On a whim...

This afternoon as I was about to register for the Freeroll on Poker stars I happened to see a $2.20 Tournament. I thought I'd see what the "special structure" was and come to find out it was a turbo. So I thought for a minute ... I play a lot of Turbo SNGs and have played the 10 FFP fest, so I figured what the heck..can't be that different. lol

Well, to my delight I was doing quite well made some great calls and before I knew it had a very nice chip stack. Nothing too outrageous, but well above average. I'd slide down to average and then back up a little.

We were down to the final 2 tables and while I wasn't desperate, I sure needed to make a move with the blinds being so terribly high.

This is hand that pretty much did it for me.

PokerStars Game #19540610392: Tournament #101495422, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level XXX (7000/14000) - 2008/08/11 - 16:18:54 (ET)
Table '101495422 182' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: hugck (548373 in chips)
Seat 3: Astrogini (107447 in chips)
Seat 4: Remis22 (246456 in chips)
Seat 5: AnTaReSs (404768 in chips)
Seat 6: DNJ77 (80810 in chips)
Seat 7: IMRNBRGUNDY? (405714 in chips)
Seat 8: matsmorot (81314 in chips)
Seat 9: FirstOfficer (39175 in chips)
hugck: posts the ante 1750
Astrogini: posts the ante 1750
Remis22: posts the ante 1750
AnTaReSs: posts the ante 1750
DNJ77: posts the ante 1750
IMRNBRGUNDY?: posts the ante 1750
matsmorot: posts the ante 1750
FirstOfficer: posts the ante 1750
FirstOfficer: posts small blind 7000
hugck: posts big blind 14000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Astrogini
Astrogini: raises 28000 to 42000
Remis22: folds
AnTaReSs: folds
DNJ77: raises 37060 to 79060 and is all-in
IMRNBRGUNDY?: folds
matsmorot: folds
FirstOfficer: folds
hugck: folds
Astrogini: calls 37060
*** FLOP ***
*** TURN ***
*** RIVER ***
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Astrogini: shows (a pair of Aces)
DNJ77: shows (a flush, Ace high)
DNJ77 collected 193120 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 193120 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: hugck (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Astrogini showed and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 4: Remis22 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: AnTaReSs folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: DNJ77 showed and won (193120) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 7: IMRNBRGUNDY? folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: matsmorot (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: FirstOfficer (small blind) folded before Flop

While that hand very much sucked, I don't think I would have played it any differently and it was still a good finish 14/ 1762



Thanks to my faithful Railer Marty for being there to cheer me on!