Know when to hold em.. Foz returns to Poker..

[SirFozzie]

Well.. kinda sorta.

Long time regulars remember that I used to play a bunch of online poker (with the FOFC group, and in tournaments, including my largest win, about $1100 in one of the old weekly tournaments open to us: (Need help today ;)) Poker question. - Front Office Football Central (http://operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=25838))

Well, since the online poker ban, that's of course gone away. But, lately, I've gotten the urge to start playing again. I played in a tournament at Foxwoods last month (lost most of my stack with KK v AA), but planning my second Vegas trip in January, where I plan to play at least three poker tournaments. But my game has obviously atrophied in the years since Online Poker's ban. So.. this is an attempt to chronicle my attempts to get back into top poker shape and hopefully, a net win in Vegas come January.

[SirFozzie]

Round 1: Preperation

THese are the tools that I'm going to use to try to help me get my online poker skills:

A) Reading:

Of course, the two seminal books on poker and its variants are the two Super System books from Doyle Brunson. While the first book is not available on Kindle right now, I picked up the original used, and the second book for my Kindle. I also plan to pick up Harrington on Hold Em (I may grab the Cash Games Harrington books if I decide to play cash games while I'm in Vegas)

I also ordered a copy of Master Poker (Official site of Master Poker - NL Texas Hold'em poker software. (http://www.masterpokersoftware.com/)).. and doing extended tournaments at a variety of tournament types (Sit and gos, long WSOP Like tournament setups, things close to the settings I'll be facing in these weekly tournaments, etcetera.. while I wish it had online download ability (you can download the demo and play up to 10 table-tournaments with it), I had to wait for it to be shipped to me when I ordered it.

[SirFozzie]

Round 2: The Grim Truth

As things stand right now, I am, or hopefully WAS, "Dead Money". So far, I've identified the following leaks in my game:

A) Too loosely playing A-X Suited.

It's nice to know that if you make a flush on the river, that you'll have the nut flush, but how often do you make a flush, even if you start 40% of the way there with your hole cards? Something like 6.5%.

Too many times I found myself playing Ace-"Something", and while I didn't hit my flush, I hit Ace-rag-rag on the board, only to find myself dominated (ie, outkicked). So, I've found myself cutting down on the amount I play those cards.

B) Suited Connectors: A time and a place for them

Everyone knows that suited connectors are the hotness ever since Kid Poker, Daniel Negreanu, started throwing it around. It has its place, suited connectors have good implied odds, and can be disguised easily.

But played improperly, it can be a slow leak in your game, like a balloon with a pinhole leak.. the more air you put in, the more air spills out. You need good pot odds to play them (preferably, multiple opponents who have limped in so you can see a flop cheaply and there's a good chance someone else will have made a (second-best) hand to pay you off.

So, avoid suited connectors unless you're in the right position.

[SirFozzie]

Day One:

I'm in this for playing a ton of hands, so this is what I'll be running for settings during today's Master Poker Tournaments:

(Base Structure: WSOP $1,500 3 day tournament)
Entry Fee: $1500
Starting Chip Stack: $3000
Hands Per Level: 60
# of Tables: 182
Players per Table: 10

% of Dead Money: 60%
% of Tough: 20%
% of Aggressive: 20% (This is a Solid-Intermediate level difficulty)

[SirFozzie]

Tournament 1:

First big hand was hand 4: Honestly, it's a dead money play by my opponent.. I put him on a steal.. was afraid of being dominated, but I figured that if he had woken up with AK or AQ (or A-pair board) then there wasn't much I could do.. but it just seemed.. to be overly aggressive in the "I'm projecting a really big hand here" kind of way.


Starting hands:

Seat 1: Ad - Js (Fozzie)
Seat 2: 4c - 3s (Chassie)
Seat 3: 7s - 5s (Playmaker)
Seat 4: Tc - 4d (Elite Lady)
Seat 5: 8s - 5h (Mogul)
Seat 6: As - 6c (Burly Oak)
Seat 7: Jh - 4s (BookMyWin)
Seat 8: 8d - 6d (Apostate)
Seat 9: Jd - 8h (Underwriter)
Seat 10: 6h - 2h (Grimlook)


Hand 4:

Antes/Blinds: 0/25/50

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/2,925 chips.
2.Chassie(D) began w/3,175 chips.
3.Playmaker(A) began w/2,850 chips.
4.Elite Lady(D) began w/3,000 chips.
5.Mogul(A) began w/2,750 chips.
6.Burly Oak(D) began w/3,000 chips.
7.BookMyWin(D) began w/3,000 chips.
8.Apostate(D) began w/3,225 chips.
9.Underwriter(D) began w/1,875 chips.
10.Grimlook(T) began w/4,200 chips.

Fozzie has the Button.
Chassie posts Small Blind of 25.
Playmaker posts Big Blind of 50.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Elite Lady folds.
Mogul folds.
Burly Oak folds.
BookMyWin folds.
Apostate calls 50.
Underwriter folds.
Grimlook folds.
Fozzie raises 200, making it 250 to go.
Chassie folds.
Playmaker raises 600, making it 850 to go.
Apostate folds.
Fozzie calls 600.

The pot is: 1,775


The FLOP comes: Ah - 9h - 7d

Playmaker bets 1,450.
Fozzie raises all-in for 625, making it 2,075 to go.
Playmaker folds.

Fozzie wins a pot of 5,300 without a showdown.

[SirFozzie]

Don't play another hand for most of the first level (this is something you can't simulate ona computer, in a real casino, I wouldn't have played a hand for like two hours).. but then we get to Hand 58: I think I got away with being TOO aggressive with the reraise (I didn't put him on a hand, so I wanted to take down the pot right then and there)

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Ah - Kd (Fozzie)
Seat 2: Qd - 9h (Chosen One)
Seat 3: 6h - 3d (Conception)
Seat 4: 7c - 3s (Elite Lady)
Seat 5: 5s - 2h (Mogul)
Seat 6: Ts - 9d (Burly Oak)
Seat 7: Kh - Jc (BookMyWin)
Seat 8: Qs - 2s (Apostate)
Seat 9: Qc - 9s (Underwriter)
Seat 10: As - Ks (Grimlook)


Hand 58:

Antes/Blinds: 0/25/50

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/4,625 chips.
2.Chosen One(A) began w/2,725 chips.
3.Conception(A) began w/4,825 chips.
4.Elite Lady(D) began w/3,800 chips.
5.Mogul(A) began w/2,025 chips.
6.Burly Oak(D) began w/1,875 chips.
7.BookMyWin(D) began w/7,375 chips.
8.Apostate(D) began w/3,025 chips.
9.Underwriter(D) began w/2,450 chips.
10.Grimlook(T) began w/3,675 chips.

Burly Oak has the Button.
BookMyWin posts Small Blind of 25.
Apostate posts Big Blind of 50.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Underwriter folds.
Grimlook calls 50.
Fozzie raises 200, making it 250 to go.
Chosen One folds.
Conception folds.
Elite Lady folds.
Mogul folds.
Burly Oak folds.
BookMyWin calls 225.
Apostate folds.
Grimlook calls 200.

The pot is: 800


The FLOP comes: 7h - 8c - 8d

BookMyWin bets 450.
Grimlook folds.
Fozzie raises 800, making it 1,250 to go.
BookMyWin folds.

Fozzie wins a pot of 2,500 without a showdown.

[SirFozzie]

Hand 63: Get pushed off a decent hand.. Think I played it somewhat correctly, but as it turned out, I was pushed off the best hand (low pair, also had OESD for most of the hand)

Starting hands:

Seat 1: 7d - 6d (Fozzie)
Seat 2: Jd - 8s (Chosen One)
Seat 3: 9d - 3d (Conception)
Seat 4: Kh - Th (Elite Lady)
Seat 5: Kd - 5d (Mogul)
Seat 6: Tc - 3c (Burly Oak)
Seat 7: 6h - 2h (BookMyWin)
Seat 8: 6s - 4d (Apostate)
Seat 9: 5h - 4s (Underwriter)
Seat 10: Td - 8c (Grimlook)


Hand 63:

Antes/Blinds: 0/50/100

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/5,475 chips.
2.Chosen One(A) began w/2,625 chips.
3.Conception(A) began w/4,825 chips.
4.Elite Lady(D) began w/3,500 chips.
5.Mogul(A) began w/2,025 chips.
6.Burly Oak(D) began w/1,875 chips.
7.BookMyWin(D) began w/7,125 chips.
8.Apostate(D) began w/2,875 chips.
9.Underwriter(D) began w/2,600 chips.
10.Grimlook(T) began w/3,475 chips.

Fozzie has the Button.
Chosen One posts Small Blind of 50.
Conception posts Big Blind of 100.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Elite Lady calls 100.
Mogul folds.
Burly Oak folds.
BookMyWin folds.
Apostate folds.
Underwriter folds.
Grimlook folds.
Fozzie calls 100.
Chosen One calls 50.
Conception checks in the Big Blind.

The pot is: 400


The FLOP comes: 5s - 7s - 4h

Chosen One checks.
Conception checks.
Elite Lady checks.
Fozzie bets 200.
Chosen One calls 200.
Conception raises 400, making it 600 to go.
Elite Lady folds.
Fozzie calls 400.
Chosen One folds.

The pot is: 1,800


The TURN comes: 5s - 7s - 4h - Ad

Conception checks.
Fozzie checks.

The pot is: 1,800


The RIVER comes: 5s - 7s - 4h - Ad - Qc

Conception bets 1,600.
Fozzie folds.

Conception wins a pot of 3,400 without a showdown.

[SirFozzie]

Hand 71: The book said to be very careful with the AQ here, in the situation I was in.. and I actually thought about this call for a couple minutes here, as this is EXACTLY the type of play that could be a leak here. I'm very interested in what people think here, did I over play this? I thought I had pot odds on the call of the all-in.. but there's still a bit part inside me that said "This was a Donk Move"

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Ac - Qd (Fozzie)
Seat 2: Jc - Tc (Chosen One)
Seat 3: Ah - 3s (Conception)
Seat 4: 7d - 5d (Elite Lady)
Seat 5: 9h - 8d (Mogul)
Seat 6: Qh - 4s (Burly Oak)
Seat 7: Ks - 9s (BookMyWin)
Seat 8: Js - 9d (Lonesome)
Seat 9: 8s - 6h (Underwriter)
Seat 10: 3d - 2d (Grimlook)


Hand 71:

Antes/Blinds: 0/50/100

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/4,775 chips.
2.Chosen One(A) began w/2,775 chips.
3.Conception(A) began w/5,475 chips.
4.Elite Lady(D) began w/3,600 chips.
5.Mogul(A) began w/1,875 chips.
6.Burly Oak(D) began w/2,075 chips.
7.BookMyWin(D) began w/9,950 chips.
8.Lonesome(D) began w/8,775 chips.
9.Underwriter(D) began w/3,400 chips.
10.Grimlook(T) began w/2,475 chips.

Underwriter has the Button.
Grimlook posts Small Blind of 50.
Fozzie posts Big Blind of 100.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Chosen One raises 150, making it 250 to go.
Conception folds.
Elite Lady calls 250.
Mogul folds.
Burly Oak folds.
BookMyWin folds.
Lonesome folds.
Underwriter folds.
Grimlook folds.
Fozzie calls 150.

The pot is: 800


The FLOP comes: 2h - Kd - Qs

Fozzie bets 800.
Chosen One raises all-in for 1,725, making it 2,525 to go.
Elite Lady folds.
Fozzie calls 1,725.

The pot is: 5,850


The TURN comes: 2h - Kd - Qs - 5h


The pot is: 5,850


The RIVER comes: 2h - Kd - Qs - 5h - 2c


The FINAL POT is: 5,850


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows Ac - Qd
Chosen One shows Jc - Tc

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-Chosen One
***Fozzie wins 5,850 with Two-Pair.

[SirFozzie]

take a pot where a free flop tirns into Trip fives by the river to get to near 10,000.. On Hand 111:

Ugh. I think I could have taken it with a bet on the river. I played this hand too aggressively and then not aggressively enough.

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Ah - Qd (Fozzie)
Seat 2: 8c - 3c (Shellgame)
Seat 3: Ac - 3d (Conception)
Seat 4: Td - 9c (Cisco Kid)
Seat 5: 9d - 7h (Warclaw)
Seat 6: Kd - 6d (Burly Oak)
Seat 7: 4s - 4h (BookMyWin)
Seat 8: Kc - 7c (Lonesome)
Seat 9: Ad - Qs (The Forgotten)
Seat 10: Th - 2h (Grimlook)


Hand 111:

Antes/Blinds: 0/50/100

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/9,050 chips.
2.Shellgame(T) began w/7,325 chips.
3.Conception(A) began w/5,775 chips.
4.Cisco Kid(D) began w/10,900 chips.
5.Warclaw(T) began w/475 chips.
6.Burly Oak(D) began w/4,025 chips.
7.BookMyWin(D) began w/10,975 chips.
8.Lonesome(D) began w/4,450 chips.
9.The Forgotten(D) began w/6,850 chips.
10.Grimlook(T) began w/9,850 chips.

The Forgotten has the Button.
Grimlook posts Small Blind of 50.
Fozzie posts Big Blind of 100.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Shellgame folds.
Conception folds.
Cisco Kid folds.
Warclaw folds.
Burly Oak folds.
BookMyWin calls 100.
Lonesome folds.
The Forgotten raises 300, making it 400 to go.
Grimlook folds.
Fozzie raises 600, making it 1,000 to go.
BookMyWin calls 900.
The Forgotten calls 600.

The pot is: 3,050


The FLOP comes: 5c - 3h - 7d

Fozzie bets 1,200.
BookMyWin folds.
The Forgotten calls 1,200.

The pot is: 5,450


The TURN comes: 5c - 3h - 7d - 8d

Fozzie checks.
The Forgotten checks.

