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 DON $5 Full Tourney with notes
I really liked Naka's DON guide, and I've been playing a few of these lately. I'm posting the following tourney to suggest something I would like to see from Kevster, Naka or others. Why not give a brief sketch of each hand and updates on table conditions, with notes on interesting hands?
Here's my contribution. Stack size updates are given (clockwise starting with UTG+1) when Hero is UTG, and reads/HUD stats are given for hands that are played.
Hero CO
62o Fold
J2o Fold
Q8o Fold
K7o Fold
T8s Fold
A4o Fold
Hero UTG Stack: 1500
9 OPP: 1510, 1430, 1660, 1330, 1480, 1470, 1420, 1690, 1480
94o Fold
K5o Fold
62o Fold
A3o Fold
72o Fold
K2o Fold
J7o Fold
A4o Fold
86o Fold
65s Fold
Hero UTG Stack: 1435
9 OPP: 1215, 1590, 1975, 1265, 1660, 1500, 1230, 1475, 1530
A2o Fold
A7o Fold
43o Fold
65o Fold
J2s Fold
Interest Hand 1: Hero has 66. Limper is a 10/8 nit I have extra HH's on at this point (~80). SB/BB are 39/9 and 28/8 respectively (just this tourney). They have decent sized stacks. Options: AI or fold. I fold. Too much risk this early.
Stacks:
UTG (1,640)
UTG+1 (1,605)
UTG+2 (1,360)
MP1 (1,405)
MP2 (975)
Hero (1,340)
CO (1,070)
BTN (2,080)
SB (2,480)
BB (1,045)
Blinds: 50/100 Ante 10
Pre-Flop: (250, 10 players) Hero is MP3  
3 folds, MP1 calls 100, 1 fold, Hero folds, CO goes all-in 1,060, 3 folds, MP1 folds
QTo Fold
Interest Hand 2: Hero MP w/ JJ and 1310 stack, raises to 3x (blinds are 50/100). All fold. Hero's new stack is 1560.
Q9o Fold
T4o Fold
Hero UTG Stack: 1530
9 OPP: 1610, 2820, 2520, 835, 1430, 1395, 800, 995, 815
Table stacks are unfortunate with the the largest stacks to my left in the hands of loose villains from Hand 1. I get 22 UTG and fold. The next hand might not have been smart.
Interest Hand 3: Stack 1520, Hero has AJo in the BB, and 39/9 min-opens UTG+1. I call and donk the flop w/ TPGK, then shut down. I probably wouldn't have called a turn bet...
Stacks:
UTG (795)
UTG+1 (1,390)
UTG+2 (1,355)
MP1 (760)
MP2 (1,480)
MP3 (725)
Hero (2,165)
BTN (1,345)
SB (2,280)
BB (2,705)
Blinds: 75/150 Ante 15
Pre-Flop: (375, 10 players) Hero is CO 
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to 300, 4 folds, Hero folds, 3 folds
Hero's stack is 2270.
82o Fold
Q6o Fold
J8s Fold
54o Fold
95o Fold
Q8o Fold
32o Fold
Hero UTG Stack: 2055, Level 200/100 w/ 20 ante
9 OPP: 1255, 1815, 2390, 855, 1450, 1790, 820 , 1915, 635
I'm feeling comfortable because I'm OK with the Push/Fold deal and I have a stack with fold equity, as Naka says. Situation is still dicey with 2 of top 4 stacks (other than mine) to my left with the loosies.
97s Fold
J5o Fold
87s Fold
T5o fold
[Interest Hand 4:[/b] Hero has 44 in CO w/ 1675 in chips. Two loosies are in SB/BB. I don't want to open 2.5x for fear of getting raised off my hand. Options: Push or Fold.
No Limit Holdem Tournament
9 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com
$5.00+$0.20
Stacks:
UTG (1,370)
UTG+1 (1,710)
MP1 (740)
MP2 (1,735)
MP3 (755)
Hero (1,695)
BTN (2,130)
SB (2,555)
BB (2,310)
Blinds: 100/200 Ante 20
Pre-Flop: (480, 9 players) Hero is CO  
2 folds, Hero goes all-in 1,675, 3 folds
Final Pot: 2,155
Hero wins 2,155 (net +460)
I thought it was a good time to push, with the chance to steal more than a quarter of my stack. As you can see, there are still 9 players left and the levels are going up. The loosies had shown the ability to fold to AI's by now. And I like shoving small pp's here more than hands like AT since there's a lot less chance of being dominated. Of course, on those rare occasions when you are dominated, you're an ill-fated 4.5 to 1 dog.
Q5o Fold
95s Fold
Interest Hand 5: Hero has KJs, 2090 chips and is MP, opens with an AI shove. SB has 130 and BB has 405 after they post. Both are nitty. The loosies still have me covered but have been playing to see flops. All fold. Hero has 2690 stack.
Interest Hand 6: Very next hand with ATo, Hero shoves AI pre. The SB has only 255 chips left after posting. This is an interesting situation where the other med/big stacks are likely to let you take on the small stack and risk your chips to eliminate him. The BB has 1375 after posting, but has been nitty. All fold.
