Back in the saddle

Nice to know my luck hasn't deserted me.

This is a 4/180.


PokerStars Game #19933703696: Tournament #104598784, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/08/27 - 06:54:03 (ET)
Table '104598784 19' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: FR Vessant (1820 in chips)
Seat 2: chip2xxx (1530 in chips)
Seat 3: fullastilt (470 in chips)
Seat 4: KillaKiwi863 (1280 in chips)
Seat 5: aceguff (1220 in chips)
Seat 6: LIAM116 (1430 in chips)
Seat 7: Doomfaring (4390 in chips)
Seat 8: mark hood (1220 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: Haagenti (1420 in chips)
FR Vessant: posts small blind 10
chip2xxx: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Kc Kd]
mark hood is connected
fullastilt: folds
mark hood has returned
KillaKiwi863: raises 80 to 100
aceguff: folds
LIAM116: folds
Doomfaring: folds
mark hood: calls 100
Haagenti: folds
FR Vessant: raises 420 to 520

Big raise hoping to get one caller.


chip2xxx: folds
KillaKiwi863: calls 420
mark hood: calls 420

I don't mind that too much so long as I don't flop an ace.

*** FLOP *** [5h Ks 6d]

Beautiful. I'm miles ahead of anything they can even conceivably have.

FR Vessant: checks
KillaKiwi863: bets 760 and is all-in

YES!

mark hood: calls 700 and is all-in

YES!

They have AT and A3s. WTF? Okay, AT thinks he's stealing but WTF at A3s?! He has nothing whatsoever, just an overcard and a backdoor straight draw.

FR Vessant: calls 760


*** TURN *** [5h Ks 6d] [4d]

Backdoor.

*** RIVER *** [5h Ks 6d 4d] [2d]

Straight draw.

*** SHOW DOWN ***
FR Vessant: shows [Kc Kd] (three of a kind, Kings)
KillaKiwi863: shows [Ts Ah] (high card Ace)
FR Vessant collected 120 from side pot
mark hood: shows [3s As] (a straight, Deuce to Six)
mark hood collected 3680 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3800 Main pot 3680. Side pot 120. | Rake 0
Board [5h Ks 6d 4d 2d]
Seat 1: FR Vessant (small blind) showed [Kc Kd] and won (120) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 2: chip2xxx (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: fullastilt folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: KillaKiwi863 showed [Ts Ah] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 5: aceguff folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: LIAM116 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Doomfaring folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: mark hood showed [3s As] and won (3680) with a straight, Deuce to Six
Seat 9: Haagenti (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)


Oh well, at least I'm still in.

At another table, just a $2 qualifier.

PokerStars Game #19933743368: Tournament #103657904, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/08/27 - 06:57:45 (ET)
Table '103657904 9' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: FR Vessant (2730 in chips)
Seat 2: FHain1981 (2065 in chips)
Seat 3: dgkp (2510 in chips)
Seat 4: sarahdan1 (2535 in chips)
Seat 5: poker4788 (1195 in chips)
Seat 6: Betprince (2270 in chips)
Seat 7: fatman497000 (3070 in chips)
Seat 8: cokehan (3080 in chips)
Seat 9: wallbreaker0 (3140 in chips)
sarahdan1: posts small blind 50
poker4788: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [9c Ah]
Betprince: folds
fatman497000: folds
cokehan: folds
wallbreaker0: folds
FR Vessant: raises 200 to 300

Steal the blinds.

FHain1981: folds
dgkp: folds
sarahdan1: folds
poker4788: raises 895 to 1195 and is all-in

This guy's loose and a bit retarded, so I think I'm probably ahead.

FR Vessant: calls 895

so call that.

He has A6. So bad.

*** FLOP *** [2d 6h Jd]

Oh dear.

*** TURN *** [2d 6h Jd] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [2d 6h Jd 2s] [Qd]
FR Vessant said, "sigh"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
poker4788: shows [As 6d] (two pair, Sixes and Deuces)
FR Vessant: shows [9c Ah] (a pair of Deuces)
poker4788 collected 2440 from pot
FR Vessant said, "absolutely terrible"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2440 | Rake 0
Board [2d 6h Jd 2s Qd]
Seat 1: FR Vessant showed [9c Ah] and lost with a pair of Deuces
Seat 2: FHain1981 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: dgkp (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: sarahdan1 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: poker4788 (big blind) showed [As 6d] and won (2440) with two pair, Sixes and Deuces
Seat 6: Betprince folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: fatman497000 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: cokehan folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: wallbreaker0 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

A few hands later, I shove over a couple of limpers with KQ. One calls with 55. Terrible obviously but his hand holds up because the poker gods still hate me.