PokerStars Super Tuesday
I had a deep run but ultimately a disappointing 15th place finish in last night’s $1000 Super Tuesday tournament on PokerStars, which performance they chronicled on their blog. I say “disappointing” not only because I went from 2/18 to out in 15th but also because I felt like I wasn’t playing all that well in the late game and mostly just accumulated chips through running good on pre-flop all-ins.
The tournament got off to a good start, with me picking up big pots from two different players who frankly played their hands pretty badly:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t40 (9 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerSavvyPlus.com
SB (t4191)
BB (t1466)
UTG (t3066)
UTG+1 (t5619)
MP1 (t4260)
MP2 (t6164)
MP3 (t5035)
CO (t4405)
Hero (t6269)
Preflop: Hero is Button with 9h, 7h.
6 folds, Hero raises to t80, SB raises to t200, 1 fold, Hero calls t120.
Flop: (t440) 7c, 9c, 9d (2 players)
SB bets t320, Hero calls t320.
Turn: (t1080) 3d (2 players)
SB bets t600, Hero calls t600.
River: (t2280) 2s (2 players)
SB bets t960, Hero raises to t5149, SB calls t2111 (All-In).
Final Pot: t10500
Results in white below:
SB has 7s Qs (two pair, nines and sevens).
Hero has 9h 7h (full house, nines full of sevens).
Outcome: Hero wins t10500.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t60 (9 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerSavvyPlus.com
Button (t5650)
SB (t2477)
BB (t2801)
UTG (t5406)
UTG+1 (t4095)
MP1 (t4264)
MP2 (t4870)
MP3 (t3330)
Hero (t10520)
Preflop: Hero is CO with As, Jh.
5 folds, Hero raises to t120, Button calls t120, 1 fold, BB calls t60.
Flop: (t340) Ac, Tc, 3c (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t326, Button calls t326, BB folds.
Turn: (t992) Js (2 players)
Hero bets t669, Button calls t669.
River: (t2330) 7s (2 players)
Hero bets t1444, Button calls t1444.
Final Pot: t5218
Results in white below:
Hero has As Jh (two pair, aces and jacks).
Button has Qh Ah (one pair, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins t5218.
After that things were quiet for a while and I just sort of rode my stack without doing too much. Eventually I got into two questionable spots, both with TT and within 10 minutes of each other. I made a post about these on 2+2, so I don’t want to reveal too much about them here, but by all means please let me know what you think in that thread.
My next big pot, where I suppose there was some skill involved, came here:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t1000 (9 handed) Hand History converter
MP1 (t111393)
MP2 (t147439)
MP3 (t25260)
CO (t81660)
Hero (t54309)
SB (t38012)
BB (t15045)
UTG (t16782)
UTG+1 (t21806)
Preflop: Hero is Button with Kd, Td.
3 folds, MP2 raises to t2000, MP3 calls t2000, 1 fold, Hero calls t2000, 2 folds.
Flop: (t7000) 5d, Tc, 9h (3 players)
MP2 bets t3100, MP3 calls t3100, Hero calls t3100.
Turn: (t16300) Ks (3 players)
MP2 checks, MP3 bets t20035 (All-In), Hero calls t20035, MP2 folds.
River: (t56370) 2c (2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: t56370
Results in white below:
MP3 has Jc Kc (one pair, kings).
Hero has Kd Td (two pair, kings and tens).
Outcome: Hero wins t56370.
My stack just sort of fell off after this, I think I just didn’t find any good spots for a while and so my stack went down while the blinds went up. A three-way all-in with AA > QQ> JJ catapaulted me back into 2nd place with 18 remaining, but even from there I couldn’t make anything happen. The hand where I lost my stack is probably pretty standard but honestly when he 4-bet me I didn’t feel good about sticking it in and I half wish I hadn’t:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t2800 (8 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerSavvyPlus.com
MP1 (t146880)
MP2 (t82793)
CO (t92672)
Button (t194184)
Hero (t132475)
BB (t54039)
UTG (t180453)
UTG+1 (t115150)
Preflop: Hero is SB with Qh, Qd.
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t5750, 4 folds, Hero raises to t15000, 1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t31885, Hero raises to t132125, UTG+1 calls t82915 (All-In).
Flop: (t249025) 6d, Td, 5d (2 players, 1 all-in)
Turn: (t249025) 2h (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: (t249025) Jc (2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: t249025
Results in white below:
Hero has Qh Qd (one pair, queens).
UTG+1 has Kh Kc (one pair, kings).
Outcome: UTG+1 wins t231700. Hero wins t17325.