[Slagar]

It was maybe the second hand that I raised PF and he reraised with J6o? I was the short stack, of course I wasn't going to raise without a decent hand.


PokerStars Game #6040200373: Tournament #30600516, 300+20 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2006/08/24 - 22:09:53 (ET)
Table '30600516 5' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: rebeldino (1025 in chips)
Seat 2: Schmoegurt (795 in chips)
Seat 3: Bo Bogle (2550 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 4: viet4u2nv (4750 in chips)
Seat 5: cormil20 (5495 in chips)
Seat 8: mel 1979 (11255 in chips)
Seat 9: wert48 (7185 in chips)
Bo Bogle: posts small blind 25
viet4u2nv: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Schmoegurt [Jc Ac]
cormil20: calls 50
mel 1979: calls 50
wert48: folds
rebeldino: calls 50
Schmoegurt: raises 150 to 200
Bo Bogle: folds
viet4u2nv: raises 150 to 350
cormil20: calls 300
mel 1979: calls 300
rebeldino: folds
Schmoegurt: raises 445 to 795 and is all-in
viet4u2nv: calls 445
cormil20: calls 445
mel 1979: calls 445
*** FLOP *** [4c 8c 7c]
viet4u2nv: bets 3500
cormil20: calls 3500
mel 1979: folds
*** TURN *** [4c 8c 7c] [Ah]
viet4u2nv: bets 455 and is all-in
cormil20: calls 455
*** RIVER *** [4c 8c 7c Ah] [5c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
viet4u2nv: shows [6c Js] (a straight flush, Four to Eight)
cormil20: shows [Kc Th] (a flush, King high)
viet4u2nv collected 7910 from side pot
Schmoegurt: shows [Jc Ac] (a flush, Ace high)
viet4u2nv collected 3255 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11165 Main pot 3255. Side pot 7910. | Rake 0
Board [4c 8c 7c Ah 5c]
Seat 1: rebeldino folded before Flop
Seat 2: Schmoegurt (button) showed [Jc Ac] and lost with a flush, Ace high
Seat 3: Bo Bogle (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: viet4u2nv (big blind) showed [6c Js] and won (11165) with a straight flush, Four to Eight
Seat 5: cormil20 showed [Kc Th] and lost with a flush, King high
Seat 8: mel 1979 folded on the Flop
Seat 9: wert48 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[yeltzen]

It was play money, playa!
If you expect people in a play money tournament to think about being the short stack and "obviously" not raising without a good hand, then who's the foo?!!?

[hachkc]

I have to go with Boris here.

Play money is to real poker as Putt-Putt is to golf; they share a lot of similarities but are almost completely different games.

So Boris,
How did you end up at PP last night and did you know that was me sitting next to you?

[yeltzen]

Originally Posted by hachkc

I have to go with Boris here.

Play money is to real poker but Putt-Putt is to golf; they share a lot of similarities but are almost completely different games.

So Boris,
How did you end up at PP last night and did you know that was me sitting next to you?

I did know it was you!
Obviously, I busted, as you saw. I got myself up to $90 earlier in the night, so I cashed out the $50 and kept playing with the $40, which I lost at that table. I'll take $50 free any time! I think I might be hooked on NL cash games now, though.

[hachkc]

I ended up about +$4 after about 2hrs of playing at that table.

But I only need 35 more raked hands to clear the bonus. So far I'm up about $15 which ain't great but it is free money.

[yeltzen]

Originally Posted by hachkc

I ended up about +$4 after about 2hrs of playing at that table.

But I only need 35 more raked hands to clear the bonus. So far I'm up about $15 which ain't great but it is free money.

Nice! I'd just sit at a table and not play any hands until I cleared!
If you dip below $50, you can't cashout (unless you already have money in there). By hey, free money is free money. There's nothing bad about it.

[Slagar]

Unfortunately my bankroll is $0 so I am limited to play money and free rolls, neither of which are real poker. At least not until you get to the last 5-10% in a freeroll.

[yeltzen]

Originally Posted by Slagar

Unfortunately my bankroll is $0 so I am limited to play money and free rolls, neither of which are real poker. At least not until you get to the last 5-10% in a freeroll.

The key is to not play there... then they give you $40 free!

[Slagar]

I haven't played at PP for about a month, after I lost my roll. Only 5 more months until they give me free money? I guess I'll stick to P* and holdempoker.com play money and freerolls until then.