Party Time !!!

Well I decided to take a little break from the SNG and play some MTT on Stars and Party.

The first tourney I play for a 10 minute $10+1 on Stars and this does not go so well and I lose sometime after the first break.

I sign up for both the Party $20+2 and Stars $5+.50 5 min tourneys.

I played really well in the stars tourney and basically since this is a 5 minute turbo tourney, you need to gamble alot more as the blinds go up.
I play solid and pick my spots to gamble and have been either right or have been wrong, but lost to stacks that did not hurt me much.
At blinds of 600/1200, I pick up AKo and win a 10K pot vs KTo which gets me to around 20K in chips. Now this is a decent stack for a normal tourney, but since this is a turbo, it is not enough.

I pretty much win some, lose some in the next couple of levels when I pick up AA in middle position with blinds at 2000/4000, 200 ante and raise it to double the blind as I want some action. Fortunately for me, 2 of the short stacked players call me. One had KK and the other had ATo. I win a 19K pot that gets me to 43K. Again, nice stack, but blinds are just sky high.

I then went card dead for almost 3 level, I mean not even a sniff at a hand I can make a play with.

Then at 6000/12000, 600 ante level, I am in the SB and pick up JTh and I only have 15,574, so I will be forced to play a hand in the next orbit. Funny thing happened though, one of the other short stacked players goes all in, then another short stacked player decided to go all in. It was my turn to act. I thought for a while and decided this was a decent hand to have in a multi way pot as this is a premium drawing hand so I call the rest of my chips. One of the big stacks at the table decided to join the party and call as well to take all 3 of us out.

We turn our cards and see the following:
Initial all in guy: Qd 7c
second short chip guy: 9h 9d
big stack: 5s Jc
me: Jh Th

So I was like, thats not too bad, I have a pretty live hand.
It comes down: [7d Tc Ah][ 2c] [Kc] and I win crucial 39288 from the main pot and gets me to 58,344. Still need alot more with these blinds.

4 hands later, I am UTG and pick up A8o, the blinds are 10000/20000, 1000 ante. I only have 55,344 and decide it is time to push. I do and get the quickest call from the big stack directly to my left. I think I am dead. Everyone else folds and he flips over A4c, and I am a pretty big favorite.
Boars reads as follows [Js 7s 3s][ 5d] [5h] and I win a 90,344 pot...YES!!!!

4 hands later, I am 1 off the button and pick up the same hand A8o, I have 112,188 and blinds are not 15000/30000, ante 1500. I push and get called by the BB, a smaller stack who turns over K4o. No help for him and I win a 76,219 pot. Now have 188,407.

I then proceded to lose a 42K pot with 99 vs KK.
Now the crucial hand. With about 13 people left, I have 93,413 with blinds at 20K/40K, 2K ante. I pick up 88 UTG+1 and push. I get called by a guy who has 60,233 and he flips up AKd, so it is a race.

Flop and turn are great:
[5h 7c Qc] [7s]
But the river is:
[Ac] ......Sigh :-(

Pot was 188,466 This would have gotten me to the final table and 4th chips stack position. Oh well. I still have 33,180 left but that is well below the blinds.

2 hands later I pick up QJh and win a race against 77, win a 59,180 pot.
I then pick up trash in the next 4 hands and are forced to go all in with K5h and is called in 2 places by JJ and 88. The 88 won the hand as he flopped a set and knocked both of us out of the tourney, but since i was shorter of the 2, I got 10th and bubbled the final table. All in all I thought I played really well and got paid $57.94 ....LOL

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Tournament #3 Party 9:20 EST $20+2

I played pretty solid in this one, not making too many mistakes that would cost me chips.
We were approching the money, about 20 left and a key hand came up.

I have 2,665 and blinds are 300/600 no ante on Party tournies.
I am in the BB and all fold to the SB who has a shorter stack than myself at 1,746.

He proceeds to move in on me and I thought it was an easy call. I have a made hand and he could have any random hand, so I thought it would be a coin flip at worst. He had J2o.
I win a 3492 pot and cruise into the money.

I sit there patiently winning and losing blind money.

Key hand #1 I pick up TT, 1 off the button with blinds at 600/1200 and I have 4636. The guys directly to my right limps in front of me and I decide to push to take down the pot. He calls and turns over KQo. I win the coin flip and win a 5,536 pot. Now have 10,172.

