Spencer Lawrence

Just passed the bubble in the $530 2 day NL event. 48k stack 69k average 525/900 left. Been playing 9 hours, 4 ish hours left today then resume at 1700 est tomorrow.

Here’s a big fold from earlier in tourney.

PokerStars Game #32536758404: Tournament #200909011, $500+$30 USD Hold’em No Limit – Level VII (100/200) – 2009/09/06 21:05:19 ET
Table ‘200909011 434′ 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: GreatRomelus (6364 in chips)
Seat 2: stockcar99 (8435 in chips)
Seat 3: asbo22 (12212 in chips)
Seat 4: sheckwave (15022 in chips)
Seat 5: stackinkids (7391 in chips)
Seat 6: spence79 (16796 in chips)
Seat 7: raging water (29986 in chips)
Seat 8: wiklund (20516 in chips)
Seat 9: !AAelTigre (15200 in chips)
GreatRomelus: posts the ante 25
stockcar99: posts the ante 25
asbo22: posts the ante 25
sheckwave: posts the ante 25
stackinkids: posts the ante 25
spence79: posts the ante 25
raging water: posts the ante 25
wiklund: posts the ante 25
!AAelTigre: posts the ante 25
stackinkids: posts small blind 100
spence79: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to spence79 [Qh Qc]
raging water: raises 300 to 500
wiklund: folds
!AAelTigre: folds
GreatRomelus: folds
stockcar99: folds
asbo22: folds
sheckwave: calls 500
stackinkids: folds
spence79: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [Tc 9d 5s]
spence79: checks
raging water: bets 1200
sheckwave: folds
spence79: calls 1200
*** TURN *** [Tc 9d 5s] [4s]
spence79: checks
raging water: bets 3000
spence79: folds
Uncalled bet (3000) returned to raging water
raging water collected 4225 from pot
raging water: doesn’t show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4225 | Rake 0
Board [Tc 9d 5s 4s]
Seat 1: GreatRomelus folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 2: stockcar99 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: asbo22 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: sheckwave (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: stackinkids (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: spence79 (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 7: raging water collected (4225)
Seat 8: wiklund folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: !AAelTigre folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

only 1800 people in a 400k guarantee meant 10% overlay. Hawt.

PokerStars Game #32494402839: Tournament #200909008, $200+$15 USD Hold’em Limit – Level X (400/800) – 2009/09/05 20:13:13 ET
Table ‘200909008 190′ 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: MiguelPiper (20600 in chips)
Seat 2: spence79 (2505 in chips)
Seat 3: frankie0967 (15210 in chips)
Seat 4: Feb19 (15330 in chips)
Seat 5: Oddla (16145 in chips)
Seat 6: PFabe (9130 in chips)
Seat 7: velimirovic (5610 in chips)
Seat 8: Robaen (11058 in chips)
Seat 9: smoothustler (6211 in chips)
smoothustler: posts small blind 200
MiguelPiper: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to spence79 [Ks Qs]
spence79: raises 400 to 800
frankie0967: folds
Feb19: folds
Oddla: folds
PFabe: folds
velimirovic: folds
Robaen: calls 800
smoothustler: folds
MiguelPiper: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [Td 2h Ac]
MiguelPiper: checks
spence79: bets 400
Robaen: calls 400
MiguelPiper: folds
*** TURN *** [Td 2h Ac] [Qh]
spence79: bets 800
Robaen: raises 800 to 1600
spence79: calls 505 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (295) returned to Robaen
*** RIVER *** [Td 2h Ac Qh] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
spence79: shows [Ks Qs] (two pair, Kings and Queens)
Robaen: shows [Jh Th] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
Robaen collected 6010 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6010 | Rake 0
Board [Td 2h Ac Qh Kd]
Seat 1: MiguelPiper (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: spence79 showed [Ks Qs] and lost with two pair, Kings and Queens
Seat 3: frankie0967 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: Feb19 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: Oddla folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: PFabe folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 7: velimirovic folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: Robaen (button) showed [Jh Th] and won (6010) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 9: smoothustler (small blind) folded before Flop

to bust after losing AK

Not so hawt.

Playing wcoop makes me feel like a battered wife returning to her abusive husband over and over in the hope that this time it will be different.

