[JoseRijo]

Playing in a $6 45-man turbo on Stars last night. Eight players left, seven get paid. I'm in first place, but only one player is (relatively) short.

Villain is the same in both hands.

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Poker Stars, $6 + $0.50 NL Hold'em Tournament, 400/800 Blinds, 8 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

UTG: 9,130
UTG+1: 6,710
MP1: 9,072
MP2: 6,905
JoseRijo (CO): 12,263
BTN: 2,804
SB: 9,562
BB: 11,054

Pre-Flop: (1,600) 8s 8c dealt to JoseRijo (CO)
UTG calls 800, 3 folds, JoseRijo raises to 2,000, 3 folds, UTG calls 1,200

Flop: (5,600) 4s 5s Qd (2 Players)
UTG bets 1,600, JoseRijo calls 1,600

Turn: (8,800) 4c (2 Players)
UTG checks, JoseRijo bets 800, UTG calls 800

River: (10,400) 5c (2 Players)
UTG bets 4,680 and is All-In, JoseRijo calls 4,680

Results: 19,760 Pot
UTG showed 6h 5h (a full house, Fives full of Fours) and WON 19,760 (+10,630 NET)
JoseRijo showed 8s 8c (two pair, Eights and Fives) and LOST (-9,130 NET)

BB: 19,760
UTG: 6,660
UTG+1: 9,022
MP1: 6,855
JoseRijo (MP2): 3,133
CO: 2,754
BTN: 9,112
SB: 10,204

Pre-Flop: (2,400) Kh Qs dealt to JoseRijo (MP2)
3 folds, JoseRijo raises to 3,058 and is All-In, 3 folds, BB calls 1,858

Flop: (7,316) 3c Js 4h (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Turn: (7,316) 5h (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: (7,316) 6h (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: 7,316 Pot
BB showed 2h 8h (a flush, Eight high) and WON 7,316 (+4,183 NET)
JoseRijo showed Kh Qs (high card King) and LOST (-3,133 NET)
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The min-bet on the turn was a mis-click. I accidentally hit the Bet button while
moving the slider. Not that it would've mattered.

Boring and standard, I know. But I'm too depressed to post about what's really
bothering me: my 11 1/2 buy-in downswing at 25NL. In 1350 hands.

[ontheuptick]

That 2nd hand is rough.

On the first hand, any reason for the small raise PF? 2.5 BB's when there was already 1 caller seems a little light to me. a 4BB raise there might have won it preflop.

[JoseRijo]

Originally Posted by ontheuptick

On the first hand, any reason for the small raise PF? 2.5 BB's when there was already 1 caller seems a little light to me. a 4BB raise there might have won it preflop.

Because I didn't want to bubble, of course!

Actually, I was worried about the button or blinds (or even UTG) coming over the
top. And I thought if I raised any more, the UTG would feel pot-committed.

[guinness]

I feel you Jose. I never play these but elected to play a $68 entry 45-man tourney on FTP. I was the chip leader the entire time. We get down to 10 and top 6 pay. Still chip leader, I proceeded to call peoples all ins with AT, 55, stuff like that and ended up bubbling out. I was so pissed, especially when the ftp "final table" graphic came up I felt like I could coast into placement. I got too call-happy. Man that pisses me off now like 2 weeks later thinking about it. Then again, my multitable experience is pretty noob at best. At least you've won a 45 man tourney before.

[tomb1]

Hand #1 -- regardless of how your mis-click got you there (you're a genius at randomizing your play for maximum deception!!), I think you gotta punish him on that flop. You're way ahead against a random BB. Re-raise his butt and take it down there.

On the turn, I probably check behind. I could make a case to push here, but we're on the bubble and we're beat too many ways. Check and hope for some miracle on the river.

River -- ack, no miracle. Bad card for you. I definitely fold here. But you shoulda and coulda had the pot on one of the earlier streets. Or you'd still have 5,480 chips.

[Sneds]

Originally Posted by JoseRijo

my 11 1/2 buy-in downswing at 25NL. In 1350 hands.

Take a little break from playing cash. Losing just under $300 at $25NL in 1350 hands is absolutely ridiculous. You must have gone on major monkey tilt.

Go down a level and smash $10 NL for a while - at the very least it'll give you your confidence back.

GL.