More Sunday $250K crapshootery

[HalfSugar]

You know the score by now - I spend all week vowing not to play the Sunday $250K and then when it appears and says 'Late Reg' I'm like a moth to a flame.

Anyway, here are some hands:

Here's how bad the early stages are:
PokerStars Game #27522578676: Tournament #157110461, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2009/04/26 16:26:20 ET
Table '157110461 2769' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: subnoizemn (6121 in chips)
Seat 2: Arcsibald (2230 in chips)
Seat 3: Richard28623 (1318 in chips)
Seat 4: 1GIGGLEGIRL* (1025 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: GenoTHP (7465 in chips)
Seat 6: canard WC 87 (4957 in chips)
Seat 7: misterious9 (9761 in chips)
Seat 8: Believer262 (6135 in chips)
Seat 9: jkl005 (7995 in chips)
GenoTHP: posts small blind 100
canard WC 87: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to GenoTHP [Ac Kd]
misterious9: folds
Believer262: folds
jkl005: folds
subnoizemn: folds
Arcsibald: folds
Richard28623: folds
1GIGGLEGIRL*: folds
GenoTHP: raises 400 to 600
canard WC 87: raises 4357 to 4957 and is all-in
GenoTHP: calls 4357
*** FLOP *** [7d 9h Qh]
*** TURN *** [7d 9h Qh] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [7d 9h Qh 9c] [6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
GenoTHP: shows [Ac Kd] (a pair of Nines)
canard WC 87: shows [Js 5h] (a pair of Nines - lower kicker)
GenoTHP collected 9914 from pot
Arthur2005 is connected
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9914 | Rake 0
Board [7d 9h Qh 9c 6c]
Seat 1: subnoizemn folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Arcsibald folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Richard28623 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: 1GIGGLEGIRL* (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: GenoTHP (small blind) showed [Ac Kd] and won (9914) with a pair of Nines
Seat 6: canard WC 87 (big blind) showed [Js 5h] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 7: misterious9 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Believer262 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: jkl005 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

You can snap with AK 9/10 times early on, trust me.

Still not much better:
PokerStars Game #27523216644: Tournament #157110461, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (125/250) - 2009/04/26 16:42:32 ET
Table '157110461 2769' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: subnoizemn (8271 in chips)
Seat 2: Arcsibald (6028 in chips)
Seat 3: 007RJL007 (1485 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 4: Nednurse (1770 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: GenoTHP (13622 in chips)
Seat 6: Arthur2005 (3875 in chips)
Seat 7: misterious9 (7986 in chips)
Seat 8: Believer262 (4610 in chips)
Seat 9: jkl005 (5590 in chips)
subnoizemn: posts the ante 25
Arcsibald: posts the ante 25
007RJL007: posts the ante 25
Nednurse: posts the ante 25
GenoTHP: posts the ante 25
Arthur2005: posts the ante 25
misterious9: posts the ante 25
Believer262: posts the ante 25
jkl005: posts the ante 25
subnoizemn: posts small blind 125
Arcsibald: posts big blind 250
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to GenoTHP [Ac Ah]
007RJL007: folds
Nednurse: folds
GenoTHP: raises 625 to 875
Arthur2005: folds
misterious9: folds
Believer262: folds
jkl005: calls 875
subnoizemn: folds
Arcsibald: folds
*** FLOP *** [5d 4d Jc]
GenoTHP: bets 1125
jkl005: raises 1125 to 2250
GenoTHP: raises 10472 to 12722 and is all-in
jkl005: calls 2440 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (8032) returned to GenoTHP
*** TURN *** [5d 4d Jc] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [5d 4d Jc 2h] [5s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
GenoTHP: shows [Ac Ah] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
jkl005: shows [2s Ad] (two pair, Fives and Deuces)
GenoTHP collected 11730 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11730 | Rake 0
Board [5d 4d Jc 2h 5s]
Seat 1: subnoizemn (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Arcsibald (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: 007RJL007 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Nednurse folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: GenoTHP showed [Ac Ah] and won (11730) with two pair, Aces and Fives
Seat 6: Arthur2005 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: misterious9 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Believer262 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: jkl005 (button) showed [2s Ad] and lost with two pair, Fives and Deuces

