any given sunday...

I'm back with my first sunday report for this blog.
I actually had to get up early this sunday because my gf's niece celebrated her 1st birthday and there were some festivities planned for that. We actually went out the night before because one of the few Swiss MTT regs I got to know some time ago was celebrating his birthday and I got pretty much wasted (on the way) there (Bacardi Coke // Captain Morgan Coke // Vodka Ginger Ale - in that exact order). The music was great - some deep soulful house - and the venue was pretty cool and undergroundish. On Sunday I downed like 2liters of water before leaving the house after a couple hours of sleep. We were carrying heavy luggage (a trike - the bday gift for the niece - 2 big tiramisus and some other stuff) and had to travel like 40mins by public transportation. At the venue we helped decorate the whole place (especially I got busy with the creativity) and as we were about to put the icing on the cake people started dropping in. It ended up being around 70-100 people as lunch got served. I ate way too much (as I always end up doing): vietnamese style salad, springrolls, crab chips followed by peking duck followed by ban bao followed by sweet&sour... of course I had to squeeze in a couple of beers in between that.

I left right after the gift-unpacking-ritual had ended and immediately fired up stars on my Iphone to start the ultra late regged Sunday Kickoff (still 25 bigs though). By the time I had arrived at the train station I also regged for the $265ko. I played those during the trainride. As I arrived at the station where I had planned to switch to the tram, I found that I had to walk for a couple of stations because there was some construction work going on blocking the railway. So I was walking and 2tabling heavily. Shortly before I reached the tram-station my dead-beat Iphone-accu decided to do its (and of course my) favourite move - go out of service with 40% battery left. Since I knew it would take me around 20minutes to get home that pissed me off quite remarkably. Especially because I had managed to work up the 5k stack to around 8.5k during 150/300... My mood actually got worse when I had to wait for like 5 more minutes to cross a street because of the very same construction work. Normally you would be waiting there for 45sec tops... Because my Iphone wasn't cooperating I also wasn't able to listen to music whilst riding the tram which added even more of annoyance to my system (I absolutely HATE riding public transportation withouth music in my ears).
All of this wouldn't have been half as bad if I wouldn't have also had the pressing urge to visit Mr. Toilet through all of it...

I somehow managed to reach home leaving me and all other people unhurt and immediately started up my Macbook.

I played tournaments for $2153 and cashed $1127. So I'm down about 1k, could have been worse I guess... I feel like I played well overall. The first few tourneys I might have been a bit too loose but I slowed down remarkably after that.
In the end I managed to win a WCOOP ticket (01 or 02) and went semi deep in the Sunday Million. I actually was Top 10 stack for some period of time which is always exciting, but usually it doesn't hold up for too long unless u run well and get the sexy setups.

The plan now is to look at a couple of hands I played in this Sunday Million. I'll try to make it sort of a handhistory review. But I'll try to comment on the hands as briefly as possible.

The first table I had was pretty tough, at least for Sunday Million standards. I was getting 3bet a lot and therefore significantly tightened up my opening range. So i ended up playing way fewer hands than I usually do. The guys weren't just abusing me, they all were pretty much "pedal to the metal": 3bets, 4bets and even 5bets were happening on the regular. We were sitting at that table together for 177 hands straight, so there was a bit of history and some dynamics. The way I percepted the dynamics the villain to my left chose me as his primary 3betting target.





HAND 4: Not really a big hand, but the river is more of a c/f than a valuebet vs (at that point in time) unknown. Against the right villain I think I like to go for thin value on the river though.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 20/40 Blinds (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

MP2 (t10000)
MP3 (t12330)
CO (t8740)
Button (t9860)
Hero (SB) (t9960)
BB (t10000)
UTG (t9295)
UTG+1 (t9815)
MP1 (t10000)

Hero's M: 166.00

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, Q
7 folds, Hero bets t120, BB calls t80

Flop: (t240) 7, 7, K (2 players)
Hero bets t137, BB calls t137

Turn: (t514) A (2 players)
Hero bets t234, BB calls t234

River: (t982) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets t396, BB calls t396

Total pot: t1774

Results:
Hero had K, Q (two pair, Kings and sevens).
BB had 5, A (two pair, Aces and sevens).
Outcome: BB won t1774


HAND 60: Just a small sample of action at our table... Don't really know what to make off of Button's 50bb cold4b shove, but I don't like it with any hand. Had em noted as a good player previously, he's a supernova too.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 80/160 Blinds (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

