Another "Hellmuthian moment" brought to you by yours truly

PokerStars Game #12740705753: Tournament #64646842, $12+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2007/10/20 - 13:52:02 (ET)
Table '64646842 2' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: ALEXBRONK (280 in chips)
Seat 3: BigHeeb91 (2795 in chips)
Seat 5: jcs11204 (1695 in chips)
Seat 6: zambiaod (4955 in chips)
BigHeeb91: posts small blind 50
jcs11204: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [Ad Ac]
zambiaod: calls 100
ALEXBRONK: folds
BigHeeb91: raises 300 to 400
jcs11204: calls 300
zambiaod: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qh 9s 4h]
BigHeeb91: bets 2395 and is all-in
jcs11204: calls 1295 and is all-in
jcs11204 said, "nh"
*** TURN *** [Qh 9s 4h] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [Qh 9s 4h 4d] [7h]
BigHeeb91 said, "jeezus"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BigHeeb91: shows [Ad Ac] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
jcs11204: shows [Ah 4s] (three of a kind, Fours)
jcs11204 said, "1 love"
jcs11204 collected 3490 from pot
BigHeeb91 said, "what a TERRIBLE call"
BigHeeb91 said, "TERRIBLE"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3490 Rake 0 Board [Qh 9s 4h 4d 7h]
Seat 1: ALEXBRONK (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: BigHeeb91 (small blind) showed [Ad Ac] and lost with two pair, Aces and Fours
Seat 5: jcs11204 (big blind) showed [Ah 4s] and won (3490) with three of a kind, Fours
Seat 6: zambiaod folded before Flop
jcs11204 said, "i only play good cards"
BigHeeb91 said, "idiot"
jcs11204 said, "dont tilt"
jcs11204 said, "u still have NO CHANCE"
jcs11204 said, "HAHAHAHA"
jcs11204: folds
jcs11204 said, "****"
BigHeeb91 said, "not only are you a terrible player, your kid's ugly too"
jcs11204 said, "that hurt..."
jcs11204 said, "but dont be a scumbag"
jcs11204 said, "he died when he was 3 so just stop"
BigHeeb91 said, "dont be an idiot and call off all your chips like a donkey and hit a miracle"
jcs11204 said, "drop it"
BigHeeb91 said, "learn to fold"
BigHeeb91 said, "donkey"
jcs11204 said, "learn to take a bad beat"
BigHeeb91 said, "i play flawless poker and donkeys like you making horrible plays get all my chips"
BigHeeb91 said, "just SICK"
jcs11204 said, "shark scope me, im up 600 this week"
BigHeeb91 said, "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
BigHeeb91 said, "by making HORRIBLE calls?"
BigHeeb91 said, "OBV"
jcs11204 said, "drop it"
BigHeeb91 said, "you fold JJ and call all in with bottom pair"
BigHeeb91 said, "idiot"
BigHeeb91 said, "there goes my chips"
BigHeeb91 said, "DONKEY"
BigHeeb91 said, "way to go"
PokerStars Game #12740774705: Tournament #64646842, $12+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2007/10/20 - 13:56:22 (ET)
Table '64646842 2' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: ALEXBRONK (260 in chips)
Seat 3: BigHeeb91 (800 in chips)
Seat 5: jcs11204 (1560 in chips)
Seat 6: zambiaod (7105 in chips)
zambiaod: posts small blind 50
ALEXBRONK: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [6s Ac]
BigHeeb91 said, "time for you to get lucky again"
BigHeeb91: raises 700 to 800 and is all-in
jcs11204: raises 760 to 1560 and is all-in
zambiaod: folds
ALEXBRONK: calls 160 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Qd 5c 7d]
*** TURN *** [Qd 5c 7d] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [Qd 5c 7d 2h] [Jc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BigHeeb91: shows [6s Ac] (high card Ace)
jcs11204: shows [Tc 9d] (high card Queen)
BigHeeb91 collected 1080 from side pot
ALEXBRONK: shows [6h Kh] (high card King)
BigHeeb91 said, "YES"
BigHeeb91 collected 830 from main pot
jcs11204 said, "there u go"
*** SUMMARY *** Total pot 1910 Main pot 830. Side pot 1080. Rake 0 Board [Qd 5c 7d 2h Jc]
Seat 1: ALEXBRONK (big blind) showed [6h Kh] and lost with high card King
Seat 3: BigHeeb91 showed [6s Ac] and won (1910) with high card Ace
Seat 5: jcs11204 (button) showed [Tc 9d] and lost with high card Queen
Seat 6: zambiaod (small blind) folded before Flop
BigHeeb91 said, "thats how its supposed to work donk"
BigHeeb91 said, "the only hands you've won is when you were way behind and got lucky... you have such skill"
PokerStars Game #12740812810: Tournament #64646842, $12+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2007/10/20 - 13:58:46 (ET)
Table '64646842 2' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 3: BigHeeb91 (1610 in chips)
Seat 4: benderbot95 (2621 in chips)
Seat 5: jcs11204 (1570 in chips)
Seat 6: zambiaod (6445 in chips)
benderbot95: posts small blind 50
jcs11204: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [Ad 9h]
zambiaod: raises 100 to 200
BigHeeb91: calls 200
benderbot95: folds
jcs11204: raises 1370 to 1570 and is all-in
zambiaod: folds
BigHeeb91: calls 1370
BigHeeb91 said, "HOLD"
BigHeeb91 said, "HOLD"
*** FLOP *** [Kc 2d Ks]
BigHeeb91 said, "HOLD"
BigHeeb91 said, "HOLD"
*** TURN *** [Kc 2d Ks] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [Kc 2d Ks Qc] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jcs11204: shows [5h Ah] (a pair of Kings)
BigHeeb91: shows [Ad 9h] (a pair of Kings - Ace+Queen+Nine kicker)
BigHeeb91 said, "donkey"
BigHeeb91 collected 3390 from pot
BigHeeb91 said, "GET OFF MY TABLE"
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 3390 Rake 0 Board [Kc 2d Ks Qc 7c]
Seat 3: BigHeeb91 (button) showed [Ad 9h] and won (3390) with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: benderbot95 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: jcs11204 (big blind) showed [5h Ah] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 6: zambiaod folded before Flop

