Oh sweet Moses, what a night. Out of the Blue I decided to play a Pot Limit Omaha for a change and some five hours later I was celebrating a magnificent tournament win AND, as the tournament had a field of 267 players, I earned 15 points in our challenge, which immediately granted me the win in our challenge, jumping over Mr. Orange and Mr. White on our ‘leaderboard’.
I was kinda tired of online poker lately and as matter of fact, I’d already given up on our challenge. But I had some spare time this evening and I noticed a PLO tournament was starting in about 5 minutes. So I registered and hoped for the best. I had to wait till the blinds were 400/800 before I got my first playable hand:
Seat 1: IvoMentalGuy – 3,350 (SMALL BLIND 400)
Seat 2: TykeFighter – 11,870 (BIG BLIND 800)
Seat 3: JoeHard – 2,666
Seat 4: TurnBreaksMyNeck – 23,552
Seat 5: Purplerose82 – 4,960
Seat 6: candypariset – 16,780
Seat 7: sparkyg7 – 937
Seat 8: Mr. Blue – 3,074
Seat 9: LovePia83 – 10,380
Seat 10: huskerdufan99 – 30,566 (BUTTON)
Dealing 
to Mr. Blue
JoeHard folds
TurnBreaksMyNeck calls 800
Purplerose82 folds – candypariset folds – sparkyg7 folds
Mr. Blue calls 800
LovePia83 folds
IvoMentalGuy calls 800
TykeFighter checks
Pot sizes: 3,200
Dealing Flop 
IvoMentalGuy checks – TykeFighter checks
TurnBreaksMyNeck bets 800
Mr. Blue raises to 2,274 (all-in)
IvoMentalGuy folds – TykeFighter folds
TurnBreaksMyNeck calls 2,274
Pot sizes: 7,748
TurnBreaksMyNeck shows 
Dealing Turn 
Dealing River 
Mr. Blue has Flush, King high
Mr. Blue wins 7,748 with: Flush, King high
I carefully limp with my Kings because it’s not that strong in PLO but when I improve to a set it’s everything or nothing. Luckily I can dodge the OESD and for the first time I have some chips. During the rest of the tournament, I’m never among the chipleaders but I patiently wait things out. Till I’m suddenly at the final table and after eliminating some players I’m finally chipleader and kick out the last two players. Due to all the euphoria I forgot to save the last hand of the tourney but I got the one with my penultimate knock-out:
Seat 2: BorryObami – 239,640 (BIG BLIND 16,000)
Seat 3: shitonmyface311 – 246,418 (BUTTON)
Seat 8: Mr. Blue – 314,942 (SMALL BLIND 8000)
Dealing 
to Mr. Blue
shitonmyface311 calls 16,000
Mr. Blue raises to 64,000
BorryObami folds
shitonmyface311 calls 64,000
Pot sizes: 144,000
Dealing Flop 
Mr. Blue bets 144,000
shitonmyface311 raises to 182,418 (all-in)
Mr. Blue calls 182,418
Pot sizes: 508,836
shitonmyface311 shows 
Dealing Turn 
Dealing River 
shitonmyface311 has One Pair: 8s
Mr. Blue has Full House, Queens over 8s
Mr. Blue wins 508,836 with: Full House, Queens over 8s
So I have QQxx this time, which is a good hand heads-up. But on the flop, I pair my other two cards instead so I push this opponent all-in, and also catch my queen on the turn^^. This was the only way left for me to win our challenge, to go for the big ones and it feels very nice to actually succeed in that. Thank God Mr. White didn’t win his third challenge in a row. Here are the final standings of this challenge, for now we have to think about a next one 
:
Mr. Blue 15
Mr. White 7
Mr. Orange 3
Yes this is Mr. Blue again, with another top finish in a big tournament, ‘Value Town’ at PKR. And another failure in reaching that desired final table.
