I flipped a coin to decide whether or not to play the 200-seat guaranteed yesterday on Stars. I don't usually play bigger buy-in tourneys unless I satellite in, but I thought I would let fate decide. I made the disastrous mistake of flipping a nickel (everyone knows the quarter is the smallest flippable coin). It came up heads, I didn't last long. Damn you, tournament poker. And damn you, nickels.
Hand 23 (note we are still in the first level):
Poker Stars, $370 Buy-in (10/20 blinds) NL Hold'em Tourney, 7 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker
Hero (CO): 4,850 (242.5 bb)
BTN: 4,810 (240.5 bb)
SB: 4,760 (238 bb)
BB: 5,040 (252 bb)
MP1: 4,010 (200.5 bb)
MP2: 5,310 (265.5 bb)
MP3: 6,220 (311 bb)
Pre-Flop: Hero is CO with 4d 4c
MP1 calls 20, 2 folds, Hero calls 20, BTN calls 20, SB completes, BB checks
Flop: (100) 3s 3c 9h
(5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, MP1 checks,
Hero bets 60, BTN folds, SB folds, BB folds, MP1 calls 60
Turn: (220) Tc
(2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero checks
River: (220) 4h
(2 players)
MP1 bets 200,
Hero raises to 540,
MP1 raises to 1,560, Hero calls 1,020
Results:
Hand 24 (blinds moved, I was running out of time ldo):
Poker Stars, $370 Buy-in (15/30 blinds) NL Hold'em Tourney, 9 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker
MP2: 8,320 (277.3 bb)
Hero (MP3): 3,210 (107 bb)
CO: 4,790 (159.7 bb)
BTN: 4,740 (158 bb)
SB: 5,020 (167.3 bb)
BB: 5,710 (190.3 bb)
UTG: 5,310 (177 bb)
UTG+1: 6,220 (207.3 bb)
MP1: 4,850 (161.7 bb)
Pre-Flop: Hero is MP3 with 3d 3c
UTG raises to 120, 3 folds, Hero calls 120, 4 folds
Flop: (285) 5d 3h 2s
(2 players)
UTG bets 240,
Hero raises to 630,
UTG raises to 5,190 and is all-in, Hero calls 2,460 and is all-in
Turn: (6,465) 7h
(2 players, 2 are all-in)
River: (6,465) Qs
(2 players, 2 are all-in)
Results:
Suggested responses for noobs:
[x] outplayed
[x] best hand(s) won
[x] loldonkaments
[x] hot dang, those are some nasty river cards; but, don't worry, you're still a good and valuable person
