First 3 hands of triple-shot.

These are the very first 3 hands of a triple-shot tourney. The third one couldnt of gone better.

Nice when you get a good start.


PokerStars Game #7242281642: Tournament #36700085, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2006/11/30 - 17:35:01 (ET)
Table '36700085 28' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: IHAVEBIGONES (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: 7letters (1500 in chips)
Seat 3: HermTheGerm (1500 in chips)
Seat 4: no control (1500 in chips)
Seat 5: strader51 (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: kidfromokc_1 (1500 in chips)
7letters: posts small blind 10
HermTheGerm: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 7letters [6d 6s]
no control: folds
strader51: folds
kidfromokc_1: calls 20
IHAVEBIGONES: folds
7letters: raises 60 to 80
HermTheGerm: folds
kidfromokc_1: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [3c 7s Ts]
7letters: bets 120
kidfromokc_1: folds
7letters collected 180 from pot
7letters: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 180 | Rake 0
Board [3c 7s Ts]
Seat 1: IHAVEBIGONES (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: 7letters (small blind) collected (180)
Seat 3: HermTheGerm (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: no control folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: strader51 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: kidfromokc_1 folded on the Flop



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PokerStars Game #7242292715: Tournament #36700085, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2006/11/30 - 17:35:50 (ET)
Table '36700085 28' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: IHAVEBIGONES (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: 7letters (1600 in chips)
Seat 3: HermTheGerm (1480 in chips)
Seat 4: no control (1500 in chips)
Seat 5: strader51 (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: kidfromokc_1 (1420 in chips)
HermTheGerm: posts small blind 10
no control: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 7letters [As 7s]
strader51: folds
kidfromokc_1: folds
IHAVEBIGONES: folds
7letters: raises 60 to 80
HermTheGerm: folds
no control: folds
7letters collected 50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 50 | Rake 0
Seat 1: IHAVEBIGONES folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: 7letters (button) collected (50)
Seat 3: HermTheGerm (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: no control (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: strader51 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: kidfromokc_1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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PokerStars Game #7242300836: Tournament #36700085, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2006/11/30 - 17:36:26 (ET)
Table '36700085 28' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: IHAVEBIGONES (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: 7letters (1630 in chips)
Seat 3: HermTheGerm (1470 in chips)
Seat 4: no control (1480 in chips)
Seat 5: strader51 (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: kidfromokc_1 (1420 in chips)
no control: posts small blind 10
strader51: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 7letters [Kh Qh]
kidfromokc_1: folds
IHAVEBIGONES: folds
7letters: raises 60 to 80
HermTheGerm: calls 80
no control: folds
strader51: folds
*** FLOP *** [Kc 8h Ks]
7letters: checks
HermTheGerm: bets 80
7letters: calls 80
*** TURN *** [Kc 8h Ks] [Qc]
7letters: checks
HermTheGerm: bets 80
7letters: calls 80
*** RIVER *** [Kc 8h Ks Qc] [5d]
7letters: bets 1390 and is all-in
HermTheGerm: calls 1230 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
7letters: shows [Kh Qh] (a full house, Kings full of Queens)
HermTheGerm: shows [Qs Td] (two pair, Kings and Queens)
7letters collected 2970 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2970 | Rake 0
Board [Kc 8h Ks Qc 5d]
Seat 1: IHAVEBIGONES folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: 7letters showed [Kh Qh] and won (2970) with a full house, Kings full of Queens
Seat 3: HermTheGerm (button) showed [Qs Td] and lost with two pair, Kings and Queens
Seat 4: no control (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: strader51 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: kidfromokc_1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)


Latest News: ...and just to show what an idiot I can be at times - here's the last hand.
My excuse was, it seemed heads-up, he couldnt put a hand down. He'd been tight through the game but kept calling all my raises heads-up. I was pretty confident here. I did read him as a better heads-up player than he had shown during the game and it looked like he was playing to some sort of strategy which made sense to me.

I was playing pretty agressively and raising regularly from the SB. My continuation bets, often around 2/3 pot, were repeatedly called. Hmm ok, I'm mixing it up a bit more now.

If a danger card came on the turn, where I'm not likely going to make a raise, any checks I made were immediately raised by him. It's quite possible he was just hitting hands but after a few times of this happening, I was reluctant to lose a further pot by checking, getting re-raised and folding. The check-re-raise bluff was always a possibilty for me but at this stage I wasnt looking to get into that position. I put him on a draw or a bluff. I took a silly risk, got it wrong and killed myself off.

PokerStars Game #7242830224: Tournament #36700085, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level V (75/150) - 2006/11/30 - 18:16:09 (ET)
Table '36700085 28' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: 7letters (3485 in chips)
Seat 4: no control (5515 in chips)
no control: posts small blind 75
7letters: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 7letters [Kh Ts]
no control: calls 75
7letters: raises 450 to 600
no control: calls 450
*** FLOP *** [9d Qd 9c]
7letters: bets 750
no control: calls 750
*** TURN *** [9d Qd 9c] [5c]
7letters: bets 2135 and is all-in
no control: calls 2135
*** RIVER *** [9d Qd 9c 5c] [9h]
7letters said, "nh lol"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
7letters: shows [Kh Ts] (three of a kind, Nines)
no control: shows [Qh 9s] (four of a kind, Nines)
no control collected 6970 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6970 | Rake 0
Board [9d Qd 9c 5c 9h]
Seat 2: 7letters (big blind) showed [Kh Ts] and lost with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 4: no control (button) (small blind) showed [Qh 9s] and won (6970) with four of a kind, Nines

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