Some hands

3 Hands that made my tourney:

*********** # 47 **************
PokerStars Game #5377274391: Tournament #26908855, $20+$2 Hold'em No
Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2006/06/26 - 22:36:06 (ET)
Table '26908855 4' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: S.t.B (3460 in chips)
Seat 3: Iakaris (1360 in chips)
Seat 4: drraz (1200 in chips)
Seat 5: 23skidoo (1400 in chips)
Seat 6: a104l9 (1125 in chips)
Seat 7: DuderinoAB (1115 in chips)
Seat 8: Katitude (1840 in chips)
Seat 9: MiamiDon (2930 in chips)
Katitude: posts small blind 25
MiamiDon: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 23skidoo [Ad Jh]
DuderinoAB said, "I thiink you woulda sucked out though"
drraz said, "ah ah ah ah stayin alive stayin alive"
S.t.B: raises 100 to 150
Iakaris: folds
drraz: folds
23skidoo: raises 150 to 300
a104l9: folds
DuderinoAB: folds
Katitude: folds
iamhoff [observer] said, "sing it raz"
MiamiDon: folds
S.t.B: calls 150
*** FLOP *** [2c 5c 4h]
S.t.B: checks
drraz said, "u can tell by the way i walk"
23skidoo: bets 250
S.t.B: calls 250
*** TURN *** [2c 5c 4h] [Qd]
Katitude said, "dammit that song's in my ehad now"
S.t.B: checks
Katitude said, "you're evil raz"
DuderinoAB said, "mine too lol"
23skidoo: checks
*** RIVER *** [2c 5c 4h Qd] [Ac]
drraz said, "i used to know the whole dance to that song"
S.t.B: checks
drraz said, "sorry, used to be a wedding DJ"
23skidoo: bets 350
Katitude said, "and subtract some cool points"
S.t.B: raises 1000 to 1350
drewspop [observer] said, "why am i not surprises?"
Katitude said, "lol"
drraz said, "but LOTS of cheese points"
Katitude said, "absilutely"
drraz said, "bar mitzvahs and moose lodges to"
drraz said, ""hand" tested all the brides"
23skidoo: calls 500 and is all-in
drraz said, "they gave me respect"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
S.t.B: shows [Js Ah] (a pair of Aces)
23skidoo: shows [Ad Jh] (a pair of Aces)
S.t.B collected 1438 from pot
23skidoo collected 1437 from pot
Katitude said, "george is ooot"
drraz said, "not like all u meanies"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2875 | Rake 0
Board [2c 5c 4h Qd Ac]
Seat 1: S.t.B showed [Js Ah] and won (1438) with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: Iakaris folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: drraz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: 23skidoo showed [Ad Jh] and won (1437) with a pair of Aces

I really was lost when the queen hit here. S.t.B was playing like mid-pairs here. When he raises my 350 bet, I have 500 left and no chance in my mind. I think I played my hand like A(KJQ), so I'm either dead to a kicker or a set in my mind. I eventually make the crying call hoping he's betting a missed set or Ax. I think I got really lucky this hand.

I had to laugh here:
S.t.B said, "you can breathe now"
23skidoo said, "ugh"

#2

*********** # 93 **************
PokerStars Game #5377832465: Tournament #26908855, $20+$2 Hold'em No
Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2006/06/26 - 23:15:48 (ET)
Table '26908855 4' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: aquaverse (3068 in chips)
Seat 4: GScottW (6535 in chips)
Seat 5: 23skidoo (3127 in chips)
Seat 6: a104l9 (3575 in chips)
Seat 9: MiamiDon (6160 in chips)
GScottW: posts small blind 75
23skidoo: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 23skidoo [5s 5d]
a104l9: folds
MiamiDon: folds
23skidoo said, "gg stb"
aquaverse: folds
MiamiDon said, "nh"
GScottW: raises 150 to 300
aquaverse said, "ty"
MiamiDon said, "gg stb"
23skidoo: raises 450 to 750
GScottW: calls 450
*** FLOP *** [5c 8c Ks]
GScottW: bets 500
23skidoo: raises 1876 to 2376
GScottW: raises 1876 to 4252
23skidoo: calls 1 and is all-in
GScottW said, "nh"
*** TURN *** [5c 8c Ks] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [5c 8c Ks Qc] [9d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
GScottW: shows [Ac 8s] (a pair of Eights)
23skidoo: shows [5s 5d] (three of a kind, Fives)
23skidoo said, "ty"
23skidoo collected 6254 from pot
aquaverse said, "nh"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6254 | Rake 0
Board [5c 8c Ks Qc 9d]
Seat 2: aquaverse (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: GScottW (small blind) showed [Ac 8s] and lost with a pair of
Eights
Seat 5: 23skidoo (big blind) showed [5s 5d] and won (6254) with three
of a kind, Fives
Seat 6: a104l9 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: MiamiDon folded before Flop (didn't bet)


