Friday, February 27, 2009

I suck at closing

Some tournie finishes from the last 3 days:

29th/1800 in the $55 $80k at Stars
18th/600 in the $55 $20k at FTP
22nd/2200 in the $11 rebuy $70k at Stars

Then the last 3 days in the same tournie - the $26 $27.5k at FTP:

27th
16th
33rd

All in fields of aound 1500. Fun times.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Running Good

I think it's fair to say I run somewhat badly after this hand from tonights $80k on Stars:

PokerStars Game #24868753242: Tournament #139354490, $50+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (150/300) - 2009/02/12 17:01:39 ET
Table '139354490 132' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: ZAR84 (2085 in chips)
Seat 2: uvw03191155 (6028 in chips)
Seat 3: Hikkespett (3317 in chips)
Seat 4: Shotgun747 (14651 in chips)
Seat 5: .xXmagnetXx. (24909 in chips)
Seat 6: SirSmokey33 (23430 in chips)
Seat 7: Für Elise (16955 in chips)
Seat 8: arestone (6846 in chips)
Seat 9: Icemen85 (14294 in chips)
ZAR84: posts the ante 25
uvw03191155: posts the ante 25
Hikkespett: posts the ante 25
Shotgun747: posts the ante 25
.xXmagnetXx.: posts the ante 25
SirSmokey33: posts the ante 25
Für Elise: posts the ante 25
arestone: posts the ante 25
Icemen85: posts the ante 25
Hikkespett: posts small blind 150
Shotgun747: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to arestone [Jd Jc]
.xXmagnetXx.: folds
SirSmokey33: folds
Für Elise: folds
arestone: raises 600 to 900
Icemen85: folds
ZAR84: folds
uvw03191155: calls 900
Hikkespett: folds
Shotgun747: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ts Jh 7s]
arestone: bets 2500
uvw03191155: raises 2603 to 5103 and is all-in
arestone: calls 2603
*** TURN *** [Ts Jh 7s] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [Ts Jh 7s Js] [As]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
arestone: shows [Jd Jc] (four of a kind, Jacks)
uvw03191155: shows [Ks Qs] (a Royal Flush)
uvw03191155 collected 12681 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 12681 | Rake 0
Board [Ts Jh 7s Js As]
Seat 1: ZAR84 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: uvw03191155 (button) showed [Ks Qs] and won (12681) with a Royal Flush
Seat 3: Hikkespett (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Shotgun747 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: .xXmagnetXx. folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: SirSmokey33 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Für Elise folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: arestone showed [Jd Jc] and lost with four of a kind, Jacks
Seat 9: Icemen85 folded before Flop (didn't bet)