Posted by Junelli 12:38 PM
Here is a summary of the Qualifier I played to win a seat in the Sunday Million tournament. I am writing this more for my own benefit, so I can review my hand history and make note of mistakes, etc. If you’re interested, feel free to read and comment on anything.

Tournament was $11 buy-in with 40 players. The total prize pool was $400, with 1st place winning the $215 seat into the Sunday Million and the rest of the cash being divided up between 2nd-4th place.

We all start with 3,000 in chips and blinds are 20-40.

I start in middle position.

Fold T9, KQ, 34, J9, J2, Q2, 48, 56, QJ, 77, 37, JT, K8, J2

I have 2,900 and blinds are 30-60. In the SB I get AK. The cutoff seat raises to 160. The button folds. I call and the BB calls. Pot is 480. Flop is J69. We both check and the cutoff bets 160 (only 1/3 of the pot). I call the 160, and the BB folds. Turn is a 9. I check and he bets 160 again, into a 800 pot. I call. Pot is 1,120. River is a 4 (final board is J6994). I check and again he bets 160. I call and he turns over A6 holding bottom pair on the flop. I could’ve played this one better by folding/raising on the flop.

Fold T3

Blinds still 30-60. I have 2,260. In the cutoff seat I get QT (Morris’ favorite hand). 1 limper. I limp for 60. Button calls, and the blinds complete/check. 5 players, and the pot is 300. The flop is Q7T with 2 hearts. The blinds check and the first limper bets 250. I raise to 600. The button calls the 600 and the SB also calls the 600. The BB folds and the original bettor moves all-in for 2,108. I move all-in for 1,600. The other 2 players fold. Turn and river are A4. The original bettor had J9 (open-ended). I win a 5,900 pot with two pair.

Fold 94, 49.

I get moved to another table.

I have 5,900 (2nd in chips at the table) and blinds are 30-60. In middle position I get KJ. I limp for 60. The chip leader with 6,900 raises to 200. Another player moves all-in for 2,120. I fold. Chip leader calls. Chip leader shows KQo and the all-in player shows JTs (what a donkey). The board is 2A74K. And the chip leader builds his stack to 8,969. Note that this player eventually gets eliminated in 3rd place.

Fold T2, K2, K6.

I have 4,620 and the blinds are 30-60. I get AT in the SB. A middle player and the button limp. I complete and the BB checks. Flop is 78K rainbow. Everyone checks. The turn is 7. I check and the BB bets 100. Someone calls. I fold. River is a Q. The BB checks and the other player bets 500. The BB calls. Board is 78K7Q. The BB shows QJ and the bettor shows T7 and wins.

I have 4,560 and blinds are 30-60. I get 79s on the button. 3 limpers in front of me. I limp. The blinds complete/check. There are 6 players and the pot is 360. Flop is AQ8 (kind of missed me here). Middle player (“MP”) bets 100 and gets 2 callers. I fold. Turn is a K and they all 3 check. River is a J. The MP bets 500 and gets 1 caller. Board is AQ8KJ. The MP shows 8Ts for a straight. And the other player shows A6 for top pair. Note that the MP eventually gets heads up with me and gets 2nd place.

Fold 45, A2, J8. 96.

I have 4,400 in chips with blinds of 50-100. In the SB I get 35. The button limps. I call 50 and the BB checks. 3 players and the pot is 300. Flop is 53K with 2 hearts. I check and the BB bets 100. The button folds. I decide to slow play and see if I can dodge a heart on the turn. I smooth call. Turn is a 2d. I check and he bets 300 into a 500 pot. I smooth call again. River is a Qh (not a good card for me). Board is 53K2Q. I lead out first for 500. He folds. I think I should made a raise on the turn. My guess is that he was drawing to a straight or had a lone 5.

Fold K7, J2.

I have 5,000 with blinds of 50-100. I am in 4th chip position at my table. In middle position I limp with A6s. A player with 7,100 raises to 350. I smooth call. Flop is 5Q4 all diamonds. I have no diamonds. I check. He bets 100 and I fold.

