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How to turn a big stack into a little one...

Posted Fri May 09, 2008 6:36 pm GMT by Ciso_B
PokerStars Game #17317293982: Tournament #87045163, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (600/1200) - 2008/05/09 - 19:28:45 (ET)
Table '87045163 54' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Jim Crowe (29495 in chips)
Seat 2: Neab (65405 in chips)
Seat 3: B.P. Madsen (6205 in chips)
Seat 4: KokomoBlues (54792 in chips)
Seat 5: gmanrom (41466 in chips)
Seat 6: Jonni (5329 in chips)
Seat 7: stroke88 (36003 in chips)
Seat 8: Dekiri (23096 in chips)
Seat 9: paleAUT (37130 in chips)
Jim Crowe: posts the ante 125
Neab: posts the ante 125
B.P. Madsen: posts the ante 125
KokomoBlues: posts the ante 125
gmanrom: posts the ante 125
Jonni: posts the ante 125
stroke88: posts the ante 125
Dekiri: posts the ante 125
paleAUT: posts the ante 125
Jonni: posts small blind 600
stroke88: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Neab Eight of HeartsEight of Clubs
Dekiri: folds
paleAUT: folds
Jim Crowe: folds
Neab: raises 2000 to 3200
B.P. Madsen: folds
KokomoBlues: folds
gmanrom: folds
Jonni: raises 2004 to 5204 and is all-in
stroke88: folds
Neab: calls 2004
*** FLOP *** Six of DiamondsFour of DiamondsJack of Spades
*** TURN *** Six of DiamondsFour of DiamondsJack of Spades Four of Clubs
*** RIVER *** Six of DiamondsFour of DiamondsJack of SpadesFour of Clubs Ace of Hearts
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Jonni: shows Ten of ClubsAce of Clubs (two pair, Aces and Fours)
Neab: shows Eight of HeartsEight of Clubs (two pair, Eights and Fours)
Jonni collected 12733 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 12733 | Rake 0
Board Six of DiamondsFour of DiamondsJack of SpadesFour of ClubsAce of Hearts
Seat 1: Jim Crowe folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Neab showed Eight of HeartsEight of Clubs and lost with two pair, Eights and Fours
Seat 3: B.P. Madsen folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: KokomoBlues folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: gmanrom (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Jonni (small blind) showed Ten of ClubsAce of Clubs and won (12733) with two pair, Aces and Fours
Seat 7: stroke88 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: Dekiri folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: paleAUT folded before Flop (didn't bet)





2 hands later


PokerStars Game #17317329842: Tournament #87045163, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (600/1200) - 2008/05/09 - 19:30:34 (ET)
Table '87045163 54' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Jim Crowe (29245 in chips)
Seat 2: Neab (59951 in chips)
Seat 3: B.P. Madsen (5955 in chips)
Seat 4: KokomoBlues (54542 in chips)
Seat 5: gmanrom (41216 in chips)
Seat 6: Jonni (15533 in chips)
Seat 7: stroke88 (33953 in chips)
Seat 8: Dekiri (21646 in chips)
Seat 9: paleAUT (36880 in chips)
Jim Crowe: posts the ante 125
Neab: posts the ante 125
B.P. Madsen: posts the ante 125
KokomoBlues: posts the ante 125
gmanrom: posts the ante 125
Jonni: posts the ante 125
stroke88: posts the ante 125
Dekiri: posts the ante 125
paleAUT: posts the ante 125
Dekiri: posts small blind 600
paleAUT: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Neab Nine of SpadesNine of Diamonds
Jim Crowe: folds
Neab: raises 2400 to 3600
B.P. Madsen: folds
KokomoBlues: folds
gmanrom: folds
Jonni: folds
stroke88: calls 3600
Dekiri: folds
paleAUT: calls 2400
*** FLOP *** Three of ClubsTen of ClubsAce of Diamonds
paleAUT: checks
Neab: checks
stroke88: bets 3600
paleAUT: raises 6400 to 10000
Neab: folds
stroke88: raises 6400 to 16400
paleAUT: raises 16755 to 33155 and is all-in
stroke88: calls 13828 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (2927) returned to paleAUT
*** TURN *** Three of ClubsTen of ClubsAce of Diamonds Eight of Spades
*** RIVER *** Three of ClubsTen of ClubsAce of DiamondsEight of Spades Four of Clubs
*** SHOW DOWN ***
paleAUT: shows Ten of DiamondsTen of Spades (three of a kind, Tens)
stroke88: shows Ace of ClubsQueen of Spades (a pair of Aces)
paleAUT collected 72981 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 72981 | Rake 0
Board Three of ClubsTen of ClubsAce of DiamondsEight of SpadesFour of Clubs
Seat 1: Jim Crowe folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Neab folded on the Flop
Seat 3: B.P. Madsen folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: KokomoBlues folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: gmanrom folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Jonni folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: stroke88 (button) showed Ace of ClubsQueen of Spades and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 8: Dekiri (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: paleAUT (big blind) showed Ten of DiamondsTen of Spades and won (72981) with three of a kind, Tens