BULLDOZER'D!!!!!!!!!!!

PokerStars Game #12689166891: Tournament #64394034, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2007/10/17 - 20:50:36 (ET)
Table '64394034 1' 9-max
Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: sohokid (770 in chips)
Seat 2: RPM213 (1715 in chips)
Seat 3: DALTONATOR (1460 in chips)
Seat 4: fold_em_sho7 (2375 in chips)
Seat 5: eddy81 (535 in chips)
Seat 6: BigHeeb91 (1995 in chips)
Seat 7: jbecks81 (1095 in chips)
Seat 8: grillboy62 (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: RaiNKhAN (2055 in chips)
jbecks81: posts small blind 25
grillboy62: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [Ac Jh]
RaiNKhAN: raises 100 to 150
sohokid: folds
RPM213: folds
DALTONATOR: folds
fold_em_sho7: folds
eddy81: folds
BigHeeb91: calls 150
jbecks81: folds
grillboy62: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qc 9s Ah]
RaiNKhAN: bets 250
BigHeeb91: calls 250
*** TURN *** [Qc 9s Ah] [7h]
RaiNKhAN: checks
BigHeeb91: bets 350
RaiNKhAN: raises 1305 to 1655 and is all-in
BigHeeb91: calls 1245 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [Qc 9s Ah 7h] [Td]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RaiNKhAN: shows [Qs Qd] (three of a kind, Queens)
BigHeeb91: shows [Ac Jh] (a pair of Aces)
RaiNKhAN collected 4065 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4065 Rake 0 Board [Qc 9s Ah 7h Td]
Seat 1: sohokid folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: RPM213 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: DALTONATOR folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: fold_em_sho7 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: eddy81 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: BigHeeb91 (button) showed [Ac Jh] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 7: jbecks81 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: grillboy62 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: RaiNKhAN showed [Qs Qd] and won (4065) with three of a kind, Queens

RaiN-FUCKING-KhAN.

