After shallow cashing in 4 out of 8 small buy in tourneys on Saturday, I played 11 tourneys today and struck out in the first 9. Then I played in the $6 early daily doubles on full tilt and I ran incredible. I double cashed in them for an unusually high prize of $15. Normally, I thought it was around $10. There were obviously fewer double cashers this tourney. Anyway, I was hoping for the best overall finish until I was knocked out of B in 72nd place. I remember I was down to one big blind in B with like 400 people left and had a huge comeback to an average stack. I really don’t remember any significant hands in either until I was down to about 18 people left in A. This interesting hand came up:
Full Tilt Poker Game #8365341224: Early Double - A (63515970), Table 38 - 4000/8000 Ante 1000 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:42:09 ET - 2008/10/05
Seat 1: Oketee (53,308)
Seat 2: 1106leah (207,635)
Seat 3: thebirdman84 (154,858)
Seat 4: AZUR (151,105)
Seat 7: brendan61 (273,520)
Seat 8: ClaRoyal (140,258)
Seat 9: JohnyFilpo5 (123,877)
Oketee antes 1,000
1106leah antes 1,000
thebirdman84 antes 1,000
AZUR antes 1,000
brendan61 antes 1,000
ClaRoyal antes 1,000
JohnyFilpo5 antes 1,000
Oketee posts the small blind of 4,000
1106leah posts the big blind of 8,000
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 1106leah [Qd 7c]
thebirdman84 folds
AZUR folds
brendan61 calls 8,000
ClaRoyal folds
JohnyFilpo5 folds
Oketee calls 4,000
1106leah checks
*** FLOP *** [3s Ad 8d]
Oketee checks
1106leah checks
brendan61 bets 8,000
Oketee folds
1106leah raises to 28,000
brendan61 calls 20,000
*** TURN *** [3s Ad 8d] [7d]
thebirdman84 has been disconnected
thebirdman84 has reconnected
1106leah has 15 seconds left to act
1106leah checks
brendan61 bets 8,000
1106leah has 15 seconds left to act
1106leah raises to 50,000
brendan61 calls 42,000
*** RIVER *** [3s Ad 8d 7d] [Qs]
1106leah has 15 seconds left to act
1106leah bets 90,000
brendan61 calls 90,000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
1106leah shows [Qd 7c] two pair, Queens and Sevens
brendan61 mucks
1106leah wins the pot (367,000) with two pair, Queens and Sevens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 367,000 Rake 0
Board: [3s Ad 8d 7d Qs]
Seat 1: Oketee (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: 1106leah (big blind) showed [Qd 7c] and won (367,000) with two pair, Queens and Sevens
Seat 3: thebirdman84 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: AZUR folded before the Flop
Seat 7: brendan61 mucked [Kd Qc] - a pair of Queens
Seat 8: ClaRoyal folded before the Flop
Seat 9: JohnyFilpo5 (button) folded before the Flop
This was the first time this guy ever limped, so I felt that he would not have an Ace in this spot unless it was AA. But I don’t think he limps AA in middle to late position after all the previous raising he had done. So I tried making a play on him and should have taken it down on the flop. But he had other plans. Then I tried making a play on the turn, but he still wouldn’t let me have it. Then I valuetowned the river when it turns out my gin card hits on the river. I’m glad no diamond came. Nice call on the river sir…and flop for that matter.
A little while later, I had these 3 out of 5 hands. I’ll give explanations to try and defend my horrible plays after each.
