jbdallas

Wow, I haven't checked this thread in a few days and was a little surprised at some of the responses. Here's what my train of thought was on this hand: First, I understand most people would fold or shove with a short stack this late in a tournament. In retrospect, I should have shoved and seen whether I got any action or just the blinds. The reason I hesitate to shove preflop in this kind of situation is 1) Just stealing the blinds doesn't buy me much time. If I'm called, it's probably by AA, KK, or AK, in which case it's either a coin flip or I'm the underdog. I prefer to save some chip

Playing a 27 person SnG on stars. I'd been playing EXTREMELY tight and hadn't been getting good cards at all (several 7/2o, 10/3o, etc.) I'd only stayed in for about 25% of the flops and had won all of my showdowns and a couple other hands without showdown, but unfortunately not many big pots.Made it to the final table on the short stack and finally get pocket QQ. *********** # 1 **************PokerStars Game #29420701090: Tournament #172163358, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2009/06/16 1:05:02 CT [2009/06/16 2:05:02 ET]Table '172163358 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the buttonS

He ended up having pocket kings and made a higher 2 pair with the river 3. I wasn't surprised that he had the pocket pair, I just got unlucky with the river. And no, I wasn't fortunate enough to win any of my tournies last night, so it wasn't me that you played with. Although there is someone on there with almost the exact same screen name (minus the numbers I think.) Thanks for the feedback.

Well last night was just a bad session overall. While I consider myself a beginner still (playing less than 6 months), I don't consider myself a terrible player for the most part. However, after the hand posted above, I was knocked out of the very next tournament on the third hand. I had KQ offsuit, flat called UTG and got a flop of Q10J. I bet 3x the BB and again someone bets enough to put me all in. I call because I have top pair and OESD. I fail to make my draw and once again lose to pocket kings. Just bad luck? Or bad poker? Next tournament, I'm doing much better (6/11 players left

Probably a dumb preflop call by me, but it was first hand of the tournament. Please don't flame me too bad, I'm still somewhat of a beginner. PokerStars Game #29201455019: Tournament #170672548, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2009/06/10 4:25:47 CT [2009/06/10 5:25:47 ET]Table '170672548 3' 9-max Seat #1 is the buttonSeat 1: CukooPuff (1500 in chips) Seat 2: jbdallas07 (1500 in chips) Seat 3: minor49 (1500 in chips) Seat 4: poisonpaw (1500 in chips) Seat 5: drittklassig (1500 in chips) Seat 6: hopsal (1500 in chips) Seat 7: CrazyDoeboy! (1500 in chips) Seat 8: deputyjunior (1