CL/top 3 practically the entire tourny. (4 Max) Final Table about 15 hands in. These guys are weak players and I am confident going into the FT. Could I have played any of these different or was the doom switch turned on...


PokerStars Game #48868740936: Tournament #303077685, Hold'em No Limit - Level XXX (5000/10000) - 2010/08/29 23:47:49 ET
Table '303077685 47' 4-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: SwordzBrett_ (196724 in chips)
Seat 2: Hellraizer75 (918090 in chips)
Seat 3: Brenberry (926056 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero (959130 in chips)
SwordzBrett_: posts the ante 1250
Hellraizer75: posts the ante 1250
Brenberry: posts the ante 1250
Hero: posts the ante 1250
SwordzBrett_: posts small blind 5000
Hellraizer75: posts big blind 10000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero[5h 5c]
Brenberry: folds
Hero: raises 20000 to 30000
SwordzBrett_: calls 25000
Hellraizer75: folds
*** FLOP *** [9s 8c 2c]
SwordzBrett_: checks
Hero: bets 40000
SwordzBrett_: raises 125474 to 165474 and is all-in
Hero: calls 125474
*** TURN *** [9s 8c 2c] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [9s 8c 2c Qh] [As]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SwordzBrett_: shows [Qd Jh] (a pair of Queens)
Hero: shows [5h 5c] (a pair of Fives)
SwordzBrett_ collected 405948 from pot

2 hands later...

PokerStars Game #48868766932: Tournament #303077685, Hold'em No Limit - Level XXX (5000/10000) - 2010/08/29 23:48:51 ET
Table '303077685 47' 4-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: SwordzBrett_ (404698 in chips)
Seat 2: Hellraizer75 (920590 in chips)
Seat 3: Brenberry (913556 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero (761156 in chips)
SwordzBrett_: posts the ante 1250
Hellraizer75: posts the ante 1250
Brenberry: posts the ante 1250
Hero: posts the ante 1250
Brenberry: posts small blind 5000
Hero: posts big blind 10000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [5d Ad]
SwordzBrett_: folds
Hellraizer75: folds
Brenberry: raises 10000 to 20000
Hero: calls 10000
*** FLOP *** [Jd Jh Qd]
Brenberry: checks
Hero: bets 10000
Brenberry: calls 10000
*** TURN *** [Jd Jh Qd] [6h]
Brenberry: checks
Hero: bets 40000
Brenberry: calls 40000
*** RIVER *** [Jd Jh Qd 6h] [Kc]
Brenberry: checks
Hero: bets 80000
Brenberry: calls 80000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero: shows [5d Ad] (a pair of Jacks)
Brenberry: shows [8d Kh] (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
Brenberry collected 305000 from pot

2 hands later...

PokerStars Game #48868798822: Tournament #303077685, Hold'em No Limit - Level XXX (5000/10000) - 2010/08/29 23:50:07 ET
Table '303077685 47' 4-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: SwordzBrett_ (392198 in chips)
Seat 2: Hellraizer75 (1078090 in chips)
Seat 3: Brenberry (926056 in chips)
Seat 4:Hero (603656 in chips)
SwordzBrett_: posts the ante 1250
Hellraizer75: posts the ante 1250
Brenberry: posts the ante 1250
Hero: posts the ante 1250
SwordzBrett_: posts small blind 5000
Hellraizer75: posts big blind 10000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Ts Ah]
Brenberry said, ":-)"
Brenberry: folds
Hero: raises 20000 to 30000
SwordzBrett_: calls 25000
Hellraizer75: folds
*** FLOP *** [2s 7d Qc]
SwordzBrett_: bets 40000
Hero: calls 40000
*** TURN *** [2s 7d Qc] [Ks]
SwordzBrett_: checks
Hero: checks
*** RIVER *** [2s 7d Qc Ks] [9s]
SwordzBrett_: checks
Hero: bets 90000
SwordzBrett_: calls 90000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero: shows [Ts Ah] (high card Ace)
SwordzBrett_: shows [As 9h] (a pair of Nines)
SwordzBrett_ collected 335000 from pot

4 hands later...

