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I hate Limit HE. Well hate is a strong word, but it is NOT one of my favorite games. I get drawn out on enough as it is, I dont need to invite it in. However, I LOVE limit Tournament situations. It brings a whole new element to the ball game.

I realized last night, no matter how good/bad of a player you are, you still need cards to fall your way to win. Early on in the tournament I was getting premo hands AA, KK, QQ, JJ, TT and AK I saw over and over. I wasnt just getting them I was hitting my flops too. I thought for sure when the blinds went up my luck would run out and Id be toast. But they didnt, my hands were holding up, people were chasing and not hitting, my draws were hitting and so on and so forth. I was in the top 3 for most of the tournament, but made it to the FT and was soon the SS. Im mostly including HH from the final table or else this would be neverending, cause I did experience some awesome hands all night long. Here is an example of what had been going on...


Full Tilt Poker Game #593812317: FTF.com Tunry IV Event #5 (3251734), Table 4 - 200/400 - Limit Hold'em - 22:36:13 ET - 2006/04/25
Seat 1: onthejuice (1,725)
Seat 2: khanwoman (4,250)
Seat 3: azphipsi (4,535)
Seat 4: CLOVIS8 (3,175)
Seat 5: Firsttimer (1,865)
Seat 6: maki (4,465)
Seat 8: am (910)
Seat 9: AmSlim22 (7,405)
onthejuice posts the small blind of 100
khanwoman posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [Js Ks]
azphipsi raises to 400
CLOVIS8 folds
Firsttimer folds
maki folds
am folds
AmSlim22 folds
onthejuice folds
khanwoman calls 200
*** FLOP *** [4s Qh Jd]
khanwoman bets 200 <-- ok I have 2nd pair here and Im in the hand w AZ, so Im pry good
azphipsi raises to 400 <-- this was so automatic I didnt even hesitate to call.
khanwoman calls 200
*** TURN *** [4s Qh Jd] [As]
khanwoman checks <-- I knew Id get raised again and I have too good of a draw now to lay it down, after all I am still in the hand w AZ :)
azphipsi bets 400
khanwoman calls 400
*** RIVER *** [4s Qh Jd As] [8s] <--- boom
khanwoman bets 400
azphipsi calls 400
*** SHOW DOWN ***
khanwoman shows [Js Ks] (a flush, Ace high)
azphipsi shows [Ah Jc] (two pair, Aces and Jacks)
khanwoman wins the pot (3,300) with a flush, Ace high

The cards fell my way as they had been most of the night. OK one more ...


Seat 1: onthejuice (2,000)
Seat 2: khanwoman (5,825)
Seat 3: azphipsi (3,435)
Seat 4: CLOVIS8 (3,175)
Seat 5: Firsttimer (1,615)
Seat 6: maki (3,965)
Seat 8: am (910)
Seat 9: AmSlim22 (7,405)
Firsttimer posts the small blind of 125
maki posts the big blind of 250
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [Ks Kc]
am folds
AmSlim22 raises to 500
onthejuice folds
khanwoman raises to 750
azphipsi folds
CLOVIS8 folds
Firsttimer folds
maki folds
AmSlim22 calls 250 <-- no one EVER believes me. no offense to AmSlim, I like Am alot, but this is one of the good things about being a woman at a table, situations like this can pay off more than you would think. I took slippo out earlier when he didnt believe me (or think I could beat him :) )
*** FLOP *** [8d Qs Jh]
AmSlim22 checks
khanwoman bets 250
AmSlim22 calls 250
*** TURN *** [8d Qs Jh] [7s]
AmSlim22 checks
khanwoman bets 500
AmSlim22 calls 500
*** RIVER *** [8d Qs Jh 7s] [5h]
AmSlim22 checks
khanwoman bets 500
AmSlim22 calls 500
*** SHOW DOWN ***
khanwoman shows [Ks Kc] (a pair of Kings)
AmSlim22 mucks
khanwoman wins the pot (4,375) with a pair of Kings

He had KQ.

