ARRRRGGHHH muppet alert

Well as I said below I would play an STT and would not call preflop, either raise or fold (I allowed myself to check on my own big blind). I guess it helps if you do have some cards worth raising with (in position) and a table who have an idea of how to play the game rather than a table of muppets who will call anything with any 2 cards!

I never got any cards and was probably more card dead than yesterday which is an achievement. In the first 5 levels I got JJ, AK, 99, AJ - the rest were K2, 94, 83 A5 etc just pure rubbish not even worth limping in the small blind with never mind raising! I stuck to my guns though and tried to raise in position but its tough as you know that the other players are only thinking about their own two cards and don't really care what you have or or trying to represent! I never got above 6k for ages. To give an example these are the hole cards I got when blinds were 200/400 K8, K2,44, J5, JT, 84, K7, Q5, Q2, 32, K9, 73, T9, J4, J2, 63, 97, J2, 52, 76, 76, 96, 94, 63 - not a single raiseable hand and not even a single A! I know its not always about the cards that you play the players too, but at this level its so difficult to bluff a calling station if they have top or middle pair because as I said before they don't even give a seconds thought to what cards their opponents may have.

Anyway this carried on until I checked in the big blind with 62

** Game ID 885201417 starting - 2007-12-06 21:38:17
** $2 Super High Stack[1567587]:Table 1 [Hold 'em] (400.00|800.00 No Limit - MTT) Real Money

- richmagpies1 sitting in seat 1 with $4627.50
- Jammyfish sitting in seat 2 with $23990.00
- zilky02 sitting in seat 4 with $9820.00 [Dealer]
- strukcha sitting in seat 6 with $10962.50 [Sitting out]

strukcha posted the small blind - $200.00
richmagpies1 posted the big blind - $400.00
** Dealing card to richmagpies1: 6 of Diamonds, 2 of Spades
Jammyfish folded
zilky02 folded
strukcha called - $400.00
richmagpies1 checked

** Dealing the flop: 5 of Diamonds, Jack of Hearts, 4 of Diamonds
strukcha checked
richmagpies1 checked

** Dealing the turn: 7 of Diamonds
strukcha checked
richmagpies1 checked

** Dealing the river: 3 of Diamonds
strukcha bet - $800.00
richmagpies1 raised - $3200.00
strukcha called - $3200.00
richmagpies1 shows: 6 of Diamonds, 2 of Spades
strukcha mucks:
richmagpies1 wins $7200.00 from the main pot

End of game 885201417

A straight flush is always nice!

However, normal service was resumed and I was leaking chips and although I was winning hands pre-flop, I really needed to hit a flop hard and get paid off if I was to have any chance. The table idiot did give me some hope with this hand

** Game ID 885213415 starting - 2007-12-06 21:50:18
** $2 Super High Stack[1567587]:Table 1 [Hold 'em] (600.00|1200.00 No Limit - MTT) Real Money

- richmagpies1 sitting in seat 1 with $3477.50
- Jammyfish sitting in seat 2 with $20090.00
- zilky02 sitting in seat 4 with $16540.00 [Dealer]
- strukcha sitting in seat 6 with $8992.50

strukcha posted the small blind - $300.00
richmagpies1 posted the big blind - $600.00
** Dealing card to richmagpies1: Ace of Spades, Jack of Clubs
Jammyfish folded
zilky02 folded
strukcha called - $600.00
richmagpies1 bet - $1800.00
strukcha called - $1800.00

** Dealing the flop: 7 of Spades, 3 of Hearts, 2 of Spades
strukcha checked
richmagpies1 went all-in - $2277.50
strukcha called - $2277.50
strukcha shows: 8 of Spades, Queen of Hearts

** Dealing the turn: Ace of Diamonds

** Dealing the river: 7 of Clubs
richmagpies1 wins $8155.00 from the main pot

End of game 885213415

I'm not sure why he called my preflop raise with Q8 and then 2.8k with no draw or no hand....maybe its because he's an idiot? My summing up of him as a moron was duly confirmed by the hand that practically knocked me out.....you guessed it with my first big pair of the whole game, KK!

** Game ID 885216204 starting - 2007-12-06 21:53:23
** $2 Super High Stack[1567587]:Table 1 [Hold 'em] (600.00|1200.00 No Limit - MTT) Real Money

- richmagpies1 sitting in seat 1 with $6055.00
- Jammyfish sitting in seat 2 with $16790.00
- zilky02 sitting in seat 4 with $20440.00
- strukcha sitting in seat 6 with $5815.00 [Dealer]

richmagpies1 posted the small blind - $300.00
Jammyfish posted the big blind - $600.00
** Dealing card to richmagpies1: King of Spades, King of Clubs
zilky02 folded
strukcha called - $600.00
richmagpies1 raised - $2100.00
Jammyfish folded
strukcha called - $2100.00

** Dealing the flop: Queen of Clubs, 6 of Hearts, 3 of Hearts
richmagpies1 went all-in - $4255.00
strukcha went all-in - $3715.00
strukcha shows: 5 of Spades, 4 of Diamonds

** Dealing the turn: 2 of Clubs

** Dealing the river: 7 of Hearts
strukcha wins $12230.00 from the main pot

End of game 885216204

If his limp under the gun with 54 was not bad enough, how the fuck can he then call my preflop raise with 54! What did he think he was beating, 32? Complete and utter moron and of course he is rewarded with an open ended straight draw and the twat can't call my all in quick enough with his draw with his tourney life on the line....i really wonder about these people! And he will continue to play like a twat when his donkey play is rewarded!

Anyway, looking at my stats, my aggression factor is way up on what it normally is as a result of not calling preflop. I raised 10% preflop which is not a huge amount higher than my usual which is almost 7%. I guess it may have been higher if I got any cards at all that I could raise with! My saw flop % was lower as I wasn't calling preflop.

Overall, it was interesting and something I will try again. Frustrating though when normally you may have limped and hit the flop big time which happened a couple of times! If it wasn't for the bad beat I would have cashed and then with a decent stack might have been able to put pressure on the other 2 players. I think that if you can get a few good hands early on and maybe double up it makes it a hell of a lot easier especially playing against people who ha vent got a clue. But then it would wouldn't it! lol

Well after 3 losing STTs the bank roll is $101.79