Joined: Jan '12
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 36 (M)
Posts: 1204
Haven't binked a tourney bigger than 100 players in ages. Just binked a 360 player 10c on pokerstars, but I only min deposited with the intention of only playing the depositor freerolls, 10c 360 player sngs. and 10c MTTs on stars. Everything was going right for me big time, I'll show you, every hand I won was sexy....
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Cheeky button play...
lPokerStars Hand #81025852106: Tournament #566076420, $0.09+$0.01 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (40/80) - 2012/05/26 6:28:43 ET Table '566076420 26' 9-max Seat #9 is the button Seat 1: GremlynX (1260 in chips) Seat 2: NaumovS79 (856 in chips) Seat 3: wabist (3660 in chips) Seat 4: dudka10 (4910 in chips) Seat 5: tomcoronado (2815 in chips) Seat 6: GRAFFin0,5 (2190 in chips) Seat 7: panyon (1120 in chips) Seat 8: mirenko33 (5200 in chips) Seat 9: sadamman (1120 in chips) GremlynX: posts small blind 40 NaumovS79: posts big blind 80 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to sadamman [9s 3s] wabist: calls 80 dudka10: calls 80 tomcoronado: folds GRAFFin0,5: calls 80 panyon: folds mirenko33: folds sadamman: calls 80 GremlynX: calls 40 NaumovS79: checks *** FLOP *** [8s 2d Kc] GremlynX: checks NaumovS79: checks wabist: checks dudka10: checks GRAFFin0,5: checks sadamman: checks *** TURN *** [8s 2d Kc] GremlynX: checks NaumovS79: checks wabist: checks dudka10: checks GRAFFin0,5: checks sadamman: checks *** RIVER *** [8s 2d Kc As] GremlynX: checks NaumovS79: bets 400 wabist: folds dudka10: calls 400 GRAFFin0,5: folds sadamman: raises 640 to 1040 and is all-in GremlynX: folds NaumovS79: calls 376 and is all-in dudka10: calls 640 *** SHOW DOWN *** sadamman: shows [9s 3s] (a flush, Ace high) dudka10: shows [Ac 5h] (a pair of Aces) sadamman collected 528 from side pot NaumovS79: shows [8h Kd] (two pair, Kings and Eights) sadamman collected 2808 from main pot NaumovS79 finished the tournament in 180th place *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 3336 Main pot 2808. Side pot 528. | Rake 0 Board [8s 2d Kc As Qs] Seat 1: GremlynX (small blind) folded on the River Seat 2: NaumovS79 (big blind) showed [8h Kd] and lost with two pair, Kings and Eights Seat 3: wabist folded on the River Seat 4: dudka10 showed [Ac 5h] and lost with a pair of Aces Seat 5: tomcoronado folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 6: GRAFFin0,5 folded on the River Seat 7: panyon folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 8: mirenko33 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 9: sadamman (button) showed [9s 3s] and won (3336) with a flush, Ace high
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I put a read on this guy as having a wide calling range. Luckily was right...
PokerStars Hand #81025947974: Tournament #566076420, $0.09+$0.01 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (50/100) - 2012/05/26 6:32:06 ET Table '566076420 26' 9-max Seat #4 is the button Seat 1: GremlynX (1530 in chips) Seat 3: wabist (3400 in chips) Seat 4: dudka10 (4060 in chips) Seat 5: tomcoronado (2715 in chips) Seat 6: GRAFFin0,5 (2110 in chips) Seat 7: panyon (1040 in chips) Seat 8: mirenko33 (5020 in chips) Seat 9: sadamman (3256 in chips) tomcoronado: posts small blind 50 GRAFFin0,5: posts big blind 100 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to sadamman [Td Tc] panyon: folds mirenko33: calls 100 sadamman: raises 3156 to 3256 and is all-in GremlynX: folds wabist: folds dudka10: folds tomcoronado: folds GRAFFin0,5: folds mirenko33: calls 3156 *** FLOP *** [Ac As Kc] *** TURN *** [Ac As Kc] *** RIVER *** [Ac As Kc 7c] *** SHOW DOWN *** mirenko33: shows [4s 4h] (two pair, Aces and Fours) sadamman: shows [Td Tc] (two pair, Aces and Tens) sadamman collected 6662 from pot *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 6662 | Rake 0 Board [Ac As Kc 7c 9s] Seat 1: GremlynX folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 3: wabist folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 4: dudka10 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 5: tomcoronado (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 6: GRAFFin0,5 (big blind) folded before Flop Seat 7: panyon folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 8: mirenko33 showed [4s 4h] and lost with two pair, Aces and Fours Seat 9: sadamman showed [Td Tc] and won (6662) with two pair, Aces and Tens
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I read he was a donkey. So why not?.....