Fold J8.

We now have 7 players at our table. I have 4,650 with blinds of 50-100. I get AK under the gun. I raise to 300 and get 3 callers (including both blinds). Pot is 1,200. Flop is 229. The blinds check to me. I bet 800 (2/3 of the pot). Everyone folds and I take down a nice pot.

Fold J5, T5, 53.

I have 5,450 with blinds of 50-100. I get 44 in middle position. An UTG player (the chip leader with 20,000) raises to 400 and gets called by the 2nd place guy with 9,650. I call. Pot is just over 1,200. Flop is 9TJ with 2 spades. I check. The chip leader bets 500, and is called by the other guy. I fold. Turn is a T. Chip Leader bets 1,050 and gets called. The river is the Q of spades. The board is 9TJTQ with 3 spades. There is a possible full house, quads, a 4 card straight and a possible flush on the board. The chip leader bets 1,200. The other guy moves all-in for 7,690 and the chip leader folds. I don’t think my 44 was good here.

Fold 56, 56, 79, 32, J7, 57, K6, 93, K2, Q8, 67.

I have 3,250 with blinds of 100-200. There are 3 players at my table over 10,000. In late position I get QTs. I call 200, and the chip leader raises to 625. I call along with another player. Flop is K5T all clubs (I have no clubs). I check and the chip leader bets 500 into a 1,800 pot. The other guy folds. I smooth call. The turn is a Q of clubs, giving me two pair, but putting a 4 card flush on the board. I decide to take a chance that he doesn’t have a flush and move all-in for 2,125. He folds and I pick up 5,300 in chips.

Fold K7, 28, A3, A8, QJ, A8, 23, 67.

I have 3,100 in chips and the blinds are 200-400. UTG I get AQ. I move all-in and pick up the blinds.

The very next hand I get 66. The chip leader raises to 1,000 and gets called by one player. I move all-in for 3,100 more. I get called by both players. Uh oh. Flop is 583 rainbow. Looking good so far. They check it all the way and the turn and river are K4. One player shows AT and the other shows 66 (same hand as me). I split the pot and win 5,650 chips.

Next hand I get TT in late position with blinds of 200-400. I get 2 limpers in front of me and I raise to 1,000. I get 1 caller a short stack who only has 920 left. The pot is 3,200. The flop is J44. I move all-in for 4,450. The other player calls all-in for 920. He has A5 with no pair and no draw. My tens hold up and I win a good one and eliminate the 11th place player. We’re now down to the final table.

Here are the chip positions:

Seat 3: morpa ( $16145 )
Seat 4: wilky53333 ( $1941 )
Seat 6: Zymilof ( $15604 )
Seat 7: babbababba ( $10083 )
Seat 8: mjnemo ( $21626 )
Seat 1: johnnytimm ( $19757 )
Seat 2: Geissbockhet ( $11772 )
Seat 5: PayForWiew ( $13189 )
Seat 9: K11NGH ( $1313 )
Seat 10: junell ( $8570 )

Fold 48.

I get lucky when a player gets eliminated and I miss a blind. I get AK and a whopping 4 people limp for 400 each. I move all-in for 8,170 and get called by morpa with 16,000. He has AT, and my AK holds up. I now have 18,340 in chips.

Fold Q4, QK, 72, T9, 82.

Down to 7 players. Blinds are 200-400. I get AQ in the BB. One limper and the SB completes. I move all-in for 17,940. They both fold.

Fold Q8, A2, 36.

I raise with A3 and pick up the blinds.

Fold 56, 82.

I have 19,840 with blinds of 300-600. I get A8. Geiss raises to 1,200. Everyone folds. I call. Flop is A7J. I check and he bets 3,500 (1.5x the pot). I go into the tank, but then fold.

Fold Q3, K7, J6.

I raise to 1,800 with QK and get called by a guy with 6,600. The flop is A96. He checks and I bet 2,500 and he mounts me for 4,800 more. I fold.

Fold 74, A7, K9, KT.

Down to 6 players with blinds of 300-600
Seat 1: johnnytimm ( $17,293 )
Seat 2: Geissbockhet ( $42,427 )
Seat 5: PayForWiew ( $9,256 )
Seat 6: Zymilof ( $12,204 )
Seat 8: mjnemo ( $26,280 )
Seat 10: junell ( $12,540 )

I get AQ on the button. I move all-in and pick up the blinds.

Fold 26, 94, 94, Q6, 24, J9, 32, J3, 3T, K3, Q8, 53.

I steal the blinds 9T.

I get KJ in the SB with blinds of 400-800. It’s raised to 1,600 with 1 caller. I call. Pot is 4,800. Flop is KK9 with 2 diamonds. Everyone checks. The turn is an Ace of diamonds. I bet 2,000 (less than half the pot) and get called by both players. The river is a 5h. I move all-in for 9,790 and get 1 caller with A3. I win a 31,000 pot.

I raise to 2,200 with JTs and get 2 callers. The flop is 776. The BB checks and I bet 5,000. Everyone folds.

Fold 69, A7, 83, 79.

Down to 5 players:
Seat 1: johnnytimm ( $20774 )
Seat 2: Geissbockhet ( $40473 )
Seat 6: Zymilof ( $13433 )
Seat 8: mjnemo ( $8690 )
Seat 10: junell ( $36630 )
Blinds-Antes(400/800-25)

I raise to 2,500 with J9 and get 1 caller. The flop is Q4J. Geiss checks to me and I bet 4000. He calls 4,000. Pot is now over 13,000. Turn is a 9d, giving me 2 pair but worried about the straight. He checks again and I bet 8,000. He calls. The river is a 5h. He checks and I bet 10,000. He folds and I win a 39,000 pot.

Fold 43, A9, 92, 34, 59, 78, 57,

Down to 4! I made the money!

Seat 1: johnnytimm ( $17749 )
Seat 2: Geissbockhet ( $24948 )
Seat 6: Zymilof ( $28573 )
Seat 10: junell ( $48730 )
Blinds-Antes(400/800-25)

In the BB I get 78. The flop is 63T giving me a gutshot. The first player checks and I bet 1,500 into a pot of 2,400. Johnnytimm makes the minimum raise to 3,000. I call. The turn is a 9 making my straight. I check and Johnny bets 8,500. I put him all-in and he calls with QT (only a pair of tens). Down to 3!

I get KK in the SB and decide to limp. Flop is 7J7 and we both check. The turn is a 6 and I bet the minimum 800. He folds. Damn.

Fold 26, J4, 83, 58.

I see a flop with 22. The flop is AQT all diamonds. I fold to a minimum bet.

Lots of folding and stealing the blinds (for about 25 hands).

Seat 2: Geissbockhet ( $34173 )
Seat 6: Zymilof ( $25573 )
Seat 10: junell ( $60254 )
Blinds-Antes(600/1200-50)

I call with 9T to a flop of QQJ. Zym bets 2000 and I call. Turn is a 7. Zym bets 2000 again and I call. The river is a 4d, and I’ve missed the straight. But Zym checks to me. This check,.combined with his very weak betting make me think that he missed as well. I bet 7,000 (a pure bluff). He folds.

I fold K8 and then Geiss raises to 3,000. Zym reraises to 6,000. Geiss moves all-in for 30,343. Zym moves all-in 15,248. It’s KK against QQ. A Queen comes on the flop and we’re down to 2.

I win several smallish pots and have a slight advantage:

Seat 2: Geissbockhet ( $52746 )
Seat 10: junell ( $67254 )
Blinds-Antes(1000/2000-75)

On the final hand I get 37. I raise 4,000 on the button. He reraises me 6,000 more. I call. Flop is A79. He bets 5000 and I call. The turn is another 7 giving me trips. He bets 15,000 and I put him all-in for 24,000 more. He calls with AK and my trip sevens win the tournament and a seat into the Sunday Million tournament. He gets $92.50 for second place.

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