Here is the dreaded middle stages of the tourney..This is probably where I struggle most..I usually can find a way to double early, and end game I think I do extremely well at, since when I FT these, I almost always go top 3 or 4..This tourney, I think I did (fairly) well w/ the middle stage, albeit a few slip ups, which were bound to happen I guess since I play a bit more loose aggressive during this stage
Hand #112
Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: ZOEYJUST (11689 in chips)
Seat 2: Snake 1st (2565 in chips)
Seat 6: throwemaway (23155 in chips)
ZOEYJUST: posts small blind 200
Snake 1st: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [Jc Jh]
throwemaway: raises 800 to 1200
ZOEYJUST: calls 1000
Snake 1st: calls 800
*** FLOP *** [Qh 6s 2c]
ZOEYJUST: checks
Snake 1st: checks
throwemaway: bets 2000
ZOEYJUST: folds
Snake 1st: calls 1340 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Qh 6s 2c] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [Qh 6s 2c 8d] [9d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Snake 1st: shows [Th Td] (a pair of Tens)
throwemaway: shows [Jc Jh] (a pair of Jacks)
throwemaway collected 6480 from pot
Putting the fear of God into people...
Hand #117
Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: ZOEYJUST (9964 in chips)
Seat 6: throwemaway (26370 in chips)
sextrain: posts small blind 200
philtage99: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [Ah Td]
ZOEYJUST: calls 400
throwemaway: raises 1000 to 1400
ZOEYJUST: folds
throwemaway collected 1600 from pot
And then getting snapped off
Hand #119
Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 6: throwemaway (27520 in chips)
Seat 8: philtage99 (4367 in chips)
LIVZ1973: posts small blind 200
ZOEYJUST: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [5d 7d]
throwemaway: raises 800 to 1200
philtage99: raises 3142 to 4342 and is all-in
throwemaway: folds
philtage99 collected 3200 from pot
Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 6: throwemaway (26245 in chips)
bowdown7493: posts small blind 200
Kras: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [Ac Jh]
throwemaway: raises 800 to 1200
Everyone folds
throwemaway collected 1175 from pot
This hand was played poorly..I think I should have raised the flop, but I didn't want it to cost me too much to find out if he had a hand he loved..Hes one of the players that can damage my stack severely so I played this hand real weak/tight I think...Also it should be noted we were 6 handed here only
Hand #125
PokerStars Game #5811328807: Tournament #29415688, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2006/08/05 - 21:08:10 (ET)
Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: ZOEYJUST (10270 in chips)
Seat 6: throwemaway (25995 in chips)
philtage99: posts small blind 300
ZOEYJUST: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [Jh Qd]
throwemaway: raises 1200 to 1800
ZOEYJUST: calls 1200
*** FLOP *** [9h Ac Kh]
ZOEYJUST: bets 600
throwemaway: calls 600
*** TURN *** [9h Ac Kh] [Ah]
ZOEYJUST: bets 1200
throwemaway: calls 1200
*** RIVER *** [9h Ac Kh Ah] [5c]
ZOEYJUST: bets 6620 and is all-in
throwemaway: folds
ZOEYJUST collected 7800 from pot
Monster hand that I think I played it standard, but well
Hand #128
Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: ZOEYJUST (14020 in chips)
Seat 3: NEKvt (11710 in chips)
Seat 6: throwemaway (22245 in chips)
bowdown7493: posts small blind 300
Kras: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [Qh As]
throwemaway: raises 1200 to 1800
ZOEYJUST: calls 1800
NEKvt: calls 1800
*** FLOP *** [2h 5d Qc]
throwemaway: bets 3800
ZOEYJUST: calls 3800
NEKvt: folds
*** TURN *** [2h 5d Qc] [6d]
throwemaway: bets 8370
ZOEYJUST: calls 8370 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [2h 5d Qc 6d] [4h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
throwemaway: shows [Qh As] (a pair of Queens)
ZOEYJUST: shows [Kd Qd] (a pair of Queens - lower kicker)
throwemaway collected 30990 from pot
Steal..
Hand #132
Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 3: NEKvt (12110 in chips)
Seat 4: bowdown7493 (14116 in chips)
Seat 5: Kras (7348 in chips)
Seat 6: throwemaway (38165 in chips)
Seat 7: Romulinn (5677 in chips)
Seat 8: philtage99 (2692 in chips)
philtage99: posts small blind 300
NEKvt: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [7s Ts]
throwemaway: raises 1200 to 1800
Everyone folds
throwemaway collected 1800 from pot
A close fold..This guy was a move in specialist of sorts, and I laid down a lot of marginal hands to him..Had I been in the blinds, I may have called, it was close
Hand #133
Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 5: Kras (7298 in chips)
Seat 6: throwemaway (39315 in chips)
NEKvt: posts small blind 300
bowdown7493: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [Qc Kh]
Kras: raises 6648 to 7248 and is all-in
throwemaway: folds
Still 6 handed, I raised with 9s utg, AJ utg, folded to a min raise and then a reraise all in from Kras when I had 44, folded A6 on the button after it folded around to me(maybe a spot to steal, I didn't feel it), stole with 97 from the CO after it folded to me, raised with 99 utg again and took down the blinds
Which brings us to our first slip up, back at 9 handed...I thought the limp from the button was weak so I decided to bump it up..The flop texture was bad though and I think thats where the mistake was..But after I c/b the flop, I had to call his all in I think..