Azphipsi was on my left. He and I have chatted a bit about limit hold em. I KNOW he is better than me and I know what kinds of hands he plays, so I had to try and use some of that info to my advantage, cause having him on my left, I would just get pummeled, and I did for alot of hands, but this one went my way. I only raised this hand A) cause I was on the button B) cause AZ was to my left.

Seat 1: onthejuice (1,540)
Seat 2: khanwoman (5,275)
Seat 3: azphipsi (5,405)
Seat 5: Firsttimer (1,960)
Seat 6: maki (4,350)
Seat 8: am (2,040)
Seat 9: AmSlim22 (3,870)
azphipsi posts the small blind of 150
Firsttimer posts the big blind of 300
The button is in seat #2
AmSlim22: yikes
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [8c Ad]
maki folds
onthejuice: whatta pro
am folds
AmSlim22 folds
onthejuice folds
khanwoman raises to 600
azphipsi calls 450
Firsttimer folds
*** FLOP *** [3h 9c 8s]
azphipsi checks
khanwoman bets 300
azphipsi calls 300
*** TURN *** [3h 9c 8s] [Qc]
azphipsi checks <-- second time, I KNOW Im good here
Firsttimer is feeling happy
Squib (Observer): best place to play online poker, in a bar
khanwoman bets 600
azphipsi calls 600
*** RIVER *** [3h 9c 8s Qc] [9h]
azphipsi checks
khanwoman bets 600
azphipsi calls 600
*** SHOW DOWN ***
khanwoman shows [8c Ad] (two pair, Nines and Eights)
azphipsi mucks
khanwoman wins the pot (4,500) with two pair, Nines and Eights


Well as we all know, the higher the climb the further they fall.... In two hands, OTJ had 1/2 my chips. The first, well, nothing I could do about it. But the second was my own damn fault.

Seat 1: onthejuice (940)
Seat 2: khanwoman (7,675)
Seat 3: azphipsi (5,265)
Seat 6: maki (4,950)
Seat 8: am (1,740)
Seat 9: AmSlim22 (3,870)
am posts the small blind of 150
AmSlim22 posts the big blind of 300
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [Ad As]
maki: i didnt really wanna see a flop
onthejuice: i knew my 3 outs, but ty
onthejuice raises to 600
onthejuice: gl folks
khanwoman raises to 900
azphipsi folds
maki folds
am folds
AmSlim22 folds
onthejuice raises to 940, and is all in
maki: gl
khanwoman calls 40
onthejuice shows [Qd Td]
khanwoman shows [Ad As]
*** FLOP *** [4c 6c Tc]
*** TURN *** [4c 6c Tc] [Th]
AmSlim22: get there
*** RIVER *** [4c 6c Tc Th] [Ks]
onthejuice shows three of a kind, Tens
AmSlim22: yessssssssssssssssss
am: Khan, are you allergic to weeds
azphipsi: hahaha
khanwoman shows two pair, Aces and Tens
onthejuice wins the pot (2,330) with three of a kind, Tens
maki: yahtzeeeeeeee
azphipsi: got there


Seat 1: onthejuice (2,330)
Seat 2: khanwoman (6,735)
Seat 3: azphipsi (5,265)
Seat 6: maki (4,950)
Seat 8: am (1,590)
Seat 9: AmSlim22 (3,570)
AmSlim22 posts the small blind of 150
onthejuice posts the big blind of 300
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [Td Th]
khanwoman raises to 600
azphipsi: aces are the shiit in limit.
azphipsi folds
maki folds
am folds
AmSlim22 folds
onthejuice raises to 900 <-- I knew here... sigh
khanwoman calls 300
*** FLOP *** [5s 5h 5d]
onthejuice bets 300
azphipsi: rawl got his cracked by KQ
khanwoman calls 300
jlzinck (Observer): why u play thatun sooted crap khan?
*** TURN *** [5s 5h 5d] [6h]
onthejuice bets 600
khanwoman calls 600
*** RIVER *** [5s 5h 5d 6h] [2h]
onthejuice bets 530, and is all in
khanwoman: yw <--- yup called him down and I know Im beat....
onthejuice: ty
khanwoman calls 530
*** SHOW DOWN ***
onthejuice shows [Qh Qc] (a full house, Fives full of Queens)
khanwoman: i do
khanwoman shows [Td Th] (a full house, Fives full of Tens)
onthejuice wins the pot (4,810) with a full house, Fives full of Queens


