Un-fucking-believable
After a week of mediocre performance and increased insecurity about my game, I decided last night that I would play some MTT’s in hopes (ya right) for a big score to counteract my downswing.
So I started up 7 MTT’s of varied buy-ins and games. 2 FPP, 1-$10 rebuy, 2-$20 MTT’s, a $10 H/L stud and a $50 double shootout game.
I ended up busting out of the FPP, the stud and the shootout games pretty early and was feeling pretty regretful about my decision to play. Shortly thereafter I busted out of one of the $20 games and was down to two remaining games.
The rebuy tournament was going well, but with 1500 entrants I didn’t love my chances. In the remaining $20 game I found myself shortstacked with 1400 chips with blinds at 100/200.
To save you the drama of another bland MTT post, I’ll just post the screenshot of the results of the $20 tournament.
BOOYAKASHA.
Additionally I ended up cashing in the rebuy tournament, finishing 22nd out of 1582, for an additional win of $320.23 – not bad.
Poker Stars was nice enough to send me an email letting me know in writing what I just accomplished.
Just a rediculous amount of money for me.
It was pretty amzing playing both of these tournaments simultaneously, surviving each money level as players continued to drop out and I kept hanging on. The funny thing is I didn’t play particularly well, taking a lot of stupid risks and getting lucky to bail me out.
The first place finish in the $20 tournament is by far my biggest win of all time. It’s just a surreal and ridiculous feeling winning one of these. Even making it to the final table was strange enough. But what was interesting, is that I felt perfectly comfortable playing in the final table setting. I wasn’t concerned with busting out whatsoever. In fact, that attitude is what I attribute to my final table appearance in the first place. I put my chips on the line many times for resteals and flop pushes without stellar hands. After watching that ZeeJustin tournament I realized that there is no way you can win one of these without pushing your stack around and getting lucky. So that’s what I did. And it got me to the final table. Thanks ZJ.
Now I’ll detail some of the key hands that got me to the winners circle.
First, back to the time when I was down to 1400 chips with blinds at 100/200.
That’s what is amazing about tournaments, you never know when the one you are playing will turn into something really special. Then you look back on how it started and progressed and you can’t believe you made it. It’s like when you end up having a wicked time going out with your friends. Sure, almost every other time you have an average time doing average things, but there are those rare occurrences that make a really memorable time. You can’t pinpoint why it happened, and when you look back on the night you realize that you never knew what you were about to experience. It happens without any premeditated thought.
And that’s what winning one of these is like. You can’t go in to every tournament expecting to win, just like you can’t go out every night expecting to have an amazing time. But if you put yourself in the position to have a good time enough, good things happen. And I guess that’s all that really happened last night for me. Something good happened.
Ok, enough diversion. This hand is about 50 hands into the tournament, and at one point I was up to 4500, but somehow I managed to donk my way back to 1350. Here it is, the first turning point. Warning, from here on in it gets very long and very detailed. So sit back and enjoy if you like reading tournament history, but if not, well you got the gist. I won.
Seat 1: ^CRK^ (12416 in chips)
Seat 2: _*Stu$$y*_69 (13220 in chips)
Seat 3: dakota7 (8380 in chips)
Seat 4: anichols (23940 in chips)
Seat 5: mayland (3225 in chips)
Seat 6: RikkiDee (1350 in chips)
Seat 7: ChrisX (15266 in chips)
Seat 8: runudown (15508 in chips)
Seat 9: Boxerman127 (7210 in chips)
RikkiDee: posts small blind 100
ChrisX: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [7c Ah]
runudown: folds
Boxerman127: folds
^CRK^: folds
_*Stu$$y*_69: folds
dakota7: folds
anichols: folds
mayland: raises 400 to 600
RikkiDee: raises 725 to 1325 and is all-in
ChrisX: folds
mayland: calls 725
*** FLOP *** [Kh 7h Qd]
*** TURN *** [Kh 7h Qd] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 7h Qd 2h] [Th]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RikkiDee: shows [7c Ah] (a flush, Ace high)
mayland: shows [Ac Qh] (a flush, King high)
RikkiDee collected 3075 from pot
Alright, so I’m on the short stack, and only reraised all in here because I figured there was a decent enough chance that I have the best hand, as the initial raise came from the button, prime stealing grounds. I knew to get anything in this tournament I had to make some marginal moves and I guess I figured this was a good time. Looking back, it’s a pretty stupid move really, but I was kind of ready to end this tournament since I had been playing really badly in all of the others. No excuse but I do that sometimes. But thankfully, I got bailed out. The very next hand…
Seat 1: ^CRK^ (12391 in chips)
Seat 2: _*Stu$$y*_69 (13195 in chips)
Seat 3: dakota7 (8355 in chips)
Seat 4: anichols (23915 in chips)
Seat 5: mayland (1875 in chips)
Seat 6: RikkiDee (3075 in chips)
Seat 7: ChrisX (15041 in chips)
Seat 8: runudown (15483 in chips)
Seat 9: Boxerman127 (7185 in chips)
ChrisX: posts small blind 100
runudown: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [Kc Jd]
Boxerman127: folds
^CRK^: folds
_*Stu$$y*_69: folds
dakota7: calls 200
anichols: calls 200
mayland: folds
RikkiDee: raises 2850 to 3050 and is all-in
ChrisX: folds
runudown: folds
dakota7: folds
anichols: calls 2850
*** FLOP *** [7s 7d Jh]
*** TURN *** [7s 7d Jh] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [7s 7d Jh 6s] [Ad]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
anichols: shows [8c 8d] (two pair, Eights and Sevens)
RikkiDee: shows [Kc Jd] (two pair, Jacks and Sevens)
RikkiDee collected 6825 from pot
With 2 limpers before me that makes 800 or so in the pot, more than enough to make this play profitable. However, I had just moved in with A7o the last hand so I should have considered that before I did this. Someone calls with 88 and I again get lucky and double up winning a coinflip. Now I’m back in this.
I’m particularly proud of this hand coming up. This happens about 6 hands later.
Seat 1: ^CRK^ (10416 in chips)
Seat 2: _*Stu$$y*_69 (12420 in chips)
Seat 3: dakota7 (9030 in chips)
Seat 4: anichols (23140 in chips)
Seat 5: mayland (1300 in chips)
Seat 6: RikkiDee (6675 in chips)
Seat 7: imdavev (6921 in chips)
Seat 8: runudown (17758 in chips)
Seat 9: Boxerman127 (6610 in chips)
mayland: posts small blind 200
RikkiDee: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [Ac 4h]
imdavev: folds
runudown: folds
Boxerman127: folds
^CRK^: calls 400
_*Stu$$y*_69: folds
dakota7: folds
anichols: folds
mayland: folds
RikkiDee: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ad Jc 4s]
RikkiDee: bets 500
^CRK^: raises 500 to 1000
RikkiDee: calls 500
*** TURN *** [Ad Jc 4s] [3d]
RikkiDee: checks
^CRK^: bets 800
RikkiDee: raises 2000 to 2800
^CRK^: raises 6191 to 8991 and is all-in
RikkiDee: calls 2450 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [Ad Jc 4s 3d] [9d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RikkiDee: shows [Ac 4h] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
^CRK^: shows [8d Ah] (a pair of Aces)
RikkiDee collected 13725 from pot
So I’m in the BB with A4, whatever, I’m not too excited. But when I hit 2 pair on the flop, I send out a little probe bet to see if he has an ace. A reraise? Excellent. And since there is no draw out there to speak of, I’m ready to go broke on this hand if he has a set/AJ. Check raise all in on the turn, and he of course calls with A8 because he is a 40%VPP fish and I double up, again.
