Updates from www.sluggerwv.blogspot.com about the big week and tournament prowess of the usual suspects which happened while tworags.com was on hiatus.

iLLNuGWichee won the $12 Bodog $4K Guaranteed (rebuy) on 04-12-2008. For beating 143 other players Nuggy won $1411.20. Another great job. I'm running out of things to say about the seemingly daily tournaments he wins.

Wretchy won the PokerStars $22+R NL Hold'em on 04-13-2008. He won $5390.00 for beating 305 players.

Mathclub was only able to make 3 final tables yesterday, April 14, 2008.

In the $9k guarantee SS MTT, he beat out 80 players to finish in 9th place and win $315.00. Playing as ktpie at FullTiltPoker, Mathclub finished in 4th place in the $11,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) and won $1267.50 for beating out 213 other players. Finally, he cashed in the UltimateBet $3000 Guaranteed Rebuy, bringing in $480.00 for finishing 2nd out of 166. Another great night for New Zealand's finest.

Wretchy made the final table in the $129 $25K guarantee tourney on FullTilt. He beat out 255 people and finished in 8th place. He won $723.25 for the tourney. Great job sir. iLLNuGwichee was also deep in the money in this tourney and was at Wretchy's table when the action was down to two tables. Nuggy, like Wretchy, caught some bad breaks and finished the tourney in 14th place.


Well played gentlemen.

Would like to hear some thoughts about how I played this hand. My bet after the flop was designed to get him to re-raise so I could put him in. But I knew I had the best hand.

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Hand #52418914-7 at Wed745pmBounty-012 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 09/Apr/08 19:55:10

JoeySkins is at seat 0 with 1155.
1onlyone is at seat 1 with 2210.
jmreedy99 is at seat 2 with 2410.
SluggerWV is at seat 3 with 1365.
bmxer4ever is at seat 4 with 490.
the lair is at seat 5 with 1620.
MrPhilS is at seat 6 with 1480.
mokomaster is at seat 7 with 1420.
TJM97 is at seat 8 with 1480.
diamond13 is at seat 9 with 1370.
The button is at seat 7.

TJM97 posts the small blind of 5.
diamond13 posts the big blind of 10.

JoeySkins: -- --
1onlyone: -- --
jmreedy99: -- --
SluggerWV: Qc Qh
bmxer4ever: -- --
the lair: -- --
MrPhilS: -- --
mokomaster: -- --
TJM97: -- --
diamond13: -- --

Pre-flop:

JoeySkins calls. 1onlyone folds. jmreedy99 calls.
SluggerWV raises to 35. bmxer4ever folds. the lair
folds. MrPhilS folds. mokomaster folds. TJM97
folds. diamond13 folds. JoeySkins re-raises to 60.
jmreedy99 folds. SluggerWV re-raises to 145.
JoeySkins calls.

Flop (board: 9s Qs Th):

JoeySkins checks. SluggerWV bets 275. JoeySkins
goes all-in for 1010. SluggerWV calls.

Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:

JoeySkins shows Jc Jd.
SluggerWV shows Qc Qh.


Turn (board: 9s Qs Th 5c):

(no action in this round)


River (board: 9s Qs Th 5c 8d):

(no action in this round)




Showdown:

JoeySkins has Jc 9s Qs Th 8d: straight, queen high.
SluggerWV has Qc Qh 9s Qs Th: three queens.


Hand #52418914-7 Summary:

No rake is taken for this hand.
JoeySkins wins 2335 with straight, queen high.
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thanks

Big night last night and early this morning for a couple friends of the blog.

Mathclub, playing under his Pokerstars screenname jakehekejnr, beat out 1520 opponents and won the PokerStars $25,000 guaranteed, $27.50 NLHE MTT. He won a cool $6717.27. Great job sir.

