$100 NLH 6-Handed w/ RBs on Tilt

Last night I played in the above mentioned tourney. It had a loaded field with 258 players. The structure was awesome. My opening table was actually very tame for a RB. For the most part it was like a regular tourney except for one guy. "seth owns" was going allin pre maybe 20% of the time. At the end of the 1st hour he was doing it far more often b/c he had blown through his stack a few times. The following are some of the noteworthy hands.

This first one is my obligatory idiotic RB hour push. Even for the RB portion this was kind of stupid given the action.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3335067869: $65,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (24005307), Table 38 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:49:09 ET - 2007/08/22
Seat 1: kingscaper (2,260)
Seat 2: seth owns (5,760)
Seat 3: HoRTSeYsGuRL (2,390)
Seat 4: PiMaster (2,885)
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (7,830)
Seat 6: McShove (2,875)
PiMaster posts the small blind of 30
flopmynuts33 posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PiMaster [9h Jh]
McShove raises to 180
kingscaper calls 180
seth owns folds
HoRTSeYsGuRL calls 180
PiMaster calls 150
flopmynuts33 folds
*** FLOP *** [3h 4d 9s]
PiMaster checks
McShove bets 500
kingscaper calls 500
HoRTSeYsGuRL calls 500
PiMaster raises to 2,705, and is all in
McShove calls 2,195, and is all in
kingscaper folds
HoRTSeYsGuRL calls 1,710, and is all in
PiMaster shows [9h Jh]
McShove shows [Jc Js]
HoRTSeYsGuRL shows [4s 4h]
Uncalled bet of 10 returned to PiMaster
*** TURN *** [3h 4d 9s] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [3h 4d 9s 3s] [8c]
PiMaster shows two pair, Nines and Threes
McShove shows two pair, Jacks and Threes
McShove wins the side pot (970) with two pair, Jacks and Threes
HoRTSeYsGuRL shows a full house, Fours full of Threes
HoRTSeYsGuRL wins the main pot (7,910) with a full house, Fours full of Threes
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8,880 Main pot 7,910. Side pot 970. Rake 0
Board: [3h 4d 9s 3s 8c]
Seat 1: kingscaper folded on the Flop
Seat 2: seth owns didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: HoRTSeYsGuRL (button) showed [4s 4h] and won (7,910) with a full house, Fours full of Threes
Seat 4: PiMaster (small blind) showed [9h Jh] and lost with two pair, Nines and Threes
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: McShove showed [Jc Js] and won (970) with two pair, Jacks and Threes

This came near the end of the RB period and seth owns was in push mode.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3335172314: $65,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (24005307), Table 38 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:58:35 ET - 2007/08/22
Seat 1: kingscaper (7,315)
Seat 2: seth owns (3,970)
Seat 3: HoRTSeYsGuRL (7,700)
Seat 4: PiMaster (2,610)
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (5,105)
Seat 6: McShove (1,800)
McShove posts the small blind of 30
kingscaper posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PiMaster [8s 8h]
seth owns raises to 3,970, and is all in
HoRTSeYsGuRL folds
PiMaster calls 2,610, and is all in
flopmynuts33 folds
McShove has 15 seconds left to act
McShove calls 1,770, and is all in
kingscaper folds
seth owns shows [7s 9s]
PiMaster shows [8s 8h]
McShove shows [Ad 3d]
Uncalled bet of 1,360 returned to seth owns
*** FLOP *** [9d Kc Ts]
*** TURN *** [9d Kc Ts] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [9d Kc Ts Jd] [7h]
seth owns shows two pair, Nines and Sevens
PiMaster shows a straight, Jack high
PiMaster wins the side pot (1,620) with a straight, Jack high
McShove shows Ace King high
PiMaster wins the main pot (5,460) with a straight, Jack high
seth owns adds 1,500
McShove adds 3,000
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7,080 Main pot 5,460. Side pot 1,620. Rake 0
Board: [9d Kc Ts Jd 7h]
Seat 1: kingscaper (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: seth owns showed [7s 9s] and lost with two pair, Nines and Sevens
Seat 3: HoRTSeYsGuRL didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: PiMaster showed [8s 8h] and won (7,080) with a straight, Jack high
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: McShove (small blind) showed [Ad 3d] and lost with Ace King high

I wasn't folding a middle pair at this point to that guy. However, I have no idea why McShove called w/ A3s when I had not shown any kind of light calls preflop. Fortunately, I hit runner runner straight to beat nut job's flopped 9. This moved me up to a solid 7K.

