A chip and a chair

So as anyone who knows me can tell you, I am not a bragger but I must say that my play in the WSOP ME 400FPP qualifier today was some great playing. After building up my stack with these 2 hands

PokerStars Game #10172967531: Tournament #51198606, 400FPP Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2007/05/29 - 20:17:04 (ET)
Table '51198606 15' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Eagleper (1230 in chips)
Seat 2: ilikedirt411 (2720 in chips)
Seat 3: jjli818 (2030 in chips)
Seat 4: coyote69 (1275 in chips)
Seat 5: veenman76 (2365 in chips)
Seat 6: Funkert (2150 in chips)
Seat 7: Stewman20 (2700 in chips)
Seat 8: CrispLettuce (2035 in chips)
Seat 9: GrassHarper (1280 in chips)
Funkert: posts small blind 15
Stewman20: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stewman20 [8h 8c]
CrispLettuce: folds
GrassHarper: folds
Eagleper: raises 150 to 180
ilikedirt411: folds
jjli818: folds
coyote69: folds
veenman76: folds
Funkert: folds
Stewman20: calls 150
*** FLOP *** [Jh 5d 2d]
Stewman20: checks
Eagleper: bets 150
Stewman20: raises 600 to 750
Eagleper: raises 300 to 1050 and is all-in
Stewman20: calls 300
*** TURN *** [Jh 5d 2d] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 5d 2d 2s] [4s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Stewman20: shows [8h 8c] (two pair, Eights and Deuces)
Eagleper: shows [Ac Ks] (a pair of Deuces)
Stewman20 collected 2475 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2475 | Rake 0
Board [Jh 5d 2d 2s 4s]
Seat 1: Eagleper showed [Ac Ks] and lost with a pair of Deuces
Seat 2: ilikedirt411 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: jjli818 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: coyote69 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: veenman76 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Funkert (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: Stewman20 (big blind) showed [8h 8c] and won (2475) with two pair, Eights and Deuces
Seat 8: CrispLettuce folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: GrassHarper folded before Flop (didn't bet)

PokerStars Game #10172982650: Tournament #51198606, 400FPP Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2007/05/29 - 20:18:03 (ET)
Table '51198606 15' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: ilikedirt411 (2720 in chips)
Seat 3: jjli818 (2030 in chips)
Seat 4: coyote69 (1275 in chips)
Seat 5: veenman76 (2365 in chips)
Seat 6: Funkert (2135 in chips)
Seat 7: Stewman20 (3945 in chips)
Seat 8: CrispLettuce (2035 in chips)
Seat 9: GrassHarper (1280 in chips)
Stewman20: posts small blind 15
CrispLettuce: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stewman20 [6h 4h]
GrassHarper: folds
ilikedirt411: folds
jjli818: folds
coyote69: folds
veenman76: calls 30
Funkert: folds
Stewman20: calls 15
CrispLettuce: raises 90 to 120
veenman76: calls 90
Stewman20: calls 90
*** FLOP *** [Ts 9h Th]
Stewman20: checks
CrispLettuce: bets 150
veenman76: folds
Stewman20: calls 150
*** TURN *** [Ts 9h Th] [5s]
Stewman20: checks
CrispLettuce: bets 250
Stewman20: calls 250
*** RIVER *** [Ts 9h Th 5s] [7c]
Stewman20: bets 600
CrispLettuce: folds
Stewman20 collected 1160 from pot
Stewman20: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1160 | Rake 0
Board [Ts 9h Th 5s 7c]
Seat 2: ilikedirt411 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: jjli818 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: coyote69 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: veenman76 folded on the Flop
Seat 6: Funkert (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Stewman20 (small blind) collected (1160)
Seat 8: CrispLettuce (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 9: GrassHarper folded before Flop (didn't bet)

I then suffered a crushing blow with this hand.

PokerStars Game #10173192834: Tournament #51198606, 400FPP Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2007/05/29 - 20:31:37 (ET)
Table '51198606 15' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: chadn22 (3795 in chips)
Seat 2: ilikedirt411 (2595 in chips)
Seat 3: jjli818 (2755 in chips)
Seat 4: coyote69 (1460 in chips)
Seat 6: Funkert (2010 in chips)
Seat 7: Stewman20 (3880 in chips)
Seat 8: CrispLettuce (2895 in chips)
Seat 9: shawn02169 (9085 in chips)
Stewman20: posts small blind 25
CrispLettuce: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stewman20 [Ad Qc]
shawn02169: calls 50
chadn22: raises 50 to 100
ilikedirt411: folds
jjli818: folds
coyote69: folds
Funkert: folds
Stewman20: calls 75
CrispLettuce: calls 50
shawn02169: calls 50
*** FLOP *** [As 8s Qd]
Stewman20: checks
CrispLettuce: checks
shawn02169: checks
chadn22: bets 50
Stewman20: raises 200 to 250
CrispLettuce: folds
shawn02169: folds
chadn22: raises 350 to 600
Stewman20: raises 3180 to 3780 and is all-in
chadn22: calls 3095 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [As 8s Qd] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [As 8s Qd Tc] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Stewman20: shows [Ad Qc] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
chadn22: shows [Js 9s] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
chadn22 collected 7790 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7790 | Rake 0
Board [As 8s Qd Tc 8d]
Seat 1: chadn22 showed [Js 9s] and won (7790) with a straight, Eight to Queen
Seat 2: ilikedirt411 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: jjli818 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: coyote69 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Funkert (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Stewman20 (small blind) showed [Ad Qc] and lost with two pair, Aces and Queens
Seat 8: CrispLettuce (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: shawn02169 folded on the Flop

This left me 85 in chips. Well I proceeded to double up twice and from then on played solid poker and finished in the top 19 qualifying for this Saturday's tourney.



Top 2 get entry into WSOP ME. Wish me luck as I will undoubtedly need it.