Phear my stt - heads-up skillz!!1!

Imposter

PokerStars Game #2038168229: Tournament #9717357, Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2005/07/05 - 15:30:10 (ET)
Table '9717357 1' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 3: dumbace7 (9748 in chips)
Seat 9: Imposter1 (3752 in chips)
dumbace7: posts the ante 25
Imposter1: posts the ante 25
Imposter1: posts small blind 200
dumbace7: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Imposter1 [Kh 9c]
Imposter1: raises 800 to 1200
dumbace7: raises 8523 to 9723 and is all-in
Imposter1: calls 2527 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [2h 9h 9s]
*** TURN *** [2h 9h 9s] [9d]
dumbace7 said, "lol"
*** RIVER *** [2h 9h 9s 9d] [3c]
Imposter1 said, "oh yeah"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dumbace7: shows [Js Kc] (three of a kind, Nines)
Imposter1: shows [Kh 9c] (four of a kind, Nines)
Imposter1 collected 7504 from pot
dumbace7 said, "u hit it"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7504 | Rake 0
Board [2h 9h 9s 9d 3c]
Seat 3: dumbace7 (big blind) showed [Js Kc] and lost with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 9: Imposter1 (button) (small blind) showed [Kh 9c] and won (7504) with four of a kind, Nines
dumbace7 said, "lol"
Imposter1 said, "just!"
Imposter1 said, "lol"

Samba

Good god, he has you by the balls and you pull a giraffe out of your hat!

impr0v

i just got owned while heads-up in a $25 stt:

the pace of his betting was setting off alarm bells, but i just couldn't fold it.

[Jul 6 12:39:39] : Hand Start.
[Jul 6 12:39:39] : Seat 2 : impr0v has $8,980
[Jul 6 12:39:39] : Seat 5 : Shrtstkltng has $9,020
[Jul 6 12:39:39] : Shrtstkltng is the dealer.
[Jul 6 12:39:39] : Shrtstkltng posted small blind.
[Jul 6 12:39:39] : impr0v posted big blind.
[Jul 6 12:39:39] : Game [87] started with 2 players.
[Jul 6 12:39:39] : Dealing Hole Cards.
[Jul 6 12:39:39] : Seat 2 : impr0v has 9d Qc
[Jul 6 12:39:43] : Shrtstkltng called 200 and raised 600
[Jul 6 12:39:45] : impr0v called 600
[Jul 6 12:39:45] : Dealing flop.
[Jul 6 12:39:45] : Board cards [Ah Jh Qd]
[Jul 6 12:39:50] : impr0v bet 800
[Jul 6 12:39:50] : Stakes: 200/400 Current level: 6 Next level in: 5 min.
[Jul 6 12:39:54] : Shrtstkltng called 800
[Jul 6 12:39:55] : Dealing turn.
[Jul 6 12:39:55] : Board cards [Ah Jh Qd Qh]
[Jul 6 12:39:58] : impr0v bet 1,600
[Jul 6 12:40:05] : Shrtstkltng called 1,600
[Jul 6 12:40:06] : Dealing river.
[Jul 6 12:40:06] : Board cards [Ah Jh Qd Qh 2s]
[Jul 6 12:40:10] : Stakes: 200/400 Current level: 6 Next level in: 5 min.
[Jul 6 12:40:13] : impr0v bet 3,200
[Jul 6 12:40:17] : Shrtstkltng called 3,200 and raised 2,420 and is All-in
[Jul 6 12:40:17] : Under-Raise rules are now in effect.
[Jul 6 12:40:19] : impr0v called 2,380 and is All-in
[Jul 6 12:40:19] : Showdown!
[Jul 6 12:40:19] : Seat 2 : impr0v has 9d Qc
[Jul 6 12:40:21] : Seat 5 : Shrtstkltng has Th Kh
[Jul 6 12:40:21] : Shrtstkltng has Straight Flush AKQJT
[Jul 6 12:40:21] : Seat 2 : impr0v has 9d Qc
[Jul 6 12:40:21] : impr0v has 3 of a Kind: Queens
[Jul 6 12:40:21] : Shrtstkltng wins 17,960 with Straight Flush AKQJT
[Jul 6 12:40:25] : Shrtstkltng : !!!!!
[Jul 6 12:40:28] : impr0v : n1
[Jul 6 12:40:30] : Stakes: 200/400 Current level: 6 Next level in: 5 min.
[Jul 6 12:40:31] : Hand is over.

