$10 20k Donkament

So I got bored today and decided to play the $10 $20k Guarentee on PokerStars. I play fairly tight and got 2 basically double ups. I won 2 races for a change with AK vs 99 and another AK vs JJ. I basically just grinded out the whole tournament and basically finsihed 163 out of 2677. I'm sad that stars pay outs are so flat that I only made $32, but oh well. I'm going to post a few hands that I thought were intersting in the tournament which I will do after almost all my poker tournament blogs.

This first hand is basically a good example of an agressive play that didn't work out. Both of these players a fairly tight but I play fairly good against both of their ranges. The hand before the first play raised and the caller in the hand below 3-bet him and the original raiser folded. So this hand I figured the origial raiser was raising a little lighter than usually. The second guys flat call didnt look too strong to me, so basically I thought I had both players range beat. So basically the only way the villians are going to win the hand is having me beat cuse a push from them isn't going to get me to fold as I'm getting 2 to 1 against a range where I'm racing a good percent of the time.
PokerStars Game #17016509982: Tournament #85346221, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2008/04/26 - 20:11:06 (ET)
Table '85346221 204' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: crusos (5335 in chips)
Seat 2: woodsman2 (1965 in chips)
Seat 3: TurkeyFeet (8455 in chips)
Seat 4: Nickrousky (2830 in chips)
Seat 5: 10FACups (3610 in chips)
Seat 6: BaseballTim1 (9664 in chips)
Seat 7: SasaDuzVegas (16779 in chips)
Seat 8: kuszo (4290 in chips)
Seat 9: Seanallin99 (9032 in chips)
woodsman2: posts small blind 75
TurkeyFeet: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BaseballTim1 [Ah Qd]
Nickrousky: raises 250 to 400
10FACups: calls 400
BaseballTim1: raises 825 to 1225
SasaDuzVegas: folds
kuszo: folds
Seanallin99: folds
crusos: folds
woodsman2: folds
TurkeyFeet: folds
Nickrousky: folds
Nickrousky is disconnected
10FACups: raises 2385 to 3610 and is all-in
BaseballTim1: calls 2385
*** FLOP *** [Kh 3c 6s]
*** TURN *** [Kh 3c 6s] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 3c 6s 7s] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
10FACups: shows [Kc Ac] (a pair of Kings)
BaseballTim1: shows [Ah Qd] (a pair of Queens)
10FACups collected 7845 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7845 | Rake 0
Board [Kh 3c 6s 7s Qc]
Seat 1: crusos (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: woodsman2 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: TurkeyFeet (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Nickrousky folded before Flop
Seat 5: 10FACups showed [Kc Ac] and won (7845) with a pair of Kings
Seat 6: BaseballTim1 showed [Ah Qd] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 7: SasaDuzVegas folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: kuszo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Seanallin99 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

This next hand is one that I think I played really well given the situation. I was just moved to the table about 5 hands earlier and don't really have a read on the opponent. He min raises and I flat call. I basically flat call to keep the pot small and also if I raise and get shoved on I basically have to fold as I'm dominated and racing against his range. So I basically flat call the flop for pot control. Also if I raise and he shoves on me I basically have to fold. So I thought I played this hand well.
PokerStars Game #17017479241: Tournament #85346221, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (150/300) - 2008/04/26 - 20:59:20 (ET)
Table '85346221 128' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: billypet (16200 in chips)
Seat 2: BaseballTim1 (8374 in chips)
Seat 3: NOGAMBLINME (1510 in chips)
Seat 4: denisel456 (9905 in chips)
Seat 5: SFDetroitMan (10660 in chips)
Seat 6: OKLefty (9920 in chips)
Seat 7: DBLsausage (3675 in chips)
Seat 8: prtypokersuk (27806 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: DirtyMef90 (205 in chips) is sitting out
billypet: posts the ante 25
BaseballTim1: posts the ante 25
NOGAMBLINME: posts the ante 25
denisel456: posts the ante 25
SFDetroitMan: posts the ante 25
OKLefty: posts the ante 25
DBLsausage: posts the ante 25
prtypokersuk: posts the ante 25
DirtyMef90: posts the ante 25
NOGAMBLINME: posts small blind 150
denisel456: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BaseballTim1 [8h 8d]
SFDetroitMan: folds
OKLefty: folds
prtypokersuk has returned
DBLsausage: folds
prtypokersuk: raises 300 to 600
DirtyMef90: folds
billypet: folds
BaseballTim1: calls 600
NOGAMBLINME: folds
denisel456: folds
*** FLOP *** [7c 7d 6h]
prtypokersuk: bets 900
BaseballTim1: calls 900
*** TURN *** [7c 7d 6h] [3s]
prtypokersuk: checks
BaseballTim1: bets 1775
prtypokersuk: folds
BaseballTim1 collected 3675 from pot
BaseballTim1: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3675 | Rake 0
Board [7c 7d 6h 3s]
Seat 1: billypet folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: BaseballTim1 (button) collected (3675)
Seat 3: NOGAMBLINME (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: denisel456 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: SFDetroitMan folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: OKLefty folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: DBLsausage folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: prtypokersuk folded on the Turn
Seat 9: DirtyMef90 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

