Final Table Last Night - Oh and Big Online hand

Finally made a final table last night in one of the stars $20 +2 180 SNG. Finished fifth for $240. Oh well, first profitable evening in two weeks, so I will take it. The most interesting hand of the night occurred in the other $20 SNG I played. I played it like a donkey, as I was in third when I check-raised all in, but made for interesting TV.

*********** # 2 **************PokerStars Game #2959553104: Tournament #14605663, Hold'em No Limit - Level I(10/20) - 2005/11/02 - 23:42:44 (ET)Table '14605663 4' Seat #2 is the button

Seat 1: lefkada (1210 in chips)
Seat 2: Reziztence (1460 in chips)
Seat 3: miamibeach11 (1610 in chips)
Seat 4: Grip'nRip (1320 in chips)
Seat 5: damien1573 (1430 in chips)
Seat 6: MIKER92707 (1320 in chips)
Seat 7: potjacker (1640 in chips)
Seat 8: okie76 (1900 in chips)
Seat 9: Frederick_V (1610 in chips)

miamibeach11: posts small blind 10
Grip'nRip: posts big blind 20

*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Grip'nRip [As Ts]

damien1573: folds
MIKER92707: calls 20
potjacker: raises 20 to 40
okie76: calls 40
Frederick_V: folds
lefkada: folds
Reziztence: folds
miamibeach11: folds
Grip'nRip: calls 20
MIKER92707: calls 20

*** FLOP *** [6d 6s 5s]

Grip'nRip: checks
MIKER92707: bets 20
potjacker: calls 20
okie76: calls 20
Grip'nRip: calls 20

*** TURN *** [6d 6s 5s] [9s]

Grip'nRip: checks
MIKER92707: bets 120
potjacker: calls 120
okie76: raises 120 to 240
Grip'nRip: raises 1020 to 1260 and is all-in
MIKER92707: calls 1140 and is all-in
potjacker: raises 320 to 1580 and is all-in
okie76: folds

*** RIVER *** [6d 6s 5s 9s] [Kc]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

Grip'nRip: shows [As Ts] (a flush, Ace high)
MIKER92707: shows [7s 8s] (a straight flush, Five to Nine)
potjacker: shows [6h 6c] (four of a kind, Sixes)

MIKER92707 collected 4270 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 4270 Rake 0

Board [6d 6s 5s 9s Kc]

Seat 1: lefkada folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Reziztence (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: miamibeach11 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Grip'nRip (big blind) showed [As Ts] and lost with a flush, Ace high
Seat 5: damien1573 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: MIKER92707 showed [7s 8s] and won with a straight flush, Five toNine
Seat 7: potjacker showed [6h 6c] and lost with four of a kind, Sixes
Seat 8: okie76 folded on the Turn
Seat 9: Frederick_V folded before Flop (didn't bet)

I played the A-high flush like a donkey, but really did not expect to run into a Straight Flush AND Quads. And who said online didn't provide action boards. I guess I am getting immune to this type of hands as all I did was stare at the computer and laugh.

Oh well, until next time,

Good Luck and See You at the Felt...............................

2006 WSOP Seat Series Championship

More details to come, but JM and I are putting together a 12-player 12 week series of $200 tournaments, with the series champion receiving a seat in the 2006 WSOP final event. All eleven other participants will get a 25% stake in the horse sent to the series and there will be weekly prizes as well.

More details to come, or contact me for more information. Until Next Time,

Good Luck and See You at the Felt....................

Hand of the Day

I promise a more detailed post later today, possibly tonight. But until then, I had a first this past weekend. I flopped a straight flush. I had done that in Omaha, but never Hold 'em. It was cool, and got a little action.

By the way, you can see by the amounts involved that the on line bank roll is a little lean. I have built it back up somewhat with several tournaments this weekend, but it is still too empty to be happy about.

PokerStars Game #2918191056: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2005/10/28 -23:18:13 (ET)Table 'Aho'

Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: eatzebrameat ($2.21 in chips)
Seat 2: cards911 ($1.40 in chips)
Seat 3: TheVirgMan ($2.10 in chips)
Seat 4: Goodoldboy ($2.12 in chips)
Seat 5: Harrison57 ($4.30 in chips)
Seat 6: Grip'nRip ($1.72 in chips)
Seat 7: caq792 ($1.09 in chips)
Seat 8: naruto-san ($0.85 in chips)
Seat 9: bulldog1965 ($2.05 in chips)

Harrison57: posts small blind $0.01
Grip'nRip: posts big blind $0.02*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Grip'nRip [9d Td]

caq792: folds caq792 is sitting out
naruto-san: folds
bulldog1965: calls $0.02
eatzebrameat: folds
cards911: folds
TheVirgMan: calls $0.02
Goodoldboy: calls $0.02
Harrison57: folds
Grip'nRip: checks

*** FLOP *** [8d 6d 7d]

Grip'nRip: checks
bulldog1965: checks
TheVirgMan: checks
Goodoldboy: checks

*** TURN *** [8d 6d 7d] [Js]

Grip'nRip: checks
bulldog1965: bets $0.04
TheVirgMan: calls $0.04
Goodoldboy: calls $0.04
Grip'nRip: calls $0.04

*** RIVER *** [8d 6d 7d Js] [2h]

Grip'nRip: checks
bulldog1965: bets $0.06
TheVirgMan: calls $0.06
Goodoldboy: folds
Grip'nRip: raises $0.22 to $0.28
bulldog1965: calls $0.22
TheVirgMan: calls $0.22

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Grip'nRip: shows [9d Td] (a straight flush, Six to Ten)
bulldog1965: mucks hand
TheVirgMan: mucks hand

Grip'nRip collected $1.04 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $1.09 Rake $0.05 Board [8d 6d 7d Js 2h]

Seat 3: TheVirgMan mucked [Jd 4s]
Seat 6: Grip'nRip (big blind) showed [9d Td] and won ($1.04) with a straightflush
Seat 9: Bulldog1965 mucked [2s 8c]

Until later today,

Good Luck and See You at the Felt.......................