Bad tournament play - but saved on the river

[low dough]

Observer chat doesn't show I guess, GL buddy.


Edit: 50th out of 1049, no shame there.

[starstealer]

Well, 50th tonight. Bad raise preflop, bad bet on the flop... don't like the way I played it at all...

Oh well. I'm actually pretty happy with my performance in that tournament tonight overall - except for the last hand. Still - a final table finish would've been opportune...

Well - there's always tomorrow night.

[low dough]

If there is one tomorrow night, I may have to join ya.
What am I saying, there is always a tourney on that site, see you there.

[starstealer]

[starstealer]

[starstealer]

[starstealer]

Here's a quick example of bad play as a short stack...

PokerStars Game #5277229398: Tournament #26171965, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (1000/2000) - 2006/06/17 - 01:19:50 (ET)
Table '26171965 119' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: ballball (22724 in chips)
Seat 2: tboner2354 (43355 in chips)
Seat 3: DukeLeto (7096 in chips)
Seat 4: ripleyvan (16316 in chips)
Seat 5: eagle815 (126098 in chips)
Seat 6: pnorwood (73799 in chips)
Seat 7: tamboc (41320 in chips)
Seat 9: Starstealer (18580 in chips)
ballball: posts the ante 100
tboner2354: posts the ante 100
DukeLeto: posts the ante 100
ripleyvan: posts the ante 100
eagle815: posts the ante 100
pnorwood: posts the ante 100
tamboc: posts the ante 100
Starstealer: posts the ante 100
Starstealer: posts small blind 1000
ballball: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Starstealer [2h Ks]
tboner2354: folds
DukeLeto: folds
ripleyvan: folds
eagle815: raises 6000 to 8000
pnorwood: folds
tamboc: folds
Starstealer: folds
ballball: calls 6000
*** FLOP *** [3c 2s 5s]
ballball: bets 2000
eagle815: raises 14000 to 16000
ballball: folds
eagle815 collected 21800 from pot
eagle815: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 21800 | Rake 0
Board [3c 2s 5s]
Seat 1: ballball (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: tboner2354 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: DukeLeto folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: ripleyvan folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: eagle815 collected (21800)
Seat 6: pnorwood folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: tamboc (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Starstealer (small blind) folded before Flop

[starstealer]

And this hand just saved me:

PokerStars Game #5277333810: Tournament #26171965, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (1500/3000) - 2006/06/17 - 01:31:52 (ET)
Table '26171965 119' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: tboner2354 (15155 in chips)
Seat 3: HellonWeels (367218 in chips)
Seat 4: ripleyvan (20916 in chips)
Seat 5: eagle815 (121447 in chips)
Seat 6: pnorwood (73899 in chips)
Seat 7: tamboc (76770 in chips)
Seat 8: ZS SERB TIMO (15026 in chips)
Seat 9: Starstealer (16403 in chips)
tboner2354: posts the ante 150
HellonWeels: posts the ante 150
ripleyvan: posts the ante 150
eagle815: posts the ante 150
pnorwood: posts the ante 150
tamboc: posts the ante 150
ZS SERB TIMO: posts the ante 150
Starstealer: posts the ante 150
HellonWeels: posts small blind 1500
ripleyvan: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Starstealer [Ks Ac]
eagle815: calls 3000
pnorwood: folds
tamboc: folds
ZS SERB TIMO: folds
Starstealer: raises 13253 to 16253 and is all-in
tboner2354: calls 15005 and is all-in
HellonWeels: folds
ripleyvan: folds
eagle815: folds
*** FLOP *** [8d Ad Qh]
tboner2354 said, "J"
tboner2354 said, "10"
*** TURN *** [8d Ad Qh]
*** RIVER *** [8d Ad Qh 7d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Starstealer: shows [Ks Ac] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
tboner2354: shows [Kc Jh] (a pair of Queens)
Starstealer said, "gg"
Starstealer collected 38710 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 38710 | Rake 0
Board [8d Ad Qh 7d Qs]
Seat 2: tboner2354 (button) showed [Kc Jh] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 3: HellonWeels (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: ripleyvan (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: eagle815 folded before Flop
Seat 6: pnorwood folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: tamboc folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: ZS SERB TIMO folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Starstealer showed [Ks Ac] and won (38710) with two pair, Aces and Queens

[starstealer]

And here's the crap that I went out on...

