Party Poker Million III

[Expunge]

Tonight is my chance to get on the cruise, just thought i'd pop in on the breaks and give you and update.

Started with 2900 chips, 905 people, 18 cruise spots.

at the first break i'm upto 3915.

5635 largest, 2233 avg, 110 smallest.
858 players left.

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at break # 2

i have 4487. had it upto 7000+ but misplayed one hand and got a little unlucky in another. oh well had a good string of luck in there.

leader at 13073
avg at 3752

510 players remaining

limits will be 200/400 when we resume.

[abacustwo]

How do you calculate the average stack size? Total chips/ number of people <> your average stack size.

[Happy Extinction]

In these types of tournaments they just tell you the average stack size; but it should be total chips/players left.

Just snuck a peek at expunge's tourney - he is holding his own. Grabbed a blind while I was watching...

[abacustwo]

Where is he/are you?

[Expunge]

as scoot said, they post the avg stack for you.

this tournament players started with between 1000 and 3000 chips so the total chips isn't a nice round number.

at break 3 i have 6274. had to go all in once and doubled up.

218 remaining.
leader = 43181
avg = 8799

bets are 500 / 1000 when play resumes.

[Expunge]

i'm littlerivers in tourney 9181 at table 17 for now

[abacustwo]

Can you only get there by Special Tournaments/Multi-table? Because the multi-table tab won't load for me...

[Expunge]

if your a play money it takes a while for that multi to load.

Break 4 and im still in but gonna need some help. Seems like i can't hit a flop now, but i caught a nice river to keep me decent stacked.

im at 4280

leader 51692
avg 16937

113 players remaining

bets will be 800/1600 when we resume.

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at the break i'm at 7720

lost a hand late, my 66 didn't match up well vs KK.

64 players remain
73659 = leader
29904 = avg

bets will be 1500 / 3000

i'm all in on my next good hand.

[Happy Extinction]

I didn't want to say anything until you were all in or nothing...funny that 3 others were watching you play. 58th is very respectable, so close to the $$...

[Expunge]

:cry:

knocked out 58th.

[Expunge]

I didn't want to say anything until you were all in or nothing...funny that 3 others were watching you play. 58th is very respectable, so close to the $$...

It's in the money in any regular multi. Bama said congrats too.

Oh well caught a few lucky cards here and there to keep me going. Made some cheap mistakes here and there too. but those add up.

hit that rush early and built a decent stack. lost a couple of hands and by that time i was below average. Just couldn't crawl back past the average mark. crawled right to it but not over.

For the many of you watching if you have a hand in mind i'll try to pull it.

[Expunge]

Bama your prolly right should have gone all in the hand prior. even if he has Ax i still have a 25% chace. and i was getting atleast that in odds. oh well, i need sleep which prolly wont happen until i replay some hands in my head about 50 million times.

[FSAme]

Sry you didnt' make it - 58 is not too shabby. YOu gonna try again today?

[Expunge]

Here's a disappointing hand. was around average and dropped to short stacked after it.

But i saved myself much more $T than Bama would have.

***** Hand History for Game 378053812 *****
800/1600 TOURNEYTEXASHTGAMETABLE (LIMIT) (TOURNAMENT 2186861) - SAT FEB 07 02:04:08 EST 2004
Table Semi-final 6 Day 1 (2)(9181) Table 1 (Real Money) -- Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: KUBIAK (20418)
Seat 2: CrameBoy (4456)
Seat 3: AcesHigh1 (19641)
Seat 4: littlerivers (18560)
Seat 5: TJB17 (20096)
Seat 7: MartyWhite (2119)
Seat 8: geias (36055)
Seat 9: tdamtdam (16916)
Seat 10: Iguana (15614)
geias posts small blind (400)
tdamtdam posts big blind (800)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to littlerivers [ As, Jd ]
Iguana folds.
KUBIAK folds.
CrameBoy folds.
AcesHigh1 folds.
littlerivers raises (1600) to 1600
TJB17 folds.
MartyWhite folds.
geias folds.
tdamtdam calls (800)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Jc, 5d, 8d ]
tdamtdam bets (800)
littlerivers raises (1600) to 1600
tdamtdam calls (800)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Td ]
tdamtdam bets (1600)
littlerivers calls (1600)
** Dealing River ** : [ 2s ]
tdamtdam bets (1600)
littlerivers calls (1600)
** Summary **
Main Pot: 13200
Board: [ Jc 5d 8d Td 2s ]
KUBIAK balance 20418, didn't bet (folded)
CrameBoy balance 4456, didn't bet (folded)
AcesHigh1 balance 19641, didn't bet (folded)
littlerivers balance 12160, lost 6400 [ As Jd ] [ a pair of jacks -- As,Jd,Jc,Td,8d ]
TJB17 balance 20096, didn't bet (folded)
MartyWhite balance 2119, didn't bet (folded)
geias balance 35655, lost 400 (folded)
tdamtdam balance 23716, bet 6400, collected 13200, net +6800 [ 9c Qs ] [ a straight, eight to queen -- Qs,Jc,Td,9c,8d ]
Iguana balance 15614, didn't bet (folded)