UTG (t13402)
UTG+1 (t10396)
MP1 (t8912)
MP2 (t3645)
Hero (MP3) (t7789)
CO (t17577)
Button (t8020)
SB (t11345)
BB (t8914)

Hero's M: 32.45

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 5, 5
4 folds, Hero bets t320, CO raises to t680, Button raises to t8020 (All-In), 4 folds

Total pot: t1920


HAND 63: Villain is pretty aggro and cabable of moving. I feel like I do have the best hand most of the time (since he's probably 3betting AK and shouldn't have any random 5x in his range). If he in fact does have AK he'll get my stack either way. So after he raises my cbet on the flop I prefer going back over the top over flatting because I could still be bluffing with air that way. If I flat I always do have at least an ace (in this universe). After he goes over the top again for almost half the effective stack I kinda hate it but decide to go with my prior assessment which proves to be right.

Button (t13162)
SB (t10236)
BB (t8912)
UTG (t3885)
Hero (UTG+1) (t7469)
MP1 (t16897)
MP2 (t9260)
MP3 (t11505)
CO (t8674)

Hero's M: 31.12

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A, Q
1 fold, Hero bets t320, 3 folds, CO calls t320, 3 folds

Flop: (t880) 5, 5, A (2 players)
Hero bets t369, CO raises to t880, Hero raises to t1871, CO raises to t2862, Hero raises to t7149 (All-In), 1 fold

Total pot: t6604

Results:
Hero didn't show A, Q.
Outcome: Hero won t6604


HAND 66: Doesn't really require any comments.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 100/200 Blinds (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

MP2 (t12810)
MP3 (t10684)
CO (t8400)
Button (t4313)
Hero (SB) (t10691)
BB (t17197)
UTG (t9260)
UTG+1 (t11505)
MP1 (t5140)

Hero's M: 35.64

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, A
2 folds, MP1 bets t459, 1 fold, MP3 raises to t718, 2 folds, Hero raises to t1569, 1 fold, MP1 raises to t5140 (All-In), 1 fold, Hero calls t3571

Flop: (t11198) 4, 6, 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t11198) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t11198) 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t11198

Results:
Hero had K, A (two pair, sixes and fours).
MP1 had K, A (two pair, sixes and fours).
Outcome: Hero won t5599, MP1 won t5599


HAND 71: Obviously no cbet on the flop. Turncall may be debatable, meaning maybe a raise would be in order (don't love it though because we're kind of isolationg ourselves vs hands that have us beat). The river puts a 4card-straight out there which complicates things a lot in my opinion. I don't see villain leading the turn this big into 3 people without having at least 2 pair (+ sets + combo draws + maybe naked flushdraws). I was timebanking on the river because I expect him to shut down with many of the beforehand mentioned hands (except of the better straights and higher sets and of course the missed flushdraws [if he's cabable of bluffing those in this spot]). But me not knowing villain well, I don't think he's bluffing here often enough since I too won't check behind the flop and flat his turnlead (with 2 villains behind) with weak hands. I'm dead to his value range, so I fold. If he somehow had felt his 2 golden gigantic balls during this hand for the first time in his life and was running a pure bluff with air, then kudos to him.
On a sidenote: the fact that villain can never put us on a set of 4s here leaves room for gigantic amounts of self-leveling and whatnot, but I feel like my thought process does make sense nonetheless.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 100/200 Blinds (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

SB (t12410)
BB (t9966)
UTG (t8400)
UTG+1 (t5613)
Hero (MP1) (t11750)
MP2 (t16037)
MP3 (t8960)
CO (t11865)
Button (t4999)

Hero's M: 39.17

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 4, 4
2 folds, Hero bets t400, 2 folds, CO calls t400, Button calls t400, 1 fold, BB calls t200

Flop: (t1700) 10, 6, 7 (4 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, CO checks, Button checks

Turn: (t1700) 4 (4 players)
BB bets t1190, Hero calls t1190, 2 folds

River: (t4080) 5 (2 players)
BB bets t2500, Hero folds

Total pot: t4080

Results:
BB didn't show
Outcome: BB won t4080


HAND 86: Peeling the flop here seems natural to me. Turn check behind I also like since I do have showdown value and position. On the river I bink a set and villain has like 2 times the pot left. I'm pretty confident we do have the best hand because I doubt he's checking the nutstraight on the river leat alone check the lower straight twice. Since I feel like he's not going to make a marginal bluffcatching check/call with random 7x too often I just decide to overshove (after some deliberation), hoping to look weak or at least not making much sense with my line. You'd be surprised what villains end up heroing sometimes when u play a hand like that.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 125/250 Blinds 25 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

