Rob,
You wanted hands, here we go.
$5 $10k gtd on stars this afternoon. 21/78 sitting well in the cash when this happens :-PokerStars Game #26866008104: Tournament #153492688, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVII (1500/3000) - 2009/04/08 18:34:47 WET [2009/04/08 13:34:47 ET]
Table "153492688 286" 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Xanthalius (59628 in chips)
Seat 2: DAVEatUW2 (144370 in chips)
Seat 3: swiffer33 (133225 in chips)
Seat 4: Innova Tom (12504 in chips)
Seat 5: slypud (81501 in chips)
Seat 7: Chipaccrual (97971 in chips)
Seat 8: Axl2032 (39252 in chips)
Seat 9: rookiemonsta (51530 in chips)
Xanthalius: posts the ante 300
DAVEatUW2: posts the ante 300
swiffer33: posts the ante 300
Innova Tom: posts the ante 300
slypud: posts the ante 300
Chipaccrual: posts the ante 300
Axl2032: posts the ante 300
rookiemonsta: posts the ante 300
rookiemonsta: posts small blind 1500
Xanthalius: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Chipaccrual [kd ks]
DAVEatUW2: folds
swiffer33: folds
Innova Tom: folds
slypud: folds
Chipaccrual: raises 6000 to 9000
Axl2032: folds
rookiemonsta: raises 42230 to 51230 and is all-in
Xanthalius: folds
Chipaccrual: calls 42230
*** FLOP *** [js jc
]
*** TURN *** [js jc
] [ac]
*** RIVER *** [js jc
ac] [
]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
rookiemonsta: shows [th ah] (two pair, Aces and Jacks)
Chipaccrual: shows [kd ks] (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
rookiemonsta collected 107860 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 107860 | Rake 0
Board [js jc
ac
]
Seat 1: Xanthalius (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: DAVEatUW2 folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 3: swiffer33 folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 4: Innova Tom folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 5: slypud folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 7: Chipaccrual showed [kd ks] and lost with two pair, Kings and Jacks
Seat 8: Axl2032 (button) folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 9: rookiemonsta (small blind) showed [th ah] and won (107860) with two pair, Aces and Jacks
But, I take that in my stride and sit tight, waiting for that double up opportunity. 21 hands later, and I have not played a thing, this happens :-PokerStars Game #26866636597: Tournament #153492688, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVIII (2000/4000) - 2009/04/08 18:52:54 WET [2009/04/08 13:52:54 ET]
Table "153492688 286" 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Xanthalius (36628 in chips)
Seat 2: DAVEatUW2 (194018 in chips)
Seat 3: swiffer33 (121825 in chips)
Seat 4: Lecter75 (78860 in chips)
Seat 5: slypud (140901 in chips)
Seat 6: joiridezz (63370 in chips)
Seat 7: Chipaccrual (31141 in chips)
Seat 8: donk girl (158343 in chips)
Seat 9: rookiemonsta (76260 in chips)
Xanthalius: posts the ante 400
DAVEatUW2: posts the ante 400
swiffer33: posts the ante 400
Lecter75: posts the ante 400
slypud: posts the ante 400
joiridezz: posts the ante 400
Chipaccrual: posts the ante 400
donk girl: posts the ante 400
rookiemonsta: posts the ante 400
Chipaccrual: posts small blind 2000
donk girl: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Chipaccrual [kh kd]
rookiemonsta: folds
Xanthalius: folds
DAVEatUW2: folds
swiffer33: folds
Lecter75: folds
slypud: raises 8000 to 12000
joiridezz: folds
Chipaccrual: raises 18741 to 30741 and is all-in
donk girl: folds
slypud: calls 18741
*** FLOP *** [
ts qd]
*** TURN *** [
ts qd] [
]
*** RIVER *** [
ts qd
] [ac]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Chipaccrual: shows [kh kd] (a pair of Kings)
slypud: shows [
] (two pair, Eights and Sevens)
slypud collected 69082 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 69082 | Rake 0
Board [
ts qd
ac]
Seat 1: Xanthalius folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 2: DAVEatUW2 folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 3: swiffer33 folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 4: Lecter75 folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 5: slypud showed [
] and won (69082) with two pair, Eights and Sevens
Seat 6: joiridezz (button) folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 7: Chipaccrual (small blind) showed [ kh kd] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 8: donk girl (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: rookiemonsta folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
So I go out in 58th place earning $20.60 for my 5hrs of poker play. And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.