This came 2 hands later...

Full Tilt Poker Game #3335184726: $65,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (24005307), Table 38 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:59:42 ET - 2007/08/22
Seat 1: kingscaper (7,195)
Seat 2: seth owns (2,980)
Seat 3: HoRTSeYsGuRL (7,700)
Seat 4: PiMaster (7,080)
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (5,045)
Seat 6: McShove (3,000)
seth owns posts the small blind of 30
HoRTSeYsGuRL posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PiMaster [Kd Ks]
PiMaster raises to 150
flopmynuts33 folds
McShove folds
kingscaper folds
seth owns raises to 2,980, and is all in
HoRTSeYsGuRL folds
PiMaster calls 2,830
seth owns shows [8h Ah]
PiMaster shows [Kd Ks]
*** FLOP *** [9s Js Jh]
*** TURN *** [9s Js Jh] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [9s Js Jh 8c] [8s]
seth owns shows a full house, Eights full of Jacks
PiMaster shows two pair, Kings and Jacks
seth owns wins the pot (6,020) with a full house, Eights full of Jacks
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6,020 Rake 0
Board: [9s Js Jh 8c 8s]
Seat 1: kingscaper (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: seth owns (small blind) showed [8h Ah] and won (6,020) with a full house, Eights full of Jacks
Seat 3: HoRTSeYsGuRL (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: PiMaster showed [Kd Ks] and lost with two pair, Kings and Jacks
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: McShove didn't bet (folded)

In a gross runner runner I lose 3k right before the RB period ends to finish at 4K. I added on to get me to 6K. Average was around 10K.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3335389505: $65,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (24005307), Table 38 - 40/80 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:17:46 ET - 2007/08/22
Seat 1: kingscaper (9,950)
Seat 2: seth owns (7,050)
Seat 3: HoRTSeYsGuRL (7,130)
Seat 4: PiMaster (5,630)
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (6,050)
Seat 6: McShove (7,190)
kingscaper posts the small blind of 40
seth owns posts the big blind of 80
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PiMaster [Ad Ah]
HoRTSeYsGuRL has 15 seconds left to act
HoRTSeYsGuRL raises to 280
PiMaster calls 280
flopmynuts33 calls 280
McShove folds
kingscaper folds
seth owns folds
*** FLOP *** [Qs 2d 2s]
HoRTSeYsGuRL checks
PiMaster checks
flopmynuts33 bets 400
HoRTSeYsGuRL calls 400
PiMaster has 15 seconds left to act
PiMaster raises to 1,400
flopmynuts33 folds
HoRTSeYsGuRL folds
Uncalled bet of 1,000 returned to PiMaster
PiMaster mucks
PiMaster wins the pot (2,160)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,160 Rake 0
Board: [Qs 2d 2s]
Seat 1: kingscaper (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: seth owns (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: HoRTSeYsGuRL folded on the Flop
Seat 4: PiMaster collected (2,160), mucked
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 folded on the Flop
Seat 6: McShove (button) didn't bet (folded)

I like this play short handed especially when you and your opppnent aren't ultra deep. The flop was perfect to continue the slow play, but after a bet and call, I decided the pot was getting big enough. I am up to 7100 now.

**Chip siphon alert**

Full Tilt Poker Game #3335479270: $65,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (24005307), Table 38 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:25:32 ET - 2007/08/22
Seat 1: kingscaper (6,835)
Seat 2: seth owns (7,235)
Seat 3: HoRTSeYsGuRL (8,150)
Seat 4: PiMaster (6,990)
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (6,900)
Seat 6: McShove (6,890)
seth owns posts the small blind of 50
HoRTSeYsGuRL posts the big blind of 100
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PiMaster [7c 7h]
PiMaster raises to 250
flopmynuts33 folds
McShove folds
kingscaper calls 250
seth owns folds
HoRTSeYsGuRL folds
*** FLOP *** [Qc Th Qh]
PiMaster bets 400
kingscaper calls 400
*** TURN *** [Qc Th Qh] [Ts]
PiMaster has 15 seconds left to act
PiMaster bets 600
kingscaper raises to 1,200
PiMaster folds
Uncalled bet of 600 returned to kingscaper
kingscaper mucks
kingscaper wins the pot (2,650)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,650 Rake 0
Board: [Qc Th Qh Ts]
Seat 1: kingscaper (button) collected (2,650), mucked
Seat 2: seth owns (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: HoRTSeYsGuRL (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: PiMaster folded on the Turn
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: McShove didn't bet (folded)