The pot is: 5,450


The RIVER comes: 5c - 3h - 7d - 8d - Kh

Fozzie checks.
The Forgotten bets 2,300.
Fozzie folds.

The Forgotten wins a pot of 7,750 without a showdown.

[SirFozzie]

My stats after the first two levels (120 hands)

Stack: 6,650 (Tied for 236th)
Players Remaining: 1169 of 1820

Hands Played: 11% (13 of 120) - Probably a bit too tight
Aggression Level: 65% (Bet/Raise over check/call) - Solid Aggression according to the system
Limp Frequency: 38% (3 of 8)
Folded Best Hand: 3 (Includes at least 1 where I was tied for best hand)

[SirFozzie]

Unfortunately, I fall into a trap hand, I couldn't record it (I'm going to have it save every hand starting next tournament), but 100/200 blinds.. SB player Conception raises to 600, I make it 2K to go, called)

Flop Q 9 10

He checks, I bet, raised all in, and I called.

Knocked out of the tournament :P

[SirFozzie]

Day 1.5

I'm still counting this as day one, but same values as the last run:

(Base Structure: WSOP $1,500 3 day tournament)
Entry Fee: $1500
Starting Chip Stack: $3000
Hands Per Level: 60
# of Tables: 182
Players per Table: 10

% of Dead Money: 60%
% of Tough: 20%
% of Aggressive: 20% (This is a Solid-Intermediate level difficulty)

[SirFozzie]

Level 1: No real interesting hands, up and down slightly, end with $3,075 in chips (+$75)

Level 2: This is an exercise in frustration. I'm getting nothing in cards, really, I'm getting lots of practice hitting the fold button. The urge to play a hand is palpable.. but I can just imagine the frustration level is higher sitting in the tournament itself. To my joy, I finally get rewarded with AA, in middle position, but my table image is so tight (because I'm playing less then 10% of my hands), a raise of 300 (3xBB) wins me the blinds only as everyone folds. *sighs*.

The cards do start to come late in the level, and I win a couple more sets of blinds, and then my AKx knocks out a short stacked KJ, but my cards go dead again, and I'm again slightly ahead, but feel like I'm stuck in neutral

Stats at Level 3: (100/200 Blinds)

Players Remaining: 1128 (of 1820)
Chip Stack: $3,450 (Tied for 698th)

Hands Played: 12 of 120 (10%) -- Rock Solid (according to Master Poker)
Aggression Level: 9 of 12 (75%) -- Good aggression
Limp Percentage: 1 of 8 (12%) -- Solid Presence
Folded Best Hand: 1 of 8 (12.5%) -- Hopefully you'll improve int he long run

[SirFozzie]

And: Boom, frustration strikes, I make too big a post-flop "continuation" bet, and end up crippling myself.


Hand 121:

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Kh - Jh (Fozzie)
Seat 2: As - Td (Supremo)
Seat 3: Js - 9c (Jock)
Seat 4: Qs - 7d (Parasitic)
Seat 5: 8h - 3d (Typsy)
Seat 6: 8c - 6s (Heart Donor)
Seat 7: Qd - 6c (Pauly P.)
Seat 8: Ts - 5s (Destructo)
Seat 9: 5c - 2h (Paycheck)
Seat 10: 9h - 5d (Quiet Cool)

Antes/Blinds: 0/100/200

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/3,450 chips.
2.Supremo(D) began w/4,850 chips.
3.Jock(A) began w/8,875 chips.
4.Parasitic(T) began w/4,325 chips.
5.Typsy(D) began w/6,975 chips.
6.Heart Donor(A) began w/3,200 chips.
7.Pauly P.(T) began w/6,112 chips.
8.Destructo(D) began w/14,000 chips.
9.Paycheck(T) began w/6,475 chips.
10.Quiet Cool(D) began w/8,300 chips.

Supremo has the Button.
Jock posts Small Blind of 100.
Parasitic posts Big Blind of 200.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Typsy folds.
Heart Donor folds.
Pauly P. folds.
Destructo folds.
Paycheck folds.
Quiet Cool folds.
Fozzie raises 600, making it 800 to go.
Supremo calls 800.
Jock folds.
Parasitic folds.

The pot is: 1,900


The FLOP comes: Ac - 7c - 5h

Fozzie bets 1,900.
Supremo raises all-in for 2,150, making it 4,050 to go.
Fozzie folds.

Supremo wins a pot of 7,850 without a showdown.


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Starting hands:

Seat 1: Qs - 4d (Fozzie)
Seat 2: Kh - 7c (Supremo)
Seat 3: Qc - 3c (Jock)
Seat 4: Ah - 5s (Parasitic)
Seat 5: Ks - 6s (Typsy)
Seat 6: 9c - 3s (Heart Donor)
Seat 7: 8h - 2d (Pauly P.)
Seat 8: 9s - 4c (Destructo)
Seat 9: Kd - 6c (Paycheck)
Seat 10: Jc - 2h (Quiet Cool)


Hand 123:

Antes/Blinds: 0/100/200

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/750 chips.
2.Supremo(D) began w/7,850 chips.
3.Jock(A) began w/9,475 chips.
4.Parasitic(T) began w/4,025 chips.
5.Typsy(D) began w/6,775 chips.
6.Heart Donor(A) began w/3,200 chips.
7.Pauly P.(T) began w/6,112 chips.
8.Destructo(D) began w/13,800 chips.
9.Paycheck(T) began w/6,275 chips.
10.Quiet Cool(D) began w/8,300 chips.

Parasitic has the Button.
Typsy posts Small Blind of 100.
Heart Donor posts Big Blind of 200.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Pauly P. folds.
Destructo folds.
Paycheck folds.
Quiet Cool folds.
Fozzie raises all-in for 550, making it 750 to go.
Supremo folds.
Jock calls 750.
Parasitic calls 750.
Typsy folds.
Heart Donor folds.

The pot is: 2,550


The FLOP comes: 7s - As - Th

(Fozzie all-in)
Jock checks.
Parasitic checks.

The pot is: 2,550


The TURN comes: 7s - As - Th - 5c

(Fozzie all-in)
Jock checks.
Parasitic checks.

The pot is: 2,550


The RIVER comes: 7s - As - Th - 5c - 4h

(Fozzie all-in)
Jock checks.
Parasitic checks.

The FINAL POT is: 2,550


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows Qs - 4d
Jock shows Qc - 3c
Parasitic shows Ah - 5s

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-Jock
-Parasitic
***Parasitic wins 2,550 with Two-Pair.

Knocked out.

[SirFozzie]

Day 1:

Tournaments entered: 2
Theoretical Money At Stake: $3,000
Cashes: 0
Profit/Loss: -$3,000

[SirFozzie]

BTW, I can't see the players personalities (because that's something I need to learn to read).. Here's the breakdown of personalities in Master Poker:

Y=You. Or more accurately, Me.

D=Dead Money. This is the majority of players. Some are horrible, some are tight/weak, some of them are bluffing maniacs.. but these are the average poker player you'll find at a table.

T=Tough: These are the players who will get a read on the way you play. Are you constantly folding the blinds when raised? They'll plink plink plink you away, daring you to play back at them.

A=Aggressive: THe other side of the Tough Player: Get into a pot with them, and be prepared to sweat. They'll try to only get it in with the best of it, still, this is aggressive, not stupid, butyou show weakness, they will take advantage of it.

[SirFozzie]

Tonight's Tourneys will be held with a format similar to the Casino that I'll be staying at for their Daily/Weekly:

Buy in: $45
Rebuys: Yes, till hand 60 (The casino format is one $20 rebuy any time in the first hour for 4,000 more chips, but unfortunately the software doesn't support it:
Chips: $4500 (Blinds start at 25-50)
Usual amount of players: 40 or so
First prize, usually around $850

[SirFozzie]

Tournament 1: This time I'll need to play a bit more aggressively, as I have 1/6th the amount of hands per level that I did in last night. I will use my one rebuy at the beginning, so I'm down for $90 in this tournament.

Level 1:

Hand 11: Have a feeling I played this badly, I really need to work on my post flop play. But I luck out with TPTK on the river, and the fact that my opponent checked on the turn after raising me on the flop gave me confidence to make this bet:

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Ac - Ks (Fozzie)
Seat 2: Jc - 8d (Frightful One)
Seat 3: Ah - 5s (Mockery)
Seat 4: Ad - Qc (Stryation)
Seat 5: Td - 9h (Nobel Winner)
Seat 6: 7d - 4c (Deadpool)
Seat 7: Kd - Ts (Spokesperson)
Seat 8: 6c - 2d (Moderator)
Seat 9: 5h - 2c (Chiseler)
Seat 10: 8s - 6d (BigBadMama)


Hand 11:

Antes/Blinds: 0/25/50

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/8,775 chips.
2.Frightful One(A) began w/9,500 chips.
3.Mockery(D) began w/9,275 chips.
4.Stryation(A) began w/8,875 chips.
5.Nobel Winner(T) began w/8,875 chips.
6.Deadpool(T) began w/9,075 chips.
7.Spokesperson(T) began w/8,925 chips.
8.Moderator(A) began w/8,700 chips.
9.Chiseler(D) began w/4,500 chips.
10.BigBadMama(T) began w/9,000 chips.

Nobel Winner has the Button.
Deadpool posts Small Blind of 25.
Spokesperson posts Big Blind of 50.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Moderator folds.
Chiseler folds.
BigBadMama folds.
Fozzie raises 200, making it 250 to go.
Frightful One folds.
Mockery folds.
Stryation calls 250.
Nobel Winner folds.
Deadpool folds.
Spokesperson folds.

The pot is: 575


The FLOP comes: 7s - Qs - 6s

Fozzie bets 575.
Stryation raises 1,375, making it 1,950 to go.
Fozzie calls 1,375.

The pot is: 4,475


The TURN comes: 7s - Qs - 6s - 5d

Fozzie checks.
Stryation checks.

The pot is: 4,475


The RIVER comes: 7s - Qs - 6s - 5d - Kc

Fozzie bets 4,475.
Stryation folds.

Fozzie wins a pot of 8,950 without a showdown.

Up to 10,975 from 9,000 at the end of level 1, that's my only real hand of note.

Level 2: Hand 24. Chalk this one up to rebuy madness, I guess. I was afraid of him flopping a set, but I couldn't see him having AA, and TT, 22 or 77 didn't fit the pattern here. I had him on a lower kicker.. turns out it was a good read.

Starting hands:

Seat 1: As - Kc (Fozzie)
Seat 2: Tc - 6d (Frightful One)
Seat 3: 8h - 7h (Mockery)
Seat 4: Ks - Jd (Stryation)
Seat 5: 4s - 2h (Nobel Winner)
Seat 6: Ad - Jc (Deadpool)
Seat 7: 4d - 3d (Spokesperson)
Seat 8: Qc - 5c (Moderator)
Seat 9: Ah - 9h (Chiseler)
Seat 10: Td - 8d (BigBadMama)


Hand 24:

Antes/Blinds: 0/50/100

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/10,975 chips.
2.Frightful One(A) began w/8,925 chips.
3.Mockery(D) began w/12,575 chips.
4.Stryation(A) began w/6,625 chips.
5.Nobel Winner(T) began w/10,525 chips.
6.Deadpool(T) began w/5,250 chips.
7.Spokesperson(T) began w/8,550 chips.
8.Moderator(A) began w/9,000 chips.
9.Chiseler(D) began w/8,575 chips.
10.BigBadMama(T) began w/9,000 chips.

Moderator has the Button.
Chiseler posts Small Blind of 50.
BigBadMama posts Big Blind of 100.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Fozzie raises 200, making it 300 to go.
Frightful One folds.
Mockery calls 300.
Stryation folds.
Nobel Winner folds.
Deadpool calls 300.
Spokesperson folds.
Moderator folds.
Chiseler calls 250.
BigBadMama calls 200.

The pot is: 1,500


The FLOP comes: 2s - 7c - Ac

Chiseler checks.
BigBadMama checks.
Fozzie bets 1,500.
Mockery folds.
Deadpool raises 1,500, making it 3,000 to go.
Chiseler calls 3,000.
BigBadMama folds.
Fozzie calls 1,500.

The pot is: 10,500


The TURN comes: 2s - 7c - Ac - Ts

Chiseler pushes all-in, making it 5,275 to go.
Fozzie raises all-in for 2,400, making it 7,675 to go.
Deadpool folds.
Fozzie is refunded 2,400.

The pot is: 21,050


The RIVER comes: 2s - 7c - Ac - Ts - Qd


The FINAL POT is: 21,050


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows As - Kc
Chiseler shows Ah - 9h

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-Chiseler
***Fozzie wins 21,050 with a Pair of Aces.

Play a couple of speculative hands in the level and lose some chips, but sitll the tournament leader with 19,650 after two levels.

Level 3 is two steps forward, two steps back. The player immediately to my right is a tough player, and they win a big hand last level to take the chip lead from me. I win one, lose one (to the player on my right), and I finish the rebuy period in 2nd place with 19,200 chips

Level 4: Win a couple thousand chips off a player who seems to be typifying dead money, I saw them play two garbage hands earlier (one of them against me, where they bluffed with 62x!!!) and I manage to push him off, despite having K-High Squadoosh on the flop. Then give some of it back pushing at a pot where I have low pair and some one check calls with medium pair, and we check it down. Still above 20K (20,100) and 3rd of 37 remaining (50 started)

Level 5: Again, stuck in neutral, I need to change gears here somehow. BigBadMama (the player with the big chip stack) is picking off the shortstacks left and right, knocking out a couple players to increase their stack to near 40K. And they're right next to me. ($20,500)

Level 6: Lose a third of my stack, but I'm generally ok with how I played it I think, I think I need to lower my "continuation" bet size from pot sized to half to three quarter pot size:

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Ad - Kd (Fozzie)
Seat 2: Ks - Qh (Frightful One)
Seat 3: Ac - 6h (Mockery)
Seat 4: Kc - Tc (Brit Honey)
Seat 5: 8c - 6s (Knut)
Seat 6: Qs - 5s (Flightful)
Seat 7: Ah - 7c (Spokesperson)
Seat 8: (Empty chair)
Seat 9: Jd - 5h (Papal Shark)
Seat 10: 9h - 3s (BigBadMama)


Hand 107:

Antes/Blinds: 0/300/600

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/19,900 chips.
2.Frightful One(A) began w/20,363 chips.
3.Mockery(D) began w/13,250 chips.
4.Brit Honey(D) began w/12,274 chips.
5.Knut(A) began w/8,088 chips.
6.Flightful(D) began w/16,075 chips.
7.Spokesperson(T) began w/14,475 chips.
8.(Empty chair)
9.Papal Shark(T) began w/3,775 chips.
10.BigBadMama(T) began w/36,575 chips.