PokerStars Hand #81026526000: Tournament #566076420, $0.09+$0.01 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (250/500) - 2012/05/26 6:52:10 ET Table '566076420 24' 9-max Seat #4 is the button Seat 1: Corgas7 (9075 in chips) is sitting out Seat 2: dsh4444 (10990 in chips) Seat 3: Afflictone (28271 in chips) Seat 4: clapseedra (9165 in chips) is sitting out Seat 5: sadamman (4947 in chips) Seat 6: ogvk2 (7220 in chips) Seat 7: snowfox318 (9635 in chips) Seat 8: vennem (14840 in chips) Seat 9: MGLA1989 (3005 in chips) Corgas7: posts the ante 50 dsh4444: posts the ante 50 Afflictone: posts the ante 50 clapseedra: posts the ante 50 sadamman: posts the ante 50 ogvk2: posts the ante 50 snowfox318: posts the ante 50 vennem: posts the ante 50 MGLA1989: posts the ante 50 sadamman: posts small blind 250 ogvk2: posts big blind 500 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to sadamman [2c Tc] snowfox318: folds vennem: folds MGLA1989: folds Corgas7: folds dsh4444: folds Afflictone: calls 500 clapseedra: folds sadamman: calls 250 ogvk2: checks *** FLOP *** [Qs Kc 7c] sadamman: checks ogvk2: checks Afflictone: bets 1000 Corgas7 has returned sadamman: calls 1000 ogvk2: folds *** TURN *** [Qs Kc 7c] sadamman: checks Afflictone: bets 4000 sadamman: calls 3397 and is all-in Uncalled bet (603) returned to Afflictone *** RIVER *** [Qs Kc 7c Qc] *** SHOW DOWN *** sadamman: shows [2c Tc] (a flush, King high) Afflictone: shows [7h 8h] (two pair, Queens and Sevens) sadamman collected 10744 from pot *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 10744 | Rake 0 Board [Qs Kc 7c Qc 4s] Seat 1: Corgas7 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 2: dsh4444 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 3: Afflictone showed [7h 8h] and lost with two pair, Queens and Sevens Seat 4: clapseedra (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 5: sadamman (small blind) showed [2c Tc] and won (10744) with a flush, King high Seat 6: ogvk2 (big blind) folded on the Flop Seat 7: snowfox318 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 8: vennem folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 9: MGLA1989 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
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This one may be a bad play. But I didn't exactly have a stack which would last long. It got folded to me in the CO so I thought this is my opportunity to shove......
PokerStars Hand #81027016555: Tournament #566076420, $0.09+$0.01 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XVIII (600/1200) - 2012/05/26 7:09:41 ET Table '566076420 24' 9-max Seat #8 is the button Seat 1: heavyazz (32704 in chips) Seat 2: ppaulishappy (10360 in chips) Seat 3: Basik_mamed (20373 in chips) Seat 4: clapseedra (7285 in chips) is sitting out Seat 5: sadamman (11614 in chips) Seat 6: glenruk (7970 in chips) Seat 7: snowfox318 (14175 in chips) Seat 8: vennem (30280 in chips) Seat 9: MGLA1989 (4935 in chips) heavyazz: posts the ante 120 ppaulishappy: posts the ante 120 Basik_mamed: posts the ante 120 clapseedra: posts the ante 120 sadamman: posts the ante 120 glenruk: posts the ante 120 snowfox318: posts the ante 120 vennem: posts the ante 120 MGLA1989: posts the ante 120 MGLA1989: posts small blind 600 heavyazz: posts big blind 1200 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to sadamman [Ah 5h] ppaulishappy: folds Basik_mamed: folds clapseedra: folds sadamman: calls 1200 glenruk: folds snowfox318: folds vennem: folds MGLA1989: folds heavyazz: raises 7200 to 8400 sadamman: raises 3094 to 11494 and is all-in heavyazz: calls 3094 *** FLOP *** [Ks 4h Ts] *** TURN *** [Ks 4h Ts] *** RIVER *** [Ks 4h Ts 5d] *** SHOW DOWN *** heavyazz: shows [2d Qs] (high card King) sadamman: shows [Ah 5h] (a pair of Fives) sadamman collected 24668 from pot *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 24668 | Rake 0 Board [Ks 4h Ts 5d 3d] Seat 1: heavyazz (big blind) showed [2d Qs] and lost with high card King Seat 2: ppaulishappy folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 3: Basik_mamed folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 4: clapseedra folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 5: sadamman showed [Ah 5h] and won (24668) with a pair of Fives Seat 6: glenruk folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: snowfox318 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 8: vennem (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 9: MGLA1989 (small blind) folded before Flop
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I took the risk of checking this in the bb. I know bad play huh? But I was going to fold until they let me see the ace on the turn for free, then boom.....