Seat 1: ^CRK^ (3216 in chips)
Seat 2: _*Stu$$y*_69 (12445 in chips)
Seat 3: dakota7 (7230 in chips)
Seat 4: anichols (25190 in chips)
Seat 5: mayland (3125 in chips)
Seat 6: RikkiDee (13350 in chips)
Seat 7: imdavev (6121 in chips)
Seat 8: runudown (17783 in chips)
Seat 9: Boxerman127 (5810 in chips)
anichols: posts small blind 200
mayland: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [Ac As]
RikkiDee: raises 800 to 1200
imdavev: folds
runudown: folds
Boxerman127: folds
^CRK^: raises 1991 to 3191 and is all-in
_*Stu$$y*_69: folds
dakota7: folds
anichols: folds
mayland: folds
RikkiDee: calls 1991
*** FLOP *** [6d 3h 8h]
*** TURN *** [6d 3h 8h] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [6d 3h 8h Ah] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RikkiDee: shows [Ac As] (three of a kind, Aces)
^CRK^: shows [Qh Jc] (high card Ace)
RikkiDee collected 7207 from pot
Thanks for the donation. Not a bad comeback eh? Granted there was a ton of luck involved, but as I stated earlier, I was ready to play some lucky poker here, playing to double up or bust out early. 2 hands later…
Table '19613575 29' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Pidasso (22915 in chips)
Seat 2: _*Stu$$y*_69 (11870 in chips)
Seat 3: dakota7 (8705 in chips)
Seat 4: anichols (24815 in chips)
Seat 5: mayland (2350 in chips)
Seat 6: RikkiDee (16591 in chips)
Seat 7: imdavev (4171 in chips)
Seat 8: runudown (19808 in chips)
Seat 9: Boxerman127 (8185 in chips)
_*Stu$$y*_69: posts small blind 200
dakota7: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [Ah Ad]
anichols: folds
mayland: folds
RikkiDee: calls 400
imdavev: calls 400
runudown: folds
Boxerman127: folds
Pidasso: folds
_*Stu$$y*_69: folds
dakota7: checks
*** FLOP *** [3h Ts Td]
dakota7: checks
RikkiDee: checks
imdavev: bets 1200
dakota7: folds
RikkiDee: raises 3200 to 4400
imdavev: calls 2546 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [3h Ts Td] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [3h Ts Td 4h] [Kc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RikkiDee: shows [Ah Ad] (two pair, Aces and Tens)
imdavev: shows [6c 6h] (two pair, Tens and Sixes)
RikkiDee collected 9117 from pot
Aces again, crazy eh? I was pretty sure if it was checked to him and he bet he wouldn’t have a ten in hand, so I was pretty sure I had the best hand, but didn’t know how I was going to get a call out of him unless he has decent pair. Turns out that 66 was good enough for him and another 9k goes to me. Next hand is a pretty bad play by me though, and I end up losing half my stack.
Seat 1: Pidasso (22640 in chips)
Seat 2: _*Stu$$y*_69 (11545 in chips)
Seat 3: dakota7 (9630 in chips)
Seat 4: anichols (22290 in chips)
Seat 5: mayland (3775 in chips)
Seat 6: RikkiDee (20387 in chips)
Seat 7: Laanakita (11660 in chips)
Seat 9: Boxerman127 (7310 in chips)
Boxerman127: posts small blind 300
Pidasso: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [7s 7c]
_*Stu$$y*_69: folds
dakota7: folds
anichols: folds
mayland: folds
RikkiDee: raises 1200 to 1800
Laanakita: folds
Boxerman127: folds
Pidasso: raises 3000 to 4800
RikkiDee: calls 3000
*** FLOP *** [Js Th 3c]
Pidasso: bets 1800
RikkiDee: raises 3800 to 5600
Pidasso: raises 12190 to 17790 and is all-in
GoPhish is connected
RikkiDee: folds
Pidasso collected 21500 from pot
Pidasso: shows [Jh Jd] (three of a kind, Jacks)
I probably shouldn’t have even called the reraise, actually I clearly shouldn’t have. But I had the gambling mantra on and didn’t want to be seen as a guy who would fold to reraises. Now when he weak bets this flop I decide that he has nothing or something really strong, so I pop it up, maybe he’ll fold AK/99 here. And when he comes over the top I know I’m done and fold of course, and he shows trip jacks. Dumb play by me, but again, I was in a strange loose aggressive mode. But I still have 10k, still alive.
Many hands pass with a lot of stealing and restealing, but no real progress is made. I’m down to 8k with blinds at 800/1600 and about 50 people left, so a move is obviously coming.