BigBadMama has the Button.
Fozzie posts Small Blind of 300.
Frightful One posts Big Blind of 600.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Mockery folds.
Brit Honey calls 600.
Knut folds.
Flightful folds.
Spokesperson folds.
Papal Shark folds.
BigBadMama folds.
Fozzie raises 1,200, making it 1,800 to go.
Frightful One folds.
Brit Honey calls 1,200.

The pot is: 4,200


The FLOP comes: Td - 5c - 2s

Fozzie bets 4,200.
Brit Honey calls 4,200.

The pot is: 12,600


The TURN comes: Td - 5c - 2s - 4c

Fozzie checks.
Brit Honey pushes all-in, making it 6,274 to go.
Fozzie folds.

Brit Honey wins a pot of 18,874 without a showdown.

The good news is: I finally have a hand to play back at BigBadMama (whose continued to bully the table, basically raising every unopened pots to levels where one lost hand equals half or all of your stack gone. They tried a trap, flat calling in early position with JJ.. I called as well, sensing the trap with Big Slick, and TPTK came in, and from the betting pattern, I knew they didn't hit trips on the flop.

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Ah - Kd (Fozzie)
Seat 2: 5s - 2h (Frightful One)
Seat 3: 8c - 2c (Mockery)
Seat 4: Th - 8d (Brit Honey)
Seat 5: Qs - 3c (Knut)
Seat 6: Js - 2d (Flightful)
Seat 7: 8h - 6d (Spokesperson)
Seat 8: (Empty chair)
Seat 9: (Empty chair)
Seat 10: Jc - Jh (BigBadMama)


Hand 120:

Antes/Blinds: 0/300/600

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/12,400 chips.
2.Frightful One(A) began w/27,563 chips.
3.Mockery(D) began w/11,450 chips.
4.Brit Honey(D) began w/20,249 chips.
5.Knut(A) began w/7,788 chips.
6.Flightful(D) began w/12,175 chips.
7.Spokesperson(T) began w/8,775 chips.
8.(Empty chair)
9.(Empty chair)
10.BigBadMama(T) began w/44,375 chips.

Knut has the Button.
Flightful posts Small Blind of 300.
Spokesperson posts Big Blind of 600.

PREFLOP betting begins:

BigBadMama calls 600.
Fozzie calls 600.
Frightful One folds.
Mockery folds.
Brit Honey folds.
Knut folds.
Flightful folds.
Spokesperson checks in the Big Blind.

The pot is: 2,100


The FLOP comes: 4s - 3h - Ks

Spokesperson checks.
BigBadMama checks.
Fozzie bets 2,100.
Spokesperson folds.
BigBadMama raises 3,900, making it 6,000 to go.
Fozzie raises all-in for 5,800, making it 11,800 to go.
BigBadMama calls 5,800.

The pot is: 25,700


The TURN comes: 4s - 3h - Ks - 9c


The pot is: 25,700


The RIVER comes: 4s - 3h - Ks - 9c - 7c


The FINAL POT is: 25,700


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows Ah - Kd
BigBadMama shows Jc - Jh

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-BigBadMama
***Fozzie wins 25,700 with a Pair of Kings.

Level 6 finishes with 25,700 chips, and that's good enough for 6th place so far.

[SirFozzie]

Level 7: We're already at 500-1000, so I know that pre-flop play is important here. I manage to win a coin flip (10-10 over a pre-flop all-in AQ) to gain an
extra 12K in chips, good enough to move me to third overall.

Then, later in the level.. I won the hand, but I'm still second guessing myself about the call of the real big bet on the flop. The rule of poker is "If you play it the same way you would if you could magically see everyone's cards, you're playing +EV. I very nearly gave him credit for either having a pocket pair higher then mine, or having flopped trips on the flop. But luckily for me, I "only" had to fade two over cards, and then when all the chips came in, the over cards + a flush draw. But luck was a lady, and I win a huge pot:

Starting hands:

Seat 1: 9c - 9s (Fozzie)
Seat 2: Ks - Ts (Frightful One)
Seat 3: 9h - 5s (Shrinkage)
Seat 4: Kd - 5c (Brit Honey)
Seat 5: (Empty chair)
Seat 6: Jh - 3d (Flightful)
Seat 7: 8h - 7c (Spokesperson)
Seat 8: Th - 9d (Taint)
Seat 9: Td - 4d (Mochomo)
Seat 10: Ah - 7d (BigBadMama)


Hand 134:

Antes/Blinds: 0/500/1,000

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/31,988 chips.
2.Frightful One(A) began w/26,563 chips.
3.Shrinkage(D) began w/28,300 chips.
4.Brit Honey(D) began w/18,249 chips.
5.(Empty chair)
6.Flightful(D) began w/19,825 chips.
7.Spokesperson(T) began w/8,275 chips.
8.Taint(D) began w/15,625 chips.
9.Mochomo(T) began w/25,850 chips.
10.BigBadMama(T) began w/27,975 chips.

Fozzie has the Button.
Frightful One posts Small Blind of 500.
Shrinkage posts Big Blind of 1,000.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Brit Honey folds.
Flightful folds.
Spokesperson folds.
Taint folds.
Mochomo folds.
BigBadMama folds.
Fozzie raises 2,000, making it 3,000 to go.
Frightful One raises 4,000, making it 7,000 to go.
Shrinkage folds.
Fozzie calls 4,000.

The pot is: 15,000


The FLOP comes: 6c - 4s - 6h

Frightful One bets 15,000.
Fozzie calls 15,000.

The pot is: 45,000


The TURN comes: 6c - 4s - 6h - Qs

Frightful One pushes all-in, making it 4,563 to go.
Fozzie calls 4,563.

The pot is: 54,126


The RIVER comes: 6c - 4s - 6h - Qs - Qh


The FINAL POT is: 54,126


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows 9c - 9s
Frightful One shows Ks - Ts

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-Frightful One
***Fozzie wins 54,126 with Two-Pair.

[SirFozzie]

Just before Level 7 ends.. I win another big pot. I think I played this one pretty good, and I at least extracted SOME post flop value (especially with the river bet, He must have put me on a hand that completely missed to call ANY bet with two over cards on the board, never mind as it turned out, I had flopped top set. Perhaps he would have folded if I had tried a slightly higher bet on the river?
Starting hands:

Seat 1: Kd - Kc (Fozzie)
Seat 2: (Empty chair)
Seat 3: 9s - 9c (Shrinkage)
Seat 4: Tc - 9d (Brit Honey)
Seat 5: (Empty chair)
Seat 6: 6h - 2d (Flightful)
Seat 7: Js - 4h (Spokesperson)
Seat 8: Jd - 4d (Taint)
Seat 9: Td - 9h (Mochomo)
Seat 10: Ts - 6c (BigBadMama)


Hand 139:

Antes/Blinds: 0/500/1,000

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/59,551 chips.
2.(Empty chair)
3.Shrinkage(D) began w/25,800 chips.
4.Brit Honey(D) began w/17,749 chips.
5.(Empty chair)
6.Flightful(D) began w/24,325 chips.
7.Spokesperson(T) began w/8,275 chips.
8.Taint(D) began w/14,125 chips.
9.Mochomo(T) began w/24,850 chips.
10.BigBadMama(T) began w/27,975 chips.

Taint has the Button.
Mochomo posts Small Blind of 500.
BigBadMama posts Big Blind of 1,000.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Fozzie raises 1,000, making it 2,000 to go.
Shrinkage calls 2,000.
Brit Honey folds.
Flightful folds.
Spokesperson folds.
Taint folds.
Mochomo folds.
BigBadMama folds.

The pot is: 5,500


The FLOP comes: 3d - Kh - Jc

Fozzie checks.
Shrinkage bets 4,000.
Fozzie calls 4,000.

The pot is: 13,500


The TURN comes: 3d - Kh - Jc - 2h

Fozzie checks.
Shrinkage checks.

The pot is: 13,500


The RIVER comes: 3d - Kh - Jc - 2h - 7d

Fozzie bets 4,000.
Shrinkage calls 4,000.

The FINAL POT is: 21,500


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows Kd - Kc
Shrinkage shows 9s - 9c

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-Shrinkage
***Fozzie wins 21,500 with a Set/Trips.

[SirFozzie]

at the end of Level 7, I'm the chip leader of the 16 remaining players with just over 70K in chips, but again, the blinds are rising rapidly, we're playing 1-2K blinds, so I can't be loose at all, with the blinds going 2-4K in just twenty hands.

Level 8: I win a decent pot (about 10K in total) with a half-pot continuation bet on the flop, stretching me out to 76K. ANd I know the rising blinds are getting to me, and they're apparently getting to others too, as we have this hand:

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Ad - Qs (Fozzie)
Seat 2: (Empty chair)
Seat 3: 6h - 5s (Shrinkage)
Seat 4: Ks - 5d (Brit Honey)
Seat 5: (Empty chair)
Seat 6: Jd - 9d (Flightful)
Seat 7: Qc - 4d (Spokesperson)
Seat 8: Kd - Tc (Taint)
Seat 9: As - Qh (Mochomo)
Seat 10: (Empty chair)


Hand 149:

Antes/Blinds: 0/1,000/2,000

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/73,051 chips.
2.(Empty chair)
3.Shrinkage(D) began w/9,800 chips.
4.Brit Honey(D) began w/14,749 chips.
5.(Empty chair)
6.Flightful(D) began w/53,475 chips.
7.Spokesperson(T) began w/8,275 chips.
8.Taint(D) began w/15,950 chips.
9.Mochomo(T) began w/27,350 chips.
10.(Empty chair)

Fozzie has the Button.
Shrinkage posts Small Blind of 1,000.
Brit Honey posts Big Blind of 2,000.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Flightful raises 8,000, making it 10,000 to go.
Spokesperson folds.
Taint folds.
Mochomo calls 10,000.
Fozzie calls 10,000.
Shrinkage folds.
Brit Honey folds.

The pot is: 33,000


The FLOP comes: Jc - 6s - Qd

Flightful bets 18,000.
Mochomo calls all-in for 17,350.
Fozzie raises all-in for 45,051, making it 63,051 to go.
Flightful calls all-in for 25,475.
Fozzie is refunded 19,576.

The pot is: 137,300


The TURN comes: Jc - 6s - Qd - 5h


The pot is: 137,300


The RIVER comes: Jc - 6s - Qd - 5h - Kh


The FINAL POT is: 137,300


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows Ad - Qs
Flightful shows Jd - 9d
Mochomo shows As - Qh (Max elig: 85,050)

Sidepot involving:

-Fozzie
-Flightful
***Fozzie takes pot of 52,250 with a Pair of Queens.

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-Mochomo

Main pot SPLIT:

***Fozzie receives 42,525 with a Pair of Queens.
***Mochomo receives 42,525 with a Pair of Queens.

[SirFozzie]

We're only 5 handed (with 11 players remaining), so it's a bit flying blind here, I lose a small pot when my second pair queens loses to a K-rag top pair that was played mostly because the stakes were so low, about 10% of my stack.

We're now at 1500-3000 (and still trying to knock out one player to get to the final table, and entering Level 9 I have just over 104K in chips, about 30K more then 2nd place).

Finally, at hand 165, we knock out the 11th place finisher, and this is what the final table starts at:


Hand 165:

Antes/Blinds: 0/1,500/3,000

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/100,126 chips.
2.Sanity(D) began w/16,052 chips.
3.Nugget Valet(A) began w/74,974 chips.
4.Brit Honey(D) began w/17,774 chips.
5.Skinflint(D) began w/7,749 chips.
6.Youngblood(D) began w/40,475 chips.
7.Spokesperson(T) began w/64,550 chips.
8.Smash(A) began w/44,687 chips.
9.Mochomo(T) began w/20,200 chips.
10.Grizzy(D) began w/22,913 chips.

Grizzy has the Button.

[SirFozzie]

Skinflint the short stack goes out quickly, losing a hand to Nugget Valet on hand 166.

I raise on the button with 88, but a 30K raise from Nugget Valet chases me out, and he takes over the chip lead.

Youngblood knocks out Sanity on hand 169, and I let out a small cheer.. who cares if it's only 50 players, this is my first cash when playing this, and that's pretty good.. now let's see if I can win it.

[SirFozzie]

Mochomo gets knocked out by Smash, so there's only 6 of us left.

Did I say 6? Make that five, as Brit Honey falls to Youngblood who pulls a three outer on a dominated hand (A6 vs 65), who takes the chip lead.

[SirFozzie]

Hand 173: I'm disappointed that I let him force me off this hand, as for only the second time in 21 post-flop plays, I throw away the best hand. Too tight/weak post-flop. Short-handed table play is definitely something I need to work on.

