this is just ridiculous....

PokerStars Game #8121513396: Tournament #41089051, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2007/01/25 - 20:59:07 (ET)
Table '41089051 57' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: rw11687 (1350 in chips)
Seat 2: Kinjo1987 (4030 in chips)
Seat 3: lindylou (1050 in chips)
Seat 4: Joeshasta (11725 in chips)
Seat 5: MISSWICKED (8278 in chips)
Seat 6: melona (6012 in chips)
Seat 7: robertl1 (3005 in chips)
Seat 8: lollasen (7250 in chips)
Seat 9: red283 (5055 in chips) is sitting out
lindylou: posts small blind 50
Joeshasta: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rw11687 [Kd Kc]
MISSWICKED: folds
melona: folds
robertl1: folds
lollasen: raises 200 to 300
red283: folds
rw11687: raises 300 to 600
Kinjo1987: folds
lindylou: calls 550
Joeshasta: folds
lollasen: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [5h 9h 2h]
lindylou: bets 450 and is all-in
lollasen: calls 450
rw11687: raises 300 to 750 and is all-in
lollasen: calls 300
*** TURN *** [5h 9h 2h] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [5h 9h 2h Qh] [Jh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
lollasen: shows [9d Jd] (a flush, Queen high)
rw11687: shows [Kd Kc] (a flush, Queen high)
lollasen collected 300 from side pot
rw11687 collected 300 from side pot
lindylou: shows [4c 6c] (a flush, Queen high)
rw11687 said, "come on"
lindylou collected 1084 from main pot
lollasen collected 1083 from main pot
rw11687 collected 1083 from main pot
rw11687 said, "this is sooo gay"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3850 Main pot 3250. Side pot 600. | Rake 0
Board [5h 9h 2h Qh Jh]
Seat 1: rw11687 showed [Kd Kc] and won (1383) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 2: Kinjo1987 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: lindylou (small blind) showed [4c 6c] and won (1084) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 4: Joeshasta (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: MISSWICKED folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: melona folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: robertl1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: lollasen showed [9d Jd] and won (1383) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 9: red283 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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That was a tough one rw, I even cringed watching that one.

- Bass

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The $3 20k rebuy in the 1st hour is a bitch. Bad luck there RW

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bounce the cube off the cats head..that might be worth a go-eucalypta

low level rebuys, you push preflop with premium hands, and hope they hold up, it's all you can do.

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Fault always lies in the same place, my fine babies: with him weak enough to lay blame.

Did you happen to check his stats on Sharkscope? He is an incredibly bad player so his play there is consistant with his losing ways, Unfortunately players will take out a much superior player on occasion. Sorry man for the hose job. You deserved much better.

His Pokerdb stats have winnings over 125K................ But most of it was from a 2nd place finish in a $200 buy in (97K). I think hes one of those players with little skill at poker and lots of luck .... He likes to play larger buy ins. Think if you find him at your table just avoid action with him. Too unpredictable.

Just look at this crap!PokerStars Game #8122776165: Tournament #41089051, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2007/01/25 - 22:16:05 (ET)
Table '41089051 57' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Sterle (44285 in chips)
Seat 2: BONIWON (19950 in chips)
Seat 3: lindylou (1525 in chips)
Seat 4: PETEYSCOOTER (4120 in chips)
Seat 5: straitupoker (25902 in chips)
Seat 6: immerso (11890 in chips)
Seat 7: robertl1 (7319 in chips)
Seat 8: lollasen (17868 in chips)
Seat 9: red283 (10335 in chips)
Sterle: posts the ante 50
BONIWON: posts the ante 50
lindylou: posts the ante 50
PETEYSCOOTER: posts the ante 50
straitupoker: posts the ante 50
immerso: posts the ante 50
robertl1: posts the ante 50
lollasen: posts the ante 50
red283: posts the ante 50
robertl1: posts small blind 300
lollasen: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
red283: folds
Sterle: raises 600 to 1200
BONIWON: folds
lindylou: folds
PETEYSCOOTER: folds
straitupoker: calls 1200
immerso: folds
robertl1: folds
Sterle said, "Mr. Harrington..."
lollasen: calls 600
*** FLOP *** [6c Js 4c]
lollasen: checks
straitupoker said, "how do you do"
Sterle: bets 2000
straitupoker: folds
lollasen: calls 2000
*** TURN *** [6c Js 4c] [4d]
Sterle said, "Quite well, thank you."
lollasen: checks
Sterle: bets 2400
straitupoker said, "i can see that"
lollasen: calls 2400
*** RIVER *** [6c Js 4c 4d] [8d]
lollasen: bets 12218 and is all-in
Sterle: calls 12218
*** SHOW DOWN ***
lollasen: shows [5s 7c] (a straight, Four to Eight)
Sterle: shows [Kh Jc] (two pair, Jacks and Fours)
Sterle said, "omfg."
lollasen collected 37586 from pot
Sterle said, "so ..."
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 37586 | Rake 0
Board [6c Js 4c 4d 8d]
Seat 1: Sterle showed [Kh Jc] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Fours
Seat 2: BONIWON folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: lindylou folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: PETEYSCOOTER folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: straitupoker folded on the Flop
Seat 6: immerso (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: robertl1 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: lollasen (big blind) showed [5s 7c] and won (37586) with a straight, Four to Eight
Seat 9: red283 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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Not really, some of the top pros go all in every single hand until they have a decent stack and this guy at least had top pair on the flop. This is a rebuy, the tourny doesn't even start until the 2nd hour. BTW, if the J on the river hadn't been a heart you would have lost the hand instead of chopping it... something to chew on.

Alrighty, did you come to your opinion by actually running the numbers? Or did you simply look at his net loss... yeah, thought so. He has only played 51 games and is down 16 buyins. "Incredibly bad player" may be a bit of a stretch. Looks like he is simply on a bad run at the moment, $2100 of the $3100 he is down are from his last 7 sngs.

Little skill and lots of luck seems to have gotten him over $8000 in cashes, 4 final tables and 3 top 4s in the last 2 weeks, what a donkey. Incidentally, his 2nd place in the PokerStars Sunday Tourny was worth $130,000 due to a heads up chop and the field was over 5500 players.

The fact that someone plays high buyin tournys should be a plus on their resume, how many times have you complained about the horrible play in your $10 and under tournys that you play? He plays the high buyins which means the quality of poker is that much higher, right?

The guy must have the cash to burn, and just because he has some positive results doesn't make him a good player in my book. His play is very reckless but it appears he can afford to play that way. I don't know for how long though. He was playing in a $3 re-buy not the high buy-ins listed on his database so his playing style may already be catching up wit him. Is he the kind of player you would want to stake if you had the cash to do so? Not me .

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Okay..again, with rebuys - I remember a case where a pro (forget which one) went through roughly $700 in a $10 rebuy. However...he ended up taking 5th in the tourney, as there were a ton of chips at his tables...and so he cased for over $5k. There is an advantage to constantly pushing on the table!

In terms of staking him...I've heard many pros say they're more likely to stake the aggressive player than the passive, safe player in the WSOP...simply because they have the better chance of going far.

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Fault always lies in the same place, my fine babies: with him weak enough to lay blame.

They also have a better chance of getting knocked out on the first day. Survival to making the cash is the goal and then opening up your game. I think a more solid type player is a better choice.

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