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Joker161:
Levels 3 and 4. I need something to happen. First hand back I get AsJs4d3d. There's a raise and a call, so I call (bit of a gamble). Two spades on the flop. I check, bet, call and I call. Turn is a second two. We check it round. River is the spade I need. I check, planning to call the bet I was expecting, but it's checked round. One of them shows a queen high flush, so he might have called a bet. Anyway, I'm up to 5k. I win a small pot when I call a raise with AQJT. We check the ace high flop then I bet the turn and he folds. I win another small pot. I raise with kings, one caller, king high flop, I bet and he folds. On 6k. This is a right old grind!
Joker161:
I get moved, and then have two handy hands in a row. I get AA34s. A call to my right, I raise to 600 and there are four callers. I bet the king high flop and they all fold. The very next hand I get AQQ5ss. I call a raise as do three others. The flop gives me a 2nd nut flush draw. The same bloke to my immediate right bets, I call and the rest fold. The turn gives me the flush. He bets I call. After the last experience I decide not to raise! River is another heart, and no paired board, thankfully. He checks, I bet and he folds. As I'm typing this, I limp with three others with 9775s. It comes three of my suit. There's a bet, call, I raise and they both fold. Out of nowhere I'm on over 11k. And breathe.
Joker161:
A couple of mad hands. I have AAxx double suited. I only call because I'm trying to get the player to my left in a hand. $500 of our $1500 is a bounty (didn't I mention that?) and he's only on about 1200 in chips. Anyway, he doesn't call and the flop has two diamonds, one of my suits. It's checked round. The turn isn't a diamond, but I bet out. There's a call, then a raise. I call the raise (4000) and then the bloke who called my raise goes all in. We both fold. So annoying that the second bloke made it 4k. The very next hand I'm in again for the aforementioned reason. I have the same ace high diamond flush draw. I bet the flop and I get one call. I miss the turn and call the pot bet (2700). The diamond comes on the river (phew!). I'm all in for another 3k and get the call. So I lose a lot, then win a lot and am now on 13k. A few hands later I get into the treasured pot with the short stack. Another short stack makes it 3k all in (two bounties!), but a big stack goes all in to get rid of me, which works. He knocks them both out with a nut flush. $1000 in one hand!
Joker161:
Levels 5 and 6.
Big limp fest. I have 9953s. Flop is A23. It gets checked round. Turn is a 4. I bet out and get two callers. River a jack. I bottle it and check (game of the nuts). It gets checked round and I win the pot. I raise with KK98. I get four callers! Flop is 623. Bet, call, I fold. Two players left. Then it gets very messy and the turn and river are 8 and 7. So I would have had a straight, but there were three clubs on the board. One of them puts a massive bet in and the other one folds. After all that, I'm on 16k. Somehow, I'm one of the shorter stacks. I won a small pot, then raised with JJ42. A bit loose. I get two callers. Flop is A76. I bet out and get two callers. The turn is a five with three diamonds now. The other two start betting big and I'm out of there. Bit of a waste of 3000 chips. I'm on about 11k. Another limped pot. I lost 1k punting on the river. He has a better two pair.
Joker161:
I finally win a bounty! Call, I call, my immediate left raises. There are two callers, so I make a bit of a loose call with AK22s. Flop comes J32. I decide this is my moment. I pot, the initial raiser goes all in and the rest fold. He has KK and the diamond flush draw. He misses everything and it turns out he has 7100 to my 7700. So I take his bounty! Very exciting - what ever happens now, I've cashed for $500! I'm on 21k. Then a comedy hand. My immediate right seems to have got very low somehow. We have a limped pot, then he goes all in on the flop and it's only 1800 to call. I call and so does someone else. My hand is JJ75ss and the flop gives me an over pair (for what it's worth) and the flush draw. The two of us not all in check it down. Jack on the turn and then I make my flush on the river. The all in has the nut flush. SO close to a second bounty! Big hand. I get AA95ss. There's a min raise, I make it 2500 and get three callers! Flop is A23. Someone goes all in for about 10k. I assume he has the straight, but with lots of outs, and the bounty, I have to call. He has AKJT - very pretty pre-flop, but not great on this flop. The four on the turn gives me the straight that I didn't need. Another bounty! One more and I'm even for this tournament! And I'm on 35k.
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