Starting hands:

Seat 1: 4h - 4d (Fozzie)
Seat 2: (Empty chair)
Seat 3: Ts - 8h (Nugget Valet)
Seat 4: (Empty chair)
Seat 5: (Empty chair)
Seat 6: Kh - Jc (Youngblood)
Seat 7: Ah - Qc (Spokesperson)
Seat 8: 6c - 2d (Smash)
Seat 9: (Empty chair)
Seat 10: (Empty chair)


Hand 173:

Antes/Blinds: 0/1,500/3,000

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/85,126 chips.
2.(Empty chair)
3.Nugget Valet(A) began w/100,723 chips.
4.(Empty chair)
5.(Empty chair)
6.Youngblood(D) began w/105,988 chips.
7.Spokesperson(T) began w/60,050 chips.
8.Smash(A) began w/57,613 chips.
9.(Empty chair)
10.(Empty chair)

Fozzie has the Button.
Nugget Valet posts Small Blind of 1,500.
Youngblood posts Big Blind of 3,000.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Spokesperson raises 6,000, making it 9,000 to go.
Smash folds.
Fozzie calls 9,000.
Nugget Valet folds.
Youngblood calls 6,000.

The pot is: 28,500


The FLOP comes: 8s - 7d - 2h

Youngblood bets 24,000.
Spokesperson folds.
Fozzie folds.

Youngblood wins a pot of 52,500 without a showdown.

[SirFozzie]

Hand 182: Get tired of being bullied around, and re-raise with KQc in the small blind.. thankfully my opponent who ALSO has KQ (unsuited), folds, and I chip back up to around 100K. In third place of five..

Hand 183: Wow. Being aggressive pays when a the third spade hits the board, and an all-in bet convinces him that I've got a made hand. It was a bluff.. and I'm glad it worked, but I'm already cautioning myself to try to limit the amount of times I bet without at least having a semi-bluff:

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Kc - 6c (Fozzie)
Seat 2: (Empty chair)
Seat 3: 6h - 3s (Nugget Valet)
Seat 4: (Empty chair)
Seat 5: (Empty chair)
Seat 6: 7c - 7s (Youngblood)
Seat 7: Qs - 5c (Spokesperson)
Seat 8: Qd - 9h (Smash)
Seat 9: (Empty chair)
Seat 10: (Empty chair)


Hand 183:

Antes/Blinds: 0/2,000/4,000

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/100,126 chips.
2.(Empty chair)
3.Nugget Valet(A) began w/111,723 chips.
4.(Empty chair)
5.(Empty chair)
6.Youngblood(D) began w/104,488 chips.
7.Spokesperson(T) began w/34,550 chips.
8.Smash(A) began w/58,613 chips.
9.(Empty chair)
10.(Empty chair)

Fozzie has the Button.
Nugget Valet posts Small Blind of 2,000.
Youngblood posts Big Blind of 4,000.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Spokesperson folds.
Smash folds.
Fozzie raises 8,000, making it 12,000 to go.
Nugget Valet folds.
Youngblood calls 8,000.

The pot is: 26,000


The FLOP comes: Js - Ts - 3c

Youngblood bets 16,000.
Fozzie raises 20,000, making it 36,000 to go.
Youngblood calls 20,000.

The pot is: 98,000


The TURN comes: Js - Ts - 3c - 2s

Youngblood checks.
Fozzie pushes all-in, making it 52,126 to go.
Youngblood folds.

Fozzie wins a pot of 150,126 without a showdown.

[SirFozzie]

Hand 189: Nugget Valet knocks out Spokesperson, and we're down to four. Nugget Valet retakes the chip lead with 168K to my 144K

Hand 192: I've just retaken the chip lead, when the two big stacks (myself and Nugget Valet) tangle in a huge pot. Again, aggressiveness pre-flop pays off post flop, as I now have about two thirds of the chips in play:

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Kd - 9c (Fozzie)
Seat 2: (Empty chair)
Seat 3: As - 5s (Nugget Valet)
Seat 4: (Empty chair)
Seat 5: (Empty chair)
Seat 6: Kh - Jd (Youngblood)
Seat 7: (Empty chair)
Seat 8: 6h - 3h (Smash)
Seat 9: (Empty chair)
Seat 10: (Empty chair)


Hand 192:

Antes/Blinds: 0/2,000/4,000

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/164,126 chips.
2.(Empty chair)
3.Nugget Valet(A) began w/148,273 chips.
4.(Empty chair)
5.(Empty chair)
6.Youngblood(D) began w/40,488 chips.
7.(Empty chair)
8.Smash(A) began w/56,613 chips.
9.(Empty chair)
10.(Empty chair)

Fozzie has the Button.
Nugget Valet posts Small Blind of 2,000.
Youngblood posts Big Blind of 4,000.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Smash folds.
Fozzie raises 8,000, making it 12,000 to go.
Nugget Valet raises 16,000, making it 28,000 to go.
Youngblood folds.
Fozzie calls 16,000.

The pot is: 60,000


The FLOP comes: Qc - Kc - 8d

Nugget Valet bets 60,000.
Fozzie raises 60,000, making it 120,000 to go.
Nugget Valet folds.

Fozzie wins a pot of 240,000 without a showdown.

[SirFozzie]

Hand 198: Just before the blinds go to 4-8K, Smash knocks out Vegas Nugget with a coin flip JJ v AQ holding up (third J on the turn),

So with three left:

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/268,806 chips.
6.Youngblood(D) began w/28,488 chips.
8.Smash(A) began w/112,206 chips.

[SirFozzie]

Hand 200: Youngblood adds about half his stack with a preflop all in on 199, and then doubles up against me when AQ gets beat by K10, when K10 flops top two on the flop.

Hand 209: We're heads up..

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Ks - 9s (Fozzie)
Seat 2: (Empty chair)
Seat 3: (Empty chair)
Seat 4: (Empty chair)
Seat 5: (Empty chair)
Seat 6: Qc - Jc (Youngblood)
Seat 7: (Empty chair)
Seat 8: 6d - 2h (Smash)
Seat 9: (Empty chair)
Seat 10: (Empty chair)


Hand 209:

Antes/Blinds: 0/4,000/8,000

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/260,318 chips.
2.(Empty chair)
3.(Empty chair)
4.(Empty chair)
5.(Empty chair)
6.Youngblood(D) began w/68,976 chips.
7.(Empty chair)
8.Smash(A) began w/80,206 chips.
9.(Empty chair)
10.(Empty chair)

Fozzie has the Button.
Youngblood posts Small Blind of 4,000.
Smash posts Big Blind of 8,000.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Fozzie raises 8,000, making it 16,000 to go.
Youngblood calls 12,000.
Smash folds.

The pot is: 40,000


The FLOP comes: 8d - 3s - 4h

Youngblood checks.
Fozzie bets 24,000.
Youngblood calls 24,000.

The pot is: 88,000


The TURN comes: 8d - 3s - 4h - Ts

Youngblood checks.
Fozzie bets 32,000.
Youngblood calls all-in for 28,976.
Fozzie is refunded 3,024.

The pot is: 145,952


The RIVER comes: 8d - 3s - 4h - Ts - 4d


The FINAL POT is: 145,952


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows Ks - 9s
Youngblood shows Qc - Jc

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-Youngblood
***Fozzie wins 145,952 with a Pair of Fours.

[SirFozzie]

Heads up is not easy. In fact, I let him back into it with what is probably a fairly loose call with A-Rag.. The nice thing is, I still have the chip lead, but that's my one mistake, the next one could be it for me..

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Ac - 4h (Fozzie)
Seat 2: (Empty chair)
Seat 3: (Empty chair)
Seat 4: (Empty chair)
Seat 5: (Empty chair)
Seat 6: (Empty chair)
Seat 7: (Empty chair)
Seat 8: Ah - Ks (Smash)
Seat 9: (Empty chair)
Seat 10: (Empty chair)


Hand 214:

Antes/Blinds: 0/4,000/8,000

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/313,294 chips.
2.(Empty chair)
3.(Empty chair)
4.(Empty chair)
5.(Empty chair)
6.(Empty chair)
7.(Empty chair)
8.Smash(A) began w/96,206 chips.
9.(Empty chair)
10.(Empty chair)

Smash has the Button.
Smash posts Small Blind of 4,000.
Fozzie posts Big Blind of 8,000.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Smash raises all-in for 88,206, making it 96,206 to go.
Fozzie calls 88,206.

The pot is: 192,412


The FLOP comes: 3d - As - 2c


The pot is: 192,412


The TURN comes: 3d - As - 2c - 9h


The pot is: 192,412


The RIVER comes: 3d - As - 2c - 9h - Js


The FINAL POT is: 192,412


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows Ac - 4h
Smash shows Ah - Ks

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-Smash
***Smash wins 192,412 with a Pair of Aces.

[SirFozzie]

Honestly, I'm squirming during heads-up. As you may have noticed from the description, Smash is an Aggressive player. And that's exactly what he is. You raise with weak cards, he'll play right back at you and make you make a decision. For once, I make the RIGHT decision, and it turns out to be the FINAL decision of the tournament:

Starting hands:

Seat 1: 8s - 3h (Fozzie)
Seat 2: (Empty chair)
Seat 3: (Empty chair)
Seat 4: (Empty chair)
Seat 5: (Empty chair)
Seat 6: (Empty chair)
Seat 7: (Empty chair)
Seat 8: Kc - Qs (Smash)
Seat 9: (Empty chair)
Seat 10: (Empty chair)


Hand 219:

Antes/Blinds: 0/4,000/8,000

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/241,088 chips.
2.(Empty chair)
3.(Empty chair)
4.(Empty chair)
5.(Empty chair)
6.(Empty chair)
7.(Empty chair)
8.Smash(A) began w/168,412 chips.
9.(Empty chair)
10.(Empty chair)

Fozzie has the Button.
Fozzie posts Small Blind of 4,000.
Smash posts Big Blind of 8,000.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Fozzie calls 4,000.
Smash checks in the Big Blind.

The pot is: 16,000


The FLOP comes: 9c - 4c - 8c

Smash checks.
Fozzie bets 16,000.
Smash raises 40,000, making it 56,000 to go.
Fozzie raises all-in for 177,088, making it 233,088 to go.
Smash calls all-in for 104,412.
Fozzie is refunded 72,676.

The pot is: 336,824


The TURN comes: 9c - 4c - 8c - 8d


The pot is: 336,824


The RIVER comes: 9c - 4c - 8c - 8d - 6s


The FINAL POT is: 336,824


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows 8s - 3h
Smash shows Kc - Qs

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-Smash
***Fozzie wins 336,824 with a Set/Trips.

[SirFozzie]

So, I "win" $1,449 for first place. THat's a LOT of hands in different situations. I think it's the only "tourney" I play tonight:

Day 2:
Tournaments: 1
Entry Fees: $90
Winnings: $1,449
Plus/Minus: $1,359 to the good.

Virtual drinks are on me!

[SirFozzie]

BTW, if anyone has praise/criticism for some of the hands I posted, please let me know (Why do I have the feeling that I'll have more criticism then I'll know what to do with? :D)

[sabotai]

I'll be interested in seeing how the software holds up. I've been thinking of trying to get back into poker, but I want to get some practice before I put up some cash. I've looked for a program to practice with and have come up empty. I know some people like Turbo, but I tried the demo and read the criticisms of it and decided to pass. I even thought of just trying to make my own.

[SirFozzie]

The software's holding up, I haven't seen it make a brilliant read that marks a TOP player, but there's some things that it's very hard to get an AI to simulate without letting it cheat (IE, peek at your cards, which this game does not). The Aggressive players are a study in frustration management. The heads up match was just so frustrating as I suppose it would be, because my heads-up opponent was constantly putting the pressure on ME, instead of letting me do it to him

[SirFozzie]

Same settings as before (and same breakdown as the large tournaments, 20% Tough,20% Agressive, 60% dead). Only change is 60 players instead of 50.

(Take the rebuy at the beginning, of course)


The first couple levels are frustrating, as the hands I get aren't played at and the couple times I go in with marginal stuff, I get raised off the hand. I manage to get back to the starting 9K in chips when presto gets a set, and I manage to coax two bets out of another player (turns out he had a smaller pocket pair)

Hand 42: I hate how I played this hand. Looking at it now, I feel like I deserved to lose and be knocked out, but the aggressive three bullets (including the all-in river attack) wins me a pretty good sized pot. Again, I had nothing, which is something you have to do VERY rarely. But, as it turns out, he was chasing the flush. I'm not sure which of us played it worse, actually.


Starting hands:

Seat 1: As - Kd (Fozzie)
Seat 2: Qh - Jd (Clapper)
Seat 3: 5c - 3h (IWillBiteBack)
Seat 4: Kc - Td (RunItUp)
Seat 5: 6h - 2s (Vice)
Seat 6: Ah - 8s (DaHeatIsOn)
Seat 7: Ks - Js (Celestial King)
Seat 8: Ts - 9d (Shrewd)
Seat 9: 6c - 3c (Web Agent)
Seat 10: Qd - 9h (Mousehunter)


Hand 42:

Antes/Blinds: 0/75/150

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/8,925 chips.
2.Clapper(D) began w/6,575 chips.
3.IWillBiteBack(D) began w/10,625 chips.
4.RunItUp(T) began w/7,338 chips.
5.Vice(D) began w/5,600 chips.
6.DaHeatIsOn(A) began w/11,675 chips.
7.Celestial King(D) began w/7,450 chips.
8.Shrewd(T) began w/8,675 chips.
9.Web Agent(D) began w/10,912 chips.
10.Mousehunter(A) began w/7,725 chips.

Fozzie has the Button.
Clapper posts Small Blind of 75.
IWillBiteBack posts Big Blind of 150.

PREFLOP betting begins:

RunItUp folds.
Vice folds.
DaHeatIsOn folds.
Celestial King raises 450, making it 600 to go.
Shrewd folds.
Web Agent folds.
Mousehunter folds.
Fozzie raises 450, making it 1,050 to go.
Clapper folds.
IWillBiteBack folds.
Celestial King calls 450.