PokerStars Hand #81027089328: Tournament #566076420, $0.09+$0.01 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XVIII (600/1200) - 2012/05/26 7:12:04 ET Table '566076420 24' 9-max Seat #3 is the button Seat 1: heavyazz (20130 in chips) Seat 2: ppaulishappy (8080 in chips) Seat 3: Basik_mamed (31103 in chips) Seat 4: clapseedra (5605 in chips) is sitting out Seat 5: sadamman (24308 in chips) Seat 8: vennem (46615 in chips) Seat 9: MGLA1989 (3855 in chips) heavyazz: posts the ante 120 ppaulishappy: posts the ante 120 Basik_mamed: posts the ante 120 clapseedra: posts the ante 120 sadamman: posts the ante 120 vennem: posts the ante 120 MGLA1989: posts the ante 120 clapseedra: posts small blind 600 sadamman: posts big blind 1200 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to sadamman [Ah Jc] vennem: folds MGLA1989 has timed out MGLA1989: folds MGLA1989 is sitting out MGLA1989 has returned heavyazz: calls 1200 ppaulishappy: calls 1200 Basik_mamed: calls 1200 clapseedra: folds sadamman: checks *** FLOP *** [2h Kh 7c] sadamman: checks heavyazz: checks ppaulishappy: checks Basik_mamed: checks *** TURN *** [2h Kh 7c] sadamman: bets 6000 heavyazz: folds ppaulishappy: raises 760 to 6760 and is all-in Basik_mamed: calls 6760 sadamman: calls 760 *** RIVER *** [2h Kh 7c Ac] sadamman: bets 16228 and is all-in Basik_mamed: calls 16228 *** SHOW DOWN *** sadamman: shows [Ah Jc] (three of a kind, Aces) Basik_mamed: shows [Ad 9h] (three of a kind, Aces - lower kicker) sadamman collected 32456 from side pot ppaulishappy: shows [Ks Tc] (two pair, Aces and Kings) sadamman collected 26520 from main pot ppaulishappy finished the tournament in 36th place and received $0.24. *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 58976 Main pot 26520. Side pot 32456. | Rake 0 Board [2h Kh 7c Ac As] Seat 1: heavyazz folded on the Turn Seat 2: ppaulishappy showed [Ks Tc] and lost with two pair, Aces and Kings Seat 3: Basik_mamed (button) showed [Ad 9h] and lost with three of a kind, Aces Seat 4: clapseedra (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 5: sadamman (big blind) showed [Ah Jc] and won (58976) with three of a kind, Aces Seat 8: vennem folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 9: MGLA1989 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
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Bad shove? I would like to know some thoughts.........
PokerStars Hand #81027368613: Tournament #566076420, $0.09+$0.01 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXI (1000/2000) - 2012/05/26 7:21:07 ET Table '566076420 24' 9-max Seat #3 is the button Seat 3: Basik_mamed (39645 in chips) Seat 4: clapseedra (305 in chips) is sitting out Seat 5: sadamman (44662 in chips) Seat 6: vlad 9452 (14243 in chips) Seat 7: Vitek-Tula (33160 in chips) Seat 8: vennem (56383 in chips) Seat 9: sanyi0824 (50298 in chips) Basik_mamed: posts the ante 200 clapseedra: posts the ante 200 sadamman: posts the ante 200 vlad 9452: posts the ante 200 Vitek-Tula: posts the ante 200 vennem: posts the ante 200 sanyi0824: posts the ante 200 clapseedra: posts small blind 105 and is all-in sadamman: posts big blind 2000 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to sadamman [Jd Jh] vlad 9452: folds Vitek-Tula: calls 2000 vennem: folds sanyi0824: folds Basik_mamed: calls 2000 clapseedra: folds sadamman: raises 42462 to 44462 and is all-in Vitek-Tula: folds Basik_mamed: calls 37445 and is all-in Uncalled bet (5017) returned to sadamman *** FLOP *** [Kd 8c 5s] *** TURN *** [Kd 8c 5s] *** RIVER *** [Kd 8c 5s Qd] *** SHOW DOWN *** sadamman: shows [Jd Jh] (a pair of Jacks) Basik_mamed: shows [9s 9h] (a pair of Nines) sadamman collected 80575 from side pot sadamman collected 1820 from main pot Basik_mamed finished the tournament in 21st place and received $0.27. clapseedra finished the tournament in 22nd place and received $0.27. *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 82395 Main pot 1820. Side pot 80575. | Rake 0 Board [Kd 8c 5s Qd 4s] Seat 3: Basik_mamed (button) showed [9s 9h] and lost with a pair of Nines Seat 4: clapseedra (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 5: sadamman (big blind) showed [Jd Jh] and won (82395) with a pair of Jacks Seat 6: vlad 9452 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: Vitek-Tula folded before Flop Seat 8: vennem folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 9: sanyi0824 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
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This one is so beautiful imo......
