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Date: 28 Nov 2006 03:06:15
From: Stephen Jacobs
Subject: Minor boast
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I just finished third in the $300+40 7-card stud event at The Trump
Classic). I gotta crash.
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Date: 28 Nov 2006 10:02:58
From: Kinnipak
Subject: Re: Minor boast
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On Nov 28 2006 2:06 AM, Stephen Jacobs wrote:
> I just finished third in the $300+40 7-card stud event at The Trump
> Classic). I gotta crash.
When you wake up, Ivey777 will be hitting you up for a stake.
Congrats on the tourny!
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Date: 28 Nov 2006 07:56:19
From: Bronzedodger
Subject: Re: Minor boast
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On Nov 28 2006 3:06 AM, Stephen Jacobs wrote:
> I just finished third in the $300+40 7-card stud event at The Trump
> Classic). I gotta crash.
Very nice. You have 4 hours to sleep, then must post details.
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Date: 28 Nov 2006 15:58:16
From: Al Gore's Dead Cat
Subject: Re: Minor boast
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"Stephen Jacobs" <jacosa@comcast.net > wrote in message
news:mpadndKEtdi2c_bYnZ2dnUVZ_tmdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>I just finished third in the $300+40 7-card stud event at The Trump
>Classic). I gotta crash.
I was looking around for someone who gave a shit, and my cat yawned.
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Date: 28 Nov 15:20:00
From: Tanya AKA MissT74
Subject: Re: Minor boast
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On Nov 28 2006 1:07 AM, Stephen Jacobs wrote:
> I just finished third in the $300+40 7-card stud event at The Trump
> Classic). I gotta crash.
I am SO proud of you! Congratulations!
T
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Date: 28 Nov 2006 03:42:16
From: Raider Fan
Subject: Re: Minor boast
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On Nov 28 2006 2:06 AM, Stephen Jacobs wrote:
> I just finished third in the $300+40 7-card stud event at The Trump
> Classic). I gotta crash.
Very nice. Congrats.
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Date: 28 Nov 2006 18:13:09
From: Stephen Jacobs
Subject: Re: Minor boast
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"Stephen Jacobs" <jacosa@comcast.net > wrote in message
news:mpadndKEtdi2c_bYnZ2dnUVZ_tmdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>I just finished third in the $300+40 7-card stud event at The Trump
>Classic). I gotta crash.
Ok, a few memories. First: I played strictly conservative Roy West stud
pretty much beginning to end. I stuck to my usual practice of looking at
the up cards for liveness of my hand, suits not to worry about a flush in
and whether there were enough big or little ones to discount the chance of
a straight on one end. Otherwise I forgot about them as soon as they were
gone. This MAY have cost me a pot or two, but it kept the mental effort
manageable.
Right out of the gate, as soon as the stakes got somewhat noticeable I got
crippled when my one opponent made the long straight from 5 to 10 against
my two pair. But not too long after that I tripled up back to health making
aces up against the same guy (with another fishy draw) and a stack even
shorter than mine (with big cards). Unfortunately, the guy with the big
stack took this personally and I had to forget about ante steals going
through him. Even more unfortunately, he's as good a stud player as I've
encountered, and it would have been nice to stay below his radar. Next
notable hand was making something like 5-s full of aces (the aces up would
have been enough) against another big stack for a score that put me in the
table lead until a guy moved over with a HUGE stack. Through all this I was
staying out of trouble with conservative hand selection (basically, I just
wasn't in the hand when people made monster winners). Just before dinner
break I went to war against the huge stack and he damn near busted me by
making a flush (and a straight too) against my two pair (notice any pattern
to my hands?)
After that, I was mostly just hanging on. It was kinda fun when we were at
two tables and I was around middle-size stack with a huge pile two to my
right and another huge one directly to my left. I took only the fattest
chances and built back up to a biggish stack while most of the mountains got
worn down. I came very close to being bubble boy when another straight got
made against my starting big pair, but I didn't overextend. Arrived at the
final 8 in 5th. Reached [effectively] 3rd a little after midnight mortally
wounding the mid-tournament chip leader with (if I remember right) a big
pair against a small one. That hand showed that I was losing mental
control, though: I somehow thought we were all-in on 6th street and turned
my cards up, earning a 10-minute penalty (remember the guy who crippled me
the first time? HE insisted even though the other players and the dealer
were inclined to give me a pass). Penalty may not have been such a bad
thing, since there were a couple of freakish hands while I was sitting out.
I sas small stack, but not by such a huge margin as these things go
(something like 1 : 1.5 : 2) when I got back in, but my mind was going and
it was obvious. After maybe another 20 min, I went to war against the #2
stack holding like [AJ]9. He had like [TT]7 and that's all she wrote.
The whole tournament I only made one or two significant draw-outs (one of
them against a tiny stack, so people watched as my unpaired big cards caught
companions), and suffered 4 straights or flushes made head-up against me,
two of them crippling. So sure it took a lot of luck, but I feel as if I
had as much to do with it as the cards did. And it was neat being there at
the end, a $10/20 player against two guys who play high limits.
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