It’s really frustating because I don’t think it’s a fundamental problem with my deep run play anymore. However, I keep finishing around 20th-30th position every time, in 22nd place this time, after my pocket nines were cracked by pocket fours after a preflop shove…
Nevertheless I want to show you how easy it is most of the times to collect a chipstack in a tournament on PKR. It seems like your premium hands are always called by marginal hands which are close to dead. Look for example at this one:
Ante=50
Seat 1: Grockle – 14,555
Seat 2: neil02081983 – 5,053
Seat 3: Mr. Blue – 5,397
Seat 4: mongreldj – 2,749 (BUTTON)
Seat 5: MAGOOFTI – 17,150 (SMALL BLIND, 200)
Seat 6: Bahamut666 – 3,526 (BIG BLIND, 400)
Seat 7: DealWith1t – 12,009
Seat 8: nmbr1biffis – 11,678
Seat 9: Azmoden – 23,950
Seat 10: safcmad – 13,465
Dealing 
to Mr. Blue
DealWith1t folds – nmbr1biffis folds – Azmoden folds -
safcmad folds – Grockle folds
neil02081983 calls 400
Mr. Blue raises to 1,600
mongreldj folds – MAGOOFTI folds – Bahamut666 folds
neil02081983 calls 1,600
Pot sizes: 4,300
Dealing Flop 
neil02081983 bets 3,403 (all-in)
Mr. Blue calls 3,403
Pot sizes: 11,106
neil02081983 shows 
Dealing Turn 
Dealing River 
neil02081983 has Three of a Kind: 5s
Mr. Blue has Full House, 5s over Aces
Mr. Blue wins 11,106 with: Full House, 5s over Aces
That’s exactly why I generally don’t call a preflop raise with K9. Because you’ll miss the flop most of the times, and then you’ll desperately try to get your opponent off his hand because you think the texture of the board will scare him. Well, no board scares Mr. Aces. I’ll jump to the endphase of the tourney then when there are only 25 out of 378 players left. I’m having this unorthodox double-up here:
Seat 1: Grockle – 52,863
Seat 3: Mr. Blue – 21,273
Seat 4: fajeca – 32,618
Seat 5: FunhouseAAA – 16,490
Seat 6: baitrunner – 121,594
Seat 7: Gaborxd – 8,486
Seat 8: nmbr1biffis – 25,698 (BUTTON)
Seat 9: Azmoden – 42,936 (SMALL BLIND, 1000)
Seat 10: kilbroneyarms – 61,826 (BIG BLIND, 2000)
Dealing 
to Mr. Blue
Grockle folds
Mr. Blue raises to 5,000
fajeca folds – FunhouseAAA folds
baitrunner calls 5,000
Gaborxd raises to 8,286 (all-in)
nmbr1biffis folds – Azmoden folds – kilbroneyarms folds
Mr. Blue calls 8,286
baitrunner calls 8,286
Pot sizes: 29,658
Dealing Flop 
Mr. Blue bets 12,787 (all-in)
baitrunner folds
Returning 12,787 to Mr. Blue uncalled
Gaborxd shows 
Dealing Turn 
Dealing River 
Mr. Blue has One Pair: 8s
Mr. Blue wins 29,658 with: One Pair: 8s
After this pot I’m in 13th position and I was ready for the final table. However, the number 13 turned out to be unlucky for me too, as my nines were cracked shortly aterwards. I can only keep trying and hope for the best, cheers.
Submitted by Mr. Blue
“A sixhanded tournament, why not?”, was the first thing that crossed my mind when I looked at the tournament lobby. Twenty-five minutes later I was knocked out.