Table '19613575 74' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Chomper4 (12259 in chips)
Seat 2: rudy92 (91214 in chips)
Seat 3: RikkiDee (8244 in chips)
Seat 4: masterblast (42580 in chips)
Seat 5: AAAplease (24330 in chips)
Seat 6: aldurcs (16187 in chips)
Seat 8: jobscj (20061 in chips)
Seat 9: mtl2d (10818 in chips)
RikkiDee: posts small blind 800
masterblast: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [7c 7d]
AAAplease: folds
aldurcs: folds
jobscj: folds
mtl2d: folds
Chomper4: raises 3200 to 4800
rudy92: folds
RikkiDee: raises 3369 to 8169 and is all-in
masterblast: folds
Chomper4: calls 3369
*** FLOP *** [Jc 9c 8h]
*** TURN *** [Jc 9c 8h] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [Jc 9c 8h Ks] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RikkiDee: shows [7c 7d] (three of a kind, Sevens)
Chomper4: shows [As 2s] (high card Ace)
RikkiDee collected 18538 from pot
Again, this is one of those, “I know he won’t fold to this reraise but I figure I have a good enough chance that I have a slightly better hand, and am willing to take a coinflip when called in order to double up”. And it worked out well again. 3 hands and a new table later…
Seat 2: Xander309 (13022 in chips)
Seat 3: Pidasso (37596 in chips)
Seat 4: iwinuluz (26213 in chips)
Seat 5: roumanshow (31742 in chips)
Seat 6: AmJo56 (40405 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 7: BuckMarlEY88 (98619 in chips)
Seat 8: RikkiDee (18463 in chips)
Seat 9: diggdodger (22605 in chips)
Xander309: posts small blind 800
Pidasso: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [Ad Kc]
iwinuluz: folds
roumanshow: folds
AmJo56: folds
BuckMarlEY88: calls 1600
RikkiDee: raises 16788 to 18388 and is all-in
diggdodger: folds
Xander309: folds
Pidasso: folds
BuckMarlEY88: calls 16788
*** FLOP *** [8h 2h Kh]
*** TURN *** [8h 2h Kh] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [8h 2h Kh Jc] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BuckMarlEY88: shows [Ts Js] (a pair of Jacks)
RikkiDee: shows [Ad Kc] (a pair of Kings)
RikkiDee collected 39776 from pot
Wasn’t crazy about his call since I can lose this easily but hey, I’ll take it. Now I’m back around 20BB’s and can start playing some normalish poker again. At this point there are I figure about 25 people left. Going over the hand history, nothing really interesting happens for me for about 100 straight hands. I steal some blinds, my blinds get stolen, but I avoid all post flop confrontations. Eventually it gets down to 12 players and the table is noticeably tight. Everyone wants to make it to the final table. I decide that I’m going to push the issue and be much more aggressive than usual in hopes that players will lay down the best hand to avoid going broke so they can get to the final table. Now usually I would be the type to avoid confrontations but for some reason I just didn’t care today. So I’m restealing from the blinds like crazy and raising with a lot of trash that I wouldn’t usually. Again, no confrontations but I work my stack up to 100k. At this point with 12 left 100k was pretty much the average stack but considering I started 12 handed play with about 35k I was doing pretty well, especially with no showdowns. Those blinds really add up late game.
So after about an hour on the final table bubble, it finally bursts. When it starts, the chip count looks like this:
Seat 1: ChrisX (110634 in chips)
Seat 2: iwinuluz (81056 in chips)
Seat 3: BuckMarlEY88 (128296 in chips)
Seat 4: juventus777 (180877 in chips)
Seat 5: RikkiDee (95071 in chips)
Seat 6: DCal Zone (104244 in chips)
Seat 7: aldurcs (144386 in chips)
Seat 8: masterblast (83110 in chips)
Seat 9: desmond9 (222826 in chips)
I’m right there in the middle. Now I didn’t really have much of a read on any of the players, but that wouldn’t stop me from sticking with my aggressive game plan. I knew that since each increased place was a pretty significant increase in payout, people would be increasingly likely to fold. Three hands in, I do this.
Dealt to RikkiDee [Ac Tc]
DCal Zone: folds
aldurcs: folds
masterblast: calls 6000
desmond9: folds
ChrisX: folds
iwinuluz: folds
BuckMarlEY88: calls 6000
juventus777: calls 3000
RikkiDee: raises 88171 to 94171 and is all-in
masterblast: folds
BuckMarlEY88: folds
juventus777: folds
RikkiDee collected 26700 from pot
I was in the BB there. In this situation I’m really only worried about the initial limper, as that is generally the only threat to have aces or kings. But with a stack of 94k and 26k in the pot, it is definitely worth it for me to do this. As well, it sends a message, don’t mess with my blinds. Usually when I play my blinds are up for auction to the highest bidder, but today I was a defender. 9 or so hands later, this happens.
Seat 1: ChrisX (143334 in chips)
Seat 2: iwinuluz (70456 in chips)
Seat 3: BuckMarlEY88 (146696 in chips)
Seat 4: juventus777 (129577 in chips)
Seat 5: RikkiDee (151771 in chips)
Seat 6: DCal Zone (91944 in chips)
Seat 7: aldurcs (130686 in chips)
Seat 8: masterblast (80510 in chips)
Seat 9: desmond9 (205526 in chips)
BuckMarlEY88: posts small blind 4000
juventus777: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [Kh Kc]
RikkiDee: raises 22000 to 30000
DCal Zone: folds
aldurcs: folds
masterblast: folds
desmond9: folds
ChrisX: folds
iwinuluz: folds
BuckMarlEY88: calls 26000
juventus777: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ah Qh Ad]
BuckMarlEY88: checks
RikkiDee: checks
*** TURN *** [Ah Qh Ad] [Ts]
BuckMarlEY88: bets 24000
RikkiDee: calls 24000
*** RIVER *** [Ah Qh Ad Ts] [Js]
BuckMarlEY88: bets 24000
RikkiDee: calls 24000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BuckMarlEY88: shows [5h 6h] (a pair of Aces)
RikkiDee: shows [Kh Kc] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
RikkiDee collected 167600 from pot
This flop scared me. I knew my opponent was pretty loose and could very well call my raise with any ace from the blinds. I decided to check the flop figuring that if he has an ace I may have to face a raise and I’ll have to fold, as well I’ll add in some deception that he may put me on an ace if I check. He bets into me small on the turn, and since now I have a little straight draw I’ll call. Again he bets small into me on the turn, and I am legitimately concerned that he has a full house. It is very likely actually since all he needs is AQ, AJ or AT, which are all very likely hands. So I just call the river with the straight. And he has nothing. This hand puts me at chip leader.
Next hand I once again assert my BB authoritah by restealing
juventus777: posts small blind 4000
RikkiDee: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [Th Js]
DCal Zone: folds
aldurcs: folds
masterblast: folds
desmond9: folds
ChrisX: folds
iwinuluz: folds
BuckMarlEY88: folds
juventus777: raises 8000 to 16000
RikkiDee: raises 224571 to 240571 and is all-in
juventus777: folds
RikkiDee collected 35600 from pot
Looking back I notice that players were pretty reluctant to raise my blind, which is obviously a good thing. I ended up taking down a lot of free BB when I was in there.
Seat 1: ChrisX (387268 in chips)
Seat 4: juventus777 (201887 in chips)
Seat 5: RikkiDee (363171 in chips)
Seat 7: aldurcs (144782 in chips)
Seat 9: desmond9 (53392 in chips)
aldurcs: posts small blind 6000
desmond9: posts big blind 12000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [8c As]
ChrisX: folds
juventus777: folds
RikkiDee: raises 24000 to 36000
aldurcs: folds
desmond9: raises 16792 to 52792 and is all-in
RikkiDee: calls 16792
*** FLOP *** [5s 8d 5c]
*** TURN *** [5s 8d 5c] [6h]
thedonator42 [observer] said, "ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt"
*** RIVER *** [5s 8d 5c 6h] [2s]
thedonator42 [observer] said, "a;sldkfjasdf"
RikkiDee said, "gg"
thedonator42 [observer] said, "omfg"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
desmond9: shows [Ac Th] (a pair of Fives)
RikkiDee: shows [8c As] (two pair, Eights and Fives)
thedonator42 [observer] said, "you ****ing nigge"
RikkiDee collected 114584 from pot
thedonator42 [observer] said, "biggest garbage ever"
thedonator42 [observer] said, "how many blow jobs do you give for suckouts like that?"