(Prolly shoulda just shoved pre here... but dont really like it cause i have like 33 bb's)

PokerStars Game #48868863802: Tournament #303077685, Hold'em No Limit - Level XXXI (6000/12000) - 2010/08/29 23:52:42 ET
Table '303077685 47' 4-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: SwordzBrett_ (568698 in chips)
Seat 2: Hellraizer75 (1064590 in chips)
Seat 3: Brenberry (964556 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero(402156 in chips)
SwordzBrett_: posts the ante 1500
Hellraizer75: posts the ante 1500
Brenberry: posts the ante 1500
Hero: posts the ante 1500
Hellraizer75: posts small blind 6000
Brenberry: posts big blind 12000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero[7c Ad]
Hero: raises 24000 to 36000
SwordzBrett_: calls 36000
Hellraizer75: folds
Brenberry: folds
*** FLOP *** [5c 9d 6c]
Hero: checks
SwordzBrett_: bets 52000
Hero: calls 52000
*** TURN *** [5c 9d 6c] [Td]
Hero: checks
SwordzBrett_: checks
*** RIVER *** [5c 9d 6c Td] [5d]
Hero: checks
SwordzBrett_: bets 82000
Hero: folds
Uncalled bet (82000) returned to SwordzBrett_
SwordzBrett_ collected 200000 from pot
SwordzBrett_: doesn't show hand

Very next hand....

PokerStars Game #48868886976: Tournament #303077685, Hold'em No Limit - Level XXXI (6000/12000) - 2010/08/29 23:53:37 ET
Table '303077685 47' 4-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: SwordzBrett_ (679198 in chips)
Seat 2: Hellraizer75 (1057090 in chips)
Seat 3: Brenberry (951056 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero (312656 in chips)
SwordzBrett_: posts the ante 1500
Hellraizer75: posts the ante 1500
Brenberry: posts the ante 1500
Hero: posts the ante 1500
Brenberry: posts small blind 6000
Hero: posts big blind 12000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [8c 8h]
SwordzBrett_: raises 20000 to 32000
Hellraizer75: folds
Brenberry: folds
Hero: calls 20000
*** FLOP *** [Qd 5s Qh]
Hero: checks
SwordzBrett_: bets 42000
Hero: raises 237156 to 279156 and is all-in
SwordzBrett_: calls 237156
*** TURN *** [Qd 5s Qh] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [Qd 5s Qh 2s] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero: shows [8c 8h] (two pair, Queens and Eights)
SwordzBrett_: shows [Kd Qs] (three of a kind, Queens)
SwordzBrett_ collected 634312 from pot
Hero finished the tournament in 4th place


Needless to say I was pretty disappointed being that I was crushing this tourny from the start and these guys weren't very good at all. Chip Leader to 4th in 2.5 seconds...

Kenny,

Whats the BI here?

Also, if you are dominating the table please stop playing big pots without big hands. Just win lots of small pots and give up to resistance more. No need for most of that.

I would be raising much less pre, like 2.2x......and yeah man grind small pots then let these guys felt when you have stronger hands. No need for too many of these hero calls

hand 2 and 3 give up/fold on river

hand 5 shove pre flop

hand 1 fold to the c/shove even vs draws you are flipping and when he has a pair you have 2 outs

you obv ran pretty bad but definately could of avoided a lot of it, the calling off with 5s for example is so marginal it's just not worth it imo

too many hero calls and too many bets with marginal hands. when u have position and a decent hand, its ok to pot control, esp if you think you have an edge skillwise

-I think hand 1 we have to make this call. 4 handed with 70k invested and he pushes for 120k more... so 2.2/1 on a call + read on 2 overs.. worst case J10
-Hand two agreed should def not bet river... im never called by worse..
-Hand 3... 2/7/Q he donk bets ... if he has a Q he check raises almost always.. I call intending to bluff turn.. when the K hits i slow and when he checks turn and river I want to push him off some weird 7 hands
-hand 5 ... I think I need to get value out of this hand. He will miss a ton and c-bet a ton of flops that I can c/r with like the Q5Q which I feel he c bets with his entire range

Agreed that I should have slowed down a bit and played smaller pots. Also I have been at the same table with Brenberry for the last 1.5 hrs and know he is big fish the other 2 arent great either.

Yeah agree....like if you think you are that much of a favorite vs crap players then this 55 call being so marginal should be avoided

all of these hands are played pretty bad iyam, gotta wonder why u are trying to bluff a station

kenny a similar thing just happened to me too, **** happens

u should listen to the posters here tho. I probably could've played it better myself but once it started going downhill I think I lost focus