[gwilkx]

$20+rebuy MTT on stars the other night. i had just taken a beat (my AK loses to AJ - all the money goes in on the A69 rainbow flop, river Jack), and sadly only had $7k going into the hand.

PokerStars Game #6277848399: Tournament #31512900, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/09/13 - 22:47:51 (ET)
Table '31512900 36' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: midnghtryder (4625 in chips)
Seat 2: NoLuv420 (4545 in chips)
Seat 3: RiggsB (18665 in chips)
Seat 4: DJ DBA (24180 in chips)
Seat 5: jakobstar (14675 in chips)
Seat 6: GreasyTony (7620 in chips)
Seat 7: shotgun74 (9135 in chips)
Seat 8: Noctus (21425 in chips)
Seat 9: gwilkx (7125 in chips)
GreasyTony: posts small blind 100
shotgun74: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to gwilkx [Ad As] (UTG+1 with two aces. hmmh, how can i get all my money in pre-flop?)
Noctus: calls 200
gwilkx: raises 400 to 600
midnghtryder: folds
NoLuv420: raises 3945 to 4545 and is all-in (nice - found my huckleberry)
RiggsB: raises 3945 to 8490 (uh, ok - trying to isolate w/ AK maybe?)
DJ DBA: folds
jakobstar: folds
GreasyTony: folds
shotgun74: folds
Noctus: raises 12935 to 21425 and is all-in (so i guess this guy has kings?)
gwilkx: calls 6525 and is all-in (of course)
RiggsB: calls 10175 and is all-in (WTF?)
*** FLOP *** [4c 9s 2h]
*** TURN *** [4c 9s 2h] [7c]
RiggsB said, "wow"
*** RIVER *** [4c 9s 2h 7c] [3s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Noctus: shows [Kc Ks] (a pair of Kings)
RiggsB: shows [Qc Qh] (a pair of Queens)
Noctus collected 23080 from side pot-2
gwilkx: shows [Ad As] (a pair of Aces)
gwilkx collected 7740 from side pot-1
NoLuv420: shows [Jd Jh] (a pair of Jacks)
gwilkx collected 18480 from main pot
SpaGMumP is connected
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 49300 Main pot 18480. Side pot-1 7740. Side pot-2 23080. | Rake 0
Board [4c 9s 2h 7c 3s] (the most amazing part!)
Seat 1: midnghtryder folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: NoLuv420 showed [Jd Jh] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 3: RiggsB showed [Qc Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 4: DJ DBA folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: jakobstar (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: GreasyTony (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: shotgun74 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: Noctus showed [Kc Ks] and won (23080) with a pair of Kings
Seat 9: gwilkx showed [Ad As] and won (26220) with a pair of Aces

i was basically 54% to win pre-flop, and only about 73% on the flop, but gotta love the quadruple up! i was in 6th out of 200 after this hand.

gw-

[azureXsmurF]

Originally Posted by gwilkx

Board [4c 9s 2h 7c 3s] (the most amazing part!)

I have to concur =] vnh sir.

[hachkc]

Nice though I guess a lot of bitching at the end of that hand.

My take on plays:

Noctus - Limp UTG with KK this early in tournament is ok but I would have raised a bit. After fireworks, tough laydown but makeable IMHO depending on read of opponents.

HERO - Nothing wrong here.

NoLuv420 - Push with JJ against limper and a raise is fine for short stack.

Riggs - WTF was he thinking, QQ with a UTG limp, raise and reraise all-in in front of him and he raises upto 9k out of an 18k stack at the 100/200 level; fold and wait for a better opportunity IMHO or just call at worst. Then he compounds it by committing his stack to what he has to know is a behind hand at that point but he was probably pot committed in his mind.

[__JR__]

Vnh sir, the type everyone dreams of.
How'd the rest of the tourney go?

[hachkc]

One last comment,

This just seems like an insane hand at the 100/200 level of the tourney plus the chip stacks are huge for a round 6; must be the rebuys. How many players total?

[gwilkx]

yeah, noLove420 played his Jacks correctly - no getting away from them here i don't think.

as for me, i went on to lose 1/2 my stack when a shorter stack moved in and i called with QQ in the BB - he had A8s and flopped an ace. held out for a while, ended up moving in pre-flop with AQs in late position, getting called by AJ in the SB. flop was AKJ giving him two-pair. turn was my miracle T, giving me broadway, and putting 3 hearts on the board. river was a heart, and AJ guy was holding the A , so i lose to his 1-card flush. went out in 94th or something like that.

gw-

[gwilkx]

Originally Posted by hachkc

One last comment,

This just seems like an insane hand at the 100/200 level of the tourney plus the chip stacks are huge for a round 6; must be the rebuys. How many players total?

yeah, the $20+R is a pretty big action game. i don't remember how many players exactly, but the wednesday night one typically has between 350 and 480 players, and about 2x in rebuys. first place is typically between 9k and 11k. the sunday night one gets 600+ players. i chopped one of these earlier this year at 3-handed as chipleader for $8,001. they used to only have 1 / week (monday night), but have recently added several more $20+R and a couple of additional $30+R.

JJ moving all in is what really made this a monster pot pre-flop, though given the board, i'm sure the money was going in regardless.

gw-