How to go from 1st to 3rd in 3 hands....

[Ivan_Drago45]

....starting with pocket 3's

Full Tilt Poker Game #10197869761: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (77281313), Table 4 - 600/1200 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:16:52 ET - 2009/01/23
Seat 4: Ivan_Drago45 (36,628)
Seat 5: Skookum_Jim (13,900)
Seat 6: schapp1 (16,972)
Skookum_Jim posts the small blind of 600
schapp1 posts the big blind of 1,200
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Ivan_Drago45 [3c 3h]
Ivan_Drago45 has 15 seconds left to act
Ivan_Drago45 raises to 3,333
Skookum_Jim raises to 13,900, and is all in
schapp1 folds
Ivan_Drago45 has 15 seconds left to act
Ivan_Drago45 has requested TIME
Ivan_Drago45 calls 10,567
Skookum_Jim shows [Qc Qs]
Ivan_Drago45 shows [3c 3h]
*** FLOP *** [As 2d Qd]
*** TURN *** [As 2d Qd] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [As 2d Qd 9d] [4s]
Skookum_Jim shows three of a kind, Queens
Ivan_Drago45 shows a pair of Threes
Skookum_Jim wins the pot (29,000) with three of a kind, Queens
The blinds are now 800/1,600
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 29,000 | Rake 0
Board: [As 2d Qd 9d 4s]
Seat 4: Ivan_Drago45 (button) showed [3c 3h] and lost with a pair of Threes
Seat 5: Skookum_Jim (small blind) showed [Qc Qs] and won (29,000) with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 6: schapp1 (big blind) folded before the Flop




Full Tilt Poker Game #10197886212: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (77281313), Table 4 - 800/1600 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:17:57 ET - 2009/01/23
Seat 4: Ivan_Drago45 (22,728)
Seat 5: Skookum_Jim (29,000)
Seat 6: schapp1 (15,772)
schapp1 posts the small blind of 800
Ivan_Drago45 posts the big blind of 1,600
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Ivan_Drago45 [Ad Qs]
Skookum_Jim has 15 seconds left to act
Skookum_Jim folds
schapp1 has 15 seconds left to act
schapp1 raises to 15,772, and is all in
Ivan_Drago45 calls 14,172
schapp1 shows [Qh Kc]
Ivan_Drago45 shows [Ad Qs]
*** FLOP *** [Ks Ah Qd]
*** TURN *** [Ks Ah Qd] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [Ks Ah Qd Kh] [2c]
schapp1 shows a full house, Kings full of Queens
Ivan_Drago45 shows two pair, Aces and Kings
schapp1 wins the pot (31,544) with a full house, Kings full of Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 31,544 | Rake 0
Board: [Ks Ah Qd Kh 2c]
Seat 4: Ivan_Drago45 (big blind) showed [Ad Qs] and lost with two pair, Aces and Kings
Seat 5: Skookum_Jim (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: schapp1 (small blind) showed [Qh Kc] and won (31,544) with a full house, Kings full of Queens



Full Tilt Poker Game #10197896213: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (77281313), Table 4 - 800/1600 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:18:36 ET - 2009/01/23
Seat 4: Ivan_Drago45 (6,956)
Seat 5: Skookum_Jim (29,000)
Seat 6: schapp1 (31,544)
Ivan_Drago45 posts the small blind of 800
Skookum_Jim posts the big blind of 1,600
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Ivan_Drago45 [2d Ts]
schapp1 has 15 seconds left to act
schapp1 folds
Ivan_Drago45 raises to 6,956, and is all in
Skookum_Jim calls 5,356
Ivan_Drago45 shows [2d Ts]
Skookum_Jim shows [Qd Qh]
*** FLOP *** [9s 7c 2c]
*** TURN *** [9s 7c 2c] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [9s 7c 2c 5h] [3s]
Ivan_Drago45 shows a pair of Twos
Skookum_Jim shows a pair of Queens
Skookum_Jim wins the pot (13,912) with a pair of Queens
Ivan_Drago45 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 13,912 | Rake 0
Board: [9s 7c 2c 5h 3s]
Seat 4: Ivan_Drago45 (small blind) showed [2d Ts] and lost with a pair of Twos
Seat 5: Skookum_Jim (big blind) showed [Qd Qh] and won (13,912) with a pair of Queens
Seat 6: schapp1 (button) didn't bet (folded)

[Chipless Wonder]

On the first hand, consider raising less. They'll fold nearly as often, and when they push you can make an easy fold. If you had raised to 2,525 for example, there'd be 18,225 in the pot after the all-in re-raise and you would have had to call 11,375 more. Easy fold with 11,375 chips saved ~ 80% of the time.

-----Added 23 Jan 2009 at 01:38:53-----

The second hand is a cooler.

-----Added 23 Jan 2009 at 01:40:12-----

And you can't fold that third hand with just over four big blinds. Welcome to tournament poker.

[Ship It FedEx]

....more importantly, how do you get that badass background?

[Ivan_Drago45]

Thats just the final table background. It shows up automatically for me. I didn't download anything special.

[chronicATM]

....more importantly, how do you get that badass background?

lol are you serious?

[Ship It FedEx]

Thats just the final table background. It shows up automatically for me. I didn't download anything special.

ahh .. you know what, i've always used "racetrack w/o avatars" to minimize the distraction when im multitabling....

once i changed it to classic, it got your background.

thanks bro!