Some Hands; Ship AP 30r

Fun times in a Stars $109 from 2 nights ago. This guy random shoved here and I had no idea what to make of that. Last time I saw a random overshove like that, someone shoved aces for 2500 at 5/10 on UB and got looked up by kings. Decided I had to call though.

PokerStars Game #17300317971: Tournament #87045231, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/05/08 - 23:51:24 (ET)
Table '87045231 4' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Jackster6125 (4635 in chips)
Seat 2: SHIPP ITT (3477 in chips)
Seat 3: Slapnasty (905 in chips)
Seat 4: usourcek (11490 in chips)
Seat 5: bomb888 (1583 in chips)
Seat 6: lilholdem954 (9520 in chips)
Seat 7: bzimzim (6510 in chips)
Seat 8: cashier20 (1315 in chips)
Seat 9: Kameron (4725 in chips)
cashier20: posts small blind 50
Kameron: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bzimzim [Qs Qd]
Jackster6125: folds
SHIPP ITT: folds
Slapnasty: folds
usourcek: folds
bomb888: folds
lilholdem954: raises 9420 to 9520 and is all-in
bzimzim: calls 6510 and is all-in
cashier20: folds
Kameron: folds
*** FLOP *** [Kh 8h Ts]
*** TURN *** [Kh 8h Ts] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 8h Ts 4d] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
lilholdem954: shows [Ad Jh] (high card Ace)
bzimzim: shows [Qs Qd] (a pair of Queens)
bzimzim collected 13170 from pot


Only got better from there, as he shoved the next five hands in a row, and won twice, taking it down pf three times. And then, like an oasis in the desert...


PokerStars Game #17300401991: Tournament #87045231, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/05/08 - 23:56:27 (ET)
Table '87045231 4' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Jackster6125 (4485 in chips)
Seat 2: SHIPP ITT (3327 in chips)
Seat 3: Slapnasty (755 in chips)
Seat 4: usourcek (6515 in chips)
Seat 5: bomb888 (1483 in chips)
Seat 6: lilholdem954 (9850 in chips)
Seat 7: bzimzim (13170 in chips)
Seat 9: Kameron (4575 in chips)
bomb888: posts small blind 50
lilholdem954: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bzimzim [As Ac]
bzimzim: calls 100
Kameron: folds
Jackster6125: folds
SHIPP ITT: folds
Slapnasty: folds
usourcek: folds
MrteddyKGB is connected
bomb888: calls 50
lilholdem954: raises 9750 to 9850 and is all-in
bzimzim: calls 9750
bomb888: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ah 6h 3c]
Kameron said, "lol"
*** TURN *** [Ah 6h 3c] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [Ah 6h 3c Tc] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
lilholdem954: shows [8d 6d] (a pair of Sixes)
bzimzim: shows [As Ac] (three of a kind, Aces)
lilholdem954 is sitting out
bzimzim collected 19800 from pot

God bless America.

Of course nothing good came of that in the end, sat around for awhile, was like 4/36 when I 3 bet CO+1 raiser with AQ and sb woke up with KK. Then two outed for 60k pot tens against sixes aipf, out for 25th. Guess you never really can win a tournament in the first hour, even if that first hour is Christmas.

Horrible read for UB $40k sniper turns into a donkout for me:

Hand #53238047-46 at S40Kguar9pm-007 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 08/May/08 21:45:09
C91186 is at seat 0 with 4235.
MarcB244 is at seat 1 with 2130.
JayPez is at seat 2 with 3435.
bb77 is at seat 3 with 2420.
J FREE is at seat 4 with 2380.
betternuts is at seat 5 with 2730.
bzimzim is at seat 6 with 3010.
TheWacpKidd is at seat 7 with 4865.
kczoo is at seat 8 with 4775.
CBuHTyc is at seat 9 with 2475.
The button is at seat 4.
betternuts posts the small blind of 15.
bzimzim posts the big blind of 30.
C91186: -- --
MarcB244: -- --
JayPez: -- --
bb77: -- --
J FREE: -- --
betternuts: -- --
bzimzim: 7h 8d
TheWacpKidd: -- --
kczoo: -- --
CBuHTyc: -- --
Pre-flop:
TheWacpKidd folds.
kczoo folds.
CBuHTyc folds.
C91186 calls.
MarcB244 folds.
JayPez folds. bb77 folds.
J FREE folds.
betternuts folds.
bzimzim checks.
Flop (board: 8s As 7d):
bzimzim checks.
C91186 bets 75.
bzimzim raises to 250.
C91186 goes all-in for 4205.
bzimzim goes all-in for 2980.
C91186 is returned 1225 (uncalled).
Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:
C91186 shows 7c 7s.
bzimzim shows 7h 8d.
Turn (board: 8s As 7d 8c): (no action in this round)
River (board: 8s As 7d 8c 3h): (no action in this round)

Showdown: C91186 has 7c 7s 8s 7d 8c: full house, sevens full of eights. bzimzim has 7h 8d 8s 7d 8c: full house, eights full of sevens.