PokerStars Hand #81027402482: Tournament #566076420, $0.09+$0.01 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXII (1250/2500) - 2012/05/26 7:22:12 ET Table '566076420 24' 9-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 5: sadamman (84662 in chips) Seat 6: vlad 9452 (11293 in chips) Seat 7: Vitek-Tula (36960 in chips) Seat 8: vennem (55933 in chips) Seat 9: sanyi0824 (49848 in chips) sadamman: posts the ante 250 vlad 9452: posts the ante 250 Vitek-Tula: posts the ante 250 vennem: posts the ante 250 sanyi0824: posts the ante 250 Vitek-Tula: posts small blind 1250 vennem: posts big blind 2500 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to sadamman [Jc 9c] sanyi0824: folds sadamman: raises 2500 to 5000 vlad 9452: folds Vitek-Tula: folds vennem: calls 2500 *** FLOP *** [4c 8h Ac] vennem: checks sadamman: bets 5000 vennem: calls 5000 *** TURN *** [4c 8h Ac] vennem: checks sadamman: checks *** RIVER *** [4c 8h Ac Kc] vennem: bets 16875 sadamman: raises 57537 to 74412 and is all-in vennem: calls 28808 and is all-in Uncalled bet (28729) returned to sadamman *** SHOW DOWN *** sadamman: shows [Jc 9c] (a flush, Ace high) vennem: shows [2s Ad] (a pair of Aces) sadamman collected 113866 from pot vennem finished the tournament in 19th place and received $0.27. *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 113866 | Rake 0 Board [4c 8h Ac Kc 6h] Seat 5: sadamman showed [Jc 9c] and won (113866) with a flush, Ace high Seat 6: vlad 9452 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: Vitek-Tula (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 8: vennem (big blind) showed [2s Ad] and lost with a pair of Aces Seat 9: sanyi0824 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
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Pure aggro, please tell me if this was bad, I did have a massive stack.......
PokerStars Hand #81027603890: Tournament #566076420, $0.09+$0.01 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXIV (2000/4000) - 2012/05/26 7:28:40 ET Table '566076420 2' 9-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 2: nikolai415 (26168 in chips) Seat 4: GRAFFin0,5 (35050 in chips) Seat 5: VICCORD1 (27530 in chips) Seat 6: shoot64 (19350 in chips) Seat 7: sadamman (138987 in chips) Seat 8: cariari56 (42509 in chips) nikolai415: posts the ante 400 GRAFFin0,5: posts the ante 400 VICCORD1: posts the ante 400 shoot64: posts the ante 400 sadamman: posts the ante 400 cariari56: posts the ante 400 sadamman: posts small blind 2000 cariari56: posts big blind 4000 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to sadamman [8h Ks] nikolai415: calls 4000 GRAFFin0,5: folds VICCORD1: folds shoot64: folds sadamman: calls 2000 cariari56: checks *** FLOP *** [7s 8d Qd] sadamman: bets 9000 cariari56: folds nikolai415: calls 9000 *** TURN *** [7s 8d Qd] sadamman: bets 12000 nikolai415: calls 12000 *** RIVER *** [7s 8d Qd 3s] sadamman: bets 4000 nikolai415: calls 768 and is all-in Uncalled bet (3232) returned to sadamman *** SHOW DOWN *** sadamman: shows [8h Ks] (a pair of Eights) nikolai415: shows [As Ts] (high card Ace) sadamman collected 57936 from pot nikolai415 finished the tournament in 11th place and received $0.51. *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 57936 | Rake 0 Board [7s 8d Qd 3s 2d] Seat 2: nikolai415 showed [As Ts] and lost with high card Ace Seat 4: GRAFFin0,5 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 5: VICCORD1 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 6: shoot64 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: sadamman (small blind) showed [8h Ks] and won (57936) with a pair of Eights Seat 8: cariari56 (big blind) folded on the Flop
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I feel I had to call with my stack on this, correct?...
