Rollercoaster ride

I just had the most amazing game ever, I think. I've had some nice comebacks in the past (see recent post), but this game tonight was more of a rollercoaster ride. My only worry is that I may have used up all of my luck for this month or so (said the mathematician). But judge for yourselves...

1. Up (a bit) due to the 10% rule.
No Limit Holdem Tournament
$5 + $0.50 Sit & Go
8 players
Converted at weaktight.comBlinds: 20/40

Pre-flop: (60, 8 players) Hero is SB with 1430

1 fold, UTG+1 raises to 160 (1335), 3 folds, BTN calls 160 (1445), Hero calls 140 (1270), 1 fold

Flop: (520, 3 players)
Hero bets 200 (1070), 2 folds (I felt that I had to bet here, given that there are two opponents and somebody might be on a flush draw. But of course this means that in many cases, all opponents are going to fold, and that means that I am not getting paid enough to compensate for the cases where I miss the flop. This is something that I had not considered before. Perhaps I do have to check in such situations. Given that there was a preflop raise, it does seem likely that the raiser will put in a c-bet, which I could checkraise. Otherwise I am relying on the opponent with the flush draw to bet here. It seems that not everyone with flush draws bets though.

All in all, I think that I do need to check here. It might give me some difficult decisions later in the hand, but I have to take a risk in order to get paid for my sets...)

Final Pot: 520

Hero wins 520 ( won +160 )
UTG+1 lost -160
BTN lost -160

2. Up a bit more as BB
Blinds: 25/50

Pre-flop: (75, 7 players) Hero is BB

2 folds, MP calls 50 (2030), CO calls 50 (1130), 1 fold, SB calls 25 (1255), Hero raises to 200 (1420), MP folds (2030), CO calls 150 (980), SB folds (1255)

Flop: (500, 2 players)
Hero checks (1470), CO checks (980)

Turn: (500, 2 players)
Hero bets 350 (1120), 1 fold

Final Pot: 500

Hero wins 500 ( won 300 )
MP lost -50
CO lost -200
SB lost -50

3. Up yet a bit more due to a continued steal on a missed flop with A5; a loss would have brought me down to 1255, now I had 2375.

4. Up by a huge amount...
Blinds: 40/80

Pre-flop: (120, 7 players) Hero is UTG+1

1 fold, Hero raises to 240 (1895), 1 fold, CO raises to 800 (2285), 3 folds, Hero calls 560 (1335) (pot odds 2:1)

Flop: (1720, 2 players)
Hero checks (1335), CO bets 1440 (845), Hero calls 1335 (0) (pot odds 2:1 -- how can I fold this? He may have JJ, QK, 55...)

Turn: (4498, 2 players)

River: (4501, 2 players)
CO says "bs" (845) (he proceeded to call me an idiot, but I was getting good odds for both of my calls. Of course, had I known that I was up against AA, I never would have played this hand, but as I wrote above he could have had several other hands.)

Final Pot: 4390
Hero shows:
CO shows:

Hero wins 4390 ( won +2255 )
CO lost -2240 (to make things worse, on the very next hand he lost his remaining 400 chips with AQ vs AA...)

5. DOWN by a very large amount when I could not resist calling with top pair:
Blinds: 40/80

Pre-flop: (120, 6 players) Hero is SB

2 folds, CO calls 80, 1 fold, Hero calls 40, BB checks

Flop: (240, 3 players)
Hero bets 160, BB calls 160, 1 fold

Turn: (560, 2 players)
Hero bets 320, BB goes all-in 1705, Hero calls 1385 (I could have saved myself a LOT of trouble by folding here; this opponent would turn out to be quite tough)

River: (3970, 2 players)

Final Pot: 3970
Hero shows:
BB shows:

BB wins 3970 ( won +2025 )
Hero lost -1945
CO lost -80

6. Up back again with QQ: minraise, one caller (BB from previous hand), BB pushes 55, I push over the top, remaining opp folds. 3575 with 5 players remaining.

7. DOWN by a near-fatal amount when I flop two pair as SB...
Blinds: 60/120

Pre-flop: (180, 4 players) Hero is SB

CO calls 120 (4165), BTN calls 120 (2250), Hero calls 60 (3035), BB checks (3570)

Flop: (489, 4 players)
Hero bets 360 (2675), BB calls 360 (3210), 1 fold, BTN raises to 720 (1530), Hero goes all-in 3035 (0), BB folds (3210), BTN calls 1530 (0)

Turn: (6151, 2 players)

River: (6151, 2 players)

Final Pot: 5340
Hero shows:
BTN shows:

BTN wins 5340 ( won +2970 )
Hero lost -3155 and is left with 785, blinds 60/120...
BB lost -480
CO lost -120

8. After several uncalled all-ins, I double up in the following way... Words fail me.
Blinds: 80/160

Pre-flop: (240, 4 players) Hero is CO

Hero goes all-in 1205 (0), 2 folds, BB calls 1045 (3895)

Flop: (2490, 2 players)

Turn: (2497, 2 players)

River: (2504, 2 players)

Final Pot: 2490
Hero shows:
BB shows:

Hero wins 2490 ( won +1285 )
BB lost -1205

9. Some 20 hands later, doubled up again like this:
Blinds: 100/200

Pre-flop: (300, 4 players) Hero is CO

Hero calls 200 (1730), 2 folds, BB checks (2155)

Flop: (508, 2 players)
BB bets 500 (1655), Hero goes all-in 1730 (0), BB calls 1230 (425)

Turn: (3991, 2 players)

River: (3998, 2 players)

Final Pot: 3960
Hero shows:
BB shows:

Hero wins 3960 ( won +2030 )
BB lost -1930

10+11. And not too long after this, I played the following two hands in succession.
Blinds: 120/240

Pre-flop: (360, 3 players) Hero is BB

1 fold, SB goes all-in 3205 (0), Hero says "have to call this" (4385), Hero calls 2965 (1420)

Flop: (6410, 2 players)

Turn: (6419, 2 players)

River: (6419, 2 players)

Final Pot: 6410
Hero shows:
SB shows:

Hero wins 6410 ( won +3205 )
SB lost -3205

Blinds: 120/240

Pre-flop: (360, 2 players) Hero is BTN

Hero raises to 720 (6990), Hero says "gl" (7110) (I did not mean this sarcastically, I just type this when the heads-up phase starts...), BB goes all-in 5670 (0), Hero calls 4950 (2160) (It is impossible for me to fold this after just winning a huge pot)

Flop: (11359, 2 players)

Turn: (11363, 2 players)

River: (11363, 2 players)

Final Pot: 11340
Hero shows:
BB shows:

Hero wins 11340 ( won +5670 )
BB lost -5670

A very satisfying tournament win, but obviously completely undeserved!