Tournament Report for Custo80

Posted by icemonkey9 on Mar 6, 2010 in tournament | 2 comments

If you don't know who Custo80 is, he's a good friend from Australia who has a great blog.  Look him up, great guy.

Anyways mate, this post is for you....

I'm on and I got nothing really to do and my mind is kinda out of it so I decide to play some MTTs:

$26 $18k Guarantee
$26 90-man KO Turbo SNG
$13 90-man KO Turbo SNG
$5.50 9-man SNG
$5.50 9-man SNG

So the two one table SNGs ... on one I shoved something and lost while shortstacked, standard, lost $5.50.  The other one I finished in 2nd place, so that won me $13.50.

The $18k Guar ...did not last long.  Every pot I got into I got outflopped and they showed up one better.  Then I got involved with this hand ...

Full Tilt Poker $18,000 Guarantee No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t15/t30 Blinds - 9 players -

whitefishing1 (MP2): t6100 M = 135.56
Hero (CO): t2215 M = 49.22
skburke14 (BTN): t2490 M = 55.33
1GSUDrunk1 (SB): t6174 M = 137.20
jimbopolis (BB): t3000 M = 66.67
rymell (UTG): t4066 M = 90.36
valleyhater12 (UTG+1): t3245 M = 72.11
Rainfalls24 (UTG+2): t4435 M = 98.56
cowboys082288 (MP1): t4070 M = 90.44

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is CO with J K

4 folds, whitefishing1 calls t30, Hero raises to t135, 2 folds, jimbopolis calls t105, whitefishing1 calls t105

Flop: (t420) 6 4 9 (3 players)

jimbopolis checks, whitefishing1 bets t150, Hero raises to t450, jimbopolis folds, whitefishing1 raises to t5965 all in, Hero calls t1630 all in

Turn: (t4580) 3 (2 players - 2 are all in)
River: (t4580) A (2 players - 2 are all in)
Final Pot: t4580

whitefishing1 shows T 9 (a pair of Nines)
Hero shows J K (Ace King high)
whitefishing1 wins t4580

So that ended that tournament.  I got it in on a flip and lost, seemed super standard to me.

In the $13 90-man SNG KO I made 2 bounties for $4 which was nice and busted .... UGH ... in 12th.  Top 9 is in the money.  I was so low on chips and to be honest should have busted before that.  Nothing major to report, so $13 spent in order to make $4 so a loss there.

However it was in the $26 90-man SNG that I was running well.  REALLY well.  People kept handing chips to me.  Two times I got KK AIPF against two opponents who both had smaller pocket pairs and didn't hit sets.  I made 6 bounties ($4 each) total.   Zachvac was also playing and at one point we were 1-2 in chips with me having a 2-1 chip lead over him!  I took a tough beat and dropped to second, then went card dead.  With 12 left, Zach shoved KK AIPF and got snapcalled by ... AA.  Sucked.  So I made the final table 5th in chips and managed to survive.

Finally the action was down to four!!  I had 80,000 in chips, blinds were $2k-$4k with a $500 ante.  The shortstack of 45,000 in chips in in the CO.  I was very excited and saw him go AIPF I looked him up with AK ... and he showed A8o.  I'm a 76-24% favorite.  He spikes his 8 on the flop!!! Ugh.  This would have sent me to the soaring chip lead and eliminated him in 4th.  Instead, I become the shortstack. Here's the HH:

Full Tilt Poker $24 + $2 KO No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t2000/t4000 Blinds + t500 - 4 players -
roninwarlord (BB): t92710 M = 11.59
chinnyQ (CO): t46076 M = 5.76
stvnlee (BTN): t47404 M = 5.93
Hero (SB): t83810 M = 10.48

Pre Flop: (t8000) Hero is SB with A K
chinnyQ raises to t45576 all in, 1 fold, Hero raises to t83310 all in, 1 fold

Flop: (t97152) 6 A 8

Turn: (t97152) 3

River: (t97152) 8

Final Pot: t97152
chinnyQ shows 8 A (a full house, Eights full of Aces)
Hero shows A K (two pair, Aces and Eights)
chinnyQ wins t97152

After a few hands, I pick up 99 on the button with 30,000 left in chips, same blinds.  24/19 player raises and I shove over the top, he shows AJ.  FLOP = 5J8. Turn - ACE.  River - 7. Bleh!

So just like that, a great epic run is cut short by a bad beat and a lost coinflip.  On one side if I win both I'm heads-up with a massive lead.  As it is, I bust out in 4th.

It's not a sad story as I did profit nicely from the bounties and the 4th place finish!  I did not settle for finishing ITM at the final table though, I went for it all which was a heck of a lot of fun.

So there you go Nick, that's me playing tournaments, I hope you are happy