PokerStars Hand #81027740818: Tournament #566076420, $0.09+$0.01 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXV (2500/5000) - 2012/05/26 7:32:59 ET Table '566076420 2' 9-max Seat #7 is the button Seat 1: sanyi0824 (20517 in chips) Seat 2: Vitek-Tula (73214 in chips) Seat 3: Pincasso (91772 in chips) Seat 4: GRAFFin0,5 (20350 in chips) Seat 5: VICCORD1 (28330 in chips) Seat 6: shoot64 (21150 in chips) Seat 7: sadamman (172955 in chips) Seat 8: cariari56 (40809 in chips) Seat 9: Vovka8227 (70903 in chips) sanyi0824: posts the ante 500 Vitek-Tula: posts the ante 500 Pincasso: posts the ante 500 GRAFFin0,5: posts the ante 500 VICCORD1: posts the ante 500 shoot64: posts the ante 500 sadamman: posts the ante 500 cariari56: posts the ante 500 Vovka8227: posts the ante 500 cariari56: posts small blind 2500 Vovka8227: posts big blind 5000 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to sadamman [Qh Jh] sanyi0824: raises 15017 to 20017 and is all-in Vitek-Tula: folds Pincasso: folds GRAFFin0,5: folds VICCORD1: folds shoot64: folds sadamman: calls 20017 cariari56: folds Vovka8227: folds *** FLOP *** [Jc Jd 9h] *** TURN *** [Jc Jd 9h] *** RIVER *** [Jc Jd 9h 9s] *** SHOW DOWN *** sanyi0824: shows [6d Ah] (two pair, Jacks and Nines) sadamman: shows [Qh Jh] (a full house, Jacks full of Nines) sadamman collected 52034 from pot sanyi0824 finished the tournament in 9th place and received $0.61. *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 52034 | Rake 0 Board [Jc Jd 9h 9s Td] Seat 1: sanyi0824 showed [6d Ah] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Nines Seat 2: Vitek-Tula folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 3: Pincasso folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 4: GRAFFin0,5 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 5: VICCORD1 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 6: shoot64 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: sadamman (button) showed [Qh Jh] and won (52034) with a full house, Jacks full of Nines Seat 8: cariari56 (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 9: Vovka8227 (big blind) folded before Flop
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another stack move, bad?..........
PokerStars Hand #81027929729: Tournament #566076420, $0.09+$0.01 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXVII (3500/7000) - 2012/05/26 7:38:53 ET Table '566076420 2' 9-max Seat #2 is the button Seat 2: Vitek-Tula (150114 in chips) Seat 3: Pincasso (108744 in chips) Seat 5: VICCORD1 (16088 in chips) Seat 7: sadamman (161572 in chips) Seat 8: cariari56 (103482 in chips) Vitek-Tula: posts the ante 700 Pincasso: posts the ante 700 VICCORD1: posts the ante 700 sadamman: posts the ante 700 cariari56: posts the ante 700 Pincasso: posts small blind 3500 VICCORD1: posts big blind 7000 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to sadamman [Kc 8c] sadamman: raises 7000 to 14000 cariari56: folds Vitek-Tula: folds Pincasso: folds VICCORD1: raises 1388 to 15388 and is all-in sadamman: calls 1388 *** FLOP *** [6c 4d 6s] *** TURN *** [6c 4d 6s] *** RIVER *** [6c 4d 6s 9d] *** SHOW DOWN *** VICCORD1: shows [7h 3s] (a pair of Sixes) sadamman: shows [Kc 8c] (two pair, Kings and Sixes) sadamman collected 37776 from pot VICCORD1 finished the tournament in 5th place and received $1.87. *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 37776 | Rake 0 Board [6c 4d 6s 9d Ks] Seat 2: Vitek-Tula (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 3: Pincasso (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 5: VICCORD1 (big blind) showed [7h 3s] and lost with a pair of Sixes Seat 7: sadamman showed [Kc 8c] and won (37776) with two pair, Kings and Sixes Seat 8: cariari56 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
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Bad?..........
