First off, congrats to LJ for the win, she dominated this tournament, probably took out half the field, and had a ridiculous monster stack going into the final table.
In fact, I had a hand in getting her off to a great start. Very early on, I get moved to her table, and she still sitting on the 3k starting stack. She opens from early for 3x, and I flat. The flop is pretty coordinated with 2 spades, KJ9. As expected she bet the flop, and I flatted, trying to keep the pot manageable, and of course, it's just too early to get crazy. The turn came an offsuit 8, and she potted the turn. At this point, I feel I'm ahead, and I'm putting her on AK or AQs, and called again. I could have taken a more aggressive route here, but LJ can be a bit crazy, and decided a call was better, and will have more info on the river, and of course, I don't want to see a spade. Unfortunately the river did put the 3rd spade on the board, and she insta shoved for her remaining 2k. I laid down a pretty good hand, and still had 2k of my starting stack, so I was ok releasing the hand.
As is usually the case, I was playing multiple tournaments, so I had it on CC in the Mookie. I must say with my current success on Stars, been hanging over there quite a bit, and have played some of the SCOOP events. I have a few cashes, including one in 5 card draw the other day! Was going to blog about it, but what the fuck do I know about 5 card draw??? LOL! Well, not entirely true. That was the game me and my beloved grandmother use to play when I was a kid. She loved to play poker, and she played it hard. We mostly played 5 card draw and then she taught me Stud, and some variant they play in South America called 'Sonso', which my uncles use to play all the time in the makeshift nightclub we had in the basement in our Flushing Meadow Queens home.
Anyway, back to the Mookie....when we got to the final table, I had busted out of my last tournament, so I was able to give it my full attention. Here were the stacks, with LJ as the monster chip leader:
Seat 9: pvanharibo (159,207)
Seat 1: twoblackaces (17,403)
Seat 2: cardgrrl (18,609)
Seat 3: Troublecat (19,473)
Seat 4: TOMLOY (11,220)
Seat 5: BrainMc (20,875)
Seat 6: Julkeus (7,524)
Seat 7: OtisDart (10,397)
Seat 8: riggstad (32,292)
I don't really have time to go through a full recap, but there were a few key hands when we were heads up that I'll highlight...in the category of what the poker giveth, they also taketh:
Full Tilt Poker Game #20617244657: The Mookie (157063636), Table 3 - 1200/2400 Ante 300 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:36:25 ET - 2010/05/06
Seat 1: twoblackaces (91,262)
Seat 9: pvanharibo (205,738)
twoblackaces antes 300
pvanharibo antes 300
twoblackaces posts the small blind of 1,200
pvanharibo posts the big blind of 2,400
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to twoblackaces [9h 4h]
twoblackaces raises to 4,800
pvanharibo calls 2,400
*** FLOP *** [9c 2h Jc]
pvanharibo checks
twoblackaces bets 6,500
pvanharibo raises to 13,000
twoblackaces calls 6,500
*** TURN *** [9c 2h Jc] [4s]
pvanharibo has 15 seconds left to act
pvanharibo bets 16,800
twoblackaces has 15 seconds left to act
twoblackaces raises to 44,400
pvanharibo raises to 187,638, and is all in
twoblackaces calls 28,762, and is all in
pvanharibo shows [Js 9d]
twoblackaces shows [9h 4h]
Uncalled bet of 114,476 returned to pvanharibo
*** RIVER *** [9c 2h Jc 4s] [4d]
pvanharibo shows two pair, Jacks and Nines
twoblackaces shows a full house, Fours full of Nines
twoblackaces wins the pot (182,524) with a full house, Fours full of Nines
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 182,524 | Rake 0
Board: [9c 2h Jc 4s 4d]
Seat 1: twoblackaces (small blind) showed [9h 4h] and won (182,524) with a full house, Fours full of Nines
Seat 9: pvanharibo (big blind) showed [Js 9d] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Nines
That suckout gave me the lead, and in my reaction to the river, I accidentally ripped my mouse from my laptop, and had a momentary time out occur on my end, as I don't know how to work the keys, and the pad didn't respond right away. Nevertheless, I will take what the poker gods give, as they equally if not more, take just as much away....which segways into this hand:
Full Tilt Poker Game #20617398967: The Mookie (157063636), Table 3 - 2000/4000 Ante 500 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:47:42 ET - 2010/05/06
Seat 1: twoblackaces (189,024)
Seat 9: pvanharibo (107,976)
twoblackaces antes 500
pvanharibo antes 500
twoblackaces posts the small blind of 2,000
pvanharibo posts the big blind of 4,000
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to twoblackaces [5h As]
twoblackaces raises to 8,000
pvanharibo raises to 20,000
twoblackaces calls 12,000
*** FLOP *** [Tc 5s Ah]
pvanharibo bets 20,000
twoblackaces has 15 seconds left to act
twoblackaces raises to 52,000
Joanne1111 (Observer): lol
pvanharibo raises to 87,476, and is all in
twoblackaces calls 35,476
pvanharibo shows [Ac Qh]
twoblackaces shows [5h As]
pvanharibo: gg
*** TURN *** [Tc 5s Ah] [Th]
pvanharibo: figures
*** RIVER *** [Tc 5s Ah Th] [7h]
pvanharibo shows two pair, Aces and Tens
twoblackaces shows two pair, Aces and Tens
pvanharibo wins the pot (215,952) with two pair, Aces and Tens
Joanne1111 (Observer): Did you get all transfers Pinky?
