DAY ONE

Moocher seems to be champing at the bit waiting to get his hands on his new-bankroll. He plays to 3am on a school night and continues to build his mini-bank-roll as he waits on the $500 transfer clearing.

Deadly3 - Agrees to join phillberto in a poker-lite week after a hectic poker month. After kindly enabling the transfer of funds to moocher in an Al Qaida style money chain designed to avoid paying Neteller fees Deadly grinds out two .05/.10 tables to try and reach the clearance requirements party sets after receving an inter account transfer. Heads off to bed a tired man and just breaking even.

Phillberto - Also looking at playing a lot less this week but somewhat lacking resolve. Phillberto Decided to switch to a US$6 SNG for a change.

Competition proves tougher than normal with Poker Office (poker tracker software) giving all four remaining players a wizard's hat meaning all are tight aggressive players.

400/800 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL)
Seat 1: Dabobert777 (5290)
Seat 3: SwedenChris (3430)
Seat 5: Eder18 (5240)
Seat 7: Phillberto (6040)
Dabobert777 posts small blind (200)
SwedenChris posts big blind (400)
** Dealing down cards
**Dealt to Phillberto [ Qs, Qd ]
Eder18 folds.
Phillberto raises (1200) to 1200
Dabobert777 folds.
SwedenChris calls (800)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 4h, Ad, Jh ]
SwedenChris checks.
Phillberto bets (400)
SwedenChris raises (2230) to 2230
SwedenChris is all-In.

After my weak flop bet SwedeChris decides to put me to the test. If I had an ace I'm sure I would have bet stronger with a flush draw showing. A real tough decision. Ace is very possible but I think a lower pocket pair, a Jack or even a flush draw are all possibilities too. With so much of his stack already in and my weakness a bluff is also a possibility. I call and hope.


Phillberto calls (1830)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Td ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 7d ]
Creating Main Pot with $7060 with SwedenChris
** Summary **Main Pot: 7060Board: [ 4h Ad Jh Td 7d ]
Dabobert777 balance 5090, lost 200 (folded)
SwedenChris balance 7060, bet 3430, collected 7060, net +3630 [ Tc Js ] [ two pairs, Jacks and Tens -- Ad,Js,Jh,Tc,Td ]
Eder18 balance 5240, didn't bet (folded)Phillberto balance 2610, lost 3430 [ Qs Qd ] [ a pair of Queens -- Ad,Qs,Qd,Jh,Td ]

Right call. Wrong turn. Still in there though albeit with a dwindling stack and hefty blinds.



400/800 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL)
Seat 1: Dabobert777 (5090)Seat 3: SwedenChris (7460)
Seat 5: Eder18 (5240)
Seat 7: Phillberto (2210)
Phillberto posts small blind (200)
Dabobert777 posts big blind (400)
** Dealing down cards **Dealt to Phillberto [ Jd, Jh ]
SwedenChris folds.
Eder18 calls (400)
Phillberto raises (2010) to 2210Phillberto is all-In.
Dabobert777 folds.
Eder18 calls (1810)

Eder flips over his slow played pocket Aces and he picked a very good spot to do so. The smile returns with the flop though.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 3h, 8h, Jc ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 2h ]

Just as I am expecting a spoilsport Ace to come along who should pop up but the fourth J! Nice.

** Dealing River ** : [ Js ]
Creating Main Pot with $4820 with Phillberto
** Summary **Main Pot: 4820Board: [ 3h 8h Jc 2h Js ]
Dabobert777 balance 4690, lost 400 (folded)
SwedenChris balance 7460, didn't bet (folded)
Eder18 balance 3030, lost 2210 [ Ah Ac ] [ two pairs, Aces and Jacks -- Ah,Ac,Jc,Js,8h ]Phillberto balance 4820, bet 2210, collected 4820, net +2610 [ Jd Jh ] [ four of a kind, Jacks -- Jd,Jh,Jc,Js,8h ]

Back in the hunt. Finally make it to the money. The blinds are getting bigger and I'm happy to see the Big Slick in the hole.

600/1200 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL)
Seat 3: SwedenChris (13050)
Seat 5: Eder18 (2730)
Seat 7: Phillberto (4220)
Phillberto posts small blind (300)
SwedenChris posts big blind (600)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ Ac, Kh ]
Eder18 folds.
Phillberto raises (3920) to 4220
Phillberto is all-In.
SwedenChris calls (3620)
Sweden Chris turns over KQs and I'm happy to see I have him dominated.

** Dealing Flop ** : [ Js, 7s, 9h ]
Not as happy to see a flush draw for SwedenChris.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 2s ]
Bang. Tourney over.
** Dealing River ** : [ Th ]
Creating Main Pot with $8440 with Phillberto
** Summary **Main Pot: 8440Board: [ Js 7s 9h 2s Th ]
SwedenChris balance 17270, bet 4220, collected 8440, net +4220 [ Qs Ks ] [ a flush, King high -- Ks,Qs,Js,7s,2s ]
Eder18 balance 2730, didn't bet (folded)
Phillberto balance 0, lost 4220 [ Ac Kh ] [ high card Ace -- Ac,Kh,Js,Th,9h ]

Decide to squeeze in one more $6 SNG.
Playing very tight I've kept my starting stack mostly intact. With the blinds up to 200/400 I can hear Dan Harrington whispering to get it all in when it is folded to me in the small blind and again when folded to me on the button - neither is called. Blinds go up to 400/800 and I land pocket queens. I get called by KJ. K hits on the turn but a heaven sent queen arrives on the river. Beautiful.

Then my AQ hits on the flop and is called by pocket 3's (!) and suddenly I'm big stack. I finish with a flourish.

400/800 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL)
Seat 2: Raiseinger (3420)
Seat 4: amasoval (5840)
Seat 6: Phillberto (10740)
amasoval posts small blind (200)
Phillberto posts big blind (400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ Kh, Ks ]
Raiseinger raises (3420) to 3420
Raiseinger is all-In.
amasoval calls (3220)
Phillberto raises (10340) to 10740
Phillberto is all-In.
amasoval calls (2420)
amasoval is all-In.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 8d, 7d, Qh ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 8c ]
** Dealing River ** : [ Jh ]
Creating Main Pot with $10260 with Raiseinger
Creating Side Pot 1 with $4840 with amasoval
** Summary **Main Pot: 10260 Side Pot 1: 4840
Board: [ 8d 7d Qh 8c Jh ]
Raiseinger balance 0, lost 3420 [ Td Qs ] [ two pairs, Queens and Eights -- Qs,Qh,Jh,8d,8c ]amasoval balance 0, lost 5840 [ As Kc ] [ a pair of Eights -- As,Kc,Qh,8d,8c ]
Phillberto balance 20000, bet 10740, collected 20000, net +9260 [ Kh Ks ] [ two pairs, Kings and Eights -- Kh,Ks,Qh,8d,8c ]

Sweet. +US$23 for the night.