the rest on AA vs A9.. BOO

[IanB000]

at 50k...some masterfully executed hand:

PokerStars Game #8058260131: Tournament #39912527, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (1000/2000) - 2007/01/21 - 19:23:50 (ET)
Table '39912527 373' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: deddou (22370 in chips)
Seat 2: adgator (22490 in chips)
Seat 3: Stugie (121530 in chips)
Seat 4: Denoid (35140 in chips)
Seat 5: rounder81 (41676 in chips)
Seat 6: IanBarns (52251 in chips)
Seat 7: Crisper (62042 in chips)
Seat 8: DarioVinci (36570 in chips)
Seat 9: superjaynl (27860 in chips)
deddou: posts the ante 100
adgator: posts the ante 100
Stugie: posts the ante 100
Denoid: posts the ante 100
rounder81: posts the ante 100
IanBarns: posts the ante 100
Crisper: posts the ante 100
DarioVinci: posts the ante 100
superjaynl: posts the ante 100
superjaynl: posts small blind 1000
deddou: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to IanBarns [6d Tc]
adgator: folds
Stugie: calls 2000
Denoid: folds
rounder81: folds
IanBarns: folds
Crisper: folds
DarioVinci: folds
superjaynl: folds
deddou: checks
*** FLOP *** [9d Ah 8s]
deddou: checks
Stugie: checks
*** TURN *** [9d Ah 8s] [Qd]
deddou: bets 4000
Stugie: calls 4000
*** RIVER *** [9d Ah 8s Qd] [2h]
deddou: bets 4000
Stugie: raises 4000 to 8000
deddou: calls 4000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Stugie: shows [Ad As] (three of a kind, Aces)
deddou: shows [Th Jc] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
deddou collected 29900 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 29900 | Rake 0
Board [9d Ah 8s Qd 2h]
Seat 1: deddou (big blind) showed [Th Jc] and won (29900) with a straight, Eight to Queen
Seat 2: adgator folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Stugie showed [Ad As] and lost with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 4: Denoid folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: rounder81 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: IanBarns folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Crisper folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: DarioVinci (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: superjaynl (small blind) folded before Flop

[schwah]

never got much of a stack going but i hung around long enough to bubble.

i think this is the first tourney ive gotten most/all of my chips in with <10% equity 3 different times.

[Nate.]

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KK holds vs TT and 99... up to 133k

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Gogogogogogogogogo!

--Nate

[Nate.]

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Looking good, Nate. Keep on truckin'!

God knows you've grinded it out enough this week to deserve the big payday.

matt

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Heh. Thanks.

KK<AA for an 88K pot. Down to 57K.

--Nate

EDIT: And you were definitely right that the HostAndrew comment was the Moment of the Week.

[The DaveR]

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52K at second break. I suck at these but hopefully my luckbox is strong today.

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First hand back I lose half as TT < A7o

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Bluffing rules. Back to 45K+

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Look out boys. 82K.

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Donked back down to 64K. Is this the end of luckbox?

[picabo]

