FIAB Success

I finally ITM'd in WPTfan's PS FIAB (Fish in a barrel). It'a a private tourney with a lot of good players.

55 entered and I ended up finishing 8th. I had TT twice in a row to end my day.


187 hands played and saw flop:
- 2 times out of 25 while in small blind (8%)
- 9 times out of 25 while in big blind (36%)
- 11 times out of 137 in other positions (8%)
- a total of 22 times out of 187 (11%)

Pots won at showdown - 2 out of 4 (50%)
Pots won without showdown - 23

Very few showdowns. Half of those came at the final table. The first one that i lost was a checked down hand. The second was a hand in which I pushed with TT. AK called and got plenty of help.

Here is a fun hand.

*********** # 139 **************
PokerStars Game #1434060509: Tournament #5355944, Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2005/03/28 - 23:02:35 (ET)
Table '5355944 7' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: fishintimber (6720 in chips)
Seat 2: lusion (5923 in chips)
Seat 3: BurntOrnge (5020 in chips)
Seat 4: ChicgoMike22 (6838 in chips)
Seat 5: JBalls99 (3456 in chips)
Seat 6: TennMoney (6662 in chips)
Seat 7: mineryc (2525 in chips)
Seat 8: Mike1623 (5094 in chips)
fishintimber: posts the ante 25
lusion: posts the ante 25
BurntOrnge: posts the ante 25
ChicgoMike22: posts the ante 25
JBalls99: posts the ante 25
TennMoney: posts the ante 25
mineryc: posts the ante 25
Mike1623: posts the ante 25
BurntOrnge: posts small blind 200
ChicgoMike22: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BurntOrnge [3s Ts]
JBalls99: folds
TennMoney: folds
mineryc: folds
Mike1623: calls 400
fishintimber: folds
lusion: calls 400
BurntOrnge: raises 4595 to 4995 and is all-in
ChicgoMike22: folds
Mike1623: folds
lusion: folds
BurntOrnge collected 1800 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1800 | Rake 0
Seat 1: fishintimber folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: lusion (button) folded before Flop
Seat 3: BurntOrnge (small blind) collected (1800)
Seat 4: ChicgoMike22 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: JBalls99 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: TennMoney folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: mineryc folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Mike1623 folded before Flop

This wasn't reckless at all. I didn't see anyway they could call. Chicgo was limping way too much for his own good, and Lsion wasn't limping into the pot after Chicgo with a hand he could call this bet with.
The BB had a random hand, and that was a risk I was willing to take.

My 8th place finish was good for a whole $24.50.
I sure do wish my tens could have held up at least once.