Who let the Dawg out?

[ChipFish]

We have a new reigning champion.!

Congrats BDawg!

[junYUN]

he had the balls to step up the aggression when it got down to 5 handed and everyone was playing tighter than my asshole. there were a couple times he came over the top of me when i had decent hands that i probably should have called... (A7s in the BB when he pushed in about 1400 chips to an unraised pot comes to mind that made me think for a while).

gg though, just frustrated about busting out 4th :\

[nutbag]

54% to 46%
Good game bdawg.

[Talking Poker]

GG bdagw, aka PokerNovice, for anyone that didn't know.


Here was the final hand:

PokerStars Game #1279375998: Tournament #5166592, Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2005/02/27 - 17:25:06 (ET)
Table '5166592 2' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 8: nutbagger (11450 in chips)
Seat 9: bdawg31 (12550 in chips)
nutbagger: posts the ante 50
bdawg31: posts the ante 50
bdawg31: posts small blind 300
nutbagger: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
bdawg31: calls 300
nutbagger: raises 10800 to 11400 and is all-in
bdawg31: calls 10800
*** FLOP *** [Kd 6h Qh]
*** TURN *** [Kd 6h Qh] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 6h Qh 9d] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
nutbagger: shows [Ah 7s] (high card Ace)
bdawg31: shows [Kh Jh] (a pair of Kings)
bdawg31 collected 22900 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 22900 | Rake 0
Board [Kd 6h Qh 9d 2d]
Seat 8: nutbagger (big blind) showed [Ah 7s] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 9: bdawg31 (button) (small blind) showed [Kh Jh] and won (22900) with a pair of Kings


Pretty loose call, IMO (it's way too easy to be dominated with KJ), but then again, I finished 5th - so what do I know?

Yeah, I don't know..... at BEST, you have to think you're a coinflip here, but at worst, you are dead meat. after playing solid heads up poker for however long it was (I'm guessing a half an hour), is it really worth risking everything on KJ?

Either way... GG. Thanks to everyone who played.

[bdawg31]

Well, it wasn't really a 'good' call since he had the best hand going in. But, like i said just before i saw this post - i dont mind getting a little lucky.

[Talking Poker]

Understood... it's just a call I couldn't make. I'd rather try to get lucky when I'm a lot more confident I have the best hand... especially considering you guys were basically even stacked and there was no money in the pot when you made the call.

BTW - my questioning the call is by no means meant as an insult... I don't think it's that bad... Just was wondering how other people owuld have played the hand.

[bdawg31]

Thanks everyone. That was a great tourney - lots of good play. I got the lucky break in the end - which i will gladly take against the likes of you all!!! Unlike Phil Hellmuth - i know i need some luck mixed in with my 'skill' to cash in these.

[Kurn]

I second that. Great time guys, though I am disgusted with my last hand, since I went into this thing fully expecting to win (I don't know whether that's sarcasm or 2+2 arrogance )

[SirFWALGMan]

I was knocked out a dissapointing first. Two issues with that. A. I was being too aggressive too early, and B. I was finishing up another tourney where I was in 36th place. My concentration was broken. I ended up finishing that tourney 27th out of 1700 for absolutly zero bucks. Oh well. Congrats to the new champ!