final table hands $109

Vil said I had bet him off of a queen

-----Hand 30-----
Hero's M = 12.67
PokerStars Game #14613541719: Tournament #73676467, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (5000/10000) - 2008/01/17 - 00:11:01 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '73676467 54' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: BamaEd (264598 in chips)
Seat 5: BigThicky (426732 in chips)
Seat 6: Deill (703523 in chips)
Seat 7: Hero (195147 in chips)
All players post the ante 100
Deill: posts small blind 5000
Hero: posts big blind 10000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [4s 4c]
BamaEd: folds
BigThicky: raises 20000 to 30000
Deill: folds
Hero: calls 20000
*** FLOP *** [8s 5d 7c]
Hero: checks
BigThicky: checks
*** TURN *** [8s 5d 7c] [Qd]
Hero: checks
BigThicky: bets 40000
Hero: raises 124147 to 164147 and is all-in
BigThicky: folds
Hero collected 149000 from pot

i dont beleive he was being honest.

-----Hand 32-----
Hero's M = 18.58
PokerStars Game #14613584814: Tournament #73676467, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (5000/10000) - 2008/01/17 - 00:13:40 (ET)
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Table '73676467 54' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: BamaEd (252598 in chips)
Seat 5: BigThicky (429732 in chips)
Seat 6: Deill (621523 in chips)
Seat 7: Hero (286147 in chips)
All players post the ante 100
BamaEd: posts small blind 5000
BigThicky: posts big blind 10000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [9d Ac]
Deill: folds
Hero: raises 14000 to 24000
BamaEd: calls 19000
BigThicky: folds
*** FLOP *** [Js 5d 3s]
BamaEd: checks
Hero: bets 46000
BamaEd: folds
Hero collected 62000 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

I hadn't made a big bet like that all final table.. I figure he would feel he needed a big hand to call or raise

Preflop AI 4 bet with AK vs Deill's K10 held, very next hand

----Hand 34-----
Hero's M = 41.78
PokerStars Game #14613650194: Tournament #73676467, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (5000/10000) - 2008/01/17 - 00:17:43 (ET)
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Table '73676467 54' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 5: BigThicky (646330 in chips)
Seat 6: Deill (304376 in chips)
Seat 7: Hero (639294 in chips)
All players post the ante 100
BigThicky: posts small blind 5000
Deill: posts big blind 10000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Jc Ah]
Hero: raises 15000 to 25000
BigThicky: folds
Deill: raises 278376 to 303376 and is all-in
Hero: folds
Deill collected 58000 from pot
Deill: doesn't show hand

Pretty close I think. Payout was 3k/8k/13k, it didnt really phase me but i thought of that, wonder what I really had beat.

very next hand

----Hand 35-----
Hero's M = 40.08
PokerStars Game #14613662184: Tournament #73676467, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (5000/10000) - 2008/01/17 - 00:18:28 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '73676467 54' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: BigThicky (640330 in chips)
Seat 6: Deill (336376 in chips)
Seat 7: Hero (613294 in chips)
All players post the ante 100
Deill: posts small blind 5000
Hero: posts big blind 10000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Qc Kd]
BigThicky: folds
Deill: raises 325376 to 335376 and is all-in
Hero: calls 325376
*** FLOP *** [Th 3h Ac]
*** TURN *** [Th 3h Ac] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [Th 3h Ac 7s] [4s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Deill: shows [8s 8h] (a pair of Eights)
Hero: shows [Qc Kd] (high card Ace)
Deill collected 673752 from pot

Pretty much the hand that won it for me

PokerStars Game #14614060722: Tournament #73676467, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level XXII (8000/16000) - 2008/01/17 - 00:43:47 (ET)
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Table '73676467 54' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 5: BigThicky (804530 in chips)
Seat 6: Deill (427034 in chips)
Seat 7: Hero (358436 in chips)
All players post the ante 160
BigThicky: posts small blind 8000
Deill: posts big blind 16000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Jh Kc]
Hero: calls 16000
BigThicky: calls 8000
Deill: checks
*** FLOP *** [2d Ad 5s]
BigThicky: checks
Deill: checks
Hero: bets 16000
BigThicky: folds
Deill: calls 16000
*** TURN *** [2d Ad 5s] [Td]
Deill: bets 48000
Hero: raises 88000 to 136000
Deill: calls 88000
*** RIVER *** [2d Ad 5s Td] [6s]
Deill: checks
Hero: bets 188836 and is all-in
Deill: folds
Hero collected 356800 from pot
Hero: shows [Jh Kc] (high card Ace)

I was folding the river to any bet. I don't see anything that checks the river there with what was already in the pot that will call 190K more. Stack sizes were important, I also sized my turn bet to leave me with roughly what I had behind for the river bet if he checked to me.

few hands later deill A7 loses to my 99 and we chip chop it up, 11K.

some short comments..

44: push pre, as played c/f turn.
A9: ok, checking for showdown value is ok as well.
AJ: usually a call unless it's a nit and/or a complete 3handed donk.
KQ: fold
KJ: raise pre, fold turn.

yeah explain folding the AJ but calling with KQ?

drmc to explain why i folded AJ but called KQ.

There were three consecutive hands.

Hand one i had raised, deill 3 bet me and i shoved AK, he called with KTs.

Very next hand he 3 bet shoves; Stacks:
Seat 6: Deill (304376 in chips)
Seat 7: Hero (639294 in chips)

Dealt to Hero [Jc Ah]
Hero: raises 15000 to 25000
BigThicky: folds
Deill: raises 278376 to 303376 and is all-in

From my hands you can tell I play final tables pretty aggressively. He could have been pissed off about the previous hand, he could have been doing this with a hand that has me beat (I now see I was probably way ahead of his range) but to be honest I just had a sick feeling about the way he had bet it (either it was really slow or snapped it all in) and I didn't know what to do really.

I called with KQ because hes obviously on steaming monkey tilt when 33bb all in shoving pre.

I figured im 60/40 vs AJ and worse, tough againts AK,AQ,QQ,KK,AA and flipping againts other pairs and the rest I have beat.

Deill was a really poor player. I think AJ was a marginal mistake to fold, and i think i needed to call with KQ in the context of the previous couple hands.

I think calling 33BB with QK might demonstrate steaming monkey tilt as well.

I also don't know if you were trying to be cute with the comments u were making when you were trying to chop but it just made u look dumb.

But very very nice score.

i dont think id ever fold KQ given the previous hand and the given opponent.

Getting in a flip because he's on steaming moneky tilt just doesn't make sense to me.

If he's a really poor player, calling with QK is even worse.

I understand its alot to call with KQ, I also could just simply outplay him for the rest of his stack instead of calling an all in with KQ; however it is hard in tournaments to know where you stand. He is bad, he could flop 2 pair to my overpair and stack me that way. His shoving range is so wide I think KQ was good enough to call. Better for me to get first crack at him then the other guy getting a 4:1 HU chip lead.

AJ fold was pretty bad but IMO the worst hands you played at the FT were the hand you flopped quads and some other hand where you flopped top pair and you won two tiny pots by betting like a wimp. If you slowplay all of your good hands then your bluffs will get snapped off by anyone close to decent, but fortunately for you your opponents weren't decent or had nothing.