This really was an AMAZING finish if you think about it.
$30 satellite wins him a seat. 1781 players (including the odds ofn favorite - me
). And it's LIMIT! To make the final 4 in a field that big... that's just amazing.
Congrats again, bdawg31 aka Poker Novice. And thanks for the plug. Maybe we'll get a few new posters out of it - traffic definitely spiked right after you typed that
Anyhoo, here was the final hand, in case anyone was interested (Jack high no good here!). Note how many outs PN picked up on the turn:
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PokerStars Game #2541030282: Tournament #10017952, Hold'em Limit - Level XXII (40000/80000) - 2005/09/10 - 03:01:41 (ET)
Table '10017952 165' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 4: ActionJeff (888289 in chips)
Seat 5: davmcg (1843076 in chips)
Seat 7: bdawg31 (138045 in chips)
Seat 9: Mackas (1583090 in chips)
davmcg: posts small blind 20000
bdawg31: posts big blind 40000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Mackas: folds
ActionJeff: folds
davmcg: raises 40000 to 80000
ActionJeff said, "GUTSHOTS AHOY"
bdawg31: raises 40000 to 120000
davmcg: calls 40000
*** FLOP *** [2c 4h Kh]
davmcg: bets 40000
bdawg31: calls 18045 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [2c 4h Kh] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [2c 4h Kh 3d] [2h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
davmcg: shows [9s Qh] (a pair of Deuces)
bdawg31: shows [Js 5s] (a pair of Deuces - lower kicker)
davmcg collected 276090 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 276090 | Rake 0
Board [2c 4h Kh 3d 2h]
Seat 4: ActionJeff (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: davmcg (small blind) showed [9s Qh] and won (276090) with a pair of Deuces
Seat 7: bdawg31 (big blind) showed [Js 5s] and lost with a pair of Deuces
Seat 9: Mackas folded before Flop (didn't bet)