BOOOOOOOM. Finally take one down.

Ending bankroll: 598$ [ Up $217 ]

Well I accomplished one of my August goals today. After the longest dead streak of MTT's in recent memory, I woke up with monsters all over the place in the middle stages, went card dead to the final 30, and then picked great spots and found perfect cards to take down the 215$ first place prize for the 2nd time. First time in several months.

The final table was rediculous. I've never seen so many LAGs. As the FT wore on (it dragged on for almost an hour and a half), everyone was getting very tired of the pushy chip leader who was actually starting to pick up a string of hands. This guy was calling everything and anything. He jammed with 42 on a A52 board, raised with hands like T4, 56, etc, and would call bets even if he was drawing to bottom pair. It totally baffled me that he got to the final table playing this way.

Here's a few FT highlights.


PokerStars Game #11354982896: Tournament #57602716, $4.00+$0.40 Holdem No Limit - Level XIV (1000/2000) - 2007/08/07 - 04:56:40 (ET)
Table 57602716 6 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 4: crushmastac (75848 in chips)
Seat 6: sheavens (99903 in chips)
Seat 9: cincykid420 (94249 in chips)
crushmastac: posts the ante 200
sheavens: posts the ante 200
cincykid420: posts the ante 200
cincykid420: posts small blind 1000
crushmastac: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Jh Ad]
cincykid420 said, "gl all"
sheavens: calls 2000
cincykid420: calls 1000
crushmastac: raises 8000 to 10000
Since he'll call anything, might as well make it a big one.
sheavens: calls 8000
cincykid420: calls 8000
*** FLOP *** [Td Jd 7h]
cincykid420: bets 2000
crushmastac: raises 16000 to 18000
A lot of the time he would have folded to a play like this, but I guess he wasn't buying
sheavens: folds
cincykid420: calls 16000
*** TURN *** [Td Jd 7h] [3d]
cincykid420: checks
crushmastac: bets 25000
cincykid420: calls 25000
Wow. He must have SOMETHING??
*** RIVER *** [Td Jd 7h 3d] [3s]
cincykid420: checks
crushmastac: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
cincykid420: shows [9d Tc] (two pair, Tens and Threes)
crushmastac: shows [Jh Ad] (two pair, Jacks and Threes)
crushmastac collected 116600 from pot
crushmastac said, "ty sir"
cincykid420 said, "nh"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 116600 Rake 0
Maybe not... This was pretty standard play from him, but for a 100K+ pot? Even I was a little taken aback after watching him do this for 100 hands.


Only a couple hands later....

PokerStars Game #11354990527: Tournament #57602716, $4.00+$0.40 Holdem No Limit - Level XIV (1000/2000) - 2007/08/07 - 04:57:59 (ET)
Table 57602716 6 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 4: crushmastac (137848 in chips)
Seat 6: sheavens (89903 in chips)
Seat 9: cincykid420 (42249 in chips)
crushmastac: posts the ante 200
sheavens: posts the ante 200
cincykid420: posts the ante 200
cincykid420: posts small blind 1000
crushmastac: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [2s Ac]
sheavens: folds
cincykid420: raises 2000 to 4000
crushmastac: raises 8000 to 12000
cincykid420: calls 8000
*** FLOP *** [2d 6d Td]
cincykid420: bets 10000
crushmastac: calls 10000
Against him, bottom pair is almost certainly good.
*** TURN *** [2d 6d Td] [Ah]
cincykid420: bets 10000
crushmastac: raises 105648 to 115648 and is all-in
There's no way he's folding his last 10K and if he's got the flush, good for him.
cincykid420: calls 10049 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [2d 6d Td Ah] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
cincykid420: shows [Jc Th] (two pair, Tens and Sixes)
crushmastac: shows [2s Ac] (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
crushmastac said, "gg"
crushmastac collected 84698 from pot


I told him when we were 7 handed I couldn't believe he made it to the final table. He proceded to start trashing me etc... This was a particularly satisfying K.O.

And the hand that won it is broken in PokerOffice, but I was dealt Q8 and made my standard raise (First time I've been heads up with the chip lead in a while, so it was fun to push him around.) He calls, and the flop is a beautiful QQ2. I check/call his bet of 4000. Turn is a 2. I check raise this time, from 4000 to 16000. He quickly calls and I raise my eyebrow. The river is a blank 5, and I do a little hollywood and then put him all in, hoping it looks like a bluff. Sure enough, he calls off 62,000 chips with ace high, and I take the title.

Hells. Ya.