The final hand is my bust out hand. I basically am trying to find a place to double or go home. I have 7 big blinds and a fairly active table, so I'm not getting very many chances to open push a hand. If you see in the chat after the hand the guy says lol 5 6. The table closed so I didn't get a chance to respond, but here's my reasoning behind the push. 1) I have 7 big blinds and need a double. 2) I have enough fold equity to steal the blinds and antes. 3) I'm never going to have a hand call me that has a 5 or 6 in it inless it is 55 or 66 so I'll have live cards. 4) I'm only a 35/65 dog to hands like AK, AQ, AJ, etc. which is fine by me with 7 big blinds. 5) Pray someone doesn't have an over pair! So there's my reasoning behind this push.
PokerStars Game #17019515563: Tournament #85346221, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (800/1600) - 2008/04/26 - 22:45:11 (ET)
Table '85346221 236' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: BaseballTim1 (10862 in chips)
Seat 2: PVBPlaymaker (36320 in chips)
Seat 3: wowrigged69 (54877 in chips)
Seat 4: blith (26345 in chips)
Seat 5: BNINER (22668 in chips)
Seat 6: Buster577 (55778 in chips)
Seat 7: Canard12 (4618 in chips)
Seat 9: ciak33 (31838 in chips)
BaseballTim1: posts the ante 150
PVBPlaymaker: posts the ante 150
wowrigged69: posts the ante 150
blith: posts the ante 150
BNINER: posts the ante 150
Buster577: posts the ante 150
Canard12: posts the ante 150
ciak33: posts the ante 150
wowrigged69: posts small blind 800
blith: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BaseballTim1 [5d 6c]
BNINER: folds
Buster577: folds
Canard12: folds
ciak33: folds
BaseballTim1: raises 9112 to 10712 and is all-in
PVBPlaymaker: folds
wowrigged69: calls 9912
blith: folds
*** FLOP *** [5s 2h Qd]
*** TURN *** [5s 2h Qd] [8h]
*** RIVER *** [5s 2h Qd 8h] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
wowrigged69: shows [Ah Jh] (a flush, Ace high)
BaseballTim1: shows [5d 6c] (a pair of Fives)
wowrigged69 said, "lol 5 6"
wowrigged69 collected 24224 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 24224 | Rake 0
Board [5s 2h Qd 8h Kh]
Seat 1: BaseballTim1 showed [5d 6c] and lost with a pair of Fives
Seat 2: PVBPlaymaker (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: wowrigged69 (small blind) showed [Ah Jh] and won (24224) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 4: blith (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: BNINER folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Buster577 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Canard12 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: ciak33 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

So I made like $22 from this tournament which is disappointing but its just more buy-ins to try for the big prize at the end of the rainbow. I probably won't write many blogs the next couple weeks as I have like 1 and half weeks left of the semester and then finals. So enjoy this one!