Really took a read here, and wow was it wrong. This guy doubled up early, but had really been splashing around since, whining the chat box about being pushed around, etc. I think it was the shove that got me. I really thought just an ace or a draw. The hands I were worried about were A7/A8. I was shocked he just shoved a set of 7s there. I'll take a donkout though, always.

Here I pwn sbrounder (lol sort of):

Hand #53238047-175 at S40Kguar9pm-007 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 08/May/08 23:48:59
FLIMSIN is at seat 0 with 9520.
SbRounder is at seat 1 with 10585.
digitaldoc is at seat 2 with 11690.
bb77 is at seat 3 with 5170.
ALCARMO is at seat 4 with 6520.
betternuts is at seat 5 with 20785.
bzimzim is at seat 6 with 7200.
WiredNun is at seat 7 with 17665.
samos is at seat 8 with 17140.
The button is at seat 7.
FLIMSIN posts ante (50).
SbRounder posts ante (50).
digitaldoc posts ante (50).
bb77 posts ante (50).
ALCARMO posts ante (50).
betternuts posts ante (50).
bzimzim posts ante (50).
WiredNun posts ante (50).
samos posts ante (50).
FLIMSIN posts the small blind of 200.
SbRounder posts the big blind of 400.
FLIMSIN: -- --
SbRounder: -- --
digitaldoc: -- --
bb77: -- --
ALCARMO: -- --
betternuts: -- --
bzimzim: Ac Kc
WiredNun: -- --
samos: -- --
Pre-flop:
digitaldoc folds.
bb77 folds.
ALCARMO folds.
betternuts folds.
bzimzim raises to 1100.
WiredNun folds.
samos folds.
FLIMSIN folds.
SbRounder calls.
Flop (board: Ks Qc 4c):
SbRounder checks.
bzimzim bets 1500.
SbRounder raises to 7350.
bzimzim goes all-in for 6050.
SbRounder is returned 1300 (uncalled).
Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:
SbRounder shows Ad Ah.
bzimzim shows Ac Kc.
Turn (board: Ks Qc 4c 6s): (no action in this round)
River (board: Ks Qc 4c 6s Kh): (no action in this round)

Showdown:
SbRounder has Ad Ah Ks Qc Kh: two pair, aces and kings.
bzimzim has Ac Kc Ks Qc Kh: three kings.

Hand played itself after the flop obv, it was all going in. Ended up building up good stack, getting KK in against 98 on 955 flop, 9 on turn for huge hit (the guy who called with 98, even with all those chips, was gone like 5 hands later, which I suppose isn't that surprising), but built it back up to FT. Here's the exit against foolishgolf:

Hand #53238038-43 at S40Kguar9pm-Final (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 09/May/08 01:58:34
dipthr0ng is at seat 0 with 121860.
aguy2no is at seat 3 with 97360.
WiredNun is at seat 4 with 92220.
bzimzim is at seat 5 with 112280.
ostrichman is at seat 7 with 44920.
zmen is at seat 8 with 20805.
foolishgolf is at seat 9 with 283055.
The button is at seat 7.
dipthr0ng posts ante (300).
aguy2no posts ante (300).
WiredNun posts ante (300).
bzimzim posts ante (300).
ostrichman posts ante (300).
zmen posts ante (300).
foolishgolf posts ante (300).
foolishgolf posts the small blind of 1500.
dipthr0ng posts the big blind of 3000.
dipthr0ng: -- --
aguy2no: -- --
WiredNun: -- --
bzimzim: Kd Ad
ostrichman: -- --
zmen: -- --
foolishgolf: -- --
Pre-flop:
aguy2no calls.
WiredNun folds.
bzimzim raises to 11000.
ostrichman folds. zmen folds.
foolishgolf re-raises to 29500.
dipthr0ng folds.
aguy2no folds.
bzimzim goes all-in for 111980.
foolishgolf calls.
Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:
bzimzim shows Kd Ad.
foolishgolf shows 9c 9s.
Flop (board: 3c Js 8s): (no action in this round)
Turn (board: 3c Js 8s 8c): (no action in this round)
River (board: 3c Js 8s 8c 2d): (no action in this round)

Showdown:
bzimzim has Kd Ad Js 8s 8c: a pair of eights.
foolishgolf has 9c 9s Js 8s 8c: two pair, nines and eights.

Man, UB HH are annoying. Foolish, who is a very good player, makes a nice call here. With the utg limp and my raise, I was actually surprised he only had 9s, but I might be making too much of the utg limp. Without it certainly his raise was standard. Out in 7th I went for $1700 I think.