The pot is: 2,325


The FLOP comes: 4s - 5s - 3d

Celestial King checks.
Fozzie bets 1,050.
Celestial King calls 1,050.

The pot is: 4,425


The TURN comes: 4s - 5s - 3d - 7c

Celestial King checks.
Fozzie bets 1,950.
Celestial King calls 1,950.

The pot is: 8,325


The RIVER comes: 4s - 5s - 3d - 7c - Qc

Celestial King checks.
Fozzie pushes all-in, making it 4,875 to go.
Celestial King folds.

Fozzie wins a pot of 13,200 without a showdown.

[SirFozzie]

Ok, this is the very next hand and I'm going to post as I'm trying to make a decision here.

Hand 43:

Antes/Blinds: 0/75/150

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/13,200 chips.
2.Clapper(D) began w/6,500 chips.
3.IWillBiteBack(D) began w/10,475 chips.
4.RunItUp(T) began w/7,338 chips.
5.Vice(D) began w/5,600 chips.
6.DaHeatIsOn(A) began w/11,675 chips.
7.Celestial King(D) began w/3,400 chips.
8.Shrewd(T) began w/8,675 chips.
9.Web Agent(D) began w/10,912 chips.
10.Mousehunter(A) began w/7,725 chips.

Clapper has the Button.
IWillBiteBack posts Small Blind of 75.
RunItUp posts Big Blind of 150.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Vice folds.
DaHeatIsOn folds.
Celestial King folds.
Shrewd calls 150.
Web Agent folds.
Mousehunter folds.
Fozzie raises 600, making it 750 to go.
Clapper folds.
IWillBiteBack folds.
RunItUp folds.
Shrewd raises 1,200, making it 1,950 to go.
Fozzie calls 1,200.

The pot is: 4,125


The FLOP comes: Th - 3h - 5s

Shrewd checks.
Fozzie bets 1,950.
Shrewd raises all-in for 4,775, making it 6,725 to go.

[SirFozzie]

I somehow lost my first post on this: I think I'm behind, but here are the hands I put him on (Note: I "know" that he's a Tough player from the description that I've posted above T=Tough, but I'm not going by it.) I don't have much of a read on him, since it's early and I haven't played many pots against him.

Possible hands:

AA, KK, QQ, JJ - Very possible. He's representing a huge hand, three betting on the flop, and then re-raising all-in post flop. This seems to be more designed to shut down the hand, because he's probably afraid I'm chasing the flush. If it's KK QQ or JJ, I have 12 outs (9 flush cards and three aces). If it's AA, I'm down to 9 outs)

Set: I don't see him three betting pre-flop with Tens, 3s or 5's here, but I guess it's possible. Nine outs (- some possibilities where the board pairs to make him a full hourse.

Paired the flop: Doesn't seem likely (three bet with A-10?) but putting here for completeness stake

No made hand: Seems like and awfully risky bluff (what if I had a huge pocket pair?) But it's again possible

Odds on making a winning hand on the turn or the river)

9 Outs (Just the flush) 35%
12 Outs (The Flush and the Ace) 45%
15 Outs (Flush, Ace and Jack) 54%)

I'm risking 4,775 (of 9,300) into a pot of 12,800: Pot odds of 2.8 to 1 (35%)

So, between the fact I still have a small but ok stack here if I call and lose, even the most pessimistic view (that I need the flush to win) gives me just about even pot odds to call.. This is at least a marginal call, and I think its a good call. Let's see how my read went..

[SirFozzie]

The FLOP comes: Th - 3h - 5s

Shrewd checks.
Fozzie bets 1,950.
Shrewd raises all-in for 4,775, making it 6,725 to go.
Fozzie calls 4,775.

The pot is: 17,575


The TURN comes: Th - 3h - 5s - 5d


The pot is: 17,575


The RIVER comes: Th - 3h - 5s - 5d - 6s


The FINAL POT is: 17,575


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows Ah - Jh
Shrewd shows Ad - Qs

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-Shrewd
***Shrewd wins 17,575 with a Pair of Fives.

[SirFozzie]

As it turns out, I WAS only slightly behind, having 12 outs twice (Nine Flush and three jacks), and I had favorable pot odds to call. However, I didn't improve, and lost the pot.

Looking at his bet, and considering how he played it: This play was a semi bluff.. he didn't have any hand made (and really, didn't make a hand through the river), but it looked like that if *I* had a hand, he would have 9 or 12 outs himself, but he had good expectations because I could have folded in the face of his aggression.

A good hand. Really interested to see what others think of it.

[SirFozzie]

On Hand 72, I'm.. yeah, this was a donk move I think, but I needed to get some chips as the blinds are 100/200 (and go up to 2-400 in about 8 hands).. and pull off a six outer on the river to double up.

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Ah - Th (Fozzie)
Seat 2: As - Td (Clapper)
Seat 3: 5d - 5h (IWillBiteBack)
Seat 4: Qd - Jc (RunItUp)
Seat 5: Js - 7d (Vice)
Seat 6: (Empty chair)
Seat 7: 5c - 5s (Celestial King)
Seat 8: Ac - 9h (Shrewd)
Seat 9: 9s - 9d (Web Agent)
Seat 10: Ad - Qs (Mousehunter)


Hand 72:

Antes/Blinds: 0/100/200

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/2,275 chips.
2.Clapper(D) began w/20,075 chips.
3.IWillBiteBack(D) began w/6,825 chips.
4.RunItUp(T) began w/4,363 chips.
5.Vice(D) began w/7,525 chips.
6.(Empty chair)
7.Celestial King(D) began w/6,175 chips.
8.Shrewd(T) began w/19,300 chips.
9.Web Agent(D) began w/23,662 chips.
10.Mousehunter(A) began w/8,800 chips.

IWillBiteBack has the Button.
RunItUp posts Small Blind of 100.
Vice posts Big Blind of 200.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Celestial King calls 200.
Shrewd folds.
Web Agent calls 200.
Mousehunter raises 800, making it 1,000 to go.
Fozzie raises all-in for 1,275, making it 2,275 to go.
Clapper folds.
IWillBiteBack folds.
RunItUp folds.
Vice folds.
Celestial King folds.
Web Agent folds.
Mousehunter calls 1,275.

The pot is: 5,250


The FLOP comes: 9c - Kd - Jh


The pot is: 5,250


The TURN comes: 9c - Kd - Jh - 3c


The pot is: 5,250


The RIVER comes: 9c - Kd - Jh - 3c - Qc


The FINAL POT is: 5,250


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows Ah - Th
Mousehunter shows Ad - Qs

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-Mousehunter
***Fozzie wins 5,250 with a Straight.

[SirFozzie]

The dangers of limping in on the button, I let a weaker ace in, and only a full house filling on the river saves my tournament when my opponent had flopped two pair.

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Ac - Td (Fozzie)
Seat 2: As - 8c (Clapper)
Seat 3: Kh - Jc (IWillBiteBack)
Seat 4: Jd - 7d (RunItUp)
Seat 5: 4s - 3s (Vice)
Seat 6: (Empty chair)
Seat 7: Th - 5c (Celestial King)
Seat 8: Tc - 7s (Shrewd)
Seat 9: 7c - 6h (Web Agent)
Seat 10: Qd - 3c (Mousehunter)


Hand 79:

Antes/Blinds: 0/100/200

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/3,550 chips.
2.Clapper(D) began w/19,875 chips.
3.IWillBiteBack(D) began w/4,825 chips.
4.RunItUp(T) began w/4,263 chips.
5.Vice(D) began w/4,525 chips.
6.(Empty chair)
7.Celestial King(D) began w/5,875 chips.
8.Shrewd(T) began w/22,000 chips.
9.Web Agent(D) began w/24,562 chips.
10.Mousehunter(A) began w/9,525 chips.

Fozzie has the Button.
Clapper posts Small Blind of 100.
IWillBiteBack posts Big Blind of 200.

PREFLOP betting begins:

RunItUp folds.
Vice folds.
Celestial King folds.
Shrewd folds.
Web Agent folds.
Mousehunter folds.
Fozzie calls 200.
Clapper calls 100.
IWillBiteBack checks in the Big Blind.

The pot is: 600


The FLOP comes: Ad - 5h - 8d

Clapper checks.
IWillBiteBack checks.
Fozzie bets 600.
Clapper raises 1,600, making it 2,200 to go.
IWillBiteBack folds.
Fozzie raises all-in for 1,150, making it 3,350 to go.
Clapper calls 1,150.

The pot is: 7,300


The TURN comes: Ad - 5h - 8d - 5d


The pot is: 7,300


The RIVER comes: Ad - 5h - 8d - 5d - 5s


The FINAL POT is: 7,300


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows Ac - Td
Clapper shows As - 8c

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-Clapper

Main pot SPLIT:

***Fozzie receives 3,650 with a Fullhouse.
***Clapper receives 3,650 with a Fullhouse.

[SirFozzie]

Early on in Level 5, I nearly double up with this hand:

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Td - Th (Fozzie)
Seat 2: 9h - 4d (Clapper)
Seat 3: 7h - 2c (IWillBiteBack)
Seat 4: 7d - 7s (RunItUp)
Seat 5: Tc - 3h (Vice)
Seat 6: (Empty chair)
Seat 7: As - 4h (Celestial King)
Seat 8: 3c - 3d (Shrewd)
Seat 9: Ad - 8h (Web Agent)
Seat 10: 6d - 2s (Mousehunter)


Hand 83:

Antes/Blinds: 0/200/400

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/5,450 chips.
2.Clapper(D) began w/17,875 chips.
3.IWillBiteBack(D) began w/4,525 chips.
4.RunItUp(T) began w/3,863 chips.
5.Vice(D) began w/2,325 chips.
6.(Empty chair)
7.Celestial King(D) began w/5,475 chips.
8.Shrewd(T) began w/21,200 chips.
9.Web Agent(D) began w/28,762 chips.
10.Mousehunter(A) began w/9,525 chips.

Vice has the Button.
Celestial King posts Small Blind of 200.
Shrewd posts Big Blind of 400.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Web Agent raises 400, making it 800 to go.
Mousehunter folds.
Fozzie calls 800.
Clapper folds.
IWillBiteBack folds.
RunItUp raises all-in for 3,063, making it 3,863 to go.
Vice folds.
Celestial King folds.
Shrewd folds.
Web Agent folds.
Fozzie calls 3,063.

The pot is: 9,126


The FLOP comes: Ac - 5c - Jh


The pot is: 9,126


The TURN comes: Ac - 5c - Jh - 9s


The pot is: 9,126


The RIVER comes: Ac - 5c - Jh - 9s - Jd


The FINAL POT is: 9,126


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows Td - Th
RunItUp shows 7d - 7s

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-RunItUp
***Fozzie wins 9,126 with Two-Pair.

[SirFozzie]

And then, I lose half of my stack on a small pair that had three players against an all in, and I coulda lost the rest of it, as I would have made a set on the river, but lose, set over set. Then this hand occurs, and.. all you can do is shake your head.

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Ah - As (Fozzie)
Seat 2: Qs - 9c (Clapper)
Seat 3: Kh - Kd (IWillBiteBack)
Seat 4: Jc - 8s (Ice Pops)
Seat 5: Ks - 8d (Vice)
Seat 6: Qh - 4s (Seethe)
Seat 7: (Empty chair)
Seat 8: 9s - 4h (Shrewd)
Seat 9: Kc - Ts (Web Agent)
Seat 10: Tc - 8h (Mousehunter)


Hand 103:

Antes/Blinds: 0/300/600

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/4,888 chips.
2.Clapper(D) began w/12,875 chips.
3.IWillBiteBack(D) began w/4,700 chips.
4.Ice Pops(D) began w/13,425 chips.
5.Vice(D) began w/6,925 chips.
6.Seethe(D) began w/27,500 chips.
7.(Empty chair)
8.Shrewd(T) began w/25,400 chips.
9.Web Agent(D) began w/27,562 chips.
10.Mousehunter(A) began w/4,000 chips.

Web Agent has the Button.
Mousehunter posts Small Blind of 300.
Fozzie posts Big Blind of 600.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Clapper folds.
IWillBiteBack raises all-in for 4,100, making it 4,700 to go.
Ice Pops folds.
Vice folds.
Seethe folds.
Shrewd folds.
Web Agent folds.
Mousehunter folds.
Fozzie calls 4,100.

The pot is: 9,700


The FLOP comes: Jd - Qd - Ad


The pot is: 9,700


The TURN comes: Jd - Qd - Ad - 9h


The pot is: 9,700


The RIVER comes: Jd - Qd - Ad - 9h - 3d


The FINAL POT is: 9,700


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows Ah - As
IWillBiteBack shows Kh - Kd

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-IWillBiteBack
***IWillBiteBack wins 9,700 with a Flush.

[SirFozzie]

I manage a quadrule up on the next hand, where I was forced all in on the small blind, and caught a queen), and then double up on the hand after that where the BB called with any two because it was such a low amount of chips to call, but even then, I'm still below 3K in chips, and at 300-600, my M is 3, so any unopened pot means all in, even with two limpers and 8-2x. One of the limpers calls, and his K9 holds on to bust me in 44th.

[sabotai]

About the hand on post 37...(and keep in mind it's been years since I've seriously thought about poker)

I pretty much agree with your take. Seemed like a semi-bluff. On the flop, I might have just checked since I would be on a draw that would beat his possible big pair or set and he was just giving me a free card. Not sure if a bigger bet on the flop would have scared him off, but I generally like to bet between 1/2 the pot and 2/3 of the pot as a continuation bet. Your bet was a tad under half the pot. Tough situation there.

[Radii]

Post 37 hand (AJs vs AQo), I think the call of the all in is trivial with the nut flush draw and your pot odds. You're almost certainly behind but almost certainly have good enough odds to call against his range.

