Final Fantasy xiii

Welcome back, gentle reader.

Its ok, you can relax, this is a relatively short post and certainly more interesting, from my point of view, about how I took down britblogger13. The fact that I have won two of these things should give all you nlhe donkeys hope !!
Dont get me wrong, I am intensely proud of winning bb8 :)
slightly less so of my play in bb13 ... I had three extreme pieces of luck ... and one hand I thought I played very well ... or did my opponent just play it real bad ? you decide ...

Luck Luck Luck
after only 34mins I am fighting for my life
PokerStars - Level III (25/50) - 2007/06/17 - 16:34:11 (ET)
Seat 1: ResdentEvil (740 in chips)
Seat 2: Cogsgoigne (1870 in chips)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ResdentEvil [As Ad]
Cogsgoigne: raises 150 to 200
ResdentEvil: raises 540 to 740 and is all-in
Cogsgoigne: calls 540
*** FLOP *** [2h Jc 9c]
Cogsgoigne said, "arrggghhh"
*** TURN *** [2h Jc 9c] [7s]
dremeber said, "ouch"
*** RIVER *** [2h Jc 9c 7s] [5s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ResdentEvil: shows [As Ad] (a pair of Aces)
Cogsgoigne: shows [Kh Kd] (a pair of Kings)
Kronsdat said, "second time tonight"
ResdentEvil collected 1505 from pot

48mins in and ......
PokerStars - Level IV (50/100) - 2007/06/17 - 16:48:50 (ET)
Seat 1: ResdentEvil (1155 in chips)
Seat 2: Cogsgoigne (1385 in chips)
Seat 4: Tupaclypse (2294 in chips)
Seat 5: Quixote8 (2400 in chips)
Seat 7: kennl (2698 in chips)
Seat 8: zagga (4213 in chips)
Seat 9: Kronsdat (2070 in chips)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ResdentEvil [As Jh]
zagga: raises 300 to 400
ResdentEvil: raises 755 to 1155 and is all-in
zagga: calls 755
*** FLOP *** [Ah 3h 9h]
*** TURN *** [Ah 3h 9h] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [Ah 3h 9h Jd] [7d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
zagga: shows [Qs Ac] (a pair of Aces)
ResdentEvil: shows [As Jh] (two pair, Aces and Jacks)
ResdentEvil collected 2460 from pot
ResdentEvil said, "he he he"
zagga said, "lol"
zagga said, "ye jammy bassa" ------------ Luck Luck Luck no1
zagga said, ":-))"
ResdentEvil said, "you were not supposed to call ........"

PokerStars - Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/17 - 17:38:22 (ET)
Seat 2: simonjjj (1422 in chips)
Seat 4: mikesaban (11471 in chips)
Seat 6: ResdentEvil (2448 in chips)
Seat 7: Kronsdat (2890 in chips)
Seat 8: lzfsb3 (7433 in chips)
Seat 9: zagga (5836 in chips)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ResdentEvil [As Qc]
lzfsb3: raises 600 to 800
ResdentEvil: raises 1623 to 2423 and is all-in
lzfsb3: calls 1623
*** FLOP *** [Jh 8h 2c]
lzfsb3 said, "cmon"
*** TURN *** [Jh 8h 2c] [5s]
lzfsb3 said, "cmon"
lzfsb3 said, "cmon"
*** RIVER *** [Jh 8h 2c 5s] [Qd]
lzfsb3 said, "fck"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ResdentEvil: shows [As Qc] (a pair of Queens) ------------ Luck Luck Luck no2
lzfsb3: shows [9c 9s] (a pair of Nines)
lzfsb3 said, "fck"
ResdentEvil collected 5196 from pot
lzfsb3 said, "dam"

PokerStars - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/17 - 17:52:37 (ET)
Seat 4: mikesaban (12696 in chips)
Seat 6: ResdentEvil (4371 in chips)
Seat 7: Kronsdat (3230 in chips)
Seat 8: lzfsb3 (4817 in chips)
Seat 9: zagga (6386 in chips)
Kronsdat: posts small blind 200
lzfsb3: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ResdentEvil [Qh 7h]
ResdentEvil: raises 3946 to 4346 and is all-in ------------ a steal, pure and simple
lzfsb3: calls 3946
*** FLOP *** [5s Kh Jh]
*** TURN *** [5s Kh Jh] [5d]
*** RIVER *** [5s Kh Jh 5d] [4h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
lzfsb3: shows [Ac Ks] (two pair, Kings and Fives)
ResdentEvil: shows [Qh 7h] (a flush, King high) ------------ Luck Luck Luck no3
ResdentEvil collected 9017 from pot
lzfsb3 said, "unreal"
(to add insult to injury, I knocked lz out the very next hand when my AQ spiked an A on the turn)(my only good call against lz)
(then kronsdat ran his 55 into my AA)(down to the last three now)

and the hand I played well ......
PokerStars - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/17 - 17:57:26 (ET)
Seat 4: mikesaban (14971 in chips)
Seat 6: ResdentEvil (14268 in chips)
Seat 9: zagga (2261 in chips)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ResdentEvil [Kc Kh]
mikesaban: raises 1200 to 1600
ResdentEvil: raises 1200 to 2800
mikesaban: calls 1200
*** FLOP *** [5c Jh Th]
mikesaban: bets 1200
ResdentEvil: raises 1200 to 2400
mikesaban: calls 1200
*** TURN *** [5c Jh Th] [2c]
mikesaban: checks
zagga said, "all in!"
ResdentEvil: bets 1600
mikesaban: calls 1600
*** RIVER *** [5c Jh Th 2c] [7s]
mikesaban: checks
ResdentEvil: bets 7443 and is all-in
mikesaban: calls 7443
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ResdentEvil: shows [Kc Kh] (a pair of Kings)
mikesaban: shows [Ac Js] (a pair of Jacks)

mikesaban said, "nooo"
ResdentEvil collected 28561 from pot
mikesaban said, "nh"

and 10 hands later its all over :))

PokerStars - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/17 - 18:01:45 (ET)
Seat 6: ResdentEvil (26578 in chips)
Seat 9: zagga (4922 in chips)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ResdentEvil [4d Kc]
ResdentEvil: raises 400 to 800
zagga: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [Ts 8d Kd]
zagga: checks
ResdentEvil: bets 2000
zagga: raises 2097 to 4097 and is all-in
ResdentEvil: calls 2097
*** TURN *** [Ts 8d Kd] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [Ts 8d Kd 3s] [2h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
zagga: shows [Qc 8c] (a pair of Eights)
ResdentEvil: shows [4d Kc] (a pair of Kings)
zagga said, "gg res"

gg indeed - rather a lucky one on my part !

as I promised at the start of the post - here is the interesting stuff :)

britblogger 8

total 238 hands played ---- won approx 51 hands to take first place

approx 115 hands played to get to final table ---- won approx 15 hands to get to final table

approx 125 hands played at final table

won approx 21 hands to get to last 4

won approx 12 hands to get heads up

won approx 6 hands to get first place


britblogger 13

total 205 hands played ---- won approx 40 to take first place

approx 120 hands played to get to final table ---- won approx 11 hands to get to final table

approx 85 hands played at final table

won approx 17 hands to get to last 4

won approx 5 hands to get heads up

won approx 5 hands to get first place

Now, I am not a statistician, but, the total hands played to total hands won, for both tournies, is rather too close together, percentage wise, to be a coincidence.
Are the other winners stats remotely close to these ? or is it just the way I "have" to play to take it down ?