I owe ya $5

I apologize upfront for another bad beat post (fortunately nobody reads these, so I won't have to pay anybody the normal fee).

Without further comment, because the following 2 hand histories say it all...


PokerStars Game #17794332898: Tournament #90043472, $1.00+$0.10 Hold'em Pot Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/05/30 - 11:03:58 (ET)
Table '90043472 2' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: viperman222 (3540 in chips)
Seat 2: fordten (9837 in chips)
Seat 3: Titillas (3203 in chips)
Seat 4: alebintl (5105 in chips)
Seat 5: jumb11 (690 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: o-hole-ne (7030 in chips)
o-hole-ne: posts small blind 50
viperman222: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to o-hole-ne [Ah Kd]
fordten: folds
Titillas: raises 200 to 300
alebintl: calls 300
jumb11: folds
o-hole-ne: raises 1000 to 1300
viperman222: calls 1200
Titillas: raises 1903 to 3203 and is all-in
alebintl: folds
o-hole-ne: raises 1903 to 5106
viperman222: calls 2240 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (1566) returned to o-hole-ne
*** FLOP *** [7s 9h 2c]
*** TURN *** [7s 9h 2c] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [7s 9h 2c 8s] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
o-hole-ne: shows [Ah Kd] (a pair of Sevens)
viperman222: shows [Ac Jc] (a pair of Sevens - lower kicker)
o-hole-ne collected 674 from side pot
Titillas: shows [Jd 9d] (two pair, Nines and Sevens)
o-hole-ne said, "wow"
Titillas collected 9909 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10583 Main pot 9909. Side pot 674. | Rake 0
Board [7s 9h 2c 8s 7h]
Seat 1: viperman222 (big blind) showed [Ac Jc] and lost with a pair of Sevens
Seat 2: fordten folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Titillas showed [Jd 9d] and won (9909) with two pair, Nines and Sevens
Seat 4: alebintl folded before Flop
Seat 5: jumb11 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: o-hole-ne (small blind) showed [Ah Kd] and won (674) with a pair of Sevens




PokerStars Game #17794369603: Tournament #90043472, $1.00+$0.10 Hold'em Pot Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/05/30 - 11:06:30 (ET)
Table '90043472 2' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: bolle1939 (300 in chips)
Seat 2: fordten (10437 in chips)
Seat 3: Titillas (9509 in chips)
Seat 4: alebintl (4655 in chips)
Seat 5: jumb11 (590 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: o-hole-ne (4214 in chips)
jumb11: posts small blind 50
o-hole-ne: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to o-hole-ne [4d 8h]
bolle1939: folds
fordten: folds
Titillas: calls 100
alebintl: folds
jumb11: folds
o-hole-ne said, "no - patient - you'll spew them back soon enough"
o-hole-ne: checks
*** FLOP *** [4s 4c Kc]
o-hole-ne: checks
Titillas said, "i know"
Titillas: bets 200
o-hole-ne: raises 650 to 850
Titillas: raises 1950 to 2800
o-hole-ne: raises 1314 to 4114 and is all-in
Titillas: calls 1314
*** TURN *** [4s 4c Kc] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [4s 4c Kc Js] [Ks]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
o-hole-ne: shows [4d 8h] (a full house, Fours full of Kings)
Titillas: shows [7d Kh] (a full house, Kings full of Fours)
o-hole-ne said, "knew it"
Titillas collected 8478 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8478 | Rake 0
Board [4s 4c Kc Js Ks]
Seat 1: bolle1939 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: fordten folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Titillas showed [7d Kh] and won (8478) with a full house, Kings full of Fours
Seat 4: alebintl (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: jumb11 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: o-hole-ne (big blind) showed [4d 8h] and lost with a full house, Fours full of Kings

Final Table Nirvana

Okay - if poker worked this well all the time...

I'd have nothing to complain about...

That would be...

NIRVANA