PokerStars.com SCOOP 2012

[Des]

Thanks for all the comments guys, another amazing virtual rail.

Steve, it was exactly as you called it.   That was the critical hand to my downfall they both put pressure on my smaller stack.  Maybe I should have come out fighting sooner.   

To be fair, I thought Shaniac stepped up a gear about 30mins from the end and the CL really gave him a lot of chips when you were three handed.  You stayed out of it wisely I thought, but were unlucky that Shaniac seemed to win all the key hands vs the CL.  All it took after that was a couple of your hands to go south and you're left hung and dried.  I don't think there was an awful lot you could have done about the situation...it's the nature of that game.  Good experience though, on top of your blogger series run, and I hope you can sat into another couple of these high events.  Your game is obviously good.

[Chipaccrual]

Thanks Des, I appreciate the comments.  Difficult to judge it when you are right in the middle of the action.

[Chipaccrual]

They have been 6 handed for ages, but just been a huge pot

PokerStars Hand #80210082298: Tournament #2012050113, $670+$30 USD Omaha Hi/Lo Pot Limit - Level XXV (3000/6000) - 2012/05/10 11:25:07 WET [2012/05/10 6:25:07 ET]
Table '2012050113 5' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Aquasces1 (163516 in chips)
Seat 2: Milana Jones (707805 in chips)
Seat 3: lukro8 (383476 in chips)
Seat 4: Lyndon360 (140829 in chips)
Seat 5: HornyAnimal (58322 in chips)
Seat 6: shaniac (151052 in chips)
lukro8: posts small blind 3000
Lyndon360: posts big blind 6000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
HornyAnimal: raises 15000 to 21000
shaniac: raises 51000 to 72000
Aquasces1: folds
Milana Jones: folds
lukro8: calls 69000
Lyndon360: folds
HornyAnimal: calls 37322 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [ ]
lukro8: bets 208322
shaniac: calls 79052 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (129270) returned to lukro8
*** TURN *** [ ] []
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
lukro8: shows [ As] (HI: two pair, Sixes and Threes; LO: 6,4,3,2,A)
shaniac: shows [ ] (HI: a pair of Aces; LO: 7,6,4,3,A)
lukro8 collected 92730 from side pot
lukro8 collected 92730 from side pot
HornyAnimal: shows [ Th ] (HI: a pair of Threes)
lukro8 collected 90483 from main pot
lukro8 collected 90483 from main pot
shaniac finished the tournament in 5th place and received $12904.20.
HornyAnimal finished the tournament in 6th place and received $8602.80.
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 366426 Main pot 180966. Side pot 185460. | Rake 0
Board [ ]
Seat 1: Aquasces1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Milana Jones (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: lukro8 (small blind) showed [ As] and won (366426) with HI: two pair, Sixes and Threes; LO: 6,4,3,2,A
Seat 4: Lyndon360 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: HornyAnimal showed [ Th ] and lost with HI: a pair of Threes
Seat 6: shaniac showed [ ] and lost with HI: a pair of Aces; LO: 7,6,4,3,A

[TightEnd]

Well done sir!

I blame Jen, if she had kept the tea duty up longer, who knows?

[Chipaccrual]

Great line

CharismaA3[TeamOnline]: And Shaniac from Mexico is our 5th place finisher! $12,904 buys a lot of tacos, congrats!

[Des]

Great line

CharismaA3[TeamOnline]: And Shaniac from Mexico is our 5th place finisher! $12,904 buys a lot of tacos, congrats!

Just think what could have been....

CharismaA3[TeamOnline]: And Chipaccrual from Wales is our 5th place finisher! $12,904 buys a lot of leeks, congrats!

[TightEnd]

Best line of scoop2012 so far: was from Poker Stars "Donald", hosting FT, after the final table ends...

says Isildur wins "A life changing $160,000" after his second win

[Chipaccrual]

Best line of scoop2012 so far: was from Poker Stars "Donald", hosting FT, after the final table ends...

says Isildur wins "A life changing $160,000" after his second win

Superb, sounds like that could be one of your final table lines.  Gotta love a dry sense of humour, not always appreciated, but good all the same.