Situation after two successful shove/steal from MP/UTG+1: Hero has 3265 chips vs. 8 opponents: 2020, 2345, 2860, 960, 1275, 255, 1375, 645. I still don't like the big stacks to my left, but I do like my chip position and the fact that the table doesn't like calling all-ins without premium hands. Time to cool it and look for solid steals.
I fold K4o UTG, and then this:
Interest Hand 7: Hero is BB and a one of the loose players limps, the SB w/ 1k chips completes. The only question is whether to call or raise on the river. I call for two reasons. First, I pretty much have the nuts, but I don't want to take a chance on 64s showing up (and the loose guy hasn't folded, yet). Second, the SB will be left with a crippled stack if I just call and win. If I shove and get beat, I have only 2k chips. Seemed safer to call, though some might argue this is too nitty.
Stacks:
UTG (1,995)
UTG+1 (2,320)
MP1 (2,835)
MP2 (935)
CO (1,250)
BTN (1,225)
SB (1,200)
Hero (3,240)
Blinds: 125/250 Ante 25
Pre-Flop: (575, 8 players) Hero is BB 
1 fold, UTG+1 calls 250, 4 folds, SB calls 125, Hero checks
Flop:    (950, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 checks
Turn:  (950, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 checks
River:  (950, 3 players)
SB bets 500, Hero calls 500, UTG+1 folds
Final Pot: 1,950
SB shows three of a kind, Deuces
 
Hero shows a straight, Ace to Five
Hero wins 1,950 (net +1,175), so stack is now 4415.
Interest Hand 8: The crippled stack moves all-in for 400 with blinds 125/250, I call from the SB and BB calls, too. We collude and check it down. The baby stack wins with A5o. Oh, yeah, I had QTo.
Q4o Fold
Interest Hand 8: Hero has A7s and open shoves all-in, all fold. Level is still 125/250, so steals = 600. No one has less than 1,000 chips, and 8 players (7 opponents are left). Loose players have 1500 and 3,000 in the blinds, but they've folded a ton to my all-ins, so I'm keeping up the pressure until they respond. Especially now that my stack is 4515 which covers the tables by 1,500 chips.
76s Fold
Interest Hand 9: Hero open shoves 86s since SB has < 1k chips after posting. Everyone but him folds, and he loses ATs < 86s. Hero with 5935 chips.
From here, nothing much needs to be said. I have a huge chip lead so I'm playing aggressive poker and calling all-ins whenever I have a decent hand. We're down to 7 players.
KJs UTG, open for 900, all fold.
K4o BB, call all-in for 670 total (370 after my BB). K5 > AKo. Bubble Time.
76o SB, call al-in for 825 (675 after my SB). 76o < KQo. I have 6.7k chips.
65o Fold
KJo all-in pre, all fold.
5 OPP: Stacks are 710, 2100, 1520, 2070, and 1320.
I like these spots. There's no danger of going busto, and I'm just jamming where possible. I think there's a danger here, however, of playing too loose. You don't want to shove the medium stacks off big hands that would have a much better chance of busting out the small stack.
87o Fold
99 (UTG) all-in pre, all fold (8k chips)
73o in BB, all fold to me (8.5k chips)
K4o in SB, one limper with 1k chips left after limp, I call (blinds 200/400) but ditch on 729 flop when he jams.
Interest Hand 10: This was an amazing hand!
Stacks:
UTG (1,220)
UTG+1 (2,460)
CO (570)
Hero (8,010)
SB (790)
BB (1,950)
Blinds: 200/400 Ante 40
Pre-Flop: (840, 6 players) Hero is BTN  
2 folds, CO goes all-in 530, Hero calls 530, 1 fold, BB calls 130
Flop:    (2,030, 3 players, 1 all-in)
BB goes all-in 1,380, Hero calls 1,380
Turn:  (4,790, 3 players, 2 all-in)
River:  (4,790, 3 players, 2 all-in)
Final Pot: 4,790
BB shows a flush, King high
 
CO shows a full house, Tens full of Queens
Hero shows a flush, Queen high
BB wins 2,760 (net +810)
CO wins 2,030 (net +1,460)
In fact, I was pissed off at the CO not colluding, but he made the smart play, building a nice side pot for a cushion if the small stack sucked out, which he did. I don't think any of the players could do much besides what they did. Just a freakish hand.
J4o Fold
T5s Fold
J8o Fold (player to my left called shorty all-in, T5o > QTo, game over.
I'm interested to know what y'all think of my play, but more interested if some other guys would post interesting tourneys start to finish and discuss their thoughts. The keys to this win were:
1. Staying tight early.
2. Identifying that the larger stacks who played loose early would fold vs. all-ins, then applying pressure.
3. Avoiding trouble.
4. Abusing a group of medium stacks w/ 7 left and on the bubble. Identifying their weak-tight survival mode and profiting.
5. Luck - can't ignore the fact I got some nice cards at just the proper times.
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MP2 (Hero's M = 50.00; f+f+f+f+F+f+f+r+f+f)
MP3 (Hero's M = 50.00; f+f+f+F+f+f+f+f+f)
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