Poker :: into the donkaments we go

If for some reason you are in need of horror and think that all current horror movies are more funny than scary, you can get few hours of pure terror just for exactly the same price - $20 to $50 bucks (depending on what your fav cinema is charging). Just register into PStars freezout or $8-10 rebuy for that matter, get some snacks and get ready to rumble.

Last weekend I got tired of cash and wanted to play good ol' tourney, so I went ahead to $30 in the morning with 450 entrants. Most of those people have chronic flopophobia - after first hour it is like they have only two buttons - "FOLD" and "ALLIN". Calling is for weak presumably ;) If you have any pocket pair and there is a raiser - "ALLIN", if you have an ace and a paint - "ALLIN". Also, if you are in the blinds and LP raises - doesnt matter what you have, "ALLIN"! Fold on all other cases. Small exception to this rule - if you have AA - miniraise :)

The tourney itself went good, but soooo scary...

Example1. Starting chips 3000. I have built quite a big stack mostly picking uncontested pots without showdown on the turn or the river, double up with AA and after first hour I have ~14k. In EP I get AKo, standard raise it to 1200. A guy LP who was pushing several times already openpushes allin for 8k. Call, he shows 88, and I lost the race.

Example2. Same level, me back on 11k chips, a guy on my right who was playing like a fool just loses big pot. Im in BB and get dealt ATo. Just after seeing these cards I told my friend who was watching that I will have to call SB push if it is folded around since he will push for sure and will have J5o or smth like that at the very best case. And ofcourse... Everyone folded, SB thought for a while and pushed for 5k. Call, he shows 84o. Flop brings and 8 but I flop a gutshot draw with my T and get there on the river. Poooof! But scary...

Example3. Same guy from 1 example raises button, gets reraise allin from big stack and calls off rest 80% of the stack allin with 22... pocket pairs for the win! Too bad deuces got nulified by two pair on board, gg :)

Example4. MP pretty agressive player raises 2.5BB, I reraise to 6BB from the button with AQo and MP instarepushes allin (we have even stacks). I folded and he showed 46o.

Example5. Later in the tourney with 3 tables left. Guy LP raises the button, gets reraised from BB, calls. Flop A92 all diamonds. BB openpushes the rest (1/2 pot). Button thinks loooong and calls with J9 no diamond. BB shows JQ no diamond. Turn Q, river blank and BB doubles up. Button starts rambling what an amazing read he has made and how flat out unlucky he got.

Example5 followup. I'm on 65k, Example 5 button hero has 75k. Blinds 800/1600, average stack ~45k, 25 players left. I raise MP AKo, gets folded around. Next hand im UTG+1 and raise again, to 4500, AKdiamonds this time. Get the hero calling from BB. Flop T93 two diamonds. Hero checks, I bet 6.000, hero checkraises to 20.000, I figured he has some medium pocket or might be tilting from last hand, so decided this is the key hand for the tournament and pushed. He instacalled with JTo no diamond... Turn... no A, no K, no diamond. River... no A, no K, no diamond... And I'm out, hero jumps to chipleader with 130k with second place just over 90k.

Summary. Its so amazing what hands do these people call / push allins with. Good luck to you all and please bring more of those tournament winnings to the cash tables ;) I will play more of those $30 freezouts and $10 rebuys for sure when the time permits, if only those tourneys didnt take so horribly long...

PS. The way I busted out of $8 rebuy with 800ppl+ later - 135 get ITM, 137 players left, I have just below average stack. Table chipleader (with not too many chips though, we had poor table at that moment:) raises two hands in a row, everyone sheepishly fold around. On the third hand he raises again, I find 77, and reraise allin. Without hesitation he calls off more than half of his stack and shows T8o. I mean... No words :) AAT on the flop and Im out. Everyone feels obliged to say "gg" in the chat box and questioned later why did I push when it was only 2 left till the money and there was plenty of shortstacks...

Cash. Cash games go good though, made it to GoldStarVIP for this month, and still am on 18BB/100 hands rush. At 85% of the target for transition to NL$200.