I'm in 6th place with 21 left over in pokerroom's Midnight Oil tourney.

At table Colon.

1st place pays $742 plus a $108 satallite seat.

just won 6k in chips with AKs vs. KQ

Next hand had ATs and the flop came T56. He bet 800 and I raised to 2k and he folded.

Currently 2nd in chips with 32k

blinds are 500/1000

2nd break: 17 players left.

Avg. stack = 17570
High stack = 47829
My stack = 32,877 (2nd)

Current payout is $29.68


I got a couple of breaks earlier. Went all in for 3.5k with AQs and ran into QQ. Hit a K on the river to make a straight.

More recently I made a called a pre-flop raise with 33. Flop came 2 diamonds 785 and I went all-in for 8k. He called with KdJd and my 3's held up.

Keep up the good work!

Had K9s on the BB and button made a 2BB bet. I called and flop came 422 and gave me four to my flush. He pushed all-in for his remaining 4.5k and I called and hit a club on the river to beat his A9.

39k in chips now with 14 players left

Blinds are now 600/1200

Small stack had 8k in chips

13 left

Nice. What's your current payout?

12 left

I have 41k in chips (2nd)

I'd follow along, but I'm already fading fast, and I'm trying to do free agency offers for FA-1 in IHOF right now.

I'd follow along, but I'm already fading fast, and I'm trying to do free agency offers for FA-1 in IHOF right now.
You can check to see how I did tomorrow.

Hand for hand really sucks btw

Just won 2 pots in a row pre-flop with AKs and 88.

Up to 41k in chips (3rd)

Won another hand pre-flop with QQ

Next hand had AJs and won pre-flop.

Each time I bet 4k.

48.6k in chips now with 11 left

Should be at the final table already if it wasn't for the small stacks constant suckouts.

KK and 22 back to back push me into the chip lead as I take the blinds

Blinds are now 1000/2000

I have 53,493 in chips and the average is 27k

Just lost 9k with A8

FINAL TABLE!!!

10th pays out $44.52

I'm sitting in 3rd with 47k

4 stacks below 10k at the moment.

2 small stacks just doubled up.

Everyone is now over 11k.

I have 50k and am in 2nd

blinds 1500/3000

Another suckout by the short stack. Still 10 left

Just took out 10th place with KJ beating JT.

Won the blinds the next hand with QQ.

Up to 70.5k in chips (1st)

Payout is currently 60 + 108 sat ticket

down to 8 now

89 + 108 sat ticket

Just lost with my broadway st8 to his boat that he flopped.

He limped in with AT and flop was TAA. It got checked around and a J on the turn gave my KQ a straight and I bet 10k and he called. River was a 2 and I put him all-in for 16k and he took the pot.

41k in chips (4th)

Lost 11k when I called two all-ins with A5.

They had AA and TT. :(

27k in chips (4th)

3rd break:

1st: 104k
2nd: 56k
3rd: 47k
4th: 27k
5th: 20k
6th: 19k
7th: 12k
8th: 9k

Blinds are now 2k/4k

down to 7

payout now is $118 + 108 sat.

down to 6

$148 + 108 sat.

I'm 5th with 27k in chips

all-in with AJ moves me up to 33k in chips

stole BB with Q9 and now have 39k and am in 3rd

10k bet with A9o gets me the blinds

just got KK....

button goes all-in with AQ and I call and my Kings hold!!!

5 left and I have 63k (3rd)

Payout is now $192 + 108 sat.

down to 4

yea

$237 + 108 sat. is payout now

Edit: Too Slow.

Nice.

Chips are:

130k
104k
55k
7k

WOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dude tried to bluff me off a boat

Won 109k in chips

Basically just swapped spots with the #2 guy.

He was SB and limped with 78. I checked with 58.

Flop was 665. He checked and I bet 8k. He called.
Turn was K. He bet 12k and I called.
River was 6. He bet 30k to put me all-in and I called and won.

Chip leader = ME!

Raise 12k UTG with A8o, button goes all-in with QQ

Flop has an A and I win

Down to 3 and I have 152k in chips.

2nd - 81k
3rd - 44k

BB bets 12k and I go all-in with 7's and he folds.

