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Well 2

Date: Sun, Jul 20, 2008 Internet

PokerStars Game #18977541029: Tournament #96943841, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2008/07/20 - 22:50:41 (ET)
Table '96943841 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: spurg2 (595 in chips)
Seat 2: FR Vessant (1730 in chips)
Seat 3: Jumma (2385 in chips)
Seat 4: chi_melons (3360 in chips)
Seat 6: dancingweine (1795 in chips)
Seat 8: agentk81 (3635 in chips)
spurg2: posts the ante 25
FR Vessant: posts the ante 25
Jumma: posts the ante 25
chi_melons: posts the ante 25
dancingweine: posts the ante 25
agentk81: posts the ante 25
FR Vessant: posts small blind 100
Jumma: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [9d Ah]
chi_melons: folds
dancingweine: folds
agentk81: raises 400 to 600
spurg2: calls 570 and is all-in
FR Vessant: raises 1105 to 1705 and is all-in

agentk81 is raising wide, so I hope to make him fold.

Jumma: folds
agentk81: calls 1105

No such luck. He has KcJc.

But I'm ahead, right?

*** FLOP *** [4s 7s Ks]

Nope.

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Well

Date: Sun, Jul 20, 2008 Internet

Maybe it won't end. Maybe I lose because I'm just not very good?

PokerStars Game #18976535150: Tournament #96943045, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2008/07/20 - 22:04:27 (ET)
Table '96943045 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: bexstacy (1140 in chips)
Seat 3: sharpo111 (1855 in chips)
Seat 4: FR Vessant (1230 in chips)
Seat 5: Eddie L (3630 in chips)
Seat 6: kenny314159 (1485 in chips)
Seat 8: lakid12345 (3025 in chips)
Seat 9: nicelocal (1135 in chips)
kenny314159: posts small blind 25
lakid12345: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Kh Kd]
nicelocal: folds
bexstacy: folds
sharpo111: folds
FR Vessant: raises 100 to 150

Standard raise.

Eddie L: folds
kenny314159: folds
lakid12345: calls 100
*** FLOP *** [Td Ad 3d]

I'm not happy about the ace, but I have outs if he has one.

lakid12345: checks
FR Vessant: bets 200
lakid12345: raises 2675 to 2875 and is all-in

Can't fold my hand. He can have a worse flush draw, a pair of tens, whatever. I am getting 1405 to my 880, so I have to call.

FR Vessant: calls 880 and is all-in

He has Ac6d. I'm going to need to get lucky. I have 10 outs (two Ks, eight diamonds). So I'm 1.6/1.

Uncalled bet (1795) returned to lakid12345
*** TURN *** [Td Ad 3d] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [Td Ad 3d 2s] [3c]

No luck. Ever, actually.

And this will be yet another losing day.

It's things like this that break your heart. His call is terrible but like fucking clockwork, the ace comes on the flop. I have a redraw but they never come in. Earlier, I shoved 87 BvB. The other blind called. He had A9. I flopped a 7 so that was good. He only had 6 outs to resuck. Three out of four times my hand would hold up. This was the fourth. It's always the fourth!

It's now started to affect my play. I can feel that I am off now, making bad plays. (Mostly so scared of being sucked out on that I keep folding out villains, and never play for value, or I assume they are trapping all the time and play moderate hands far too weakly, actually allowing them to suck out.) Okay, so I need to suck it up and concentrate. But it's not easy. I feel like I should be beating this game; the other players are so so bad. But losing all the time makes you feel that you are the bad player, finally getting what you deserve.

I need to stop whining about it. It's not helping. I feel like I'm down a well, yelling for a rope, but there is no rope. You get out of the well eventually, or you go bust.

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Six

Date: Sat, Jul 19, 2008 Internet

I already know I won't make the money in my sixth tourney of the day. I've played 2 of 40 hands not in the blinds. TWO! I have 5.5BB at t150. Can't even shove because every pot is opened ahead of me and I haven't had a hand good enough.

