Damn duval

Here's a great start to the day.

PokerStars Game #18729018817: Tournament #95234941, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2008/07/10 - 20:46:53 (ET)
Table '95234941 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 3: carl carson (6425 in chips)
Seat 4: duval76 (4260 in chips)
Seat 6: FR Vessant (2815 in chips)
carl carson: posts small blind 100
duval76: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Jd Qh]
FR Vessant: raises 300 to 500

Reasonable to raise this.

carl carson: calls 400
duval76: calls 300

Oh dear. Don't want to be called in two places.

*** FLOP *** [Qd 6s Jh]

Superb flop though.

carl carson: bets 600

Brilliant. I will obviously be raising. I am looking at the pot, working out whether I should shove, when...

duval76: raises 3160 to 3760 and is all-in
FR Vessant: calls 2315 and is all-in

Snapcall. He shows Q9. Terrible really. He is drawing dead to running cards, two 9s or K, T in either order.
carl carson: folds
Uncalled bet (1445) returned to duval76
*** TURN *** [Qd 6s Jh] [Ks]

Runner.

*** RIVER *** [Qd 6s Jh Ks] [Th]

Runner.

Oh well. I was only a 50/1 favourite.

Believe it or not, it gets easier to bear beats like that.

***

Same guy.


PokerStars Game #18729899960: Tournament #95240601, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/07/10 - 21:30:18 (ET)
Table '95240601 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: leosaye (2090 in chips)
Seat 3: duval76 (1340 in chips)
Seat 4: FR Vessant (1705 in chips)
Seat 5: mago23 (1860 in chips)
Seat 6: Québecois111 (2155 in chips)
Seat 9: Croustillant (4350 in chips)
duval76: posts small blind 50
FR Vessant: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [8c As]
mago23: folds
Québecois111: folds
Croustillant: folds
leosaye: folds
duval76: raises 1240 to 1340 and is all-in

I put him on a wide range here.

FR Vessant: calls 1240

So I call.

He has QJ. His play stinks. Again.

*** FLOP *** [6c 8s Js]

OMG.

*** TURN *** [6c 8s Js] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [6c 8s Js 4s] [Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
duval76: shows [Jc Qs] (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
FR Vessant: shows [8c As] (a pair of Eights)
FR Vessant said, "sigh"
duval76 collected 2680 from pot
FR Vessant said, "sucked out on me again"

Yep.