Poker Stars Stud Hi/Lo Tournament

6,064 people + 20th place = biggest cash of my life
(broke my record from that NLHE tourney, I took 1st out of 902 on Absolute, back in October)

The money wasn't to bad either....;). Mmmm.

Went broke against the monster chip leader. I had Queens up and he was chasing a back door low (I guess? Lol. Unless he thought just deuces were good???...3rd deuce on 7th = end of me.) I'm gonna go dream Stud 8/b dreams. I'm content, the limits were just getting out of control, so there's nothing I could do. I played great, only got lucky once or twice, aside from that I just seemed to get payed off at very convenient times.

The one hand I got semi-lucky (I already had the low, I just got lucky to scoop not to win some of the pot. Oh, and "ME" is not my account name, I had to censor it for certain legal reasons...ie age.):

PokerStars Game #8141708080: Tournament #40967024, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit - Level XVIII (7500/15000) - 2007/01/27 - 02:19:00 (ET)Table '40967024 474' 8-max
Seat 1: ME (65,336 in chips)
Seat 2: bpj4 (77,496 in chips)
Seat 3: tallgrass53 (29,477 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 4: buffsgal (83,982 in chips)
Seat 5: blastingcaps (27,513 in chips)
Seat 6: BLUEGEMINI (115,117 in chips)
Seat 7: willy8888 (162,622 in chips)
Seat 8: Majikdiz4u (99,244 in chips)
ME: posts the ante 1500
bpj4: posts the ante 1500
tallgrass53: posts the ante 1500
buffsgal: posts the ante 1500
blastingcaps: posts the ante 1500
BLUEGEMINI: posts the ante 1500
willy8888: posts the ante 1500
Majikdiz4u: posts the ante 1500
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to ME [5h 3d As]
Dealt to bpj4 [Ac]
Dealt to tallgrass53 [4s]
Dealt to buffsgal [4d]
Dealt to blastingcaps [Ks]
Dealt to BLUEGEMINI [3c]
Dealt to willy8888 [7d]
Dealt to Majikdiz4u [Kd]
BLUEGEMINI: brings in for 2250
willy8888: calls 2250
Majikdiz4u: folds
ME: calls 2250
bpj4: calls 2250
tallgrass53: folds
buffsgal: raises 5250 to 7500
blastingcaps: folds
BLUEGEMINI: folds
willy8888: calls 5250
ME: calls 5250bpj4: calls 5250
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to ME [5h 3d As] [2c]
Dealt to bpj4 [Ac] [Tc]
Dealt to buffsgal [4d] [Ts]
Dealt to willy8888 [7d] [Qs]
bpj4: checks
buffsgal: bets 7500
willy8888: folds
ME: calls 7500
bpj4: calls 7500
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to ME [5h 3d As 2c] [7s]
Dealt to bpj4 [Ac Tc] [Qc]
Dealt to buffsgal [4d Ts] [7c]
bpj4: checks
buffsgal: bets 15000
ME: raises 15,000 to 30,000
bpj4: calls 30,000
buffsgal: raises 15,000 to 45,000
ME: raises 3836 to 48,836 and is all-in
Betting is capped
bpj4: calls 18,836
buffsgal: calls 3836
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to ME [5h 3d As 2c 7s] [9c]
Dealt to bpj4 [Ac Tc Qc] [6s]
Dealt to buffsgal [4d Ts 7c] [Th]
buffsgal: bets 15,000
bpj4: calls 12,160 and is all-in
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to ME [5h 3d As 2c 7s 9c] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bpj4: shows [Td Jd Ac Tc Qc 6s Qd] (HI: two pair, Queens and Tens)
buffsgal: shows [6c 7h 4d Ts 7c Th Ah] (HI: two pair, Tens and Sevens)bpj4 collected 24,320 from side pot
ME: shows [5h 3d As 2c 7s 9c 4c] (HI: a straight, Ace to Five; LO: 5,4,3,2,A)ME collected 106629 from main potME collected 106629 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 237578
Main pot 213258.
Side pot 24320.
Rake 0
Seat 1: ME showed [5h 3d As 2c 7s 9c 4c] and won (213,258) with HI: a straight, Ace to Five; LO: 5,4,3,2,A
Seat 2: bpj4 showed [Td Jd Ac Tc Qc 6s Qd] and won (24,320) with HI: two pair, Queens and Tens
Seat 4: buffsgal showed [6c 7h 4d Ts 7c Th Ah] and lost with HI: two pair, Tens and Sevens



