Was short-stacked in the Stars 36-man FPP qualifier to 500k tourney. Played like a maniac to get to final table (PVS, Stop n GO, yukky river bluffs ai... u name it) then won a couple races to reach HU.

Primary question is this : after crippling somebody do you call with any two cards getting pot odds to knock him out or wait for a better situation? I folded a deuce-5 hand getting 2-1 on my money thinking that I didn't need to double him up unnecessarily (this is why I've included a bunch of nothing hands after I have him 5/6-1 in chips).

Looking back on it (especially because I lost) I wish I had taken the shot at knocking him out with a random hand vs. my deuce-5. At the time it just seemed like I'd be able to wait a couple hands for a much better situation...


Didn't really understand this hand :

*********** # 49 **************
PokerStars Game #3557500447: Tournament #17649846, Hold'em No Limit - Level VII
(100/200) - 2006/01/07 - 01:31:53 (ET)
Table '17649846 4' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: CMRiggan (4310 in chips)
Seat 2: Genitruc (3635 in chips)
Seat 3: fish76 (2755 in chips)
Seat 4: GypsyAdams21 (3495 in chips)
Seat 5: zaika (985 in chips)
Seat 6: riddaz (1560 in chips)
Seat 7: wptlegend (2865 in chips)
Seat 8: ndsapp (2060 in chips)
Seat 9: Ben Goddard (4830 in chips)
CMRiggan: posts the ante 25
Genitruc: posts the ante 25
fish76: posts the ante 25
GypsyAdams21: posts the ante 25
zaika: posts the ante 25
riddaz: posts the ante 25
wptlegend: posts the ante 25
ndsapp: posts the ante 25
Ben Goddard: posts the ante 25
Ben Goddard: posts small blind 100
CMRiggan: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Genitruc [Th As]
Genitruc: raises 300 to 500
fish76: folds
GypsyAdams21: folds
zaika: folds
riddaz: folds
wptlegend: folds
ndsapp: folds
Ben Goddard: calls 400
CMRiggan: folds
*** FLOP *** [9s 2s Jd]
Ben Goddard: checks
Genitruc: checks
*** TURN *** [9s 2s Jd] [4c]
Ben Goddard: checks
Genitruc: bets 600
Ben Goddard: calls 600
*** RIVER *** [9s 2s Jd 4c] [3c]
Ben Goddard: checks
Genitruc: bets 400
Ben Goddard: calls 400
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Genitruc: shows [Th As] (high card Ace)
Ben Goddard: shows [Qd Ad] (high card Ace - Queen kicker)
Ben Goddard collected 3425 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3425 | Rake 0
Board [9s 2s Jd 4c 3c]
Seat 1: CMRiggan (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Genitruc showed [Th As] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 3: fish76 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: GypsyAdams21 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: zaika folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: riddaz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: wptlegend folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: ndsapp (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Ben Goddard (small blind) showed [Qd Ad] and won (3425) with high card
Ace

Strange thing is Ben was INSTA-CALLING as if he had pushed one of the advanced action buttons or something. Only thing I could guess was that he might have been on a flush draw and hoped that he was someone who was insta-fold (like he had insta-called) to any river bet at this point (does he fold to a sizeable bet?... weird). I guess either he interpreted my less than 1/2 pot sized bet as weakness. To make matters worse, he had just arrived at table and I had no read on him. He busted out a few hands later on a reasonable hand. Perhaps check-raise was bad idea here... Then again , maybe he wasn't folding the A-Q anyways. Weird.

*********** # 24 **************
PokerStars Game #3557667854: Tournament #17649846, Hold'em No Limit - Level X
(400/800) - 2006/01/07 - 01:50:49 (ET)
Table '17649846 2' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Ez Money 420 (13092 in chips)
Seat 2: wptlegend (14482 in chips)
Seat 5: GypsyAdams21 (2530 in chips)
Seat 6: Genitruc (16996 in chips)
Seat 9: monkdaddy (6900 in chips)
Ez Money 420: posts the ante 50
wptlegend: posts the ante 50
GypsyAdams21: posts the ante 50
Genitruc: posts the ante 50
monkdaddy: posts the ante 50
Ez Money 420: posts small blind 400
wptlegend: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Genitruc [Kc Ts]
Ez Money 420 said, "nh"
GypsyAdams21: folds
Genitruc: raises 1600 to 2400
monkdaddy: folds
Ez Money 420: folds
wptlegend: calls 1600
*** FLOP *** [3c 4h 2s]
wptlegend: bets 2400
Genitruc: raises 12146 to 14546 and is all-in
wptlegend: folds
Genitruc collected 10250 from pot
Genitruc: shows [Kc Ts] (high card King)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10250 | Rake 0
Board [3c 4h 2s]
Seat 1: Ez Money 420 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: wptlegend (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: GypsyAdams21 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Genitruc collected (10250)
Seat 9: monkdaddy (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