PokerStars Hand #81027960563: Tournament #566076420, $0.09+$0.01 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXVIII (4000/8000) - 2012/05/26 7:39:52 ET Table '566076420 2' 9-max Seat #7 is the button Seat 2: Vitek-Tula (148714 in chips) Seat 3: Pincasso (103844 in chips) Seat 7: sadamman (192360 in chips) Seat 8: cariari56 (95082 in chips) Vitek-Tula: posts the ante 800 Pincasso: posts the ante 800 sadamman: posts the ante 800 cariari56: posts the ante 800 cariari56: posts small blind 4000 Vitek-Tula: posts big blind 8000 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to sadamman [Td Kd] Pincasso: folds sadamman: raises 16000 to 24000 cariari56: folds Vitek-Tula: calls 16000 *** FLOP *** [Kc 6d 3c] Vitek-Tula: bets 24000 sadamman: raises 143560 to 167560 and is all-in Vitek-Tula: calls 99914 and is all-in Uncalled bet (43646) returned to sadamman *** TURN *** [Kc 6d 3c] *** RIVER *** [Kc 6d 3c 7d] *** SHOW DOWN *** Vitek-Tula: shows [Tc 5c] (high card Ace) sadamman: shows [Td Kd] (a pair of Kings) sadamman collected 303028 from pot Vitek-Tula finished the tournament in 4th place and received $2.75. *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 303028 | Rake 0 Board [Kc 6d 3c 7d As] Seat 2: Vitek-Tula (big blind) showed [Tc 5c] and lost with high card Ace Seat 3: Pincasso folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: sadamman (button) showed [Td Kd] and won (303028) with a pair of Kings Seat 8: cariari56 (small blind) folded before Flop
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There was a very slight HU battle but I instantly switched to my passive LAG HU style. Then slow played him with this beauty.......
PokerStars Hand #81028148197: Tournament #566076420, $0.09+$0.01 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXX (6000/12000) - 2012/05/26 7:45:48 ET Table '566076420 2' 9-max Seat #3 is the button Seat 3: Pincasso (142526 in chips) Seat 7: sadamman (397474 in chips) Pincasso: posts the ante 1200 sadamman: posts the ante 1200 Pincasso: posts small blind 6000 sadamman: posts big blind 12000 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to sadamman [4d Ah] Pincasso: raises 12000 to 24000 sadamman: calls 12000 *** FLOP *** [2c 5d 3s] sadamman: checks Pincasso: checks *** TURN *** [2c 5d 3s] sadamman: checks Pincasso: checks *** RIVER *** [2c 5d 3s 9c] sadamman: checks Pincasso: bets 48000 sadamman: raises 324274 to 372274 and is all-in Pincasso: calls 69326 and is all-in Uncalled bet (254948) returned to sadamman *** SHOW DOWN *** sadamman: shows [4d Ah] (a straight, Ace to Five) Pincasso: shows [Tc Qs] (a pair of Queens) sadamman collected 285052 from pot *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 285052 | Rake 0 Board [2c 5d 3s 9c Qd] Seat 3: Pincasso (button) (small blind) showed [Tc Qs] and lost with a pair of Queens Seat 7: sadamman (big blind) showed [4d Ah] and won (285052) with a straight, Ace to Five
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I know there's alot to go through but I'd like to know what you's think. Whether or not I just lucked it or it was good play. I think some where maybe bad plays myself and would like you's to analyze for when I'm in similar situations in future.
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Didn't read every hand, but seems you played and hit everything right on the few I followed. It's tougher then one thinks to win a donkament so feel good about it.
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Posted by doomdy: Everybody can win a donkament right?
Yeah man I'm just made up, I haven't won anything even reasonably big in ages. Hopefully can build a BR then I'll hopefully prove my talents at higher stakes. I know its a mountain, but I can climb it if I don't think about money. Except BRM wise.
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Posted by Greenmohave: Didn't read every hand, but seems you played and hit everything right on the few I followed. It's tougher then one thinks to win a donkament so feel good about it.
Me too, Really you in good moment, your opponent made big raise after you called BB 1200 ? You already learn very well about exploit your lucky time. Don't know finally what is your position at the end. Many time I got the same and suddenly got card dead at bubble until I was out. How you ?
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Man u posted too many hands. Try to focus on 1 or 2 hands so is easier for us to give u specific comments about them. Also if u can provide any information about your opponent (s) it would be helpful.
gl and congrats. Winning any tournament is always great.
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Read all the hands, and absolutely horrible play IMO.
I mean calling a shove for your whole stack with nothing but a 6 outter = bad play, OTF you're only 24% to win, and OTT you're 12%. Since the pot is much lower than your stack, you DO NOT have the equity to call, no matter what "gut feeling" you may get.
