I have had a decent amount of success in stars' 4.40 180 person sngs..They are great for low level buy in players looking to build a roll, imo..Therefore, I'm gonna post a series of hands that kind of define the tournament, and hopefully we can get some good feedback and/or it can help some of the guys playing them as well..There will probably be 3 parts..Early stages, Middle stages, and End game..Also, I know this is not an original idea..I know a few of you guys did it for 22 180s, but for us lower limit guys, heres a go at it

Results in white

Hand #6
Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Lloyd1313 (3320 in chips)
Seat 3: Andoril (1700 in chips)
Seat 6: throwemaway (1440 in chips)

Dealt to throwemaway [Ac Kc]
Lloyd1313: calls 20
Andoril: raises 100 to 120
TimeForPT: calls 120
throwemaway: raises 1320 to 1440 and is all-in
Andoril: calls 1320
TimeForPT: folds
*** FLOP *** [5c 2h Ad]
*** TURN *** [5c 2h Ad] [As]
*** RIVER *** [5c 2h Ad As] [Qd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Andoril: shows [Ts Td] (two pair, Aces and Tens)
throwemaway: shows [Ac Kc] (three of a kind, Aces)
throwemaway collected 3050 from pot

I like to push big hands early..JJ AK and up..If I bust, oh well, if I double, great.. After this I got cold cards for a while, seriously not playing one pot..I love this because it establishes a tight aggressive image, not that anyone pays attention anyways lol

Hand #39: Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Lloyd1313 (3515 in chips)
Seat 2: breezy123 (6195 in chips)
Seat 3: Kilmarnock (3365 in chips)
Seat 4: TimeForPT (1230 in chips)
Seat 5: fisherbender (2720 in chips)
Seat 6: throwemaway (2900 in chips)
Seat 8: hog1958 (810 in chips)
Seat 9: LONDONTEL (2885 in chips)
LONDONTEL: posts small blind 25
Lloyd1313: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [8h Td]
breezy123: calls 50
throwemaway: raises 150 to 200
Lloyd1313: calls 150
breezy123: calls 150
*** FLOP *** [Ad 2d Qs]
Lloyd1313: checks
breezy123: checks
throwemaway: bets 450
Lloyd1313: folds
breezy123: folds
throwemaway collected 625 from pot

Took advantage of my tight image w/ a steal then a c/b


Hand #51
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Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #4 is the button

Seat 6: throwemaway (3250 in chips)
Seat 9: LONDONTEL (3885 in chips)
fisherbender: posts small blind 50
throwemaway: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [Td Ts]
LONDONTEL: calls 100
fisherbender: calls 50
throwemaway: raises 300 to 400
LONDONTEL: folds
fisherbender: folds
throwemaway collected 300 from pot
throwemaway: doesn't show hand

Hand #57
Seat #1 is the button
Seat 6: throwemaway (3400 in chips)
Seat 9: LONDONTEL (3935 in chips)
breezy123: posts small blind 50
Kilmarnock: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [Td Ac]
throwemaway: raises 200 to 300
LONDONTEL: calls 300

*** FLOP *** [Qh 4d Ad]
throwemaway: bets 450
LONDONTEL: folds
throwemaway collected 750 from pot
throwemaway: doesn't show hand

The next one is the big one..There is usually one hand where after it you say to yourself, maybe this tournament is mine..This was it

Hand #62
Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
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Seat 2: breezy123 (5045 in chips)
Seat 3: Kilmarnock (3140 in chips)
Seat 6: throwemaway (3675 in chips)
Seat 8: hog1958 (795 in chips)
sextrain: posts small blind 75
hog1958: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [Ad As]
breezy123: calls 150
Kilmarnock: raises 300 to 450
throwemaway: raises 850 to 1300
hog1958: calls 645 and is all-in
Kilmarnock: raises 1840 to 3140 and is all-in
throwemaway: calls 1840
*** FLOP *** [Ac Jh 3h]
*** TURN *** [Ac Jh 3h] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [Ac Jh 3h Jc] [8c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Kilmarnock: shows [Kc Kd] (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
throwemaway: shows [Ad As] (a full house, Aces full of Jacks)
Kilmarnock is sitting out
throwemaway collected 4690 from side pot
hog1958: shows [Ah Qh] (two pair, Aces and Jacks)
throwemaway collected 2610 from main pot


After winning a massive pot like that, I can start to loosen up, especially since the only 2 hands I've shown have been pretty much monsters

Hand #65
Seat #1 is the button
breezy123: posts small blind 75
dartagnan: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [Ad Qh]
throwemaway: raises 300 to 450
Everyone folds, as they are scared of me
throwemaway collected 375 from pot

Here, I feel like I can take a somewhat marginal situation and isolate since I have this massive chip stack..If i lose this pot, I still have plenty of room to work but if I win, I continue to accumulate and thats what I need to do in order to go deep

Hand #67
Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 5: fisherbender (1800 in chips)
Seat 6: throwemaway (8060 in chips)
Seat 9: LONDONTEL (3135 in chips)
bowdown7493: posts small blind 75
fisherbender: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [Qd Ac]
throwemaway: raises 300 to 450
LONDONTEL: calls 450
fisherbender: raises 1350 to 1800 and is all-in
throwemaway: raises 6260 to 8060 and is all-in
LONDONTEL: folds

*** FLOP *** [Kh 9s Qh]
*** TURN *** [Kh 9s Qh] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 9s Qh 9d] [8c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
fisherbender: shows [3d 3h] (two pair, Nines and Threes)
throwemaway: shows [Qd Ac] (two pair, Queens and Nines)
fisherbender is sitting out
throwemaway collected 4125 from pot


