Situation.
It's the $22 with one rebuy and add on on Stars. Until about an hour ago, we were nicely chipped up, running around 25k which at the time was just about top 10. Then I moved to a table where there were six shorties (lovely) but unfortunately there was two biggies immeditately to my left. Every pot I went into, the big stack to my left would enter then bet me off the pot if I didn't have anything. This left me not being able to steal the blinds and I didn't get any decent cards to improve things along the way.
Anyway, he bubbled calling crazy all ins and he did get a bit unlucky a couple of times, but I'm well down in chips and I've only been on this table for a few hands but I need to get moving again.
My question is, did I just donk my chips off or was it a legitimate play that ran unlucky? I just think I was unlucky to run into a hand, but I need to ask. My thinking was that A7, try to steal the blinds. The caller didn't please me and I was unsure what to do from here so I thought I'd bet to show that I was comitted to the hand and expected him to fold. However, this didn't go according to plan, but I felt that a) I was comitted anyway and b) I had the flush draw and also a gutshot draw so I really needed to call the bet.
I'm happy to have made the money again but this time I was trying to go for the win. Had I won the pot, I'd have been back in a decent position but my 'M' was quite low at the time and I had to do something.
Thanks
PokerStars Game #11505103228: Tournament #57898024, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (600/1200) - 2007/08/15 - 17:18:00 (ET)
Table '57898024 9' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: bid7777 (66060 in chips)
Seat 2: ZeGrimReaper (19592 in chips)
Seat 3: Raymen82 (35063 in chips)
Seat 4: Balla-B13 (18243 in chips)
Seat 5: mossified84 (36287 in chips)
Seat 6: mrrossi (11513 in chips)
Seat 8: Graham0573 (22290 in chips)
Seat 9: Andy134 (7704 in chips)
bid7777: posts the ante 125
ZeGrimReaper: posts the ante 125
Raymen82: posts the ante 125
Balla-B13: posts the ante 125
mossified84: posts the ante 125
mrrossi: posts the ante 125
Graham0573: posts the ante 125
Andy134: posts the ante 125
ZeGrimReaper: posts small blind 600
Raymen82: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Graham0573 [
]
Prez420 [observer] said, "LOLOLOL"
Prez420 [observer] said, "n1 clown"
Raymen82 said, "omg stupid but lucky"
Balla-B13: folds
mossified84: folds
mrrossi: folds
mossified84 said, "i play bad"
Graham0573: raises 2400 to 3600
Andy134: folds
Prez420 [observer] said, "why is it that the tards win so much?"
bid7777: calls 3600
ZeGrimReaper: folds
Raymen82: folds
*** FLOP *** [
]
Raymen82 said, "dont know gg"
Graham0573: bets 7200
ZeGrimReaper said, "its called a donkament for a reason folks!"
mossified84 said, "lol dont play to make the money and leave urself with 2 bb's"
bid7777: raises 55135 to 62335 and is all-in
Graham0573: calls 11365 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [
] [
]
*** RIVER *** [
] [
]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Graham0573: shows [
] (high card Ace)
bid7777: shows [
] (three of a kind, Nines)
bid7777 collected 47130 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 47130 | Rake 0
Board [
]
Seat 1: bid7777 (button) showed [
] and won (47130) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 2: ZeGrimReaper (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Raymen82 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Balla-B13 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: mossified84 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: mrrossi folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Graham0573 showed [
] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 9: Andy134 folded before Flop (didn't bet)