*********** # 14 **************
PokerStars Game #3557715021: Tournament #17649846, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII
(1000/2000) - 2006/01/07 - 01:56:22 (ET)
Table '17649846 2' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: wptlegend (30254 in chips)
Seat 6: Genitruc (23746 in chips)
wptlegend: posts the ante 100
Genitruc: posts the ante 100
Genitruc: posts small blind 1000
wptlegend: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Genitruc [4s 5s]
Genitruc: raises 3000 to 5000
wptlegend: folds
Genitruc collected 4200 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4200 | Rake 0
Seat 2: wptlegend (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Genitruc (button) (small blind) collected (4200)

*********** # 13 **************
PokerStars Game #3557717626: Tournament #17649846, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII
(1000/2000) - 2006/01/07 - 01:56:41 (ET)
Table '17649846 2' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: wptlegend (28154 in chips)
Seat 6: Genitruc (25846 in chips)
wptlegend: posts the ante 100
Genitruc: posts the ante 100
wptlegend: posts small blind 1000
Genitruc: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Genitruc [4h Th]
wptlegend: raises 4000 to 6000
Genitruc: folds
wptlegend collected 4200 from pot
wptlegend: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4200 | Rake 0
Seat 2: wptlegend (button) (small blind) collected (4200)
Seat 6: Genitruc (big blind) folded before Flop

*********** # 12 **************
PokerStars Game #3557721074: Tournament #17649846, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII
(1000/2000) - 2006/01/07 - 01:57:05 (ET)
Table '17649846 2' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: wptlegend (30254 in chips)
Seat 6: Genitruc (23746 in chips)
wptlegend: posts the ante 100
Genitruc: posts the ante 100
Genitruc: posts small blind 1000
wptlegend: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Genitruc [9s Jh]
Genitruc: calls 1000
wptlegend: checks
*** FLOP *** [Jc 5s Jd]
wptlegend: bets 4000
Genitruc: calls 4000
*** TURN *** [Jc 5s Jd] [9h]
wptlegend: bets 4000
Genitruc: raises 4000 to 8000
wptlegend: raises 16154 to 24154 and is all-in
Genitruc: calls 9646 and is all-in
wptlegend said, "ha"
*** RIVER *** [Jc 5s Jd 9h] [5c]
wptlegend said, "nh"
Ez Money 420 [observer] said, "lol"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
wptlegend: shows [Qd 2d] (two pair, Jacks and Fives)
Genitruc: shows [9s Jh] (a full house, Jacks full of Nines)
wptlegend said, "nice flop"
Genitruc collected 47492 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 47492 | Rake 0
Board [Jc 5s Jd 9h 5c]
Seat 2: wptlegend (big blind) showed [Qd 2d] and lost with two pair, Jacks and
Fives
Seat 6: Genitruc (button) (small blind) showed [9s Jh] and won (47492) with a
full house, Jacks full of Nines

*********** # 11 **************
PokerStars Game #3557727254: Tournament #17649846, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII
(1000/2000) - 2006/01/07 - 01:57:49 (ET)
Table '17649846 2' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: wptlegend (6508 in chips)
Seat 6: Genitruc (47492 in chips)
wptlegend: posts the ante 100
Genitruc: posts the ante 100
wptlegend: posts small blind 1000
Genitruc: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Genitruc [5s 7c]
wptlegend: raises 4408 to 6408 and is all-in
Genitruc: folds
wptlegend said, "not going to call 4k???"
wptlegend collected 4200 from pot
wptlegend: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4200 | Rake 0
Seat 2: wptlegend (button) (small blind) collected (4200)
Seat 6: Genitruc (big blind) folded before Flop