Still, I pick up AA and minraise. I'm hoping to fool someone into shoving over, thinking I'm weak. The BB does. KTs and no flush this time.

Then shove over two limpers at t200 with AJ. All fold.

Shove A3s from CO, expecting tight ranges. All fold.

Shove over a minraise with 77. His range is wide (raising 17%) and I expect this to be the bottom end. He folds.

Shove over a 1K shove with AJs. He has A4s and MHIG.

I snapcall shorty's shove at t400 with A4. She has A3. Turn is a 3.

So then I shoved a lot. It's fun when you can get in the groove. And I cruised into the money for once.

HU at t600. So it will pretty much be a question of who gets lucky.

Not me, obv:

PokerStars Game #18950405170: Tournament #96716620, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2008/07/19 - 22:48:34 (ET)
Table '96716620 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 2: babyface4eve (5880 in chips)
Seat 9: FR Vessant (7620 in chips)
babyface4eve: posts the ante 50
FR Vessant: posts the ante 50
FR Vessant: posts small blind 300
babyface4eve: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [7c 2d]
FR Vessant: raises 6970 to 7570 and is all-in
babyface4eve: calls 5230 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (1740) returned to FR Vessant
*** FLOP *** [Qc Qs 9d]
FR Vessant said, "sigh"
*** TURN *** [Qc Qs 9d] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [Qc Qs 9d 9c] [Td]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
babyface4eve: shows [Ah Kd] (two pair, Queens and Nines)
FR Vessant: shows [7c 2d] (two pair, Queens and Nines - lower kicker)
babyface4eve collected 11760 from pot
FR Vessant said, "bad time to choose to do that"

I'll say. She had folded a lot, so I felt it was probably a good shove, but that's the way the cookie crumbles. Next hand, she has AT and I suck out; the hand after, unbelievably, she has AJ and I don't.

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Five

Date: Sat, Jul 19, 2008 Internet

Does not matter how big a favourite you are.

PokerStars Game #18949090105: Tournament #96716484, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2008/07/19 - 21:41:43 (ET)
Table '96716484 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: FR Vessant (1420 in chips)
Seat 3: myownwitness (1910 in chips)
Seat 5: Castle7 (1085 in chips)
Seat 6: TexasPoker (2190 in chips)
Seat 7: steve j oz (3830 in chips)
Seat 8: Broke1UB (1665 in chips)
Seat 9: Playragz (1400 in chips)
TexasPoker: posts small blind 25
steve j oz: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Ks Ah]
Broke1UB: folds
Playragz: calls 50
FR Vessant: raises 150 to 200
myownwitness: calls 200
Castle7: folds
TexasPoker: calls 175
steve j oz: folds
Playragz: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ad Qd 9d]

Flop is good and bad in equal measure.

TexasPoker: checks
FR Vessant: bets 1220 and is all-in
myownwitness: raises 490 to 1710 and is all-in

Oh dear.

He has AQ obv.

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Four

Date: Sat, Jul 19, 2008 Internet

What can you do?

PokerStars Game #18948540116: Tournament #96707062, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2008/07/19 - 21:13:25 (ET)
Table '96707062 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: D Jellyfish (6518 in chips)
Seat 3: ysraM (4074 in chips)
Seat 4: FR Vessant (2908 in chips)
FR Vessant: posts small blind 100
D Jellyfish: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Kc Kh]
ysraM: raises 800 to 1000
FR Vessant: raises 1200 to 2200
D Jellyfish: folds
ysraM: raises 1874 to 4074 and is all-in
FR Vessant: calls 708 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (1166) returned to ysraM

He has QdJd. His raise is far too big, and he should fold to the "shove", obviously.

I'm miles ahead now. But he's gambling that he'll hit the flush draw. That's 13/1 against normally, but against FR Vessant, you'd be a redhot favourite.


*** FLOP *** [Ad Td 9s]

OMG.

*** TURN *** [Ad Td 9s] [4d]

Yep. There's his flush. KK cracked again.

