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thinsy147:
From The Sky Came a Star
Having won on SkyPoker, but still not totally convinced I like the site I decided to cash a chunk of cash out and reinvest it into PokerStars.
First tournament was a 500 chip/6 seat satellite (aprox. $19 entry with 2 seats Gtd) into their Monday Big $55 ($100K Gtd):
Very first hand I was dealt 44 so decided to see how my luck was.... Got called by 77.... Hit a 4
Then I just sat back and watched others knock each other out. Eventually I won my seat.
My game wasn"t good in the Big $55, within a few hands I was dealt KK and UTG had made a 3x raise, I reraised 3x, all folded round to the initial raiser who shoved. I knew he had AA, I got that "feeling", I told myself "If he re-re-raises he"ll have Aces". But of course, I couldn"t bring myself to fold, and there it was: KK v AA. The board ran out: JTx, 9, Q for a straight. I got lucky!
A few hands Later UTG had raised, I had AQ and decided to see a flop: Q high. UTG bets out as expected, I raise and he calls. Turn is a blank, he checks so I bet half the pot, he calls (I"m putting him on AT, AJ, AK now. Only a King on the river is a worry). Sure enough a K on thr river is dealt, he shoves (about 2/3rds of the pot), I should now realise he has AK and fold but I can"t help but call. He shows AK!
I"m now back to around the 3K starting stack. I get AA, raise, no callers!
I get too involved in a multi-way pot on a straight draw and lose chips.
I couldn"t release my chips with a flush/OE straight draw, only call and miss. If I"d have shoved I"m sure he"d have folded!
I raise with 77 and someone shoves over the top. I have him covered. I think he"s probably shoving with a high kicked Ace. I have him covered and call: 77 v KK: K on the flop and no help for me!
I"m down to sawdust now. 5bb"s. With the BB coming round I shove with K3 (any two cards!). Surprisingly, it folds round to the BB who calls me with QJ, we both miss the board and I have about 11bb"s.
Only a few hands later I am dealt AQ suited, There is a raise and a call before my shove, initial raiser calls and the caller folds. AQ v KJ: A on the flop and it holds.
Blinds go up and I still have 25bb"s.
I then lose a few blinds very quickly due to going through the BB/SB, getting moved to a new table and hitting the blinds again.
I then get dealt JJ. The BB is a huge chipstack so I overbet to about 4.5bb"s (I"m happy to call for all my chips if I have to). As I thought, the aggressive chipstacked player pushed me all-in. Time to race............. Or not! He shows QQ. No help for me and I go out in 575th place (2293 runners).
Although I really felt my game was bad, I managed to run through three quarters of the field. So, it was slightly pleasing to think what I might do if when I do play well?
I decided to have a "wind down" game: 180 man, $2.50 Turbo.
Nothing exciting to report but did manage a min-cash.
So:
Big $55 satellite: $19.00 SEAT WON
Big $55: $0.00 NO WIN
180 seat TURBO: $2.50 $ 4.90
-$17.60
However, cleverly Re-Loading my PokerStars account in 2 parts:
FREE $1 entry into their WORLD RECORD attempt.
FREE $10 when depositing $100 (Only have to earn 10VPP"s)
thinsy147:
It"s been a while since I posted anything here but to be honest you should all feel thankful... A human can only put up with so much grumpiness!!
Lucky for you, you"re getting it in summary form:
I"ll start with the job situation... I"m nearly done in my current job now and have been busy setting up my new venture. That"s been full of ups and downs. I needed a van, I bought a van, the van broke! I"ve got a new van! All worked out in the end but was very stressful.
Now fatherhood... Everything is going fine there, we"ve got our 20 week scan on Monday 19th December and, even though I get told not to find out, I want to know what the sex is. After all, I need to know whether the train set, remote control tank and racing car set needs to be in pink or not!
Looking forward to the new year and all the excitement, opportunities, good fortune and happiness it should bring me.
thinsy147:
pables:
In the first posted hand, what did you have that lost? :)
thinsy147:
--- Quote from: thinsy147 on December 11, 2011, 23:35:08 PM ---
The SundayStorm attracted about 116,000 players in the end, so I telephoned work to tell them I wont be in for 10 days! I lasted about 2 hours in the end. I was very pleased with how I played, I never really got fantastic hands (KK once and Ax here and there) but managed to gradually build up my 5k starting stack upto a high of about 10k.
Then..... I lost most of my chips like this:
I"m in the BB (150/300/30)
UTG+2: raises to 600
MP: calls
DB: raises to 1200
SB: calls
I re-raise to 3000
UTG+2: folds
MP: folds
DB: calls 1440 and is all-in
SB: calls 1800
FLOP: 7h 8s 6c
SB: bets 1640 and is all-in
I called
TURN: 3c
RIVER: Qc
--- End quote ---
Ooopsss..... Didn"t realise I forgot to put the hands in!
DB: AA
SB: QQ
ME: KK
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