I have enjoined reading the tournament reports posted here. I decide to post one here myself.
I probably wouldn’t post this if I went out early...


Saturday I played in three tournaments and cashed in all three, but I didn’t had a really good finishes and it was a little disappointing. But I played well and I tried again today in the $50 NL tourney at Stars 5am est.


Hand #5. QQ in MP. The player to my right raises to 80. I just call - didn’t want to risk all my chips here. Flop is J66. He bets 100, I raise to 300, he folds.

#8. AK UTG, I limp. Flop is 832 and I fold to a bet.

#11. I limp with AJo on button after a couple of limpers. Flop is Q95r. We all check. Turn is a jack. EP bets 60 into 100 pot. I call, others fold. River is a blank, he bets 60 again and I call. He had JT and mhig.

#12. Folded to me in CU and I limp with KK. Button folds, SB raises to 80 and BB folds. I considered a call but decided to make a reraise to 300 instead. SB calls. Flop is QJ7. SB goes all in (990), I call. He has AT and doesn’t improve. Have 3160 chips.

#52. I’m dealt AJ in SB. Aggressive button, who has me covered, raises to 250 (5BB). I fold.

#55. I raise to 150 with AJ in MP. Only button calls. Flop is K55 two hearts, and I bet 250, button calls. Turn is a 7. I decide to fire another barrel; I bet 600 into 875 pot and button quickly folds. 3345.

#58. I limp with 99 UTG (50/100). Folded to BB who checks. Flop is K84, and we both check. Turn is a 6, he checks and I bet 200. He checkraises to 800 and I fold.

#73. I raise to 300 in MP with AK and all folds.

#83. I raise to 450 (3BB) UTG with AK and all folds.

#91. I raise to 450 in EP with AT. 1 caller, and then button, who is bigstack goes all in. I fold and the caller calls. Button had AA and caller QQ. AA wins. I’m down to 2295

#114. Card dead and blinded down to 1545, blinds 100/200. I open push with 44 in MP and all folds.

#122. UTG limps and I push in MP (1495) with [9h]. Folded to BB who raises. UTG folds. BB has AQs. Flop is [7s][Th]. Turn is the , river is and I suck out. I now have 3465.

#125. I raise to 600 with QQ. MP (the AQ guy from #122) reraises all in (he has me covered) and I call. He has [Td] and the flop is [9d][5d]. Luckily he doesn’t improve. 7305.

#135. Q5, in BB, only SB calls. Flops is AA5, we check, turn is a 5, check again. River is a 9. He checks and I bet 400 into 600 pot. He calls with K9.

#144. Folded to me in SB and I limp with QT (blinds 200/400). Flop is Q82 and I bet 800 and win the pot.

#149. I raise to 1200 in EP with 99. MP goes all in for another 600. I call. He has KJ and doesn’t improve. 9930.

#160. Folded to me in SB I have 8680, BB has 6045. I go all in with A5 and he folds.

#161. 28 players left - 18 places pays. I’m in good shape. EP goes all in for 3479. I call with AK. He has 44 but turn is an ace. 13459

#167. I open raise with AT in LP and the blinds fold.

#173. Decent CU (has me covered) raises to 1800 (300/600). Folded to me in BB. I reraise all in (13234) with KQ and he folds.

#182. Folded to me in SB. I call with QJ. Flop is AJ5. I bet 1200 and BB folds.

#183. On the bubble. CU (8911) raises to 1200. I reraise all in with AQ on button. All folds. I have 17834.

#185. The same player as in #183 raises minimum again. He looks strong and I fold TT. He had AK and I would had won against him but lost to a shortstack with A3.

#199. We are in the money. I have AA in CU. I raise to 2400 (3BB). All folds

#204. I have 77 UTG and raise to 2400. Chipleader (39K) who is new to table in LP reraises all in. Some of the other players have watched him play on another table and they say he is a big fish. I fold.

#217. 10 players left. I’m 7th with 11584. Dealt KT in BB. Button, who I have covered raises minimum to 2400. SB goes all in for another 254. I call and button calls. We check all streets and button wins with unimproved A7. SB had KT.

I’ll post how I did at the final table later.