$215 NL and $530 NL (2-day) tomorrow. Will prob take the early afternoon off and just play the $530 at 1630 est

I put turbo in brackets as the mornings NL event definitely was one – it just wasn’t advertised as such. I ran Queens into Aces near the bubble after only 2 hrs of play. This is about twice as quickly as you would expect to hit the bubble in a normal tournament let alone a wcoop. Not that I’m complaining – I like turbos.

Was chipleader in the 8game second chance last night from 60 people down to 18 then finished 12th for a small cash.

So far so normal as far as wcoop goes. Torrid start. I’m in PA tho with sun, swimming facilities and nature (lots of that fo sho) so I’m more hopeful of breaking out my wcoop hell than in past years.

Tonight’s $215 LHE event is structured near perfectly – seeing that cheered me up as these festivals tend to screw up limit formats with uncanny regularity. My LHE game isn’t as strong as last year when I entered the $10k LHE world championship (i broke it in Jan like I broke my PLO game the Jan before – sensing another reason to spend jan and feb by a pool in the caribbean) but i’m still heavily +ev in this sort of field.

PokerStars Game #32454343757: Tournament #200909005, $100+$9 USD 8-Game (Omaha Hi/Lo Limit) – Level XIX (400/800) – 2009/09/04 21:39:34 ET
Table ‘200909005 54′ 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: RILFT (1248 in chips)
Seat 2: sonajero (3166 in chips)
Seat 3: spence79 (2581 in chips)
Seat 4: Wink_wink (2807 in chips)
Seat 5: AJSuited16 (13897 in chips)
Seat 6: emptyseat88 (5283 in chips)
AJSuited16: posts small blind 200
emptyseat88: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to spence79 [4d 5c Kh Kd]
RILFT: calls 400
sonajero: folds
spence79: raises 400 to 800
Wink_wink: folds
AJSuited16: folds
emptyseat88: calls 400
RILFT: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [Ks 3d Jd]
emptyseat88: checks
RILFT: checks
spence79: bets 400
emptyseat88: calls 400
RILFT: folds
*** TURN *** [Ks 3d Jd] [7s]
emptyseat88: bets 800
spence79: raises 581 to 1381 and is all-in
emptyseat88: calls 581
*** RIVER *** [Ks 3d Jd 7s] [Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
emptyseat88: shows [As 8c 8d Th] (HI: a straight, Ten to Ace)
spence79: shows [4d 5c Kh Kd] (HI: three of a kind, Kings)
emptyseat88 collected 6162 from pot
No low hand qualified
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6162 | Rake 0
Board [Ks 3d Jd 7s Qh]
Seat 1: RILFT folded on the Flop
Seat 2: sonajero folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: spence79 showed [4d 5c Kh Kd] and lost with HI: three of a kind, Kings
Seat 4: Wink_wink (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: AJSuited16 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: emptyseat88 (big blind) showed [As 8c 8d Th] and won (6162) with HI: a straight, Ten to Ace

scotty is pretty damn “special”

Razz last night was another torrid, frustrating session where I couldn’t get anything going.

Took most of today off from poker, skipped the PLO event and spent a few hours cooking some irish stew instead.

Playing the 8pm 8game at the moment – doubled starting stack.

Amusing hand from scotty fischmann (emptyseat) here:

PokerStars Game #32453317623: Tournament #200909005, $100+$9 USD 8-Game (Razz Limit) – Level XII (160/320) – 2009/09/04 21:05:45 ET
Table ‘200909005 54′ 6-max
Seat 1: RILFT (2752 in chips)
Seat 2: leonydos22 (1245 in chips)
Seat 3: spence79 (6629 in chips)
Seat 4: Wink_wink (2343 in chips)
Seat 5: AJSuited16 (1832 in chips)
Seat 6: emptyseat88 (10304 in chips)
spence79: posts the ante 32
Wink_wink: posts the ante 32
AJSuited16: posts the ante 32
emptyseat88: posts the ante 32
RILFT: posts the ante 32
leonydos22: posts the ante 32
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to RILFT [6s]
Dealt to leonydos22 [Td]
Dealt to spence79 [7c 4d 3s]
Dealt to Wink_wink [9h]
Dealt to AJSuited16 [Ac]
Dealt to emptyseat88 [8s]
leonydos22: brings in for 48
spence79: raises 112 to 160
Wink_wink: folds
AJSuited16: raises 160 to 320
emptyseat88: calls 320
RILFT: folds
leonydos22: folds
spence79: raises 160 to 480
AJSuited16: raises 160 to 640
Betting is capped
emptyseat88: calls 320
spence79: calls 160
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to spence79 [7c 4d 3s] [2c]
Dealt to AJSuited16 [Ac] [4s]
Dealt to emptyseat88 [8s] [Qh]
spence79: bets 160
AJSuited16: raises 160 to 320
emptyseat88: calls 320
spence79: raises 160 to 480
AJSuited16: raises 160 to 640
Betting is capped
emptyseat88: calls 320
spence79: calls 160
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to spence79 [7c 4d 3s 2c] [Th]
Dealt to AJSuited16 [Ac 4s] [4h]
Dealt to emptyseat88 [8s Qh] [2h]
spence79: bets 320
AJSuited16: raises 200 to 520 and is all-in
emptyseat88: calls 520
spence79: raises 120 to 640
emptyseat88: calls 120
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to spence79 [7c 4d 3s 2c Th] [Jd]
Dealt to AJSuited16 [Ac 4s 4h] [Tc]
Dealt to emptyseat88 [8s Qh 2h] [9s]
spence79: checks
emptyseat88: bets 320
spence79: calls 320
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to spence79 [7c 4d 3s 2c Th Jd] [Ks]
spence79: checks
emptyseat88: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
spence79: shows [7c 4d 3s 2c Th Jd Ks] (Lo: T,7,4,3,2)
emptyseat88: mucks hand
spence79 collected 880 from side pot
AJSuited16: shows [5c 3h Ac 4s 4h Tc Kd] (Lo: T,5,4,3,A)
AJSuited16 collected 5640 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6520 Main pot 5640. Side pot 880. | Rake 0
Seat 1: RILFT folded on the 3rd Street (didn’t bet)
Seat 2: leonydos22 folded on the 3rd Street
Seat 3: spence79 showed [7c 4d 3s 2c Th Jd Ks] and won (880) with Lo: T,7,4,3,2
Seat 4: Wink_wink folded on the 3rd Street (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: AJSuited16 showed [5c 3h Ac 4s 4h Tc Kd] and won (5640) with Lo: T,5,4,3,A
Seat 6: emptyseat88 mucked [Ah 2s 8s Qh 2h 9s 9d]

PokerStars Game #32396832484: Tournament #200909001, $200+$15 USD Hold’em No Limit – Level I (10/20) – 2009/09/03 14:31:38 ET
Table ‘200909001 662′ 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: limoni (5000 in chips)
Seat 2: jmenfou2 (4980 in chips)
Seat 3: adkaf (5010 in chips)
Seat 4: mattg1983 (4970 in chips)
Seat 5: spence79 (5010 in chips)
Seat 6: camfoote (5030 in chips)
spence79: posts small blind 10
camfoote: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to spence79 [Ks Kd]
limoni: raises 40 to 60
jmenfou2: folds
adkaf: folds
mattg1983: raises 140 to 200
spence79: raises 500 to 700
camfoote: folds
limoni: folds
mattg1983: calls 500
*** FLOP *** [3s 6s Qs]
spence79: bets 1000
mattg1983: raises 3270 to 4270 and is all-in
spence79: calls 3270
*** TURN *** [3s 6s Qs] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [3s 6s Qs Jc] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
spence79: shows [Ks Kd] (a pair of Kings)
mattg1983: shows [Ad Ac] (a pair of Aces)
mattg1983 collected 10020 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10020 | Rake 0
Board [3s 6s Qs Jc 4c]
Seat 1: limoni folded before Flop
Seat 2: jmenfou2 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: adkaf folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: mattg1983 (button) showed [Ad Ac] and won (10020) with a pair of Aces
Seat 5: spence79 (small blind) showed [Ks Kd] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 6: camfoote (big blind) folded before Flop

Only a few hands in. I’m pretty sure I can’t get away in 6max despite it being early and 250 bb deep.

Guess I get to focus on the razz.

Uneventful flight, 13 hrs sleep and ton of borscht later I’m ready for the first wcoop event kicking off in just under an hour at 1430 EST – the $215 NL 6max.  $215 Razz starts at 1630.  In theory the razz is one of my best shots at a bracelet during the series, so fingers crossed for some 60/40s to start panning out for me again.

Any event can be watched live online simply by installing the pokerstars client and selecting the wcoop menu from the events tab.

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