This hand just crippled me going into the 3rd break. My entire table is playing like a feckless retard and using their entire alloted time to eek out a few more cents on the money ladder, hence not just open shoving 88 here. The original raiser would surely shove pre-flop right? Wrong but he's still a lucky fool:
PokerStars Game #27527699648: Tournament #157110461, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVIII (2000/4000) - 2009/04/26 18:39:26 ET
Table '157110461 3371' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: mirromel (43588 in chips)
Seat 2: skipo99 (26096 in chips)
Seat 3: DKL167 (37866 in chips)
Seat 4: HarryTheRock (59296 in chips)
Seat 5: gemie4ufl (21048 in chips)
Seat 6: dutchcondor (29890 in chips)
Seat 7: Juszevo (37902 in chips)
Seat 8: GenoTHP (48951 in chips)
Seat 9: tomkd (222787 in chips)
mirromel: posts the ante 400
skipo99: posts the ante 400
DKL167: posts the ante 400
HarryTheRock: posts the ante 400
gemie4ufl: posts the ante 400
dutchcondor: posts the ante 400
Juszevo: posts the ante 400
GenoTHP: posts the ante 400
tomkd: posts the ante 400
DKL167: posts small blind 2000
HarryTheRock: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to GenoTHP [8d 8h]
gemie4ufl: calls 4000
dutchcondor: folds
Juszevo: folds
GenoTHP: raises 7888 to 11888
tomkd: folds
mirromel: folds
skipo99: folds
DKL167: folds
HarryTheRock has timed out
HarryTheRock: folds
HarryTheRock is sitting out
gemie4ufl: calls 7888
*** FLOP *** [5c 5d 2c]
HarryTheRock has returned
gemie4ufl: bets 4000
GenoTHP: raises 8000 to 12000
gemie4ufl: calls 4760 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (3240) returned to GenoTHP
*** TURN *** [5c 5d 2c] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [5c 5d 2c 3s] [As]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gemie4ufl: shows [7h Ah] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
GenoTHP: shows [8d 8h] (two pair, Eights and Fives)
gemie4ufl collected 50896 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 50896 | Rake 0
Board [5c 5d 2c 3s As]
Seat 1: mirromel folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: skipo99 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: DKL167 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: HarryTheRock (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: gemie4ufl showed [7h Ah] and won (50896) with two pair, Aces and Fives
Seat 6: dutchcondor folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Juszevo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: GenoTHP showed [8d 8h] and lost with two pair, Eights and Fives
Seat 9: tomkd folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Finally, here's a hand I played really quite badly indeed. What do you do on the end here?
PokerStars Game #27524109040: Tournament #157110461, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (200/400) - 2009/04/26 17:04:57 ET
Table '157110461 2769' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: subnoizemn (8471 in chips)
Seat 2: Arcsibald (11456 in chips)
Seat 3: rkomodo585 (47515 in chips)
Seat 4: Baker00006 (8815 in chips)
Seat 5: GenoTHP (19912 in chips)
Seat 6: Arthur2005 (3365 in chips)
Seat 7: misterious9 (5284 in chips)
Seat 8: Believer262 (4254 in chips)
Seat 9: haz106 (6557 in chips)
subnoizemn: posts the ante 50
Arcsibald: posts the ante 50
rkomodo585: posts the ante 50
Baker00006: posts the ante 50
GenoTHP: posts the ante 50
Arthur2005: posts the ante 50
misterious9: posts the ante 50
Believer262: posts the ante 50
haz106: posts the ante 50
Arthur2005: posts small blind 200
misterious9: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to GenoTHP [Ac Ad]
Believer262: folds
haz106: folds
subnoizemn: calls 400
Arcsibald: folds
rkomodo585: folds
Baker00006: folds
GenoTHP: raises 1050 to 1450
Arthur2005: folds
misterious9: folds
subnoizemn: calls 1050
*** FLOP *** [Jc Ts 6h]
subnoizemn: checks
GenoTHP: bets 2350
subnoizemn: calls 2350
*** TURN *** [Jc Ts 6h] [9c]
subnoizemn: checks
GenoTHP: checks (no, I don't know why I did that either)
*** RIVER *** [Jc Ts 6h 9c] [Jh]
subnoizemn: bets 1600
GenoTHP: ???

[HalfSugar]

How's this for an awful way to bust out 390th? That really sucks, the 221K pot would have finally dragged me up to the average stack and put me about 125th

PokerStars Game #27529623222: Tournament #157110461, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XXIII (5000/10000) - 2009/04/26 19:35:13 ET
Table '157110461 3371' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: mirromel (88088 in chips)
Seat 2: gutshot544 (189592 in chips)
Seat 3: persian1980 (226450 in chips)
Seat 4: HarryTheRock (31130 in chips)
Seat 5: gemie4ufl (122206 in chips)
Seat 6: superkong (190495 in chips)
Seat 8: GenoTHP (97741 in chips)
Seat 9: tomkd (232782 in chips)
mirromel: posts the ante 1000
gutshot544: posts the ante 1000
persian1980: posts the ante 1000
HarryTheRock: posts the ante 1000
gemie4ufl: posts the ante 1000
superkong: posts the ante 1000
GenoTHP: posts the ante 1000
tomkd: posts the ante 1000
tomkd: posts small blind 5000
mirromel: posts big blind 10000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to GenoTHP [8s 8c]
gutshot544: folds
persian1980: folds
HarryTheRock has timed out
HarryTheRock: folds
HarryTheRock is sitting out
gemie4ufl: calls 10000
HarryTheRock has returned
superkong: folds
Archigram66 is connected
GenoTHP: raises 86741 to 96741 and is all-in
tomkd: calls 91741
mirromel: folds
gemie4ufl: folds
*** FLOP *** [Td As Ac]
*** TURN *** [Td As Ac] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [Td As Ac 6h] [7d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
tomkd: shows [7s 7h] (a full house, Sevens full of Aces)
GenoTHP: shows [8s 8c] (two pair, Aces and Eights)
tomkd collected 221482 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 221482 | Rake 0
Board [Td As Ac 6h 7d]
Seat 1: mirromel (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: gutshot544 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: persian1980 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: HarryTheRock folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: gemie4ufl folded before Flop
Seat 6: superkong folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: GenoTHP (button) showed [8s 8c] and lost with two pair, Aces and Eights
Seat 9: tomkd (small blind) showed [7s 7h] and won (221482) with a full house, Sevens full of Aces

[Garoen]

on the aa hand bet 4 full big blinds pf. bet the turn huge when checked to. as played crying call on river.

7-7 vs. 8-8 hand is unreal. nice run tho.