3 hands later

PokerStars Game #17317383519: Tournament #87045163, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (600/1200) - 2008/05/09 - 19:33:16 (ET)
Table '87045163 54' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Jim Crowe (19870 in chips)
Seat 2: Neab (54776 in chips)
Seat 3: B.P. Madsen (5580 in chips)
Seat 4: KokomoBlues (56967 in chips)
Seat 5: gmanrom (40841 in chips)
Seat 6: Jonni (15158 in chips)
Seat 8: Dekiri (30671 in chips)
Seat 9: paleAUT (75058 in chips)
Jim Crowe: posts the ante 125
Neab: posts the ante 125
B.P. Madsen: posts the ante 125
KokomoBlues: posts the ante 125
gmanrom: posts the ante 125
Jonni: posts the ante 125
Dekiri: posts the ante 125
paleAUT: posts the ante 125
Neab: posts small blind 600
B.P. Madsen: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Neab King of HeartsAce of Clubs
KokomoBlues: folds
gmanrom: folds
Jonni: folds
Dekiri: raises 2400 to 3600
paleAUT: folds
Jim Crowe: folds
Neab: raises 32400 to 36000
B.P. Madsen: folds
Dekiri: calls 26946 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (5454) returned to Neab
*** FLOP *** Jack of ClubsEight of SpadesFive of Clubs
Neab said, "yuck"
sosage is connected
*** TURN *** Jack of ClubsEight of SpadesFive of Clubs Ten of Diamonds
*** RIVER *** Jack of ClubsEight of SpadesFive of ClubsTen of Diamonds Seven of Diamonds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Neab: shows King of HeartsAce of Clubs (high card Ace)
Dekiri: shows King of DiamondsKing of Clubs (a pair of Kings)
Dekiri collected 63292 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 63292 | Rake 0
Board Jack of ClubsEight of SpadesFive of ClubsTen of DiamondsSeven of Diamonds
Seat 1: Jim Crowe (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Neab (small blind) showed King of HeartsAce of Clubs and lost with high card Ace
Seat 3: B.P. Madsen (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: KokomoBlues folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: gmanrom folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Jonni folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Dekiri showed King of DiamondsKing of Clubs and won (63292) with a pair of Kings
Seat 9: paleAUT folded before Flop (didn't bet)



Now i got 23,000 with bb at 1,600 . I've cashed but gotta grind it out big time. Sigh, its not easy for a guy who doesnt run too good.

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Posted Fri May 09, 2008 6:57 pm GMT by Ciso_B
And finally how to lose the lot, just get it in with Aces and lose!

PokerStars Game #17317839035: Tournament #87045163, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XV (1000/2000) - 2008/05/09 - 19:55:53 (ET)
Table '87045163 112' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: sonnybonesx. (31900 in chips)
Seat 2: rodben93 (143992 in chips)
Seat 3: calluch (57871 in chips)
Seat 4: Ricki Vegas (13385 in chips)
Seat 5: Neab (20330 in chips)
Seat 6: McGutz (41132 in chips)
Seat 7: ziubello (49304 in chips)
Seat 8: IV.Geoffrey (52335 in chips)
Seat 9: pro147 (48231 in chips)
sonnybonesx.: posts the ante 200
rodben93: posts the ante 200
calluch: posts the ante 200
Ricki Vegas: posts the ante 200
Neab: posts the ante 200
McGutz: posts the ante 200
ziubello: posts the ante 200
IV.Geoffrey: posts the ante 200
pro147: posts the ante 200
McGutz: posts small blind 1000
ziubello: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Neab Ace of SpadesAce of Hearts
IV.Geoffrey: folds
pro147: raises 2665 to 4665
sonnybonesx.: raises 10000 to 14665
rodben93: folds
calluch: calls 14665
Ricki Vegas: folds
Neab: raises 5465 to 20130 and is all-in
McGutz: folds
ziubello: folds
pro147: folds
sonnybonesx.: calls 5465
calluch: calls 5465
*** FLOP *** Four of ClubsKing of SpadesJack of Clubs
sonnybonesx.: bets 11570 and is all-in
calluch: calls 11570
*** TURN *** Four of ClubsKing of SpadesJack of Clubs Queen of Spades
*** RIVER *** Four of ClubsKing of SpadesJack of ClubsQueen of Spades Eight of Clubs
*** SHOW DOWN ***
sonnybonesx.: shows King of HeartsKing of Clubs (three of a kind, Kings)
calluch: shows Queen of DiamondsAce of Diamonds (a pair of Queens)
sonnybonesx. collected 23140 from side pot
Neab: shows Ace of SpadesAce of Hearts (a pair of Aces)
sonnybonesx. collected 69855 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 92995 Main pot 69855. Side pot 23140. | Rake 0
Board Four of ClubsKing of SpadesJack of ClubsQueen of SpadesEight of Clubs
Seat 1: sonnybonesx. showed King of HeartsKing of Clubs and won (92995) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 2: rodben93 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: calluch showed Queen of DiamondsAce of Diamonds and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 4: Ricki Vegas folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Neab (button) showed Ace of SpadesAce of Hearts and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: McGutz (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: ziubello (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: IV.Geoffrey folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: pro147 folded before Flop




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