Full Tilt Poker Game #8365559194: Early Double - A (63515970), Table 38 - 6000/12000 Ante 1500 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:57:52 ET - 2008/10/05
Seat 2: 1106leah (329,235)
Seat 3: thebirdman84 (180,133)
Seat 4: AZUR (190,413)
Seat 5: dinhba86 (556,601)
Seat 6: spooling (96,030)
Seat 7: brendan61 (75,245)
Seat 8: ClaRoyal (91,258)
Seat 9: JohnyFilpo5 (93,877)
1106leah antes 1,500
thebirdman84 antes 1,500
AZUR antes 1,500
dinhba86 antes 1,500
spooling antes 1,500
brendan61 antes 1,500
ClaRoyal antes 1,500
JohnyFilpo5 antes 1,500
thebirdman84 posts the small blind of 6,000
AZUR posts the big blind of 12,000
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 1106leah [9s 8s]
dinhba86 folds
spooling folds
brendan61 calls 12,000
ClaRoyal folds
JohnyFilpo5 folds
1106leah has 15 seconds left to act
1106leah raises to 35,000
thebirdman84 folds
AZUR folds
brendan61 raises to 58,000
1106leah has 15 seconds left to act
1106leah raises to 327,735, and is all in
brendan61 calls 15,745, and is all in
1106leah shows [9s 8s]
brendan61 shows [Jc Tc]
Uncalled bet of 253,990 returned to 1106leah
*** FLOP *** [Jh Ac 4c]
*** TURN *** [Jh Ac 4c] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [Jh Ac 4c 7s] [Th]
1106leah shows a straight, Jack high
brendan61 shows two pair, Jacks and Tens
1106leah wins the pot (177,490) with a straight, Jack high
brendan61 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 177,490 Rake 0
Board: [Jh Ac 4c 7s Th]
Seat 2: 1106leah (button) showed [9s 8s] and won (177,490) with a straight, Jack high
Seat 3: thebirdman84 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: AZUR (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: dinhba86 folded before the Flop
Seat 6: spooling folded before the Flop
Seat 7: brendan61 showed [Jc Tc] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Tens
Seat 8: ClaRoyal folded before the Flop
Seat 9: JohnyFilpo5 folded before the Flop
The last 15 minutes, Brendan had totally changed it up from before the previous hand and just was limping every hand and then folding to a raise. Impatiently on my part, I decide that this is my spot (I suck so bad that I can’t just fold suited connectors). So I try to steal the pot and he tries to represent AA not knowing that his hand is much better than mine haha. I decide to go with it (probably wrongly). I runner runnered him to send him to the rail.
The very next hand this came up. This guy (dinhba86) had been owning me (we were at the same table since late in the first hour if not the entire tourney, I can’t remember). Since we made the money, this guy had been going over the top of my raises EVERY time. He must have done it 6-10 times. This is the only time where I have ever thought to myself that someone is a super user. It seems he knew every time I had a hand and every time I didn’t have a hand. I know he isn’t a super user but man he picked his spots well. Anyway, I had had enough obviously even though I was 3RD in chips and he was 1st. I should have let me ego go and just gave him the pot. Here is the hand:
Full Tilt Poker Game #8365588997: Early Double - A (63515970), Table 38 - 6000/12000 Ante 1500 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:00:03 ET - 2008/10/05
Seat 2: 1106leah (400,980)
Seat 3: thebirdman84 (171,133)
Seat 4: AZUR (169,413)
Seat 5: dinhba86 (599,101)
Seat 6: spooling (93,030)
Seat 8: ClaRoyal (88,258)
Seat 9: JohnyFilpo5 (90,877)
1106leah antes 1,500
thebirdman84 antes 1,500
AZUR antes 1,500
dinhba86 antes 1,500
spooling antes 1,500
ClaRoyal antes 1,500
JohnyFilpo5 antes 1,500
dinhba86 posts the small blind of 6,000
spooling posts the big blind of 12,000
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 1106leah [7s 7d]
ClaRoyal folds
JohnyFilpo5 folds
1106leah has 15 seconds left to act
1106leah raises to 29,000
thebirdman84 folds
AZUR folds
dinhba86 has 15 seconds left to act
dinhba86 raises to 76,000
spooling folds
1106leah has 15 seconds left to act
1106leah raises to 399,480, and is all in
dinhba86 calls 323,480
1106leah shows [7s 7d]
dinhba86 shows [Jh Jd]
*** FLOP *** [9h 5c 6h]
*** TURN *** [9h 5c 6h] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [9h 5c 6h Kd] [7h]
1106leah shows three of a kind, Sevens
dinhba86 shows a pair of Jacks
1106leah wins the pot (821,460) with three of a kind, Sevens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 821,460 Rake 0
Board: [9h 5c 6h Kd 7h]
Seat 2: 1106leah showed [7s 7d] and won (821,460) with three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 3: thebirdman84 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: AZUR (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: dinhba86 (small blind) showed [Jh Jd] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 6: spooling (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: ClaRoyal folded before the Flop
Seat 9: JohnyFilpo5 folded before the Flop
I have never been owned more playing poker (except probably HU against Dave when he’s trying). I was kicking myself at this point as my comfortable stack should have been gone. Also at this point you would guess that the people at this table are pretty pissed at me because I have the chip lead in the tourney purely because of suckouts. But still, three hands later the main guy that is pissed wants to take his 34 up against my AQ…way to make your stand there.