UTG+1 (t12760)
MP1 (t12206)
MP2 (t7100)
MP3 (t6863)
Hero (CO) (t10860)
Button (t17387)
SB (t7260)
BB (t11565)
UTG (t3999)

Hero's M: 18.10

Preflop: Hero is CO with 8, 8
3 folds, MP2 bets t500, 1 fold, Hero calls t500, 2 folds, BB calls t250

Flop: (t1850) 7, 3, J (3 players)
BB checks, MP2 bets t750, Hero calls t750, 1 fold

Turn: (t3350) 6 (2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero checks

River: (t3350) 8 (2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero bets t8750, 1 fold

Total pot: t3350

Results:
Hero didn't show 8, 8 (nothing).
Outcome: Hero won t3350


HAND 141: Here I'm opening Suited Connectors with a 23bb stack from early middle position. It's an open I love to make because it looks strong and I am kind of disguised when I smash the flop. We get 3bet by our abusing companion and I really want to shove it in his face but I think better of it. In retrospec I probably should have shoved because he was really getting the best of me and T9s has great equity if he happens to have it and snaps me off.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 300/600 Blinds 60 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

SB (t33852)
BB (t15315)
UTG (t27077)
UTG+1 (t10622)
Hero (MP1) (t13864)
MP2 (t15844)
MP3 (t21610)
CO (t23844)
Button (t21672)

Hero's M: 9.63

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 10, 9
2 folds, Hero bets t1200, MP2 raises to t2650, 6 folds

Total pot: t3840

Results:
MP2 didn't show
Outcome: MP2 won t3840


HAND 161: My biggest missstep in my opinion... My plan was to 3bet/call him but as he shoved I changed my mind because I couldn't really find too many hands in has range worse than mine (maybe 88, duh!). But I felt he clearly was capable of opening light UTG. So I'm not sure how bad this play exactly is, but I definitely could have made it with any2, if I'm not planning to call off a shove anyway.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 300/600 Blinds 60 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

UTG+1 (t33192)
MP1 (t19395)
MP2 (t26357)
MP3 (t10802)
Hero (CO) (t15244)
Button (t18664)
SB (t18850)
BB (t21084)
UTG (t20112)

Hero's M: 10.59

Preflop: Hero is CO with 9, 9
UTG bets t1200, 4 folds, Hero raises to t2669, 3 folds, UTG raises to t20052 (All-In), 1 fold

Total pot: t6778

Results:
UTG didn't show
Outcome: UTG won t6778


HAND 167: I had succesfully squeeze-shoved 15-20bbs twice vs an open and the guy on the button flatcalling during the last few orbits and scooped the pot twice without a showdown. This seems to have lead to him calling it off the third time with a superweak hand.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 400/800 Blinds 80 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

MP3 (t31532)
CO (t19655)
Button (t29932)
SB (t7867)
Hero (BB) (t12115)
UTG (t21799)
UTG+1 (t20010)
MP1 (t21544)
MP2 (t19246)

Hero's M: 6.31

Preflop: Hero is BB with J, J
5 folds, CO bets t2000, Button calls t2000, 1 fold, Hero raises to t12035 (All-In), 1 fold, Button calls t10035

Flop: (t27190) A, 6, 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t27190) K (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t27190) 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t27190

Results:
Button had J, 8 (high card, Ace).
Hero had J, J (one pair, Jacks).
Outcome: Hero won t27190


HAND 177: Right after tableswitch I get a cute setup and hold vs the gutter. Back to 40bigs.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 500/1000 Blinds 100 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

MP1 (t27252)
MP2 (t42740)
MP3 (t14848)
CO (t18027)
Hero (Button) (t25670)
SB (t32438)
BB (t18010)
UTG (t19544)
UTG+1 (t19086)

Hero's M: 10.70

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, K
6 folds, Hero bets t2000, 1 fold, BB raises to t17910 (All-In), Hero calls t15910

Flop: (t37220) 8, 2, Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t37220) 10 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t37220) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t37220

Results:
Hero had A, K (one pair, twos).
BB had 9, A (one pair, twos).
Outcome: Hero won t37220