I think I should give up on the turn, or at least check and see what he does on the river. Down to 5700.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3335585891: $65,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (24005307), Table 38 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:34:48 ET - 2007/08/22
Seat 1: kingscaper (7,765)
Seat 2: seth owns (7,365)
Seat 3: HoRTSeYsGuRL (8,520)
Seat 4: PiMaster (5,810)
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (6,800)
Seat 6: McShove (6,740)
flopmynuts33 posts the small blind of 60
McShove posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PiMaster [9h 9s]
kingscaper folds
seth owns folds
HoRTSeYsGuRL raises to 240
PiMaster raises to 850
flopmynuts33 folds
McShove folds
HoRTSeYsGuRL calls 610
*** FLOP *** [Qd Jh 6d]
HoRTSeYsGuRL checks
PiMaster bets 1,200
HoRTSeYsGuRL calls 1,200
*** TURN *** [Qd Jh 6d] [7c]
HoRTSeYsGuRL checks
PiMaster checks
*** RIVER *** [Qd Jh 6d 7c] [8s]
HoRTSeYsGuRL checks
PiMaster checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PiMaster shows [9h 9s] a pair of Nines
HoRTSeYsGuRL mucks
PiMaster wins the pot (4,280) with a pair of Nines
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4,280 Rake 0
Board: [Qd Jh 6d 7c 8s]
Seat 1: kingscaper didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: seth owns didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: HoRTSeYsGuRL mucked [As 6s] - a pair of Sixes
Seat 4: PiMaster (button) showed [9h 9s] and won (4,280) with a pair of Nines
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (small blind) folded before the Flop

Thankfully he checks it down after two loose calls preflop and on my continuation bet on the flop. Up to 8100.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3335670948: $65,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (24005307), Table 38 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:42:17 ET - 2007/08/22
Seat 1: kingscaper (1,670)
Seat 2: seth owns (7,485)
Seat 3: HoRTSeYsGuRL (12,680)
Seat 4: PiMaster (7,485)
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (6,630)
Seat 6: McShove (7,050)
kingscaper posts the small blind of 60
seth owns posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PiMaster [Ah Kh]
HoRTSeYsGuRL calls 120
PiMaster raises to 420
flopmynuts33 folds
McShove has 15 seconds left to act
McShove folds
kingscaper folds
seth owns folds
HoRTSeYsGuRL calls 300
*** FLOP *** [5h Kc 6s]
HoRTSeYsGuRL checks
PiMaster bets 600
HoRTSeYsGuRL raises to 2,820
PiMaster has 15 seconds left to act
PiMaster raises to 7,065, and is all in
HoRTSeYsGuRL calls 4,245
PiMaster shows [Ah Kh]
HoRTSeYsGuRL shows [Kd 7d]
*** TURN *** [5h Kc 6s] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [5h Kc 6s 8d] [3d]
PiMaster shows a pair of Kings
HoRTSeYsGuRL shows a pair of Kings
PiMaster wins the pot (15,150) with a pair of Kings
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 15,150 Rake 0
Board: [5h Kc 6s 8d 3d]
Seat 1: kingscaper (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: seth owns (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: HoRTSeYsGuRL showed [Kd 7d] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: PiMaster showed [Ah Kh] and won (15,150) with a pair of Kings
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: McShove (button) didn't bet (folded)

