Sng

[Nikita]

This was in a $5.50 9-person SNG on Stars.

Rawr was a huge bluffer. I noticed he was playing crap, calling, raising, pushing people all in with it. I had recently taken a beat (couple of marginal plays on my part) and with the blinds I needed to take a stand. Even though Rawr had raised, I wasn't worried, I figured he woudn't have that big of a hand. I was correct. Then the flop and turn happened.

PokerStars Game #3574933034: Tournament #17741344, Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2006/01/08 - 18:28:40 (ET)
Table '17741344 1' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: N1kita (720 in chips)
Seat 6: Gabriel22 (4540 in chips)
Seat 7: ranko (2960 in chips)
Seat 8: RawrAtMe (1930 in chips)
Seat 9: OAR TSL (3350 in chips)
N1kita: posts the ante 25
Gabriel22: posts the ante 25
ranko: posts the ante 25
RawrAtMe: posts the ante 25
OAR TSL: posts the ante 25
OAR TSL: posts small blind 100
N1kita: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to N1kita [Ts Tc]
Gabriel22: folds
ranko: folds
RawrAtMe: raises 400 to 600
OAR TSL: folds
N1kita: raises 95 to 695 and is all-in
RawrAtMe: calls 95
*** FLOP *** [Jh 5h 7c]
*** TURN *** [Jh 5h 7c] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 5h 7c 6h] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
N1kita: shows [Ts Tc] (a pair of Tens)
RawrAtMe: shows [4c 8d] (a straight, Four to Eight)
RawrAtMe collected 1615 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1615 | Rake 0
Board [Jh 5h 7c 6h 2d]
Seat 2: N1kita (big blind) showed [Ts Tc] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 6: Gabriel22 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: ranko folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: RawrAtMe (button) showed [4c 8d] and won (1615) with a straight, Four to Eight
Seat 9: OAR TSL (small blind) folded before Flop