2/27/06 $3 rebuy on Stars

2/27/2006

Wow. 2500 person $3 rebuy on Stars. Went all-in on 1st hand with JJ and hit a J on the flop vs A rag to double up and never looked back. Hit an OESD right before the break then added on at the 1st break to go from 18k to 20k and spent a LOT of time in the top ten until about the last hour. Couldn't pick up a hand but played well. Inside of 90 people left after almost 5 hours of play when this hand came up:

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*********** # 1 **************PokerStars Game #4125249914: Tournament #20356507, Hold'em No Limit - Level XVIII (6000/12000) - 2006/02/28 - 01:07:09 (ET) Table '20356507 89' Seat #4 is the button

Seat 1: phenome27 (273924 in chips)
Seat 2: gaspasser (61575 in chips)
Seat 3: Whatever (80526 in chips)
Seat 4: claudius49 (46546 in chips)
Seat 5: zqxjk (214958 in chips)
Seat 6: Pop Thizzles (154605 in chips)
Seat 7: greekr (132366 in chips)
Seat 8: Ygga (110644 in chips)
Seat 9: Breathe_Deep (133320 in chips)

Whatever: posts the ante 600 along with 8 other players.
zqxjk: posts small blind 6000
Pop Thizzles: posts big blind 12000

*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Whatever [Kc Kd]
3 folds, phenome27: raises 24000 to 36000, 1 fold, Whatever: raises 43926 to 79926 and is all-in

3 folds, phenome27: calls 43926

phenome27: shows [Qh Qc]

*** FLOP *** [3s As 9h]
*** TURN *** [Tc]

You know what's coming. I can't win a 183k pot and get back to average with a chance to go deep with 83 people left.... 1st prize $5,400 - etc.
*** RIVER *** [Qd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
phenome27: shows [Qh Qc] (three of a kind, Queens)
Whatever: shows [Kc Kd] (a pair of Kings)
phenome27 collected 183252 from pot

There's no justice in poker.....sigh..... Tournaments are for suckers.

Bankroll $4,057.77 $42.91 net profit. Oh well. I played very well but had a couple of horrible beats towards the end. That's poker. Not bad for a $6 investment lol.