HAND 180: I decide to make a light steal in order to see how my new table reacts to that. The button and big blind being as short as they are adds credibility to my steal. Guess I was folding to both of them. Definitely wasn't calling the button. 3bettor might have been light with the same reasoning I just illustrated. But since he's commited to both the button and the big blind the odds of that aren't too high.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 500/1000 Blinds 100 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

SB (t57523)
BB (t10268)
UTG (t9831)
UTG+1 (t25727)
MP1 (t42685)
Hero (MP2) (t44680)
MP3 (t22478)
CO (t24538)
Button (t12891)

Hero's M: 18.62

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with J, Q
3 folds, Hero bets t2000, MP3 raises to t4500, 5 folds

Total pot: t6400

Results:
MP3 didn't show
Outcome: MP3 won t6400


HAND 182: Teh setupz with me being tricky. My UTG minopen with aces gets 3bet out of the blinds by a 25bb stack, since there's room for me to 4bet/fold I decide to click it back and leave him room to spazz. He doesn't end up spazzing but I still get his stack. 70 bbs now.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 500/1000 Blinds 100 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

CO (t56823)
Button (t8068)
SB (t11531)
BB (t25527)
UTG (t42485)
Hero (UTG+1) (t42480)
MP1 (t26678)
MP2 (t24338)
MP3 (t12691)

Hero's M: 17.70

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A, A
1 fold, Hero bets t2000, 6 folds, BB raises to t4855, Hero raises to t7710, BB raises to t25427 (All-In), Hero calls t17717

Flop: (t52254) 4, Q, K (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t52254) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t52254) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t52254

Results:
BB had 10, 10 (one pair, tens).
Hero had A, A (one pair, Aces).
Outcome: Hero won t52254


HAND 191: Shortie ships it with less than 1BB. Button isoes and I call with 4:1 immediate and the both of us being deep. After he checks behind the flop I decide to lead the turn with my open ender.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 500/1000 Blinds 100 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

MP2 (t69514)
MP3 (t23281)
CO (t963)
Button (t63368)
SB (t42485)
Hero (BB) (t68762)
UTG (t24278)
UTG+1 (t21438)
MP1 (t14478)

Hero's M: 28.65

Preflop: Hero is BB with 10, J
5 folds, CO calls t863 (All-In), Button bets t2500, 1 fold, Hero calls t1500

Flop: (t7263) 4, 9, Q (3 players, 1 all-in)
Hero checks, Button checks

Turn: (t7263) 4 (3 players, 1 all-in)
Hero bets t2345, 1 fold

River: (t7263) 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t7263

Results:
Hero had 10, J (one pair, fours).
CO had 5, K (one pair, fours).
Outcome: Hero won t3274, CO won t3989


HAND 194: I just flat my Jacks in position here. Don't really want to have to get it in for 50bbs close to itm. Also one of the blinds might be getting out of line when I decide to flat. I flop middle set and get it in vs TPTK, pretty neat! Over a hundred bigs now! I'm like 7th in chips now close to the bubble. Inevitably the seat to my left gets filled by the tournament chip leader.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 600/1200 Blinds 120 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

UTG (t69214)
UTG+1 (t22981)
MP1 (t6189)
MP2 (t60568)
MP3 (t44085)
Hero (CO) (t68736)
Button (t22478)
SB (t20138)
BB (t14178)

Hero's M: 23.87

Preflop: Hero is CO with J, J
3 folds, MP2 bets t2880, MP3 calls t2880, Hero calls t2880, 3 folds

Flop: (t11520) 7, Q, J (3 players)
MP2 bets t5678, 1 fold, Hero raises to t12345, MP2 raises to t57568 (All-In), Hero calls t45223

Turn: (t126656) 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t126656) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t126656

Results:
MP2 had A, Q (one pair, Queens).
Hero had J, J (three of a kind, Jacks).
Outcome: Hero won t126656


HAND 214: Mirror match. Checking back the turn because I don't want to face a checkraise and to induce bluffs / get value from worse aces that might fold the turn.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 750/1500 Blinds 150 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

MP3 (t62944)
CO (t60284)
Button (t28374)
SB (t71618)
BB (t63293)
Hero (UTG) (t146143)
UTG+1 (t214606)
MP1 (t14708)
MP2 (t14988)

Hero's M: 40.60

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K, A
Hero bets t3000, 6 folds, SB calls t2250, BB calls t1500

