Lucky, Lucky me (accidental sign up for a turbo SNG pays off)

[Silent A]

Ok, I had a $400 bankroll (withdrawl followed by bad side of variance) which I promised my wife I would never fund from outside. So this is my entire poker resource.

I decided to try a $15+1 turbo SNG at pokerstars that is about to fill up. I had the tables sorted by "enrolled" so only the nearly full tabes were near the top. I was also under the "turbo tab".

Anyway, long story short, the SNG I meant to register for fills up just as a $210+15 SNG moves into place and I end up registering at the last second for a SNG that cost half my roll.

Play is extremely tight and I'm getting nothing (bad cards and someone in EP/MP almost always raises before I get a chance to try my hand at blind stealing - The only exception: I get QQ on the button and no action). This goes on until hand 40 when this hand pops up:

Level V (75/150) - second hand at this level
Stacks range from 1175 (me) to 2415. All 9 players are still active.

UTG raises 1185 to 1335 and is all-in (second time in a row he did this, last time he won the blinds)
UTG+1 raises 500 to 1835 and is all-in
2 folds
MP calls 1185 and is all-in
4 folds

UTG shows Qc Qd
UTG+1 shows 8s 8d
MP shows Ah Ac

Board = 9d 6s 7d 3s 8h
UTG and MP are eliminated

2 hands later another player is eliminated and we're down to 6: 2 "big" stacks with 4000+ and 4 shorties with 1000 to 1500.

4 blind steals (including my BB and SB) before the shortest stack dies with A3 < 55 against one of the 4K stacks. Down to 5.

Then I double up with 77 > AQ aginst a big stack. (The only hand I win in the whole SNG, not counting a few steals and some passed blinds)

2 blind steals by short stack and then the other shorty dies with A7 < AQ. 4 left and I'm in a dead heat with the other shorty at 8 BB. I'm UTG, he's UTG+1. Big stacks have 20 and 30 BB.

UTG+1 tries to steal with K3o and gets snapped off by AT (K on flop A on river).

This all transpires over 13 hands in about 6 minutes.

Woo Hoo!

Sadly, I then get A2 in the BB, go all-in and get called by 87s. Flop comes 8x2 and i don't improve.

Third pays $378.

[Sk00l4m3nts]

You could have emailed stars support when you signed up and told them about your mistake. If you sat out the SnG they will refund your buyin as long as you don't make a habit of it.

[Esperante]

tl;dr

[Sh@i'tan]

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You could have emailed stars support when you signed up and told them about your mistake. If you sat out the SnG they will refund your buyin as long as you don't make a habit of it.

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has stars actually done this before for you?

[Sk00l4m3nts]

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You could have emailed stars support when you signed up and told them about your mistake. If you sat out the SnG they will refund your buyin as long as you don't make a habit of it.

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has stars actually done this before for you?

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Yes.

[TyFuji]

It is very surprising that stars would even consider doing that. Has this ever happened to you?

[keylight]

I got disconnected in a $50+5 sng and they refunded my buyin plus the rake. If you emailed them right away I bet they would have done have the same in this case.

[Sk00l4m3nts]

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It is very surprising that stars would even consider doing that. Has this ever happened to you?

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You have to email them AS SOON as you make the mistake. And do not play the SnG at all.

[Silent A]

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You could have emailed stars support when you signed up and told them about your mistake. If you sat out the SnG they will refund your buyin as long as you don't make a habit of it.

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Thanks, I'll have to remember that.

[Imrahil]

Lol I liked the story. That would be scary as hell. Risking 1/2 your BR on a turbo donkngo.