Open shoving 30+ BB = HORRENDOUS play. With 10/10, you're only going to get called by hands that dominate you, unless you get called by some drooling moron with any face/ace, and even then you're not much better than a flip. There's just absolutely NO reason to open shove spots like this.
I can go on and on, but I think you get the point.
Don't get me wrong, congrats on the BINK, it feels good to win a big one, but just realise based on the hands you posted, you're VERY lucky you won.
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Posted by sadamman:
Posted by doomdy: Everybody can win a donkament right?
Yeah man I'm just made up, I haven't won anything even reasonably big in ages. Hopefully can build a BR then I'll hopefully prove my talents at higher stakes. I know its a mountain, but I can climb it if I don't think about money. Except BRM wise.
There is not really a line in your moves you make is it? I think you dont know what ICM is? What about position play ect? This is a 10c MTT, its really hard to play that, no clue what players are doing, so basicly uber TAG works long run.
But in general for MTTs is a bit like this: Early stage, TAG as hell. Middle stage, being short use ICM to survive or die, middle stack still TAG but try to see spots where you can steal/earn chips, big stack then attack middle stacks and huge your stack (not at all costs). Still in general at middle stage TAG is basic. Bubble stage: Never ever be afraid to die, if you see a spot go for it, double/triple up or die. Final stage: Your range must be wider cos of huge blinds and antes so playing like a maniac is not that donkish as many people think.
Anyway to become a better player study TAG, position and most important ICM. If you do this good its basicly misses Variance who gives you a up- or downswing.
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Posted by sadamman: Bad shove? I would like to know some thoughts.........
PokerStars Hand #81027368613: Tournament #566076420, $0.09+$0.01 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXI (1000/2000) - 2012/05/26 7:21:07 ET Table '566076420 24' 9-max Seat #3 is the button Seat 3: Basik_mamed (39645 in chips) Seat 4: clapseedra (305 in chips) is sitting out Seat 5: sadamman (44662 in chips) Seat 6: vlad 9452 (14243 in chips) Seat 7: Vitek-Tula (33160 in chips) Seat 8: vennem (56383 in chips) Seat 9: sanyi0824 (50298 in chips) Basik_mamed: posts the ante 200 clapseedra: posts the ante 200 sadamman: posts the ante 200 vlad 9452: posts the ante 200 Vitek-Tula: posts the ante 200 vennem: posts the ante 200 sanyi0824: posts the ante 200 clapseedra: posts small blind 105 and is all-in sadamman: posts big blind 2000 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to sadamman [Jd Jh] vlad 9452: folds Vitek-Tula: calls 2000 vennem: folds sanyi0824: folds Basik_mamed: calls 2000 clapseedra: folds sadamman: raises 42462 to 44462 and is all-in Vitek-Tula: folds Basik_mamed: calls 37445 and is all-in Uncalled bet (5017) returned to sadamman *** FLOP *** [Kd 8c 5s] *** TURN *** [Kd 8c 5s] *** RIVER *** [Kd 8c 5s Qd] *** SHOW DOWN *** sadamman: shows [Jd Jh] (a pair of Jacks) Basik_mamed: shows [9s 9h] (a pair of Nines) sadamman collected 80575 from side pot sadamman collected 1820 from main pot Basik_mamed finished the tournament in 21st place and received $0.27. clapseedra finished the tournament in 22nd place and received $0.27. *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 82395 Main pot 1820. Side pot 80575. | Rake 0 Board [Kd 8c 5s Qd 4s] Seat 3: Basik_mamed (button) showed [9s 9h] and lost with a pair of Nines Seat 4: clapseedra (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 5: sadamman (big blind) showed [Jd Jh] and won (82395) with a pair of Jacks Seat 6: vlad 9452 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: Vitek-Tula folded before Flop Seat 8: vennem folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 9: sanyi0824 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
This is just standard play and you have to realise its the best thing you can do, imo you MUST do this. Call is very very very bad and why shud we fold here, imo the only correct thing is shove. But you ask bad shove? No really well played, but this shove is so standard that i think your a beginner MTT player that have to study basic MTT play posiiton/bubble play/ICM.
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Can I just say doomdy, I know ICM but most of the ones I thought were dodgy, I had a big-ish stack, and my problems with those moves is. Was it all in or donk bet? Thanks for confirming I was right in making the shove on that JJ. I know what your saying about your MTT style but this is an absolute donk fest remember. I was basically shoving on AA, KK, QQ, AK s, from any position, and 99 and above from mid/late position depending on the situations. But being very passive with the more borderline hands. If I was comfortable blind/stack wise I was limping with decent hands/ high suited cards to try to angle people. Plus obviously I know to widen my range when theres less people, less possibilities. I also finished 4th in one y'day, 12th aswell, played about 7, got ITM 5 times, and done a MTT one and got ITM aswell. Doubled my roll. Lets hope this continues.
