Thursday, February 15, 2007

The Baddest Of Bad Beats


Played in a $10+1 NLHE tourney on Pokerstars tonight, a pseudo-turbo with 10-minute levels, and saw waaaaay too many bad beats, but two of the worst were hands I was involved in, one of which went in my favor, and one that didn't. The one I lost: blinds 15/30, UTG raises to 60, late position player makes it 150, I call from the small blind with 66, UTG calls. Flop comes 6-4-3 with two spades, UTG bets out, late position player pushes in, I push in, UTG calls. UTG has 10 10 (which I think I'd be folding here behind TWO all-ins), late position has JJ. 10 comes on turn, but fortunately I win the side pot vs. the player with JJ so I only lose a few hundred chips. Now here's the one I won :

PokerStars Tournament #42679814, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) -
Table '42679814 33' 9-max - Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: boriqua (1620 in chips)
Seat 2: Talon27 (1255 in chips)
Seat 3: scoupie doo (2100 in chips)
Seat 4: Tittytat23 (2050 in chips)
Seat 5: Todd12345 (1435 in chips)
Seat 6: jtthebrick (2295 in chips)
Seat 7: AJblocker (1600 in chips)
Seat 8: djelove1 (1885 in chips)
Seat 9: Mark5551 (4165 in chips)
Talon27: posts small blind 25
scoupie doo: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to djelove1 [Ac Kc]
Tittytat23: folds
Todd12345: calls
50jtthebrick: folds
AJblocker: folds
djelove1: raises 135 to 185 [A pot-building raise]
Mark5551: calls 185
boriqua: calls 185
Talon27: folds
scoupie doo: folds
Todd12345: calls 135
*** FLOP *** [Ts 2h As]
Todd12345: checks
djelove1: bets 400
Mark5551: folds
boriqua: raises 1035 to 1435 and is all-in
Todd12345: folds
djelove1: calls 1035 [I actually figured I must be behind but I felt pot-committed]
*** TURN *** [Ts 2h As] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [Ts 2h As Kd] [Ah]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
djelove1: shows [Ac Kc] (a full house, Aces full of Kings)
boriqua: shows [2d 2s] (a full house, Deuces full of Aces)
djelove1 collected 3685 from pot

I was able to double up again several hands later, but then a combination of going card-dead and extremely slow players on my tables meant the blinds basically chewed me up after a while. I was able to fold my way into the money, and of course right after the bubble burst I pushed UTG with King-Jack off (my least-favorite hand, although it didn't really matter what my cards were, as I only had twice the big blind so I was pushing with anything) and got called by Ace-Jack off, busting 81st, and winning a whopping 6 bucks or so. The positive news is that's 3 tourney cashes in a row for the house, as my wife finished in the top 5% in a $20+2 earlier in the day and tripled up on her investment. We're building momentum on our way to the Foxwoods Poker Classic !

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