HoRTS had been playing fast and loose. He rarely folded top pair and was min raising and checkraising on the flop a ton. This hand was unfoldable to him post and pushing was the obvious choice give his willingness to make marginal calls. I doubled to 15K (still barely above avg at this point.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3335776178: $65,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (24005307), Table 38 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:51:34 ET - 2007/08/22
Seat 1: kingscaper (1,690)
Seat 2: seth owns (6,545)
Seat 3: HoRTSeYsGuRL (5,050)
Seat 4: PiMaster (15,790)
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (7,230)
Seat 6: McShove (6,695)
seth owns posts the small blind of 80
HoRTSeYsGuRL posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PiMaster [3c 3h]
PiMaster calls 160
flopmynuts33 folds
McShove folds
kingscaper folds
seth owns calls 80
HoRTSeYsGuRL checks
*** FLOP *** [As 2h 7s]
seth owns checks
HoRTSeYsGuRL checks
PiMaster has 15 seconds left to act
PiMaster checks
*** TURN *** [As 2h 7s] [8c]
seth owns has 15 seconds left to act
seth owns bets 350
HoRTSeYsGuRL folds
PiMaster has 15 seconds left to act
PiMaster raises to 1,000
seth owns has 15 seconds left to act
seth owns calls 650
*** RIVER *** [As 2h 7s 8c] [2c]
seth owns checks
PiMaster has 15 seconds left to act
PiMaster bets 1,500
seth owns folds
Uncalled bet of 1,500 returned to PiMaster
PiMaster mucks
PiMaster wins the pot (2,480)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,480 Rake 0
Board: [As 2h 7s 8c 2c]
Seat 1: kingscaper (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: seth owns (small blind) folded on the River
Seat 3: HoRTSeYsGuRL (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 4: PiMaster collected (2,480), mucked
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: McShove didn't bet (folded)

This was more of a change of pace move. I rarely limped all tourney especially UTG. When the A high flop checked around to me, I decided to not bet. I am sure they expected me too. When seth led out the turn, I wasn't surprised b/c he liked to stab. His range here is very wide. I raised to represent a slowplayed hand that may make sense w/ my pre and post flop action. His call was only slightly disappointing. He easily could have a draw or even a 7 or 8, and wanted to see the river. The 2 was pretty meaningless, so I fired again as he folded fairly quickly. (17K)

Full Tilt Poker Game #3335850687: $65,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (24005307), Table 38 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:58:11 ET - 2007/08/22
Seat 1: kingscaper (2,760)
Seat 2: seth owns (6,707)
Seat 4: PiMaster (15,140)
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (11,420)
Seat 6: McShove (6,973)
McShove posts the small blind of 100
kingscaper posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PiMaster [Ts Ad]
seth owns folds
PiMaster raises to 500
flopmynuts33 folds
McShove folds
bigvolfantwo sits down
bigvolfantwo adds 32,561
kingscaper calls 300
*** FLOP *** [6h 9h Qh]
kingscaper checks
PiMaster checks
*** TURN *** [6h 9h Qh] [3h]
kingscaper checks
PiMaster bets 200
kingscaper calls 200
*** RIVER *** [6h 9h Qh 3h] [Qs]
kingscaper bets 200
PiMaster has 15 seconds left to act
PiMaster raises to 900
kingscaper folds
Uncalled bet of 700 returned to PiMaster
PiMaster mucks
PiMaster wins the pot (1,900)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,900 Rake 0
Board: [6h 9h Qh 3h Qs]
Seat 1: kingscaper (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 2: seth owns didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: PiMaster collected (1,900), mucked
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: McShove (small blind) folded before the Flop

Even though this was a pretty small hand, I liked my line. It was kind of screwy and fun. (16K)

I lost about 4K in a blind battle w/ 22, and then another 2.5K w/ JJ when I RR preflop. On an A high flop the guy led into me for half my stack and I mucked. I was down to about 10K.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3336053310: $65,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (24005307), Table 38 - 120/240 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:16:32 ET - 2007/08/22
Seat 1: x2then (24,170)
Seat 2: seth owns (3,734)
Seat 3: bigvolfantwo (44,728)
Seat 4: PiMaster (9,465)
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (12,411)
Seat 6: McShove (6,298)
x2then antes 25
seth owns antes 25
bigvolfantwo antes 25
PiMaster antes 25
flopmynuts33 antes 25
McShove antes 25
flopmynuts33 posts the small blind of 120
McShove posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PiMaster [Th Ah]
x2then folds
seth owns folds
bigvolfantwo raises to 990
PiMaster has 15 seconds left to act
PiMaster raises to 3,000
flopmynuts33 folds
McShove has 15 seconds left to act
McShove folds
bigvolfantwo raises to 44,703, and is all in
PiMaster has 15 seconds left to act
PiMaster calls 6,440, and is all in
bigvolfantwo shows [9d Ad]
PiMaster shows [Th Ah]
Uncalled bet of 35,263 returned to bigvolfantwo
*** FLOP *** [6s Ac 7c]
*** TURN *** [6s Ac 7c] [Qs]
*** RIVER *** [6s Ac 7c Qs] [Kh]
bigvolfantwo shows a pair of Aces
PiMaster shows a pair of Aces
PiMaster wins the pot (19,390) with a pair of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 19,390 Rake 0
Board: [6s Ac 7c Qs Kh]
Seat 1: x2then folded before the Flop
Seat 2: seth owns folded before the Flop
Seat 3: bigvolfantwo showed [9d Ad] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 4: PiMaster (button) showed [Th Ah] and won (19,390) with a pair of Aces
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: McShove (big blind) folded before the Flop