*********** # 10 **************
PokerStars Game #3557730551: Tournament #17649846, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII
(1000/2000) - 2006/01/07 - 01:58:13 (ET)
Table '17649846 2' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: wptlegend (8608 in chips)
Seat 6: Genitruc (45392 in chips)
wptlegend: posts the ante 100
Genitruc: posts the ante 100
Genitruc: posts small blind 1000
wptlegend: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Genitruc [8d 2c]
Genitruc said, "no need to"
wptlegend said, "eh"
wptlegend said, "i suppose"
Genitruc: folds
wptlegend collected 2200 from pot
wptlegend: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2200 | Rake 0
Seat 2: wptlegend (big blind) collected (2200)
Seat 6: Genitruc (button) (small blind) folded before Flop

*********** # 9 **************
PokerStars Game #3557732708: Tournament #17649846, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII
(1000/2000) - 2006/01/07 - 01:58:28 (ET)
Table '17649846 2' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: wptlegend (9708 in chips)
Seat 6: Genitruc (44292 in chips)
wptlegend: posts the ante 100
Genitruc: posts the ante 100
wptlegend: posts small blind 1000
Genitruc: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Genitruc [2h 3h]
Genitruc said, "not too worried bout pot odds right about now"
wptlegend: folds
Genitruc collected 2200 from pot
Genitruc: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2200 | Rake 0
Seat 2: wptlegend (button) (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Genitruc (big blind) collected (2200)


*********** # 8 **************
PokerStars Game #3557734349: Tournament #17649846, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII
(1000/2000) - 2006/01/07 - 01:58:40 (ET)
Table '17649846 2' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: wptlegend (8608 in chips)
Seat 6: Genitruc (45392 in chips)
wptlegend: posts the ante 100
Genitruc: posts the ante 100
Genitruc: posts small blind 1000
wptlegend: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Genitruc [4h 5h]
Genitruc: raises 6000 to 8000
wptlegend: folds
Genitruc collected 4200 from pot
Genitruc: shows [4h 5h] (high card Five)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4200 | Rake 0
Seat 2: wptlegend (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Genitruc (button) (small blind) collected (4200)

*********** # 7 **************
PokerStars Game #3557736694: Tournament #17649846, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII
(1000/2000) - 2006/01/07 - 01:58:57 (ET)
Table '17649846 2' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: wptlegend (6508 in chips)
Seat 6: Genitruc (47492 in chips)
wptlegend: posts the ante 100
Genitruc: posts the ante 100
wptlegend: posts small blind 1000
Genitruc: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Genitruc [2c 5s]
wptlegend: raises 4408 to 6408 and is all-in

IS THIS TERRIBLE? ME THINKS YES, BUT ME KIND OF THINKS NO... Thoughts, please.

Genitruc: folds
wptlegend collected 4200 from pot
wptlegend: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4200 | Rake 0
Seat 2: wptlegend (button) (small blind) collected (4200)
Seat 6: Genitruc (big blind) folded before Flop

*********** # 6 **************
PokerStars Game #3557738493: Tournament #17649846, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII
(1000/2000) - 2006/01/07 - 01:59:10 (ET)
Table '17649846 2' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: wptlegend (8608 in chips)
Seat 6: Genitruc (45392 in chips)
wptlegend: posts the ante 100
Genitruc: posts the ante 100
Genitruc: posts small blind 1000
wptlegend: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Genitruc [2c 7s]
Genitruc: folds
wptlegend collected 2200 from pot
wptlegend: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2200 | Rake 0
Seat 2: wptlegend (big blind) collected (2200)
Seat 6: Genitruc (button) (small blind) folded before Flop

*********** # 5 **************
PokerStars Game #3557740698: Tournament #17649846, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII
(1000/2000) - 2006/01/07 - 01:59:25 (ET)
Table '17649846 2' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: wptlegend (9708 in chips)
Seat 6: Genitruc (44292 in chips)
wptlegend: posts the ante 100
Genitruc: posts the ante 100
wptlegend: posts small blind 1000
Genitruc: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Genitruc [4s 9s]
wptlegend: raises 7608 to 9608 and is all-in
Genitruc: folds
wptlegend collected 4200 from pot
wptlegend: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4200 | Rake 0
Seat 2: wptlegend (button) (small blind) collected (4200)
Seat 6: Genitruc (big blind) folded before Flop