I think the fact that there was over 4k in the pot on the flop, your opponent only had 6.7k left, and the fact that you aren't folding if he raises all in gives you a reason to shove the flop instead of make c-bet.

[SirFozzie]

Interesting, thanks, sabotai and Radii (If you see any more hands that you want to call out, please go ahead)

Tonight's tournament is a ten table "Stratosphere" tournament. Usual settings (20 hands per level, 4500 chips, 60% Dead Money, 20% Tough, 20% Aggressive)

Well, it was over quick.

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Kc - Ks (Fozzie)
Seat 2: Js - 5d (Freke)
Seat 3: 7d - 3c (Kooky)
Seat 4: Kd - 9d (Thumbscrew)
Seat 5: (Empty chair)
Seat 6: (Empty chair)
Seat 7: (Empty chair)
Seat 8: Jd - 2s (Bogey)
Seat 9: Ad - Ah (Starker)
Seat 10: 8d - 4c (Gay Blade)


Hand 18:

Antes/Blinds: 0/25/50

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/4,175 chips.
2.Freke(T) began w/9,050 chips.
3.Kooky(A) began w/5,075 chips.
4.Thumbscrew(D) began w/10,175 chips.
5.(Empty chair)
6.(Empty chair)
7.(Empty chair)
8.Bogey(D) began w/4,000 chips.
9.Starker(T) began w/4,325 chips.
10.Gay Blade(D) began w/8,200 chips.

Freke has the Button.
Kooky posts Small Blind of 25.
Thumbscrew posts Big Blind of 50.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Bogey folds.
Starker raises 150, making it 200 to go.
Gay Blade folds.
Fozzie raises 300, making it 500 to go.
Freke folds.
Kooky folds.
Thumbscrew folds.
Starker raises 1,500, making it 2,000 to go.
Fozzie raises all-in for 2,175, making it 4,175 to go.
Starker calls 2,175.

The pot is: 8,425


The FLOP comes: Qc - Td - 8s


The pot is: 8,425


The TURN comes: Qc - Td - 8s - 5s


The pot is: 8,425


The RIVER comes: Qc - Td - 8s - 5s - 4h


The FINAL POT is: 8,425


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows Kc - Ks
Starker shows Ad - Ah

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-Starker
***Starker wins 8,425 with a Pair of Aces.

[SirFozzie]

After a couple days off, I'm back at it, and because I want to play a large tourney and get plenty of practice, these are the settings I'm using:

Setup: WSOP 5K Buy In 3 Day Event
Buy In "5,000
Starting Chip Stack: 10,000
Hands Per Level: 60

Standard player breakout (20% tough, 20% aggressive, 60% Dead Money)

[SirFozzie]

The fireworks start early. I know this is a bit of a loose call defending the blinds, but a stupid play by a Dead Money player meant I turned the straight. And before, I was looking for the program to make a good read.. I'd say Weenie's fold was pretty good read (Although I think the check on the flop was a bit.. weak.. he was only going to get action if someone made a hand, and while TPTK (like say, an A9) was possible that he could crush with the K's, he had a guaranteed small pot and threw it away to try to trap us.. but as I said, he did get out fairly cheap from it.

Starting hands:

Seat 1: 8s - 5h (Fozzie)
Seat 2: Qh - Ts (Whistler)
Seat 3: 4d - 3h (Action Hero)
Seat 4: Ad - 8h (Killjoy)
Seat 5: Th - 4c (Ms.Pasternak)
Seat 6: 9s - 3d (Long Knife)
Seat 7: Ks - 9d (Magnifique)
Seat 8: Kd - Kh (Weenie)
Seat 9: 7h - 6s (Blustery)
Seat 10: 5s - 4s (Manipulator)


Hand 3:

Antes/Blinds: 0/25/50

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/10,000 chips.
2.Whistler(A) began w/9,950 chips.
3.Action Hero(T) began w/10,000 chips.
4.Killjoy(A) began w/10,000 chips.
5.Ms.Pasternak(D) began w/10,625 chips.
6.Long Knife(D) began w/10,000 chips.
7.Magnifique(T) began w/10,000 chips.
8.Weenie(T) began w/9,975 chips.
9.Blustery(D) began w/9,750 chips.
10.Manipulator(D) began w/9,700 chips.

Blustery has the Button.
Manipulator posts Small Blind of 25.
Fozzie posts Big Blind of 50.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Whistler folds.
Action Hero folds.
Killjoy folds.
Ms.Pasternak folds.
Long Knife folds.
Magnifique folds.
Weenie raises 100, making it 150 to go.
Blustery folds.
Manipulator calls 125.
Fozzie calls 100.

The pot is: 450


The FLOP comes: 9h - 7s - 3c

Manipulator checks.
Fozzie checks.
Weenie checks.

The pot is: 450


The TURN comes: 9h - 7s - 3c - 6c

Manipulator bets 400.
Fozzie calls 400.
Weenie raises 1,000, making it 1,400 to go.
Manipulator raises all-in for 8,150, making it 9,550 to go.
Fozzie raises all-in for 300, making it 9,850 to go.
Weenie folds.
Fozzie is refunded 300.

The pot is: 20,950


The RIVER comes: 9h - 7s - 3c - 6c - 2s


The FINAL POT is: 20,950


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows 8s - 5h
Manipulator shows 5s - 4s

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-Manipulator
***Fozzie wins 20,950 with a Straight.

[SirFozzie]

Hand 6: Killjoy's aggressiveness costs him some chips here, as there's a couple players with real hands..

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Ac - Kd (Fozzie)
Seat 2: 9s - 4s (Whistler)
Seat 3: Ah - Kh (Action Hero)
Seat 4: 6s - 4h (Killjoy)
Seat 5: Td - 5c (Ms.Pasternak)
Seat 6: Qh - 3c (Long Knife)
Seat 7: 5h - 2d (Magnifique)
Seat 8: 9d - 2s (Weenie)
Seat 9: 8h - 4c (Blustery)
Seat 10: Qc - 8d (Black Cat)


Hand 6:

Antes/Blinds: 0/25/50

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/21,250 chips.
2.Whistler(A) began w/8,525 chips.
3.Action Hero(T) began w/9,925 chips.
4.Killjoy(A) began w/11,425 chips.
5.Ms.Pasternak(D) began w/10,125 chips.
6.Long Knife(D) began w/10,725 chips.
7.Magnifique(T) began w/10,000 chips.
8.Weenie(T) began w/8,275 chips.
9.Blustery(D) began w/9,750 chips.
10.Black Cat(D) began w/9,850 chips.

Action Hero has the Button.
Killjoy posts Small Blind of 25.
Ms.Pasternak posts Big Blind of 50.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Long Knife folds.
Magnifique folds.
Weenie folds.
Blustery folds.
Black Cat folds.
Fozzie raises 150, making it 200 to go.
Whistler folds.
Action Hero calls 200.
Killjoy calls 175.
Ms.Pasternak folds.

The pot is: 650


The FLOP comes: As - 5s - Jd

Killjoy checks.
Fozzie bets 350.
Action Hero calls 350.
Killjoy raises 450, making it 800 to go.
Fozzie calls 450.
Action Hero calls 450.

The pot is: 3,050


The TURN comes: As - 5s - Jd - 3h

Killjoy checks.
Fozzie bets 1,300.
Action Hero calls 1,300.
Killjoy calls 1,300.

The pot is: 6,950


The RIVER comes: As - 5s - Jd - 3h - 3d

Killjoy checks.
Fozzie checks.
Action Hero bets 3,800.
Killjoy folds.
Fozzie calls 3,800.

The FINAL POT is: 14,550


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows Ac - Kd
Action Hero shows Ah - Kh

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-Action Hero

Main pot SPLIT:

***Fozzie receives 7,275 with Two-Pair.
***Action Hero receives 7,275 with Two-Pair.

[SirFozzie]

I wasn't involved in this pot, other then wincing when I saw the result. If this happened to me in a B&M Casino Tournament, I'd be muttering about it for weeks.

Starting hands:

Seat 1: 7s - 4s (Fozzie)
Seat 2: 8s - 3h (Whistler)
Seat 3: Js - 9s (Action Hero)
Seat 4: Th - 5h (Killjoy)
Seat 5: Jh - 5s (Ms.Pasternak)
Seat 6: Kd - Kh (Long Knife)
Seat 7: Ts - 6h (Magnifique)
Seat 8: 7d - 3d (Weenie)
Seat 9: 6s - 2d (Blustery)
Seat 10: Ah - Ac (Black Cat)


Hand 8:

Antes/Blinds: 0/25/50

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/22,425 chips.
2.Whistler(A) began w/8,525 chips.
3.Action Hero(T) began w/11,100 chips.
4.Killjoy(A) began w/8,975 chips.
5.Ms.Pasternak(D) began w/10,050 chips.
6.Long Knife(D) began w/11,050 chips.
7.Magnifique(T) began w/10,000 chips.
8.Weenie(T) began w/8,275 chips.
9.Blustery(D) began w/9,750 chips.
10.Black Cat(D) began w/9,700 chips.

Ms.Pasternak has the Button.
Long Knife posts Small Blind of 25.
Magnifique posts Big Blind of 50.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Weenie folds.
Blustery folds.
Black Cat raises 150, making it 200 to go.
Fozzie folds.
Whistler folds.
Action Hero folds.
Killjoy folds.
Ms.Pasternak folds.
Long Knife raises 200, making it 400 to go.
Magnifique folds.
Black Cat raises 800, making it 1,200 to go.
Long Knife raises all-in for 9,850, making it 11,050 to go.
Black Cat calls all-in for 8,500.
Long Knife is refunded 1,350.

The pot is: 19,450


The FLOP comes: 8h - 8c - 8d


The pot is: 19,450


The TURN comes: 8h - 8c - 8d - Td


The pot is: 19,450


The RIVER comes: 8h - 8c - 8d - Td - 3s


The FINAL POT is: 19,450


SHOWDOWN ...

Long Knife shows Kd - Kh
Black Cat shows Ah - Ac

Main pot involving:

-Long Knife
-Black Cat
***Black Cat wins 19,450 with a Fullhouse.

[SirFozzie]

And this is where suited connectors in early position get you. Calling a raise pre-flop, then spending 3000 chips asking your opponent "Do you have an Ace", and then folding when it appears that yes, they do have an ace. (Glad it's not me who screwed this hand up ;))


Starting hands:

Seat 1: Ad - Qs (Fozzie)
Seat 2: Ks - 5s (Whistler)
Seat 3: 9c - 3c (Action Hero)
Seat 4: Jh - 5h (Killjoy)
Seat 5: 6h - 4h (Ms.Pasternak)
Seat 6: Ts - 9s (TruBeliever)
Seat 7: As - 2s (Magnifique)
Seat 8: Qh - 2c (Weenie)
Seat 9: 8s - 3h (Blustery)
Seat 10: 7s - 6s (Black Cat)


Hand 45:

Antes/Blinds: 0/25/50

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/23,250 chips.
2.Whistler(A) began w/8,400 chips.
3.Action Hero(T) began w/16,600 chips.
4.Killjoy(A) began w/8,525 chips.
5.Ms.Pasternak(D) began w/8,200 chips.
6.TruBeliever(A) began w/10,525 chips.
7.Magnifique(T) began w/11,450 chips.
8.Weenie(T) began w/8,825 chips.
9.Blustery(D) began w/10,650 chips.
10.Black Cat(D) began w/13,325 chips.

Whistler has the Button.
Action Hero posts Small Blind of 25.
Killjoy posts Big Blind of 50.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Ms.Pasternak calls 50.
TruBeliever calls 50.
Magnifique folds.
Weenie folds.
Blustery folds.
Black Cat calls 50.
Fozzie raises 150, making it 200 to go.
Whistler folds.
Action Hero folds.
Killjoy folds.
Ms.Pasternak calls 150.
TruBeliever calls 150.
Black Cat calls 150.

The pot is: 875


The FLOP comes: Ac - 9d - 8d
Ms.Pasternak checks.
TruBeliever checks.
Black Cat checks.
Fozzie bets 875.
Ms.Pasternak folds.
TruBeliever raises 2,075, making it 2,950 to go.
Black Cat folds.
Fozzie calls 2,075.

The pot is: 6,775


The TURN comes: Ac - 9d - 8d - Qc

TruBeliever checks.
Fozzie bets 6,775.
TruBeliever folds.

Fozzie wins a pot of 13,550 without a showdown.

[SirFozzie]

Those, the poker Gods wish to make humble, they first allow to brag about not screwing up a previous hand.

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Th - Tc (Fozzie)
Seat 2: Qc - 2h (Whistler)
Seat 3: Jc - 7h (Action Hero)
Seat 4: Ac - 7c (Killjoy)
Seat 5: 5c - 4s (Ms.Pasternak)
Seat 6: Ah - Ks (TruBeliever)
Seat 7: 6c - 5s (Magnifique)
Seat 8: Qs - 8s (Weenie)
Seat 9: Kh - 2d (Blustery)
Seat 10: Kc - Qd (Black Cat)


Hand 53:

Antes/Blinds: 0/25/50

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/27,125 chips.
2.Whistler(A) began w/8,400 chips.
3.Action Hero(T) began w/15,475 chips.
4.Killjoy(A) began w/8,050 chips.
5.Ms.Pasternak(D) began w/7,825 chips.
6.TruBeliever(A) began w/7,550 chips.
7.Magnifique(T) began w/13,025 chips.
8.Weenie(T) began w/9,125 chips.
9.Blustery(D) began w/10,375 chips.
10.Black Cat(D) began w/12,800 chips.

Black Cat has the Button.
Fozzie posts Small Blind of 25.
Whistler posts Big Blind of 50.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Action Hero folds.
Killjoy folds.
Ms.Pasternak folds.
TruBeliever calls 50.
Magnifique folds.
Weenie folds.
Blustery folds.
Black Cat raises 200, making it 250 to go.
Fozzie raises 200, making it 450 to go.
Whistler folds.
TruBeliever folds.
Black Cat calls 200.