bigvol had been pretty active on his big stack. I decided not to RR allin b/c I thought it would look stronger this way, and if something crazy breaks out behind me I can still fold. However, I had decided I was calling his push if he decided to. I dominated him and it held. (19.4K) This was a trend on my table: bigvol gets everyone else's money then gives it to me.

I blinded down to this point w/o any big pots and a couple steals.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3336188565: $65,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (24005307), Table 38 - 140/280 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:29:01 ET - 2007/08/22
Seat 1: x2then (24,080)
Seat 2: Pechorin (32,933)
Seat 3: bigvolfantwo (45,616)
Seat 4: PiMaster (16,675)
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (8,552)
Seat 6: McShove (6,213)
x2then antes 25
Pechorin antes 25
bigvolfantwo antes 25
PiMaster antes 25
flopmynuts33 antes 25
McShove antes 25
Pechorin posts the small blind of 140
bigvolfantwo posts the big blind of 280
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PiMaster [8d 8h]
PiMaster raises to 700
flopmynuts33 folds
McShove has 15 seconds left to act
McShove folds
x2then folds
Pechorin folds
bigvolfantwo calls 420
*** FLOP *** [Qs 8c 6d]
bigvolfantwo checks
PiMaster bets 1,100
bigvolfantwo calls 1,100
*** TURN *** [Qs 8c 6d] [3s]
bigvolfantwo checks
PiMaster has 15 seconds left to act
PiMaster bets 2,400
bigvolfantwo calls 2,400
*** RIVER *** [Qs 8c 6d 3s] [Jc]
bigvolfantwo bets 4,480
PiMaster calls 4,480
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bigvolfantwo shows [Jd 9d] a pair of Jacks
PiMaster shows [8d 8h] three of a kind, Eights
PiMaster wins the pot (17,650) with three of a kind, Eights
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 17,650 Rake 0
Board: [Qs 8c 6d 3s Jc]
Seat 1: x2then (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Pechorin (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: bigvolfantwo (big blind) showed [Jd 9d] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 4: PiMaster showed [8d 8h] and won (17,650) with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 folded before the Flop
Seat 6: McShove folded before the Flop

I flopped a set and I know bigvol wont fold alot of hands. I continued to bet the nonscary board, but when he led into me on the river, I had a bad feeling he may have had T9. He would have flopped a double gutty, and rivered the straight. Furthermore I didnt think a raise had much value, b/c he would fold the majority of his hands to it anyways. (25.6K)

What do I have here??

Full Tilt Poker Game #3336255588: $65,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (24005307), Table 38 - 140/280 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:35:20 ET - 2007/08/22
Seat 1: x2then (24,410)
Seat 2: Pechorin (33,593)
Seat 3: bigvolfantwo (30,998)
Seat 4: PiMaster (24,055)
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (8,532)
Seat 6: McShove (12,481)
x2then antes 25
Pechorin antes 25
bigvolfantwo antes 25
PiMaster antes 25
flopmynuts33 antes 25
McShove antes 25
McShove posts the small blind of 140
x2then posts the big blind of 280
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PiMaster [????]
Pechorin has 15 seconds left to act
Pechorin raises to 840
bigvolfantwo folds
PiMaster calls 840
flopmynuts33 folds
McShove folds
x2then folds
*** FLOP *** [3c 9c Jd]
Pechorin bets 1,400
PiMaster calls 1,400
*** TURN *** [3c 9c Jd] [Kh]
Pechorin has 15 seconds left to act
Pechorin bets 3,080
PiMaster has 15 seconds left to act
PiMaster raises to 8,000
Pechorin has 15 seconds left to act
Pechorin folds
Uncalled bet of 4,920 returned to PiMaster
PiMaster mucks
PiMaster wins the pot (11,210)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11,210 Rake 0
Board: [3c 9c Jd Kh]
Seat 1: x2then (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Pechorin folded on the Turn
Seat 3: bigvolfantwo folded before the Flop
Seat 4: PiMaster collected (11,210), mucked
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: McShove (small blind) folded before the Flop

