[SIZE=-1]Close to 50 hands later swings have me up to 27k high and a low of about here. 3rd position shoves 40k all-in, blinds at 1500/3000..i shove my remaining 7.5k and roll the dice...opponent shows AK another race, board 7s_Td_9c_2h_4s..all low cards hit making my sixes good enough to hold. 25k chip count now
[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]PokerStars Game #59638970396: Tournament #413010642, $10+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XVII (1500/3000) -
Table '413010642 5' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Rofigo77 (39984 in chips)
Seat 2: NightVincent (116326 in chips)
Seat 3: Mixa Dolphin (29395 in chips)
Seat 4: FCGrosso83 (18990 in chips)
Seat 5: BetrThanPhil (49152 in chips)
Seat 6: flong78 (64080 in chips)
Seat 7: stackdown (10829 in chips)
Seat 8: holek1 (55746 in chips)
Seat 9: Vladimir8z (44808 in chips)
Rofigo77: posts the ante 300
NightVincent: posts the ante 300
Mixa Dolphin: posts the ante 300
FCGrosso83: posts the ante 300
BetrThanPhil: posts the ante 300
flong78: posts the ante 300
stackdown: posts the ante 300
holek1: posts the ante 300
Vladimir8z: posts the ante 300
flong78: posts small blind 1500
stackdown: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stackdown [6c 6d]
holek1: folds
Vladimir8z: folds
Rofigo77: raises 36684 to 39684 and is all-in
NightVincent: folds
Mixa Dolphin: folds
FCGrosso83: folds
BetrThanPhil: folds
flong78: folds
stackdown: calls 7529 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (29155) returned to Rofigo77
*** FLOP *** [7s Td 9c]
*** TURN *** [7s Td 9c] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [7s Td 9c 2h] [4s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
stackdown: shows [6c 6d] (a pair of Sixes)
Rofigo77: shows [Kd As] (high card Ace)
stackdown collected 25258 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 25258 | Rake 0
Board [7s Td 9c 2h 4s]
Combination of cold cards and playing too conservative has me blinded down some, with 3 BB's and AJhh i move in, called PF by QTcc..neither of us get piece of board and my A-kicker wins. puts me at 37k, seemed like only little while ago i had 6k lol
[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]PokerStars Game #59639584246: Tournament #413010642, $10+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XVIII (2000/4000)
Table '413010642 5' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: NightVincent (95618 in chips)
Seat 3: Mixa Dolphin (20295 in chips)
Seat 4: RicoX333 (50083 in chips)
Seat 5: BetrThanPhil (119054 in chips)
Seat 6: flong78 (63080 in chips)
Seat 7: stackdown (14458 in chips)
Seat 8: holek1 (87497 in chips)
Seat 9: Vladimir8z (29708 in chips)
NightVincent: posts the ante 400
Mixa Dolphin: posts the ante 400
RicoX333: posts the ante 400
BetrThanPhil: posts the ante 400
flong78: posts the ante 400
stackdown: posts the ante 400
holek1: posts the ante 400
Vladimir8z: posts the ante 400
Mixa Dolphin: posts small blind 2000
RicoX333: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stackdown [Ah Jh]
BetrThanPhil: folds
flong78: folds
stackdown: raises 10058 to 14058 and is all-in
holek1: folds
Vladimir8z: folds
NightVincent: raises 81160 to 95218 and is all-in
Mixa Dolphin: folds
RicoX333: folds
Uncalled bet (81160) returned to NightVincent
*** FLOP *** [Kc 4h 3s]
*** TURN *** [Kc 4h 3s] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [Kc 4h 3s 3d] [5s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
stackdown: shows [Ah Jh] (a pair of Threes)
NightVincent: shows [Qc Tc] (a pair of Threes - lower kicker)
stackdown collected 37316 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 37316 | Rake 0
Board [Kc 4h 3s 3d 5s]
This next hand really gets me chipping up...pickup AK, 5th pos. shoves 50k all-in (i put him on AJ/AT some range like that) turns out he had A8 even better fer me..also short stack shoved..I flop top two pair taking down 40k main/40k side pot, giving me total of 80k stack
[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]PokerStars Game #59640818007: Tournament #413010642, $10+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (3000/6000) - 2011/03/22 18:46:18 CT [2011/03/22 19:46:18 ET]
Table '413010642 5' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Pocket55ives (69482 in chips)
Seat 2: NightVincent (65057 in chips)
Seat 3: Mixa Dolphin (53970 in chips)
Seat 4: RicoX333 (44066 in chips)
Seat 5: Demonaces23 (50384 in chips)
Seat 6: flong78 (52630 in chips)
Seat 7: stackdown (30616 in chips)
Seat 8: holek1 (210272 in chips)
Seat 9: clemsun (11092 in chips)
Pocket55ives: posts the ante 600
NightVincent: posts the ante 600
Mixa Dolphin: posts the ante 600
RicoX333: posts the ante 600
Demonaces23: posts the ante 600
flong78: posts the ante 600
stackdown: posts the ante 600
holek1: posts the ante 600
clemsun: posts the ante 600
holek1: posts small blind 3000
clemsun: posts big blind 6000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stackdown [Kh As]
Pocket55ives: folds
NightVincent: folds
Mixa Dolphin: folds
RicoX333: folds
Demonaces23: raises 43784 to 49784 and is all-in
flong78: folds
stackdown: calls 30016 and is all-in
holek1: folds
clemsun: calls 4492 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (19768) returned to Demonaces23
*** FLOP *** [Ah 7s Kd]
*** TURN *** [Ah 7s Kd] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [Ah 7s Kd Ts] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Demonaces23: shows [Ad 8d] (a pair of Aces)
stackdown: shows [Kh As] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
stackdown collected 39048 from side pot
clemsun: shows [9s Js] (high card Ace)
stackdown collected 39876 from main pot
clemsun finished the tournament in 138th place and received $124.87.
