Just came 21st in a 700+ $20/2 on party for $99, though rather than post for the glory of the finish this is for the manner of getting there.

I was horrifically short-stacked all the way through and kept pushing in a vain attempt to build a stack to no avail as I kept stealing the blinds.

The highlight of my shortstack adventure was this beauty (there were about 40 people left at the time).

#Game No : 3275439144
***** Hand History for Game 3275439144 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:18674039 Level:13 Blinds (750/1500) - Wednesday, December 28, 15:39:52 EDT 2005
Table Multi-Table(552941) Table #1 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: Steve8215 ( $32192 )
Seat 2: Big54Dawg ( $62258 )
Seat 3: sliprylizard ( $16068 )
Seat 4: double_thru ( $45284 )
Seat 5: augustwo ( $12318 )
Seat 6: WRL55 ( $20254 )
Seat 8: theparadise ( $23175 )
Seat 9: joeystew1 ( $11398 )
Seat 10: Irexes ( $5185 )
Trny:18674039 Level:13
Blinds (750/1500)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Irexes [ ]
Steve8215: nh sir
Big54Dawg folds.
sliprylizard folds.
double_thru folds.
sliprylizard: ty sir
augustwo folds.
WRL55 folds.
theparadise folds.
joeystew1 folds.
Irexes is all-In [4435]
Steve8215 calls [3685].

At this point he flips [ , ]

And I go "o crap" to my wife who's watching a documentary about a sinking ferry.

Then the flop comes,

** Dealing Flop ** [ , , ]

And I laugh a bit.

** Dealing Turn ** [ ]

I stand up

** Dealing River ** [ ]

Holy crap. That's just super

Irexes shows [ , ] a full house, Aces full of kings.
Steve8215 shows [ , ] a full house, Aces full of kings.
Irexes wins 5185 chips from the main pot with a full house, Aces full of kings.
Steve8215 wins 5185 chips from the main pot with a full house, Aces full of kings.


What a lovely way to split a pot. I got to 20000 at one point before busting, but that was a horrific beat to put on the other guy, who incidentally busted before I did.

Super

Man, I just donked up a tourney like I never had before.

I was 2nd in chips, 1st was on my left, and another top 10 stack who was a maniac was on his immediate left. And this was with 170 people left.

I had to play very carefully.

Got moved to a new table, and lost it all in about 5 hands.

Heh heh,

At least with a short stack life becomes very simple

You meaning she was wathcing over your shoulder?

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Heh heh,

The imagery was particularly appropriate.