It’s becoming a little sad now, me and Mr. Orange desperately trying to collect some points while Mr. White is on a holiday in the US for a couple of months. Now I don’t play a lot of online poker myself either lately, but my last one really was a bummer. Although I think I didn’t play that bad. Judge for yourself, key hand #1:
Seat 1: andyh1976 – 3,324 (SMALL BLIND 20)
Seat 3: Maniani – 2,840 (BIG BLIND 40)
Seat 4: Mr. Blue – 3,036
Seat 5: Booyacka – 2,690
Seat 6: SPHANTOM – 3,140 (BUTTON)
Dealing 
to Mr. Blue
Mr. Blue calls 40
Booyacka calls 40
SPHANTOM calls 40
andyh1976 calls 40
Maniani checks
Pot sizes: 200
Dealing Flop 
andyh1976 checks – Maniani checks – Mr. Blue checks – Booyacka checks
SPHANTOM bets 150
andyh1976 calls 150
Maniani folds
Mr. Blue calls 150
Booyacka calls 150
Pot sizes: 800
Dealing Turn 
andyh1976 checks – Mr. Blue checks – Booyacka checks – SPHANTOM checks
Dealing River 
andyh1976 bets 800
Mr. Blue calls 800
Booyacka folds
SPHANTOM folds
Pot sizes: 2,400
andyh1976 shows 
andyh1976 has Full House, 8s over 3s
Mr. Blue mucks
andyh1976 wins 2,400 with: Full House, 8s over 3s
This is just a very unlucky turn of events. I call on the flop to catch something useful on the next streets (an Ace, a three, some spades), because I know that if I will, this could be a big pot for me. I’m happy to see another three on the river, but luckily for me I don’t raise, because the real bonus card happened to be the 8 on the turn, for my opponent… Another nice turn paved my way out of the tournament:
Seat 2: daveclaudi – 8,806 (SMALL BLIND 30)
Seat 3: Maniani – 6,420 (BIG BLIND 60)
Seat 4: Mr. Blue – 1,501
Seat 5: Booyacka – 2,170
Seat 6: GURURRR – 2,790 (BUTTON)
Dealing 
to Mr. Blue
Mr. Blue raises to 150
Booyacka folds – GURURRR folds
daveclaudi calls 150
Maniani calls 150
Pot sizes: 450
Dealing Flop 
daveclaudi checks
Maniani checks
Mr. Blue bets 338
daveclaudi calls 338
Maniani folds
Pot sizes: 1,126
Dealing Turn 
daveclaudi checks
Mr. Blue bets 1,013 (all-in)
daveclaudi calls 1,013
Pot sizes: 3,152
daveclaudi shows 
Dealing River 
Mr. Blue has One Pair: Tens
daveclaudi has One Pair: Queens
daveclaudi wins 3,152 with: One Pair: Queens
Should I bet more on the flop? Maybe the Queen shouldn’t have come on the turn. Maybe an Ace had to turn. Happy holidays Mr. White. We’ll keep trying.
Submitted by Mr. Blue
Hi there. Just like Mr. Blue I’m trying to collect some challenge points on PKR lately. I can only confirm what Blue told you earlier, that this room offers some good tournaments. But it’s hard to make a deep run if you face the jokes I ran into…
Ante=25
Seat 1: mi9ck1940 – 10,250 (BUTTON)
Seat 2: Mr. Orange – 3,381 (SMALL BLIND 150)
Seat 4: Descart1 – 7,594 (BIG BLIND 300)
Seat 6: m0nkey3oy – 7,993
Seat 7: splitplot6 – 9,850
Seat 8: soekoemang – 3,599
Seat 9: kostas73 – 3,225
Seat 10: kilbroneyarms – 3,900
Dealing 
to Mr. Orange
m0nkey3oy folds – splitplot6 folds – soekoemang folds
kostas73 calls 300
kilbroneyarms calls 300
mi9ck1940 calls 300
Mr. Orange calls 300
Descart1 checks
Pot sizes: 1,700
Dealing Flop 
Mr. Orange bets 3,056 (all-in)
Descart1 folds – kostas73 folds – kilbroneyarms folds
mi9ck1940 calls 3,056
Pot sizes: 7,812
mi9ck1940 shows 
