Saturday, August 9, 2008

Onlines been picking up...

I've been trying out the 4 person $5.25 heads up SNGs on Stars and man...I'm comfortable in them. I'm something like 8/9 winning them. Insane run, but I've been really comfortable with my reads and putting in chips on stone cold bluffs. I've been catching cards too, but hey everythings easier then right? I've been going deep in $4.40 180 man SNGs too. I've managed to build up a nice stack in a couple of them, but I've fizzled out in 3rd and 5th respectively. Huge disappointments because I've had roughly 30% of the chips in play both times I've gotten really deep. I'm chip leader by 10,000 in one right now with 12 before the bubble and heres the hand that got me my chips. What do you think of my line?

PokerStars Game #19476129848: Tournament #101022601, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2008/08/09 - 04:29:17 (ET)
Table '101022601 9' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: www43 (2964 in chips)
Seat 2: dappermurray (4570 in chips)
Seat 3: someptnorth (1945 in chips)
Seat 4: kmankstew (9554 in chips)
Seat 5: The Son (1490 in chips)
Seat 6: MpleLfMuscle (14525 in chips)
Seat 7: Psworld1 (1115 in chips)
Seat 8: Fat Boy BB (9695 in chips)
Seat 9: wickd bishop (12722 in chips)
Fat Boy BB: posts small blind 100
wickd bishop: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to MpleLfMuscle [6d 6s]
www43: folds
dappermurray: folds
someptnorth: calls 200
kmankstew: folds
The Son: folds
MpleLfMuscle: raises 600 to 800
Nice raise in the cut off facing both blinds and a mid position limper.

Psworld1: folds
Fat Boy BB: folds
wickd bishop: calls 600
someptnorth: raises 1145 to 1945 and is all-in
Limp raise? Well crap...I figured a hefty raise to isolate myself against the limper.
*note* BB has called me down with air a few times not believing me. I've value bet the
absolute shit out of him for the past 4 hands we've had so he may be steaming a bit.

MpleLfMuscle: raises 4555 to 6500
wickd bishop: calls 5700
*** FLOP *** [2s 5h 8d]
wickd bishop: checks
MpleLfMuscle: bets 8025 and is all-in
Weak flop...I didn't really enjoy the call by the BB but see my read above. He flat called my earlier raise. Theres too much in the pot for me to check it down and risk having the pot taken away from me on a later street.
wickd bishop: calls 6222 and is all-in
ASAJKLDJAJDKAS NOOOOOO! Can't be ahead.
Uncalled bet (1803) returned to MpleLfMuscle
*** TURN *** [2s 5h 8d] [5s]
*** RIVER *** [2s 5h 8d 5s] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
wickd bishop: shows [Ad Kh] (a pair of Fives)
MpleLfMuscle: shows [6d 6s] (two pair, Sixes and Fives)
MpleLfMuscle collected 21554 from side pot
someptnorth: shows [Kc Ac] (a pair of Fives)
MpleLfMuscle collected 5935 from main pot
Gotta love the stack offs with AK. Feels great to see a small PP hold up.

*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 27489 Main pot 5935. Side pot 21554. | Rake 0
Board [2s 5h 8d 5s Tc]
Seat 1: www43 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: dappermurray folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: someptnorth showed [Kc Ac] and lost with a pair of Fives
Seat 4: kmankstew folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: The Son folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: MpleLfMuscle showed [6d 6s] and won (27489) with two pair, Sixes and Fives
Seat 7: Psworld1 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Fat Boy BB (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: wickd bishop (big blind) showed [Ad Kh] and lost with a pair of Fives