Hi Everyone!
I am so happy to share this as I just won my very first major tournament (well it is major to me, might not be major to others) and I did it in an incredible way! I won a satelite ticket to bigger 5.50$ and after few hours of play I dropped down to 2.6BB with around 560 players left (ITM was starting from 377). And I made the most incredible comeback I've ever seen! Here's the hand of how it all started:
PokerStars, $4.90 + $0.60 - Hold'em No Limit - 500/1,000 (125 ante) - 9 players
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UTG: 118,838 (119 bb)
UTG+1: 65,647 (66 bb)
MP: 101,394 (101 bb)
MP+1: 19,793 (20 bb)
LP: 13,575 (14 bb)
CO (Hero): 2,593 (3 bb)
BU: 72,657 (73 bb)
SB: 18,180 (18 bb)
BB: 44,725 (45 bb)
Pre-Flop: (2,625) Hero is CO with T♠ A♣
5 players fold, Hero raises to 2,468 (all-in), 1 fold, SB 3-bets to 18,055 (all-in), 1 fold
Flop: (7,061) 3♣ 2♥ 5♦ (2 players, 2 all-in)
Turn: (7,061) Q♦ (2 players, 2 all-in)
River: (7,061) 7♦ (2 players, 2 all-in)
Total pot: 7,061
Showdown:
SB shows J♦ K♠ (high card, King)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 41%, Flop: 22%, Turn: 14%, River: 0%)
CO (Hero) shows T♠ A♣ (high card, Ace)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 59%, Flop: 78%, Turn: 86%, River: 100%)
CO (Hero) wins 7,061
After winning this hand and staying alive, I kept battling and increased my stack and all of a sudden I was in final table with 2nd highest chip lead.
This is the hand that ended my triumph march with a fashion! (funny fact, I offered the other guy to make a deal as the difference between 2nd and 1st was around 600$ and we both had equal stacks at that point, but he rejected)
PokerStars, $4.90 + $0.60 - Hold'em No Limit - 35,000/70,000 (8,750 ante) - 2 players
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SB: 5,115,356 (73 bb)
BB (Hero): 5,499,644 (79 bb)
Pre-Flop: (122,500) Hero is BB with 8♦ T♠
SB calls 35,000, Hero checks
Flop: (157,500) 8♠ T♦ 4♣ (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets 77,175, Hero calls 77,175
Turn: (311,850) 8♣ (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets 105,000, Hero raises to 287,648, SB raises to 840,000, Hero raises to 1,680,000, SB raises to 4,959,431 (all-in), Hero calls 3,279,431
River: (10,230,712) 3♦ (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: 10,230,712
Showdown:
SB shows 8♥ J♦ (three of a kind, Eights)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 73%, Flop: 16%, Turn: 7%, River: 0%)
BB (Hero) shows 8♦ T♠ (a full house, Eights full of Tens)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 27%, Flop: 84%, Turn: 93%, River: 100%)
BB (Hero) wins 10,230,712
I still can't believe this is how I won my first tournament as it couldn't be more satisfyingly than this!
VS