Trying a new approach

Hey!

I decided to pull a mamoth session today as it is now 8am and I started playing 12 hours ago! Anyway, today was quite sucessful however I'm still down big this week from live shot failings! Today I managed to final table bubble the $55 fifty-fifty on full tilt but I'm getting closer and I think I'm starting to fix some of my end game leaks in these large field tournaments. Tonight was an interesting night as I hadn't previously played any of the late night stuff on the US sites, but there were some very interesting and slightly different plays which made me laugh.

The first is in the $5 rebuy after the rebuy period had finished. I liked the limp/call all in for 35bb's with Q7 there. Expert play lol!

PokerStars Game #25428054212: Tournament #142279604, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (150/300) - 2009/02/28 1:49:27 GMT [2009/02/27 20:49:27 ET]
Table '142279604 15' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: F3nix35 (8970 in chips)
Seat 2: uzi2008 (10325 in chips)
Seat 3: dimitris70 (11451 in chips)
Seat 4: Quaxxx (5725 in chips)
Seat 5: liljim43 (12325 in chips)
Seat 6: RistiKunn (8312 in chips)
Seat 7: joeberg86 (14975 in chips)
Seat 8: rscholes83 (4596 in chips)
Seat 9: XXXLeChiffre (31856 in chips)
F3nix35: posts the ante 25
uzi2008: posts the ante 25
dimitris70: posts the ante 25
Quaxxx: posts the ante 25
liljim43: posts the ante 25
RistiKunn: posts the ante 25
joeberg86: posts the ante 25
rscholes83: posts the ante 25
XXXLeChiffre: posts the ante 25
RistiKunn: posts small blind 150
joeberg86: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to F3nix35 [Ad Ac]
rscholes83: folds
XXXLeChiffre: folds
F3nix35: raises 500 to 800
uzi2008: folds
dimitris70: calls 800
Quaxxx: folds
liljim43: raises 700 to 1500
RistiKunn: folds
joeberg86: folds
F3nix35: raises 7445 to 8945 and is all-in
dimitris70: calls 8145
liljim43: raises 3355 to 12300 and is all-in
dimitris70: calls 2481 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (874) returned to liljim43
*** FLOP *** [5s Jc 6c]
*** TURN *** [5s Jc 6c] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [5s Jc 6c 4c] [2s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dimitris70: shows [Qh 7h] (high card Queen)
liljim43: shows [Kh Ks] (a pair of Kings)
liljim43 collected 4962 from side pot
F3nix35: shows [Ad Ac] (a pair of Aces)
F3nix35 collected 27510 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 32472 Main pot 27510. Side pot 4962. | Rake 0
Board [5s Jc 6c 4c 2s]
Seat 1: F3nix35 showed [Ad Ac] and won (27510) with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: uzi2008 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: dimitris70 showed [Qh 7h] and lost with high card Queen
Seat 4: Quaxxx folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: liljim43 (button) showed [Kh Ks] and won (4962) with a pair of Kings
Seat 6: RistiKunn (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: joeberg86 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: rscholes83 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: XXXLeChiffre folded before Flop (didn't bet)


Another little gem which I'm not sure what this guy was thinking.

PokerStars Game #25428195534: Tournament #142279632, $25.00+$2.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2009/02/28 1:54:07 GMT [2009/02/27 20:54:07 ET]
Table '142279632 163' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Wolfhands (3407 in chips)
Seat 2: stetsonknndy (4148 in chips)
Seat 3: F3nix35 (3152 in chips)
Seat 4: BBware (5510 in chips)
Seat 5: V.P.L. (2142 in chips)
Seat 6: anygiven (3101 in chips)
Seat 7: stringer_33_ (6947 in chips)
Seat 8: Daveyboy_197 (4878 in chips)
Seat 9: shgammellll (3905 in chips)
stringer_33_: posts small blind 50
Daveyboy_197: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to F3nix35 [Kd Jd]
shgammellll: folds
Wolfhands: folds
stetsonknndy: folds
F3nix35: raises 200 to 300
BBware: folds
V.P.L.: folds
anygiven: folds
stringer_33_: calls 250
Daveyboy_197: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [8h Jc 2s]
stringer_33_: bets 200
Daveyboy_197: folds
F3nix35: calls 200
*** TURN *** [8h Jc 2s] [4s]
stringer_33_: bets 300
F3nix35: raises 2352 to 2652 and is all-in
stringer_33_: calls 2352
*** RIVER *** [8h Jc 2s 4s] [Ac]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
stringer_33_: shows [Ks 5s] (high card Ace)
F3nix35: shows [Kd Jd] (a pair of Jacks)
F3nix35 collected 6604 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6604 | Rake 0
Board [8h Jc 2s 4s Ac]
Seat 1: Wolfhands folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: stetsonknndy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: F3nix35 showed [Kd Jd] and won (6604) with a pair of Jacks
Seat 4: BBware folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: V.P.L. folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: anygiven (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: stringer_33_ (small blind) showed [Ks 5s] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 8: Daveyboy_197 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: shgammellll folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Go for it K high is good :) Would have been an amazing call if i was bluffing with worse lol!

I also got very close to the big money in the $22 rebuy on full tilt where I think I misplayed KK pretty badly. As a result I think I'll be trying to stick to 6-tabling tournaments for now on as tonight all of my decisions were alot more optimal than the typical rushed ones that I get if 12 tabling+. As a result of this I got deep in quite a few big tournaments. I'll give this a go on Sunday choosing the key tournaments I want to play and filling the rest up around this.

Mark my words, I will final table something big soon!!