Flop: (t10350) 5, A, 6 (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets t4321, 1 fold, BB calls t4321

Turn: (t18992) 10 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (t18992) 10 (2 players)
BB bets t10222, Hero calls t10222

Total pot: t39436

Results:
BB had A, K (two pair, Aces and tens).
Hero had K, A (two pair, Aces and tens).
Outcome: BB won t19718, Hero won t19718


HAND 215: Gin? No? Fold.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 750/1500 Blinds 150 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

MP2 (t62794)
MP3 (t60134)
CO (t28224)
Button (t68468)
SB (t65318)
Hero (BB) (t148168)
UTG (t214456)
UTG+1 (t14558)
MP1 (t14838)

Hero's M: 41.16

Preflop: Hero is BB with 2, A
UTG bets t3000, 4 folds, CO calls t3000, 1 fold, SB calls t2250, Hero calls t1500

Flop: (t13350) 7, 5, A (4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG bets t6408, 2 folds, Hero folds

Total pot: t13350

Results:
UTG didn't show
Outcome: UTG won t13350


HAND 228: Prolly  c/call is nicer vs superaggro chip leader, decided to cb what might be the best hand anyway and give it up vs aggression.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 750/1500 Blinds 150 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

BB (t50194)
UTG (t59962)
UTG+1 (t28224)
MP1 (t78351)
MP2 (t45430)
Hero (MP3) (t147418)
CO (t235306)
Button (t16058)
SB (t16015)

Hero's M: 40.95

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 10, A
4 folds, Hero bets t3000, CO calls t3000, 2 folds, BB calls t1500

Flop: (t11100) 6, 8, 8 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t4444, CO raises to t9000, 1 fold, Hero folds

Total pot: t19988

Results:
CO didn't show
Outcome: CO won t19988


HAND 236: What else?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 1000/2000 Blinds 200 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

UTG (t19870)
UTG+1 (t52123)
MP1 (t56548)
MP2 (t79251)
MP3 (t41030)
Hero (CO) (t135574)
Button (t257639)
SB (t17458)
BB (t17465)

Hero's M: 28.24

Preflop: Hero is CO with 8, 8
5 folds, Hero bets t4000, Button raises to t10000, 2 folds, Hero calls t6000

Flop: (t24800) A, 9, 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets t11904, Hero folds

Total pot: t24800

Results:
Button didn't show
Outcome: Button won t24800


HAND 249: Don't wanna 3bet pre and show strength when I might as well induce a squeeze from the chipleader or a reshove stack. Rest: standard. Note the chipleaders relentless aggression though.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 1000/2000 Blinds 200 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

CO (t29940)
Button (t55523)
SB (t44448)
BB (t86144)
UTG (t44830)
Hero (UTG+1) (t124774)
MP1 (t269039)
MP2 (t92664)
MP3 (t36330)

Hero's M: 25.99

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with K, A
UTG bets t4055, Hero calls t4055, MP1 calls t4055, 5 folds, BB calls t2055

Flop: (t19020) 2, 5, 7 (4 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, MP1 checks

Turn: (t19020) 10 (4 players)
BB bets t4000, 1 fold, Hero folds, MP1 raises to t16969, BB calls t12969

River: (t52958) 9 (2 players)
BB checks, MP1 bets t25419, BB calls t25419

Total pot: t103796

Results:
BB mucked A, 10 (one pair, tens).
MP1 had J, 8 (straight, Jack high).
Outcome: MP1 won t103796


HAND 251: Turn would be either a check-call or check-raise, depending on his sizing. Probably check-calling though. River I'm bluffing succesfully, repping a thin valuebet.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 1000/2000 Blinds 200 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

MP2 (t29540)
MP3 (t55123)
CO (t2673)
Button (t38301)
SB (t83550)
Hero (BB) (t120319)
UTG (t325992)
UTG+1 (t92264)
MP1 (t35930)

Hero's M: 25.07

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6, 9
UTG calls t2000, 6 folds, SB calls t1000, Hero checks

Flop: (t7800) 7, 10, 2 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG bets t5772, 1 fold, Hero calls t5772

Turn: (t19344) 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks

River: (t19344) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets t7187, 1 fold

Total pot: t19344

Results:
Hero didn't show 6, 9 (nothing).
Outcome: Hero won t19344


HAND 252: Here I simply decide to stay out of trouble with MP1 possibly trapping and me being out of position against everyone.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 1000/2000 Blinds 200 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

