Pocket Fives Open Tourney....

Played in two multi-table tournaments last night and I have to say I can’t complain. First one was PS 180 person- Up and down in this tourney. I got knocked on my ass to $600 with trips which dropped to $450 but I managed to build that up to $1500. Then lost ½ of my stack when I proceeded to bluff with AdKd on a 8-8-Q-Q-x board when the dude held one of the other Q....messed up thing was he didn't go all in he just called my bet (WEAK!). Any ways I built it back up to almost $2K and then lost it AK vs. QQ, took 67th place.

I also played in the pocket fives open (private tournament on Pokerroom). Found the password via 2+2 but missed a good portion of the first half as I was taking my daughter home. The wife actually covered for me and didn't do half bad, built it up to $2300 (starting stack of $2000). I feel I played some of my best poker in this. Here is the link to the summary:
https://www.pokerroom.com/games/tournament/?id=7738460

Any ways... 189 people started top 30 paid, buy in was $20+2. Plus who ever won it would get a $1000 buy in to a big time tournament on Pokerroom AND who ever knocked out the last ranked player would also get $300 buy in to another PR tournament.

When we were on the bubble I was 3rd to last. I managed to survive the bubble bursting and started to build my stack back up. Well 15 left, I was in top 5 in chips (I think 3rd). Chip leader was on my right for a long while now and very aggressive. Guy on my left (Sportsbuck) also very aggressive (which I used to my advantage slow playing nice hands and re-raising his re-raises). I thought Muckaka was making a move on me (I had dropped my initial raises before (Example: AJ raised to 3x the BB, dude in SB goes all in I fold he showed AK...).


20+$2 (real money), hand #1,566,888,301
PocketFives Open Multi Table Tournament, 8 Dec 2005 11:34 PM
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Seat 1: SportsBuck ($7,801 in chips)
Seat 2: greendog123 ($31,770 in chips)
Seat 3: browerkid ($22,176 in chips)
Seat 5: 10691069 ($8,215 in chips)
Seat 6: wormac ($26,966 in chips)
Seat 7: muchaka ($91,925 in chips)
Seat 8: tatzrkewl ($5,660 in chips)
Seat 9: BulldogMafia [QD,QH] ($33,040 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDS
wormac posts blind ($600), muchaka posts blind ($1,200).

PRE-FLOP
tatzrkewl folds, BulldogMafia bets $3,000, SportsBuck folds, greendog123 folds, browerkid folds, 10691069 folds, wormac calls $2,400, muchaka bets $10,000, BulldogMafia bets $30,040 and is all-in, wormac folds, muchaka calls $21,840.

FLOP [board cards KC,QC,3H ]
TURN [board cards KC,QC,3H,10C ]
RIVER [board cards KC,QC,3H,10C,9S ]

SHOWDOWN
BulldogMafia shows [ QD,QH ]
muchaka shows [ JH,JD ]
muchaka wins $69,080.

SUMMARY
Dealer: 10691069
Pot: $69,080
SportsBuck, loses $0
greendog123, loses $0
browerkid, loses $0
10691069, loses $0
wormac, loses $3,000
muchaka, bets $33,040, collects $69,080, net $36,040
tatzrkewl, loses $0
BulldogMafia, loses $33,040

If I had won this hand I think I would have been chip leader.....Muchaka later went out in 2nd and was the last ranked player standing! So first place dude not only won $950 for first, but the $1000 buy in and the $300 buy in! I made $53 for 15th place ($53-22 = $31 NET).

Still pumped from playing so well but not ready to sleep even though after mid-night, I then jumped on a Pokeroom SnG $10+1. Again I played this one real well, had great control of the table, until I was Heads up. I was the chip leader HU, but the cards were just not going my way (lots of 6-2o, 7-2o type hands). Lost the chip lead but kept on fighting and managed to build it to $2K difference in chips. Then my opponent went AWOL. I waited around a bit slow playing but it was 1AM and he didn’t show….so I then proceeded to blind him away. Cheap win but hey I will take it.