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Three

Date: Sat, Jul 19, 2008 Internet

And the other way round:

PokerStars Game #18947973597: Tournament #96707406, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2008/07/19 - 20:44:54 (ET)
Table '96707406 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: FR Vessant (1305 in chips)
Seat 3: justonetime5 (1870 in chips)
Seat 4: den54 (3350 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: seeker411 (960 in chips)
Seat 6: Chip&Chair9 (4670 in chips)
Seat 9: BigDave1701 (1345 in chips)
justonetime5: posts small blind 25
den54: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Qh As]
seeker411: calls 50
Chip&Chair9: folds
BigDave1701: folds
FR Vessant: raises 150 to 200
justonetime5: raises 1670 to 1870 and is all-in

He's raising very wide imo. He is playing 26/13 and I think he's probably restealing with a range I crush.

den54: folds
seeker411: folds
FR Vessant: calls 1105 and is all-in

So I call. He has 44. I'd have preferred AJ, obviously, but now I'm on the other side of the race...

Uncalled bet (565) returned to justonetime5
*** FLOP *** [8c 6h 3h]
den54 has returned
*** TURN *** [8c 6h 3h] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [8c 6h 3h 6d] [3s]

which I lose. It doesn't actually matter which side of the race I'm on, whether I'm a favourite, what cards I have, I'm just dreading getting it in because that will be the end of my tourney.

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Why I'm losing

Date: Sat, Jul 19, 2008 Internet

But bad beats are not why I'm losing; this is why I'm losing:

PokerStars Game #18947327156: Tournament #96699387, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/07/19 - 20:13:43 (ET)
Table '96699387 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: LadyPoker079 (225 in chips)
Seat 5: ballaking132 (1505 in chips)
Seat 6: jrrancher (3250 in chips)
Seat 7: djr3 (4940 in chips)
Seat 8: FR Vessant (1320 in chips)
Seat 9: popeye37 (2260 in chips)
djr3: posts small blind 50
FR Vessant: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [9d Ac]

A fairly decent hand in the BB.

popeye37: folds
LadyPoker079: folds
ballaking132: raises 200 to 300

Has not raised any of 59 hands

jrrancher: folds
djr3: folds
FR Vessant: folds

So I have to fold.

These hands make up those small percentages. If he limps and I shove over and make him fold, I increase my stack decently and may do well.

Then, on my next blind:

PokerStars Game #18947390608: Tournament #96699387, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2008/07/19 - 20:16:48 (ET)
Table '96699387 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: LadyPoker079 (700 in chips)
Seat 5: ballaking132 (1280 in chips)
Seat 6: jrrancher (2850 in chips)
Seat 7: djr3 (5190 in chips)
Seat 8: FR Vessant (1120 in chips)
Seat 9: popeye37 (2360 in chips)
djr3: posts small blind 75
FR Vessant: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [4c 4s]
popeye37: folds
LadyPoker079: folds
ballaking132: raises 150 to 300

I know this will be a weak hand. He has only minraised. Last time, his first raise, he put in a 3x raise.

jrrancher: folds
djr3: folds
FR Vessant: raises 820 to 1120 and is all-in

So I push over. He should fold a fair bit, and when he doesn't, I expect to have the right end of a race.

ballaking132: calls 820

I'm right. He has A9 and I have the right end of a race...

*** FLOP *** [3c 9c Ks]

which I lose.

Two games, already two buyins lost.

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Today will be different

Date: Sat, Jul 19, 2008 Internet

Today will be different, right?

