Roy4lly Pwned!
I'm not big on posting up hands coz honestly, its never as interesting to everyone else reading it, especially when its bad beat stories...
But holy shit, I've never been pwned so badly by this one guy in one set of 17 games -
1. Gonna start off with this hand where I got totally pwned blind vs blind. I really like it actually, unauthidox stuff in the SNG world these days...
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 16 Tournament, 50/100 Blinds (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
MP2 (t1805)
CO (t2795)
Button (t2405)
Roy4lPl4yor (SB) (t1295)
Hero (BB) (t1950)
UTG (t720)
UTG+1 (t1425)
MP1 (t1105)
Hero's M: 13.00
Preflop: Hero is BB with 9
, 4
6 folds, Roy4lPl4yor calls t50, Hero checks
Flop: (t200) 9
, 2
, 3 (2 players)
Roy4lPl4yor bets t160, Hero raises to t320, Roy4lPl4yor calls t160
Turn: (t840) 7 (2 players)
Roy4lPl4yor checks, Hero bets t300, Roy4lPl4yor raises to t875 (All-In), Hero calls t575
River: (t2590) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: t2590
Results:
Roy4lPl4yor had Q, Q (two pair, Queens and twos).
Hero had 9, 4 (two pair, nines and twos).
Outcome: Roy4lPl4yor won t2590
2. Then this gem;
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 16 Tournament, 75/150 Blinds (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
UTG+1 (t2680)
MP1 (t1570)
MP2 (t1100)
Roy4lPl4yor (CO) (t1290)
Button (t1680)
Hero (SB) (t1325)
BB (t870)
UTG (t2985)
Hero's M: 5.89
Preflop: Hero is SB with A, A
4 folds, Roy4lPl4yor bets t1290 (All-In), 1 fold, Hero calls t1215, 1 fold
Flop: (t2730) J, 5, 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Turn: (t2730) 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: (t2730) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: t2730
Results:
Hero had A, A (two pair, Aces and sixes).
Roy4lPl4yor had 10, Q (flush, Queen high).
Outcome: Roy4lPl4yor won t2730
3. Literally 5 minutes later he cracked my AA again. I'm really surprised he did this considering I thought he was a really good player. Open shoving 13bb on the bubble is bad here exactly for this reason.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 16 Tournament, 100/200 Blinds (4 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (BB) (t3918)
UTG (t3695)
Roy4lPl4yor (Button) (t2765)
SB (t3122)
Hero's M: 13.06
Preflop: Hero is BB with A, A
1 fold, Roy4lPl4yor bets t2765 (All-In), 1 fold, Hero calls t2565
Flop: (t5630) J, 3, 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Turn: (t5630) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: (t5630) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: t5630<
Results:
Roy4lPl4yor had 6, 6 (three of a kind, sixes).
Hero had A, A (one pair, Aces).
Outcome: Roy4lPl4yor won t5630
4. My KK's today are losing money bb/100, after 113 Games... ouch!
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 16 Tournament, 100/200 Blinds 25 Ante (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Roy4lPl4yor (MP) (t1095)
Button (t3055)
SB (t3800)
Hero (BB) (t1775)
UTG (t3775)
Hero's M: 4.18
Preflop: Hero is BB with K, K
1 fold, Roy4lPl4yor bets t1070 (All-In), 2 folds, Hero calls t870
Flop: (t2365) 10, Q, 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Turn: (t2365) J (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: (t2365) 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: t2365
Results:
Hero had K, K (one pair, Kings).
Roy4lPl4yor had A, K (straight, Ace high).
Outcome: Roy4lPl4yor won t2365
5. AQ sucks obv...
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 16 Tournament, 300/600 Blinds 50 Ante (3 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Button (t6320)
Roy4lPl4yor (SB) (t4495)
Hero (BB) (t2685)
Hero's M: 2.56
Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, A
1 fold, Roy4lPl4yor bets t4445 (All-In), Hero calls t2035 (All-In)
Flop: (t5420) 7, 6, 5 (2 players, 2 all-in)
Turn: (t5420) 9 (2 players, 2 all-in)
River: (t5420) J (2 players, 2 all-in)
Total pot: t5420
Results:
Roy4lPl4yor had 6, J (two pair, Jacks and sixes).
