All uphill

All uphill today.

PokerStars Game #17485278497: Tournament #88644960, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2008/05/17 - 01:50:28 (ET)
Table '88644960 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: wiggles16 (1360 in chips)
Seat 2: kridtman (1400 in chips)
Seat 3: TimTolle (1590 in chips)
Seat 4: Rocktoit420 (1180 in chips)
Seat 5: 3Aces2K's (835 in chips)
Seat 6: VAB_Shark (2606 in chips)
Seat 7: FR Vessant (1320 in chips)
Seat 8: bud_901 (1320 in chips)
Seat 9: D-2-D (1889 in chips)
FR Vessant: posts small blind 15
bud_901: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [7h 8h]
D-2-D: calls 30
wiggles16: folds
kridtman: folds
TimTolle: folds
Rocktoit420: folds
3Aces2K's: folds
VAB_Shark: raises 30 to 60

This guy is minraising literally every hand he plays.

FR Vessant: calls 45

Normally, I'd fold this, but I figure I can win a very decent pot if I get lucky postflop.

bud_901: calls 30
D-2-D: calls 30
*** FLOP *** [9h Th Td]

That's a very decent flop for me. I have the straight flush draw. I'd like to build a pot because I expect to win more than half the time. With luck, the retarded minraiser will raise and I can get all in. I'm slightly less happy with a J than a 6, but I expect that any straight or flush will be good.


FR Vessant: bets 120
bud_901: folds
D-2-D: calls 120

This very loose guy probably has a small pair and doesn't believe I hit the flop.

VAB_Shark: calls 120

I'd rather he raised, but still, there are tons of cards on the turn that will make me happy.

*** TURN *** [9h Th Td] [Ts]

That is totally not one of them. I'm now drawing dead against any pair higher than 8s. I could cry.

FR Vessant: checks
D-2-D: checks
VAB_Shark: bets 200
FR Vessant: folds

No way I can call. The risk that he has a pair is too high. Even 22 has me drawing very slim. The other guy can easily have a pair too.

D-2-D: calls 200
*** RIVER *** [9h Th Td Ts] [Js]
FR Vessant said, "sigh"

Yes, FR. It's a lot like that.

Now, I could have folded preflop and you could argue for not betting the flop. But preflop, I think my hand will play okay against this idiot. He often bets small postflop too, so it's going to be relatively cheap to showdown if I make a pair on the flop. A few hands earlier, he flopped a full house, checked it, called a small bet from me on the turn, then checked to me again (allowing me to check behind).

On the flop, I want a bigger pot. I'm hoping to be raised. I don't mind if someone has a T, because if I make my draws, they won't improve and will still need to get lucky on the river.

D-2-D: bets 360
VAB_Shark: folds

Probably had nothing on the turn. But still I couldn't call.


I got knocked out shortly after. I think my play is okay. Just one of those things:

PokerStars Game #17485398953: Tournament #88644960, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2008/05/17 - 02:00:03 (ET)
Table '88644960 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: wiggles16 (435 in chips)
Seat 2: kridtman (1355 in chips)
Seat 3: TimTolle (1720 in chips)
Seat 5: 3Aces2K's (2815 in chips)
Seat 6: VAB_Shark (2081 in chips)
Seat 7: FR Vessant (1085 in chips)
Seat 8: bud_901 (940 in chips)
Seat 9: D-2-D (3069 in chips)
bud_901: posts small blind 25
D-2-D: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Ac 9s]
wiggles16: folds
kridtman: folds
TimTolle: folds
3Aces2K's: calls 50
VAB_Shark: raises 50 to 100

Minraises again.

225 in the pot. The minraiser has nothing, obv., so I think I can steal this.

FR Vessant: raises 985 to 1085 and is all-in
bud_901: folds
D-2-D: calls 1035

Ouch. He has AJs. I'd probably fold in his shoes, but I'm not retarded, and it's not terrible. It's only a third of his stack, so meh.

3Aces2K's: folds
VAB_Shark: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qh 8s 6c]
FR Vessant said, "sigh"
*** TURN *** [Qh 8s 6c] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [Qh 8s 6c 7d] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
D-2-D: shows [Ah Jh] (a pair of Sevens)
FR Vessant: shows [Ac 9s] (a pair of Sevens - lower kicker)
D-2-D collected 2345 from pot

GG me.