Dealing Turn 
Dealing River 
Mr. Orange has Two Pairs: Kings, Tens
mi9ck1940 has Two Pairs: Kings, Tens
Mr. Orange ties, and wins 3,906 with: Two Pairs: Kings, Tens
mi9ck1940 ties, and wins 3,906 with: Two Pairs: Kings, Tens
I think this is f***ing unbelievable. Hitting toppair and a flushdraw in a limper’s pot, moving it in and being called by K2 without a diamond. There are only 2 outs for him to beat me, as the 2 of diamonds would give me the flush. And even IF he hits it I can counterfit it with a pairing of the board or a diamond of course. Instead a non-diamond pair is thrown on te board and I have to split the pot with a Jack kicker… If this wasn’t worse enough yet, I lose another pot a couple of hands later against this monkeyboy, literrally:
Ante=25
Seat 1: mi9ck1940 – 10,775
Seat 2: Mr. Orange – 7,440
Seat 3: shuswapian – 16,915
Seat 4: Descart1 – 6,094
Seat 6: m0nkey3oy – 3,709
Seat 7: splitplot6 – 10,825
Seat 8: soekoemang – 2,999 (BUTTON)
Seat 9: kostas73 – 3,450 (SMALL BLIND 150)
Seat 10: kilbroneyarms – 4,425 (BIG BLIND 300)
Dealing 
to Mr. Orange
mi9ck1940 folds
Mr. Orange raises to 750
shuswapian folds – Descart1 folds
m0nkey3oy raises to 3,684 (all-in)
splitplot6 folds – soekoemang folds – kostas73 folds – kilbroneyarms folds
Mr. Orange calls 3,684
Pot sizes: 8,043
m0nkey3oy shows 
Dealing Flop 
Dealing Turn 
Dealing River 
m0nkey3oy has Straight, King high
m0nkey3oy wins 8,043 with: Straight, King high
Now I never like to cal an all-in with AJ, but sometimes you just have to do this and it’s always nice to see in those cases that you’re holding the best hand. Very, very annoying to see your opponent make the straight subsequently… This way I’m never going to make it to a final table. Talk to you next time…
Submitted by Mr. Orange
With Mr. White at seven points now, I felt like playing some tournaments last week to close the gap. PKR guaranteed me a nice bonus so I now play at this online poker room. They offer good tournaments at almost every moment I log in, so I’m very satisfied about it at the moment. They should only let me slip into a final table one time.
I played a tournament with like 180 players and decided early on to go for the win here and to gamble from time to time. Here’s the first hand I want to show you (not coverted into a hand replayer because the HH format of PKR sucks monkeyb***s):
Ante = 100
Seat 1: BURDOCK4 – 17,725
Seat 2: rrfc1994 – 75,006
Seat 3: Mr. Blue – 14,900
Seat 4: tFliPPeRKe – 6,766 (BUTTON)
Seat 5: huffmiester – 77,519 (SMALL BLIND, 400)
Seat 6: Aosdanan – 17,706 (BIG BLIND, 800)
Seat 7: rfcl1892 – 51,159
Seat 8: PckTKings – 119,684
Seat 9: TouchinCloth1 – 49,918
Seat 10: darnley86 – 85,164
Dealing 
to Mr. Blue
rfcl1892 folds – PckTKings folds – TouchinCloth1 folds
darnley86 calls 800
BURDOCK4 folds – rrfc1994 folds
Mr. Blue raises to 2,400
tFliPPeRKe raises to 6,666 (all-in)
huffmiester calls 6,666
Aosdanan folds – darnley86 folds
Mr. Blue raises to 14,800 (all-in)
huffmiester calls 14,800
Pot sizes: 22,598
Pot sizes: 16,268
tFliPPeRKe shows 
huffmiester shows 
Dealing Flop 
Dealing Turn 
Dealing River 
Mr. Blue has Flush, King high
Mr. Blue wins 16,268 from side pot #1 with: Flush, King high
huffmiester claps.