I'm sick. What a bad fucking play on my part.

Big news for one of the Grinders

Just want to give congrats to NBA and his lovely wife Ms. NBA on the news that they will be the proud parents of a baby girl in the next few months.

You may be the unluckiest man in poker, but you are lucky in life NBA!!!

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Another Harrah's Tourney, Another Final Table Cash

So this past Sunday I decided to go and check out the poker room at AK-CHIN Harrahs resort and casino just outside of Phoenix. They had a Noon and 5pm tournaments so I planned on playing both and some cash games in between.

I got there at 10:30 and played some 3-6 dropping $13 in a little over an hour, then played in the noon tournament. $50 + $10 + $10 for dealers (got you an extra 1k in chips). So I paid the $70 and because I was playing cash games before, they gave me another 500 in chips for T3500. I won the very first hand after raising with JJ and getting 2 callers. They folded to my C-bet. After that hand I don't think I played another hand through the first orbit besides my blinds. Only 1 guy at the table I worried about and he was to my left. I paid him off twice, both times when I knew I was beat. The last hand I felt I needed to call due to pot odds when I had 2 pair and he rivered a flush. I got blinded down a little and then my table broke and we were down to 2 tables (30 people total in the tourney). I waited an orbit and then was down to 1100 with 100/200 blinds. In the BB with JJ. Button raises to 800 and I go all in. He shows KK. Flop comes J10x all diamonds. I flop top set but he has K of diamonds and hits his flush on the river. I bust out about 15th/16th and sign up for the 4-8kill game which is about to start. I sit down and drop $170 in the most wild poker game I have ever been a part of. Crazy play by maniacs. I won't go into much detail but just ridonkulous play by the guys at my table.

So 5:00pm rolls around and the tournament starts with 39 players. This tourney is $30+10+10 and I buy in for the $50. Since I was playing for 4 hours before I got 1500 extra so I started with 4500 in chips. I once again won the first hand when I flopped top pair and everyone folded to my bet. I played great hitting a ton of flops and having respect at the table. The key hand for me was when I completed from the sb with Q10 and the BB checked and we saw the flop of K1010 with 2 other limpers. I check and the BB bets. Limpers fold and I then check raise him. He calls. I bet turn and he calls. River Q fills me up and I put guy all in and he calls with J10. A few hands later I bust a guy when I call his all-in with 99. He showed 66.

Then during the break I strike up a conversation with a guy at my table who was really good. I was telling him about my attempts to qualify at the AZ state poker championship and the Maniac and then guess who sits down right next to the guy I was talking to...yep the maniac. I informed the guy I was talking to who he was. The guy played his usual maniac style raising big and trying to steal pots. Then this hand happened. Folds to the guy I was talking to in SB and he completes. The maniac raising to 2000 (blinds 100/200 or 200/400 can't remember). The SB moves all in for almost 10k and the maniac calls showing J4 of spades while the SB shows KK. Flop comes AJx one spade. Turn and river both spades and the SB is gone while maniac builds his stack.

We head to the final table and I am 3rd or 4th in chips. Top 5 get paid. Maniac is second in chips and continues his kamikaze type play. A bunch of limpers in front including me with QJs. He makes it 11k to go when the post has about 2400 in it. The massive chip leader goes all in and the maniac has pot committed himself and has to call showing J7 and the chip leader had KK and it holds up knocking maniac out in 8th. I end up finishing 5th for $137, a $87 profit. Caught no cards at FT and was getting blinded off. finally had to go all in when I had double the bb UTG with KQ. Got called by A9 and the BB and Ace hit the flop. Overall my play was good. Still got to work on a few things that NBA helped point out to me. That makes 5 tourney's at Harrah's properties with 3 FT's all of them cashes. Not bad!!!!

Not sure when I will play next though. I'm only doing the occasional free roll on-line and probably taking the rest of the year off as I need to save money but knowing me I'm sure I'll head down to Casino AZ for some 4-8kill or 6-12 action. Might even try the 5-150 spread limit game.

Also, thanks to NBA for putting poker things into perspective for me, you da man amigo!!!