*********** # 4 **************
PokerStars Game #3557742405: Tournament #17649846, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII
(1000/2000) - 2006/01/07 - 01:59:38 (ET)
Table '17649846 2' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: wptlegend (11808 in chips)
Seat 6: Genitruc (42192 in chips)
wptlegend: posts the ante 100
Genitruc: posts the ante 100
Genitruc: posts small blind 1000
wptlegend: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Genitruc [Qd Ad]
Genitruc: calls 1000
wptlegend: raises 9708 to 11708 and is all-in
Genitruc: calls 9708
wptlegend said, "ha"
wptlegend said, "obv"
*** FLOP *** [4c 7h Ts]
wptlegend said, "there it issss"
*** TURN *** [4c 7h Ts] [Js]
wptlegend said, "hold"
*** RIVER *** [4c 7h Ts Js] [4s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
wptlegend: shows [Tc Qs] (two pair, Tens and Fours)
Genitruc: shows [Qd Ad] (a pair of Fours)
wptlegend collected 23616 from pot
wptlegend said, "haha"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 23616 | Rake 0
Board [4c 7h Ts Js 4s]
Seat 2: wptlegend (big blind) showed [Tc Qs] and won (23616) with two pair, Tens
and Fours
Seat 6: Genitruc (button) (small blind) showed [Qd Ad] and lost with a pair of
Fours

euughh...

*********** # 3 **************
PokerStars Game #3557746471: Tournament #17649846, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII
(1000/2000) - 2006/01/07 - 02:00:08 (ET)
Table '17649846 2' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: wptlegend (23616 in chips)
Seat 6: Genitruc (30384 in chips)
wptlegend: posts the ante 100
Genitruc: posts the ante 100
wptlegend: posts small blind 1000
Genitruc: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Genitruc [Jd 2h]
wptlegend: calls 1000
Genitruc: raises 4000 to 6000
wptlegend: calls 4000
*** FLOP *** [8c 7s 3c]
Genitruc: bets 6000
wptlegend said, "its over here"
wptlegend: raises 11516 to 17516 and is all-in
Genitruc: folds
wptlegend collected 24200 from pot
wptlegend: doesn't show hand
wptlegend said, "guess not"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 24200 | Rake 0
Board [8c 7s 3c]
Seat 2: wptlegend (button) (small blind) collected (24200)
Seat 6: Genitruc (big blind) folded on the Flop

*********** # 2 **************
PokerStars Game #3557750551: Tournament #17649846, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII
(1000/2000) - 2006/01/07 - 02:00:38 (ET)
Table '17649846 2' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: wptlegend (35716 in chips)
Seat 6: Genitruc (18284 in chips)
wptlegend: posts the ante 100
Genitruc: posts the ante 100
Genitruc: posts small blind 1000
wptlegend: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Genitruc [4s Jh]
Genitruc: folds
wptlegend collected 2200 from pot
wptlegend: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2200 | Rake 0
Seat 2: wptlegend (big blind) collected (2200)
Seat 6: Genitruc (button) (small blind) folded before Flop

*********** # 1 **************
PokerStars Game #3557752276: Tournament #17649846, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII
(1000/2000) - 2006/01/07 - 02:00:50 (ET)
Table '17649846 2' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: wptlegend (36816 in chips)
Seat 6: Genitruc (17184 in chips)
wptlegend: posts the ante 100
Genitruc: posts the ante 100
wptlegend: posts small blind 1000
Genitruc: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Genitruc [Qd Ts]
wptlegend: calls 1000
Genitruc: raises 4000 to 6000
wptlegend: raises 30716 to 36716 and is all-in
Genitruc: calls 11084 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Ad 3s 4s]
*** TURN *** [Ad 3s 4s] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [Ad 3s 4s Kd] [9c]
Genitruc said, "gg"
wptlegend said, "gg"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Genitruc: shows [Qd Ts] (high card Ace)
wptlegend: shows [9d 9h] (three of a kind, Nines)
wptlegend collected 34368 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 34368 | Rake 0
Board [Ad 3s 4s Kd 9c]
Seat 2: wptlegend (button) (small blind) showed [9d 9h] and won (34368) with
three of a kind, Nines
Seat 6: Genitruc (big blind) showed [Qd Ts] and lost with high card Ace

Uggh... Question is, does anybody here just say fuck it and gamble with 2-5, 2-8 or any of those garbage hands I had after I crippled him? I have noticed that this play has often hurt my ability to finish the deal in my recent Sit n Go's, giving my opponents a free pass to double up when, if I were more patient, I could probably wait them out and get it in with the best of it. That being said, I WAS getting 2-1 on my cash (hand #11) and was most likely clear.