Full Tilt Poker Game #8365623820: Early Double - A (63515970), Table 38 - 6000/12000 Ante 1500 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:02:38 ET - 2008/10/05
Seat 2: 1106leah (818,460)
Seat 3: thebirdman84 (166,633)
Seat 4: AZUR (164,913)
Seat 5: dinhba86 (195,121)
Seat 6: spooling (70,530)
Seat 8: ClaRoyal (94,258)
Seat 9: JohnyFilpo5 (102,877)
1106leah antes 1,500
thebirdman84 antes 1,500
AZUR antes 1,500
dinhba86 antes 1,500
spooling antes 1,500
ClaRoyal antes 1,500
JohnyFilpo5 antes 1,500
JohnyFilpo5 posts the small blind of 6,000
1106leah posts the big blind of 12,000
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 1106leah [Ah Qs]
thebirdman84 folds
AZUR folds
dinhba86 folds
spooling has 15 seconds left to act
spooling calls 12,000
ClaRoyal folds
JohnyFilpo5 folds
1106leah raises to 816,960, and is all in
spooling calls 57,030, and is all in
1106leah shows [Ah Qs]
spooling shows [3c 4c]
Uncalled bet of 747,930 returned to 1106leah
*** FLOP *** [Jc Ks 7s]
*** TURN *** [Jc Ks 7s] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [Jc Ks 7s 2s] [3s]
1106leah shows a flush, King high
spooling shows a pair of Threes
1106leah wins the pot (154,560) with a flush, King high
spooling stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 154,560 Rake 0
Board: [Jc Ks 7s 2s 3s]
Seat 2: 1106leah (big blind) showed [Ah Qs] and won (154,560) with a flush, King high
Seat 3: thebirdman84 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: AZUR folded before the Flop
Seat 5: dinhba86 folded before the Flop
Seat 6: spooling showed [3c 4c] and lost with a pair of Threes
Seat 8: ClaRoyal (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: JohnyFilpo5 (small blind) folded before the Flop
This gave me the chip by 3 times second place with 13 left. After losing a decent sized pot to start the final table to that stupid dinhba86 (who owned me and would go away) where I was ahead for once, I went back to my old ways of getting it in bad:
Full Tilt Poker Game #8365841409: Early Double - A (63515970), Table 38 - 10000/20000 Ante 2500 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:18:33 ET - 2008/10/05
Seat 1: JHenrikK (220,966)
Seat 2: 1106leah (684,490)
Seat 3: bergsonite (288,016)
Seat 4: AZUR (223,669)
Seat 5: dinhba86 (531,879)
Seat 6: SNOWMANN99 (143,529)
Seat 7: Get Derty (293,208)
Seat 8: SxyDadMk (316,489)
Seat 9: JohnyFilpo5 (205,754)
JHenrikK antes 2,500
1106leah antes 2,500
bergsonite antes 2,500
AZUR antes 2,500
dinhba86 antes 2,500
SNOWMANN99 antes 2,500
Get Derty antes 2,500
SxyDadMk antes 2,500
JohnyFilpo5 antes 2,500
SNOWMANN99 posts the small blind of 10,000
Get Derty posts the big blind of 20,000
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 1106leah [As Qs]
SxyDadMk folds
JohnyFilpo5 folds
JHenrikK folds
1106leah has 15 seconds left to act
1106leah raises to 46,000
bergsonite folds
AZUR folds
dinhba86 folds
SNOWMANN99 raises to 141,029, and is all in
Get Derty folds