Mr. Blue wins 22,598 with: Flush, King high
This huffmiester guy is making fun of my game first, but must realize in the end that i made a very good play here with my JT suited, I even catch a royal flush draw on the turn. Some hands later we collide again:
Ante=125
Seat 1: BURDOCK4 – 17,375
Seat 2: rrfc1994 – 74,656
Seat 3: Mr. Blue – 38,616
Seat 4: BigG1985 – 10,613
Seat 5: huffmiester – 16,994
Seat 6: Aosdanan – 22,681
Seat 7: rfcl1892 – 49,309 (BUTTON)
Seat 8: PckTKings – 118,334 (SMALL BLIND, 500)
Seat 9: TouchinCloth1 – 49,568 (BIG BLIND, 1000)
Seat 10: darnley86 – 128,139
Dealing 
to Mr. Blue
darnley86 calls 1,000
BURDOCK4 folds – rrfc1994 folds
Mr. Blue raises to 4,000
BigG1985 folds
huffmiester raises to 16,869 (all-in)
Aosdanan folds – rfcl1892 folds
huffmiester says good luck to Mr. Blue.
PckTKings folds – TouchinCloth1 folds – darnley86 folds
Mr. Blue calls 16,869
Pot sizes: 37,488
huffmiester shows 
Dealing Flop 
Dealing Turn 
Dealing River 
huffmiester has Two Pairs: Kings, 8s
Mr. Blue has Two Pairs: Aces, 8s
Mr. Blue wins 37,488 with: Two Pairs: Aces, 8s
Like I needed some luck with my shiny aces against this KJ^^. So I take down this pot also, but from then on it’s the same old story again. I make a deep run in the tournament but I’m not able to make that final jump towards the final table.
This is more like it, after all troubles with playing on Pokerstars, we switched poker rooms and this worked out very well for me. We gave ourselves the absolute freedom to chose another online casino, and while those two other guys are trying to reach a final table on freakin’ PKR, I grabbed another 5 points on FTP. This brings my total amount on 7, only three points away from three consecutive challenge wins.
I played a tournament with 175 other players, $2 buy-in. I survived the early hours pretty easy and knew I could actually win the tournament with a little luck. This luck seemed to overcome me on the next hand, which was pretty deciding for my chipstack:
Flopping a flush is always nice of course. Problem most of the times is to extract some chips from your opponents, certainly when you’re only playing heads-up against the big blind. On the turn I make a decent bet, because I don’t want another spade to come on the river. But the BB shoves and I have to call this obviously, only a cold deck can beat me here. I don’t believe my eyes when I see this guys hand, he sure must have thought he could get me off my hand here, because there are just so many hands that will beat him.
I leak some chips afterwards but I was lucky to have the shortstack of the table getting dealt AT, right on the moment I had AK. After this hand I regain the chiplead:
From that moment on I absolutely tried to win the thing by bullying the other players as chipleader. Pity for me I ran into a flopped set twice and I was the first one to go instead. Here’s my fantastic result (click) and the new ranking in our challenge:
1. Mr. White 7 points
2. Mr. Orange 3 points
3. Mr. Blue 0 points
Mr. White and Mr. Orange have collected some points in the challenge recently, but it looks like I’m not really a tournament player in the end. Of course, I can make some decent profits in single table sit ‘n go’s, after all I proved that during our first challenge over here. But in the big tournaments you just need a certain dose of luck on several important moments.
Sometimes I’m lucky and I can even make a deep run, but I just can’t make it to a final table till this moment. Just to let you know that I’m still participating in this challenge, I saved one of my sweetest suck-outs of the past few weeks, enjoy:
After all players just call preflop and on the flop, I feel like I have to fire a third decent bullet on the turn. After I get reraised I have to call: mainly because I’m committed, but also because I can still be in the lead against a flushdraw! When I see i’m against A8, I realize I’m in big trouble: I’ve only a 4.55% chance to win this hands with only two outs left in the deck. As you can see, sometimes that’s just enough.
Next time I hope to have the same amount of luck, but on a more crucial moment than this. Maybe I might reach a final table then.
Submitted by Mr. Blue.