PokerStars Game #8058463468: Tournament #39912527, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (1200/2400) - 2007/01/21 - 19:36:56 (ET)
Table '39912527 350' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: tripledouche (85525 in chips)
Seat 2: jurak_hunt (31354 in chips)
Seat 3: rhino_1001 (59290 in chips)
Seat 4: Holdem_Hooli (9300 in chips)
Seat 5: Tomstra (69987 in chips)
Seat 6: bigbobm11 (16590 in chips)
Seat 7: cobblerryan (18028 in chips)
Seat 8: Imustcall (183096 in chips)
Seat 9: rotcod72 (19524 in chips)
tripledouche: posts the ante 120
jurak_hunt: posts the ante 120
rhino_1001: posts the ante 120
Holdem_Hooli: posts the ante 120
Tomstra: posts the ante 120
bigbobm11: posts the ante 120
cobblerryan: posts the ante 120
Imustcall: posts the ante 120
rotcod72: posts the ante 120
jurak_hunt: posts small blind 1200
rhino_1001: posts big blind 2400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to tripledouche [Qh Ac]
Holdem_Hooli: folds
Tomstra: folds
bigbobm11: folds
cobblerryan: folds
Imustcall: raises 4800 to 7200
rotcod72: folds
tripledouche: calls 7200
jurak_hunt: folds
rhino_1001: folds
*** FLOP *** [Jh 4d 8s]
Imustcall: checks
tripledouche: checks
*** TURN *** [Jh 4d 8s] [9d]
Imustcall: bets 9600
tripledouche: raises 9600 to 19200
Imustcall: calls 9600
*** RIVER *** [Jh 4d 8s 9d] [9h]
Imustcall: checks
tripledouche: bets 19200
Imustcall: folds
tripledouche collected 57480 from pot
tripledouche: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 57480 | Rake 0
Board [Jh 4d 8s 9d 9h]
Seat 1: tripledouche (button) collected (57480)
Seat 2: jurak_hunt (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: rhino_1001 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Holdem_Hooli folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Tomstra folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: bigbobm11 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: cobblerryan folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Imustcall folded on the River
Seat 9: rotcod72 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[Jurollo]

LOL. Raise A55 flop with AK, Q turn villian leads, I jam, he instacalls with AQ, K river = 218k.

[picabo]

PokerStars Game #8058535801: Tournament #39912527, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (1200/2400) - 2007/01/21 - 19:41:30 (ET)
Table '39912527 350' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: tripledouche (115885 in chips)
Seat 2: jurak_hunt (29434 in chips)
Seat 3: rhino_1001 (53770 in chips)
Seat 4: Holdem_Hooli (10860 in chips)
Seat 5: elels (43940 in chips)
Seat 6: PacMann (95684 in chips)
Seat 7: cobblerryan (34498 in chips)
Seat 8: Imustcall (231843 in chips)
Seat 9: rotcod72 (16404 in chips)
tripledouche: posts the ante 120
jurak_hunt: posts the ante 120
rhino_1001: posts the ante 120
Holdem_Hooli: posts the ante 120
elels: posts the ante 120
PacMann: posts the ante 120
cobblerryan: posts the ante 120
Imustcall: posts the ante 120
rotcod72: posts the ante 120
rotcod72: posts small blind 1200
tripledouche: posts big blind 2400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to tripledouche [4s As]
jurak_hunt: calls 2400
rhino_1001: folds
Holdem_Hooli: folds
elels: folds
PacMann: folds
cobblerryan: folds
Imustcall: folds
rotcod72: folds
rotcod72 said, "wow....folded AJ there"
tripledouche: checks
*** FLOP *** [Tc 4d Ah]
tripledouche: checks
jurak_hunt: bets 2400
tripledouche: raises 7200 to 9600
jurak_hunt: raises 17314 to 26914 and is all-in
tripledouche: calls 17314
*** TURN *** [Tc 4d Ah] [5c]
*** RIVER *** [Tc 4d Ah 5c] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
tripledouche: shows [4s As] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
jurak_hunt: shows [Ac Kd] (a pair of Aces)
tripledouche collected 60908 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 60908 | Rake 0
Board [Tc 4d Ah 5c Qs]
Seat 1: tripledouche (big blind) showed [4s As] and won (60908) with two pair, Aces and Fours
Seat 2: jurak_hunt showed [Ac Kd] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: rhino_1001 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Holdem_Hooli folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: elels folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: PacMann folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: cobblerryan folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Imustcall (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: rotcod72 (small blind) folded before Flop

[UpstateMatt]

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Looking good, Nate. Keep on truckin'!

God knows you've grinded it out enough this week to deserve the big payday.

matt

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Heh. Thanks.

KK<AA for an 88K pot. Down to 57K.

--Nate

EDIT: And you were definitely right that the HostAndrew comment was the Moment of the Week.

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Yeah, but when you (zomg!) win the Sunday Million, how many people do you think are going to try the $5 challenge next week? 1000? 10,000? All of us?

Did you satellite into Sunday Million? As of yesterday, you seemed to indicate $215 was a significant chunk of your roll.