After this, it wasnt the beats so much that had me tilting, it was my reaction to the beats. Here I was one of the chip leaders the entire tournament and I go and piss it away in TWO hands. So what do I do? I fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, go pee, fold fold, make a drink, fold fold fold and find myself starting to blind down. When I do decide to make a move, this shit makes it all worse.

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [8c Ad]
CLOVIS8 folds
maki folds
jlzinck folds
am folds
onthejuice folds
khanwoman raises to 800
azphipsi folds
REV777 calls 400
*** FLOP *** [4h 6h 2s]
IlliniFan (Observer): sax musta went to bed
REV777 bets 400
khanwoman has 15 seconds left to act
khanwoman folds
Uncalled bet of 400 returned to REV777
khanwoman: vv/e
REV777 mucks
REV777 wins the pot (1,800)


Seat 1: onthejuice (5,630)
Seat 2: khanwoman (2,805)
Seat 3: azphipsi (3,475)
Seat 4: REV777 (11,195)
Seat 5: CLOVIS8 (15,490)
Seat 6: maki (6,750)
Seat 7: jlzinck (5,775)
Seat 8: am (1,380)
maki posts the small blind of 200
jlzinck posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [Td Th]
IlliniFan (Observer): nice
am folds
onthejuice folds
khanwoman raises to 800
azphipsi raises to 1,200
maki: ty
REV777 folds
CLOVIS8 folds
CLOVIS8: i had AJ
maki: man
REV777: me 2
maki has 15 seconds left to act
REV777 is feeling happy
REV777 is feeling confused
maki folds
jlzinck folds
khanwoman calls 400 <--- this is when I told Illini in an AIM chat "Lets see who has the bigger pair"
*** FLOP *** [Ad 5c 5d]
onthejuice: brb
khanwoman checks
azphipsi bets 400
khanwoman has 15 seconds left to act <-- I was so focused on how bad I was doing and how he had a bigger pair than I did I didnt even think about how that ACE must of scared him and I needed to check raise... POMMELED!
khanwoman is sitting out
khanwoman has timed out
khanwoman folds
Uncalled bet of 400 returned to azphipsi
khanwoman: u dont have an A
azphipsi shows [Jd Js] (two pair, Jacks and Fives)


Started folding again. This is the tough part of a tournament that you have to learn to pull thru. I am still having a hard time with it and I wish I was more like Barry Greenstein when Im in these situations. Have you ever seen this guy lose half his stack to a bluff? If you werent paying attention you wouldnt even know. He doesnt flinch, and neither does his game.

After a bit I started to get my chin back up. I was so short at this point it was time to play some cards or I was blinding out. When I realized that, I finally over came my hump, so to speak. I even made a funny!

Jlzinck had just went out, which left 6 people in and 4 places paid...

khanwoman: am i itm yet?????????
IlliniFan (Observer): hey scoot :)
am (Observer): bad break
khanwoman: gg z
azphipsi has 15 seconds left to act
onthejuice: yes khan, allin
Scoot2 (Observer): WEEDS LOOKING GOOD
CLOVIS8: only 4 pay for some reason?
khanwoman: hahaha

Im not sure if anyone but bill and I actually laughed, but I liked it :)

Then I made my comeback...

