Final Table
In my previous entry I briefly described my route to the PKR Masters FT in July 2010, in this entry I will bring the MTT to a conclusion. The final table starts as follows:
Seat 1: NoWayKK - $166,884
Seat 2: xxSOLxx - $500,338
Seat 3: barx1210 - $247,303
Seat 4: BigbackMatty - $316,386
Seat 5: gowser4 - $234,036
Seat 6: hubalex - $70,763
Seat 7: ForFoxSake - $139,130
Seat 8: Dutchpower99 - $265,276
Seat 9: tsuga - $171,658
Seat 10: ShrpFeather - $168,226
The blinds are $5,000/$10,000 so I only have 14bb which isn’t great but if I can get one or two good spots then I can hopefully at least better my previous best finish in the masters, which was a 7th place. 4 hands in UTG opens to 3x with a 9bb stack, I am UTG+1 with 13.5bb and see AJo and fold, UTG range is pretty narrow here I am not in good shape versus their range, added into the fact there are still 8 other random hands to act this is a comfortable fold in this spot, it turns out UTG had AQ and one of the random hands was AK.
The next few hands are rags, I then pick up AQ and shove and get called by AQ and we chop, so my stack is around 10bb, a few hands after this it folds to the SB who min raises, I have 10bb and see KQo so 3 bet shove and the SB folds. I pick up a few small pots and chip up nicely when this hand develops:
Seat 1: NoWayKK - $190,247
Seat 3: barx1210 - $142,903
Seat 4: BigbackMatty - $322,586
Seat 5: gowser4 - $115,636
Seat 7: ForFoxSake - $293,530
Seat 8: Dutchpower99 - $350,276
Seat 9: tsuga - $736,196
Seat 10: ShrpFeather - $128,626
Moving Button to seat 4
NoWayKK posts ante of $1,600
barx1210 posts ante of $1,600
BigbackMatty posts ante of $1,600
gowser4 posts ante of $1,600
ForFoxSake posts ante of $1,600
Dutchpower99 posts ante of $1,600
tsuga posts ante of $1,600
ShrpFeather posts ante of $1,600
gowser4 posts small blind ($8,000)
ForFoxSake posts big blind ($16,000)
Shuffling Deck
Dealing Cards
Dealing [Qh Jh] to ForFoxSake
Dutchpower99 folds
tsuga folds
ShrpFeather folds
NoWayKK folds
barx1210 folds
BigbackMatty folds
gowser4 raises to $114,036 (all-in)
ForFoxSake calls $114,036
gowser4 shows [Qd Kh]
ForFoxSake shows [Qh Jh]
Dealing Flop [3h Qs 5c]
Dealing Turn [Th]
Dealing River [Kc]
gowser4 has Two Pairs: Kings, Queens
gowser4 wins $240,872 with: Two Pairs: Kings, Queens
I was expecting an open shove from the 7bb SB here with a wide range and had already decided to call if he open shoved, but in hindsight given it’s a fair size of my stack and losing drops me to 12bb, I think a fold here is slightly more preferable. In fact I do lose and end up short, so I then have to pick my spots for a while and shove to pick up blinds and keep a stack that has some fold equity.
Playing to Win and Getting Some Luck
We get down to 5 handed and I am now firmly in win or bust mode, when I get ATo in the cutoff:
Seat 1: NoWayKK - $172,094
Seat 7: ForFoxSake - $234,694
Seat 8: Dutchpower99 - $195,831
Seat 9: tsuga - $1,101,099
Seat 10: ShrpFeather - $576,282
Moving Button to seat 8
NoWayKK posts ante of $2,000
ForFoxSake posts ante of $2,000
Dutchpower99 posts ante of $2,000
tsuga posts ante of $2,000
ShrpFeather posts ante of $2,000
tsuga posts small blind ($10,000)
ShrpFeather posts big blind ($20,000)
Dealing [Tc Ad] to ForFoxSake
NoWayKK folds
ForFoxSake raises to $232,694 (all-in)
Dutchpower99 folds
tsuga has requested more time
tsuga is using the time bank
tsuga has 76 seconds remaining in the time bank
tsuga folds
ShrpFeather calls $232,694
ForFoxSake shows [Tc Ad]
ShrpFeather shows [As Kc]
Dealing Flop [Qc 8s 9s]
Dealing Turn [Jc]
Dealing River [8d]
ForFoxSake has Straight, Queen high
ForFoxSake wins $485,388 with: Straight, Queen high
This is one of the few hands I have had at the final table and it is a clear shove IMO, I get unlucky to run into a better hand but then get lucky when I suckout, I don’t think there is any other way to play this though and I get a much needed double up. I promptly lose a big pot check raising a flop as a bluff then barrelling turn and so drop to 12bb again in short time, I shove the next two hands with 77 and T9h and try to put pressure on where I can, while having very few hands to work with. I get lucky again when I shove 10bb with KJ and get called by A7d but I river a straight. Another player gets eliminated and 4 handed is quite cagey for a while, I pick up pots here and there and lose some too so don’t make much headway, then this hand is dealt:
Blinds are now $15,000/$30,000
Seat 1: NoWayKK - $289,854
Seat 7: ForFoxSake - $355,276
Seat 9: tsuga - $989,382
Seat 10: ShrpFeather - $645,488
Moving Button to seat 10
NoWayKK posts ante of $3,000
ForFoxSake posts ante of $3,000
tsuga posts ante of $3,000
ShrpFeather posts ante of $3,000
NoWayKK posts small blind ($15,000)
ForFoxSake posts big blind ($30,000)
Dealing [Ad 5h] to ForFoxSake
tsuga folds
ShrpFeather folds
NoWayKK raises to $90,000
ForFoxSake raises to $352,276 (all-in)
I get A5o in the BB and the SB opens, I only have 12bb and the effective stacks are 9.5bb so I have to decide whether to raise or fold, as I am playing to win I decide to shove and get the bad news....
NoWayKK calls $286,854 (all-in)
NoWayKK shows [Qd Qh]
ForFoxSake shows [Ad 5h]
Dealing Flop [Jh 7d Kd]
Dealing Turn [9s]
Dealing River [Ac]
....only to hit a miracle river card.
This luck allows me to pick up some more small pots (again without cards) and then this hand develops:
Blinds are now $15,000/$30,000
Seat 7: ForFoxSake - $905,130
Seat 9: tsuga - $902,382
Seat 10: ShrpFeather - $472,488
Moving Button to seat 10
ForFoxSake posts ante of $3,000
tsuga posts ante of $3,000
ShrpFeather posts ante of $3,000
ForFoxSake posts small blind ($15,000)
tsuga posts big blind ($30,000)
Dealing [8h 8c] to ForFoxSake
ShrpFeather raises to $469,488 (all-in)
tsuga shakes her head.
ForFoxSake has requested more time
ForFoxSake is using the time bank
ForFoxSake has 98 seconds remaining in the time bank
ForFoxSake calls $469,488
ForFoxSake shows [8h 8c]
ShrpFeather shows [Ah Jh]
Dealing Flop [9h Js Ts]
Dealing Turn [8d]
Dealing River [6h]
ShrpFeather has One Pair: Jacks
ForFoxSake has Three of a Kind: 8s
ForFoxSake wins $977,976 with: Three of a Kind: 8s
Shrp shoves all in, I think I have about 55% equity against his likely shoving range (I don’t want to discuss his shoving range here as I feel that it is unfair to disclose my thoughts on specific opponents in frequent spots in an open blog) even if I lose I am not out and I would rather player Tsgua heads up than Shrp and as I am playing to win I make the call. We flip and although he hits the flop I redraw on the turn and go into HU with a chiplead.
Heads Up
I get the better of the opening exchanges and this is the first major pot of the heads up battle:
Blinds are now $20,000/$40,000
Seat 7: ForFoxSake - $1,468,618
Seat 9: tsuga - $811,382
Moving Button to seat 9
ForFoxSake posts ante of $4,000
tsuga posts ante of $4,000
tsuga posts small blind ($20,000)
ForFoxSake posts big blind ($40,000)
Dealing [9c Qh] to ForFoxSake
tsuga raises to $80,000
ForFoxSake calls $80,000
Dealing Flop [3h 5c Qd]
ForFoxSake checks
tsuga bets $80,000
ForFoxSake raises to $240,000
tsuga raises to $727,382 (all-in)
ForFoxSake has requested more time
ForFoxSake is using the time bank
ForFoxSake has 84 seconds remaining in the time bank
ForFoxSake calls $727,382
ForFoxSake shows [9c Qh]
tsuga shows [Kh As]
Dealing Turn [4d]
Dealing River [2s]
tsuga has Straight, 5 high
tsuga wins $1,622,764 with: Straight, 5 high
I get some bad luck and lose to a runner runner straight, the very next hand I get QQ and double through AK. A few hands later and I get dealt a less than premium hand:
Blinds are now $20,000/$40,000
Seat 7: ForFoxSake - $1,270,472
Seat 9: tsuga - $1,009,528
Moving Button to seat 7
ForFoxSake posts ante of $4,000
tsuga posts ante of $4,000
ForFoxSake posts small blind ($20,000)
tsuga posts big blind ($40,000)
Dealing [2c 5h] to ForFoxSake
ForFoxSake raises to $90,000
tsuga calls $90,000
Dealing Flop [7d 4c 9s]
tsuga bets $80,000
ForFoxSake raises to $200,000
I open here with position postflop, my opponent donk leads which immediately rules out strong hands so I decide to rep a hand and raise:
tsuga calls $200,000
Dealing Turn [Qc]
tsuga bets $80,000
ForFoxSake raises to $240,000
I get called and once again Tsuga puts out a donk bet, it is so small that I am almost certain that it is a draw, maybe 56, T8 or JT, with the villain’s style of play it is either a draw or a set here. It felt too weak to fold to the min bet so I continue my line of representing a big hand:
tsuga calls $240,000
Dealing River [3d]
tsuga checks
ForFoxSake bets $320,000
tsuga folds
ForFoxSake shows [2c 5h]
ForFoxSake has High Card: Queen
ForFoxSake wins $1,068,000
I actually disliked the river as it meant one of the draws got there but I fire a small bet feeling that almost everything bar 56 was going to fold although at the time I was quite nervous due to the nature of the situation. Tsuga folds and actually had JTc, which I was surprised played the turn that way. I breathed a sigh of relief when the fold came and now had a commanding lead in the heads up. I soon doubled my opponent with A6o v ATo when they had less than 10bb but the final hand soon came:
Blinds are now $20,000/$40,000
Seat 7: ForFoxSake - $1,428,944
Seat 9: tsuga - $851,056
ForFoxSake posts ante of $4,000
tsuga posts ante of $4,000
ForFoxSake posts small blind ($20,000)
tsuga posts big blind ($40,000)
Dealing [6d 4c] to ForFoxSake
ForFoxSake calls $40,000
tsuga checks
Dealing Flop [6s 4h 7h]
tsuga checks
ForFoxSake bets $80,000
tsuga raises to $807,056 (all-in)
ForFoxSake calls $807,056
ForFoxSake shows [6d 4c]
tsuga shows [7s Jh]
Dealing Turn [Ad]
Dealing River [Kh]
tsuga has One Pair: 7s
ForFoxSake has Two Pairs: 6s, 4s
ForFoxSake wins $1,702,112 with: Two Pairs: 6s, 4s
I limped in, which I rarely do but get lucky to flop two pair versus my opponents top pair, we get it all in and I hold to take victory in PKR’s biggest guaranteed event.
Summary
Undoubtedly I got some luck in this MTT, some of it fairly obvious like winning flips or sucking out, but here is a quick overview of a few statistics:
I was involved in 40 all in hands, this is where either I was all in or I had called an opponent’s all in, of these I won 22 without a showdown, of the 18 that went to showdown I had an average of 57% equity (some of these were against short stacks hence equity is a little low), an average of 70% of my stack was at risk during these 22 all ins, I won 11, split 2 and lost 5 of these so clearly I won more than would be considered normal.
I got dealt 152 hands at the final table, of which I have classified them into premium hands, good hands and the rest, here is the breakdown:
Premiums 1
AA 0
KK 0
QQ 1
JJ 0
AK 0
AQs 0
I only got dealt 1 premium during the final table, and this was QQ and it was actually heads up!
Good Hands 23
TT 0
99 0
88 2
77 2
66 1
55 1
44 0
33 1
22 1
AQo 2
AJs 0
AJo 2
ATs 0
ATo 2
KQ 2
KJ 3
KT 2
QJ 2
QTs 0
TJs 0
So 23 of my starting hands I would consider good, although this obvious depends on the position I was in when getting dealt those hands and other factors, but it gives a brief illustration of the fact that I didn’t have a lot of hands so I as I was playing to win I was forced to play inferior holdings and as such I lucked out more.
Remember also that I lost with AA to 89c and to a runner runner straight when heads up. Overall I got lucky, but it isn’t really different to when you get a stream of good hands on a FT and win lots of pots from in front. You have to play with the cards and spots that arise, it is impossible to win with AA if you never get dealt it! I was happy with my play in most hands and was also overjoyed to have lady luck on my side in a big MTT. I haven’t been close to winning it since, but that doesn’t stop me trying!
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