Demonstration as to how to play the Sunday Million Bubble
 

I generally do not ever play hands in this fashion even near the bubble...but I decided to make an exception for the Sunday Million. About 35 away from the money...and I thought it would be fun to play relatively deep in position near the bubble. It was fun till the river hit. :)

Oh might as well write in case ppl are wondering....plan was to bet any turn card if checked to....and fold any bet on any card except for the 6 or Q.

I was pretty sure I turned the best hand...since his range is so wide.

Win this hand - top 15 in chip stack with 1200 players left.

Hand History by

MP1: T$21804
MP2: T$194558
CO: T$124272
HERO (Button): T$103359
SB: T$124901
BB: T$110030
UTG: T$35364
UTG+1: T$24791

SB posts Small Blind T$1250.00
BB posts Big Blind T$2500.00

Pre-flop: Q:c: 4:h:
UTG folds
UTG+1 folds
MP1 folds
MP2 folds
CO folds
HERO raises to T$6550
SB folds
BB raises to T$15000
HERO calls T$8450

Flop: 5:c: 3:c: 7:d:
BB bets T$17500
HERO calls T$17500

Turn: 5:c: 3:c: 7:d: Q:s:
BB bets T$32500
HERO raises 38109 to 70609 and is all-in
BB calls T$38109

River: 5:c: 3:c: 7:d: Q:s: 9:s:

Converter not really working...but he tanked a long time before calling with 79o

Can you post the raw hhf for me - thx. I'm working on the new converter so anything that doesn't come out quite right I need to look at.

Your table was deeper than mine.

I want to say I had around 120-125k as we approached the bubble, and had everyone covered. When the bubble broke, I had ~165k, and I didn't have to go nuts or anything. I basically opened in MP/LP if there was no action in front of me, and reraised in LP depending who had opened. I think I only had to play one flop and took the rest down pre.

It's funny that you post this though, because usually I'm not paying attention (bad, I know), but yesterday, I kept checking the tourney lobby so I could take advantage of the bubble. I had a GREAT image to do it too, as I had been relatively quiet and shown down mostly big hands all day.

Finished in the 300s. Played well and had most of my hands hold early (even WON a set over set!), but things didn't go my way deep when I needed them to.

PokerStars Game #26256796905: Tournament #147104125, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (1250/2500) - 2009/03/22 19:22:05 MT [2009/03/22 21:22:05 ET]
Table '147104125 750' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: mikmax99 (21804 in chips)
Seat 2: TROBLMAKER (194558 in chips)
Seat 3: FlopeDeNuts (124272 in chips)
Seat 4: inheritance (103359 in chips)
Seat 6: lom60 (124901 in chips)
Seat 7: SJKennedy72 (110030 in chips)
Seat 8: Brathähnchen (35364 in chips)
Seat 9: MournIt (24791 in chips)
mikmax99: posts the ante 250
TROBLMAKER: posts the ante 250
FlopeDeNuts: posts the ante 250
inheritance: posts the ante 250
lom60: posts the ante 250
SJKennedy72: posts the ante 250
Brathähnchen: posts the ante 250
MournIt: posts the ante 250
lom60: posts small blind 1250
SJKennedy72: posts big blind 2500
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to inheritance [Qc 4h]
Brathähnchen: folds
MournIt: folds
mikmax99: folds
TROBLMAKER: folds
FlopeDeNuts: folds
inheritance: raises 4050 to 6550
lom60: folds
SJKennedy72: raises 8450 to 15000
maybom is connected
inheritance: calls 8450
*** FLOP *** [5c 3c 7d]
SJKennedy72: bets 17500
inheritance: calls 17500
*** TURN *** [5c 3c 7d] [Qs]
SJKennedy72: bets 32500
inheritance: raises 38109 to 70609 and is all-in
SJKennedy72: calls 38109
*** RIVER *** [5c 3c 7d Qs] [9s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SJKennedy72: shows [9d 7c] (two pair, Nines and Sevens)
inheritance: shows [Qc 4h] (a pair of Queens)
SJKennedy72 collected 209468 from pot
mystaby is connected
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 209468 | Rake 0
Board [5c 3c 7d Qs 9s]
Seat 1: mikmax99 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: TROBLMAKER folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: FlopeDeNuts folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: inheritance (button) showed [Qc 4h] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 6: lom60 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: SJKennedy72 (big blind) showed [9d 7c] and won (209468) with two pair, Nines and Sevens
Seat 8: Brathähnchen folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: MournIt folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Looking back at it now...probably should have four bet light.