AP 30r: Got to pick up chips sometime, here's a spot:
Stage #1173737119 Tourney ID 2005390 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No Limit $1200 - 2008-05-10 00:54:59 (ET)
Table: 8 (Real Money) Seat #8 is the dealer
Seat 2 - PROFISHIONAL ($17480 in chips)
Seat 3 - PLANOMAN ($42908 in chips)
Seat 4 - MATRIX05 ($48074 in chips)
Seat 5 - AZTEC111 ($7275 in chips)
Seat 6 - OTMAN ($27386.50 in chips)
Seat 7 - BZIMZIM ($28265 in chips)
Seat 8 - SKILLZ6195 ($24030 in chips)
Seat 9 - GLMELTON ($46445 in chips)
PROFISHIONAL - Ante $100
PLANOMAN - Ante $100
MATRIX05 - Ante $100
AZTEC111 - Ante $100
OTMAN - Ante $100
BZIMZIM - Ante $100
SKILLZ6195 - Ante $100
GLMELTON - Ante $100
GLMELTON - Posts small blind $600
PROFISHIONAL - Posts big blind $1200
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to BZIMZIM [6d Ac]
PLANOMAN - Folds
MATRIX05 - Folds
AZTEC111 - Folds
OTMAN - Folds
BZIMZIM - Raises $3100 to $3100
SKILLZ6195 - Folds
GLMELTON - Calls $2500
PROFISHIONAL - Folds
*** FLOP *** [9h Qh 8s]
GLMELTON - Bets $4100
BZIMZIM - Raises $10000 to $10000
GLMELTON - Calls $5900
*** TURN *** [9h Qh 8s] [Qc]
GLMELTON - Checks
BZIMZIM - Checks
*** RIVER *** [9h Qh 8s Qc] [5c]
GLMELTON - Checks
BZIMZIM - Bets $9600
GLMELTON - Folds
BZIMZIM - returned ($9600) : not called
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BZIMZIM - Does not show
BZIMZIM Collects $28200 from main pot

Weeeee. Picked a bad (lucky) spot to get aggro back against Plano here:

Stage #1173750571 Tourney ID 2005390 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No Limit $1600 - 2008-05-10 01:11:44 (ET)
Table: 8 (Real Money) Seat #5 is the dealer
Seat 3 - PLANOMAN ($51008 in chips)
Seat 4 - MATRIX05 ($20799 in chips)
Seat 5 - AZTEC111 ($7550 in chips)
Seat 6 - OTMAN ($35486.50 in chips)
Seat 7 - BZIMZIM ($49365 in chips)
Seat 8 - SKILLZ6195 ($30830 in chips)
Seat 9 - GLMELTON ($20045 in chips)
PLANOMAN - Ante $100
MATRIX05 - Ante $100
AZTEC111 - Ante $100
OTMAN - Ante $100
BZIMZIM - Ante $100
SKILLZ6195 - Ante $100
GLMELTON - Ante $100
OTMAN - Posts small blind $800
BZIMZIM - Posts big blind $1600
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to BZIMZIM [4h 4d]
SKILLZ6195 - Folds
GLMELTON - Folds
PLANOMAN - Raises $4800 to $4800
MATRIX05 - Folds
AZTEC111 - Folds
OTMAN - Folds
BZIMZIM - Raises $11200 to $12800
PLANOMAN - Calls $8000
*** FLOP *** [6c 5h 7s]
BZIMZIM - Bets $22400
PLANOMAN - All-In(Raise) $38108 to $38108
BZIMZIM - All-In $14065
PLANOMAN - returned ($1643) : not called
*** TURN *** [6c 5h 7s] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [6c 5h 7s 4c] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PLANOMAN - Shows [As Ad] (One pair, aces)
BZIMZIM - Shows [4h 4d] (Three of a kind, fours)
BZIMZIM Collects $100030 from main pot

I'll take it where I can get it. And off and running. From there lots of tight players, and lots of running over the table, one or two more key hands, and shippage for $4500.

You know, there's nothing like winning. And it's amazing how little it actually happens. I play poker for a living, almost exclusively multis. Though I haven't played in the volume I would like, I've still played quite a few tournaments this year. And yet, here's a list of all the tournaments I've actually won (excluding qualifiers obviously):
UB $55 entry-93 entrants (Jan 17)
Bodog $100K-810 entrants (Feb 10)
UB $65 bounty-61 entrants (Feb 26)
PS $109-541 entrants (HU chop, I got slightly more for CL) (Mar 17)
AP $44 sng (lol, alright that doesn't count, but it is a "1" on my spreadsheet, and also the only sng I've played this year)
AP Forum Tourney (certainly not knocking the forum, but not counting this either)
AP 4.5K guar-42 entrants (Apr 5)
AP Sunday Warmup-224 entrants (Apr 5)
AP 30r-166 entrants (May 9)

So basically that's 7 tournaments I've won, after playing all year (though given not as much as I should). And perhaps that should be 6.5, since I might not have won the one I chopped. Now obviously winning isn't the only profitable result, especially in bigger tournaments. But I just found that interesting, especially since any tournament that isn't a win is a disappointment on one level or another. So I'll enjoy the ones I actually win.

Also, FT makes no appearance on that list. I swear, I run terrible on that site. Haven't played a single FTOPS event yet, but probably will at some point.

Wow this is a long entry. I'll wrap it OT: here's Bob Herbert's ruthless (and factual) destruction of the Clintons and who they are: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/opinion/10herbert.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Edit: As van pointed out, lilholdem954 is actually m8kingmoves, thus making me sound like a total dumbass for not realizing that. But as I sound like a dumbass frequently, I'm okay with that. Anyway, clearly he was tired of this tourney, and I'll take it. Some of us care if we win the $109s lol.