15th place:

PokerStars Game #5277414630: Tournament #26171965, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level XV (2000/4000) - 2006/06/17 - 01:41:45 (ET)
Table '26171965 119' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: 124DOG (10075 in chips)
Seat 2: mohuncher (270420 in chips)
Seat 3: HellonWeels (357018 in chips)
Seat 4: ripleyvan (13266 in chips)
Seat 5: eagle815 (222739 in chips)
Seat 6: pnorwood (76875 in chips)
Seat 7: tamboc (79970 in chips)
Seat 9: Starstealer (45358 in chips)
124DOG: posts the ante 200
mohuncher: posts the ante 200
HellonWeels: posts the ante 200
ripleyvan: posts the ante 200
eagle815: posts the ante 200
pnorwood: posts the ante 200
tamboc: posts the ante 200
Starstealer: posts the ante 200
HellonWeels: posts small blind 2000
ripleyvan: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Starstealer [Jc Kc]
eagle815: folds
pnorwood: folds
tamboc: folds
Starstealer: raises 8000 to 12000
124DOG: folds
mohuncher: folds
HellonWeels: raises 8000 to 20000
ripleyvan: folds
Starstealer: calls 8000
*** FLOP *** [5s 2d Kd]
HellonWeels: bets 20000
Starstealer: raises 5158 to 25158 and is all-in
HellonWeels: calls 5158
*** TURN *** [5s 2d Kd]
*** RIVER *** [5s 2d Kd 4s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
HellonWeels: shows [3h Ah] (a straight, Ace to Five)
Starstealer: shows [Jc Kc] (two pair, Kings and Deuces)
HellonWeels collected 95916 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 95916 | Rake 0
Board [5s 2d Kd 4s 2c]
Seat 1: 124DOG folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: mohuncher (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: HellonWeels (small blind) showed [3h Ah] and won (95916) with a straight, Ace to Five
Seat 4: ripleyvan (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: eagle815 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: pnorwood folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: tamboc folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Starstealer showed [Jc Kc] and lost with two pair, Kings and Deuces

[starstealer]

I've been enjoying posting in this thread - so I'll offer some fun hands from tonight...

PokerStars Game #5315451070: Tournament #26603714, $1.00+$0.10 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/06/20 - 22:06:12 (ET)
Table '26603714 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: bigpipe1010 (550 in chips)
Seat 3: MaxPipe (3700 in chips)
Seat 4: doug79 (890 in chips)
Seat 5: Starstealer (5650 in chips)
Seat 6: JonnyDS (3300 in chips)
Seat 7: matt254 (985 in chips)
Seat 8: mindnumbed (5140 in chips)
Seat 9: Philo420 (5075 in chips)
doug79: posts small blind 15
Starstealer: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Starstealer [As Ad]
JonnyDS: calls 30
bobby85 is connected
matt254: calls 30
mindnumbed: raises 120 to 150
Philo420: folds
bigpipe1010: folds
MaxPipe: folds
doug79: folds
Starstealer: raises 270 to 420
JonnyDS: folds
matt254: folds
mindnumbed: raises 4720 to 5140 and is all-in
Starstealer: calls 4720
*** FLOP *** [6d 9d 2s]
*** TURN *** [6d 9d 2s]
*** RIVER *** [6d 9d 2s 3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Starstealer: shows [As Ad] (a pair of Aces)
mindnumbed: shows [7d 7h] (a pair of Sevens)
Starstealer collected 10355 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10355 | Rake 0
Board [6d 9d 2s 3d Th]
Seat 1: bigpipe1010 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: MaxPipe (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: doug79 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Starstealer (big blind) showed [As Ad] and won (10355) with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: JonnyDS folded before Flop
Seat 7: matt254 folded before Flop
Seat 8: mindnumbed showed [7d 7h] and lost with a pair of Sevens
Seat 9: Philo420 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Currently 7th out of 326 left. Come and play...

[starstealer]

First break - down to 10th now out of 296. Pays out to 162 - so we'll hit the money line near the end of the 2nd hour most likely.

Couple of the hands that I had to get where I am:

PokerStars Game #5315451070: Tournament #26603714, $1.00+$0.10 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/06/20 - 22:06:12 (ET)
Table '26603714 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: bigpipe1010 (550 in chips)
Seat 3: MaxPipe (3700 in chips)
Seat 4: doug79 (890 in chips)
Seat 5: Starstealer (5650 in chips)
Seat 6: JonnyDS (3300 in chips)
Seat 7: matt254 (985 in chips)
Seat 8: mindnumbed (5140 in chips)
Seat 9: Philo420 (5075 in chips)
doug79: posts small blind 15
Starstealer: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Starstealer [As Ad]
JonnyDS: calls 30
bobby85 is connected
matt254: calls 30
mindnumbed: raises 120 to 150
Philo420: folds
bigpipe1010: folds
MaxPipe: folds
doug79: folds
Starstealer: raises 270 to 420
JonnyDS: folds
matt254: folds
mindnumbed: raises 4720 to 5140 and is all-in
Starstealer: calls 4720
*** FLOP *** [6d 9d 2s]
*** TURN *** [6d 9d 2s]
*** RIVER *** [6d 9d 2s 3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Starstealer: shows [As Ad] (a pair of Aces)
mindnumbed: shows [7d 7h] (a pair of Sevens)
Starstealer collected 10355 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10355 | Rake 0
Board [6d 9d 2s 3d Th]
Seat 1: bigpipe1010 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: MaxPipe (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: doug79 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Starstealer (big blind) showed [As Ad] and won (10355) with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: JonnyDS folded before Flop
Seat 7: matt254 folded before Flop
Seat 8: mindnumbed showed [7d 7h] and lost with a pair of Sevens
Seat 9: Philo420 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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PokerStars Game #5315333113: Tournament #26603714, $1.00+$0.10 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/06/20 - 21:56:48 (ET)
Table '26603714 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: bigpipe1010 (700 in chips)
Seat 2: mouse78 (1480 in chips)
Seat 3: livinroll (1130 in chips)
Seat 4: doug79 (1450 in chips)
Seat 5: Starstealer (4320 in chips)
Seat 6: JonnyDS (2790 in chips)
Seat 7: matt254 (1060 in chips)
Seat 8: mindnumbed (5070 in chips)
mouse78: posts small blind 10
livinroll: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Starstealer [Qs Qd]
doug79: folds
Starstealer: raises 80 to 100
JonnyDS: folds
matt254: folds
mindnumbed: folds
bigpipe1010: folds
mouse78: folds
livinroll: raises 1030 to 1130 and is all-in
Starstealer: calls 1030
Philo420 is connected
*** FLOP *** [Jd 2h 3h]
Starstealer said, "looking to beat my Friday 15th place"
*** TURN *** [Jd 2h 3h]
*** RIVER *** [Jd 2h 3h Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
livinroll: shows [Kc Ks] (two pair, Kings and Deuces)
Starstealer: shows [Qs Qd] (a full house, Queens full of Deuces)
Starstealer said, "oops"
Starstealer collected 2270 from pot
Starstealer said, "sorry dude"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2270 | Rake 0
Board [Jd 2h 3h Qh 2d]
Seat 1: bigpipe1010 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: mouse78 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: livinroll (big blind) showed [Kc Ks] and lost with two pair, Kings and Deuces
Seat 4: doug79 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Starstealer showed [Qs Qd] and won (2270) with a full house, Queens full of Deuces
Seat 6: JonnyDS folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: matt254 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: mindnumbed folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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PokerStars Game #5315524025: Tournament #26603714, $1.00+$0.10 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/06/20 - 22:11:43 (ET)
Table '26603714 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: bigpipe1010 (505 in chips)
Seat 2: bobby85 (2145 in chips)
Seat 3: MaxPipe (3670 in chips)
Seat 4: doug79 (875 in chips)
Seat 5: Starstealer (10835 in chips)
Seat 6: JonnyDS (4465 in chips)
Seat 7: yrallamys (1935 in chips)
Seat 8: Bratharris (8480 in chips)
Seat 9: Philo420 (4895 in chips)
bobby85: posts small blind 15
MaxPipe: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Starstealer [Ks Ac]
doug79: folds
Starstealer: raises 120 to 150
JonnyDS: folds
yrallamys: folds
Bratharris: calls 150
Philo420: calls 150
bigpipe1010: calls 150
bobby85: calls 135
MaxPipe: folds
*** FLOP *** [2d 7c 2c]
bobby85: checks
Starstealer: checks
Bratharris: checks
Philo420: checks
bigpipe1010: checks
*** TURN *** [2d 7c 2c]
bobby85: checks
Starstealer: bets 390
Bratharris: folds
Philo420: folds
bigpipe1010: folds
bobby85: raises 510 to 900
Starstealer: raises 3030 to 3930
bobby85: folds
Starstealer collected 2580 from pot
Starstealer: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2580 | Rake 0
Board [2d 7c 2c 7d]
Seat 1: bigpipe1010 (button) folded on the Turn
Seat 2: bobby85 (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 3: MaxPipe (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: doug79 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Starstealer collected (2580)
Seat 6: JonnyDS folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: yrallamys folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Bratharris folded on the Turn
Seat 9: Philo420 folded on the Turn

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I promise to make some comments on them later. For now - please feel free to offer your own observations - whether they were good plays or not.

