Bovada $500 NLHE Super Turbo
I’ve never really been a fan of turbo tournaments in general, but I have to say that doing a hand history of a super turbo has its advantages. I got into this game after busting just short of the money in one of my more regular options. It was already well under way by the time I got in; I started off with just over 12BB. I started off UTG.
Hand 4 [9c 9d] CO T4,230 250/500
I’m planning to move all-in here anyway. HJ limps in with [8d td] from a stack of 5K, I shove, D has just a few more chips than me and shoves [7d 7s], then HJ calls. Two of the tens have been folded, the board runs out [kh 2d 8h qh qc] and I triple up.
Hand 15 [kd qs] UTG2 T11,860 500/1K/100
Nine hands and three levels later, I’m on another table in seat 4. We’re missing a couple players at the table. One player has just 4BB, most of the rest of the table is around my size, but everyone else has me covered. I shove and take the blinds.
Hand 16 [ad 9d] UTG1 T13,960 500/1K/100
I shove and the short stack in the BB calls for just over 2BB with [5s js]. Two aces and a jack on the flop, another jack on the river and my full house is the better of the two.
Hand 19 [as jd] SB T17,240 500/1K/100
UTG raises to 3K with [ah jh] and I call, the flop is [kh th 2c] and a [4c] on the turn. I fold to a 4K bet with no pair and just the gutshot Broadway for a chop.
Hand 41 [8d ah] UTG T2,270 2K/4K/400
Yeah, that’s right, UTG with half a big blind. The middle of a super turbo is not the time or place to go card dead. The previous round, if I’d opened UTG with [8d 6h], I would have turned a straight against a pair of kings in the BB, but it would have required me to go all-in preflop, which doesn’t seem likely. Another hand, [9s 4c] would have made trip fours on the river. But I shoved my tiny stack here, hoping to get enough to make it through the blinds. UTG1 called the big blind with [qh 8h], BB had [6c qd]. The flop, of course, brought one of the queens, but I binked an ace on the river.
Hand 42 [ah 5c] BB T10,280 2K/4K/400
UTG calls with 21K behind and [ts jd]. We’re just on the bubble, and I fold to a min-bet on the [7c ks th] flop.
Hand 44 [7s as] D T3,480 2.5K/5K/500
Back down to the sub-BB range. It’s a decent hand, but not even the best ace. UTG has [tc ah] and calls, I’m all-in, SB limps with [4c 7c], and BB raises to 30K with [jc ac], covering both of the other players. The board is [ad 9d 2s qd qc], the jack kicker gives BB the pot, and I’m out at the bottom end of the cash.
Forty minutes. 44 hands. 14th place of 85 entries. +64% ROI.