deep stack

well i played the deep stack trny today on stars. i actually went to bed early so i could get my lazy ass out of bed to play this. i have played this 3 times before. but, it has been like 2 years since i have played it. i believe i final tabled 2 of those 3 times. i feel as thought this was my best outing and perhaps the best trny i have ever played. it is a delicate balance of aggression and Patience. i did draw out a few times. but in my defense i was betting and they were calling. i had 2 critical hands late. one of them would have propelled me to 145k in chips when only 1 player had 100k all in on flop my KK v AQ no AQ on flop or draw. i trapped him perfectly. until he wriggled away on the rivered ACE. UGH!!!!! well this is how it turned out for me.

PokerStars Tournament #14048777 1, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $20.00/$2.00
243 players
Total Prize Pool: $4860.00
Tournament started 2009/02/16 8:15:00 ET


Dear themerk08,

You finished the tournament in 12th place. A $85.05 award has been credited to your Real Money account.


very disappointing. i fully expected to win this.




well i played a little cash game action. i watched a D.C. video today that got me to be more aggro. it felt odd.like i was playing on the verge of insanity. this ****** though played 95/20 !! and i have not encountered a player quite like him. i searched him on more tables but he is on block search. :( gonna look for him though from now on.


PokerStars Game #25030667751: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/02/16 22:25:32 ET
Table 'Stavropolis' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Raph222 ($42.75 in chips)
Seat 2: PIERTAM ($58 in chips)
Seat 3: krupnugz ($24.65 in chips)
Seat 4: shindoe ($37.50 in chips)
Seat 5: themerk08 ($44.25 in chips)
PIERTAM: posts small blind $0.10
krupnugz: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to themerk08 [Qc Ac]
shindoe: folds
themerk08: raises $0.50 to $0.75
Raph222: folds
PIERTAM: calls $0.65
krupnugz: folds
*** FLOP *** [5s Qs 6h]
PIERTAM: bets $0.25
themerk08: raises $1.75 to $2
PIERTAM: calls $1.75
*** TURN *** [5s Qs 6h] [8s]
PIERTAM: bets $7
elTriberium is connected
themerk08: raises $10 to $17
PIERTAM: calls $10
*** RIVER *** [5s Qs 6h 8s] [Qd]
PIERTAM: bets $38.25 and is all-in
themerk08: calls $24.50 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($13.75) returned to PIERTAM
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PIERTAM: shows [2c 4s] (a pair of Queens)
themerk08: shows [Qc Ac] (three of a kind, Queens)
themerk08 collected $86.75 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $88.75 | Rake $2
Board [5s Qs 6h 8s Qd]
Seat 1: Raph222 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: PIERTAM (small blind) showed [2c 4s] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 3: krupnugz (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: shindoe folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: themerk08 showed [Qc Ac] and won ($86.75) with three of a kind, Queens