1 hour dry spell, bleeding off my entire addon and a bit more, still in good postion but getting frustrated....then the first of the beats....

PokerStars Game #9739136141: Tournament #48888329, $10+$1 Omaha Pot Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2007/05/04 - 00:50:32 (ET)
Table '48888329 5' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Blueman1 (14520 in chips)
Seat 2: ExterminateU (3975 in chips)
Seat 3: ArnieAA (14705 in chips)
Seat 5: youngfellaa (11490 in chips)
Seat 6: tolfato (10620 in chips)
Seat 7: sultana (13785 in chips)
Seat 8: Nehemiah 1 (4987 in chips)
Seat 9: Self (11680 in chips)
youngfellaa: posts small blind 100
tolfato: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Self
sultana: calls 200
Nehemiah 1: calls 200
Self : raises 900 to 1100
Blueman1: folds
ExterminateU: folds
ArnieAA: folds
youngfellaa: folds
tolfato: folds
sultana: calls 900
Nehemiah 1: calls 900
*** FLOP ***
sultana: bets 1600
Nehemiah 1: folds
Self : raises 6800 to 8400
anachroid is connected
sultana: raises 4285 to 12685 and is all-in
Self : calls 2180 and is all-in
*** TURN ***
*** RIVER ***
*** SHOW DOWN ***
sultana: shows [3h Ks Ah Jh] (a full house, Kings full of Aces)
Self : shows [Th Qd Kc Ac] (a full house, Kings full of Aces)
sultana collected 12380 from pot
Self collected 12380 from pot
sultana said, "lol"

Yeah, 'lol', 'nuff said.

Hand #7

PokerStars Game #9739382601: Tournament #48888329, $10+$1 Omaha Pot Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/05/04 - 01:13:51 (ET)
Table '48888329 5' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Blueman1 (9410 in chips)
Seat 2: BigEarn 04 (8900 in chips)
Seat 3: ArnieAA (15805 in chips)
Seat 4: anachroid (9115 in chips)
Seat 5: youngfellaa (12390 in chips)
Seat 6: tolfato (12540 in chips)
Seat 7: sultana (3815 in chips)
Seat 8: Nehemiah 1 (13587 in chips)
Seat 9: Self(13130 in chips)
BigEarn 04: posts small blind 200
ArnieAA: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to NBS_Pres [Kc Kh 8h 8c]
anachroid: raises 400 to 800
youngfellaa: folds
tolfato: folds
sultana: folds
Nehemiah 1: folds
Self: calls 800
Blueman1: folds
BigEarn 04: folds
ArnieAA: folds
*** FLOP *** [6c 9d Th]
anachroid: bets 1200
Self: raises 4000 to 5200
anachroid: calls 4000
*** TURN *** [6c 9d Th]
anachroid: checks
Self: bets 4000
anachroid: folds
Self collected 12600 from pot
Self: doesn't show hand


Preflop: Position and a decent hand. Early min-raise stalled me, should I have raised? Or, call good enough?

Flop: 1/2 pot bet seems weak/CB, so I go for it, surprised he called.

Turn: 1/3 of my stack in this pot and woulda been in bad shape, so push him all in. 'good fold, sir'

Hand #8

Beat #2

PokerStars Game #9739422475: Tournament #48888329, $10+$1 Omaha Pot Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/05/04 - 01:17:52 (ET)
Table '48888329 5' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Blueman1 (8210 in chips)
Seat 2: BigEarn 04 (19000 in chips)
Seat 3: ArnieAA (15005 in chips)
Seat 4: anachroid (4715 in chips)
Seat 5: youngfellaa (11990 in chips)
Seat 6: tolfato (12140 in chips)
Seat 7: sultana (3015 in chips)
Seat 8: Nehemiah 1 (5287 in chips)
Seat 9: Self (19330 in chips)
youngfellaa: posts small blind 200
tolfato: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Self
sultana: folds
Nehemiah 1: raises 400 to 800
Self: calls 800
Blueman1: folds
BigEarn 04: folds
ArnieAA: folds
anachroid: folds
youngfellaa: folds
tolfato: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [8s Qs 4h]
tolfato: checks
Nehemiah 1: bets 2600
Self: raises 2600 to 5200
tolfato: folds
Nehemiah 1: calls 1887 and is all-in
*** TURN ***
*** RIVER ***
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Nehemiah 1: shows (a straight, Four to Eight)
Self: shows (a pair of Sevens)
Nehemiah 1 collected 11574 from pot

OK, that makes up for my two suck outs. Let one hold, now!

Hand #9

Beat #3. OK, this started out as a steal, but hey, I hit.

PokerStars Game #9739675033: Tournament #48888329, $10+$1 Omaha Pot Limit - Level X (400/800) - 2007/05/04 - 01:44:35 (ET)
Table '48888329 7' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: SmellTheNutz (8330 in chips)
Seat 2: ArnieAA (12005 in chips)
Seat 3: Self (15343 in chips)
Seat 4: duddle1w (10710 in chips)
Seat 5: Blueman1 (11710 in chips)
Seat 6: kingofkings (3620 in chips)
Seat 7: Eliminator (8700 in chips)
Seat 8: tedr (34278 in chips)
Seat 9: Nehemiah 1 (19889 in chips)
duddle1w: posts small blind 400
Blueman1: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Self
kingofkings: folds
Eliminator: folds
tedr: folds
Nehemiah 1: folds
SmellTheNutz: folds
ArnieAA: folds
Self: raises 1600 to 2400
duddle1w: folds
Blueman1: calls 1600
*** FLOP ***
Blueman1: checks
Self: bets 5200
Blueman1: raises 4110 to 9310 and is all-in
Self: calls 4110
*** TURN ***
*** RIVER ***
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Blueman1: shows (two pair, Kings and Queens)
Self: shows (two pair, Queens and Nines)
Blueman1 collected 23820 from pot

I was surprised to see he had nothing except backdoor draws and top pair, and I was even more surprised when he hit the King!