[Expunge]

Sry you didnt' make it - 58 is not too shabby. YOu gonna try again today?

Nope, not paying that much to get into a tourney and start short stacked.

i got in last nights through a $25 satellite.
then i played 1900 raked hands over the month to get extra starting chips.

[Expunge]

the hand that i said bama was right on....

***** Hand History for Game 378152689 *****
1500/3000 TOURNEYTEXASHTGAMETABLE (LIMIT) (TOURNAMENT 2186861) - SAT FEB 07 03:00:32 EST 2004
Table Semi-final 6 Day 1 (2)(9181) Table 1 (Real Money) -- Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 1: KUBIAK (23612)
Seat 2: Novandamis (12090)
Seat 3: AcesHigh1 (61191)
Seat 4: littlerivers (7720)
Seat 5: TJB17 (50374)
Seat 8: geias (37115)
Seat 9: tdamtdam (54566)
Seat 10: zoom529 (14126)
zoom529 posts small blind (750)
KUBIAK posts big blind (1500)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to littlerivers [ Jh, Ks ]
bizvegas: hey if he gets in I'm the one going with him, so I'm his biggest fan right now
Novandamis folds.
AcesHigh1 folds.
littlerivers raises (3000) to 3000
TJB17 folds.
geias raises (4500) to 4500
tdamtdam folds.
zoom529 folds.
Hummer21: here we go
KUBIAK folds.
littlerivers calls (1500)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Tc, 7c, Th ]
AcesHigh1: big pot
littlerivers checks.
geias bets (1500)
TJB17: any 2
littlerivers folds.
** Summary **
Main Pot: 12750
Board: [ Tc 7c Th ]
KUBIAK balance 22112, lost 1500 (folded)
Novandamis balance 12090, didn't bet (folded)
AcesHigh1 balance 61191, didn't bet (folded)
littlerivers balance 3220, lost 4500 (folded)
TJB17 balance 50374, didn't bet (folded)
shadowsmine2 balance 48849, sits out
geias balance 43865, bet 6000, collected 12750, net +6750
tdamtdam balance 54566, didn't bet (folded)
zoom529 balance 13376, lost 750 (folded)

[Expunge]

and my knock out hand the very next hand...

***** Hand History for Game 378154940 *****
1500/3000 TOURNEYTEXASHTGAMETABLE (LIMIT) (TOURNAMENT 2186861) - SAT FEB 07 03:02:00 EST 2004
Table Semi-final 6 Day 1 (2)(9181) Table 1 (Real Money) -- Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: KUBIAK (22112)
Seat 2: Novandamis (12090)
Seat 3: AcesHigh1 (61191)
Seat 4: littlerivers (3220)
Seat 5: TJB17 (50374)
Seat 6: shadowsmine2 (48849)
Seat 8: geias (43865)
Seat 9: tdamtdam (54566)
Seat 10: zoom529 (13376)
KUBIAK posts small blind (750)
Novandamis posts big blind (1500)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to littlerivers [ Ah, 6d ]
AcesHigh1 folds.
littlerivers raises (3000) to 3000
TJB17 folds.
shadowsmine2 folds.
geias folds.
tdamtdam folds.
zoom529 folds.
Hummer21: gl rivers
KUBIAK folds.
Novandamis calls (1500)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 3d, 8h, 4c ]
Novandamis checks.
littlerivers bets (220)
littlerivers calls all-In.
Novandamis calls (220)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Ks ]
** Dealing River ** : [ Ts ]
Creating Main Pot with $7190 with littlerivers
** Summary **
Main Pot: 7190 |
Board: [ 3d 8h 4c Ks Ts ]
KUBIAK balance 21362, lost 750 (folded)
Novandamis balance 16060, bet 3220, collected 7190, net +3970 [ Td Qh ] [ a pair of tens -- Ks,Qh,Td,Ts,8h ]
AcesHigh1 balance 61191, didn't bet (folded)
littlerivers balance 0, lost 3220 [ Ah 6d ] [ high card ace -- Ah,Ks,Ts,8h,6d ]
TJB17 balance 50374, didn't bet (folded)
shadowsmine2 balance 48849, didn't bet (folded)
geias balance 43865, didn't bet (folded)
tdamtdam balance 54566, didn't bet (folded)
zoom529 balance 13376, didn't bet (folded)

