Starstealer's Tournament Report - 500FPP satellite to the 350K guaranteed

Well, I seem to be producing a good many FPP lately since my move up to $2/$4, so playing this satellite more often might be an option. Plus its a no-risk type of investment to help me work on my NL game.

In any case, there were 330 players and the tournament only gave seats to 9th place and better.

Hand #2, I raise from UTG+1 with KQs (hearts) to 4xBB (80). I get called twice, MP and the BB. The flop is 778 and the BB leads for 180 into the 250 pot. I fold.

Hand #3, I have AKs (clubs) UTG and raise it to 4xBB (80). I get called by the same two players. The flop is 36J with 2 clubs and the SB leads out for 100, I call. The turn is the and he checks. I bet 200, he min raises. I reraise to 1000 - he calls. The river pairs the board jacks and he checks again. I check as well - a weak move considering how much I had left. I take the pot vs. his 76o drawing dead after the turn. I'm up to 2700.

Hand #11, I have pocket eights UTG and raise it to 4xBB (80). It folds to the SB (a semi-good player with 1k) who raises all-in. I fold.

Hand #17, I have pocket jacks in MP. UTG+1 open raises to 150 (5xBB) and the next players min raises to 270. I call. The BB and original raiser both call. The flop is 68K with two hearts and I fold to a 360 bet from the 2nd raiser. I'm at 2270.

Hand #20, I have pocket sevens in the BB. It folds to the SB who raises to 120 (4xBB). I reraise to 270 - he calls. The flop is 49J and he checks. I bet 360 into the 540 pot - he folds. I'm up to 2540.

Hand #32, I have KTs (spades) and limp after 2 others in the cutoff. The SB raises to 200 (4xBB) and is called by the first two limpers. I call as well. The flop is 24Q with 1 spade and it checks to me - I check. The turn is a five and now the SB bets 100 and everyone folds to me - I fold.

Hand #40, I have pocket threes on the button. UTG limps and I limp; both blinds come in as well. The flop is 289 and the BB bets 100. UTG folds and I raise to 400. The SB folds and the BB calls. The turn is the and he checks. I bet 350 into the 1000 pot and he folds. I have 2665.

Hand #42, I have AQo in MP and open raise to 200 (4xBB). The cutoff and the SB both call. The flop is A92 with 2 hearts. The SB checks and I bet 300. The cutoff folds and the SB calls. The turn is the and I bet 500 when the SB checks. He calls. The river is another ten and he checks again. I push all in for another 1565 - he calls. He has pocket sixes and I take the pot. I have 5380.

Hand #48, I have pocket deuces in the SB. There are 3 limpers, so I complete and the BB checks. The flop is 589 and it checks to the first limper. He bets 700 into the 500 pot and it folds back to me. I fold.

Hand #57, I have KJs (diamonds) in the cutoff and it folds to me. I limp and the blinds come in. The flop is 47J with 2 hearts. The SB bets 100, and the BB raises to 300. I reraise to 1000 and they both fold. I'm at 5480.

Hand #59, I have KJs (spades) in MP and open raise to 300. Only the blinds call. The flop is 3TQ. The SB leads out for 800 into the 900 pot. He's only got 765 after the bet, and even though the BB folds, I make the call. The turn is an off-suit 9 and he pushes. I call with my nut straight. He had QJs (diamonds) and my hand holds up. I'm at 7645.

Hand #62, I have 25s (clubs) in the BB and check when only one limper comes in and the SB folds. The flop is 229 with 2 hearts. I check and the limper bets 450 into the 375 pot. He only has about 2k left, so I reraise him allin - he folds. I'm at 8320.

Hand #84, I have KQo and open-limp from MP (200). There is one other limper (2675) and the blinds (8k, 7.5k) for the flop. The flop is AJ8 and it checks around. The turn pairs the 8 and the SB leads out for a minimum 200 bet into the 800 pot. The BB folds - I fold.

Hand #88, I have AKo in the SB. It folds to the button (2211) who raises to 800. I reraise him all in and he calls. He has AQs (diamonds). I catch a king on the turn and he gets knocked out. I'm at 9806.

Hand #93, I have AJs (hearts) and open raise from UTG+1 to 800 (4xBB). It folds around.

Hand #97, I have pocket eights and limp from the button after 2 others. Both blinds come in and the flop is AQJ. The SB pushes allin for 2990 into the 1k pot and it folds to me. I fold as well.

Hand #99 (antes start here), I have pocket aces in MP. UTG min raises to 400 and I reraise to 1400. It folds back to him and he calls. The flop is JQK and he checks. I bet 2k and he raises all in for another 4k. If I call and lose I'm down to 2k. At this point I figure he's likely on AK or AQ - so I call. I'm wrong - he has KQo but another jack hits on the river and my new two pair beats his. I'm up to 17426. I now have a stack that is double anyone on the table, but is worth only 10th overall. There's still around 90 players left as well.

Hand #106, I have AQo and open raise to 800 (4xBB). The BB (1113 before posting) reraises me all-in for another 300 or so and I call. She has J8o and I hit a queen on the flop and another on the turn for good measure.

Hand #111, I have pocket eights in MP. It folds to the player on my right who raises allin for a total of 4260. This is 25% of my stack. I decide to fold - would anyone call here?

Hand #124, I have pocket aces UTG and raise to 2000 (4xBB). Only the BB calls (same player as in 111, 10k vs. my 17k). The flop is 445 and I bet him all-in. He folds.

After hand #138 - we hit the 2nd break. Blinds were increasing to 300/600 with a 50 ante and I had 18064 in chips. I estimated that I would need to hit around 50k to have a reasonable chance of folding into the money from here - so I still had work to do. However, I decided I would try to tighten up the belt a little bit and get there anyway.

Hand #140, I have KQs (clubs) in the BB. Only the cutoff limps in and the flop is TT2. We both check. The turn is another deuce - and the second club. We check again. The river is an ace and we check again. He has QJ and we split.

Hand #175, I have AQo in MP. The player on my right (8k) limps, I limp (12k) and the BB checks (7k). The flop is 56K and it checks around. The turn is the and puts out the flush. I fold to a minimum bet.

Hand #190, I have K9s (spades) on the button. The cutoff raises the minimum to 2400 - he has 7500 to my 7400. The player in SB has 7k and the BB has 67k. I reraise allin. Both blinds fold and the original raiser folds.

Hand #194, I have AQs (diamonds) in UTG+1 and raise all-in to 11889. The player on my left calls with only 6k all-in and everyone else folds. He has TT and we both improve on the AT3 flop. His set holds up and now I'm in trouble. I have 5720.

Hand #196, I have T2o in the BB. It folds to the SB (41k) who completes and I check. The flop is 7TQ with 2 spades. He checks and I bet allin for 4370. He folds. I have 7295.

Hand #198, I have ATo on the button and it folds to me. The SB has 16.8k and the BB has 65k. I push all-in - they fold. I have 8870.

Hand #203, I have 23o in the BB and 8545 before posting a 100 ante and a 2000 BB. MP raises to 6k and is called by the button. Do you call here?

-- This hand was really bittersweet to me - because I almost made the call, since my stack would be down to 6445 if I folded. The blinds were 1k/2k with a 100 ante - so I needed to hit something quick. By taking a chance here - I could be trippling up - and my theory was that they duplicated their cards. Regardless - I folded and would've flopped the nut wheel...

Hand #205, I have KJs (spades) on the button. There's 14 players left and the player on my right raises enough to put me in. I call - he has KQs and hits a queen on the flop and again on the turn. I'm out in 14th.

I fold both hand 111 and 203. sucks to get that close and lose.