AK is teh nutz

AK, though, is teh fucking nutz bwaaaaiiiiii

No reads on either guy. This is only the fifth or sixth hand.

PokerStars Game #18323116777: Tournament #93079790, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/06/23 - 02:18:26 (ET)
Table '93079790 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: FR Vessant (1605 in chips)
Seat 2: s_t_bux_a_x (1390 in chips)
Seat 3: mar414 (1410 in chips)
Seat 4: racethig (1880 in chips)
Seat 5: ZoNaRisK (1450 in chips)
Seat 6: BackStabb (1965 in chips)
Seat 7: Laviath (1240 in chips)
Seat 8: golflove21 (1100 in chips)
Seat 9: S.P.M (1460 in chips)
BackStabb: posts small blind 10
Laviath: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Kh Ac]
golflove21: raises 60 to 80
S.P.M: folds
FR Vessant: raises 240 to 320

Sometimes I'd just call here, but I've been playing AK a bit too softly, given that it is the nuts.

s_t_bux_a_x: folds
mar414: calls 320

Hmmmm. It's slightly worrying that I have a raiser and a guy who called my repop.

racethig: folds
ZoNaRisK: folds
BackStabb: folds
Laviath: folds
golflove21: raises 780 to 1100 and is all-in

This is slightly scary and I may have misjudged it, but I'm obv. not folding.


FR Vessant: raises 505 to 1605 and is all-in
mar414: calls 1090 and is all-in

Boom! Boom! AQ and 66 (!). The call by 66 is heroically bad. The original raise, he could call.


Uncalled bet (195) returned to FR Vessant
*** FLOP *** [2h Jc Kd]

Suck on that bitches.

*** TURN *** [2h Jc Kd] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [2h Jc Kd 3h] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FR Vessant: shows [Kh Ac] (two pair, Kings and Deuces)
mar414: shows [6h 6d] (two pair, Sixes and Deuces)
FR Vessant collected 620 from side pot
golflove21: shows [Qh As] (a pair of Deuces)
FR Vessant collected 3330 from main pot

Yo, triple up, Dr Zen represent!

But even AK cannot overcome the curse of the shortstack:

PokerStars Game #18323142795: Tournament #93079561, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/06/23 - 02:21:07 (ET)
Table '93079561 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: FR Vessant (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: ussro (80 in chips)
Seat 3: Coleh84 (1550 in chips)
Seat 4: jattila4 (1470 in chips)
Seat 6: num1euph (3250 in chips)
Seat 7: kmurti13 (2905 in chips)
Seat 8: pilotpa23 (1360 in chips)
Seat 9: Kamiunten (1385 in chips)
Coleh84: posts small blind 10
jattila4: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Ks Ah]
num1euph: folds
kmurti13: folds
pilotpa23: folds
Kamiunten: folds
FR Vessant: raises 60 to 80
ussro: calls 80 and is all-in

He has AJ.

Coleh84: folds
jattila4: folds
*** FLOP *** [9h 7c 2d]
*** TURN *** [9h 7c 2d] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [9h 7c 2d 8c] [Jd]

Bleh.


I'm still playing this as I write, and the suckout merchant is now up to 940 chips.

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LOL. As soon as you say a thing, it becomes untrue in poker.

PokerStars Game #18323352092: Tournament #93079790, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/06/23 - 02:43:43 (ET)
Table '93079790 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: FR Vessant (3875 in chips)
Seat 2: s_t_bux_a_x (1260 in chips)
Seat 4: racethig (1595 in chips)
Seat 5: ZoNaRisK (1090 in chips)
Seat 6: BackStabb (1320 in chips)
Seat 7: Laviath (2440 in chips)
Seat 9: S.P.M (1920 in chips)
ZoNaRisK: posts small blind 50
BackStabb: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Kd Ac]
Laviath: folds
S.P.M: folds
FR Vessant: raises 200 to 300

Standard raise.

s_t_bux_a_x: folds
racethig: raises 500 to 800

He doesn't raise much but I'm not folding.

ZoNaRisK: folds
BackStabb: folds
FR Vessant: raises 3075 to 3875 and is all-in
racethig: calls 795 and is all-in

He has 77. His play is terrible. Calling my first raise would be terrible. Repopping it is awful. Unfortunately, poker is not only about who plays best, but also who gets luckiest.

Uncalled bet (2280) returned to FR Vessant
*** FLOP *** [Th 6s Jc]
*** TURN *** [Th 6s Jc] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [Th 6s Jc 2c] [Js]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FR Vessant: shows [Kd Ac] (a pair of Jacks)
racethig: shows [7c 7d] (two pair, Jacks and Sevens)
racethig collected 3340 from pot

And this time it was him.

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LOL. It hurt him more than it did me.

PokerStars Game #18323480957: Tournament #93079561, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2008/06/23 - 02:58:36 (ET)
Table '93079561 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: FR Vessant (1830 in chips)
Seat 4: jattila4 (2733 in chips)
Seat 6: num1euph (1379 in chips)
Seat 7: kmurti13 (7558 in chips)
num1euph: posts small blind 75
kmurti13: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Kh As]
FR Vessant: raises 300 to 450

I'm wary of kmurti13, who has the bigstack and would probably not be scared to use it if he has anything resembling a hand, but I won't fold.

jattila4: folds
num1euph: calls 375

???

kmurti13: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ts 2c 8d]
num1euph: bets 929 and is all-in
FR Vessant: calls 929

Can't fold because this is a bluff so often and I do have outs.

FR Vessant said, "wow"

He called pre with 87s. Which is terrible obviously.

FR Vessant said, "so bad"

Don't tap the aquarium, FR.

*** TURN *** [Ts 2c 8d] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [Ts 2c 8d Th] [Kc]

Boom!

*** SHOW DOWN ***
num1euph: shows [8s 7s] (two pair, Tens and Eights)

Got what he deserved. Next time, fold, sucker.

FR Vessant: shows [Kh As]

The nuts!