Nice work.
Thanks

Nice work.

payout is $296 + 108 sat

Chip count:

177k
77k
44k

One guy is going all-in nearly every hand.

Blinds are now 4k/8k

I bet 24k with AQo and flop comes 37K. I bet 25k and he goes all-in.

He had KJ.

Down to 67k

Major suckout as guy hits his two outer to stay alive.

Won with KJ and KQ and am now up to 103k.

We are now heads up as the other two clash.

Was down 208k to 82k.

I bet 24k with J9o. He went all-in and I called. He had A4.

Flop came 8TA.

Turn was an 8

River was a K.

I finished 2nd which was good for $445 plus a $108 sat. ticket.

Hell of a night's work -- bummer to come in second though. And rough to finish with cards all around the two you needed.

Good job, and fun read.

nice job, congrats!

Nice work. I don't know how you guys handle these late night tournaments. I entered a (free) tourney that the local sports station was hosting on Wednesday without really thinking through the timelines. I wound up finishing fifth (out of 1700+), at about 3:00 in the morning. The wife was extremely impressed, as you might imagine.

Congrats on the great finish!

I am expressly forbidden from entering tourneys during the week now. The last one I went deep in - a 150+12 with 440 entrants on PS - started at 9:30pm and ended for me at 3am and I bubbled the final table.

A buddy of mine just related a nightmare sequence that he went through last night.

He was number two in chips at the final table of a Paradise Poker Tournament
He gets pocket queens raises from the button with two callers(small blind and a limper)
--flop come Q-Rag-Rag...the guy in the small blind goes all in. My buddy calls...the guy turns over a pair of Kings...and Rivers a King.
--That seriously reduced his stack, but he wasnt the small stack by a good margin. The very next hand he is in the small blind, he is dealt pocket kings. One player limps in, and my buddy pushes all in to essentially steal the blinds. The Big Blind calls him, and turns over pocket Aces. The aces held up. The guy eliminated my buddy in two straight hands.

--Not to be dejected he went to the regular $10 no limit tables and quickly turned his $10 into about $70. During what he considered his last round...he is dealt pocket kings. The flop comes K-10-10. Someone in front of him goes all in(almost $60), and my buddy calls(he is visually impaired, and didn't realize the guy had $60). The other turns over A-K. Both the turn and the River bring Aces.

Just not his night.

--Not to be dejected he went to the regular $10 no limit tables and quickly turned his $10 into about $70. During what he considered his last round...he is dealt pocket kings. The flop comes K-10-10. Someone in front of him goes all in(almost $60), and my buddy calls(he is visually impaired, and didn't realize the guy had $60). The other turns over A-K. Both the turn and the River bring Aces.
Was he visually impaired before the hand, or just after he gouged his eyes out after seeing the flop?

Was he visually impaired before the hand, or just after he gouged his eyes out after seeing the flop?
He was a bit nervous when he saw that his stack reduced to about $12 after his bet, but when he saw the other guys cards, he was ecstatic. In fact he didn't really pay attention to the turn and river. His first clue that something was awry was that the stack of chips floated over to the other side of table.

He was a bit nervous when he saw that his stack reduced to about $12 after his bet, but when he saw the other guys cards, he was ecstatic. In fact he didn't really pay attention to the turn and river. His first clue that something was awry was that the stack of chips floated over to the other side of table.
He shouldn't have been even slightly nervous about the $60 all-in bet. Only one hand beats him. And there is no way the guy pushes in that big of a bet with quad Ts. He wouldn't want your friend to fold. In that situation I would only be pissed the guy didn't have more money to put into the pot.

His first clue that something was awry was that the stack of chips floated over to the other side of table.
My speciality is celebrating a big win, seeing the chips divide in half and float to opposite ends of the table, then furiously trying to figure out why before the cards dissapear.

My speciality is celebrating a big win, seeing the chips divide in half and float to opposite ends of the table, then furiously trying to figure out why before the cards dissapear.
Heh luckily I have the opposite problem. I geenrally always know when a card hits forcing a split on a hand I would have won. I generally miss it when a card hits that gives me the aplit when I would have lost. So I am pleasnetly surprised when it happens. :)