This is why tournaments are dumb
Assclowns like this can make a terrible play, get there and then you can never play in the same situation with them again...
PokerStars Game #30692522945: Tournament #180540631, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (125/250) - 2009/07/20 21:50:45 ET
Table '180540631 4' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: tysonduke23 (6999 in chips)
Seat 2: MONSTER_DONG (5645 in chips)
Seat 3: WPThero (13910 in chips)
Seat 4: Joey Capp (7169 in chips)
Seat 5: T1ckT0ck (37325 in chips)
Seat 6: Mazelucky (13708 in chips)
Seat 7: VerySexual (9945 in chips)
Seat 8: Sherrii (11608 in chips)
Seat 9: Exitonly4 (5005 in chips)
tysonduke23: posts the ante 25
MONSTER_DONG: posts the ante 25
WPThero: posts the ante 25
Joey Capp: posts the ante 25
T1ckT0ck: posts the ante 25
Mazelucky: posts the ante 25
VerySexual: posts the ante 25
Sherrii: posts the ante 25
Exitonly4: posts the ante 25
Joey Capp: posts small blind 125
T1ckT0ck: posts big blind 250
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to WPThero [Qc Ah]
Mazelucky: folds
VerySexual: folds
Sherrii: folds
Exitonly4: folds
tysonduke23: folds
MONSTER_DONG: folds
WPThero: raises 425 to 675
Joey Capp: folds
T1ckT0ck: raises 1275 to 1950
Mazelucky is disconnected
WPThero: raises 3850 to 5800
T1ckT0ck: raises 31500 to 37300 and is all-in
WPThero: calls 8085 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (23415) returned to T1ckT0ck
*** FLOP *** [Qd 2c 4d]
*** TURN *** [Qd 2c 4d] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [Qd 2c 4d 4h] [Th]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
T1ckT0ck: shows [5d 4s] (three of a kind, Fours)
WPThero: shows [Qc Ah] (two pair, Queens and Fours)
T1ckT0ck collected 28120 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 28120 | Rake 0
Board [Qd 2c 4d 4h Th]
Seat 1: tysonduke23 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: MONSTER_DONG folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: WPThero (button) showed [Qc Ah] and lost with two pair, Queens and Fours
Seat 4: Joey Capp (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: T1ckT0ck (big blind) showed [5d 4s] and won (28120) with three of a kind, Fours
Seat 6: Mazelucky folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: VerySexual folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Sherrii folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Exitonly4 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
WSOP ME: Day 2
I started day 2 with 36k in chips after spewing off half my 67k stack to end day 1 and moved to a new table really quickly into day 2. The average age was likely late 40s aside from Badbeatslyer from online who played extremely well but was shortstacked most of the day. Once I sat I instantly started raising and c-betting with a lot of success and built my stack up to around 55-60k with no problem. Then my 1st big hand of the day came.
BTN opens to 1,500 with a big stack at 300/600/50 and I call from the BB with 86hh. He was an old guy and from the way he was playing I assumed he was spewy and accumulated through sucking out or coolering someone. Flop comes T66cc and he attempts to open check on the button and the dealer informs him its not his turn. I then make it 2,200 to go and he almost instantly makes it 10,000. I thought for a minute about what to do here and while thinking he throws me this gem, "dont just call, I want it all." Ok sir, I'll try. I make it 24,000 total (I had 3bet him about 4x on flops already in an hour) and he throws in a stack of reds and I say "I'm allin" since I wasnt sure if I covered the bet. He made the dealer count down the bet and then called the extra 4,700 with 88! Haha. Thanks. Turn was a blank club to give him more outs but I held on the river and got to 120k.
At one point in the day I had myself up to 170k but spewed back to 99k and rollercoastered up and down between 130k and 95k all day without having any huge hands. I averted disaster once after firing 2 barrels with 99 against a calling station on a 6777 board and when the J hit the turn he checked a 3rd time and I pondered it and checked back after being told 3 times by the dealer he checked while thinking I finally exclaimed "I know he checked!" He let out a roar when I checked and showed JJ. Phew.
The biggest hand of the day was the last one versus Kido Pham. We had some history already at the brief time he was there which included me firing a bricked draw and him calling me with 3rd pair on the river as well as me 4betting him with A9 and having to show versus a shortstack. Then the last hand comes where Kido announces that there will be no bluffing here. Winner has to show. He makes it 2,200 at 500/1,000 and I called behind (I was direct to his left) with QhJc. We get 1 caller on the CO and 1 in the blinds. Flop KT4hhh. Checks around. Turn 9s. Checks to me and I bet 4,000 and everyone folds to Kido who calls. River is another non-heart 9. Kido checks and I make it 7,000 real quick when he goes into the tank and starts shuffling around chips. Finally after some posturing he makes it 35,000 more. Whether or not he thought because it was the last hand he could bully me or something I will never know but his line made absolutely no sense and I called after a short amount of thought. He said "What do you have the nut flush?" I said nope the straight and he mucked and said nice call as I raked in an 80k+ pot on the last hand of the day to finish with 162k. Excited for Friday and my table draw looks alright except a pro from Europe on my direct left, which may make me play tighter then usual. We shall see.
UB $1k / Aruba
Ub loves me. I finally snapped out of my rut the last two days with a final table of the Stars $150 where I got 6th and a win in an Aruba sat on UB. These were just the appetizers though as I took down the UB 1k for the 2nd time since April for about $40k. Nice to get out of this downswing before the main event. I might have been pressing a bit lately and played more patiently the last few days, and ran well when it counted. In fact, I ran white hot for a small portion of the UB 1k and played extremely disciplined at the FT. I will be back to my normal contributions here in about 2 weeks and have some interesting topics planned.