Seat 1: onthejuice (7,640)
Seat 2: khanwoman (855)
Seat 3: azphipsi (5,525)
Seat 4: REV777 (9,315)
Seat 5: CLOVIS8 (17,240)
Seat 6: maki (11,925)
azphipsi posts the small blind of 250
REV777 posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [Th Qs]
khanwoman: cheers..... heres to blinding out
CLOVIS8 folds
maki folds
onthejuice folds
khanwoman raises to 855, and is all in
azphipsi folds
REV777 calls 355
khanwoman shows [Th Qs]
REV777 shows [Td 6d]
*** FLOP *** [Ah Jc 8d]
*** TURN *** [Ah Jc 8d] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [Ah Jc 8d 9s] [7h]
khanwoman shows a straight, Queen high
REV777 shows a straight, Jack high


Did you think I was beat??? I did!! WHEW!

Seat 1: onthejuice (7,640)
Seat 2: khanwoman (1,960)
Seat 3: azphipsi (5,275)
Seat 4: REV777 (8,210)
Seat 5: CLOVIS8 (17,490)
Seat 6: maki (11,925)
CLOVIS8 posts the small blind of 250
maki posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [Js Kd]
onthejuice: allin kw...you got this
onthejuice folds
khanwoman raises to 1,000
azphipsi folds
REV777 folds
CLOVIS8 folds
maki: 3 2 off
maki folds
Uncalled bet of 500 returned to khanwoman
khanwoman mucks
khanwoman wins the pot (1,250)

Watch out boys.. Im on a roll...

Seat 1: onthejuice (7,140)
Seat 2: khanwoman (2,710)
Seat 3: azphipsi (5,275)
Seat 4: REV777 (8,960)
Seat 5: CLOVIS8 (17,240)
Seat 6: maki (11,175)
onthejuice posts the small blind of 250
khanwoman posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [Ad Js]
azphipsi raises to 1,000
REV777 folds
CLOVIS8 folds
maki folds
acre (Observer): now this is a nice looking final table... no donkeys and lots of seeds!
onthejuice folds
khanwoman raises to 1,500
azphipsi calls 500
*** FLOP *** [2c Qs Jh]
khanwoman bets 500
AmSlim22 (Observer): keep it up seeds
maki: Im half seed half donk
azphipsi has 15 seconds left to act
maki: lol
IlliniFan (Observer): hey scoot..you still in here?
azphipsi folds
Uncalled bet of 500 returned to khanwoman
onthejuice: im half ass.
gadzooks64 (Observer): and bouyant bimbos
khanwoman mucks
khanwoman wins the pot (3,250)


I lost a couple one bet hands... then...


Full Tilt Poker Game #593944740: FTF.com Tunry IV Event #5 (3251734), Table 4 - 600/1200 - Limit Hold'em - 23:23:56 ET - 2006/04/25
Seat 1: onthejuice (8,490)
Seat 2: khanwoman (2,410)
Seat 4: REV777 (13,510)
Seat 5: CLOVIS8 (21,065)
Seat 6: maki (7,025)
maki posts the small blind of 300
onthejuice posts the big blind of 600
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [Td Jd]
khanwoman raises to 1,200
REV777 folds
CLOVIS8 folds
maki folds
onthejuice: gl khan
onthejuice raises to 1,800
khanwoman calls 600
*** FLOP *** [7d 2d 9c]
onthejuice bets 600
khanwoman raises to 610, and is all in
onthejuice calls 10
khanwoman shows [Td Jd]
onthejuice shows [4h 4c]
*** TURN *** [7d 2d 9c] [8s]
Dekker11 (Observer): gl khan
*** RIVER *** [7d 2d 9c 8s] [2c]
khanwoman shows a straight, Jack high BOOYA!
onthejuice shows two pair, Fours and Twos
khanwoman wins the pot (5,120) with a straight, Jack high
maki: sheesh

OK, so I have some chips now, but Im still short. I lost a few blinds and stole a few blinds so I was keeping around 4-5k. Now, this AT play is a bit questionable IMO, but you have to understand, I was at the table with two seeds and two bimbos, all aggressive players, and I couldnt let myself be pushed around the ENTIRE time, so I had to pick some spots.

