This is one for the Crapshoot hall of fame

Ok so I'm in a $1 MTT and it's very early. Now this guy that all ins in this hand had just done this two hands prior on a flush draw and caught it. He'd been playing very recklessly so I figured he was on the draw again, and of course I was right, and of course he caught it.

PokerStars Game #2422815678: Tournament #11526331, Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2005/08/25 - 21:15:29 (ET)
Table '11526331 209' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Sully77 (1900 in chips)
Seat 2: Riggs23 (1600 in chips)
Seat 3: pipecandy (1540 in chips)
Seat 4: winnerjoe (2130 in chips)
Seat 5: TRIGGER321 (1410 in chips)
Seat 6: CheckRaiseM (1320 in chips)
Seat 7: Grumbar (1410 in chips)
Seat 8: dag01220 (1390 in chips)
Seat 9: twowalla (830 in chips)
TRIGGER321: posts small blind 10
CheckRaiseM: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Grumbar [Qc Kh]
Grumbar: calls 20
dag01220: calls 20
twowalla: calls 20
Sully77: folds
Riggs23: calls 20
pipecandy: folds
winnerjoe: calls 20
TRIGGER321: calls 10
CheckRaiseM: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qs 2s Qh]
TRIGGER321: checks
CheckRaiseM: checks
Grumbar: bets 80
dag01220: raises 1290 to 1370 and is all-in
twowalla: folds
Riggs23: folds
winnerjoe: folds
TRIGGER321: folds
CheckRaiseM: folds
Grumbar: calls 1290
*** TURN *** [Qs 2s Qh] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 2s Qh 4s] [5d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Grumbar: shows [Qc Kh] (three of a kind, Queens)
dag01220: shows [9s 6s] (a flush, Queen high)
dag01220 collected 2880 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2880 | Rake 0
Board [Qs 2s Qh 4s 5d]
Seat 1: Sully77 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Riggs23 folded on the Flop
Seat 3: pipecandy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: winnerjoe (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: TRIGGER321 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: CheckRaiseM (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 7: Grumbar showed [Qc Kh] and lost with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 8: dag01220 showed [9s 6s] and won (2880) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 9: twowalla folded on the Flop

So now I'm all in with my big blind bet, catch 2 pair and of course the board pairs to kick me in the groin when I'm down.

PokerStars Game #2422825555: Tournament #11526331, Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2005/08/25 - 21:16:35 (ET)
Table '11526331 209' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Sully77 (1900 in chips)
Seat 2: Riggs23 (1580 in chips)
Seat 3: pipecandy (1540 in chips)
Seat 4: winnerjoe (2110 in chips)
Seat 5: TRIGGER321 (1390 in chips)
Seat 6: CheckRaiseM (1300 in chips)
Seat 7: Grumbar (20 in chips)
Seat 8: dag01220 (2880 in chips)
Seat 9: twowalla (810 in chips)
CheckRaiseM: posts small blind 10
Grumbar: posts big blind 20 and is all-in
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Grumbar [9c 5h]
dag01220: folds
twowalla: folds
Sully77: raises 80 to 100
Riggs23: folds
pipecandy: calls 100
winnerjoe: folds
TRIGGER321: calls 100
CheckRaiseM: calls 90
*** FLOP *** [4c Td 5d]
CheckRaiseM: bets 80
Sully77: raises 220 to 300
pipecandy: folds
TRIGGER321: folds
CheckRaiseM: calls 220
*** TURN *** [4c Td 5d] [9d]
CheckRaiseM: checks
Sully77: bets 1500 and is all-in
CheckRaiseM: folds
*** RIVER *** [4c Td 5d 9d] [4h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Sully77: shows [Qs Qc] (two pair, Queens and Fours)
Sully77 collected 920 from side pot
Grumbar: shows [9c 5h] (two pair, Nines and Fives)
Sully77 collected 100 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1020 Main pot 100. Side pot 920. | Rake 0
Board [4c Td 5d 9d 4h]
Seat 1: Sully77 showed [Qs Qc] and won (1020) with two pair, Queens and Fours
Seat 2: Riggs23 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: pipecandy folded on the Flop
Seat 4: winnerjoe folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: TRIGGER321 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: CheckRaiseM (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 7: Grumbar (big blind) showed [9c 5h] and lost with two pair, Nines and Fives
Seat 8: dag01220 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: twowalla folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Doesn't that make you sick Grumbar...ya know, I've been thinking...checkers isn't such a bad game!

