Heart nearly stopped. . .

TroyF · 03-01-2006, 01:12 AM

I'm in a $2 tourney at Party.

Down to 42 players at a break. I'm sitting at around 84k in chips.

I'm in the small blind. I get dealt J/J.

An uber aggressive player with 50k in chips moves all in.

He's played non pairs all night, I decide to take a chance. He had A/Q.

Flop comes out 5/5/2/6/4

I win, I'm going to be up to around 135k.The chips start sliding toward my player. . . and the screen freezes. And sits there. For nearly 2 minutes.

Then it moves and we start again. Whew.

A tough hand with A/K and I'm down to 105k. Average stack is at 79k, leader is at 202k. 38 players left. Wish me luck.

sabotai · 03-01-2006, 02:12 AM

I thought this was going to be a post on the suckiness of JJ......how I loathe thee JJ...

TroyF · 03-01-2006, 02:14 AM

Well, my tourney comes to an end.

I couldn't get a playable hand. I mean ANY playable hand. No suited connecters, no pair of face cards, no pocket pairs. Tried to make one steal with a Q/9, but the board was horrible and someone went all in on me.

Down to 65k in chips, I went all in with the first hand I'd hand since those pocket J. A/K of hearts. Opponent showed pocket 7's. I didn't hit the A/K or flush and went out in 20th place out of 1002.

I need to read Harrington's book on late tourney play and see if I made some wrong moves. But that was a lot of fun. Picked up something like 20 bucks. I'm well on my way to the purchase of Maximum Football now.

WVUFAN · 03-01-2006, 03:23 AM

Congratulations, Troy. :-) How much did 1st place win, out of curiosity?

TroyF · 03-01-2006, 07:50 AM

First would have been $431 bucks I think. Somewhere in that area.

I've been playing a ton of ring and sit and go's but wanted to play in a nice little cheap tourney last night for some more experience. Cool thing is I finished in 20th and I never really had a "suckout."

In fairness, nobody ever really gave me a bad beat either. 20th is probably right where I deserved to finish. If only that were the main event at the WSOP. I'd be rich!!! (and yeah, I'd be out in 9,000 place with no money too, I know.

03-01-2006, 02:12 AM	#2
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	I thought this was going to be a post on the suckiness of JJ......how I loathe thee JJ... Last edited by sabotai : 03-01-2006 at 02:13 AM.

03-01-2006, 02:14 AM	#3
TroyF Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Well, my tourney comes to an end. I couldn't get a playable hand. I mean ANY playable hand. No suited connecters, no pair of face cards, no pocket pairs. Tried to make one steal with a Q/9, but the board was horrible and someone went all in on me. Down to 65k in chips, I went all in with the first hand I'd hand since those pocket J. A/K of hearts. Opponent showed pocket 7's. I didn't hit the A/K or flush and went out in 20th place out of 1002. I need to read Harrington's book on late tourney play and see if I made some wrong moves. But that was a lot of fun. Picked up something like 20 bucks. I'm well on my way to the purchase of Maximum Football now. Last edited by TroyF : 03-01-2006 at 02:19 AM.

03-01-2006, 03:23 AM	#4
WVUFAN College Starter Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Huntington, WV	Congratulations, Troy. :-) How much did 1st place win, out of curiosity? Last edited by WVUFAN : 03-01-2006 at 03:24 AM.

03-01-2006, 07:50 AM	#5
TroyF Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	First would have been $431 bucks I think. Somewhere in that area. I've been playing a ton of ring and sit and go's but wanted to play in a nice little cheap tourney last night for some more experience. Cool thing is I finished in 20th and I never really had a "suckout." In fairness, nobody ever really gave me a bad beat either. 20th is probably right where I deserved to finish. If only that were the main event at the WSOP. I'd be rich!!! (and yeah, I'd be out in 9,000 place with no money too, I know.

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