Step 3

I won a Step 3 SNG at Party! Like Step 2, it was surprisingly easy, but I was helped by some great cards. This is how the bubble burst (top 3 get a ticket to step 4):

Blinds: t100/t200
Stack sizes:
UTG: t1970
Button: t3170
Hero: t8860
BB: t6000

Pre-flop: (4 players) Hero is SB with 7♠ 9♣

UTG calls t200 (pot was t300), Button calls t200 (pot was t500), Hero calls t100 (pot was t700), BB checks.

Flop: 2♥ 4♥ 7♦ (t800, 4 players)

Hero bets t400, BB folds, UTG raises all-in t1770, Button folds, Hero calls t1370 (pot was t2970). (With a stack like this, why fold?)

Turn: 7♥ (t4340, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t4340)

River: 9♥ (t4340, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t4340)

Results:
Final pot: t4340
Rob1606 shows [ 7s, 9c ]a full house, Sevens full of Nines.
koppiesop shows [ Jh, Jc ]a flush, Jack high.
Rob1606 wins 4,340 chips from the main pot with a full house, Sevens full of Nines.
Player koppiesop finished in 4 place and received Entry to Step 3($30 USD)

So my opponent had an overpair and a backdoor flush draw, and he actually made his flush... The river card was quite funny from my perspective: any non-heart except a jack would have simply won immediately, but it was of course much more fun to win with the single heart card that my opponent did not want to see.

I had to wait quite a long time for this game to start: 25 minutes or so. It seems that there is much more traffic at the lower levels (not very surprising I suppose). Well, I look forward to playing the next step (either tonight or tomorrow). The payout there is basically the same as in step 3: top 3 gets promoted to Step 5, places 4-7 get entries to various lower steps. So the initial goal is not to go out in places 8-10...