If you guessed 76h give yourself a big pat on the back. This gets filed under Moon's book of I could only have something real big to be raising here, so he can only play his hand if it is real big. I took a flyer in position on the flop, and took it away on the turn. I don't do this very often which is why my success ratio is pretty high with these moves. Not only that, but my image was perfect for this. Tight agg ABC poker. (30K)

Full Tilt Poker Game #3336369953: $65,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (24005307), Table 38 - 170/340 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:46:06 ET - 2007/08/22
Seat 2: Pechorin (30,328)
Seat 3: bigvolfantwo (54,918)
Seat 4: PiMaster (29,255)
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (9,012)
Seat 6: McShove (10,556)
Pechorin antes 25
bigvolfantwo antes 25
PiMaster antes 25
flopmynuts33 antes 25
McShove antes 25
McShove posts the small blind of 170
Pechorin posts the big blind of 340
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PiMaster [9c Js]
bigvolfantwo folds
PiMaster raises to 850
Diangelo prince sits down
Diangelo prince adds 5,810
flopmynuts33 calls 850
McShove folds
Pechorin folds
*** FLOP *** [6c Ts Qh]
PiMaster checks
flopmynuts33 bets 900
PiMaster has 15 seconds left to act
PiMaster raises to 3,600
flopmynuts33 raises to 8,137, and is all in
PiMaster calls 4,537
flopmynuts33 shows [Qd Ks]
PiMaster shows [9c Js]
*** TURN *** [6c Ts Qh] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [6c Ts Qh Tc] [4d]
flopmynuts33 shows two pair, Queens and Tens
PiMaster shows a pair of Tens
flopmynuts33 wins the pot (18,609) with two pair, Queens and Tens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 18,609 Rake 0
Board: [6c Ts Qh Tc 4d]
Seat 2: Pechorin (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: bigvolfantwo folded before the Flop
Seat 4: PiMaster showed [9c Js] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (button) showed [Qd Ks] and won (18,609) with two pair, Queens and Tens
Seat 6: McShove (small blind) folded before the Flop

This is one of my worst hands of the tourney. I should not raise the flop given his stack size. I decided to pot commit myself, if he wanted to go allin. It wasn't well thought out. I think I should have just called his flop bet giving me over 3:1, and seen the turn. In any case I missed my draw and was down to 20K

I lost another 4K allin pre w/ 76s vs JJ when I decided to gamble getting 2:1, and was down to 17K when I doubled up against bigvol again with AK vs JJ.

I was playing very tight and had blinded down to 31K.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3336734655: $65,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (24005307), Table 38 - 300/600 Ante 75 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:21:37 ET - 2007/08/23
Seat 1: Diangelo prince (8,105)
Seat 2: xSt0n3rx (31,240)
Seat 3: bigvolfantwo (59,550)
Seat 4: PiMaster (31,421)
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (24,103)
Seat 6: pokernubz (40,939)
Diangelo prince antes 75
xSt0n3rx antes 75
bigvolfantwo antes 75
PiMaster antes 75
flopmynuts33 antes 75
pokernubz antes 75
flopmynuts33 posts the small blind of 300
pokernubz posts the big blind of 600
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PiMaster [Kh Td]
Diangelo prince folds
xSt0n3rx folds
bigvolfantwo folds
PiMaster raises to 1,500
flopmynuts33 has 15 seconds left to act
flopmynuts33 calls 1,200
pokernubz folds
*** FLOP *** [3c As 3d]
flopmynuts33 bets 1,800
PiMaster has 15 seconds left to act
PiMaster raises to 5,200
flopmynuts33 folds
Uncalled bet of 3,400 returned to PiMaster
PiMaster mucks
PiMaster wins the pot (7,650)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7,650 Rake 0
Board: [3c As 3d]
Seat 1: Diangelo prince folded before the Flop
Seat 2: xSt0n3rx folded before the Flop
Seat 3: bigvolfantwo folded before the Flop
Seat 4: PiMaster (button) collected (7,650), mucked
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: pokernubz (big blind) folded before the Flop

I just didn't see him having a good Ace here and maybe no A at all. It was near the bubble, and it just seemed like a feeler bet. Another small pot, but these can easily be the ones that make someone a winner vs an avg player. (35.7K)