[starstealer]

Eh - I don't like this one too much at all. What to bet on the turn after he calls my flop bet? What about the river?

PokerStars Game #5316142926: Tournament #26603714, $1.00+$0.10 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2006/06/20 - 22:57:20 (ET)
Table '26603714 50' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: pusher97286 (9685 in chips)
Seat 2: calleddon (5173 in chips)
Seat 3: pedro1928 (1410 in chips)
Seat 4: S_Willis25 (2532 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: bgoalie35 (6765 in chips)
Seat 6: Starstealer (11825 in chips)
Seat 7: hunter_28752 (5945 in chips)
Seat 8: PsychoDoc (2630 in chips)
Seat 9: swampthang01 (3882 in chips)
PsychoDoc: posts small blind 75
swampthang01: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Starstealer [Tc Th]
Starstealer said, "I really liked that one"
pusher97286: folds
calleddon: raises 150 to 300
pedro1928: folds
S_Willis25: folds
bgoalie35: folds
Starstealer: raises 600 to 900
hunter_28752: folds
PsychoDoc: folds
swampthang01: folds
calleddon: calls 600
*** FLOP *** [Jd 7s 8c]
calleddon: checks
Starstealer: bets 600
calleddon: calls 600
*** TURN *** [Jd 7s 8c]
calleddon: checks
Starstealer said, "it was 25k when I played before"
Starstealer: checks
*** RIVER *** [Jd 7s 8c 8d]
S_Willis25 has returned
calleddon: checks
Starstealer: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
calleddon: shows [Ac 9c] (a pair of Eights)
Starstealer: shows [Tc Th] (two pair, Tens and Eights)
Starstealer collected 3225 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3225 | Rake 0
Board [Jd 7s 8c 8d 6h]
Seat 1: pusher97286 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: calleddon showed [Ac 9c] and lost with a pair of Eights
Seat 3: pedro1928 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: S_Willis25 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: bgoalie35 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Starstealer showed [Tc Th] and won (3225) with two pair, Tens and Eights
Seat 7: hunter_28752 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: PsychoDoc (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: swampthang01 (big blind) folded before Flop

[starstealer]

2nd break now - in the money. 36th out of 108 left. No particular hands to highlight - though I had one bad call followed by a good all-in call on the BB with kings versus the UTG raiser who had jacks.

[starstealer]

Not sure I like my raise on the flop - any suggestions there? What about the preflop call? Too loose?

PokerStars Game #5317174395: Tournament #26603714, $1.00+$0.10 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (400/800) - 2006/06/21 - 00:24:06 (ET)
Table '26603714 70' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: vegasviaiowa (14170 in chips)
Seat 2: pedro1928 (30285 in chips)
Seat 3: In Harms Way (12326 in chips)
Seat 4: ausdogg (2155 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: b da man 49 (41724 in chips)
Seat 6: Starstealer (17600 in chips)
Seat 7: Seve1955 (17430 in chips)
Seat 8: comebackgrl (20670 in chips)
Seat 9: rtm4 (27455 in chips)
vegasviaiowa: posts the ante 50
pedro1928: posts the ante 50
In Harms Way: posts the ante 50
ausdogg: posts the ante 50
b da man 49: posts the ante 50
Starstealer: posts the ante 50
Seve1955: posts the ante 50
comebackgrl: posts the ante 50
rtm4: posts the ante 50
Seve1955: posts small blind 400
comebackgrl: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Starstealer [7s 7d]
rtm4: folds
vegasviaiowa: folds
pedro1928: folds
In Harms Way: folds
ausdogg: folds
b da man 49: raises 1600 to 2400
Starstealer: calls 2400
Seve1955: folds
comebackgrl: folds
*** FLOP *** [7h 6c 4d]
b da man 49: bets 1600
Starstealer: raises 4000 to 5600
b da man 49: folds
Starstealer collected 9650 from pot
Starstealer: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9650 | Rake 0
Board [7h 6c 4d]
Seat 1: vegasviaiowa folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: pedro1928 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: In Harms Way folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: ausdogg folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: b da man 49 folded on the Flop
Seat 6: Starstealer (button) collected (9650)
Seat 7: Seve1955 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: comebackgrl (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: rtm4 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[low dough]

For hand# Game #5316142926 :
This player has not shown any real strength so far, i would toss out a pot-sized bet on the turn.

I based this opinion on my observations, appears to be a calling-station who will fold to a raise.

Damn, these tourneys ARE fun.