the Donkey of Poker

The second week of the Assistanc3Online Forum League was played on Thursday July 16th, this game being a $2 buyin with $50 guaranteed.  The game started with 17 players but with late registration open a couple players sneaked in the overlay tournament to make 19.  Points were on the line and players were looking for a win.

Early Going Good
For me the game started off as slow as always till I picked a decent drawing hand but not in drawing position.  Was T7h on the small blind where it was folded to me and I limped in and the big blind checked.  The flop was Ten 7 3 and it wasn’t till the Ace on the turn where I bet it up and got a call…with the Q on the river I did a larger bet and it was called by Ace rag.  Giving me an early chip lead.

Stacking off of Papa
Maybe it was a late night for ol’PapaDawg or just bad timing for a move where he ran into my Queens where he flopped a small pair and called my re-raise all-in.  I stacked up a lot of chips and started to coast to the final table staying out of trouble picking up some small pots.

Final Table
We got to the final table where I didn’t like my seating position with the slightly better aggressive players to my left and some passive players in the middle and mixed types to my right.  The chip leader and 4nd place were side by side to my left which doesn’t sound like a great place to score blinds vs known aggressive players.

I started to get low in chips and just before it was the forced short push I decided to make some moves with hands like 77 and ATsooted pushing all-in pre-flop.  Made some killer folds on the way and usually do get some credit for a hand simply because of how tight I play.

Taking out a few players and stealing some blinds I was able to get myself to the final 4 “the bubble” where I picked up Queens again.  flushop had been running hot with cards all night and when he called my all-in I was a little nervous till the turn.  He called with KTo and the flop was 999 the turn sealed the deal as another Queen hit…../phew

Yobabee went out on the bubble but still holds on to first in the leader board and Hobag who was running up and down all night with emotions settled in to 3rd leaving flushop and myself heads up for the game.

Heads Up For the Win

Seat 2: flushop          ( $22,020 )
Seat 10: Assistanc3 ( $34,980 )

With a slight chip lead and knowing flushop wants to beat me in heads up gives me the edge in this battle.  He takes down the first hand uncontested, the second hand I took on the flop and the third hand I pushed all-in after he limped on the small blind and he folded.

The rest of the game played out like this..
Seat 2: flushop ( 18020 )
Seat 10: Assistanc3 ( 38980 )
Assistanc3: posts small blind [$ 1000]
flushop: posts big blind [$ 2000]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Assistanc3 [ 5s, Ah ]
Assistanc3 calls [$ 1000]
flushop checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ad, 6c, 2s ]
flushop: bets [$ 8000]
Assistanc3 raises [$ 28000]
flushop folds
Assistanc3 shows [ 5s, Ah ]a pair of aces
Assistanc3 wins 20000 chips from main pot

Seat 2: flushop ( 8020 )
Seat 10: Assistanc3 ( 48980 )
flushop: posts small blind [$ 1000]
Assistanc3: posts big blind [$ 2000]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Assistanc3 [ As, Ah ]
flushop folds
Assistanc3 shows [ As, Ah ]
Assistanc3 wins 2000 chips from main pot

Seat 2: flushop ( 7020 )
Seat 10: Assistanc3 ( 49980 )
Assistanc3: posts small blind [$ 1000]
flushop: posts big blind [$ 2000]
Assistanc3: grrr
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Assistanc3 [ 9h, Jh ]
Assistanc3 calls [$ 1000]
flushop raises [$ 5020]
Assistanc3 calls [$ 5020]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Td, Kh, 9d ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7h ]
** Dealing River ** [ 8h ]
Assistanc3 wins 14040 chips from main pot