PokerStars Game #18946723906: Tournament #96699282, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/07/19 - 19:44:27 (ET)
Table '96699282 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: vagnerzao (1910 in chips)
Seat 2: acebunecune (1620 in chips)
Seat 3: DADS20 (1400 in chips)
Seat 4: smartws (1490 in chips)
Seat 5: DBGOKUZ (1390 in chips)
Seat 6: IlbeyK (1250 in chips)
Seat 7: Pazzina (1480 in chips)
Seat 8: FR Vessant (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: cuttingedge1 (1460 in chips)
Pazzina: posts small blind 10
FR Vessant: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [5h 5s]
cuttingedge1: folds
vagnerzao has timed out
vagnerzao: folds
vagnerzao is sitting out
acebunecune: folds
DADS20: raises 40 to 60
smartws: folds
DBGOKUZ: calls 60
IlbeyK: folds
Pazzina: calls 50
FR Vessant: calls 40
*** FLOP *** [5d Td 7c]

Hooray, I hit a set.

Pazzina: checks
FR Vessant: bets 140

Build the pot. Hope someone has a piece.

vagnerzao has returned
DADS20: raises 220 to 360

Looks like he has a piece.

DBGOKUZ: calls 360
Pazzina: folds
FR Vessant: raises 1080 to 1440 and is all-in
DADS20: calls 980 and is all-in

He has TT.

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god 2

Date: Sat, Jul 19, 2008 Internet

It simply doesn't matter how big a favourite I am.


PokerStars Game #18932213472: Tournament #96576594, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2008/07/19 - 08:03:46 (ET)
Table '96576594 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 2: Benni1883 (2220 in chips)
Seat 3: FR Vessant (1390 in chips)
Seat 4: thebigg57 (2160 in chips)
Seat 8: Bettinen (1655 in chips)
Seat 9: chips4ewe (6075 in chips)
Benni1883: posts small blind 100
FR Vessant: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Ac Jd]
thebigg57: folds
Bettinen: folds
chips4ewe: folds
Benni1883: raises 2020 to 2220 and is all-in
FR Vessant: calls 1190 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (830) returned to Benni1883
*** FLOP *** [Qd 7c 4s]
*** TURN *** [Qd 7c 4s] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [Qd 7c 4s 8d] [9d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Benni1883: shows [Jh 9h] (a pair of Nines)
FR Vessant: shows [Ac Jd] (high card Ace)
Benni1883 collected 2780 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2780 | Rake 0
Board [Qd 7c 4s 8d 9d]
Seat 2: Benni1883 (small blind) showed [Jh 9h] and won (2780) with a pair of Nines
Seat 3: FR Vessant (big blind) showed [Ac Jd] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 4: thebigg57 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Bettinen folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: chips4ewe (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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god

Date: Sat, Jul 19, 2008 Internet

I can't stand this any more. I am thinking I'll have to give up poker. When I got the money in here, I said to Mrs Zen, a king will come. And lo, a king came.

PokerStars Game #18932098535: Tournament #96576594, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2008/07/19 - 07:54:44 (ET)
Table '96576594 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: TexasPoker (2690 in chips)
Seat 2: Benni1883 (1515 in chips)
Seat 3: FR Vessant (2605 in chips)
Seat 4: thebigg57 (1595 in chips)
Seat 8: Bettinen (2555 in chips)
Seat 9: chips4ewe (2540 in chips)
FR Vessant: posts small blind 75
thebigg57: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Ac Ah]
Bettinen: folds
chips4ewe: raises 150 to 300
TexasPoker: folds
Benni1883: folds
FR Vessant: raises 450 to 750
thebigg57: folds
chips4ewe: raises 1050 to 1800
FR Vessant: raises 805 to 2605 and is all-in
chips4ewe: calls 740 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (65) returned to FR Vessant
*** FLOP *** [Jh 2s 7h]
*** TURN *** [Jh 2s 7h] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 2s 7h Kd] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FR Vessant: shows [Ac Ah] (a pair of Aces)
chips4ewe: shows [Kh Ks] (three of a kind, Kings)
chips4ewe collected 5230 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5230 | Rake 0
Board [Jh 2s 7h Kd 8d]
Seat 1: TexasPoker folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Benni1883 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: FR Vessant (small blind) showed [Ac Ah] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 4: thebigg57 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: Bettinen folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: chips4ewe showed [Kh Ks] and won (5230) with three of a kind, Kings

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sick

Date: Sat, Jul 19, 2008 Internet

I'm just sick of this atm. T150, I'm in the big blind with A9s. Some guy limps, and a guy with 600 or so chips shoves. I shove over, and he shows T6. He flops a T. Same tourney, a guy who is short but covers me raises and I shove over with Kh9s. I know I probably don't have fold equity but maybe a tiny bit. He shows A4. I mean, wtf? So the flop comes three hearts, and that gives me 15 cards to win it. Nope.