Presto here was awesome. I wanted GScott out of the hand preflop, dunno why he calls with A8o here, but I'm glad he did and my set was well hidden.


Last one.

Miami Don was stealing even more often than I was. I laid down AK against him just a few hands prior. He told me he had 33.

*********** # 135 **************
PokerStars Game #5378120098: Tournament #26908855, $20+$2 Hold'em No
Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2006/06/26 - 23:37:52 (ET)
Table '26908855 2' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: GScottW (4833 in chips)
Seat 2: grupper (495 in chips)
Seat 3: shadowtwin (4595 in chips)
Seat 4: 23skidoo (5654 in chips)
Seat 5: drraz (10385 in chips)
Seat 6: SoxLover (11700 in chips)
Seat 7: MiamiDon (7860 in chips)
Seat 8: chipperdh (978 in chips)
GScottW: posts the ante 25
grupper: posts the ante 25
shadowtwin: posts the ante 25
23skidoo: posts the ante 25
drraz: posts the ante 25
SoxLover: posts the ante 25
MiamiDon: posts the ante 25
chipperdh: posts the ante 25
GScottW: posts small blind 100
grupper: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 23skidoo [Jh Jc]

23skidoo: raises 800 to 1000

MiamiDon: raises 1000 to 2000
grupper: calls 270 and is all-in
23skidoo: calls 1000


*** FLOP *** [6d 5h 2h]
23skidoo: bets 1500
MiamiDon: raises 1500 to 3000
23skidoo: raises 629 to 3629 and is all-in
MiamiDon: calls 629
MiamiDon said, "nh"
*** TURN *** [6d 5h 2h] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [6d 5h 2h 3h] [Js]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
23skidoo: shows [Jh Jc] (three of a kind, Jacks)
MiamiDon: shows [7h 7s] (a pair of Sevens)
23skidoo said, "ty"
23skidoo collected 10318 from side pot
grupper: shows [7d Kc] (high card King)
surflexus [observer] said, "nh ski"
grupper is sitting out
23skidoo collected 1710 from main pot
23skidoo said, "ty surf"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 12028 Main pot 1710. Side pot 10318. | Rake 0
Board [6d 5h 2h 3h Js]
Seat 1: GScottW (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: grupper (big blind) showed [7d Kc] and lost with high card King
Seat 3: shadowtwin folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: 23skidoo showed [Jh Jc] and won (12028) with three of a kind,
Jacks
Seat 5: drraz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: SoxLover folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: MiamiDon showed [7h 7s] and lost with a pair of Sevens
Seat 8: chipperdh (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)


First of all, I knew I wanted to see a flop here, if any hi cards come out, I can be done and conserve. Anything else I will go to war against most likely. Miami thought I was capable of laying down a big pair there or he thought I was drawing. Either way, I felt fairly sure this was my hand from the beginning. I don't think I misplayed the Jacks at all. Don wasn't so sure.

MiamiDon said, "you got me skidoo"
MiamiDon said, "although ballsy call with only JJ"



I got a big pot with a flopped nut flush and another when I 2-paired my JT.

Eventually Don caught back up and took Sox out, when we got even heads up, he offered a deal and I took it. It was late enough for me. We actually played pretty hard for a few hands, him taking on the AG roll again, whittling me down. I evened up again w/AQ on a scary board, but I could never get a lead on the DON. I made a stand with a flopped 2-pair waffles hand(24o) vs a flopped heart flush....oh well.