Hero had Q, A (high card, Ace).
Outcome: Roy4lPl4yor won t5420
6. Instant service on flop...
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 16 Tournament, 300/600 Blinds 50 Ante (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Button (t795)
Roy4lPl4yor (SB) (t2448)
Hero (BB) (t2670)
UTG (t4734)
MP (t2853)
Hero's M: 2.32
Preflop: Hero is BB with 7, A
3 folds, Roy4lPl4yor bets t2398 (All-In), Hero calls t1798
Flop: (t5046) 9, 6, 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Turn: (t5046) 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: (t5046) K (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: t5046
Results:
Roy4lPl4yor had 3, A (one pair, threes).
Hero had 7, A (high card, Ace).
Outcome: Roy4lPl4yor won t5046
7. And then to finally top it off, I made the biggest loose ass nash call coz I was so tilted and got paid off lol. Poker's so funny sometimes man god!
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 16 Tournament, 200/400 Blinds 25 Ante (2 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (BB) (t6866)
Roy4lPl4yor (SB) (t6634)
Hero's M: 10.56
Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, 9
Roy4lPl4yor bets t6609 (All-In), Hero calls t6209
Flop: (t13268) 6, A, 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Turn: (t13268) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: (t13268) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: t13268
Results:
Roy4lPl4yor had Q, K (one pair, eights).
Hero had Q, 9 (two pair, nines and eights).
Outcome: Hero won t13268
Roy4l please gimmie back my EV!!
[VENT OVER], peace!
Comments
I didn't know that i was so lucky. I am so sorry 
. You will take back your EV, i am pretty sure.
"Open shoving 13bb on the bubble is bad here exactly for this reason"
Why do you think that sixes are too bad to push for 13 BB on the bubble ? OK, I put it into wiz and it is breakeven. Your range should be 99+,AQ+ or even tighter (TT+, AK) if you don't expect from me to be pushing 66, then it is EV+, also i can't remember the image of that player on the SB (he has to be calling around 20% to make it unprofitable for me).
GL at "my" tables
Hi Roy4l! I'm kinda honoured that you elite guys are even reading a breakeven donk's blog!
Well, I think that we're all at the level where it's pretty obvious whether SNG Wiz is gonna say a shove is profitable or not. The question is whether the hand is the best way to play it (most profitable) or just profitable (wiz says yes).
I guess before you decide to shove you should see whether the big blind is capable of rebluff shoving back at you on the bubble. Honestly I haven't seen you be really loose in these situations so I would say the answer is no. I really think that there'd only be like 5 regs that I've seen that are capable of this.
So raising does the same thing as shoving imo. No one is going crazy here, or flatting (assuming the sb isn't a nutcase too). If your reshoved in this situation your in bad shape and can fold.
My range in that spot probably is JJ, AK vs you dude.
+EV is profitable for sure, I don't disagree with this, but so is open shoving AA. I'm just saying, raise calling AA is more profitable in the long run then +EV open shoving. Raise 66, I fold a huge range, reshove super tight.
I agree with your meaning, but basically raising 13bb deep with this type of hand is bad. Imo there are only 2 comfortable ways to play it, shove or fold.
I saw this blog by accident because the title begins with Roy4l.
Also I know, you are from "Glitlr school", means i have to consider you as good player at the tables, you are not so unknown to me
Yes I agree that raising is problematic because you kinda just turn your hand into a bluff, because you are raising with the intention of folding to a reshove. So the counter argument can be that your hand is irrelevant if you decide to raise, so 66 can be 72 if you want! Kinda weird...
I guess for me I'd just fold it pre. It kinda reminds me of what you should do with 13bb with 88 in MP. Some guys overshove it and some guys fold. I'd prefer a fold here since its the bubble, and that's probably the tipping argument for me in this situation.
Hmmm how did you know I'm from Glitlr school? I am learning but so far my results haven't translated into anything yet... still too spewy and making too many mistakes!
sickness!!!