Seat 1: onthejuice (6,460)
Seat 2: khanwoman (5,120)
Seat 4: REV777 (12,610)
Seat 5: CLOVIS8 (21,585)
Seat 6: maki (6,725)
maki posts the small blind of 300
onthejuice posts the big blind of 600
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [Ad Tc]
khanwoman raises to 1,200
REV777 folds
CLOVIS8 folds
maki raises to 1,800
acre (Observer): well good luck seeds, I gotta go crash
onthejuice folds
khanwoman calls 600 <-- this is my questionable call, but like I said...
*** FLOP *** [Ts 9c 8h]
maki bets 600
khanwoman raises to 1,200 <--- I was ready to put it all in here
maki raises to 1,800
CLOVIS8: the bubble is the most annoying thing ever invented
khanwoman calls 600
onthejuice: dun drink and drive
*** TURN *** [Ts 9c 8h] [Ac]
maki bets 1,200
khanwoman raises to 1,520, and is all in
maki calls 320
khanwoman shows [Ad Tc]
maki shows [As 9s]
maki: sick
*** RIVER *** [Ts 9c 8h Ac] [5h]
khanwoman shows two pair, Aces and Tens
maki shows two pair, Aces and Nines
khanwoman wins the pot (10,840) with two pair, Aces and Tens
CLOVIS8: yikes

A little lesson to ya, A9 is pry no good against me. I dont even play it to a raise.

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [9h Ac]
onthejuice raises to 1,600
khanwoman folds<-- see

Now i have around 10k w 5 ppl left, so we are on the bubble I have some chips and decide to try to take advantage of it. I win a few small pots here and there. REV was on my ASS hard all night. He had been pushing me around w his big ass stack (as he should) and I was starting to get tired of it.


This was my best play all night, I had been wanting to do it the entire final table, but I didnt have the chips to pull it off... till now.

Seat 1: onthejuice (4,360)
Seat 2: khanwoman (8,140)
Seat 4: REV777 (14,305)
Seat 5: CLOVIS8 (20,885)
Seat 6: maki (4,810)
REV777 posts the small blind of 400
CLOVIS8 posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [5c 5s]
maki folds
onthejuice folds
khanwoman raises to 1,600
REV777 raises to 2,400 <--- this was the usual, as u can see from some previous HH, If I was gonna raise a pot Id have to call a re raise and I knew this.
CLOVIS8 folds
khanwoman calls 800
*** FLOP *** [2d Qd 3s]
REV777 bets 800<--- this was the usual too, like I said, he was playing great big stack play all night, and I couldnt take it anymore.
khanwoman raises to 1,600
REV777 calls 800
*** TURN *** [2d Qd 3s] [Jc]
REV777 checks <-- well done, license to steal
khanwoman bets 1,600
REV777 folds
Uncalled bet of 1,600 returned to khanwoman
khanwoman mucks
khanwoman wins the pot (8,800)

After this i was pretty confident I could make the money. I was sitting with about 12k. 2nd in chips. Juicey went out a couple of hand later and maki was the ss. he doubled once or twice and made me nervous. I was actually staying away from him No WAY I wanted in final 3 with two bimbos. Id rather have it even. But he was next out.

So we were down to 3, me clovis and rev. What a effing nightmare. For a bit i thought one would take the other out, but they just kept passin chips back n forth, it was sick.

I was the ss w 12k and I was raised or re raised every hand.

It kinda went a lil something like this....