MP1 (t29340)
MP2 (t54923)
MP3 (t2473)
CO (t38101)
Button (t81350)
Hero (SB) (t131691)
BB (t318020)
UTG (t92064)
UTG+1 (t35730)

Hero's M: 27.44

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, J
2 folds, MP1 calls t2000, 1 fold, MP3 bets t2273 (All-In), 1 fold, Button raises to t6550, 2 folds, MP1 calls t4550

Flop: (t20173) 7, 4, A (3 players, 1 all-in)
MP1 checks, Button bets t5555, 1 fold

Turn: (t20173) 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t20173) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t20173

Results:
Button had 9, 9 (two pair, Aces and nines).
MP3 had 8, 8 (two pair, Aces and eights).
Outcome: Button won t20173


HAND 253: Finding out how the openlimp works vs aggro chipleader because I don't want to get 3bet and either flat oop (in that case openlimp-call is cheaper) or get it in for 55bigs. Think it's probably the best play in that situation. Villain has proven he's willing to mix it up with anyone.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 1000/2000 Blinds 200 Ante (8 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

UTG+1 (t22590)
MP1 (t54723)
MP2 (t37901)
CO (t94773)
Hero (Button) (t130491)
SB (t315820)
BB (t91864)
UTG (t35530)

Hero's M: 28.37

Preflop: Hero is Button with 5, 5
5 folds, Hero calls t2000, SB bets t7940, 1 fold, Hero calls t5940

Flop: (t19480) Q, 9, A (2 players)
SB bets t14415, Hero folds

Total pot: t19480

Results:
SB didn't show
Outcome: SB won t19480


HAND 263: Not quite sure how I folded the nutflush here preflop, must have been distracted from action at another table.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 1250/2500 Blinds 250 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

UTG (t17340)
UTG+1 (t31943)
MP1 (t51916)
MP2 (t54552)
MP3 (t82000)
Hero (CO) (t113551)
Button (t344933)
SB (t69463)
BB (t75210)

Hero's M: 18.93

Preflop: Hero is CO with A, 6
7 folds, SB calls t1250, BB checks

Flop: (t7250) K, Q, 8 (2 players)
SB bets t2500, BB calls t2500

Turn: (t12250) 5 (2 players)
SB checks, BB checks

River: (t12250) 8 (2 players)
SB checks, BB checks

Total pot: t12250

Results:
SB had K, 2 (two pair, Kings and eights).
BB mucked Q, 7 (two pair, Queens and eights).
Outcome: SB won t12250


HAND 278: The blinds' chips are mine!!! (1st hand at new table)

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 1500/3000 Blinds 300 Ante (8 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

Hero (CO) (t120301)
Button (t63160)
SB (t17146)
BB (t4481)
UTG (t146455)
UTG+1 (t113706)
MP1 (t113258)
MP2 (t12944)

Hero's M: 17.43

Preflop: Hero is CO with 10, J
4 folds, Hero bets t6000, 1 fold, SB raises to t16846 (All-In), BB calls t1181 (All-In), Hero calls t10846

Flop: (t40273) 5, 6, 10 (3 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: (t40273) 3 (3 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t40273) J (3 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t40273

Results:
SB had K, Q (high card, King).
BB had 4, 9 (high card, Jack).
Hero had 10, J (two pair, Jacks and tens).
Outcome: Hero won t40273


HAND 292: Putting the table chipleader to the test. Cards don't matter too much because he's opening superwide there and will rarely flat my 3bet in my opinion.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 2000/4000 Blinds 400 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

Button (t165981)
Hero (SB) (t118084)
BB (t72960)
UTG (t58000)
UTG+1 (t44166)
MP1 (t154255)
MP2 (t146006)
MP3 (t97758)
CO (t26488)

Hero's M: 12.30

Preflop: Hero is SB with 6, 9
6 folds, Button bets t8000, Hero raises to t18700, 2 folds

Total pot: t23600

Results:
Hero didn't show 6, 9.
Outcome: Hero won t23600


HAND 297: Set? Yeah! Value? No! Check turn definitely an option, but I want to get some chips in the middle NOW!!

