This is a game played today. Don't know if this should go under variance/bad beats, but here goes.

Note:- I'm playing the hands the way I am, because this guy has shown down at least 7 pots with high cards. I have ground his stack down to less than 400 chips around 4 times, and he still climbs back. These 4 hands consist of me ahead on all 4 flops, and two turns.

PokerStars Game #70914508542: Tournament #472494652, $1.38+$0.12 USD Hold'em Limit - Match Round I, Level III (30/60) - 2011/11/21 14:37:04 ET
Table '472494652 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: JohnCowen (2460 in chips)
Seat 2: olegboris007 (540 in chips)
olegboris007: posts small blind 15
JohnCowen: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to JohnCowen [4h 8s]
olegboris007: raises 30 to 60
JohnCowen: calls 30
*** FLOP *** [Ad 8d 3c]
JohnCowen: checks
olegboris007: checks
*** TURN *** [Ad 8d 3c] [Tc]
JohnCowen: bets 60
olegboris007: calls 60
*** RIVER *** [Ad 8d 3c Tc] [Qd]
JohnCowen: checks
olegboris007: bets 60
JohnCowen: calls 60
*** SHOW DOWN ***
olegboris007: shows [4s Qh] (a pair of Queens)
JohnCowen: mucks hand
olegboris007 collected 360 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 360 | Rake 0
Board [Ad 8d 3c Tc Qd]
Seat 1: JohnCowen (big blind) mucked [4h 8s]
Seat 2: olegboris007 (button) (small blind) showed [4s Qh] and won (360) with a pair of Queens


Aces and Tens aren't the old hand this guy plays, so any passivity and I'm betting, but any betting on his part here, I'm just flatting for pot control and to see showdown.


PokerStars Game #70914553103: Tournament #472494652, $1.38+$0.12 USD Hold'em Limit - Match Round I, Level III (30/60) - 2011/11/21 14:37:43 ET
Table '472494652 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: JohnCowen (2370 in chips)
Seat 2: olegboris007 (630 in chips)
olegboris007: posts small blind 15
JohnCowen: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to JohnCowen [9s Ks]
olegboris007: raises 30 to 60
JohnCowen: raises 30 to 90
olegboris007: calls 30
*** FLOP *** [3c Kh 8c]
JohnCowen: checks
olegboris007: bets 30
JohnCowen: raises 30 to 60
olegboris007: raises 30 to 90
JohnCowen: raises 30 to 120
Betting is capped
olegboris007: calls 30
*** TURN *** [3c Kh 8c] [Tc]
JohnCowen: bets 60
olegboris007: raises 60 to 120
JohnCowen: raises 60 to 180
olegboris007: raises 60 to 240
Betting is capped
JohnCowen: calls 60
*** RIVER *** [3c Kh 8c Tc] [8h]
JohnCowen: bets 60
olegboris007: raises 60 to 120
JohnCowen: raises 60 to 180
olegboris007: calls 60 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JohnCowen: shows [9s Ks] (two pair, Kings and Eights)
olegboris007: shows [8s 2s] (three of a kind, Eights)
olegboris007 collected 1260 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1260 | Rake 0
Board [3c Kh 8c Tc 8h]
Seat 1: JohnCowen (big blind) showed [9s Ks] and lost with two pair, Kings and Eights
Seat 2: olegboris007 (button) (small blind) showed [8s 2s] and won (1260) with three of a kind, Eights


PokerStars Game #70915761526: Tournament #472494652, $1.38+$0.12 USD Hold'em Limit - Match Round I, Level IV (50/100) - 2011/11/21 14:55:30 ET
Table '472494652 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: JohnCowen (1865 in chips)
Seat 2: olegboris007 (1135 in chips)
olegboris007: posts small blind 25
JohnCowen: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to JohnCowen [Kd 9h]
olegboris007: calls 25
JohnCowen: checks
*** FLOP *** [9s 5c Ac]
JohnCowen: checks
olegboris007: checks
*** TURN *** [9s 5c Ac] [5s]
JohnCowen: bets 100
olegboris007: raises 100 to 200
JohnCowen: calls 100
*** RIVER *** [9s 5c Ac 5s] [Qs]
JohnCowen: checks
olegboris007: bets 100
JohnCowen: calls 100
*** SHOW DOWN ***
olegboris007: shows [2s 5d] (three of a kind, Fives)
JohnCowen: mucks hand
olegboris007 collected 700 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 700 | Rake 0
Board [9s 5c Ac 5s Qs]
Seat 1: JohnCowen (big blind) mucked [Kd 9h]
Seat 2: olegboris007 (button) (small blind) showed [2s 5d] and won (700) with three of a kind, Fives


PokerStars Game #70916022567: Tournament #472494652, $1.38+$0.12 USD Hold'em Limit - Match Round I, Level V (100/200) - 2011/11/21 15:01:02 ET
Table '472494652 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: JohnCowen (2080 in chips)
Seat 2: olegboris007 (920 in chips)
JohnCowen: posts small blind 50
olegboris007: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to JohnCowen [Kh Ks]
JohnCowen: calls 50
olegboris007: raises 100 to 200
JohnCowen: raises 100 to 300
olegboris007: raises 100 to 400
Betting is capped
JohnCowen: calls 100
*** FLOP *** [4s 6c Jc]
olegboris007: checks
JohnCowen: bets 100
olegboris007: calls 100
*** TURN *** [4s 6c Jc] [2c]
olegboris007: bets 200
JohnCowen: raises 200 to 400
olegboris007: raises 20 to 420 and is all-in
JohnCowen: calls 20
*** RIVER *** [4s 6c Jc 2c] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
olegboris007: shows [2d 2s] (a full house, Deuces full of Fours)
JohnCowen: shows [Kh Ks] (two pair, Kings and Fours)
olegboris007 collected 1840 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1840 | Rake 0
Board [4s 6c Jc 2c 4c]
Seat 1: JohnCowen (button) (small blind) showed [Kh Ks] and lost with two pair, Kings and Fours
Seat 2: olegboris007 (big blind) showed [2d 2s] and won (1840) with a full house, Deuces full of Fours

This last one is just sick. I can't not call with a large pot like that, and the hands he has been playing, and also my KK and him being all in.

The grind continues.

no clue why the last hand is sick. villain could be going allin with a lot of trash

How is he a maniac if he checks that flop in hand #1 ?

He is a maniac because of the way he played throughout most of the tournament, not to mention in one of the hands above he caps with 3rd pair, and in other occasions re-raises. Yes he does check that specific flop, but the purpose of the post was just to show certain hands in which no matter how much one can try, the guy still gets ahead of me after the flop in 4 occasions. Thanks anyway :-)

Possibly wrong forum category

You are clearly being result oriented, I highly recommend fixing this state of mind.

Not sure what the big deal is. In almost half an hour, the guy hit a 3-outer, two 5-outers, and a 2-outer.

If I were you, I'd be more concerned with how so much money went in on the turn with one pair hands. You happened to have been right in one instance, but that doesn't mean you were playing well overall.