Step 5, going onto San Remo

I decided to play my step 5. As I am a smallballer, this was quite an event for me.

My strategy: playing tight, not getting to involved early. Early in sit and go’s I call nothing, I only raise with hands starting from AT+.. I play a little more aggressive beginning on blinds 25/50 and ‘normal’ TAG play at 50/100. So after 15 min I still haven’t played a pot. I won 1 pot with a 3-bet from the BB with K9o to a buttonraise.

Keyhand1:
[b][39/118][/b]
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Poker Star Game 15051215497 / Tournament
Table 76278443 1 - 2008/02/04 - 09:55:48 (ET)
Blinds : [b]25/50[/b]
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7 players
[b][SB] [/b][b]MasterJNeel (1390) [/b]
[b][BB] [/b]Boyer2022 (2730)
[1] Mighty_L (1510)
[2] SpecialOL1 (3460)
[3] latishok (1655)
[4] IronVaks (1355)
[b][B] [/b]edoiler (1400)

[b]MasterJNeel [/b]:4c :6c [b]Initial Pot: 75
[/b]
[i]Mighty_L folds[/i]
[i]SpecialOL1 folds[/i]
[i]latishok folds[/i]
[i]IronVaks folds[/i]
[i]edoiler folds[/i]
[b]MasterJNeel [/b]raises to 150
Boyer2022 raises to 300
[b]MasterJNeel [/b]calls 150
### FLOP ### :Qd :7s :4d [b]Pot: 600[/b]
[b]MasterJNeel [/b]checks
Boyer2022 bets 250
[b]MasterJNeel [/b]is All in
[i]Boyer2022 folds[/i]
[b]MasterJNeel [/b]hide cards
[b]MasterJNeel[/b] wins 1940 from the main pot

Keyhand 2:
[b][56/118][/b]
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Poker Star Game 15051343756 / Tournament
Table 76278443 1 - 2008/02/04 - 10:05:31 (ET)
Blinds : [b]50/100[/b]
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7 players
[b][SB] [/b]Mighty_L (1560)
[b][BB] [/b]SpecialOL1 (3385)
[1] latishok (1730)
[2] IronVaks (1705)
[3] edoiler (800)
[4] [b]MasterJNeel (2240) [/b]
[b][B] [/b]Boyer2022 (2080)

[b]MasterJNeel [/b]:As :Th [b]Initial Pot: 150
[/b]
latishok calls 100
[i]IronVaks folds[/i]
[i]edoiler folds[/i]
[b]MasterJNeel [/b]raises to 300
[i]Boyer2022 folds[/i]
[i]Mighty_L folds[/i]
[i]SpecialOL1 folds[/i]
latishok calls 200
### FLOP ### :9d :Ad :5c [b]Pot: 750[/b]
latishok checks
[b]MasterJNeel [/b]checks
### TURN ### :9c [b]Pot: 750[/b]
latishok is All in
[b]MasterJNeel [/b]calls 1430
### RIVER ### :3c [b]Pot: 3610[/b]
latishok shows :7h :7s
[b]MasterJNeel [/b]shows :As :Th
IronVaks says : nice call
[b]MasterJNeel [/b]says : wp mate
[b]MasterJNeel[/b] wins 3610 from the main pot with Two pairs, aces and nines


Keyhand 3:
[b][72/118][/b]
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Poker Star Game 15051476449 / Tournament
Table 76278443 1 - 2008/02/04 - 10:15:24 (ET)
Blinds : [b]75/150[/b]
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5 players
[b][SB] [/b]Mighty_L (1510)
[b][BB] [/b]SpecialOL1 (3710)
[1] IronVaks (2005)
[2] [b]MasterJNeel (4345) [/b]
[b][B] [/b]Boyer2022 (1930)

[b]MasterJNeel [/b]:5c :Ac [b]Initial Pot: 225
[/b]
[i]IronVaks folds[/i]
[b]MasterJNeel [/b]raises to 450
Boyer2022 calls 450
[i]Mighty_L folds[/i]
[i]SpecialOL1 folds[/i]
### FLOP ### :8s :4d :Ad [b]Pot: 1125[/b]
[b]MasterJNeel [/b]checks
Boyer2022 bets 600
[b]MasterJNeel [/b]raises to 1800
[i]Boyer2022 folds[/i]
[b]MasterJNeel [/b]hide cards
[b]MasterJNeel[/b] wins 3525 from the main pot

Keyhand 4:
[b][95/118][/b]
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Poker Star Game 15051600533 / Tournament
Table 76278443 1 - 2008/02/04 - 10:24:31 (ET)
Blinds : [b]100/200[/b]
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4 players
[b][SB] [/b][b]MasterJNeel (5175) [/b]
[b][BB] [/b]Mighty_L (4180)
[1] SpecialOL1 (2390)
[b][B] [/b]IronVaks (1755)

[b]MasterJNeel [/b]:Ad :Ts [b]Initial Pot: 300
[/b]
[i]SpecialOL1 folds[/i]
IronVaks is All in
[b]MasterJNeel [/b]is All in
[i]Mighty_L folds[/i]
### FLOP ### :8h :3h :Ks [b]Pot: 7130[/b]
### TURN ### :6h [b]Pot: 7130[/b]
### RIVER ### :Qc [b]Pot: 7130[/b]
[b]MasterJNeel [/b]shows :Ad :Ts
IronVaks shows :7d :7s
[b]IronVaks[/b] wins 3710 from the main pot with A Pair of sevens
[b]MasterJNeel[/b] wins 3420 from side pot n°1 with High Card ace

Final Hand:
[b][118/118][/b]
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Poker Star Game 15051702725 / Tournament
Table 76278443 1 - 2008/02/04 - 10:32:01 (ET)
Blinds : [b]150/300[/b] - Ante [b]25.0[/b]
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3 players
[b][SB] [/b]Mighty_L (6770)
[b][BB] [/b]IronVaks (3260)
[b][B] [/b][b]MasterJNeel (3470) [/b]

[b]MasterJNeel [/b]:8s :Th [b]Initial Pot: 525
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[i][b]MasterJNeel [/b]folds[/i]
Mighty_L is All in
IronVaks is All in
### FLOP ### :Tc :4d :Ts [b]Pot: 10055[/b]
### TURN ### :9d [b]Pot: 10055[/b]
### RIVER ### :7d [b]Pot: 10055[/b]
Mighty_L shows :7c :Td
IronVaks shows :Ad :5c
[b]Mighty_L[/b] wins 3510 from side pot n°1 with A Full House, tens full of sevens
[b]Mighty_L[/b] wins 6545 from the main pot with A Full House, tens full of sevens

So I got my step 6 ticket!!! That night I had to play minifootball. I came with my mate Pablito at home at about midnight. We were wondering what to do. As normal Pablito turned on his computer and started up PokerStars.
Pablito: “ I don’t feel like going out, what are we gonna do?”
Me: “ Pff, play some poker?”
Pablito: “Step 6, lol”
Me: “ Why not, check it out.”
Pablito: “8 of 9 players registered, now or never!”
Me: “ Ah, why not, Let’s get it on!”.

That’s how my Step 6 story began…