Other table, threehanded, t150. Retard limps in small blind, I raise decently with A3 in the BB, just wanting a fold. He shoves, I snap it. He has KJ. His play is beyond atrocious but teh poker godz love bad players. He flops a K.

Blah blah blah blah. It's all like that tonight, this month, always. I know that you have ups and downs, but WHERE ARE MY UPS now?

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Sweet beat

Date: Sat, Jul 19, 2008 Internet

I don't think it gets much worse than this. This is a beat of pure beauty:

PokerStars Game #18930955690: Tournament #96567951, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2008/07/19 - 06:12:34 (ET)
Table '96567951 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: FR Vessant (1545 in chips)
Seat 2: Henne23 (2055 in chips)
Seat 3: playsdueces (1310 in chips)
Seat 4: copio2003 (1400 in chips)
Seat 5: nolan24 (1460 in chips)
Seat 6: steph-boss (1530 in chips)
Seat 7: glm2 (1650 in chips)
Seat 8: beartall (1570 in chips)
Seat 9: distroier112 (980 in chips)
Henne23: posts small blind 15
playsdueces: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Kh Ah]
copio2003: raises 90 to 120
nolan24: folds
steph-boss: folds
glm2: folds
beartall: folds
distroier112: folds
FR Vessant: calls 120

Facing a raise from a guy who hasn't put a raise in yet, even though we've only had eight hands, I play cautiously.

Henne23: folds
playsdueces: folds
*** FLOP *** [8d As 7h]

Well, that's a great flop.

copio2003: checks
FR Vessant: bets 180

He probably has something he'll call with.

copio2003: calls 180
*** TURN *** [8d As 7h] [Ks]

That's two pair for me.

copio2003: bets 1100 and is all-in

Well, he might have trapped on the flop with 88 or 77 or even AA, but fuck it, I've got to call this. These idiots just as often check with an ace when they hit.

FR Vessant: calls 1100

copio2003: shows [Kc Kd] (three of a kind, Kings)

Not only did he call a decent bet when miles behind on the flop but he managed to hit a set when I hit two pair.

He had one out on the flop and hit it, and just to increase the insanity, it made me two pair too.

***

Just to show you the checking with the ace thing:

PokerStars Game #18931035204: Tournament #96567951, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2008/07/19 - 06:20:04 (ET)
Table '96567951 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: FR Vessant (335 in chips)
Seat 2: Henne23 (2175 in chips)
Seat 3: playsdueces (1265 in chips)
Seat 4: copio2003 (2680 in chips)
Seat 5: nolan24 (1415 in chips)
Seat 6: steph-boss (1770 in chips)
Seat 7: glm2 (1590 in chips)
Seat 8: beartall (1465 in chips)
Seat 9: distroier112 (805 in chips)
distroier112: posts small blind 15
FR Vessant: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [7c 4c]
Henne23: calls 30
playsdueces: folds
copio2003: folds
nolan24: folds
steph-boss: folds
glm2: folds
beartall: folds
distroier112: raises 30 to 60
FR Vessant: calls 30

That raise is ridiculous and there's a lot of flops I will just gamble with, so I call.

Henne23: calls 30
*** FLOP *** [5s 6c Ac]

A very good flop for me. I have a straight draw and a flush draw, so I'm favourite against top pair.

distroier112: checks
FR Vessant: bets 275 and is all-in

Easy shove. Happily take it down, but if called, I'm going to be a favourite.

Henne23: folds
distroier112: calls 275

He has A8s.

