Showing posts with label Depressing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Depressing. Show all posts

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Final Table Blues

This seems to always happen to me after getting heads up. Whatever.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00+$0.40 Tournament, 800/1600 Blinds 150 Ante (2 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) (t214230)

Button (t55770)
Hero's M: 79.34

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, A

Button raises to t55620 (All-In), Hero calls t54020
Flop: (t111540) 8, 10, 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t111540) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t111540) 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t111540

Results:

Button had J, 10 (one pair, tens).

Hero had K, A (high card, Ace).

Outcome: Button won t111540


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00+$0.40 Tournament, 1000/2000 Blinds 200 Ante (2 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) (t154010)

Button (t115990)

Hero's M: 45.30
Preflop: Hero is SB with K, A

Button raises to t6000, Hero raises to t20400, Button raises to t34800, Hero raises to t153810 (All-In), Button calls t80990 (All-In)

Flop: (t231980) A, 5, 5 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: (t231980) 6 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t231980) 3 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t231980

Results:

Button had 6, 6 (full house, sixes over fives).

Hero had K, A (two pair, Aces and fives).
Outcome: Button won t231980


The second hand isn't so bad for the odds, I was a dog going in, but the manner in which it played out. It was brutal. Oh well... I battled for a while after this but ended up getting ~50k in pre with 3's and ran into his jacks, to get second. Again.