Monday, March 23, 2009

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Here's a hand that demonstrates why tournament poker is such a roller coaster.  I'm the d0nk3yk0ng on Full Tilt, and this hand went down during a $3.30 KO multi-table tournament this past weekend:

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Seat 1: mox393 ($8,883) (38% / 8% / 1/ 16)
Seat 2: d0nk3yk0ng ($5,575) (6% / 6% / 0/ 16)
Seat 3: vacationgirl ($478) (21% / 14% / 1/ 11)
Seat 4: dewkisses2001 ($8,760) (20% / 0% / 0/ 5)
Seat 5: alex-p-68 ($12,514) - (21% / 11% / 2/ 16)
Seat 6: ninefinger9 ($5,326) - (13% / 13% / 0/ 16)
Seat 7: joey9966 ($9,431) - (17% / 6% / 1/ 16)
Seat 8: corvino77 ($15,063) (23% / 23% / 0/ 16)


PRE-FLOP:

ninefinger9 posts small blind $150
joey9966 posts BIG blind $300
Dealt To: d0nk3yk0ng


CALL corvino77 ($300)
FOLD mox393
RAISE d0nk3yk0ng ($900)
CALL vacationgirl ($453)
FOLD dewkisses2001
FOLD alex-p-68
FOLD ninefinger9
FOLD joey9966
FOLD corvino77
UNCALLED d0nk3yk0ng ($447)


FLOP:

Pot: $1656




TURN:

Pot: $1656




RIVER:

Pot: $1656


ANTE mox393 ($25)
ANTE d0nk3yk0ng ($25)
ANTE vacationgirl ($25)
ANTE dewkisses2001 ($25)
ANTE alex-p-68 ($25)
ANTE ninefinger9 ($25)
ANTE joey9966 ($25)
ANTE corvino77 ($25)


SHOWDOWN:
d0nk3yk0ng:

vacationgirl:


d0nk3yk0ng collected $1856 from main pot with four of a kind, Kings

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $1 Rake: $0

Final Board:


Seat 1: mox393 folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-25)
Seat 2: d0nk3yk0ng showed [Kh Kd] and won 1,856 with four of a kind, Kings - Net Gain/Loss: ($1378)
Seat 3: vacationgirl showed [Ac 9h] and lost with a full house, Aces full of Kings - Net Gain/Loss: ($-478)

Seat 4: dewkisses2001 folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-25)
Seat 5: alex-p-68 button folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-25)
Seat 6: ninefinger9 small blind folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-175)
Seat 7: joey9966 big blind folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-325)
Seat 8: corvino77 folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-325)


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