Hoyazo BOOOOOMMMM!!!

Full Tilt Poker Game #6486948950: Mondays at the Hoy (47637147), Table 8 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:31:31 ET - 2008/05/19
Seat 1: Rake Feeder (3,870)
Seat 2: hoyazo (2,275)
Seat 3: willwonka (4,290)
Seat 4: SirFWALGMan (2,430)
Seat 5: VinNay (3,850)
Seat 6: Kajagugu (1,285)
VinNay posts the small blind of 30
Kajagugu posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kajagugu [8h 8d]
Rake Feeder folds
hoyazo raises to 180
willwonka folds
SirFWALGMan calls 180
VinNay folds
Kajagugu raises to 1,285, and is all in
hoyazo raises to 2,275, and is all in
SirFWALGMan folds
hoyazo shows [8s Ac]
Kajagugu shows [8h 8d]
Uncalled bet of 990 returned to hoyazo
*** FLOP *** [2c 3d Qd]
*** TURN *** [2c 3d Qd] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [2c 3d Qd 4s] [Ah]
hoyazo shows a pair of Aces
Kajagugu shows a pair of Eights
hoyazo wins the pot (2,780) with a pair of Aces
Kajagugu: lol
Kajagugu stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,780 | Rake 0
Board: [2c 3d Qd 4s Ah]
Seat 1: Rake Feeder didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: hoyazo showed [8s Ac] and won (2,780) with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: willwonka didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: SirFWALGMan (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: VinNay (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: Kajagugu (big blind) showed [8h 8d] and lost with a pair of Eights

Blogger Boom

I want to begin with a preimptive apology to a co-contributing BOOOMer, but haven't been playing often enough to come across many Boom opportunities, and thought this a rare occurrence worthy of note.

Full Tilt Poker Game #6340516904: Riverchasers Online Tour (48006329), Table 8 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:26:38 ET - 2008/05/08
Seat 1: Kajagugu (3,825)
Seat 2: OMGitsPokerFool (2,715), is sitting out
Seat 3: AlCantHang (2,715), is sitting out
Seat 4: Blinders (2,960)
Seat 5: RaisingCayne (5,080)
Seat 6: pvanharibo (4,070)
Seat 7: DonkeyPuncher74 (3,150)
Seat 8: Baywolfe (2,815)
RaisingCayne posts the small blind of 25
pvanharibo posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RaisingCayne [Ts 9s]
DonkeyPuncher74 folds
Baywolfe folds
Kajagugu raises to 150
OMGitsPokerFool folds
AlCantHang folds
Blinders folds
RaisingCayne calls 125 ~ feeling frisky with a recently acquired stack. And I did notice LJ in the BB, a good candidate to call and come along for the ride.
pvanharibo has 15 seconds left to act
pvanharibo calls 100 ~ and she did.
*** FLOP *** [Jh 8d 7h] ~ uhhhh... BOOOOOOOOOOM.
RaisingCayne checks ~ I'll bet my flopped sets like man, but can never bring myself to bet out with the flopped nuts, despite any draws present.
pvanharibo checks
Kajagugu has 15 seconds left to act ~ please bet, please bet, please bet... no free turn...
Kajagugu bets 330 ~ phew... thank you.
RaisingCayne has 15 seconds left to act
RaisingCayne raises to 930 ~ price out the flush draw, while hoping to look like I could be on it.
pvanharibo folds
Kajagugu raises to 2,000 ~ cool.
RaisingCayne has 15 seconds left to act
RaisingCayne has requested TIME ~ I'm such a dick.
RaisingCayne raises to 4,930, and is all in
Kajagugu calls 1,675, and is all in
RaisingCayne shows [Ts 9s]
Kajagugu shows [Kd Kc] ~ no running kings...
Uncalled bet of 1,255 returned to RaisingCayne
*** TURN *** [Jh 8d 7h] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 8d 7h 4c] [6c]
RaisingCayne shows a straight, Jack high
Kajagugu shows a pair of Kings
RaisingCayne wins the pot (7,800) with a straight, Jack high
Kajagugu stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7,800 Rake 0
Board: [Jh 8d 7h 4c 6c]
Seat 1: Kajagugu showed [Kd Kc] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 5: RaisingCayne (small blind) showed [Ts 9s] and won (7,800) with a straight, Jack high

Put me in the chiplead early on. Can't wait to donk it off.

(I see Kaja actually already beat me to posting this hand at his blog with his perspective.)

Borgata 500k FInal table

utg has 5.1 mil <-- chip leader
c/o has 3.9 mil <-- second in chips

Preflop:

Utg raises 500k
c/o reraises 1.5 mil
utg goes all in
c/o calls

utg shows QQ
c/o shows AA

flop:

T Q 3 <-- BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

turn:
x
River:
x

c/o stands up
UTG collects 9 mil