It started off with me getting a handful of pairs to start, and never once improving. I stole a couple of smaller pots, but was just holding on. About 35 minutes in, I get a face-up A in early position. I complete it, and it folds around to the bring-in who calls. I don't improve 'til 6th street when I pair up a J, but I'm representing a good hand the whole way and he's calling me the whole way. On my 6th street bet he raises with a pair of 2s showing. Long story short, he was dealt [3 3] 2, then drew A 4 2 to follow and spiked a third 2 on 7th street for a boat. I'm down to 643 chips and I'm reeling.
Five hands later, down to 598 chips, I wake up with [K K] A. Now my A was one of three showing and I was the next-to-last A to act and I decided to raise no matter what and play this hand super-aggressively. It ends up with *five* people going to 4th street (uh oh). I draw a blank. I raise (yes, raise) to 2x and again, all five people make it to 5th street. Yet another blank, but I bet it again and this time at least two people get out of the way. Still, I'm vulnerable as all heck, though nobody's board looks particularly fearsome. On 6th street, one guy picks up a straight-draw, but I bet out and go all-in. Two callers to 7th street and I still just have my Ks.
And isn't this beautiful:
*** 7TH STREET ***
Dealt to djm182 [Ks Kd As 3d 2s Qh] [Kh]
Trip kings defeated AA and 88 respectively.
I then go on to win three of the next four pots, and (OMG, WTF), I'm in 4th place overall. Ye Gods, I have no business being in the top half of this field and was *thisclose* to being on the rail. Now I'm in 4th.
Right before the first break, I wake up with As Js 7s, land a fourth spade on 4th street, and only one other spade is burnt. Of course, I only end up making a measely pair of 5s, but that holds up as the other guy was also chasing a flush that never came. That gave me over 5200 chips...and this:
The mother f*ng chip lead in a Stud tourney at the first break. Yeah, yeah, 2/3 of the field was still left, but this was huuyouge (tm Francesa).
After the break, it was brick city and I just limped along for quite a while. Eventually I hang on and make the money. Then just after cashing, I revert into full donk mode for this hand:
Full Tilt Poker Game #1805863842: AIPS II Event #2 (12561120), Table 12 - 400/800 Ante 75 - Limit Seven Card Stud - 23:04:54 ET - 2007/02/15
Seat 1: DaBeef2112 (931)
Seat 2: ErsatzSantiag0 (10,551)
Seat 3: Blazman (4,905)
Seat 4: chuckaaa88 (28,446)
Seat 5: djm182 (4,414) <-- hobbling along near last place. There are about 16 people left
Seat 6: Skoach (754)
Seat 7: ChipNut (5,247)
Seat 8: MrShock (12,367)
DaBeef2112 antes 75
ErsatzSantiag0 antes 75
Blazman antes 75
chuckaaa88 antes 75
djm182 antes 75
Skoach antes 75
ChipNut antes 75
MrShock antes 75
*** 3RD STREET ***
Dealt to DaBeef2112 [Tc]
Dealt to ErsatzSantiag0 [4h]
Dealt to Blazman [9c]
Dealt to chuckaaa88 [3d]
Dealt to djm182 [Qc Qh] [6h] <--This is pretty good. And I'll be first to act against a pretty weak board.
Dealt to Skoach [7h]
Dealt to ChipNut [4s]
Dealt to MrShock [4c]
chuckaaa88 is low with [3d]
chuckaaa88 brings in for 100
djm182 completes it to 400
Skoach folds
ChipNut folds
MrShock folds
DaBeef2112 folds
ErsatzSantiag0 folds
Blazman raises to 800 <-- Strong player. Maybe trying to push me off my 6
chuckaaa88 folds
djm182 raises to 1,200
Blazman calls 400 <-- OK, let's see what he's got.
*** 4TH STREET ***
Dealt to Blazman [9c] [Kc]
Dealt to djm182 [Qc Qh 6h] [7d]
Blazman bets 400
djm182 calls 400 <-- I'm immediately nervous
*** 5TH STREET ***
Dealt to Blazman [9c Kc] [As]
Dealt to djm182 [Qc Qh 6h 7d] [Th] <--Right here I should be folding
Blazman bets 800
djm182 calls 800 <--He re-raised with the 9 showing on 3rd st. Get AWAY from this
*** 6TH STREET ***
Dealt to Blazman [9c Kc As] [Kh]
Dealt to djm182 [Qc Qh 6h 7d Th] [3h]
Blazman bets 800
djm182: grrrr
djm182 has 15 seconds left to act <--In the tank, though I have NO clue what I was thinking
djm182 calls 800 <-- Nooooooooooooooooo
*** 7TH STREET ***
Dealt to djm182 [Qc Qh 6h 7d Th 3h] [8d]
Blazman bets 800
djm182 folds
Uncalled bet of 800 returned to Blazman
Blazman shows [Ah Ac 9c Kc As Kh 9s] (a full house, Aces full of Kings)
Blazman wins the pot (7,100)
And I'm left with 1100 chips. I hobble around with that for a while, and end up getting 7th streeted to death to finish 13th.
Had you told me at the start of it all that I'd finish 13th, I'd be giddy. But I badly misplayed that one hand and it cost me 3/4 of my chips. Sometimes you just gotta get away.
