Whoo Hoo!

Won another ITH League sat. I don't know why I usually do ok in these; I thought it was because I focus better but today realized it may also be due to the fact I love playing against fellow ITH'ers, it's fun, and so I usually enjoy these games more. Ciaran tells me I'm a luck box; and I do usually get lucky with one or two hands. Sometimes I make the wrong move at the right time and get paid. Today, it was a 53o hand :)

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (4 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: HTML)

UTG (t3320)
Button (t1440)
Hero (t865)
BB (t3375)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 3h, 5c.

UTG raises to t150, 1 fold, SB raises to t865, 1 fold, UTG calls t715.

I raised here hoping UTG would fold, we were only 4 handed and table was pretty tight so was hoping he was on more of a steal than real hand. Optimistic on my part, but hey, I've got 53o!

Flop: (t1780) Ad, 2d, 3s (2 players)

Whoo hoo! I have outs :)

Turn: (t1780) 9h (2 players)

River: (t1780) 4d (2 players)

Lol... my outs came in :)

Final Pot: t1780

UTG has 7d 7c (one pair, sevens).
Hero has 3h 5c (straight, five high).
Outcome: Hero wins t1780.

I think that was the only place I really got lucky; the timing was great though. I'd been down to 240t early when blinds were still 10/20. I was in the SB with pocket QQ's. UTG made it 60, B called and I made it 300. UTG re-raised to 760t. I probably should have folded to the re-raise but instead I pushed. UTG turned over KK and they held up, my stack went from 1,550t to 240t. So winning in the end was even sweeter :)