Ultimate Bet
$38 buy in. This is a bounty tournament, so every person that I knock out, I get $5.
307 players
Top Prize: $2302.63, pays top 40
After the first break, I have about $3700 in chips. We start with $1500 in chips. That's 34th place out of 175 players. I'm pretty solid right now. I have yet to knock anyone out.
Did not make it to the 2nd break. I was standing pretty good when I was dealt K K. There was a raiser ahead of me. I reraised. The original raiser raised all in. I had the chips to cover so I called. He flipped over A A. WOW! I end up finishing in 85th place. That was my only mistake of the night and it cost me the tournament. What do you do with K K in that situation? Call right? It so hard to lay down K K.
I do not cash, except for the $5 bounty that I got for knocking 1 person out.
Overall $33 loss
Pokerstars
$27.50 buy in.
1415 players
Top Prize: $7531.34, pays top 180
After the first break, I have $4535 in chips. We start with $3000 in chips. It has been up and down. I am currently 392nd place out of 868 players.
So I am playing both sites at the same time. I have about $18,000 in chips (40th place). While I was playing on Ultimate Bet, the screen pops back and forth. There was a raise and a reraise for about $9,000. As the screen is going back and forth, I accidentally hit call with my 3 7 suited spades. I obviously lose that hand. and am down to $9,000(152nd place out of 342). The funny thing was that I hit a straight on the river, but lose to the flush. PAY ATTENTION! CRAP!
OMG! You won't believe what just happened! The blinds are at 300/600. Player in early position raises to $1800. I have K K. I reraise to $9,000. The player after me goes all in for $10,000 (he has Q Q). The original raiser had A A and goes all in. I am pot committed so I call. I was devastated and was ready to sleep for the night until I saw the flop. The flop comes K J K. I flop quads. I am now 20th place with a little over 35K in chips.
I make it to the final table. I go into the final table as the chip leader. People are playing so tight. I'm stealing pots, but I also get several good hands. Anyway, we get down to 4 players and I'm the chip leader. They want to chop it 4 ways and play for $1000. We all agree that that is what is going to happen. The 4 way chop comes out to be $3786 each with $1000 on the table. We play for the 1K and I win it all. I am so tired right now.
Outcome: 1st place: $4786
Here I come online poker world!
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Monday, October 29, 2007
$11 buy in tourney on Pokerstars
There are 2520 players. It pays the top 360. Top prize is $4924.
A couple notable hands:
#1) So I have Q 10 (suited hearts) in the small blind. The guy under the gun (right after the big blind) raises it to 1500. The blinds are at 300/600. The player right after him automatically calls. It goes around and comes back to me. I'm getting 3 to 1 on my money and decide to call. The flop comes 3 A(diamonds) J(hearts). The raiser bets 3000. One guy folds, I call. The turn brings the K of hearts. I check raise him all in. He automatically calls. He also has Q 10, but diamonds. I'm on a free-roll. The river brings that A of hearts. I make the ROYAL FLUSH and start dancing. AWESOME!
#2) I have 3 3 in the small blind with 20,000 in chips. The blinds are at 600/1200. Some idiot goes all in with A 4 offsuit. He has about 5000 in chips. I don't blame him for going all in, I know I just wouldn't do it. I call and he hits his 4 on the river. Always on the river, I was pretty pissed. That crippled me for awhile until I made a stupid play of my own and went all in with A 5 (suited clubs). I get two callers, they had A K and A J. Suprise , Suprise , I hit my 5 on the river and triple up. Sometimes it pays to play like a donkey.
#3) This is the hand that sent me downhill. A guy in late position raises. I am thinking that he is stealing the blind. I have K 10 (suited spades). I am in the big blind, so I call. The flop comes K 9 7 rainbow. I check, player bets. I just call. The turn brings a J. I check, he bets big, I push him all in, thinking that he was weak. He thinks for awhile and that is when I know I am dead. He thinks that I either have two pair or a straight. I am hoping that he folds. I'm seriously praying to God that he folds and I'm not even religious. He ends up calling me with K 7. He raised pre-flop with that crap and flopped two pair. I had about 180,000 in chips and he had 130,000 in chips. I was probably in 10th place out of 60 at the time.
I end up busting out in 53rd place. Not bad but I am very disappointed. I make a $50 profit. So damn close to 4K that this is crappy. Anyway-another poker tournament awaits.
Lesson for the day: If you sense weakness, push back with a big raise, which is what I should have done. I also could have folded my K 10 spades because I was out of position. I think that when deciding to call a raise, look at your oppenent's chip stack. If it is a large chip stack, be cautious when calling.
Favorite Commercial
Has anyone ever seen that commercial where a husband calls his wife from Vegas and tells her how fun it is there, that there's a casino in every hotel, and that they comped his room for being down 5800. His wife's response was "what 5800 dollars?" He responds by saying "5800 chips." Anyway-that is one of my favorite commercials right now.
Check it out on youtube. type in at&t las vegas
A couple notable hands:
#1) So I have Q 10 (suited hearts) in the small blind. The guy under the gun (right after the big blind) raises it to 1500. The blinds are at 300/600. The player right after him automatically calls. It goes around and comes back to me. I'm getting 3 to 1 on my money and decide to call. The flop comes 3 A(diamonds) J(hearts). The raiser bets 3000. One guy folds, I call. The turn brings the K of hearts. I check raise him all in. He automatically calls. He also has Q 10, but diamonds. I'm on a free-roll. The river brings that A of hearts. I make the ROYAL FLUSH and start dancing. AWESOME!
#2) I have 3 3 in the small blind with 20,000 in chips. The blinds are at 600/1200. Some idiot goes all in with A 4 offsuit. He has about 5000 in chips. I don't blame him for going all in, I know I just wouldn't do it. I call and he hits his 4 on the river. Always on the river, I was pretty pissed. That crippled me for awhile until I made a stupid play of my own and went all in with A 5 (suited clubs). I get two callers, they had A K and A J. Suprise , Suprise , I hit my 5 on the river and triple up. Sometimes it pays to play like a donkey.
#3) This is the hand that sent me downhill. A guy in late position raises. I am thinking that he is stealing the blind. I have K 10 (suited spades). I am in the big blind, so I call. The flop comes K 9 7 rainbow. I check, player bets. I just call. The turn brings a J. I check, he bets big, I push him all in, thinking that he was weak. He thinks for awhile and that is when I know I am dead. He thinks that I either have two pair or a straight. I am hoping that he folds. I'm seriously praying to God that he folds and I'm not even religious. He ends up calling me with K 7. He raised pre-flop with that crap and flopped two pair. I had about 180,000 in chips and he had 130,000 in chips. I was probably in 10th place out of 60 at the time.
I end up busting out in 53rd place. Not bad but I am very disappointed. I make a $50 profit. So damn close to 4K that this is crappy. Anyway-another poker tournament awaits.
Lesson for the day: If you sense weakness, push back with a big raise, which is what I should have done. I also could have folded my K 10 spades because I was out of position. I think that when deciding to call a raise, look at your oppenent's chip stack. If it is a large chip stack, be cautious when calling.
Favorite Commercial
Has anyone ever seen that commercial where a husband calls his wife from Vegas and tells her how fun it is there, that there's a casino in every hotel, and that they comped his room for being down 5800. His wife's response was "what 5800 dollars?" He responds by saying "5800 chips." Anyway-that is one of my favorite commercials right now.
Check it out on youtube. type in at&t las vegas
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