PokerStars $2 + $0.20 with 3393 players

[ND1991]

Questions throughout -- I tried to BOLD them.

1st -- $868.61
2nd -- $607.35
3rd -- $404.45
4th -- $339.31
5th -- $271.45
6th -- $203.59
7th -- $135.73
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675th -- $2.71

1 hour and 30 minutes in:

Large: 31494
Average: 5883
Me: 11015 (107th out of 836)

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 112 hands and saw flop:
- 7 out of 13 times while in big blind (53%)
- 3 out of 13 times while in small blind (23%)
- 17 out of 86 times in other positions (19%)
- a total of 27 out of 112 (24%)
Pots won at showdown - 3 of 4 (75%)
Pots won without showdown - 23

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Next hand AA busts KK and puts me to 17,000.
Up to 30th with 789 left.

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Few hands later I flop a set of 2s and bust out AK suited.
25780 chips and 8th out of 742.

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Ouch! Wall. Playing well, getting cards, on 5 hand run then BAM! BAM! one bad read and another bad play down to 20140. Time to get the head back in game and play some premium hands. 77 loses another 3500. Why do I like middle pairs so much against tiny stacks?

Ok at 16575 and sitting 44th out of 676 with 675 the cash line. Time to really buckle down.
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Seriously middle pairs are cursed get 88 pre-flop raise, 1 caller. Flop goes 5 hearts - K clubs - 6 clubs. He pushes and I am calling 1200 to win over 4000. He has K diamond T diamond . Turn goes J clubs - River 8 clubs!!! Thank goodness, but really how many times do I need to learn this lesson?????
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Second Break @ 2 hours and 13 minutes.
Largest at 40183 -- Average at 10261 -- Me at 24695 (20th out of 496)

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 150 hands and saw flop:
- 9 out of 17 times while in big blind (52%)
- 4 out of 16 times while in small blind (25%)
- 25 out of 117 times in other positions (21%)
- a total of 38 out of 150 (25%)
Pots won at showdown - 6 of 11 (54%)
Pots won without showdown - 26

A little disappointed in showdown %
- 5 wins I was ahead when in
- 1 win was suck out by me
- 2 losses I was in behind
- 3 losses I was in ahead and outdrawn
Break over!
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Went from ultra aggressive tables to very passive with 5 to 6 players in every hand or someone pushing. Probably time to tighten up and play ultra aggressive when hitting hands.

BTW I do this to get feedback AND to stay calm :-)

Voluntary money into pot on this table for most people is 50%+ with one guy at 95%. What do you do on a table like this? My plan is to stay tight and play premium hands and hope for the best. And if I am going into pot, I am raising pre-flop and trying to knock some of the limpers out. I just have to be willing to call the re-raise push. This table is ... different!

If there is 2450 in the pot and only two other players and you need to put 400 in to play, do your cards matter anymore?????

Level 10 -- 300/600 Ante 50 -- 352 left out of original 3393

People are limping with AA and KK on this table and small betting them. People are limping with any two suited cards or any two connectors. There must be 4 people per hand minimum. I was in small blind and getting 10 to 1 on my call. WTH is going on???

A guy just called off over 15000 chips with 9 4 suited????? And lost to a guy that was in with 7 8 suited. The short stack that started the action had JT suited. Oh yeah and all three of them were suited Clubs!!!!! Talk about a learning experience.

With 3 to 1 odds pre-flop almost everyhand, should you be playing more hands trying to hit flop or stay tight???

Level 11 -- 400/800 Ante 75 -- 300 left

If you are holding 8 hearts and T clubs and board is
7 spades / 3 hearts / 4 spades / 9 hearts and pot is
4675 and it is 800 to call with two more behind you -- what do you do?????

My last hand....

PokerStars Game #30328269210: Tournament #176962860, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (400/800) - 2009/07/11 1:53:01 ET
Table '176962860 190' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Buddy6661976 (20095 in chips)
Seat 2: Tripptic82 (12808 in chips)
Seat 3: danno266 (50442 in chips)
Seat 4: ND1991 (8991 in chips)
Seat 5: Eds Big Nose (6338 in chips)
Seat 6: ox49 (24882 in chips)
Seat 7: pokeriko555 (14686 in chips)
Seat 8: dadsgirl13 (12745 in chips)
Seat 9: Brueske1 (26503 in chips)
Buddy6661976: posts the ante 75
Tripptic82: posts the ante 75
danno266: posts the ante 75
ND1991: posts the ante 75
Eds Big Nose: posts the ante 75
ox49: posts the ante 75
pokeriko555: posts the ante 75
dadsgirl13: posts the ante 75
Brueske1: posts the ante 75
dadsgirl13: posts small blind 400
Brueske1: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ND1991 [Kc Jh]
Buddy6661976: folds
Tripptic82: folds
danno266: calls 800
ND1991: calls 800
Eds Big Nose: folds
ox49: folds
pokeriko555: raises 2400 to 3200
dadsgirl13: folds
Brueske1: folds
danno266: calls 2400
ND1991: calls 2400
*** FLOP *** [Js 6h 5c]
danno266: checks
ND1991: bets 5716 and is all-in
pokeriko555: raises 5695 to 11411 and is all-in
danno266: folds
Uncalled bet (5695) returned to pokeriko555
*** TURN *** [Js 6h 5c] [As]
*** RIVER *** [Js 6h 5c As] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ND1991: shows [Kc Jh] (a pair of Jacks)
pokeriko555: shows [6s 5s] (two pair, Sixes and Fives)
pokeriko555 collected 22907 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 22907 | Rake 0
Board [Js 6h 5c As 7h]
Seat 1: Buddy6661976 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Tripptic82 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: danno266 folded on the Flop
Seat 4: ND1991 showed [Kc Jh] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 5: Eds Big Nose folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: ox49 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: pokeriko555 (button) showed [6s 5s] and won (22907) with two pair, Sixes and Fives
Seat 8: dadsgirl13 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Brueske1 (big blind) folded before Flop

Finished 255 out of 3393.