I've finally acheived the pinnacle of poker success! You know you're a skilled player when you catch cards like this!
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (5 handed)
Hero (t1190)
UTG (t2055)
MP (t870)
Button (t1835)
SB (t2050)
Preflop: Hero is BB with
,
.
3 folds,
SB raises to t650, Hero raises all-in to [t1190] , SB calls t540.
I don't know why I did this since I had like zero fold equity. I guess I just hoped he had K9-KJ, Q8-QJ, a low pair, or some crap that he'd fold.
Flop: (t1390)
,
,
(2 players)
F*ck! He called, I'm dominated and there's the A on the flop! Now I need runner runner straight or flush.
Turn: (t1390)
(2 players)
Excellent. I now have a gutshot with my flush draw.
River: (t1390)
(2 players)
At first I was like... YES! I made the flush! Then I'm like, oh yeah, and a straight to rub it in. Then I realize it's a ROYAL flush! And finally... it all sinks in that I just hit a f*uckin RUNNER RUNNER ROYAL FLUSH!!
Final Pot: t1390
Results in white below:
Hero has Qh Kh (straight flush, ace high).
SB has Qc Ad (two pair, aces and sixes).
Outcome: Hero wins t1390.
Runner runner royal flush is something like 1081:1 - the most improbable draw to hit. God bless my poker skills!
I'm about half-way done clearing the PS bonus. I really don't like it there for numerous reasons:
1) The players there are much tighter than other sites. When the blinds are 200/400 there should not be SIX players remaining with less than 10x the BB (and one slightly big stack). I've even been at 400/800 blinds with FIVE players remaining! Most of us had around 1000-3000 chips then.
2) The players are far more aggressive. I know, good competition, right? Say it's folded to me on the button and I have KTs with 15x BB. Of course I open-raise 3x here. One of the blinds often goes over the top and I simply cannot call off 80%-100% of my chips when I'm a dog to any a-high hand or pocket pair.
3) There's only 9 players, so the prize pool is smaller. Most SNG players are so awful I don't mind the extra dead money. Kuso argues this 10th player could knock me out, so perhaps it evens out. I obviously cannot compare PS 9-player to PS 10-player, but I will say I'm pissed with the payout. When the high blinds creep along, luck is a huge factor. Sometimes I'll be big-stacked ITM with a 2:1 chip advantage against them. I put one of them all-in with AQ and she calls with 77. She's now big-stack and I'm crippled. We both made the right plays - she just happened to win and now I need to get lucky.
However, I do like a few things about PS. I like the starting chips and blind structure (except the 100/200 ante 25 -> 100/200 ante 50 part, which I find worthless). And I like how it takes almost no time to start up a new SNG.
On a non-poker related note... these last two weeks of school are brutal. I have to write a 17 page paper on "Cognitive Effort Involved in Note-Taking", and I have a few final exams, with one of them cumulative.
After doing a lot of work I usually think getting laid is the best way to celebrate. Man, I need a girlfriend again. Or at least a girl who I could have sex with often.