Hand #146
Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 4: bowdown7493 (11616 in chips)
Seat 6: throwemaway (42265 in chips)
Kras: posts small blind 400
throwemaway: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [5s As]
bowdown7493: calls 800
Kras folds
throwemaway: raises 2200 to 3000
bowdown7493: calls 2200
*** FLOP *** [Tc 5h Js]
throwemaway: bets 4500
bowdown7493: raises 4066 to 8566 and is all-in
throwemaway: calls 4066
*** TURN *** [Tc 5h Js] [5d]
*** RIVER *** [Tc 5h Js 5d] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
throwemaway: shows [5s As] (three of a kind, Fives)
bowdown7493: shows [Jh Qh] (two pair, Jacks and Fives)
bowdown7493 said, "gg"
throwemaway collected 23982 from pot
Another slip up..I should probably fold to his re raise, as I wasn't getting quite 2:1..I think it was close
Hand #150
Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 6: throwemaway (54081 in chips)
Seat 9: SilkysNuts (9617 in chips)
SilkysNuts: posts small blind 400
pot7568: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [Kh Jd]
throwemaway: raises 1600 to 2400
SilkysNuts: raises 7167 to 9567 and is all-in
throwemaway: calls 7167
*** FLOP *** [7h Ts 8d]
*** TURN *** [7h Ts 8d] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [7h Ts 8d 4c] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SilkysNuts: shows [Jh Ac] (a pair of Fours)
throwemaway: shows [Kh Jd] (a pair of Fours - lower kicker)
SilkysNuts collected 20334 from pot
Stole blinds w/ QQ, another close fold here I think
Hand #154
Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 5: Kras (13348 in chips)
Seat 6: throwemaway (45914 in chips)
Kras: posts small blind 400
throwemaway: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [Jh Kd]
Kras: raises 12498 to 13298 and is all-in
throwemaway: folds
Kras collected 2000 from pot
At this point I really started playing more laggy, as blinds are so important to steal now... A short stack was in the BB and I had King 9 in the sb, pushed and stole his blind, Took down blinds w/ the Krablar, Kras pushed my BB again for 11 K and I folded A5, stole blinds w/ 67 suited, folded Ax utg for the 80000 time today, and then my push w/ K9 earlier paid off..
Hand #176
Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 6: throwemaway (46739 in chips)
Seat 7: Romulinn (7463 in chips)
throwemaway: posts small blind 600
Romulinn: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [Ad Ks]
Folds to me in SB
throwemaway: raises 45464 to 46664 and is all-in
Romulinn: calls 6188 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Qc Ts 8d]
*** TURN *** [Qc Ts 8d] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [Qc Ts 8d Jh] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
throwemaway: shows [Ad Ks] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
Romulinn: shows [5d Ah] (a pair of Tens)
Romulinn is sitting out
throwemaway collected 15226 from pot
I didn't want to isolate here w/ some healthy stacks behind me..If someone wanted to mucle me out of the pot, I would have given up the 3.2 K and said whatever- 5 handed
Hand #188
PokerStars Game #5811798717: Tournament #29415688, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (600/1200) - 2006/08/05 - 21:50:44 (ET)
Table '29415688 20' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: pot7568 (67890 in chips)
Seat 2: bumpkin989 (3551 in chips)
Seat 6: throwemaway (46477 in chips)
Seat 9: SilkysNuts (24272 in chips)
SilkysNuts: posts small blind 600
pot7568: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [Kh Qh]
bumpkin989: raises 2276 to 3476 and is all-in
throwemaway: calls 3476
SilkysNuts: calls 2876
pot7568: calls 2276
*** FLOP *** [As Qc Ts]
SilkysNuts: checks
pot7568: checks
throwemaway: checks
*** TURN *** [As Qc Ts] [Js]
SilkysNuts: checks
pot7568: checks
throwemaway: bets 7500
SilkysNuts: folds
pot7568: folds
*** RIVER *** [As Qc Ts Js] [9d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bumpkin989: shows [8c 8h] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
throwemaway: shows [Kh Qh] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
throwemaway collected 14279 from pot
I didn't want to go crazy and c/b here w/ 2 opponents on the flop..Didn't feel like a right time to be aggressive on the FT bubble
Hand #192
PokerStars Game #5811834720: Tournament #29415688, $4.00+$0.40
Seat 6: throwemaway (54580 in chips)
Seat 7: Lloyd1313 (39049 in chips)
Seat 9: SilkysNuts (20496 in chips)
Lloyd1313: posts small blind 800
SilkysNuts: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [Qh Ah]
throwemaway: raises 3200 to 4800
Lloyd1313: calls 4000
SilkysNuts: calls 3200
*** FLOP *** [7h Jc 4d]
Lloyd1313: checks
SilkysNuts: checks
throwemaway: checks
*** TURN *** [7h Jc 4d] [Kc]
Lloyd1313: checks
SilkysNuts: checks
throwemaway: checks
*** RIVER *** [7h Jc 4d Kc] [Kh]
Lloyd1313: checks
SilkysNuts: bets 4800
throwemaway: folds
Lloyd1313: folds
SilkysNuts collected 14775 from pot