Standard play here - raise from the button with A8 with a big stack. And I’m pretty much pot committed to any raise anyways. He made a good play figuring he had the best hand with AT but I got lucky and knocked him out. Good to see his observer friends took it well. Funny thing is the last 2 hands I had raised this players blind I had AK and AQ, so what can you do.
This next hand I still can’t figure out if I made a donk play or a good one, but I’ll try and justify it after you read it.
Seat 1: ChrisX (193686 in chips)
Seat 4: juventus777 (206487 in chips)
Seat 5: RikkiDee (460363 in chips)
Seat 7: aldurcs (289964 in chips)
aldurcs: posts small blind 8000
ChrisX: posts big blind 16000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [6h Ac]
juventus777: folds
RikkiDee: raises 16000 to 32000
aldurcs: folds
ChrisX: calls 16000
*** FLOP *** [Qh Td Ah]
ChrisX: checks
RikkiDee: bets 32000
ChrisX: raises 128886 to 160886 and is all-in
RikkiDee: calls 128886
*** TURN *** [Qh Td Ah] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [Qh Td Ah 9h] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChrisX: shows [Ks Qs] (a pair of Queens)
RikkiDee: shows [6h Ac] (a pair of Aces)
RikkiDee said, "gg"
RikkiDee collected 396972 from pot
First, I have a big stack, so I can afford to make this call. Now, this particular player had made exactly two reraises from his blind all game that I had seen. Both times he had a big ace, once AQ and once AK. I knew that if he had a good ace he would reraise my minimum raise for sure. So I figured that he either has a small ace like A8 or some kind of draw. And since the size of his reraise was too large to be a big hand like TT, I figured I may be good here and had a good chance to at least split the pot if he had A7-9. Of course it could have gone either way, and is a pretty marginal decision. But again, I was gambling today, and in the past I may have layed this down. But there were a lot of signs pointing to “call”. It Worked out well for me. This next hand is one of my favorites.
Seat 4: juventus777 (455287 in chips)
Seat 5: RikkiDee (485249 in chips)
Seat 7: aldurcs (209964 in chips)
juventus777: posts small blind 8000
RikkiDee: posts big blind 16000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [8s Ts]
aldurcs: folds
juventus777: calls 8000
RikkiDee: checks
*** FLOP *** [2c 3d 4s]
juventus777: checks
RikkiDee: bets 19000
juventus777: calls 19000
*** TURN *** [2c 3d 4s] [6s]
juventus777: bets 48000
RikkiDee: raises 112000 to 160000
juventus777: folds
RikkiDee collected 168400 from pot
The first bet is just a bet I usually make if someone limps in to me and then checks the flop. So he calls. Now when he bets into me on the turn, I know something is up. I know he doesn’t have a five, even though that’s what he is trying to represent. He has check raised almost every good hand he has had, even top pair, and he knows I am going to bet this turn. My guess is honestly that he has a good ace, like AQ and limped in hoping I would raise from the BB, like I had been doing every time he limped in. So he has his little straight draw and two overs, as well as that nagging feeling when your trap doesn’t work so you feel you have to see the hand through. So I reraise his bet, as I do still have 2 overs and a flush draw now - and he insta folds. 2 hands later…
Seat 4: juventus777 (338687 in chips)
Seat 5: RikkiDee (688249 in chips)
Seat 7: aldurcs (123564 in chips)
aldurcs: posts small blind 8000
juventus777: posts big blind 16000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [9s Kd]
RikkiDee: calls 16000
aldurcs: calls 8000
juventus777: checks
*** FLOP *** [6s Qs Ks]
aldurcs: checks
juventus777: bets 48000
RikkiDee: raises 80000 to 128000
aldurcs: folds
juventus777: calls 80000
*** TURN *** [6s Qs Ks] [4h]
juventus777: checks
RikkiDee: bets 208000
juventus777: folds
RikkiDee collected 306400 from pot
RikkiDee: doesn't show hand
I started to limp from the button in order to set up a future limp with AA or KK, since if I am raising every single time then all of a sudden I limp it is too obvious for even the biggest of fish. K9 seemed to be a good enough hand for a limp. One thing to note here is that my opponent had bet EVERY single flop when the three of us just limped in - without fail. It was very strange but I never had a hand to see what he had. So here he does it again, and I do have top pair so my raise is warranted. But he calls, so he must have something. Maybe even a king. So I push the turn when he checks to me. I know he can’t be that strong since he called my flop bet, and if he is just sitting there with the Ace of spades, he can’t call this bet. If he has KT, KJ or something, he may fold, as well if he calls I have that 9 of spades for backup. Pretty easy play for me and I took a pretty big lead after this hand.
Seat 4: juventus777 (193887 in chips)
Seat 5: RikkiDee (849849 in chips)
Seat 7: aldurcs (106764 in chips)
I think that this next move is just frustration on my opponents part because I reraised him so often.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [As Qs]
juventus777: raises 40000 to 60000
RikkiDee: raises 812349 to 872349 and is all-in
aldurcs: folds
juventus777: calls 111887 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [3d Kd 2d]
*** TURN *** [3d Kd 2d] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [3d Kd 2d 9s] [3c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RikkiDee: shows [As Qs] (a pair of Threes)
juventus777: shows [Ad 8h] (a pair of Threes - lower kicker)
RikkiDee collected 366774 from pot
Down to heads up. And with blinds 10k/20k and my opponent with 80k and me at 1.06m its pretty much just mop up time.
2nd hand in to heads up…
Seat 5: RikkiDee (1088236 in chips)
Seat 7: aldurcs (62264 in chips)
RikkiDee: posts the ante 1000
aldurcs: posts the ante 1000
aldurcs: posts small blind 10000
RikkiDee: posts big blind 20000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [Tc 4d]
aldurcs: raises 41264 to 61264 and is all-in
RikkiDee: calls 41264
*** FLOP *** [Td 8h Ts]
*** TURN *** [Td 8h Ts] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [Td 8h Ts Th] [Qc]
aldurcs said, "gg"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RikkiDee: shows [Tc 4d] (four of a kind, Tens)
aldurcs: shows [6c 8d] (a full house, Tens full of Eights)
RikkiDee said, "gg"
RikkiDee collected 124528 from pot
THEMS QUADS BITCHESSSSSS.
Fitting way to end the tourney. I still can’t believe I won. And congratulations if you made it this far throughout the post.
So maybe my game isn’t that off. I hope to use this new improved bankroll to good use by moving my turbo game up to the $55 games, as I said I would do when I got to 5k. Lets see how that works out.
So I started up 7 MTT’s of varied buy-ins and games. 2 FPP, 1-$10 rebuy, 2-$20 MTT’s, a $10 H/L stud and a $50 double shootout game.
