My Tournament Weekend - Pokerstars, Action Poker & AWH Poker Tournaments

Pokerstars 30k VIP 100FPP Tournament
I played in the Pokerstars 30k VIP 100FPP Tournament on Saturday. About 4400 players played in it. I played pretty tight but I made 2 big bluffs where I raised preflop and then continuation bet the flop and fired a second barrel on the turn. Both times my opponents folded.

Then, I get moved to another table with a lot of large stacks. Blinds get raised to 125/250 with an ante, I don't remember what the ante was but it made the pot huge. Everyone starts pushing all in and stealing every pot. I take a stand with ace queen suited and win a coin flip against 33. I double up to 4500. I pick up some decent hands but there's a raise and reraise before me so I am forced to fold. So I blind down to 3000 and made it into the money (Top 800 get paid). I double up with kings vs. 66. Then double up to 12000 with AJ vs. KJ.

The following hand comes up and the player I'm facing stats are 66% voluntarily put in pot and 66% preflop raise with about 20 hands tracked. So he could really have anything with he min raised my bb. I think he raises 100% if it is not raised to him. I really wanted to raise all in preflop since I had more chips then him and I figured I probably had 45% chance to win and a chance to make him fold. I just checked PokerStove (free poker odds calculator), and 10,7s has a 50.7% chance to win at showdown against a random hand, (46% against top 80% of hands). And plus the pot was like 3000 so there was a lot of money to steal.

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tournament, 400/800 Blinds 75 Ante (9 handed)

saw flop | saw showdown

MP1 (t8727)
MP2 (t18134)
MP3 (t15115)
CO (t16933)
Button (t8088)
SB (t8385)
Hero (BB) (t11835)
UTG (t9735)
UTG+1 (t8285)

Hero's M: 6.31

Preflop: Hero is BB with 10, 7
7 folds, SB bets t1600, Hero calls t800

Flop: (t3875) 8, 7, J (2 players)
SB bets t6710 (All-In), Hero calls t6710

Turn: (t17295) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t17295) 10 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t17295
Main pot: t17295 between SB and Hero, won by SB

Results:
SB had 9, 6 (straight, Queen high).
Hero had 10, 7 (two pair, tens and sevens).
Outcome: SB won t17295

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Anyway, I just call because I'm afraid he will call with any 2 and I have position. I flop bottom pair and a straight draw. He takes a few seconds to move and I'm thinking if he pushes all in then I'll call because he'll most likely have a drawing hand or ace high or something. He pushes and I insta call him and I'm happy to see he only has 7 outs. Unfortunately he hits river and I'm crippled to 3000 chips. A couple hands later I pick up 5,6 suited on the button and the same guy raises again. I was thinking damn, I wanted to steal those blinds! I almost called but folded. Next hand I pick up ace queen and the same guy raises again. I thought for sure I have the best hand and was happy I folded the 4,5s. I push my last remaining chips into the pot and he shows ace king and I get knocked out of the tournament. I watch a few more hands as the same guy raises 4 pots in a row to 3000 and folds all 4 times to a reraise. His stack went from 21k to 9k without seeing a flop. Someone then says "Maybe its time you change gears" and he replies he's just playing the cards. lol.

AWH Poker - €1,000 Freeroll Tournament
I signed up for the €5 Free at AWH Poker and there was a €1000 tournament for new players. So I played in that because it started the same time as the Pokstars VIP Tournament. 2200 Players played, 130 paid. The players were the worst ever and sometimes half the table was sitting out so I should have crushed this tournament. But I ran into queens when I pushed all in with ace 10 suited. Only guy who had more chips then me had to pick up a hand and I was knocked out in 160th place.

Action Poker $2000 Freeroll
On Sunday, I wanted to play in the Action Poker $2000 Freeroll . I couldn't believe it when I slept through it. I set my alarm clock but forgot to switch it on. It was the best payout tournament I would have played. Averaged $32 per person..$450 for first, only 63 players..I felt so bad. Missed opportunity..Oh well. There will be more but I doubt I will play in another freeroll with that high payout..

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