A Win, A Small One, But Still A Win

I had a terrible day yesterday in my $4.40 session, nothing was going my way at all. At the beginning of my session, I had 5,000 within the first 15 hands, and then I found my self all in on a 10 high flop with KK vs AA for 10,000 and the chip lead and I didn't catch up. After that hand, everything went downhill, I was tilting, I was on the phone trying to play 5 tables, just not a good way to play and focus on poker. Even when I got off the phone and was down to 2-3 tables and was able to concentrate fully, I still ended up losing everything. I didn't win a single race yesterday, my AQ's would lose to KJ's, my KK was cracked by 44, just nothing going my way at all, so I quit for the night. All in all, a bad night, but whatever, they're bound to happen. DON'T TALK ON THE PHONE WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO PLAY POKER!

Anyways the point of this post was to explain about my first win ever on PokerStars. It wasn't a 180 man sit & go, but it was a 9 man sit & go, which I am still happy about and I can finally get some confidence in a win. It was a crazy table for me, I was up and down the whole time, I'll look for some hands and show how low I was and was able to make the comeback and win it.

PokerStars Game #8582886122: Tournament #43713872, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2007/02/23 - 12:07:57 (ET)
Table '43713872 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: math*n*eliza (1485 in chips)
Seat 3: billig (1075 in chips)
Seat 4: OESD (1620 in chips)
Seat 5: sixnine0312 (3515 in chips)
Seat 6: btb&m (1880 in chips)
Seat 7: deeman32986 (1135 in chips)
Seat 8: Spoons04 (965 in chips)
Seat 9: LeJeune30 (1825 in chips)
deeman32986: posts small blind 50
Spoons04: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to btb&m [6s Th]
LeJeune30: folds
math*n*eliza: folds
billig: folds
OESD: folds
sixnine0312: folds
btb&m: raises 200 to 300
deeman32986: calls 250
Spoons04: folds
*** FLOP *** [6d Kh Td]
deeman32986: bets 400
btb&m: raises 500 to 900
deeman32986: calls 435 and is all-in
btb&m said, "good lord"
*** TURN *** [6d Kh Td] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [6d Kh Td Ah] [9s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
deeman32986: shows [Qs Js] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
btb&m: shows [6s Th] (two pair, Tens and Sixes)
btb&m said, "everytime"
deeman32986 collected 2370 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2370 | Rake 0
Board [6d Kh Td Ah 9s]
Seat 2: math*n*eliza folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: billig folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: OESD folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: sixnine0312 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: btb&m (button) showed [6s Th] and lost with two pair, Tens and Sixes
Seat 7: deeman32986 (small blind) showed [Qs Js] and won (2370) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 8: Spoons04 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: LeJeune30 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

This hand brought me down to 745 chips and 8/8, not looking so good.

Seat 2: math*n*eliza (1485 in chips)
Seat 3: billig (1075 in chips)
Seat 4: OESD (1620 in chips)
Seat 5: sixnine0312 (3515 in chips)
Seat 6: btb&m (745 in chips)
Seat 7: deeman32986 (2370 in chips)
Seat 8: Spoons04 (865 in chips)
Seat 9: LeJeune30 (1825 in chips)

PokerStars Game #8582938791: Tournament #43713872, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2007/02/23 - 12:12:17 (ET)
Table '43713872 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: math*n*eliza (2035 in chips)
Seat 3: billig (925 in chips)
Seat 4: OESD (1470 in chips)
Seat 5: sixnine0312 (3115 in chips)
Seat 6: btb&m (745 in chips)
Seat 7: deeman32986 (2170 in chips)
Seat 8: Spoons04 (1015 in chips)
Seat 9: LeJeune30 (2025 in chips)
sixnine0312: posts small blind 50
btb&m: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to btb&m [6s 7h]
deeman32986: folds
Spoons04: raises 200 to 300
LeJeune30: folds
math*n*eliza: folds
billig: folds
OESD: folds
sixnine0312: folds
btb&m: raises 445 to 745 and is all-in
Spoons04: calls 445
*** FLOP *** [8d 6h Ad]
*** TURN *** [8d 6h Ad] [2d]
deeman32986 said, "gg"
*** RIVER *** [8d 6h Ad 2d] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
btb&m: shows [6s 7h] (two pair, Sevens and Sixes)
Spoons04: shows [Ah Ts] (a pair of Aces)
deeman32986 said, "haha"
btb&m collected 1540 from pot
btb&m said, "hehe"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1540 | Rake 0
Board [8d 6h Ad 2d 7c]
Seat 2: math*n*eliza folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: billig folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: OESD (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: sixnine0312 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: btb&m (big blind) showed [6s 7h] and won (1540) with two pair, Sevens and Sixes
Seat 7: deeman32986 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Spoons04 showed [Ah Ts] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 9: LeJeune30 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

I was able to suck out and double up, whew. After that, I was able to pull of some nice bluffs and build up my stack to 3200 and be the CL and then later on lost a big race for a nice pot.

PokerStars Game #8583162008: Tournament #43713872, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2007/02/23 - 12:30:21 (ET)
Table '43713872 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: math*n*eliza (3075 in chips)
Seat 3: billig (1450 in chips)
Seat 4: OESD (2070 in chips)
Seat 5: sixnine0312 (1640 in chips)
Seat 6: btb&m (3590 in chips)
Seat 9: LeJeune30 (1675 in chips)
sixnine0312: posts small blind 100
btb&m: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to btb&m [3c 3s]
LeJeune30: folds
math*n*eliza: folds
billig: raises 1250 to 1450 and is all-in
OESD: folds
sixnine0312: folds
btb&m: calls 1250
*** FLOP *** [Ts 4h 6s]
*** TURN *** [Ts 4h 6s] [6h]
btb&m said, "HOLLLLLLDDDDDDDDDDD"
*** RIVER *** [Ts 4h 6s 6h] [Qd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
btb&m: shows [3c 3s] (two pair, Sixes and Threes)
billig: shows [Ad Qs] (two pair, Queens and Sixes)
btb&m said, "UUUUUUGH"
billig collected 3000 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3000 | Rake 0
Board [Ts 4h 6s 6h Qd]
Seat 2: math*n*eliza folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: billig showed [Ad Qs] and won (3000) with two pair, Queens and Sixes
Seat 4: OESD (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: sixnine0312 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: btb&m (big blind) showed [3c 3s] and lost with two pair, Sixes and Threes
Seat 9: LeJeune30 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

I was pretty upset about that, but it's a race so I can't really complain. I again was down in chips, sort of, but brought it back up to 5800 after a while.

Seat 3: billig (1862 in chips)
Seat 4: OESD (1410 in chips)
Seat 5: sixnine0312 (2795 in chips)
Seat 6: btb&m (5895 in chips)
Seat 9: LeJeune30 (1538 in chips)

My table was so tight, the blinds were huge and there were only 5 people left, this sit & go took forever to finish. I ended up being 3/3 for a few hands, but doubled up and then took someone out to go heads up with an even chip lead and took it down 3 hands into HU. Anyways, I am glad with the win and happy with myself for being able to come back like that to win the tournament. I'll be back.