I ended up busting out of the FPP, the stud and the shootout games pretty early and was feeling pretty regretful about my decision to play. Shortly thereafter I busted out of one of the $20 games and was down to two remaining games.
The rebuy tournament was going well, but with 1500 entrants I didn’t love my chances. In the remaining $20 game I found myself shortstacked with 1400 chips with blinds at 100/200.
To save you the drama of another bland MTT post, I’ll just post the screenshot of the results of the $20 tournament.
BOOYAKASHA.
Additionally I ended up cashing in the rebuy tournament, finishing 22nd out of 1582, for an additional win of $320.23 – not bad.
Poker Stars was nice enough to send me an email letting me know in writing what I just accomplished.
Just a rediculous amount of money for me.
It was pretty amzing playing both of these tournaments simultaneously, surviving each money level as players continued to drop out and I kept hanging on. The funny thing is I didn’t play particularly well, taking a lot of stupid risks and getting lucky to bail me out.
The first place finish in the $20 tournament is by far my biggest win of all time. It’s just a surreal and ridiculous feeling winning one of these. Even making it to the final table was strange enough. But what was interesting, is that I felt perfectly comfortable playing in the final table setting. I wasn’t concerned with busting out whatsoever. In fact, that attitude is what I attribute to my final table appearance in the first place. I put my chips on the line many times for resteals and flop pushes without stellar hands. After watching that ZeeJustin tournament I realized that there is no way you can win one of these without pushing your stack around and getting lucky. So that’s what I did. And it got me to the final table. Thanks ZJ.
Now I’ll detail some of the key hands that got me to the winners circle.
First, back to the time when I was down to 1400 chips with blinds at 100/200.
That’s what is amazing about tournaments, you never know when the one you are playing will turn into something really special. Then you look back on how it started and progressed and you can’t believe you made it. It’s like when you end up having a wicked time going out with your friends. Sure, almost every other time you have an average time doing average things, but there are those rare occurrences that make a really memorable time. You can’t pinpoint why it happened, and when you look back on the night you realize that you never knew what you were about to experience. It happens without any premeditated thought.
And that’s what winning one of these is like. You can’t go in to every tournament expecting to win, just like you can’t go out every night expecting to have an amazing time. But if you put yourself in the position to have a good time enough, good things happen. And I guess that’s all that really happened last night for me. Something good happened.
Ok, enough diversion. This hand is about 50 hands into the tournament, and at one point I was up to 4500, but somehow I managed to donk my way back to 1350. Here it is, the first turning point. Warning, from here on in it gets very long and very detailed. So sit back and enjoy if you like reading tournament history, but if not, well you got the gist. I won.
Seat 1: ^CRK^ (12416 in chips)
Seat 2: _*Stu$$y*_69 (13220 in chips)
Seat 3: dakota7 (8380 in chips)
Seat 4: anichols (23940 in chips)
Seat 5: mayland (3225 in chips)
Seat 6: RikkiDee (1350 in chips)
Seat 7: ChrisX (15266 in chips)
Seat 8: runudown (15508 in chips)
Seat 9: Boxerman127 (7210 in chips)
RikkiDee: posts small blind 100
ChrisX: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [7c Ah]
runudown: folds
Boxerman127: folds
^CRK^: folds
_*Stu$$y*_69: folds
dakota7: folds
anichols: folds
mayland: raises 400 to 600
RikkiDee: raises 725 to 1325 and is all-in
ChrisX: folds
mayland: calls 725
*** FLOP *** [Kh 7h Qd]
*** TURN *** [Kh 7h Qd] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 7h Qd 2h] [Th]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RikkiDee: shows [7c Ah] (a flush, Ace high)
mayland: shows [Ac Qh] (a flush, King high)
RikkiDee collected 3075 from pot
Alright, so I’m on the short stack, and only reraised all in here because I figured there was a decent enough chance that I have the best hand, as the initial raise came from the button, prime stealing grounds. I knew to get anything in this tournament I had to make some marginal moves and I guess I figured this was a good time. Looking back, it’s a pretty stupid move really, but I was kind of ready to end this tournament since I had been playing really badly in all of the others. No excuse but I do that sometimes. But thankfully, I got bailed out. The very next hand…
Seat 1: ^CRK^ (12391 in chips)
Seat 2: _*Stu$$y*_69 (13195 in chips)
Seat 3: dakota7 (8355 in chips)
Seat 4: anichols (23915 in chips)
Seat 5: mayland (1875 in chips)
Seat 6: RikkiDee (3075 in chips)
Seat 7: ChrisX (15041 in chips)
Seat 8: runudown (15483 in chips)
Seat 9: Boxerman127 (7185 in chips)
ChrisX: posts small blind 100
runudown: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [Kc Jd]
Boxerman127: folds
^CRK^: folds
_*Stu$$y*_69: folds
dakota7: calls 200
anichols: calls 200
mayland: folds
RikkiDee: raises 2850 to 3050 and is all-in
ChrisX: folds
runudown: folds
dakota7: folds
anichols: calls 2850
*** FLOP *** [7s 7d Jh]
*** TURN *** [7s 7d Jh] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [7s 7d Jh 6s] [Ad]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
anichols: shows [8c 8d] (two pair, Eights and Sevens)
RikkiDee: shows [Kc Jd] (two pair, Jacks and Sevens)
RikkiDee collected 6825 from pot
With 2 limpers before me that makes 800 or so in the pot, more than enough to make this play profitable. However, I had just moved in with A7o the last hand so I should have considered that before I did this. Someone calls with 88 and I again get lucky and double up winning a coinflip. Now I’m back in this.
I’m particularly proud of this hand coming up. This happens about 6 hands later.
Seat 1: ^CRK^ (10416 in chips)
Seat 2: _*Stu$$y*_69 (12420 in chips)
Seat 3: dakota7 (9030 in chips)
Seat 4: anichols (23140 in chips)
Seat 5: mayland (1300 in chips)
Seat 6: RikkiDee (6675 in chips)
Seat 7: imdavev (6921 in chips)
Seat 8: runudown (17758 in chips)
Seat 9: Boxerman127 (6610 in chips)
mayland: posts small blind 200
RikkiDee: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [Ac 4h]
imdavev: folds
runudown: folds
Boxerman127: folds
^CRK^: calls 400
_*Stu$$y*_69: folds
dakota7: folds
anichols: folds
mayland: folds
RikkiDee: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ad Jc 4s]
RikkiDee: bets 500
^CRK^: raises 500 to 1000
RikkiDee: calls 500
*** TURN *** [Ad Jc 4s] [3d]
RikkiDee: checks
^CRK^: bets 800
RikkiDee: raises 2000 to 2800
^CRK^: raises 6191 to 8991 and is all-in
RikkiDee: calls 2450 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [Ad Jc 4s 3d] [9d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RikkiDee: shows [Ac 4h] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
^CRK^: shows [8d Ah] (a pair of Aces)
RikkiDee collected 13725 from pot
So I’m in the BB with A4, whatever, I’m not too excited. But when I hit 2 pair on the flop, I send out a little probe bet to see if he has an ace. A reraise? Excellent. And since there is no draw out there to speak of, I’m ready to go broke on this hand if he has a set/AJ. Check raise all in on the turn, and he of course calls with A8 because he is a 40%VPP fish and I double up, again.