[MintTrav]

That hand where he chased all the way and caught the flush on the river, whilst avoiding all the low clubs, was a bit sick. I presumed you had low covered - his calling to chase the bare flush draw, without any low cover, was pretty bad imo.#

Think he had a straight draw as well. Still horrible when you make them pay and they get there though.

[MintTrav]

That hand where he chased all the way and caught the flush on the river, whilst avoiding all the low clubs, was a bit sick. I presumed you had low covered - his calling to chase the bare flush draw, without any low cover, was pretty bad imo.#

Think he had a straight draw as well. Still horrible when you make them pay and they get there though.

Just checked. He had  . Board was  .
BB 4k. He called a raise of 4k pre, bets of 10,750 on the Flop [pot 16,000] and 27,750 on the Turn [pot 37,500]. Starting stack 282k v Leigh's 210k.
He had 2P [2nd & 3rd], a gutshot and nut flush draw. No low.
Is it good or bad? Think I'd have prob done the same.

[AMRN]

That hand where he chased all the way and caught the flush on the river, whilst avoiding all the low clubs, was a bit sick. I presumed you had low covered - his calling to chase the bare flush draw, without any low cover, was pretty bad imo.#

Think he had a straight draw as well. Still horrible when you make them pay and they get there though.

Just checked. He had  . Board was  .
BB 4k. He called a raise of 4k pre, bets of 10,750 on the Flop [pot 16,000] and 27,750 on the Turn [pot 37,500]. Starting stack 282k v Leigh's 210k.
He had 2P [2nd & 3rd], a gutshot and nut flush draw. No low.
Is it good or bad? Think I'd have prob done the same.

ok only saw the flush draw (cos it got there) - didn't notice the two pair.
 
Still hate his flat call there though - if he thinks his two pair is ahead, and given that he holds all the draws, he should be raising to fold out the lo draw hands..... and if he think's his hand is not ahead at the moment, then he's chasing draws where he may hit and only win half the pot.    Probably a case of calling in position, and hoping for the board to stay hi.

The perils of playing out of position

[AceOnTheRiver]

Well done Leigh & others on there various runs.

Jon - I might not have been reading in the middle of the night but your comments made me smile when I caught up.

Who's playing tonight?

[josharp01]

Who's playing tonight?

I'm currently playing the 12 L Omaha heads up....or not it would seem. Odd number of players so i got to sit out the frist round!!!! Could be a while waiting for some cards!!!

[MintTrav]

That hand where he chased all the way and caught the flush on the river, whilst avoiding all the low clubs, was a bit sick. I presumed you had low covered - his calling to chase the bare flush draw, without any low cover, was pretty bad imo.#

Think he had a straight draw as well. Still horrible when you make them pay and they get there though.

Just checked. He had   . Board was   .
BB 4k. He called a raise of 4k pre, bets of 10,750 on the Flop [pot 16,000] and 27,750 on the Turn [pot 37,500]. Starting stack 282k v Leigh's 210k.
He had 2P [2nd & 3rd], a gutshot and nut flush draw. No low.
Is it good or bad? Think I'd have prob done the same.

ok only saw the flush draw (cos it got there) - didn't notice the two pair.
 
Still hate his flat call there though - if he thinks his two pair is ahead, and given that he holds all the draws, he should be raising to fold out the lo draw hands..... and if he think's his hand is not ahead at the moment, then he's chasing draws where he may hit and only win half the pot.    Probably a case of calling in position, and hoping for the board to stay hi.

The perils of playing out of position

2P isn't worth the paper it's written on in PLO unless it's top 2. Even if you fill, you are very likely to be losing. In Hi-Lo, it might be winning the Hi, but reraising is surely a bluff. Leigh had bet Pre, Flop & Turn. What if Leigh 3-bets big? His straight draw isn't nut either - the flush is his only nut draw (which is your point, I guess). I don't think I would raise, but I don't think I could fold either for 10% of my stack. He does have some draws to scoop (as we saw).

I'd be interested in what Leigh thinks.

[dwh103]

Who's playing tonight?

I'm currently playing the 12 L Omaha heads up....or not it would seem. Odd number of players so i got to sit out the frist round!!!! Could be a while waiting for some cards!!!

Likewise, got a bye through to the second round. Unfortunately I met someone who couldn't miss. One cooler went my way, a good 5 or 6 for him I reckon

GL