Here is a perfect example of me exploiting my table image, in addition to betting a scare card

Hand #70
Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 4: bowdown7493 (3292 in chips)
Seat 6: throwemaway (10310 in chips)
Studly14: posts small blind 75
LONDONTEL: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [Kh Qh]
bowdown7493: calls 150
throwemaway: raises 450 to 600
bowdown7493: calls 450
*** FLOP *** [2s 6h 7d]
bowdown7493: checks
throwemaway: bets 900
bowdown7493: calls 900
*** TURN *** [2s 6h 7d] [Ah]
bowdown7493: checks
throwemaway: bets 1792
bowdown7493: folds
throwemaway collected 3225 from pot

Here is a big blind special vs a very loose, donkish opponent..This guy was a complete maniac, and lucked out to still be in at this point

Hand #84
Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: ZOEYJUST (8504 in chips)
Seat 6: throwemaway (11735 in chips)
Seat 8: Studly14 (7940 in chips)
Seat 9: LONDONTEL (3995 in chips)
bowdown7493: posts small blind 100
throwemaway: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [4s 2h]
Studly14: calls 200
LONDONTEL: calls 200
ZOEYJUST: calls 200
bowdown7493: folds
throwemaway: checks
*** FLOP *** [4d 2s 5h]
throwemaway: checks
Studly14: bets 600
LONDONTEL: calls 600
ZOEYJUST: folds
sextrain said, "take my $ from him\"
throwemaway: raises 1400 to 2000
sextrain said, "and than slap him around"
Studly14: folds
LONDONTEL: raises 1400 to 3400
throwemaway: raises 1400 to 4800
LONDONTEL: calls 395 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [4d 2s 5h] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [4d 2s 5h 9c] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
throwemaway: shows [4s 2h] (two pair, Fours and Deuces)
LONDONTEL: shows [Qc 5c] (a pair of Fives)
throwemaway collected 9090 from pot

While I played aggressively, I didn't want to be foolish and start playing mediocre hands OOP...Here is an example

Hand #85
PokerStars Game #5810888499: Tournament #29415688, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/08/05 - 20:27:35 (ET)
Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: ZOEYJUST (8304 in chips)
Seat 2: Snake 1st (1085 in chips)
Seat 6: throwemaway (16830 in chips)
Seat 7: sextrain (6911 in chips)
throwemaway: posts small blind 100
sextrain: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [Js Ah]
ZOEYJUST: calls 200
Snake 1st: calls 200
throwemaway: calls 100
sextrain: checks
*** FLOP *** [5s 7s 5c]
throwemaway: checks
sextrain: bets 800
ZOEYJUST: folds
Snake 1st: raises 85 to 885 and is all-in
throwemaway: folds
sextrain: calls 85


Another BB beauty..I somehow managed to not have one slip up at all yet..I could have probably bet the turn and then priced them in for a bigger bet on the river..That is the only thing I may have done differently, but I was planning on a c/r..Wasn't an awful hand I don't think

Hand #101
Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 5: Kras (7573 in chips)
Seat 6: throwemaway (19130 in chips)
Seat 8: Studly14 (3290 in chips)
Seat 9: shortyxx (4950 in chips)
Kras: posts small blind 100
throwemaway: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [Tc 8h]
Studly14: calls 200
shortyxx: calls 200
Kras: calls 100
throwemaway: checks
*** FLOP *** [9s 7c 5h]
Kras: checks
throwemaway: checks
Studly14: bets 600
shortyxx: calls 600
Kras: folds
throwemaway: calls 600
*** TURN *** [9s 7c 5h] [6d]
throwemaway: checks
Studly14: checks
shortyxx: checks
*** RIVER *** [9s 7c 5h 6d] [Qc]
throwemaway: bets 1500
Studly14: calls 1500
shortyxx: calls 1500
*** SHOW DOWN ***
throwemaway: shows [Tc 8h] (a straight, Six to Ten)
Seat 8: Studly14 mucked [Qh Js]
Seat 9: shortyxx mucked [5c 5s]


I had an absolutely amazing first hour and then some..You don't have to have nearly this much success in order to go deep, just win timely pots..

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I also like raising preflop if I have a deep stack with hands like 78, 8 10, 69 suited or not because of the deception factor. If high cards hit, you can fire a CB and your opponents will likely fold unless the flop hit them. If the flop hits your hand, your hand is disguised and you can punish someone who thinks that you're firing a CB with air and who plays back at you.

The AQ hand late was an aggressive play but with villain's M at 8 and your big stack, the call was reasonable. However, folding would be a valid option if you knew that villain played tight.

Hand #39: Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Lloyd1313 (3515 in chips)
Seat 2: breezy123 (6195 in chips)
Seat 3: Kilmarnock (3365 in chips)
Seat 4: TimeForPT (1230 in chips)
Seat 5: fisherbender (2720 in chips)
Seat 6: throwemaway (2900 in chips)
Seat 8: hog1958 (810 in chips)
Seat 9: LONDONTEL (2885 in chips)
LONDONTEL: posts small blind 25
Lloyd1313: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [8h Td]
breezy123: calls 50
throwemaway: raises 150 to 200
Lloyd1313: calls 150
breezy123: calls 150
*** FLOP *** [Ad 2d Qs]
Lloyd1313: checks
breezy123: checks
throwemaway: bets 450
Lloyd1313: folds
breezy123: folds
throwemaway collected 625 from pot


This is the one play that I really dislike, because at this level you're not going to pick off a limper without a raise that's at least twice this size. Otherwise, nice hands.

Good point, it was fortunate that one worked out