As if that wasn't enouhg, mathclub made the final table in the UltimateBet 6K guarantee BOUNTY MTT where he won $330.00 for finishing 6th out of 256. Another fine performance obv.

iLLNuGWichee must have been sleepy after the NCAA tourney the night before because he was only able to make 4 final tables last night/erly this morning. He finihsed 4th of 117 in the PokerStars $55 NL Hold'em [1 Rebuy - 1 Add-on] bringing in $1044.

iLLNuGWichee also final tabled the UltimateBet $18K Guaranteed Rebuy. He won $2070.00 for finishing 3rd out of 161.

iLLNuGWichee survived the final table but not much longer in the UltimateBet $20,000Guaranteed Bounty. He won $600.00 for finishing 9th out of 170.

Finally,Nuggy got heads up in the Bodog $20K Guaranteed (DS). He finihsed second of 252 and won $3500.00. Great job Nuggy.

Look for these guys to have great success this summer in the dessert, of course that's only if nuggy is old enough to play the World Series. Good luck.

Was frustrated last night to get knocked out of the $7 bodog mtt 7 away from the money when I got my AA in pre-flop vs AKs. Of course, the flop gave my opponent a flush and I was gone out of the money instead of having a decent stack to make a run at the final table.

Of course tonight finds me w AA and two callers to my raise pre-flop. Here, see for yourself:

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Hand #52393429-110 at 9:30PM-004 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 08/Apr/08 23:24:54

sildog is at seat 0 with 8405.
vinnieaces is at seat 1 with 10200.
tamrus is at seat 2 with 4500.
BigWheel32 is at seat 3 with 10245.
rinaldij is at seat 4 with 7680.
HoosierK is at seat 5 with 9930.
PEANUT ROCKS is at seat 6 with 12840.
pdpoker is at seat 7 with 4620.
SluggerWV is at seat 8 with 3620.
bmw528 is at seat 9 with 3750.
The button is at seat 3.

rinaldij posts the small blind of 150.
HoosierK posts the big blind of 300.

SluggerWV: Ac Ad

Pre-flop:

PEANUT ROCKS folds. pdpoker folds. SluggerWV raises
to 850. bmw528 folds. sildog folds. vinnieaces
folds. tamrus folds. BigWheel32 calls. rinaldij
calls. HoosierK folds.

Flop (board: Qs 4d Jc):

rinaldij checks. SluggerWV goes all-in for 2770.
BigWheel32 calls. rinaldij folds.

Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:

BigWheel32 shows Qc Ks.
SluggerWV shows Ac Ad.

Turn (board: Qs 4d Jc Qh):

(no action in this round)

River (board: Qs 4d Jc Qh Js):

(no action in this round)

Showdown:

BigWheel32 has Qc Qs Jc Qh Js: full house, queens full of jacks.
SluggerWV has Ac Ad Qs Jc Qh: two pair, aces and queens.


Hand #52393429-110 Summary:

BigWheel32 wins 8390 with full house, queens full of jacks.
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I do hate the bad beats. Oh, well.

Congrats to Mathclub for making a couple of final tables yesterday, including a 2nd of 334 in the $3rebuy at UB, and as Jakehekejnr on PokerStars, anothee 2nd of 498 bringing in $1394.41.

Congrats to iLLNuGWichee for finishing 3rd of 156 in the UltimateBet $19K Guaranteed Rebuy for $2185.00.


Good luck at the tables everyone.

It was a great weekend at the tables. Even though it was a small field, I was happy to make the final table in the $5.50 Stud MTT at UltimateBet. After making a final table yesterday, I was really excited to make another run deep into a tourney today. It's been a really long time since that has happened for me.

I also made it to the final three tables of a no limit hold em bounty tourney at UB tonight too. I didn't cash for a lot of money and only got one and a half bounty, the half bounty resulting from a hand where my AA and another guys AA knocked out a guy with KK, but it was nice to have another solid tourney today to go with the final table.

I wish everyone good luck as well at the tables.