Have a great weekend…May the pagan poker gods be kind…

Update

Weekly update here. Played on the 3rd in the Poker Stars Saturday deep stack tourney. $10+1 buy in and $5,000 starting chips with 30 min rounds. Damn I loved this tourney. Had tons of fun playing and I must say I played a really A+ quality game. Only problem was 7 hours into it and we were ITM (In the Money) with 100+ left and I had to go. It was my Mom’s surprise party and no way could I miss it. So with a high M and an above average chip count I had to leave. Ended the tournament in 54th place, I wonder how far I could have gone if I had stayed?

Any ways, not much poker played since then. I had planned on playing in a couple charity tournaments in the Atlanta area but they all got closed down. Hopefully I will still be able to collect my $1000 buy in tournament from one of them…. If I have not mentioned it before I won a trip and buy in to a WSOP circuit event in Tunica from one of the big charity tournaments that was regularly run around town. $75 got me air fare, hotel, transportation, $100 food voucher and $1000 buy in.

Beyond that the only poker I have played was at a friend’s house. 9 player tournament, $60 buy in ($10 for dealer), if you bust re-buys allowed until first break. Total prize pool ended up being $600, with 1st being $300, 2nd was $180 and 3rd being $120. I made a few mistakes but over all played well and ended in 2nd place. The biggest mistake I made was not being able to let go of KK when the board read 10-7-7 and I was positive my opponent had a 7 (I had a pretty good read on him by that point). Because of that one slip I went out in 2nd place, as I never recovered the chip lead from that point. Still not bad for a couple hours work.

Beyond that I am looking forward to playing some more poker tonight…..will keep you updated.

May the Pagan Poker Gods be kind…

CYA,

Could it be?

I think the curse has been lifted.

PokerStars Tournament #15862101, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $20.00/$2.00
180 players
Total Prize Pool: $3600.00
Tournament started - 2005/11/30 - 21:08:26 (ET)

Dear BulldogMafia,

You finished the tournament in 13th place.
A $43.20 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 85.82 tournament leader points in this tournament.
For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at
http://www.pokerstars.com/tlb_tournament_rankings.html


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.


Played this one real well. Did a couple of mistakes here or there but over all I loved my play. Last hand I played was the one hand I hated though. I just did not want to reach the final table last in chips again. So yeah I knew I was taking a chance…..but damn that river was unkind.



*********** # 181 **************
PokerStars Game #3207074623: Tournament #15862101, Hold'em No Limit - Level X
(400/800) - 2005/11/30 - 23:40:10 (ET)
Table '15862101 8' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: BulldogMafia (12797 in chips) (10th out of 13)
Seat 2: pedzing (7934 in chips)
Seat 3: Montana09 (18234 in chips)
Seat 4: tricky baby (27374 in chips)
Seat 7: sleepyjoe (19894 in chips)
Seat 9: "T.D.K." (16326 in chips)
BulldogMafia: posts the ante 50
pedzing: posts the ante 50
Montana09: posts the ante 50
tricky baby: posts the ante 50
sleepyjoe: posts the ante 50
"T.D.K.": posts the ante 50
pedzing: posts small blind 400
Montana09: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BulldogMafia [8c Ac]
tricky baby: folds
sleepyjoe: folds
"T.D.K.": folds
BulldogMafia: raises 1600 to 2400
pedzing: folds
Montana09: raises 11200 to 13600
BulldogMafia: calls 10347 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [9s Th As]
*** TURN *** [9s Th As] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [9s Th As 3h] [Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Montana09: shows [Qd Qs] (three of a kind, Queens)
BulldogMafia: shows [8c Ac] (a pair of Aces)
Montana09 collected 26194 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 26194 | Rake 0
Board [9s Th As 3h Qh]
Seat 1: BulldogMafia (button) showed [8c Ac] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: pedzing (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Montana09 (big blind) showed [Qd Qs] and won (26194) with three of a
kind, Queens
Seat 4: tricky baby folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: sleepyjoe folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: "T.D.K." folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Just as an FYI I had been stealing a lot with weak aces. 6 handed Ac8c is a very strong hand. But I could have still gotten away from this one….and I should have. Sigh.

For those of you who don’t know on the Poker Stars 180 person, the money starts in 18th place but pays the same 18th-10th. So I was looking to double up at some point prior to the final table.

BTW that is two tourney's in a row with cashes.

Take care and may the Pagan Poker Gods be kind.....