Chasing Chris Ferguson

I could be referring to how stable I played, or that the Sunday $100k Guaranteed tourney on PokerStars was like playing in a stable of donkeys…or maybe both.  With 23,826 entries, no way to expect the level of play to be world class.

Early on “Space-tim’ showed his skill of seeing something good in almost every hand. Blinds are 20/40, he was UTG with Q-9 off and raised to 40, I was on the button with 9-7d and called, the player in SB was all-in for the raise. Flop is 5-2-7 rainbow. Dipshit spacey bets 480 into a dry side pot and I fold. The all-in wins with 5-9 for a pair of 5’s, nice play space cadet who had what, a pair draw? Someone point me to some stats where it is smart to bet nothing into an all-in player please? They must be out there I see this play so often. *Early in my live tournament play days I did bet into an all-in player and got jumped on by 6 experienced tourney players. I found out fast they were right-DUMB play!*

 Twice I had KK - raised and  no calls. I get 88 in SB call a 100 raise, flop is QQ8 I check to the raiser he bets 200, I raise he folds.

A-K on button, I raise I caller, flop is 8-5-3off he checks I bet he folds. Then I see QQ UTG raise 500 and get 2 callers UTG bets the AA3 flop I fold. The 9-9 goes all-in and the showdown says I mucked best hand. A-9 in SB I mucked when button raised 500. The flop A-9-3 and the AJ went all-in, I could have won 7k. sharzman went on tilt going all in every hand (my QQ would have busted him long ago) I called 4560 all-in with 10-10 he had A-J and the board missed him and I won. I could have won the next and busted him w Q2d but I mucked it and a QJ hi no pair busted him because he went all in on 9-7off.

As always happens when I am making hands, I got moved and was totally card dead. The best cards I saw were Q-8h and would have had to go all-in to play it which I didn’t (and would have lost). Mucking and watching the count, we were down to 6193 players. I anted off 4,000 without seeing anything a drunk would play, and was down to 10,650. Finally I threw away a winner, my A-3 off would have hit the flop of A36. Raised with A-J got re-raised and another player went over the top, I folded and QQ won.

Down to 8,700players and there is no limping in this game and my chips are out gunned by all but 3 players. Damn I wish they had left me at the other table, I may have had a chance. Up for air when I see K-J diamonds with a raise in front of me, I call and there are 3 of us to a flop of Kc8c2d I had to call 1200 on the flop and was last when the J of clubs hit the turn and they both checked I fired. Got one caller, who showed Q-J off suit, I won and had 22,200k with blinds at 500/1000 and 4,766 players left.

 I am moved again and didn’t see anything bigger than a 7 in 3 rounds, 900 left to make the money.

Best hand after 5 rounds was J-10 UTG which I mucked (flop was Q-K-2 and a bet made sure I never knew if I would have made it). I was tempted again UTG with a 8-9c and mucked it then was so glad to see the flop of flop 10s2s5c. There are 4171 players left after 2 hrs of play, just 3581 more I make $23.82! I raise UTG 1200 with AQ get the blinds…. 400 left to make the $$ after 2 hrs 6 min of play.

2^nd break and if I don’t do anything stupid I can muck my way to the money, only 300 donkeys have to die!  I fold A-2s UTG …flop was KQ6 diamonds. BB I get A-2 again hum 2 hands in a row, omen? I think not and muck to a raise. Next hand in the SB I get a 44 and raised 2400 and the BB called, flop was a rainbow 357, I bet he folded.  Blinds are now 600/1200 and I have 20,425. At 2.55 pm the bubble has burst, I am in the money *woohoo*.

I get moved yet again, what is this win a hand and get moved day?? After 3 orbits of nothing I got Ac-7c UTG and raised 4k and seat 1 went all-in. I folded (if I could get a do over I would have called) since the raiser was tilting.  I am down to 12,000 chips, stone cold card dead with blinds of 1500/3000. I donked out when I saw A-10 and had the button limp in. So I raised all-in and the button called. The flop was 3 small hearts and I had 10h (of course it couldn’t have been the A) the caller had JsJh and the heart on turn killed my chances of making any more $$. After looking at trash for too many rounds to count A-10 looked good, so I donked out and played it. Since everyone had me out chipped by 3-4x I felt like I had to make a move on something and this was the best “something” I had seen so far. If the JJ had raised I would have dumped it but the flat call got me. I would have preferred to be beaten by more than a notch though!

PokerStars Tournament #95565298, No Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00
23826 players
Total Prize Pool: $238260.00
Tournament started - 2008/07/20 - 15:30:00 (ET)

Dear PokerHack07,

You finished the tournament in 3035th place.
A $23.82 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

PokerStars Tournament #95565298, No Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00
23826 players
Total Prize Pool: $238260.00
Tournament started - 2008/07/20 - 15:30:00 (ET)

I am trying to make myself feel better by the fact I did outlast 23,500 other donkeys though. If I had played worse, by calling the one hand with QQ and calling with A-9 I know think I may have cashed better.

After bouncing in and out of Stud H/L games all afternoon I am $11.00 ahead, whoopeeedooo! Yep it is better than losing!

I am going to be gone for a week or more, so unless I catch some good wi-fi, I won’t be posting for awhile. Yes, I am going to get the “aircard” thing just haven’t done it yet. Plus all the carriers just limited the service to 5MG a month, hell I have no clue how many that is!

Tell me Ken - is that going to be enough to play, surf, blog and cruise the net? I won’t be downloading anything and won’t use it every day. I am keeping an eye on Wi-Max too but that looks to be a few years away from full coverage. It is not a problem right now, but if we are on the road next year for 4-6 months it will be. And I hate the $60 a month and 2 year commitment requirements too. And, from what I read no one can depend on Wi-Fi in most RV parks. Lots of things to figure out and consider!

Grab a chair….I’ll see ya there, when I get back!

This entry was posted on Sunday, July 20th, 2008 at 10:18 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.