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 2000/4000 Blinds 400 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

UTG+1 (t69249)
Hero (MP1) (t131684)
MP2 (t74560)
MP3 (t9034)
CO (t195064)
Button (t146255)
SB (t149606)
BB (t83758)
UTG (t24488)

Hero's M: 13.72

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 10, 10
2 folds, Hero bets t8000, 5 folds, BB calls t4000

Flop: (t21600) 10, 7, 2 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (t21600) 2 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t8187, 1 fold

Total pot: t21600

Results:
Hero didn't show 10, 10.
Outcome: Hero won t21600


HAND 299: The Hoodflatting Chronicles. Didn't think villain would be too light there, so I hood with my nice-flopping good-odds-receiving T9s hoping to catch something big.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 2000/4000 Blinds 400 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

BB (t68449)
Hero (UTG) (t144484)
UTG+1 (t83360)
MP1 (t8234)
MP2 (t194264)
MP3 (t145455)
CO (t146806)
Button (t72958)
SB (t19688)

Hero's M: 15.05

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 9, 10
Hero bets t8000, 3 folds, MP3 raises to t20000, 4 folds, Hero calls t12000

Flop: (t49600) J, 5, 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 bets t24000, Hero folds

Total pot: t49600

Results:
MP3 didn't show
Outcome: MP3 won t49600


HAND 318: Villain is basically shoving, so A8o+ I'm definitely going nowhere. If he's got the aces, he's going to be reported.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 2500/5000 Blinds 500 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

SB (t60261)
Hero (BB) (t135452)
UTG (t39400)
UTG+1 (t187558)
MP1 (t276564)
MP2 (t105855)
MP3 (t246832)
CO (t48758)
Button (t33976)

Hero's M: 11.29

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, 9
5 folds, CO bets t15000, 2 folds, Hero raises to t134952 (All-In), CO calls t33258 (All-In)

Flop: (t103516) 8, 3, 3 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: (t103516) 10 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t103516) K (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t103516

Results:
Hero had A, 9 (one pair, threes).
CO had 7, 7 (two pair, sevens and threes).
Outcome: CO won t103516


HAND 332: 13bbs and 99, any questions? River sting!

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 3000/6000 Blinds 600 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

UTG+1 (t105593)
Hero (MP1) (t81894)
MP2 (t286000)
MP3 (t193158)
CO (t181780)
Button (t148416)
SB (t223632)
BB (t33500)
UTG (t37176)

Hero's M: 5.69

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 9, 9
2 folds, Hero bets t81294 (All-In), 5 folds, BB calls t26900 (All-In)

Flop: (t74200) 8, 6, 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: (t74200) 2 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t74200) A (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t74200

Results:
BB had A, K (one pair, Aces).
Hero had 9, 9 (one pair, nines).
Outcome: BB won t74200


HAND 340: With my 8 measly BBs I got K3o UTG, 95o, 72o, KJo vs a minopen and a flat. The orbit after that with 6BBs: A4s on the Button vs HJ2 7bb shove (a call after all), 94o, 84s in hj 4.5bbs (maybe another shove missed). With 4BBs left I finally get it in again...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 4000/8000 Blinds 800 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

MP1 (t105793)
Hero (MP2) (t34794)
MP3 (t324600)
CO (t241558)
Button (t153780)
SB (t123216)
BB (t215432)
UTG (t69000)
UTG+1 (t22976)

Hero's M: 1.81

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A, K
1 fold, UTG+1 bets t22176 (All-In), 1 fold, Hero raises to t33994 (All-In), 5 folds

Flop: (t63552) K, 7, A (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: (t63552) 4 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t63552) A (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t63552

Results:
UTG+1 had 8, 8 (two pair, Aces and eights).
Hero had A, K (full house, Aces over Kings).
Outcome: Hero won t63552


HAND 345: Always nice to get it in nice right after fading death...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 215 Tournament, 4000/8000 Blinds 800 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

Button (t89793)
Hero (SB) (t64170)
BB (t320600)
UTG (t221392)
UTG+1 (t149780)
MP1 (t99216)
MP2 (t218632)
MP3 (t174966)
CO (t217606)

Hero's M: 3.34

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, A
UTG bets t16880, 6 folds, Hero raises to t63370 (All-In), 1 fold, UTG calls t46490

Flop: (t141940) 2, K, 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t141940) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t141940) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t141940

Results:
Hero had K, A (one pair, Kings).
UTG had K, J (two pair, Kings and Jacks).
Outcome: UTG won t141940


HAND 346: Hero sets the castle on fire he built in his dreams with the $199k 1st place gets and moves back to his shelter in the woods.




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