I picked up about 6K on a RR preflop hand when I went allin big on a 532 flop. (41K) I got up to 44K before this hand.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3337012584: $65,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (24005307), Table 38 - 500/1000 Ante 125 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:50:39 ET - 2007/08/23
Seat 1: SirWatts (44,643)
Seat 2: xSt0n3rx (61,145)
Seat 3: joocs (121,031)
Seat 4: PiMaster (44,096)
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (44,606)
Seat 6: pokernubz (36,564)
SirWatts antes 125
xSt0n3rx antes 125
joocs antes 125
PiMaster antes 125
flopmynuts33 antes 125
pokernubz antes 125
PiMaster posts the small blind of 500
flopmynuts33 posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PiMaster [8s 8c]
pokernubz folds
SirWatts has 15 seconds left to act
SirWatts folds
xSt0n3rx folds
joocs folds
PiMaster raises to 3,000
flopmynuts33 calls 2,000
*** FLOP *** [2s 3d 5c]
PiMaster bets 4,000
flopmynuts33 calls 4,000
*** TURN *** [2s 3d 5c] [Td]
PiMaster checks
flopmynuts33 bets 7,000
PiMaster calls 7,000
*** RIVER *** [2s 3d 5c Td] [2h]
PiMaster checks
flopmynuts33 checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
flopmynuts33 shows [As 3h] two pair, Threes and Twos
PiMaster shows [8s 8c] two pair, Eights and Twos
PiMaster wins the pot (28,750) with two pair, Eights and Twos
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 28,750 Rake 0
Board: [2s 3d 5c Td 2h]
Seat 1: SirWatts folded before the Flop
Seat 2: xSt0n3rx folded before the Flop
Seat 3: joocs (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: PiMaster (small blind) showed [8s 8c] and won (28,750) with two pair, Eights and Twos
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (big blind) showed [As 3h] and lost with two pair, Threes and Twos
Seat 6: pokernubz folded before the Flop

When he called my flop bet, I was almost positive he had a 2,3,4, or 5 in his hand. I did not want to create a big pot here once the T rolled off, but I wasn't folding. I was content to check call both the flop and river here as long as the board didn't get too bad. (58.7K)

I chipped up to 66K, w/o any big pots either way.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3337187661: $65,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (24005307), Table 38 - 800/1600 Ante 200 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:10:14 ET - 2007/08/23
Seat 1: SirWatts (39,093)
Seat 2: xSt0n3rx (61,345)
Seat 3: joocs (123,381)
Seat 4: PiMaster (66,346)
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (28,756)
Seat 6: pokernubz (33,164)
SirWatts antes 200
xSt0n3rx antes 200
joocs antes 200
PiMaster antes 200
flopmynuts33 antes 200
pokernubz antes 200
flopmynuts33 posts the small blind of 800
pokernubz posts the big blind of 1,600
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PiMaster [Kc Ks]
SirWatts has 15 seconds left to act
SirWatts raises to 4,500
xSt0n3rx folds
joocs folds
PiMaster calls 4,500
flopmynuts33 folds
pokernubz has 15 seconds left to act
pokernubz folds
*** FLOP *** [6d 6h 8d]
SirWatts has 15 seconds left to act
SirWatts bets 7,500
PiMaster raises to 61,646, and is all in
SirWatts has 15 seconds left to act
SirWatts has requested TIME
SirWatts calls 26,893, and is all in
PiMaster shows [Kc Ks]
SirWatts shows [Tc Ts]
Uncalled bet of 27,253 returned to PiMaster
*** TURN *** [6d 6h 8d] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [6d 6h 8d 7s] [4d]
PiMaster shows two pair, Kings and Sixes
SirWatts shows two pair, Tens and Sixes
PiMaster wins the pot (81,386) with two pair, Kings and Sixes
SirWatts stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 81,386 Rake 0
Board: [6d 6h 8d 7s 4d]
Seat 1: SirWatts showed [Tc Ts] and lost with two pair, Tens and Sixes
Seat 2: xSt0n3rx folded before the Flop
Seat 3: joocs folded before the Flop
Seat 4: PiMaster (button) showed [Kc Ks] and won (81,386) with two pair, Kings and Sixes
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: pokernubz (big blind) folded before the Flop

We had just got into the money. I think this is a perfect time to take some risks such as this one (just smooth calling pre). Obviously that flop was prefect, but I wanted to make a raise that looked somewhat weak. He tanked before calling. I am shocked it took him that long to call w/ TT, but fortunately the play worked, and now my stack had skyrocketed to 108K.