See? He hit top pair and immediately checked it to us. That's what they do. It's wrong no matter what but doubly wrong on a drawy board like this. It's not even that strong of a hand. The limper can easily have a bigger ace.
*** TURN *** [5s 6c Ac] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [5s 6c Ac 4h] [6d]

Well, obviously I didn't actually hit any of those outs. Are you mad?

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Absolute rock bottom?

Date: Wed, Jul 16, 2008 Internet

So I have A8 BvB and the flop comes 988. The other guy has 98. I really think that has to be the nadir.

Nope. Bitches again.

PokerStars Game #18854860324: Tournament #95935539, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2008/07/16 - 01:07:38 (ET)
Table '95935539 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: AAparkerAA (2905 in chips)
Seat 3: FR Vessant (1260 in chips)
Seat 4: yguy1 (5105 in chips)
Seat 7: BcuziGotHiGh (1160 in chips)
Seat 8: hscam (1310 in chips)
Seat 9: nutznurmouf7 (1760 in chips)
FR Vessant: posts small blind 25
yguy1: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Kc Ks]
BcuziGotHiGh: raises 100 to 150
hscam: folds
nutznurmouf7: folds
AAparkerAA: folds
FR Vessant: raises 1110 to 1260 and is all-in
yguy1: folds
BcuziGotHiGh: calls 1010 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (100) returned to FR Vessant
*** FLOP *** [2c Td 6s]
*** TURN *** [2c Td 6s] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [2c Td 6s 3h] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FR Vessant: shows [Kc Ks] (a pair of Kings)
BcuziGotHiGh: shows [Qd Qc] (three of a kind, Queens)
BcuziGotHiGh collected 2370 from pot
FR Vessant said, "omg"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2370 | Rake 0
Board [2c Td 6s 3h Qs]
Seat 1: AAparkerAA (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: FR Vessant (small blind) showed [Kc Ks] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: yguy1 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: BcuziGotHiGh showed [Qd Qc] and won (2370) with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 8: hscam folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: nutznurmouf7 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
***

It gets worse:

PokerStars Game #18854965315: Tournament #95935391, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/07/16 - 01:14:56 (ET)
Table '95935391 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: Michele816 (675 in chips)
Seat 3: bayouchad (1600 in chips)
Seat 4: FR Vessant (1595 in chips)
Seat 5: El Coyote (1015 in chips)
Seat 6: BcuziGotHiGh (2280 in chips)
Seat 7: mightymikek (3745 in chips)
Seat 9: RedBu11z (2590 in chips)
bayouchad: posts small blind 50
FR Vessant: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Qc Js]
El Coyote: folds
BcuziGotHiGh: folds
mightymikek: folds
RedBu11z: folds
Michele816: calls 100
bayouchad: folds
FR Vessant: checks
*** FLOP *** [Jd 8s 3c]
FR Vessant: bets 200
Michele816: raises 375 to 575 and is all-in
FR Vessant: calls 375
*** TURN *** [Jd 8s 3c] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [Jd 8s 3c 8c] [5h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FR Vessant: shows [Qc Js] (two pair, Jacks and Eights)
Michele816: shows [8h Kd] (three of a kind, Eights)
Michele816 collected 1400 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1400 | Rake 0
Board [Jd 8s 3c 8c 5h]
Seat 2: Michele816 (button) showed [8h Kd] and won (1400) with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 3: bayouchad (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: FR Vessant (big blind) showed [Qc Js] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Eights
Seat 5: El Coyote folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: BcuziGotHiGh folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: mightymikek folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: RedBu11z folded before Flop (didn't bet)

***

And worse:

PokerStars Game #18855174568: Tournament #95935498, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2008/07/16 - 01:30:21 (ET)
Table '95935498 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: MustBNutz (2280 in chips)
Seat 2: bet_cha_big (2000 in chips)
Seat 5: ND94Bill (820 in chips)
Seat 6: FR Vessant (3410 in chips)
Seat 7: ASC0320 (3140 in chips)
Seat 9: Nitemaretime (1850 in chips)
FR Vessant: posts small blind 75
ASC0320: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Kc Ah]
Nitemaretime: folds
MustBNutz: folds
bet_cha_big: folds
ND94Bill: raises 670 to 820 and is all-in
FR Vessant: calls 745
ASC0320: folds
*** FLOP *** [2s Qs 6h]
FR Vessant said, "sigh"
*** TURN *** [2s Qs 6h] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [2s Qs 6h 2d] [8s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FR Vessant: shows [Kc Ah] (a pair of Deuces)
ND94Bill: shows [Qd Ac] (two pair, Queens and Deuces)
ND94Bill collected 1790 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1790 | Rake 0
Board [2s Qs 6h 2d 8s]
Seat 1: MustBNutz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: bet_cha_big folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: ND94Bill (button) showed [Qd Ac] and won (1790) with two pair, Queens and Deuces
Seat 6: FR Vessant (small blind) showed [Kc Ah] and lost with a pair of Deuces
Seat 7: ASC0320 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Nitemaretime folded before Flop (didn't bet)

***

And worse:

PokerStars Game #18855187664: Tournament #95935244, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2008/07/16 - 01:31:20 (ET)
Table '95935244 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 4: 4CDever (6810 in chips)
Seat 5: MikeFeathy (5630 in chips)
Seat 6: FR Vessant (1060 in chips)
4CDever: posts small blind 100
MikeFeathy: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Kh 5d]
FR Vessant: raises 860 to 1060 and is all-in
4CDever: folds
MikeFeathy: calls 860
*** FLOP *** [Tc 8s Qd]
*** TURN *** [Tc 8s Qd] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [Tc 8s Qd 4h] [As]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MikeFeathy: shows [5s Ts] (a pair of Tens)
FR Vessant: shows [Kh 5d] (high card Ace)
MikeFeathy collected 2220 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2220 | Rake 0
Board [Tc 8s Qd 4h As]
Seat 4: 4CDever (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: MikeFeathy (big blind) showed [5s Ts] and won (2220) with a pair of Tens
Seat 6: FR Vessant (button) showed [Kh 5d] and lost with high card Ace

Amazingly, in that set of 11, I only lost 2 bucks.

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Put me on AK

Date: Tue, Jul 15, 2008 Internet

I.hate.poker

PokerStars Game #18852737395: Tournament #95923425, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/07/15 - 23:08:57 (ET)
Table '95923425 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: jason198223 (1860 in chips)
Seat 2: bogiebabe (1550 in chips)
Seat 3: drewson (1945 in chips)
Seat 4: FR Vessant (1470 in chips)
Seat 5: Modwolves (835 in chips)
Seat 6: marilyloca (1450 in chips)
Seat 7: Rehmbo (1470 in chips)
Seat 8: HitTrips (1460 in chips)
Seat 9: ko-d-akbear (1460 in chips)
HitTrips: posts small blind 10
ko-d-akbear: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Kh Ah]
jason198223: calls 20
bogiebabe: folds
drewson: folds
FR Vessant: raises 60 to 80

Reasonable raise.

Modwolves: folds
marilyloca: calls 80
Rehmbo: folds
HitTrips: folds
ko-d-akbear: folds
jason198223: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qh 7d 4h]

Not a bad flop. Worth cbetting because I have the nut draw.

FR Vessant: bets 120
marilyloca: calls 120

Fish has a pair most likely.

*** TURN *** [Qh 7d 4h] [2d]
FR Vessant: checks
marilyloca: bets 60
FR Vessant: calls 60

I miss all 15 outs, but surely, one time, I can hit on the river?

*** RIVER *** [Qh 7d 4h 2d] [8s]
FR Vessant: checks
marilyloca: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FR Vessant: shows [Kh Ah] (high card Ace)
marilyloca: shows [7s Th] (a pair of Sevens)

W.T.F. I remind myself that I want idiots like this to play in my games.

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