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 215,952 | Rake 0
Board: [Tc 5s Ah Th 7h]
Seat 1: twoblackaces (small blind) showed [5h As] and lost with two pair, Aces and Tens
Seat 9: pvanharibo (big blind) showed [Ac Qh] and won (215,952) with two pair, Aces and Tens
LJ says gg when she see's I outflopped her, but it wans't meant to be.
I recall last BBT4 I came one card from winning a seat, and then got shut out. I recalled that instantly when this hand went down, and I'm pretty upset at myself for letting those negative thoughts enter. I still had 80k, and wasn't dead, but I was a bit deflated. I didn't catch any cards, and in the end I had to make a stand with 66:
Full Tilt Poker Game #20617437430: The Mookie (157063636), Table 3 - 2000/4000 Ante 500 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:50:32 ET - 2010/05/06
Seat 1: twoblackaces (50,048)
Seat 9: pvanharibo (246,952)
twoblackaces antes 500
pvanharibo antes 500
pvanharibo posts the small blind of 2,000
twoblackaces posts the big blind of 4,000
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to twoblackaces [6c 6s]
pvanharibo raises to 246,452, and is all in
twoblackaces calls 45,548, and is all in
pvanharibo shows [Td 8d]
twoblackaces shows [6c 6s]
Uncalled bet of 196,904 returned to pvanharibo
*** FLOP *** [Tc Qh Ac]
*** TURN *** [Tc Qh Ac] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [Tc Qh Ac Ah] [2h]
pvanharibo shows two pair, Aces and Tens
twoblackaces shows two pair, Aces and Sixes
pvanharibo wins the pot (100,096) with two pair, Aces and Tens
pvanharibo: gg
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 100,096 | Rake 0
Board: [Tc Qh Ac Ah 2h]
Seat 1: twoblackaces (big blind) showed [6c 6s] and lost with two pair, Aces and Sixes
Seat 9: pvanharibo (small blind) showed [Td 8d] and won (100,096) with two pair, Aces and Tens
So again my congratulations to LJ, and wish her the best of luck in the TOC. Will I make it? who knows, but I'll try. I already know that Sunday is iffy, given that it's Mothers day and I have family plans with three very loving moms in my life! I will also be out of town next week on business, although barring any late meetings (will be on East coast), and obligatory cocktails, I should be able to make the Monday night game, but most certainly won't be around for next week's Mookie.
At any rate, I think were halfway through the BBT5, so good luck to all on the virtual felt!
2BA
4 comments:
you left out your KT > my KQ. :) that was the hand that really got you back in it. was sure i had it won once i saw those hands, the other guys had like 4 and 10 bbs at the time.
seriously though, good game and wp. i felt so brutalized when that 4 hit the river. looking back over the AQ v. A5 hand i am on the fence about my three bet size, but oh well.
glgl in the rest of 'em. did you ever say what you had on the KJ9 flop? if you're putting me on AK or AQ, does that mean you had KJ or K9? really surprised you just flatted w/ 2p on either flop or turn.
That was brutal. good game though.
Three words for you, since I made you honourary Canadian last night.
Teeeeee.....Beeeeeeeeee.....EH !
;)
Well played my friend.
I look forward to learning Sonso. At least we know what we'll do when we get together at last!
Great game. Shame someone had to get second place.
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