I lost a series of small pots to drop me to 83K. when I got the dreaded AA on the button. This hand has been my bad luck hand in many tourneys this year when it has gotten down to the final few tables.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3337256728: $65,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (24005307), Table 38 - 800/1600 Ante 200 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:18:16 ET - 2007/08/23
Seat 1: number1PEN (35,163)
Seat 2: xSt0n3rx (61,545)
Seat 3: joocs (153,381)
Seat 4: PiMaster (83,039)
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (35,756)
number1PEN antes 200
xSt0n3rx antes 200
joocs antes 200
PiMaster antes 200
flopmynuts33 antes 200
flopmynuts33 posts the small blind of 800
number1PEN posts the big blind of 1,600
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PiMaster [Ah Ac]
xSt0n3rx has 15 seconds left to act
xSt0n3rx folds
joocs folds
PiMaster raises to 4,000
flopmynuts33 raises to 35,556, and is all in
number1PEN folds
PiMaster calls 31,556
flopmynuts33 shows [Jc Kh]
PiMaster shows [Ah Ac]
*** FLOP *** [Jd 9h Th]
*** TURN *** [Jd 9h Th] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [Jd 9h Th Kd] [8c]
flopmynuts33 shows two pair, Kings and Jacks
PiMaster shows a pair of Aces
flopmynuts33 wins the pot (73,712) with two pair, Kings and Jacks
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 73,712 Rake 0
Board: [Jd 9h Th Kd 8c]
Seat 1: number1PEN (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: xSt0n3rx folded before the Flop
Seat 3: joocs folded before the Flop
Seat 4: PiMaster (button) showed [Ah Ac] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 5: flopmynuts33 (small blind) showed [Jc Kh] and won (73,712) with two pair, Kings and Jacks

When he showed KJ, I figured not too bad. I am probably only a small dog. However, when the JT9 flopped I knew I was drawing pretty thin. Fortunately I still was left with 47K after the hand which was plenty of room to play with.

I kept my stack steady with some well timed RR and steals.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3337408381: $65,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (24005307), Table 18 - 1000/2000 Ante 250 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:36:48 ET - 2007/08/23
Seat 1: pokernubz (144,030)
Seat 2: America_One (150,786)
Seat 3: xSt0n3rx (128,582)
Seat 5: PiMaster (42,133)
Seat 6: bigvolfantwo (79,666)
pokernubz antes 250
America_One antes 250
xSt0n3rx antes 250
PiMaster antes 250
bigvolfantwo antes 250
PiMaster posts the small blind of 1,000
bigvolfantwo posts the big blind of 2,000
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PiMaster [Ah Tc]
pokernubz folds
America_One folds
xSt0n3rx raises to 6,000
PiMaster raises to 41,883, and is all in
reques03 (Observer): so wrong knocking out kev like that lol
bigvolfantwo folds
xSt0n3rx has 15 seconds left to act
xSt0n3rx has requested TIME
xSt0n3rx calls 35,883
PiMaster shows [Ah Tc]
xSt0n3rx shows [Ad 9d]
*** FLOP *** [Ks 9c 6c]
*** TURN *** [Ks 9c 6c] [As]
*** RIVER *** [Ks 9c 6c As] [4c]
PiMaster shows a pair of Aces
xSt0n3rx shows two pair, Aces and Nines
xSt0n3rx wins the pot (87,016) with two pair, Aces and Nines
PiMaster stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 87,016 Rake 0
Board: [Ks 9c 6c As 4c]
Seat 1: pokernubz folded before the Flop
Seat 2: America_One folded before the Flop
Seat 3: xSt0n3rx showed [Ad 9d] and won (87,016) with two pair, Aces and Nines
Seat 5: PiMaster (small blind) showed [Ah Tc] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: bigvolfantwo (big blind) folded before the Flop

I don't know if this guy's call is good or not. Given what I had shown down all tourney, and my RR range, i think it is poor. He should have known this b/c we had been together for a while on a couple diffrent tables.

I was pretty disappointed with this result b/c I felt I had played extremely well in a stacked field. 1st place was 26K, and I got only 1K for 17th place.