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Posted by Plexo: Man u posted too many hands. Try to focus on 1 or 2 hands so is easier for us to give u specific comments about them. Also if u can provide any information about your opponent (s) it would be helpful.
gl and congrats. Winning any tournament is always great.
Its really not as much as it first seems.
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Posted by retribution: Read all the hands, and absolutely horrible play IMO.
I mean calling a shove for your whole stack with nothing but a 6 outter = bad play, OTF you're only 24% to win, and OTT you're 12%. Since the pot is much lower than your stack, you DO NOT have the equity to call, no matter what "gut feeling" you may get.
Open shoving 30+ BB = HORRENDOUS play. With 10/10, you're only going to get called by hands that dominate you, unless you get called by some drooling moron with any face/ace, and even then you're not much better than a flip. There's just absolutely NO reason to open shove spots like this.
I can go on and on, but I think you get the point.
Don't get me wrong, congrats on the BINK, it feels good to win a big one, but just realise based on the hands you posted, you're VERY lucky you won.
Seriously I want you to pick it apart, it won't make me a worse player, infact it will make me a better one. IMO you're one of the ones who are better than me. Come on, I can take it.
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Posted by sadamman:
Seriously I want you to pick it apart, it won't make me a worse player, infact it will make me a better one. IMO you're one of the ones who are better than me. Come on, I can take it.
1 - Work on bet sizing. Anywhere from a 2.5x - 4x BB raise is fine to open. Of course this will vary depending on table. 3-betting/4-betting I'd say 2.5x is fine.
2 - Don't open shove with anything more than around 15BB+, especially in EP. Open shoving with >15BB is fine, as you really don't have much time to be picky, but anything more is just plain silly as I've said, you're only ever getting called by a complete retard, or someone who has you dominated.
3 - Study hand ranges. You're limping when you should be folding way too much, The key to good poker is playing TAG, but it seems like your range is UBER loose.
4 - C-bet. You're raising pre, which is fine, but it seems like your not c-betting enough. The reason you want to c-bet more, is because you can either take down the pot OTF, or make them pay for draws. This ties in with bet sizing.
5 - Don't chase draws unless the price is right. Sure it's okay to chase a draw if you're getting the right price, either based on pure pot odds, or based on assumed implied odds, but calling your whole stack with nothing but a draw is just crazy.
6 - Study ICM. Serious, probably one of the most important elements of tournies is ICM. You say you know ICM, yet your play seems to show otherwise. It's one thing to KNOW what icm is, it's another to be able to apply the knowledge. This loosely ties in with #5.
7 - Steal from the button more. Seriously, especially mid/late stages when everyone tightens up, you can become VERY aggressive from LP.
8 - Be more aggressive. Post flop you seem to have a tendency to check-call a lot. You need to be firing more, but in the right spots. Learn what types of board textures you can c-bet, when it's profitable to float, and when you should be check-folding. This is largely dependant on your opponents tendencies (Ie: if they are TAG/LAG, etc).
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Okay thanks, I will take this advice. The thing is, I was on the higher borderline of ICM in most of those situations. I was debating whether to flat call, or raise some of them but thought again and thought no just shove because I can't really play ICM if I get tied into a pot.
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Saddamman...Well done, I have played that game a few times and you really need you wits (and a good helping of lady luck) given some of the players that turn up. A good result by the looks of it. Make the most of your BR.
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Posted by remco2504: ego tripper
Yeah maan
------------ If you didn't just talk without any knowledge of what you're talking about, like you tend to do. You'd realize this isn't an egotistical thing to do. More of something you'd do if consumed by the id. Google "the id" you cockface.
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Phew, long post, definitely didn't read it all but the few random ones I checked out looked good. Nice job shipping that bad boy, it's always a nice feeling. Hopefully it's a good start to your roll, and hopefully you'll keep winning and growing.
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The first one was a bit risky, there could have been spades in the hand better than yours. And the 2nd one, ok you entered all-in before seeing AAK at the flop, because I bet you shake a lot when you saw that flop. I havent seen the others with that much attention but (i'm sorry if you're not gonna like it), if you call this the best of you, the best of you is what the table does for you. Don't be sad, it's the same with me most of times.