Again I play the, you take my chips and I will take yours blind game for the next couple of levels.

Key hand #2 I pick up KK in the SB with 1500/3000 level and I have 11,522. Guy on the button with 17456 chips goes all in and I make an easy call. He has AKo so I am a 3/1 fav.

Board [ 4d, 6h, 5c ][ 2h ][ 3h ] Straight on the board.

When the 3 hit on the river, I swear I thought I lost and was getting ready to post one my I hate KK stories on PSO Shades. It was kind of late and I did not see that we actually split the pot.
Would have been nice to get to 30K in chips, but oh well. I now have 14,022.

Key hand #3 about 8 hands later, same blind level. I have 16,272 after stealing a blind earlier.

I pick up AA in the BB and 2 more people go all in, in front of me, bigger stacks. I cross my fingers and call. They have AKo and 99. No help for them and I win a 32,544 pot. I am now at 48,816.

Key hand #4 in the next level 2K/4K. I have 44,066 and pick up 66 in the SB. Shorter stack on the button, goes all in for 18,833. Now normally when it is going to cost me this much, I will not take a coin flip like that, but I thought he was getting desperate and just trying to make a move so I wound up calling. So what happens the BB calls as well. The BB only had around 12K in chips, so he thought it was a good time to gamble. Now I am not so happy I called with just 66.
We turn over our cards:

Initial all in guy 33, the BB has KQo and I have 66, so I am actually ahead and flipping with the BB.

Board is [ As, 9h, 7h ] [ 8d ][ 5d ]
So I catch a straight, but was actually ahead anyway.
Won 30,807 and we are down to 53 people. I have 74,873 and one of the chip leaders.

Key hand #5, I lose a 20K pot to one of the small stacks as my KK is no match for 55. He hits his set on the flop. No big deal as I still have 68,854.

Key hand #6, I get my revenge as another short stack moves all in with blinds at 3K/6K.
I have 74,854 and hold 99 and he has 14,054 and holds AKo.

Flop: [ 2h, Ad, 7c ] ....Ouch
Turn: [ Ac ] ...double ouch
River: [ 9h ]... I'm a superstar....LOL
Win a 32,608 pot and now have 93,408 and down to 38.

Key hand #6, win another one with QQ vs ATs, 81,610 pot and now have 122,618.
Chip leader and down to 27.

Play the give and steal for a while when I win another good hand.
I have AKc vs QJh. 101,230 pot. Have 182,848 and now down to 21.

*****I make the final table 3rd in chips.******

Nothing happened accept the usual give and steal until the hand of my tourney.

Key hand #7
I have 189,208 and am in the BB. Blinds are 20K/40K and everyone folds to the SB who has 216,890 decides to complete. I have A2o, so I just decide to check.

Flop [ 2c, 8s, Ah ] Perfect !!!

He bets the min 20K and I decide to see where he really is. I raise it to 80K.
He goes all in. Now I think I am ahead, but dont want to rush. I go through all the possible scenerios and decide he does not have AA or 22 since I have both of those and it is pretty unlikely. I put him on a small to mid Ace, and pray he does not have a set of 8's.

I call and he turns over QQ. I say to myself...WTF, this is a guy unwilling to part with a big pair, now if the scenerio was the same, but I only hit the Ace and not 2 pair, I am pretty certain I lay my hand down, but with 2 pair, no f-ing way.

Turn [ 3s ]
River [ Ad ] Full boat !!!

Win 378,416 main pot and I am chip leader. 2 hands later win a flip with 88 vs KJo with a smaller stack. Now have 515,556 and am chip leader with 6 left.

Start to use my stack and wind up being with almost 800K with 4 left.
850K with 3 left.
Start over playing some hands and win a few lose a few.

We start to talk deal as the blinds are 30K/60K and are about to rise. I thought there was no need to gamble when the difference between 1st and 3rd was 4K.

I do my best to negotiate a chip count deal and get 1st place money of $4,658.22 I thought it was a fair deal and was happy with it.

It was another long 6 hours of play, but I think I played pretty well in 2 of the 3 tourneys tonight.

I may take the night off on Friday, as I am one tired puppy, but who knows....LOL