That was last night. Today I didn't wake up until 2pm. It's clearly due to the late night caused by PokerStars. I'm still kinda excited about that tournament. It was a lot of fun, especially to get that deep. Didn't go to bed until 4am so I had to get my rest...I'm gonna go to Borders now and get a new poker book, Hunting Fish , I hear it's really good. It's about a guy that travels the US "home game" circuit if you will and tries to build a 50k bankroll playing in these home games. Sounds cool.



Oh, here's another fun hand that helped me early on:
(I liked the way I played this hand...)

PokerStars Game #8141561861: Tournament #40967024, Freeroll 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit - Level XVII (5000/10000) - 2007/01/27 - 02:04:19 (ET)
Table '40967024 474' 8-max
Seat 1: ME (32418 in chips)
Seat 2: bpj4 (162164 in chips)
Seat 3: tallgrass53 (45227 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 4: buffsgal (62982 in chips)
Seat 5: blastingcaps (45513 in chips)
Seat 6: BLUEGEMINI (31117 in chips)
Seat 7: willy8888 (134869 in chips)
Seat 8: BigStoney (39503 in chips)
ME: posts the ante 1000
bpj4: posts the ante 1000
tallgrass53: posts the ante 1000
buffsgal: posts the ante 1000
blastingcaps: posts the ante 1000
BLUEGEMINI: posts the ante 1000
willy8888: posts the ante 1000
BigStoney: posts the ante 1000
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to ME[Jc Tc Kh]
Dealt to bpj4 [Jd]
Dealt to tallgrass53 [Ks]
Dealt to buffsgal [Ts]
Dealt to blastingcaps [7d]
Dealt to BLUEGEMINI [8d]
Dealt to willy8888 [Jh]
Dealt to BigStoney [Kc]
blastingcaps: brings in for 1500
BLUEGEMINI: folds
willy8888: folds
ME: raises 3500 to 5000
bpj4: calls 5000
tallgrass53: folds
buffsgal: folds
blastingcaps: folds
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to ME [Jc Tc Kh] [7h]
Dealt to bpj4 [Jd] [2s]
ME: bets 5000
bpj4: calls 5000
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to ME [Jc Tc Kh 7h] [Qh]
Dealt to bpj4 [Jd 2s] [Qs]
ME: bets 10000
bpj4: calls 10000
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to ME [Jc Tc Kh 7h Qh] [9c]
Dealt to bpj4 [Jd 2s Qs] [4h]
ME: bets 10000
bpj4: calls 10000
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to ME [Jc Tc Kh 7h Qh 9c] [4d]
ME: bets 1418 and is all-in
bpj4: calls 1418
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ME: shows [Jc Tc Kh 7h Qh 9c 4d] (HI: a straight, Nine to King)
bpj4: shows [Js 3c Jd 2s Qs 4h 6d] (HI: a pair of Jacks)
ME collected 72336 from pot
No low hand qualified
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 72336 Rake 0
Seat 1: ME showed [Jc Tc Kh 7h Qh 9c 4d] and won (72336) with HI: a straight, Nine to King
Seat 2: bpj4 showed [Js 3c Jd 2s Qs 4h 6d] and lost with HI: a pair of Jacks
Seat 3: tallgrass53 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 4: buffsgal folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 5: blastingcaps folded on the 3rd Street
Seat 6: BLUEGEMINI folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 7: willy8888 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 8: BigStoney folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)