[Hummer]

the hand that i said bama was right on....


Yeah, this is the hand I wanted to see again. I wanted you to bet out on this one after the flop given the pot commitment and the possibility he was playing 2 over cards too.

Oh well, you made a nice run at it. Caught some cards when you needed them, and were cripled on the st draw when you caught the pair on the flop. Good job on the 58th place finish.

[Expunge]

Here's the hand that cripled my friend. he went in with AT a few hands later to get knocked out 166 in todays tourney.

***** Hand History for Game 379390381 *****
500/1000 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (Limit) (Tournament 2198249) - Sat Feb 07 18:45:03 EST 2004
Table Semi-final 6 Day 2 (2)(9212) Table 7 (Real Money) -- Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: EDUCATOR57 (1752)
Seat 2: Resteen (27235)
Seat 3: LetzcdaFlop (5128)
Seat 4: brantleyp (2767)
Seat 5: RiverUp (3345)
Seat 6: cycle1000cc (19316)
Seat 7: milehigh (5203)
Seat 8: ammbo (9691)
Seat 9: beaver3 (16215)
Seat 10: bizvegas (4130)
EDUCATOR57 posts small blind (250)
Resteen posts big blind (500)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to bizvegas [ Jc, Qs ]
LetzcdaFlop folds.
brantleyp folds.
RiverUp folds.
cycle1000cc folds.
milehigh folds.
ammbo folds.
beaver3 folds.
bizvegas raises (1000) to 1000
EDUCATOR57 folds.
Resteen calls (500)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Jd, 2s, Kh ]
Resteen checks.
bizvegas bets (500)
Resteen calls (500)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6d ]
Resteen checks.
bizvegas bets (1000)
Resteen calls (1000)
** Dealing River ** : [ Ac ]
Resteen checks.
bizvegas checks.
** Summary **
Main Pot: 5250
Board: [ Jd 2s Kh 6d Ac ]
EDUCATOR57 balance 1502, lost 250 (folded)
Resteen balance 29985, bet 2500, collected 5250, net +2750 [ Td As ] [ a pair of aces -- As,Ac,Kh,Jd,Td ]
LetzcdaFlop balance 5128, didn't bet (folded)
brantleyp balance 2767, didn't bet (folded)
RiverUp balance 3345, didn't bet (folded)
cycle1000cc balance 19316, didn't bet (folded)
milehigh balance 5203, didn't bet (folded)
ammbo balance 9691, didn't bet (folded)
beaver3 balance 16215, didn't bet (folded)
bizvegas balance 1630, lost 2500 [ Jc Qs ] [ a pair of jacks -- Ac,Kh,Qs,Jc,Jd ]

[Bama Gambler]

Talked to Freeman about the KJ hand today at lunch. He said this is an easy fold pre-flop. If it were NL then you could go all-in preflop, but since it's limit and so many players are left to act behind you, it's an easy fold. Given the size of your stack the next hand you play, you have to win (or else you will be EXTEREMLY low). Since KJ is not strong enough to win without help, it's much better to fold pre-flop. Given your stack size and position, he said you need at least AJ to play.

Now given that you raised, he thinks calling the raise pre-flop is ok. Also, he said check fold was correct on the flop.

[Expunge]

interesting thoughts. I think i might have to agree. I think i was too low to wait for AJ or better, maybe any A though as it has a much better chance to win without help than KJ.

[Bama Gambler]

interesting thoughts. I think i might have to agree. I think i was too low to wait for AJ or better, maybe any A though as it has a much better chance to win without help than KJ.You don't have to wait for AJ or better, just from that position (you need AJ or better). If you were in the cutoff or on the button raising with the KJ would have been fine. You can see three more rounds, you can expect to get a hand better than KJ in three rounds.

[11pecans]

yes

[11pecans]

Im over the top :tup: