HAND 6-7:

My c-bet percentage is actually pretty high but I decided to check this flop to have somewhat tight table image. Now, at least some people will think that "hmmm this guy bets when he has it". Hand 7 happened right after HAND 6 and guess how easy my c-bet was.

In HAND 6 I actually accomplished two things. The river was an obvious call but now again "some" may think that "better not to try to bluff this guy. He calls the river with A high!". I remember Phil Hellmuth saying " If you don't make these calls, you lose", after making a similar call on the river with A high. Well, he probably faced a bigger river bet though...


HAND 6:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 1.1 Tournament, 400/800 Blinds 75 Ante (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB (t114865)
UTG (t30615)
UTG+1 (t5950)
MP1 (t21007)
MP2 (t15975)
Hero (MP3) (t59174)
CO (t50737)
Button (t35990)
SB (t16775)

Hero's M: 31.56

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with A, K
2 folds, MP1 calls t800, 1 fold, Hero bets t3200, 4 folds, MP1 calls t2400

Flop: (t8275) 4, 2, J (2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero checks

Turn: (t8275) Q (2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero checks

River: (t8275) 6 (2 players)
MP1 bets t800, Hero calls t800

Total pot: t9875

Results:
MP1 had A, 10 (high card, Ace).
Hero had A, K (high card, Ace).
Outcome: Hero won t9875

HAND 7
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SB (t113990)
BB (t30540)
UTG (t5875)
UTG+1 (t16932)
MP1 (t15900)
Hero (MP2) (t64974)
MP3 (t50662)
CO (t35915)
Button (t16300)

Hero's M: 34.65

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q, A
3 folds, Hero bets t2400, MP3 calls t2400, 4 folds

Flop: (t6675) 2, 4, 7 (2 players)
Hero bets t4000, 1 fold

Total pot: t6675

Results:
Hero didn't show Q, A (nothing).
Outcome: Hero won t6675


HAND 8:

All right, I kind of sucked at this hand. The UTG raiser was running like 21/11 and I decided to isolate the other fish who went all in. However, UTG might have had a big hand instead. My push wasn't a good play here but, I think I was getting good FE against the UTG raiser. He was tight and was most probably aware of my stats/tight image. I knew he was capable of laying his hand down.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 1.1 Tournament, 1500/3000 Blinds 300 Ante (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP1 (t89543)
MP2 (t7712)
MP3 (t137643)
CO (t334269)
Button (t20345)
Hero (SB) (t101974)
BB (t120496)
UTG (t156296)
UTG+1 (t128619)

Hero's M: 14.16

Preflop: Hero is SB with 6, 6
UTG bets t9000, 5 folds, Button raises to t20045 (All-In), Hero raises to t101674 (All-In), 2 folds

Flop: (t54790) 3, Q, 5 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: (t54790) A (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t54790) 8 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t54790

Results:
Button had Q, Q (three of a kind, Queens).
Hero had 6, 6 (one pair, sixes).
Outcome: Button won t54790


HAND 9:

I could make 3-bet bigger but, I will have less then a PSB left after he calls my 3-bet. The villian had a huge stack and was probably the chip leader by the time. It is not hard to guess how he made that big of a stack that fast:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 1.1 Tournament, 1500/3000 Blinds 300 Ante (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG+1 (t79043)
MP1 (t3336)
MP2 (t80643)
MP3 (t364869)
CO (t88631)
Hero (Button) (t91705)
SB (t137296)
BB (t139796)
UTG (t158319)

Hero's M: 12.74

Preflop: Hero is Button with K, K
4 folds, MP3 bets t18000, 1 fold, Hero raises to t40000, 2 folds, MP3 calls t22000

Flop: (t87200) Q, 5, 3 (2 players)
MP3 bets t54000, Hero calls t51405 (All-In)

Turn: (t190010) 10 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t190010) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t190010

Results:
Hero had K, K (two pair, Kings and Queens).
MP3 had 9, 9 (two pair, Queens and nines).
Outcome: Hero won t190010


HAND 10:

It is time to get the fruits of tightening up against these loose guys:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 1.1 Tournament, 2000/4000 Blinds 400 Ante (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button (t38190)
SB (t89579)
BB (t112243)
UTG (t263864)
UTG+1 (t92431)
Hero (MP1) (t205710)
MP2 (t112096)
MP3 (t149696)
CO (t155255)

Hero's M: 21.43

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Q, Q
2 folds, Hero bets t12000, 5 folds, BB calls t8000

Flop: (t29600) 7, 3, 8 (2 players)
BB bets t12000, Hero raises to t30000, BB raises to t99843 (All-In), Hero calls t69843

Turn: (t229286) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t229286) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t229286

Results:
BB had A, 8 (one pair, eights).
Hero had Q, Q (one pair, Queens).
Outcome: Hero won t229286