Seat 1: ^CRK^ (3216 in chips)
Seat 2: _*Stu$$y*_69 (12445 in chips)
Seat 3: dakota7 (7230 in chips)
Seat 4: anichols (25190 in chips)
Seat 5: mayland (3125 in chips)
Seat 6: RikkiDee (13350 in chips)
Seat 7: imdavev (6121 in chips)
Seat 8: runudown (17783 in chips)
Seat 9: Boxerman127 (5810 in chips)
anichols: posts small blind 200
mayland: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [Ac As]
RikkiDee: raises 800 to 1200
imdavev: folds
runudown: folds
Boxerman127: folds
^CRK^: raises 1991 to 3191 and is all-in
_*Stu$$y*_69: folds
dakota7: folds
anichols: folds
mayland: folds
RikkiDee: calls 1991
*** FLOP *** [6d 3h 8h]
*** TURN *** [6d 3h 8h] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [6d 3h 8h Ah] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RikkiDee: shows [Ac As] (three of a kind, Aces)
^CRK^: shows [Qh Jc] (high card Ace)
RikkiDee collected 7207 from pot
Thanks for the donation. Not a bad comeback eh? Granted there was a ton of luck involved, but as I stated earlier, I was ready to play some lucky poker here, playing to double up or bust out early. 2 hands later…
Table '19613575 29' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Pidasso (22915 in chips)
Seat 2: _*Stu$$y*_69 (11870 in chips)
Seat 3: dakota7 (8705 in chips)
Seat 4: anichols (24815 in chips)
Seat 5: mayland (2350 in chips)
Seat 6: RikkiDee (16591 in chips)
Seat 7: imdavev (4171 in chips)
Seat 8: runudown (19808 in chips)
Seat 9: Boxerman127 (8185 in chips)
_*Stu$$y*_69: posts small blind 200
dakota7: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [Ah Ad]
anichols: folds
mayland: folds
RikkiDee: calls 400
imdavev: calls 400
runudown: folds
Boxerman127: folds
Pidasso: folds
_*Stu$$y*_69: folds
dakota7: checks
*** FLOP *** [3h Ts Td]
dakota7: checks
RikkiDee: checks
imdavev: bets 1200
dakota7: folds
RikkiDee: raises 3200 to 4400
imdavev: calls 2546 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [3h Ts Td] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [3h Ts Td 4h] [Kc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RikkiDee: shows [Ah Ad] (two pair, Aces and Tens)
imdavev: shows [6c 6h] (two pair, Tens and Sixes)
RikkiDee collected 9117 from pot
Aces again, crazy eh? I was pretty sure if it was checked to him and he bet he wouldn’t have a ten in hand, so I was pretty sure I had the best hand, but didn’t know how I was going to get a call out of him unless he has decent pair. Turns out that 66 was good enough for him and another 9k goes to me. Next hand is a pretty bad play by me though, and I end up losing half my stack.
Seat 1: Pidasso (22640 in chips)
Seat 2: _*Stu$$y*_69 (11545 in chips)
Seat 3: dakota7 (9630 in chips)
Seat 4: anichols (22290 in chips)
Seat 5: mayland (3775 in chips)
Seat 6: RikkiDee (20387 in chips)
Seat 7: Laanakita (11660 in chips)
Seat 9: Boxerman127 (7310 in chips)
Boxerman127: posts small blind 300
Pidasso: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [7s 7c]
_*Stu$$y*_69: folds
dakota7: folds
anichols: folds
mayland: folds
RikkiDee: raises 1200 to 1800
Laanakita: folds
Boxerman127: folds
Pidasso: raises 3000 to 4800
RikkiDee: calls 3000
*** FLOP *** [Js Th 3c]
Pidasso: bets 1800
RikkiDee: raises 3800 to 5600
Pidasso: raises 12190 to 17790 and is all-in
GoPhish is connected
RikkiDee: folds
Pidasso collected 21500 from pot
Pidasso: shows [Jh Jd] (three of a kind, Jacks)
I probably shouldn’t have even called the reraise, actually I clearly shouldn’t have. But I had the gambling mantra on and didn’t want to be seen as a guy who would fold to reraises. Now when he weak bets this flop I decide that he has nothing or something really strong, so I pop it up, maybe he’ll fold AK/99 here. And when he comes over the top I know I’m done and fold of course, and he shows trip jacks. Dumb play by me, but again, I was in a strange loose aggressive mode. But I still have 10k, still alive.
Many hands pass with a lot of stealing and restealing, but no real progress is made. I’m down to 8k with blinds at 800/1600 and about 50 people left, so a move is obviously coming.
Table '19613575 74' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Chomper4 (12259 in chips)
Seat 2: rudy92 (91214 in chips)
Seat 3: RikkiDee (8244 in chips)
Seat 4: masterblast (42580 in chips)
Seat 5: AAAplease (24330 in chips)
Seat 6: aldurcs (16187 in chips)
Seat 8: jobscj (20061 in chips)
Seat 9: mtl2d (10818 in chips)
RikkiDee: posts small blind 800
masterblast: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [7c 7d]
AAAplease: folds
aldurcs: folds
jobscj: folds
mtl2d: folds
Chomper4: raises 3200 to 4800
rudy92: folds
RikkiDee: raises 3369 to 8169 and is all-in
masterblast: folds
Chomper4: calls 3369
*** FLOP *** [Jc 9c 8h]
*** TURN *** [Jc 9c 8h] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [Jc 9c 8h Ks] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RikkiDee: shows [7c 7d] (three of a kind, Sevens)
Chomper4: shows [As 2s] (high card Ace)
RikkiDee collected 18538 from pot
Again, this is one of those, “I know he won’t fold to this reraise but I figure I have a good enough chance that I have a slightly better hand, and am willing to take a coinflip when called in order to double up”. And it worked out well again. 3 hands and a new table later…
Seat 2: Xander309 (13022 in chips)
Seat 3: Pidasso (37596 in chips)
Seat 4: iwinuluz (26213 in chips)
Seat 5: roumanshow (31742 in chips)
Seat 6: AmJo56 (40405 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 7: BuckMarlEY88 (98619 in chips)
Seat 8: RikkiDee (18463 in chips)
Seat 9: diggdodger (22605 in chips)
Xander309: posts small blind 800
Pidasso: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [Ad Kc]
iwinuluz: folds
roumanshow: folds
AmJo56: folds
BuckMarlEY88: calls 1600
RikkiDee: raises 16788 to 18388 and is all-in
diggdodger: folds
Xander309: folds
Pidasso: folds
BuckMarlEY88: calls 16788
*** FLOP *** [8h 2h Kh]
*** TURN *** [8h 2h Kh] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [8h 2h Kh Jc] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BuckMarlEY88: shows [Ts Js] (a pair of Jacks)
RikkiDee: shows [Ad Kc] (a pair of Kings)
RikkiDee collected 39776 from pot
Wasn’t crazy about his call since I can lose this easily but hey, I’ll take it. Now I’m back around 20BB’s and can start playing some normalish poker again. At this point there are I figure about 25 people left. Going over the hand history, nothing really interesting happens for me for about 100 straight hands. I steal some blinds, my blinds get stolen, but I avoid all post flop confrontations. Eventually it gets down to 12 players and the table is noticeably tight. Everyone wants to make it to the final table. I decide that I’m going to push the issue and be much more aggressive than usual in hopes that players will lay down the best hand to avoid going broke so they can get to the final table. Now usually I would be the type to avoid confrontations but for some reason I just didn’t care today. So I’m restealing from the blinds like crazy and raising with a lot of trash that I wouldn’t usually. Again, no confrontations but I work my stack up to 100k. At this point with 12 left 100k was pretty much the average stack but considering I started 12 handed play with about 35k I was doing pretty well, especially with no showdowns. Those blinds really add up late game.