The pot is: 1,000


The FLOP comes: 9s - Qh - 5d

Fozzie bets 1,000.
Black Cat raises 1,450, making it 2,450 to go.
Fozzie calls 1,450.

The pot is: 5,900


The TURN comes: 9s - Qh - 5d - Jd

Fozzie checks.
Black Cat bets 4,350.
Fozzie folds.

Black Cat wins a pot of 10,250 without a showdown.

[SirFozzie]

Level 1 has been a success, as I more then doubled my stack to $24,225, 53rd in the standings. About 10% of the field has been eliminated (5756 of 6120 remaining)

I manage to win a couple of small pots, and build it up over $30,000, including a flop where a defended blind of A10, becomes a monster hand when AA4 flops..

edit: But not much else happens in Level 2, as I give back a little, plus the blinds and antes, I'm in 105th (of 5,177) entering Level 3 with $28,275

[SirFozzie]

As it turns out, I was leading all the way, but maybe a tad too much aggression on this play?

Starting hands:

Seat 1: 8h - 8s (Fozzie)
Seat 2: Ad - 7h (Whistler)
Seat 3: Ac - 4d (Action Hero)
Seat 4: Jc - 9h (Killjoy)
Seat 5: Js - 6h (Ms.Pasternak)
Seat 6: 4s - 4h (.38 Special)
Seat 7: As - 7s (Magnifique)
Seat 8: Th - 3s (Weenie)
Seat 9: Kc - 5s (Blustery)
Seat 10: 8c - 7d (Black Cat)


Hand 130:

Antes/Blinds: 0/100/200

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/28,275 chips.
2.Whistler(A) began w/5,050 chips.
3.Action Hero(T) began w/11,225 chips.
4.Killjoy(A) began w/9,575 chips.
5.Ms.Pasternak(D) began w/7,475 chips.
6..38 Special(D) began w/9,350 chips.
7.Magnifique(T) began w/9,150 chips.
8.Weenie(T) began w/11,700 chips.
9.Blustery(D) began w/18,300 chips.
10.Black Cat(D) began w/20,000 chips.

Magnifique has the Button.
Weenie posts Small Blind of 100.
Blustery posts Big Blind of 200.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Black Cat folds.
Fozzie raises 400, making it 600 to go.
Whistler folds.
Action Hero folds.
Killjoy folds.
Ms.Pasternak folds.
.38 Special calls 600.
Magnifique folds.
Weenie folds.
Blustery folds.

The pot is: 1,500


The FLOP comes: Qc - 5c - Ks

Fozzie bets 1,500.
.38 Special calls 1,500.

The pot is: 4,500


The TURN comes: Qc - 5c - Ks - Kh

Fozzie bets 4,500.
.38 Special folds.

Fozzie wins a pot of 9,000 without a showdown.

[SirFozzie]

Yet again, another "Go in with a marginal hand, and appear to be fine, but you're really beat all the way down" (Plus with an Ace on the flop, second pair can't be good against someone raising from early position and then betting on the flop, can it?)


Starting hands:

Seat 1: Kd - Kc (Fozzie)
Seat 2: Jh - 6c (Whistler)
Seat 3: Kh - 6s (Action Hero)
Seat 4: Ac - 8c (Killjoy)
Seat 5: Qc - Jd (Ms.Pasternak)
Seat 6: Qh - 2d (.38 Special)
Seat 7: Td - 7s (Magnifique)
Seat 8: Qd - 7h (Weenie)
Seat 9: 9h - 2c (Blustery)
Seat 10: Qs - 6h (Black Cat)


Hand 131:

Antes/Blinds: 0/100/200

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/30,675 chips.
2.Whistler(A) began w/5,050 chips.
3.Action Hero(T) began w/11,225 chips.
4.Killjoy(A) began w/9,575 chips.
5.Ms.Pasternak(D) began w/7,475 chips.
6..38 Special(D) began w/7,250 chips.
7.Magnifique(T) began w/9,150 chips.
8.Weenie(T) began w/11,600 chips.
9.Blustery(D) began w/18,100 chips.
10.Black Cat(D) began w/20,000 chips.

Weenie has the Button.
Blustery posts Small Blind of 100.
Black Cat posts Big Blind of 200.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Fozzie raises 600, making it 800 to go.
Whistler folds.
Action Hero folds.
Killjoy folds.
Ms.Pasternak calls 800.
.38 Special folds.
Magnifique folds.
Weenie folds.
Blustery folds.
Black Cat folds.

The pot is: 1,900


The FLOP comes: Ah - 8h - Js

Fozzie bets 1,000.
Ms.Pasternak calls 1,000.

The pot is: 3,900


The TURN comes: Ah - 8h - Js - Ad

Fozzie checks.
Ms.Pasternak checks.

The pot is: 3,900


The RIVER comes: Ah - 8h - Js - Ad - 5h

Fozzie bets 2,000.
Ms.Pasternak calls 2,000.

The FINAL POT is: 7,900


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows Kd - Kc
Ms.Pasternak shows Qc - Jd

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-Ms.Pasternak
***Fozzie wins 7,900 with Two-Pair.

[SirFozzie]

A Rivered Flush boosts my stack to around 38K in chips.

Then. THIS monster hand is played.

Starting hands:

Seat 1: 4d - 4h (Fozzie)
Seat 2: Jd - 7d (Stomper)
Seat 3: Ad - As (Action Hero)
Seat 4: 5d - 2c (Killjoy)
Seat 5: Td - 9c (Arbitrator)
Seat 6: Jh - 2d (.38 Special)
Seat 7: Ah - 9d (Dumptey)
Seat 8: Kd - Tc (Weenie)
Seat 9: Ac - Qd (Blustery)
Seat 10: 7h - 6h (Black Cat)


Hand 171:

Antes/Blinds: 0/100/200

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/36,850 chips.
2.Stomper(T) began w/8,725 chips.
3.Action Hero(T) began w/8,825 chips.
4.Killjoy(A) began w/26,175 chips.
5.Arbitrator(D) began w/4,200 chips.
6..38 Special(D) began w/7,350 chips.
7.Dumptey(D) began w/4,600 chips.
8.Weenie(T) began w/5,900 chips.
9.Blustery(D) began w/16,650 chips.
10.Black Cat(D) began w/30,450 chips.

Weenie has the Button.
Blustery posts Small Blind of 100.
Black Cat posts Big Blind of 200.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Fozzie raises 200, making it 400 to go.
Stomper folds.
Action Hero calls 400.
Killjoy folds.
Arbitrator folds.
.38 Special folds.
Dumptey folds.
Weenie folds.
Blustery calls 300.
Black Cat calls 200.

The pot is: 1,600


The FLOP comes: Qs - 4s - 6d

Blustery bets 1,000.
Black Cat raises 1,400, making it 2,400 to go.
Fozzie calls 2,400.
Action Hero calls 2,400.
Blustery calls 1,400.

The pot is: 11,200


The TURN comes: Qs - 4s - 6d - Qc

Blustery bets 8,400.
Black Cat folds.
Fozzie raises all-in for 25,650, making it 34,050 to go.
Action Hero folds.
Blustery calls all-in for 5,450.
Fozzie is refunded 20,200.

The pot is: 38,900


The RIVER comes: Qs - 4s - 6d - Qc - Kh


The FINAL POT is: 38,900


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows 4d - 4h
Blustery shows Ac - Qd

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-Blustery
***Fozzie wins 38,900 with a Fullhouse.

[SirFozzie]

Soon after that, I do feel somewhat bad for Action Hero, he just ran into hands that he couldn't see coming, both on this hand and the previous one:

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Kh - Kd (Fozzie)
Seat 2: Td - 5c (Stomper)
Seat 3: Ac - Qs (Action Hero)
Seat 4: Kc - 9c (Killjoy)
Seat 5: Qd - 6h (Arbitrator)
Seat 6: Qc - 9h (.38 Special)
Seat 7: Th - 2h (Dumptey)
Seat 8: 6d - 2s (Weenie)
Seat 9: Jd - 2d (Nebulous)
Seat 10: 7d - 6c (Black Cat)


Hand 173:

Antes/Blinds: 0/100/200

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/58,900 chips.
2.Stomper(T) began w/8,725 chips.
3.Action Hero(T) began w/6,025 chips.
4.Killjoy(A) began w/26,175 chips.
5.Arbitrator(D) began w/4,200 chips.
6..38 Special(D) began w/7,350 chips.
7.Dumptey(D) began w/4,600 chips.
8.Weenie(T) began w/5,900 chips.
9.Nebulous(T) began w/9,800 chips.
10.Black Cat(D) began w/28,650 chips.

Black Cat has the Button.
Fozzie posts Small Blind of 100.
Stomper posts Big Blind of 200.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Action Hero calls 200.
Killjoy folds.
Arbitrator folds.
.38 Special folds.
Dumptey folds.
Weenie folds.
Nebulous folds.
Black Cat calls 200.
Fozzie raises 600, making it 800 to go.
Stomper folds.
Action Hero raises 1,200, making it 2,000 to go.
Black Cat folds.
Fozzie calls 1,200.

The pot is: 4,400


The FLOP comes: Tc - Ks - Qh

Fozzie checks.
Action Hero bets 2,000.
Fozzie raises 4,400, making it 6,400 to go.
Action Hero calls all-in for 2,025.
Fozzie is refunded 2,375.

The pot is: 12,450


The TURN comes: Tc - Ks - Qh - 9s


The pot is: 12,450


The RIVER comes: Tc - Ks - Qh - 9s - 5s


The FINAL POT is: 12,450


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows Kh - Kd
Action Hero shows Ac - Qs

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-Action Hero
***Fozzie wins 12,450 with a Set/Trips.

[SirFozzie]

As we finish Level 3, I'm in second place with 65,325. Now we start the antes.. I have a TON of chips to play with (as we are only at 100-200 with 25 ante).

[SirFozzie]

Level 4 is a study in frustration. Barely any decent starting hands, and the few that I have are either out of position, don't hit the flop, or are reraised out of my control. Mostly treading water here, but lose a couple thousand chips, and am at $63,425 entering Level 5 (150-300 with a 25 ante)

[SirFozzie]

I didn't minimize my losses here. (to be honest, I didn't put him on this particular hand, as his play didn't seem like it would support it)

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Kc - Kh (Fozzie)
Seat 2: Td - 6c (Stomper)
Seat 3: Th - 7d (Clay Warrior)
Seat 4: Kd - 3s (Killjoy)
Seat 5: Qd - 9c (Lux)
Seat 6: Ah - 2h (.38 Special)
Seat 7: 5s - 3c (Last Exit)
Seat 8: Jh - 4h (Weenie)
Seat 9: 9s - 3h (Nebulous)
Seat 10: Tc - 9h (Black Cat)


Hand 252:

Antes/Blinds: 25/150/300

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/62,450 chips.
2.Stomper(T) began w/17,625 chips.
3.Clay Warrior(D) began w/15,199 chips.
4.Killjoy(A) began w/28,375 chips.
5.Lux(D) began w/18,375 chips.
6..38 Special(D) began w/8,850 chips.
7.Last Exit(D) began w/45,600 chips.
8.Weenie(T) began w/5,150 chips.
9.Nebulous(T) began w/4,250 chips.
10.Black Cat(D) began w/26,200 chips.

Nebulous has the Button.
Antes of 25 posted by all players.
Black Cat posts Small Blind of 150.
Fozzie posts Big Blind of 300.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Stomper folds.
Clay Warrior folds.
Killjoy folds.
Lux folds.
.38 Special raises 600, making it 900 to go.
Last Exit folds.
Weenie folds.
Nebulous folds.
Black Cat folds.
Fozzie raises 600, making it 1,500 to go.
.38 Special calls 600.

The pot is: 3,400


The FLOP comes: 7s - Ac - 4d

Fozzie bets 3,400.
.38 Special calls 3,400.

The pot is: 10,200


The TURN comes: 7s - Ac - 4d - 6d

Fozzie bets 10,200.
.38 Special calls all-in for 3,925.
Fozzie is refunded 6,275.

The pot is: 18,050


The RIVER comes: 7s - Ac - 4d - 6d - 5d


The FINAL POT is: 18,050


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows Kc - Kh
.38 Special shows Ah - 2h

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-.38 Special
***.38 Special wins 18,050 with a Pair of Aces.

[SirFozzie]

Unluckily for me, he had one of the two cards that would deny me the full pot here (or a flush):

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Tc - Ts (Fozzie)
Seat 2: Td - 9d (Stomper)
Seat 3: Ah - 5h (Clay Warrior)
Seat 4: Qd - 4s (Killjoy)
Seat 5: Kd - 4c (Lux)
Seat 6: Th - 3s (.38 Special)
Seat 7: 4h - 2c (Last Exit)
Seat 8: Jh - 8c (Weenie)
Seat 9: 6d - 3c (Clementine)
Seat 10: 8d - 5s (Black Cat)


Hand 274:

Antes/Blinds: 25/150/300

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/57,300 chips.
2.Stomper(T) began w/24,925 chips.
3.Clay Warrior(D) began w/10,824 chips.
4.Killjoy(A) began w/19,575 chips.
5.Lux(D) began w/23,125 chips.
6..38 Special(D) began w/28,975 chips.
7.Last Exit(D) began w/41,425 chips.
8.Weenie(T) began w/7,175 chips.
9.Clementine(D) began w/14,125 chips.
10.Black Cat(D) began w/23,550 chips.

Fozzie has the Button.
Antes of 25 posted by all players.
Stomper posts Small Blind of 150.
Clay Warrior posts Big Blind of 300.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Killjoy folds.
Lux folds.
.38 Special folds.
Last Exit folds.
Weenie folds.
Clementine folds.
Black Cat folds.
Fozzie raises 400, making it 700 to go.
Stomper calls 550.
Clay Warrior calls 400.