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 78924 Main pot 39876. Side pot 39048. | Rake 0
Board [Ah 7s Kd Ts 6h][/SIZE]
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20 mins later I'm feeling the bigger blinds and sittin with 45k when I see pocket rockets for second time this tourney. The CLASSIC AA vs KK battle about to go down; couldn't come at a better time really, 4th pos. dbls the blinds, my decision easy enough shoving AA 47k all-in, opponent snap calls his cowboys..wide open flop comes [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]Js_Th_Qs[/SIZE] still giving me 70/30 edge, turn brick, river brick and I [SIZE=-1]scoop a 6 figure pot.
[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]PokerStars Game #59641659520: Tournament #413010642, $10+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXI (3500/7000)
Table '413010642 5' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Pocket55ives (126512 in chips)
Seat 2: MeriBella (41090 in chips)
Seat 3: Mixa Dolphin (23670 in chips)
Seat 4: ALLEXarm (177583 in chips)
Seat 5: Demonaces23 (49472 in chips)
Seat 6: Galwaygiant (145313 in chips)
Seat 7: stackdown (47724 in chips)
Seat 8: holek1 (256638 in chips)
Seat 9: Carcharoth 2 (165043 in chips)
Pocket55ives: posts the ante 700
MeriBella: posts the ante 700
Mixa Dolphin: posts the ante 700
ALLEXarm: posts the ante 700
Demonaces23: posts the ante 700
Galwaygiant: posts the ante 700
stackdown: posts the ante 700
holek1: posts the ante 700
Carcharoth 2: posts the ante 700
Carcharoth 2: posts small blind 3500
Pocket55ives: posts big blind 7000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stackdown [Ah Ad]
MeriBella: folds
Mixa Dolphin: folds
ALLEXarm: raises 7000 to 14000
Pocket55ives is disconnected
Demonaces23: folds
Galwaygiant: folds
stackdown: raises 33024 to 47024 and is all-in
holek1: folds
Carcharoth 2: folds
Pocket55ives is connected
Pocket55ives: folds
ALLEXarm: calls 33024
*** FLOP *** [Js Th Qs]
*** TURN *** [Js Th Qs] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [Js Th Qs 3d] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ALLEXarm: shows [Kh Ks] (a pair of Kings)
stackdown: shows [Ah Ad] (a pair of Aces)
stackdown collected 110848 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 110848 | Rake 0
Board [Js Th Qs 3d 6h]
Few hands later get dealt AK again, this time everybody folds to me...i 3bet get a quick re-raise to 35k, throw in the 9k left and opponent turns over JTdd giving me 60/40 edge into flop, 6c_9s_As flop brings me top pair, turn Qh, river 9d..gets me the ship with aces over nines...85k pot puts me at 160k chips
[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]PokerStars Game #59641955967: Tournament #413010642, $10+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXII (4000/8000)
Table '413010642 5' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Pocket55ives (109212 in chips)
Seat 3: Mixa Dolphin (13370 in chips)
Seat 4: ALLEXarm (344908 in chips)
Seat 5: Demonaces23 (122744 in chips)
Seat 6: Galwaygiant (127013 in chips)
Seat 7: stackdown (111648 in chips)
Seat 8: holek1 (222338 in chips)
Seat 9: Carcharoth 2 (36584 in chips)
Pocket55ives: posts the ante 800
Mixa Dolphin: posts the ante 800
ALLEXarm: posts the ante 800
Demonaces23: posts the ante 800
Galwaygiant: posts the ante 800
stackdown: posts the ante 800
holek1: posts the ante 800
Carcharoth 2: posts the ante 800
Carcharoth 2: posts small blind 4000
Pocket55ives: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stackdown [Ac Kh]
Mixa Dolphin: folds
ALLEXarm: folds
Demonaces23: folds
Galwaygiant: folds
stackdown: raises 18500 to 26500
holek1: folds
Carcharoth 2: raises 9284 to 35784 and is all-in
Pocket55ives: folds
stackdown: calls 9284
*** FLOP *** [6c 9s As]
*** TURN *** [6c 9s As] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [6c 9s As Qh] [9d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Carcharoth 2: shows [Td Jd] (a pair of Nines)
stackdown: shows [Ac Kh] (two pair, Aces and Nines)
stackdown collected 85968 from pot
Carcharoth 2 finished the tournament in 97th place and received $134.48.
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 85968 | Rake 0
Board [6c 9s As Qh 9d]
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