So after about an hour on the final table bubble, it finally bursts. When it starts, the chip count looks like this:
Seat 1: ChrisX (110634 in chips)
Seat 2: iwinuluz (81056 in chips)
Seat 3: BuckMarlEY88 (128296 in chips)
Seat 4: juventus777 (180877 in chips)
Seat 5: RikkiDee (95071 in chips)
Seat 6: DCal Zone (104244 in chips)
Seat 7: aldurcs (144386 in chips)
Seat 8: masterblast (83110 in chips)
Seat 9: desmond9 (222826 in chips)
I’m right there in the middle. Now I didn’t really have much of a read on any of the players, but that wouldn’t stop me from sticking with my aggressive game plan. I knew that since each increased place was a pretty significant increase in payout, people would be increasingly likely to fold. Three hands in, I do this.
Dealt to RikkiDee [Ac Tc]
DCal Zone: folds
aldurcs: folds
masterblast: calls 6000
desmond9: folds
ChrisX: folds
iwinuluz: folds
BuckMarlEY88: calls 6000
juventus777: calls 3000
RikkiDee: raises 88171 to 94171 and is all-in
masterblast: folds
BuckMarlEY88: folds
juventus777: folds
RikkiDee collected 26700 from pot
I was in the BB there. In this situation I’m really only worried about the initial limper, as that is generally the only threat to have aces or kings. But with a stack of 94k and 26k in the pot, it is definitely worth it for me to do this. As well, it sends a message, don’t mess with my blinds. Usually when I play my blinds are up for auction to the highest bidder, but today I was a defender. 9 or so hands later, this happens.
Seat 1: ChrisX (143334 in chips)
Seat 2: iwinuluz (70456 in chips)
Seat 3: BuckMarlEY88 (146696 in chips)
Seat 4: juventus777 (129577 in chips)
Seat 5: RikkiDee (151771 in chips)
Seat 6: DCal Zone (91944 in chips)
Seat 7: aldurcs (130686 in chips)
Seat 8: masterblast (80510 in chips)
Seat 9: desmond9 (205526 in chips)
BuckMarlEY88: posts small blind 4000
juventus777: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [Kh Kc]
RikkiDee: raises 22000 to 30000
DCal Zone: folds
aldurcs: folds
masterblast: folds
desmond9: folds
ChrisX: folds
iwinuluz: folds
BuckMarlEY88: calls 26000
juventus777: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ah Qh Ad]
BuckMarlEY88: checks
RikkiDee: checks
*** TURN *** [Ah Qh Ad] [Ts]
BuckMarlEY88: bets 24000
RikkiDee: calls 24000
*** RIVER *** [Ah Qh Ad Ts] [Js]
BuckMarlEY88: bets 24000
RikkiDee: calls 24000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BuckMarlEY88: shows [5h 6h] (a pair of Aces)
RikkiDee: shows [Kh Kc] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
RikkiDee collected 167600 from pot
This flop scared me. I knew my opponent was pretty loose and could very well call my raise with any ace from the blinds. I decided to check the flop figuring that if he has an ace I may have to face a raise and I’ll have to fold, as well I’ll add in some deception that he may put me on an ace if I check. He bets into me small on the turn, and since now I have a little straight draw I’ll call. Again he bets small into me on the turn, and I am legitimately concerned that he has a full house. It is very likely actually since all he needs is AQ, AJ or AT, which are all very likely hands. So I just call the river with the straight. And he has nothing. This hand puts me at chip leader.
Next hand I once again assert my BB authoritah by restealing
juventus777: posts small blind 4000
RikkiDee: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [Th Js]
DCal Zone: folds
aldurcs: folds
masterblast: folds
desmond9: folds
ChrisX: folds
iwinuluz: folds
BuckMarlEY88: folds
juventus777: raises 8000 to 16000
RikkiDee: raises 224571 to 240571 and is all-in
juventus777: folds
RikkiDee collected 35600 from pot
Looking back I notice that players were pretty reluctant to raise my blind, which is obviously a good thing. I ended up taking down a lot of free BB when I was in there.
Seat 1: ChrisX (387268 in chips)
Seat 4: juventus777 (201887 in chips)
Seat 5: RikkiDee (363171 in chips)
Seat 7: aldurcs (144782 in chips)
Seat 9: desmond9 (53392 in chips)
aldurcs: posts small blind 6000
desmond9: posts big blind 12000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [8c As]
ChrisX: folds
juventus777: folds
RikkiDee: raises 24000 to 36000
aldurcs: folds
desmond9: raises 16792 to 52792 and is all-in
RikkiDee: calls 16792
*** FLOP *** [5s 8d 5c]
*** TURN *** [5s 8d 5c] [6h]
thedonator42 [observer] said, "ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt"
*** RIVER *** [5s 8d 5c 6h] [2s]
thedonator42 [observer] said, "a;sldkfjasdf"
RikkiDee said, "gg"
thedonator42 [observer] said, "omfg"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
desmond9: shows [Ac Th] (a pair of Fives)
RikkiDee: shows [8c As] (two pair, Eights and Fives)
thedonator42 [observer] said, "you ****ing nigge"
RikkiDee collected 114584 from pot
thedonator42 [observer] said, "biggest garbage ever"
thedonator42 [observer] said, "how many blow jobs do you give for suckouts like that?"