1106leah calls 95,029
SNOWMANN99 shows [Qc Qh]
1106leah shows [As Qs]
*** FLOP *** [9s 7s 5d]
*** TURN *** [9s 7s 5d] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [9s 7s 5d 5h] [Ac]
SNOWMANN99 shows two pair, Queens and Fives
1106leah shows two pair, Aces and Fives
1106leah wins the pot (324,558) with two pair, Aces and Fives
SNOWMANN99 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 324,558 Rake 0
Board: [9s 7s 5d 5h Ac]
Seat 1: JHenrikK folded before the Flop
Seat 2: 1106leah showed [As Qs] and won (324,558) with two pair, Aces and Fives
Seat 3: bergsonite folded before the Flop
Seat 4: AZUR folded before the Flop
Seat 5: dinhba86 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: SNOWMANN99 (small blind) showed [Qc Qh] and lost with two pair, Queens and Fives
Seat 7: Get Derty (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: SxyDadMk folded before the Flop
Seat 9: JohnyFilpo5 folded before the Flop
After that nice pot, dinhba86 finally gets eliminated. Amazingly, we were in the same seats from the first hour until then. A little later with five left, I had to put one more beat on someone:
Full Tilt Poker Game #8366235464: Early Double - A (63515970), Table 38 - 15000/30000 Ante 4000 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:47:19 ET - 2008/10/05
Seat 1: JHenrikK (280,916)
Seat 2: 1106leah (1,084,261)
Seat 3: bergsonite (212,032)
Seat 4: AZUR (1,123,302)
Seat 8: SxyDadMk (207,489)
JHenrikK antes 4,000
1106leah antes 4,000
bergsonite antes 4,000
AZUR antes 4,000
SxyDadMk antes 4,000
AZUR posts the small blind of 15,000
SxyDadMk posts the big blind of 30,000
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 1106leah [Jc Td]
JHenrikK folds
1106leah raises to 63,000
bergsonite folds
AZUR folds
SxyDadMk calls 33,000
*** FLOP *** [5c 7s 2d]
SxyDadMk checks
1106leah bets 161,000
SxyDadMk calls 140,489, and is all in
1106leah shows [Jc Td]
SxyDadMk shows [5s Qs]
Uncalled bet of 20,511 returned to 1106leah
*** TURN *** [5c 7s 2d] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [5c 7s 2d Th] [9h]
1106leah shows a pair of Tens
SxyDadMk shows a pair of Fives
1106leah wins the pot (441,978) with a pair of Tens
SxyDadMk stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 441,978 Rake 0
Board: [5c 7s 2d Th 9h]
Seat 1: JHenrikK folded before the Flop
Seat 2: 1106leah showed [Jc Td] and won (441,978) with a pair of Tens
Seat 3: bergsonite (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: AZUR (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: SxyDadMk (big blind) showed [5s Qs] and lost with a pair of Fives
I got down to HU against AZUR with I believe a 6:1 chip lead. He grinded to a 2:1 lead. I grinded back and then with another 6:1 lead, I finally put him out with 22 against Q3 all in pf. Board came X2XXX to ship me daily double A. I’m fortunate. I am extremely pumped! I never honestly believed it until to day, but sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.