I'm really enjoying solitaire myself. It came with my puter for free! And I'm really kicking butt! Sadly can't figure out how to cash out.

I still get bad beats

wish I had won some to cash out

I will look out some hands for the crapshoot hall of fame on pokertraker - from the $1 MTT i was in after the bounty game

Ok here's a good one for you Crap.
Another $1 MTT. Generally wouldnt preflop QJsuited, but opened my style a little because I thihnk ive been playing too tight. Post flop, he checked to me, so I bet into it even though I didnt catch, as I think I should have. Bet hard after I caught my Qs, and he called the draw =(

Anyway, I'm back to playing super tight early in these things.

PokerStars Game #2423203042: Tournament #11526337, Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2005/08/25 - 21:58:13 (ET) Table '11526337 139' Seat #8 is the button Seat 1: pjtjmags (1680 in chips)
Seat 2: BJDarter (1060 in chips)
Seat 3: Dale D. (1330 in chips)
Seat 4: psyacid (3510 in chips)
Seat 5: alli2132 (1340 in chips)
Seat 6: Geeyore (150 in chips)
Seat 7: C-Dog (1440 in chips)
Seat 8: Astroboy05 (1690 in chips)
Seat 9: gotti100 (1450 in chips)
gotti100: posts small blind 10
pjtjmags: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to alli2132 [Qh Jh]
BJDarter: raises 20 to 40
Dale D.: calls 40
psyacid: folds
alli2132: raises 20 to 60
Geeyore: folds
C-Dog: folds
Astroboy05: folds
gotti100: folds
pjtjmags: folds
BJDarter: calls 20
Dale D.: calls 20
*** FLOP *** [6h 8s 9s]
BJDarter: checks
Dale D.: checks
alli2132: bets 140
BJDarter: folds
Dale D.: calls 140
*** TURN *** [6h 8s 9s] [Qs]
Dale D.: checks
alli2132: bets 320
Dale D.: calls 320
*** RIVER *** [6h 8s 9s Qs] [7c]
Dale D.: checks
alli2132: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Dale D.: shows [Ac Ts] (a straight, Six to Ten)
alli2132: mucks hand
Dale D. collected 1130 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1130 | Rake 0
Board [6h 8s 9s Qs 7c]
Seat 1: pjtjmags (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: BJDarter folded on the Flop
Seat 3: Dale D. showed [Ac Ts] and won (1130) with a straight, Six to Ten Seat 4: psyacid folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 5: alli2132 mucked [Qh Jh] Seat 6: Geeyore folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: C-Dog folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 8: Astroboy05 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 9: gotti100 (small blind) folded before Flop


Besides generally not playing that hard early, any comments?

With blinds that low, I think you should be playing QJ suited everytime. I don't know about re-raising with it though..

That particular player had been playing almost every pot and with less than mediocre hands. he would bet hard with any 4 draw - I even had notes on him for doing this in other tourneys. So i figured him for a victim. Normally, no I wont reraise with cards like those.

I can't fault you on that hand...that was a tough hand...I'm an aggressive player, so I would have probably played it the same way..I also can see Dale being in there also...you both started off with an inside str8 draw and you both have runner runner flush draws...basically you both had garbage with miracle draws. You have to figure Dale for high cards, because he raised and then called your re-raise pre-flop and Dale has to figure you for high cards because you re-raised pre-flop.

Now flop is where both miracle draws come in, but the board shouldn't scare you or Dale...now you bet into him to establish dominance, I don't fault that, except that there is nothing on the board to scare Dale....all he is wondering about is, are your pockets higher than his pockets.

The turn gives you top pair with not a bad kicker...if Dale had AQ of KQ, he probably would have come back at you on the pre-flop or flop...if he was an agressive player....so you come at him...now he's got a double belly buster, flush draw and overcard, maybe 500 would have sat him down...320 is not quite there pot odds...but if your a rookie risk taker you call...I probably would have folded to the 320....and you would really have a hard time justifying a 500 bet.

Now on the river, you did a very smart thing...you checked...saving yourself from a bigger loss of chips.

As I said tough hand...you should have sat out that hand to make youself a drink!

<-- has wine now ! I need it after tonight's beats. (see other post)
Grum however is in the money in a $1 MTT, and doing well. So i will be recouping my losses late in the evening while he is sleeping /wink

And thanks for not thinking i played that badly, makes me feel better