Online Poker Forum - Just finished 2nd!!!!

alew22 · Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:11 am Post subject: Just finished 2nd!!!!

Just took 2nd in a $8.80 buy-in tourney on pokerstars (#229010632) for $2K! What a great feeling. Wanna thank a bunch of you for your wonderful insight and making me a better player through this forum. This might not belong in this section, but i just wanted the MTT crowd to hear about my finish. I played well, REAL well, and i've definately transformed my game over the past 2 weeks (i won a $4.40 180 man 3 days ago). Sorry i didnt post for people to rail while i was at FT but i thought that i'd get nervous haha.........here's to future final tables!!

tracysanders · Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:35 am Post subject:

awesome dude well done

MISISIPI-BECK · Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:36 am Post subject:

MattVegasPwn · Message Board Junkie Joined: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 1051

nhnhnhnhnh
Congrats buddy =]

bigpairde · Moderator Joined: 26 Apr 2008 Posts: 10107

congratz alew! great job!!!

this really doesn't belong here though. maybe a mod can move that.

hope you will make a ton of FT in the future (and no worries the whole mtt crowd reads rail section and stories as well Wink

jaejaejae · Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:38 am Post subject:

Congrats alew!!!
I agree... some of the people in the forum can and have been very helpful.
I hope you continue to improve and GL at the tables

francois8 · Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:08 am Post subject:

Nice cash Alew, you shoulda called for a rail Smile

We'll all see it in rail requests if you put this there in the future.

JJsell · Full House Joined: 30 Jul 2009 Posts: 157

gg alew and gl with the future FTs

alew22 · Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:12 pm Post subject:

Sry Bigpaired, i'll post something like this in "stories" next time.

This is a hand from this tournament that i wanted to review with some of you. Even tho i lost the hand, i was extremely proud of how i played it. This is a prime example of the type of player that i have changed into over just the past couple of weeks.

I felt like i was playing the hand pretty standard. Even though i smashed my straight on the turn, I thought that it was REALLY weird that he bet into me instead of checking. "J9" popped into my head immediately and even tho J9 would be the only hand that could beat me (on the turn), i felt like i just needed to get to the showdown asap. I felt like the pot was big enoguh already and there was no need to put my tourney life on the line. I DEF shove this on the turn if i played this tourney a month ago, but ive realized that i need to trust my reads more. If i shove this, im out of the tourney and my 2nd place finish doesnt happen. I'm putting a lot more trust in my post-flop play. Instead of trying to be over-aggressive pre-flop with good hands, im slowing down a little and making sure i actually hit a hand before i get crazy with my chips. I used to 3-bet with AK constantly....now, depending on my opponent, read, and position, i may slow down and flat to see a flop. I'm becoming very difficult to felt, and its boosting my confidence big time. To be short-stacked after this hand, but to come back and place 2nd was HUGE. Just goes to show, all u need is a chip and a chair.....

Poker Stars $8.00+$0.80 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t200/t400 Blinds + t50 - 8 players - http://www.thehandconverter.com/hands/375144
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

BB: t19615 M = 19.61
UTG: t6305 M = 6.30
UTG+1: t23270 M = 23.27
Hero (MP1): t15688 M = 15.69
MP2: t5175 M = 5.17
CO: t24796 M = 24.80
BTN: t9220 M = 9.22
SB: t5410 M = 5.41

Pre Flop: (t1000) Hero is MP1 with Ad 9h
2 folds, Hero raises to t900, 4 folds, BB calls t500

Flop: (t2400) 7d 6s Td (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t1200, BB calls t1200

Turn: (t4800) 8c (2 players)
BB bets t2000, Hero calls t2000

River: (t8800) 6h (2 players)
BB bets t6000, Hero calls t6000

Final Pot: t20800
BB shows Jh 9d (a straight, Seven to Jack)
Hero shows Ad 9h (a straight, Six to Ten)
BB wins t20800

marsupial311 · Royal Flush Joined: 14 Oct 2008 Posts: 738

I'd probably fold it pre in your position and with your amount of chips but after that, pretty standard sequence just a bad result.

lurgertor · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:24 am Post subject:

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