I suffered a bad beat in this 1st hand posted below and was basically crippled. I ended up in 4th place but think I played this low M situation very well. i know this is a long and tedious post, but wanted to hear your thoughts. Any mistakes here? Also, I figured that if the consensus is that I played this ok, it may help some of the newbies out there.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (6 handed) converter

MP (t4390)
CO (t2300)
Button (t2745)
SB (t1400)
Hero (t1720)
UTG (t945)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
4 folds, SB completes, Hero raises to t400, SB calls t300.

Flop: (t800) , , (2 players)
SB bets t1000 (All-In), Hero calls t1000.

Turn: (t2800) (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t2800) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t2800

Results in white below:
SB has 5d Ad (straight, five high).
Hero has Jc Js (two pair, jacks and nines).
Outcome: SB wins t2800.



PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (6 handed) converter

UTG (t4390)
MP (t2300)
CO (t2745)
Button (t2800)
Hero (t320)
BB (t945)

Preflop: Hero is SB with , .
1 fold, MP raises to t400, 4 folds.

Final Pot: t550

Results in white below:
No showdown. MP wins t550.



PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (6 handed) converter

BB (t4390)
UTG (t2450)
MP (t2745)
CO (t2800)
Hero (t270)
SB (t845)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
5 folds.

Final Pot: t150

Results in white below:
No showdown. BB wins t150.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (6 handed) converter

SB (t4440)
BB (t2450)
UTG (t2745)
MP (t2800)
Hero (t270)
Button (t795)

Preflop: Hero is CO with , .
1 fold, MP calls t100, Hero raises to t270, 2 folds, BB calls t170, MP folds.

Flop: (t690) , , (2 players)

Turn: (t690) (2 players)

River: (t690) (2 players)

Final Pot: t690

Results in white below:
BB has 9s 2c (one pair, tens).
Hero has Ac Qc (two pair, aces and tens).
Outcome: Hero wins t690.



PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (6 handed) converter

Button (t4390)
SB (t2180)
BB (t2745)
UTG (t2700)
Hero (t690)
CO (t795)

Preflop: Hero is MP with , .
2 folds, CO raises to t795, 1 fold, SB calls t745, 1 fold.

Flop: (t1690) , , (2 players)

Turn: (t1690) (2 players)

River: (t1690) (2 players)

Final Pot: t1690

Results in white below:
SB has Tc Ah (straight, ace high).
CO has 6h Ad (high card, ace).
Outcome: SB wins t1690.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (5 handed) converter

MP (t4390)
Button (t3075)
SB (t2645)
BB (t2700)
Hero (t690)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with , .
2 folds, Button raises to t400, 1 fold, BB calls t300.

Flop: (t850) , , (2 players)
BB checks, Button bets t500, BB folds.

Final Pot: t1350

Results in white below:
No showdown. Button wins t1350.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (5 handed) converter

UTG (t4390)
MP (t3525)
Button (t2595)
SB (t2300)
Hero (t690)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
1 fold, MP raises to t400, 3 folds.

Final Pot: t550

Results in white below:
No showdown. MP wins t550.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (5 handed) converter

SB (t3990)
BB (t3675)
UTG (t3045)
MP (t2250)
Hero (t540)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
2 folds, Hero raises to t540, 2 folds.

Final Pot: t690

Results in white below:
No showdown. Hero wins t690.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (5 handed) converter

Button (t3940)
SB (t3575)
BB (t3045)
UTG (t2250)
Hero (t690)

Preflop: Hero is MP with , .
1 fold, Hero raises to t690, 3 folds.

Final Pot: t840

Results in white below:
No showdown. Hero wins t840.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (5 handed) converter

MP (t3940)
Button (t3525)
SB (t2945)
BB (t2250)
Hero (t840)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with , .
1 fold, MP raises to t600, 3 folds.

Final Pot: t825

Results in white below:
No showdown. MP wins t825.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (5 handed) converter

UTG (t4165)
MP (t3525)
Button (t2870)
SB (t2100)
Hero (t840)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
4 folds.

Final Pot: t225

Results in white below:
No showdown. Hero wins t225.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (5 handed) converter

BB (t4165)
UTG (t3525)
MP (t2870)
Button (t2025)
Hero (t915)

Preflop: Hero is SB with , .
UTG raises to t450, 4 folds.

Final Pot: t675

Results in white below:
No showdown. UTG wins t675.


Heres where my original dickhead gets bounced..........

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (5 handed) converter

SB (t4015)
BB (t3750)
UTG (t2870)
MP (t2025)
Hero (t840)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
1 fold, MP raises to t450, 1 fold, SB raises to t2100, 1 fold, MP calls t1575 (All-In).

Flop: (t4275) , , (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t4275) (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t4275) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t4275

Results in white below:
SB has 5s 5c (three of a kind, fives).
MP has 9c Ah (high card, ace).
Outcome: SB wins t4275.

And here is where I bite the dust:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (4 handed) converter

Button (t6190)
SB (t3600)
BB (t2870)
Hero (t840)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with , .
Hero raises to t840, Button raises to t2100, 2 folds.

Flop: (t3165) , , (2 players)

Turn: (t3165) (2 players)

River: (t3165) (2 players)

Final Pot: t3165

Results in white below:
Hero has 2c Ac (one pair, fives).
Button has 6c 6d (two pair, sixes and fives).
Outcome: Button wins t3165.