a game of skill, right ? - pt 4

welcome back, gentle reader

this "tournament" really was fucking hilarious ... honestly, they were dropping quicker than the ftse 100 ....

PokerStars Tournament #114301586, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $0.10
4078 players
$50.00 added to the prize pool by PokerStars.com
Total Prize Pool: $457.80 Tournament started - 2008/10/16 - 16:00:00 (ET)
Dear ResdentEvil,You finished the tournament in 792nd place.
A $0.13 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

what a h00t and one of the quickest mtt's i have ever played ... and a 33% profit .... outstanding :)

my buddy, Wil Wheaton - pt 2

welcome back, gentle reader

so how far can you get in a tourney when down to 4bb in the first 10 mins ??

well, you need some luck ....

with Qc 9s Jd Kc and only hitting a K on the flop i pushed, one caller who hit trips on the flop ... oops ... there was one club on the flop ... one on the turn .... river club completes my mammoth suckout .... gets me back to the hugely impressive t260 .... and all i could muster in the chat was "blimey" .... err sorry Sting11165

then, you need some dubious play by the opposition ....

dealt KTJJ rainbow i call a small raise .... flop J9K rainbow and i pot it, he raises me all-in and i call
*** RIVER *** [Js 9d Kc Qs] [4h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
S.t.B: shows [7s Ah 8c As] (a pair of Aces)
ResdentEvil: shows [Ks Tc Jh Jd] (a straight, Nine to King)
ResdentEvil collected 550 from pot

then you need the opposition to fold ....

limp with Js Kc Jd 2c ... bet pot on 3s Jc 8h flop ... they fold and i show top set

then, you need to fold .... a lot :)

then, you need to hit some sets ....

call a small raise 9s Jh Jd 9d .... flop Kc 9h 2s ... pot it for t300 hoping to avoid a set of kings .... all fold .... giving me t855 ... yeesh this is hard work.

jahs34 said, "set again"

then, don't get caught stealing ... i did, dropped to t555
then, you need the nutz .... turned the nut flush and leapt to t1055

then you need a little prophecy .... ResdentEvil said, "lol i will get bak in this game somehow :)"

or maybe not, lots of folding, again :(

then, you need your buddy to show up and give some moral support ....

Wil Wheaton said, "wheeee! =]"
BamBamCan said, "Wil Sir.... welcome"
ResdentEvil said, "well hello mr Wheaton ...... again :)"
Wil Wheaton said, "we have to stop meeting up like this"
ResdentEvil said, "lol i wont tell :)"

even with that stellar moral support .... lots more folding .......

then, you need the opposition to catch a hand, preferably ever so slightly worse than yours ....... especially when your stack has dwindled to t580 ....

Sting11165: shows [Th 4h Ad Td] (a flush, Ten high)
ResdentEvil: shows [Kh Jh Jd Kc] (a flush, King high)
ResdentEvil collected 1410 from pot

then, hang on for the first break ... blinds 50/100 aint exactly good for my stack

then, a gentle ribbing of the opposition pre-break .......

ResdentEvil said, "hey trane, can i have my chips back after the break :)"
Trane420 said, "no way"
BamBamCan said, "U can suck out!lol"

lol indeed, this programme will resume after the break .......

my buddy, Wil Wheaton

welcome back, gentle reader

Saturdays with dr Pauly .......

it looked as if it was going to be a dream start ... first hand I river a boat but only scoop t240 ....... this is the SECOND hand

Seat 1: ArcticAction (1500 in chips)
Seat 3: cantseefade (1480 in chips)
Seat 4: sunno5103 (1400 in chips)
Seat 5: Trane420 (1480 in chips)
Seat 6: CSuave (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: ResdentEvil (1640 in chips)
sunno5103: posts small blind 10
Trane420: posts big blind 20

*** HOLE CARDS ***
[Ts Ac 5d Ad]

CSuave: folds
ResdentEvil: calls 20 ....... oh come on, its omaha
ArcticAction: folds
cantseefade: folds
sunno5103: calls 10
Trane420: raises 40 to 60
ResdentEvil: calls 40
sunno5103: calls 40

*** FLOP *** [Qd 9s Ah] ....... w00t

sunno5103: bets 60
Trane420: raises 160 to 220
ResdentEvil: raises 680 to 900
sunno5103: raises 440 to 1340 and is all-in ....... another set ?
Trane420: calls 1120 ....... oh oh another one along for the ride ?
ResdentEvil: calls 440 ....... cant fold top set :)

*** TURN *** [Qd 9s Ah] [4c]

Trane420: checks
ResdentEvil: bets 240 and is all-in
Trane420: calls 80 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (160) returned to ResdentEvil

*** RIVER *** [Qd 9s Ah 4c] [Jh]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

Trane420: shows [Qc Kd Js Td] (a straight, Ten to Ace) ....... bugger me :(
ResdentEvil: shows [Ts Ac 5d Ad] (three of a kind, Aces) ....... damn bullitts, damned river :(
Trane420 collected 160 from side pot
sunno5103: shows [8c 4h Qs As] (two pair, Aces and Queens) ....... gigli
Trane420 collected 4200 from main pot

oh well, i could have been out first, thats right ... gigli

so how much worse could it get ??

5 hands later .... 8 mins the damn thing has been running .......

Seat 9: ResdentEvil (80 in chips)

omfg ....... is this my worst ever Saturdays with dr Pauly ????