The pot is: 2,350


The FLOP comes: 9s - Qs - Ks

Stomper checks.
Clay Warrior checks.
Fozzie bets 2,350.
Stomper raises 4,150, making it 6,500 to go.
Clay Warrior folds.
Fozzie calls 4,150.

The pot is: 15,350


The TURN comes: 9s - Qs - Ks - Jc

Stomper bets 14,700.
Fozzie raises all-in for 35,375, making it 50,075 to go.
Stomper calls all-in for 3,000.
Fozzie is refunded 32,375.

The pot is: 50,750


The RIVER comes: 9s - Qs - Ks - Jc - 7c


The FINAL POT is: 50,750


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows Tc - Ts
Stomper shows Td - 9d

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-Stomper

Main pot SPLIT:

***Fozzie receives 25,375 with a Straight.
***Stomper receives 25,375 with a Straight.

Not much else to talk about in Level 5, still treading water, in the to 100 (87th of 2,798 remaining), but I'm not building a stack here, (54,750), and I need to move forward at some point

[SirFozzie]

Nut Flush beats the second Nut Flush and a third flush. Me, I just had a pocket pair that lost some chips when everyone checked to me, and I said "Ok, I'll take it" and promptly got beat into the pot by "RAISE! RAISE! RAISE!" The trap trapped the trapper who was then trapped by the BIG trapper.

Starting hands:

Seat 1: 4c - 4d (Fozzie)
Seat 2: 9h - 7h (Stomper)
Seat 3: 9d - 7s (Clay Warrior)
Seat 4: Qh - Jh (Killjoy)
Seat 5: Jc - 9c (Lux)
Seat 6: Ah - 5h (.38 Special)
Seat 7: 6d - 3h (Last Exit)
Seat 8: Qs - 2h (Weenie)
Seat 9: Ks - 6c (Clementine)
Seat 10: Ad - 7d (Black Cat)


Hand 306:

Antes/Blinds: 50/200/400

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/53,900 chips.
2.Stomper(T) began w/23,375 chips.
3.Clay Warrior(D) began w/25,948 chips.
4.Killjoy(A) began w/18,250 chips.
5.Lux(D) began w/26,650 chips.
6..38 Special(D) began w/24,500 chips.
7.Last Exit(D) began w/28,651 chips.
8.Weenie(T) began w/9,000 chips.
9.Clementine(D) began w/7,000 chips.
10.Black Cat(D) began w/33,725 chips.

Clay Warrior has the Button.
Antes of 50 posted by all players.
Killjoy posts Small Blind of 200.
Lux posts Big Blind of 400.

PREFLOP betting begins:

.38 Special calls 400.
Last Exit folds.
Weenie folds.
Clementine folds.
Black Cat calls 400.
Fozzie calls 400.
Stomper calls 400.
Clay Warrior folds.
Killjoy calls 200.
Lux checks in the Big Blind.

The pot is: 2,900


The FLOP comes: 6h - Kh - 8h

Killjoy checks.
Lux checks.
.38 Special checks.
Black Cat checks.
Fozzie bets 2,900.
Stomper raises 14,600, making it 17,500 to go.
Killjoy raises all-in for 300, making it 17,800 to go.
Lux folds.
.38 Special raises all-in for 6,250, making it 24,050 to go.
Black Cat folds.
Fozzie folds.
Stomper calls all-in for 5,425.
.38 Special is refunded 1,125.

The pot is: 69,450


The TURN comes: 6h - Kh - 8h - Qd


The pot is: 69,450


The RIVER comes: 6h - Kh - 8h - Qd - 3c


The FINAL POT is: 69,450


SHOWDOWN ...

Stomper shows 9h - 7h
Killjoy shows Qh - Jh (Max elig: 59,200)
.38 Special shows Ah - 5h

Sidepot involving:

-Stomper
-.38 Special
***.38 Special takes pot of 10,250 with a Flush.

Main pot involving:

-Killjoy
-.38 Special
***.38 Special wins 59,200 with a Flush.

[SirFozzie]

All I can say about my play on this hand is: LOL DONKAMENTS

Starting hands:

Seat 1: Qd - 9s (Fozzie)
Seat 2: 6s - 3s (Yuai)
Seat 3: Qc - 3d (Clay Warrior)
Seat 4: Tc - 4s (Vicious Kind)
Seat 5: As - 5s (Lux)
Seat 6: Kh - 4d (.38 Special)
Seat 7: 5c - 3c (Last Exit)
Seat 8: Qs - 9h (Weenie)
Seat 9: Jh - 2d (Clementine)
Seat 10: Js - 8c (Black Cat)


Hand 312:

Antes/Blinds: 50/200/400

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/50,300 chips.
2.Yuai(D) began w/16,375 chips.
3.Clay Warrior(D) began w/21,648 chips.
4.Vicious Kind(A) began w/40,400 chips.
5.Lux(D) began w/26,600 chips.
6..38 Special(D) began w/67,525 chips.
7.Last Exit(D) began w/34,051 chips.
8.Weenie(T) began w/12,800 chips.
9.Clementine(D) began w/7,800 chips.
10.Black Cat(D) began w/31,825 chips.

Clementine has the Button.
Antes of 50 posted by all players.
Black Cat posts Small Blind of 200.
Fozzie posts Big Blind of 400.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Yuai folds.
Clay Warrior folds.
Vicious Kind folds.
Lux raises 400, making it 800 to go.
.38 Special folds.
Last Exit folds.
Weenie folds.
Clementine folds.
Black Cat folds.
Fozzie raises 400, making it 1,200 to go.
Lux calls 400.

The pot is: 3,100


The FLOP comes: Ac - Th - 8s

Fozzie bets 3,100.
Lux calls 3,100.

The pot is: 9,300


The TURN comes: Ac - Th - 8s - Ah

Fozzie checks.
Lux bets 6,400.
Fozzie folds.

Lux wins a pot of 15,700 without a showdown.

[SirFozzie]

Medium Pair, best hand before the flop, all under cards on the flop, I take a stab at it, and it turns out I'm so dominated that it's unbelieveable:

Starting hands:

Seat 1: 8d - 8c (Fozzie)
Seat 2: 5s - 5d (Yuai)
Seat 3: As - 2s (Clay Warrior)
Seat 4: 7d - 7c (Vicious Kind)
Seat 5: 6d - 3d (Lux)
Seat 6: 9h - 4s (.38 Special)
Seat 7: Qh - 6s (Last Exit)
Seat 8: Js - 2c (Weenie)
Seat 9: 7h - 4d (Clementine)
Seat 10: Tc - 3h (Black Cat)


Hand 321:

Antes/Blinds: 50/200/400

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/45,350 chips.
2.Yuai(D) began w/15,025 chips.
3.Clay Warrior(D) began w/18,798 chips.
4.Vicious Kind(A) began w/43,150 chips.
5.Lux(D) began w/32,700 chips.
6..38 Special(D) began w/66,475 chips.
7.Last Exit(D) began w/37,951 chips.
8.Weenie(T) began w/11,750 chips.
9.Clementine(D) began w/6,950 chips.
10.Black Cat(D) began w/31,175 chips.

Weenie has the Button.
Antes of 50 posted by all players.
Clementine posts Small Blind of 200.
Black Cat posts Big Blind of 400.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Fozzie raises 700, making it 1,100 to go.
Yuai calls 1,100.
Clay Warrior calls 1,100.
Vicious Kind calls 1,100.
Lux folds.
.38 Special folds.
Last Exit folds.
Weenie folds.
Clementine folds.
Black Cat folds.

The pot is: 5,500


The FLOP comes: 3s - 4c - 5h

Fozzie bets 5,500.
Yuai raises all-in for 8,375, making it 13,875 to go.
Clay Warrior raises all-in for 3,773, making it 17,648 to go.
Vicious Kind folds.
Fozzie folds.
Clay Warrior is refunded 3,773.

The pot is: 38,750


The TURN comes: 3s - 4c - 5h - Ah


The pot is: 38,750


The RIVER comes: 3s - 4c - 5h - Ah - 7s


The FINAL POT is: 38,750


SHOWDOWN ...

Yuai shows 5s - 5d
Clay Warrior shows As - 2s

Main pot involving:

-Yuai
-Clay Warrior
***Clay Warrior wins 38,750 with a Straight.

[SirFozzie]

DING DING DING DING DING DING!

What's that sound you hear? It's me on tilt. If this was a real B&M casino, I'd have to walk away for about 10 minutes, because a few times I play hands, and get bet off them. Then I play aggressively, and I'm second best. Then I get tight/weak and other players gladly help themselves to my chips. I've lost about half my stack from my hand point, and folded the best post flop hand twice according to the counter in the last FIVE hands.

Frustrating. But you gotta learn how to deal with Steam/Tilt, right?

Level Six finish: Still a slightly above average stack (698 of 2130), but down to $33,900 as we hit blinds of 75 ante, 300-600)

[SirFozzie]

ANd the tilt job is nearly complete.

Starting hands:

Seat 1: 9h - 9c (Fozzie)
Seat 2: Js - 9d (Doomsday)
Seat 3: Kc - Jc (Clay Warrior)
Seat 4: 7c - 2h (Vicious Kind)
Seat 5: Qh - 9s (Lux)
Seat 6: 7d - 5h (.38 Special)
Seat 7: Kh - 3c (Last Exit)
Seat 8: Tc - 5s (Page Nine)
Seat 9: Ad - 7h (Mr. Playboy)
Seat 10: 6h - 2c (Black Cat)


Hand 378:

Antes/Blinds: 75/300/600

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/30,075 chips.
2.Doomsday(D) began w/12,975 chips.
3.Clay Warrior(D) began w/18,723 chips.
4.Vicious Kind(A) began w/10,423 chips.
5.Lux(D) began w/19,801 chips.
6..38 Special(D) began w/81,625 chips.
7.Last Exit(D) began w/45,602 chips.
8.Page Nine(D) began w/27,461 chips.
9.Mr. Playboy(D) began w/36,394 chips.
10.Black Cat(D) began w/105,125 chips.

Lux has the Button.
Antes of 75 posted by all players.
.38 Special posts Small Blind of 300.
Last Exit posts Big Blind of 600.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Page Nine folds.
Mr. Playboy folds.
Black Cat folds.
Fozzie raises 1,900, making it 2,500 to go.
Doomsday folds.
Clay Warrior calls 2,500.
Vicious Kind folds.
Lux folds.
.38 Special folds.
Last Exit folds.

The pot is: 6,650


The FLOP comes: 8h - Kd - 6d

Fozzie bets 6,650.
Clay Warrior calls 6,650.

The pot is: 19,950


The TURN comes: 8h - Kd - 6d - 8s

Fozzie checks.
Clay Warrior bets 7,800.
Fozzie calls 7,800.

The pot is: 35,550


The RIVER comes: 8h - Kd - 6d - 8s - Ac

Fozzie pushes all-in, making it 13,050 to go.
Clay Warrior calls all-in for 1,698.
Fozzie is refunded 11,352.

The FINAL POT is: 38,946


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows 9h - 9c
Clay Warrior shows Kc - Jc

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-Clay Warrior
***Clay Warrior wins 38,946 with Two-Pair.

[SirFozzie]

And finally...

Hand 403:

Antes/Blinds: 75/300/600

1.Fozzie(Y) began w/6,852 chips.
2.Evil-Doer(T) began w/44,766 chips.
3.Fearless(D) began w/50,989 chips.
4.Vicious Kind(A) began w/11,473 chips.
5.Lux(D) began w/19,801 chips.
6..38 Special(D) began w/71,800 chips.
7.Last Exit(D) began w/107,179 chips.
8.Page Nine(D) began w/18,686 chips.
9.Slime(T) began w/78,198 chips.
10.Black Cat(D) began w/158,621 chips.

Black Cat has the Button.
Antes of 75 posted by all players.
Fozzie posts Small Blind of 300.
Evil-Doer posts Big Blind of 600.

PREFLOP betting begins:

Fearless folds.
Vicious Kind folds.
Lux raises 1,800, making it 2,400 to go.
.38 Special folds.
Last Exit folds.
Page Nine calls 2,400.
Slime folds.
Black Cat folds.
Fozzie raises all-in for 4,377, making it 6,777 to go.
Evil-Doer folds.
Lux calls 4,377.
Page Nine calls 4,377.

The pot is: 21,681


The FLOP comes: Js - 5d - Ts

(Fozzie all-in)
Lux checks.
Page Nine checks.

The pot is: 21,681


The TURN comes: Js - 5d - Ts - 2h

(Fozzie all-in)
Lux checks.
Page Nine checks.

The pot is: 21,681


The RIVER comes: Js - 5d - Ts - 2h - 6h

(Fozzie all-in)
Lux checks.
Page Nine checks.

The FINAL POT is: 21,681


SHOWDOWN ...

Fozzie shows As - 8s
Lux shows Ah - Qs
Page Nine shows Ad - Qc

Main pot involving:

-Fozzie
-Lux
-Page Nine

Main pot SPLIT:

***Lux receives 10,840 with High Card.
***Page Nine receives 10,840 with High Card.


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[SirFozzie]

Thoughts: There was some really loose playes there, I'm proud of how I played in a few hands, but I learned something today, that I'm not very good at dealing with steam , being on tilt and having it affect my play., Something to definitely watch out for.

[britrock88]

After you take a couple bad beats in a row, just resolve to fold out of enough hands to give yourself a break, irrespective of the cards you're dealt. Even if you get rockets or something, your state of mind might lead you to play it badly, which can be worse than not playing it at all.

[SirFozzie]

More coming soon, just been a very long week :)

[CrimsonFox]

This is REALLY fun to follow! Killjoy is a dumbass! :) I assume this isn't real money? Are these even real people or a program?

[SirFozzie]

As I said in the beginning, this is a program, called Master Poker :)