Standard play here - raise from the button with A8 with a big stack. And I’m pretty much pot committed to any raise anyways. He made a good play figuring he had the best hand with AT but I got lucky and knocked him out. Good to see his observer friends took it well. Funny thing is the last 2 hands I had raised this players blind I had AK and AQ, so what can you do.
This next hand I still can’t figure out if I made a donk play or a good one, but I’ll try and justify it after you read it.
Seat 1: ChrisX (193686 in chips)
Seat 4: juventus777 (206487 in chips)
Seat 5: RikkiDee (460363 in chips)
Seat 7: aldurcs (289964 in chips)
aldurcs: posts small blind 8000
ChrisX: posts big blind 16000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [6h Ac]
juventus777: folds
RikkiDee: raises 16000 to 32000
aldurcs: folds
ChrisX: calls 16000
*** FLOP *** [Qh Td Ah]
ChrisX: checks
RikkiDee: bets 32000
ChrisX: raises 128886 to 160886 and is all-in
RikkiDee: calls 128886
*** TURN *** [Qh Td Ah] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [Qh Td Ah 9h] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChrisX: shows [Ks Qs] (a pair of Queens)
RikkiDee: shows [6h Ac] (a pair of Aces)
RikkiDee said, "gg"
RikkiDee collected 396972 from pot
First, I have a big stack, so I can afford to make this call. Now, this particular player had made exactly two reraises from his blind all game that I had seen. Both times he had a big ace, once AQ and once AK. I knew that if he had a good ace he would reraise my minimum raise for sure. So I figured that he either has a small ace like A8 or some kind of draw. And since the size of his reraise was too large to be a big hand like TT, I figured I may be good here and had a good chance to at least split the pot if he had A7-9. Of course it could have gone either way, and is a pretty marginal decision. But again, I was gambling today, and in the past I may have layed this down. But there were a lot of signs pointing to “call”. It Worked out well for me. This next hand is one of my favorites.
Seat 4: juventus777 (455287 in chips)
Seat 5: RikkiDee (485249 in chips)
Seat 7: aldurcs (209964 in chips)
juventus777: posts small blind 8000
RikkiDee: posts big blind 16000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [8s Ts]
aldurcs: folds
juventus777: calls 8000
RikkiDee: checks
*** FLOP *** [2c 3d 4s]
juventus777: checks
RikkiDee: bets 19000
juventus777: calls 19000
*** TURN *** [2c 3d 4s] [6s]
juventus777: bets 48000
RikkiDee: raises 112000 to 160000
juventus777: folds
RikkiDee collected 168400 from pot
The first bet is just a bet I usually make if someone limps in to me and then checks the flop. So he calls. Now when he bets into me on the turn, I know something is up. I know he doesn’t have a five, even though that’s what he is trying to represent. He has check raised almost every good hand he has had, even top pair, and he knows I am going to bet this turn. My guess is honestly that he has a good ace, like AQ and limped in hoping I would raise from the BB, like I had been doing every time he limped in. So he has his little straight draw and two overs, as well as that nagging feeling when your trap doesn’t work so you feel you have to see the hand through. So I reraise his bet, as I do still have 2 overs and a flush draw now - and he insta folds. 2 hands later…
Seat 4: juventus777 (338687 in chips)
Seat 5: RikkiDee (688249 in chips)
Seat 7: aldurcs (123564 in chips)
aldurcs: posts small blind 8000
juventus777: posts big blind 16000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [9s Kd]
RikkiDee: calls 16000
aldurcs: calls 8000
juventus777: checks
*** FLOP *** [6s Qs Ks]
aldurcs: checks
juventus777: bets 48000
RikkiDee: raises 80000 to 128000
aldurcs: folds
juventus777: calls 80000
*** TURN *** [6s Qs Ks] [4h]
juventus777: checks
RikkiDee: bets 208000
juventus777: folds
RikkiDee collected 306400 from pot
RikkiDee: doesn't show hand
I started to limp from the button in order to set up a future limp with AA or KK, since if I am raising every single time then all of a sudden I limp it is too obvious for even the biggest of fish. K9 seemed to be a good enough hand for a limp. One thing to note here is that my opponent had bet EVERY single flop when the three of us just limped in - without fail. It was very strange but I never had a hand to see what he had. So here he does it again, and I do have top pair so my raise is warranted. But he calls, so he must have something. Maybe even a king. So I push the turn when he checks to me. I know he can’t be that strong since he called my flop bet, and if he is just sitting there with the Ace of spades, he can’t call this bet. If he has KT, KJ or something, he may fold, as well if he calls I have that 9 of spades for backup. Pretty easy play for me and I took a pretty big lead after this hand.
Seat 4: juventus777 (193887 in chips)
Seat 5: RikkiDee (849849 in chips)
Seat 7: aldurcs (106764 in chips)
I think that this next move is just frustration on my opponents part because I reraised him so often.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [As Qs]
juventus777: raises 40000 to 60000
RikkiDee: raises 812349 to 872349 and is all-in
aldurcs: folds
juventus777: calls 111887 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [3d Kd 2d]
*** TURN *** [3d Kd 2d] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [3d Kd 2d 9s] [3c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RikkiDee: shows [As Qs] (a pair of Threes)
juventus777: shows [Ad 8h] (a pair of Threes - lower kicker)
RikkiDee collected 366774 from pot
Down to heads up. And with blinds 10k/20k and my opponent with 80k and me at 1.06m its pretty much just mop up time.
2nd hand in to heads up…
Seat 5: RikkiDee (1088236 in chips)
Seat 7: aldurcs (62264 in chips)
RikkiDee: posts the ante 1000
aldurcs: posts the ante 1000
aldurcs: posts small blind 10000
RikkiDee: posts big blind 20000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [Tc 4d]
aldurcs: raises 41264 to 61264 and is all-in
RikkiDee: calls 41264
*** FLOP *** [Td 8h Ts]
*** TURN *** [Td 8h Ts] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [Td 8h Ts Th] [Qc]
aldurcs said, "gg"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RikkiDee: shows [Tc 4d] (four of a kind, Tens)
aldurcs: shows [6c 8d] (a full house, Tens full of Eights)
RikkiDee said, "gg"
RikkiDee collected 124528 from pot
THEMS QUADS BITCHESSSSSS.
Fitting way to end the tourney. I still can’t believe I won. And congratulations if you made it this far throughout the post.
So maybe my game isn’t that off. I hope to use this new improved bankroll to good use by moving my turbo game up to the $55 games, as I said I would do when I got to 5k. Lets see how that works out.
posted by RikkiDee at 6:46 PM
3 Comments:
Winning an MTT is an amazing feeling. (I'd like to experience it one day...)
Congrats!!
WTF I just realized your f'n Email on the picture is "RYANSMITH@HOTMAIL.COM" lol how did you manage to get that one? like the must unoriginal name in the world lol must be over 10 years old.
thanks a lot guys, hopefully I have a few more of these posts in the future.
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