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Date: 9/6
Previous Balance: $58.50

Buy In: $5 (+.50)
Placed: 2nd
Money won/lost: + $8

New Balance: $61
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Ok, thus far Im over 50% ITM. However, I have only won one tourney thus far. Most of the time I push all my chips in heads up with the best hand but I keep getting drawn out on. That’s what happened this time as well, I trapped w/ trip 6’s to get the guy to go all in w/ a pair of Qs on the turn only for him to catch a Q on the river for a better full house. All in all I like my play thus far.

Through not getting many cards and playing tight I pretty much folded my way to the buble. However, I was short stacked.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (4 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

SB (t5435)
Hero (t1045)
UTG (t3975)
Button (t3045)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4, A.
UTG calls t150, Button calls t150, 1 fold, Hero checks.

Flop: (t525) 8, 4, 7 (3 players)
Hero bets t895 (All-In), UTG folds, Button folds.

Final Pot: t-370

Results in red below:
No showdown. Hero wins t1420.

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Tripled up here:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (4 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

SB (t4460)
Hero (t1120)
UTG (t5475)
Button (t2445)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
UTG calls t150, 1 fold, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t450) , , (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG bets t150, SB calls t150, Hero raises to t970, UTG calls t820, SB raises to t4310, UTG folds.

Turn: (t6700) (2 players)

River: (t6700) (2 players)

Final Pot: t3360

Results in red below:
SB has Ac Ah (one pair, aces).
Hero has 2h 6d (two pair, sixes and twos).
Outcome: Hero wins t3360.

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (4 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

UTG (t3415)
Hero (t2310)
SB (t5555)
BB (t2220)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
1 fold, Hero raises to t600, 1 fold, BB calls t400.

Flop: (t1300) , , (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t1000, BB raises to t1620, Hero calls t620.

Turn: (t4540) (2 players)

River: (t4540) (2 players)

Final Pot: t4540

Results in red below:
Hero has As Kd (two pair, aces and kings).
BB has Ac Tc (one pair, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins t4540.

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Reach the money and we are all even in chips.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (3 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

BB (t3015)
Hero (t4830)
SB (t5655)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
Hero raises to t600, 1 fold, BB raises to t1400, Hero raises to t4830, BB calls t1615 (All-In).

Flop: (t7945) , , (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t7945) (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t7945) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t6130

Results in red below:
BB has 4c 4d (one pair, fours).
Hero has Ac Qs (one pair, queens).
Outcome: Hero wins t7945.

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As we got heads up we were even in chips. Iset a nice trap (as mentioned earlier) only to have him suck out on me and steal another 1st place finish.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (2 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

Hero (t6845)
BB (t6655)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
Hero calls t100, BB raises to t400, Hero calls t200.

Flop: (t800) , , (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks.

Turn: (t800) (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t200, BB calls t200.

River: (t1200) (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t600, BB raises to t1400, Hero raises to t2500, BB raises to t3600, Hero raises to t8145, BB calls t2455 (All-In).

Final Pot: t13310

Results in red below:
Hero has 6d Td (full house, sixes full of queens).
BB has Qh Ah (full house, queens full of sixes).
Outcome: BB wins t13310. Hero wins t2090.

Took 2nd place

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Key stats:
Tournament stats (career stats)

Won hand % = 19.75% (27.38)
Saw Flop % = 29.63% (29.76)
Preflop Raise % = 19.75% (15.48)
Showdown % = 11.11% (17.86)
Showdown won % = 55.56% (73.33)

ITM% for this journal = 50%
1st place = 1 times
2nd place = 5 times
3rd place = 1 times

# of tournaments thus far = 14
(for this journal)

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