Lafortezza

impr0v wrote:

[Jul 6 12:40:28] : impr0v : n1
[Jul 6 12:40:31] : Hand is over.

You almost typed 'ffs' didn't you?

Imposter

Well the poker gods have it in for me now!

Was crippled by a runner-runner straight in one STT last night.
And then:
5 players left, all pretty much on similar chips with me and villain slight in front but noone under 2000. 20$ STT
Villain limps for 200 preflop.
I'm SB and raise to 1000 with AJo.
BB folds and villain calls.
Flop: 89x rainbow
I push for about 2100.
Villain thinks and eventually calls (he had 125 left after call, so practically all his chips). Cards are turned up and he has JTo. Wtf he's calling off all his chips on an open ended straight draw where he can only be sure he has 8 outs!
Turn is nothing and river of course brings a 7.
How the hell he thought the preflop call was a good one i'd love to know. I'll not even try thinking about why he thought the flop call was a good idea.

So 0 ITM for 6 STT's last night.

Lafortezza

Imposter wrote:

20$ STT
Villain limps for 200 preflop.
I'm SB and raise to 1000 with AJo.
BB folds and villain calls.
Flop: 89x rainbow
I push for about 2100.
Villain thinks and eventually calls (he had 125 left after call, so practically all his chips). Cards are turned up and he has JTo. Wtf he's calling off all his chips on an open ended straight draw where he can only be sure he has 8 outs!
Turn is nothing and river of course brings a 7.
How the hell he thought the preflop call was a good one i'd love to know. I'll not even try thinking about why he thought the flop call was a good idea.

So 0 ITM for 6 STT's last night.

He put you on AKo. Any J T 7 or Q wins it for him. Preflop? Dunno...

Imposter

lafortezza wrote:

He put you on AKo. Any J T 7 or Q wins it for him. Preflop? Dunno...

Possibly, but the players that were left seemed ok. I would also have done that with PP's as 2k was a big pot given the stacks.

Hectorjelly

Against weaker opposition there is no need to raise with big unpaired hands like AQ/AK/Aj out of position unless you can get all in preflop, try routinely checking these hands from the blinds; it has a number of advantages. Its quite hard to play a missed AK out of position, especially as when you raise opponents allways put your on AQ/AK by default. Against weak opposition they will never notice that you pretty much only ever raise with pairs from the blinds. If you can get all in preflop, or a pot commit yourself anyway, then your position in the hand makes no difference.

Opponents will often limp with many dominated hands shorthanded (like A7) and might fold to a raise. If an ace flops just check raise all in and they will never be able to fold. If the flop looks like its missed your opponent as well you can bet your A hi for value.

Imposter

PokerStars Game #2051310760: Tournament #9787294, Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2005/07/07 - 13:06:59 (ET)
Table '9787294 1' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: naj99 (1630 in chips)
Seat 2: Clanger34 (1490 in chips)
Seat 3: BeeBoy (60 in chips)
Seat 4: Imposter1 (1480 in chips)
Seat 5: BUDDY52 (1480 in chips)
Seat 6: jewd0g (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: Garth33 (2860 in chips)
Seat 8: riverbeach (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: Vandertol (1500 in chips)
Imposter1: posts small blind 10
BUDDY52: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Imposter1 [Qs Qh]
jewd0g: calls 20
Garth33: raises 80 to 100
riverbeach: folds
Vandertol: folds
naj99: folds
Clanger34: folds
BeeBoy said, "i might go all in again"
BeeBoy: calls 60 and is all-in
Imposter1: raises 600 to 700
BUDDY52: folds
jewd0g: folds
Garth33: calls 600
*** FLOP *** [2d 8h 4s]
Imposter1: bets 780 and is all-in
Garth33: calls 780
*** TURN *** [2d 8h 4s] [5d]
*** RIVER *** [2d 8h 4s 5d] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Imposter1: shows [Qs Qh] (a pair of Queens)
Garth33: shows [Jc Ah] (a straight, Ace to Five)
naj99 said, "wow"
Garth33 collected 2840 from side pot
BeeBoy: shows [Ks Jd] (high card King)
Garth33 said, "lol"
Garth33 collected 220 from main pot

impr0v

lafortezza wrote:

You almost typed 'ffs' didn't you?

lol, what i actually typed was 'ffs, n1' but removed the ffs before posting it here!