*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [6d Ac]
khanwoman raises to 1,600
REV777 raises to 2,400
CLOVIS8 folds
khanwoman calls 800
*** FLOP *** [8h 2h 8c]
REV777 bets 800
khanwoman folds
Uncalled bet of 800 returned to REV777
REV777 mucks
REV777 wins the pot (5,600)


** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [Ah 4d]
REV777 folds
CLOVIS8 raises to 1,600
khanwoman calls 800
*** FLOP *** [2c 5d 7s]
CLOVIS8 bets 800
khanwoman raises to 1,600
CLOVIS8 raises to 2,400
khanwoman has 15 seconds left to act
khanwoman folds
Uncalled bet of 800 returned to CLOVIS8
CLOVIS8 shows [6h 9s] (Nine Seven high)
CLOVIS8 wins the pot (6,400)


Finally I started making stands with my pocket pairs cause they were draining my stack and I really had no choice.

Seat 2: khanwoman (2,140)
Seat 4: REV777 (34,675)
Seat 5: CLOVIS8 (15,685)
CLOVIS8 posts the small blind of 400
khanwoman posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [4h 4s]
REV777 folds
CLOVIS8 raises to 1,600
khanwoman raises to 2,140, and is all in
CLOVIS8 calls 540
khanwoman shows [4h 4s]
CLOVIS8 shows [Jh 7d]
*** FLOP *** [Qs Ah 9h]
*** TURN *** [Qs Ah 9h] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [Qs Ah 9h 7s] [4c]
khanwoman shows three of a kind, Fours
CLOVIS8 shows a pair of Sevens
khanwoman wins the pot (4,280) with three of a kind, Fours
REV777: nh

Jack EFFING 7 they are pushing me around with nothing. It was a really tough thing to play thru.

khanwoman: not up for the gang bang but thx

Seat 2: khanwoman (3,880)
Seat 4: REV777 (31,030)
Seat 5: CLOVIS8 (17,590)
CLOVIS8 posts the small blind of 500
khanwoman posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [5c 5d]
CLOVIS8: cant steal EVERY hand rev
REV777 raises to 2,000
CLOVIS8 folds
khanwoman raises to 3,000
REV777 calls 1,000
*** FLOP *** [9h 6d 9s]
khanwoman bets 880, and is all in
REV777 calls 880
khanwoman shows [5c 5d]
REV777 shows [Ks 8c] <-- seeeeeeeeeeee
*** TURN *** [9h 6d 9s] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [9h 6d 9s 4h] [Qh]
khanwoman shows two pair, Nines and Fives
REV777 shows a pair of Nines
khanwoman wins the pot (8,260) with two pair, Nines and Fives

Then I was taken out by the unfortunate pair over pair... was the 5th time at the final table I had this happen, so it was appropriate

Seat 2: khanwoman (6,260)
Seat 4: REV777 (9,650)
Seat 5: CLOVIS8 (36,590)
REV777 posts the small blind of 500
CLOVIS8 posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [9c 9s]
khanwoman raises to 2,000
REV777: clovis has called to the river most all game
REV777 folds
CLOVIS8: but he raised every hadn I cant always believe him :D
CLOVIS8 raises to 3,000
khanwoman calls 1,000
*** FLOP *** [8s 3d Kd]
CLOVIS8 bets 1,000
khanwoman raises to 2,000
CLOVIS8 raises to 3,000
khanwoman raises to 3,260, and is all in
CLOVIS8 calls 260
khanwoman shows [9c 9s]
CLOVIS8 shows [Qh Qs]
*** TURN *** [8s 3d Kd] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [8s 3d Kd 4h] [4s]
khanwoman shows two pair, Nines and Fours
CLOVIS8 shows two pair, Queens and Fours
CLOVIS8: gg
CLOVIS8 wins the pot (13,020) with two pair, Queens and Fours
REV777: gg khan
khanwoman stands up


It was a fun game and a great FT for all. Lots of great poker being played and I had a great time.