My first tournament win at Poker Stars

[Beejayville]

I put $100 into Poker Stars last week and have been pottering around on some low limit cash games and a handful of small entry tournaments, and managed to win one today which was against another 179 people. I am pretty chuffed and guess I wanted to share with all you great folk in here as it was a great feeling getting to final table and winning winning heads up. I got to the final table with only 12,000 chips or so and just bet aggressively when everyone was passive. My opponent Heads Up was very passive and folded every raise, and almost every small blind to me. I had a few bad beats, but more good beats for me overall, and won $216US which is a bonus too. Now I know how you guys feel when you win won of these tournaments online :cheers

[Beejayville]

Re: My first tournament win at Poker Stars Here is how the last 3 hands played out. The 3rd last hand I simply called to see what he would do, as he wasn't rasing anything, then I had a little bit of luck. *********** # 3rd last ************** PokerStars Game #10227587233: Tournament #51820637, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level XV (2000/4000) - 2007/06/02 - 03:43:38 (ET) Table '51820637 7' 9-max Seat #2 is the button Seat 2: Beejayville (109521 in chips) Seat 6: Will748 (160479 in chips) Beejayville: posts the ante 200 Will748: posts the ante 200 Beejayville: posts small blind 2000 Will748: posts big blind 4000 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Beejayville [6d 9h] Beejayville: calls 2000 Will748: checks *** FLOP *** [6c Jc 8s] Will748: checks Beejayville: bets 12000 Will748: raises 12000 to 24000 Beejayville: raises 81321 to 105321 and is all-in Will748: calls 81321 *** TURN *** [6c Jc 8s] [2h] *** RIVER *** [6c Jc 8s 2h] [2s] *** SHOW DOWN *** Will748: shows [4c 9c] (a pair of Deuces) Beejayville: shows [6d 9h] (two pair, Sixes and Deuces) Beejayville collected 219042 from pot *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 219042 | Rake 0 Board [6c Jc 8s 2h 2s] Seat 2: Beejayville (button) (small blind) showed [6d 9h] and won (219042) with two pair, Sixes and Deuces Seat 6: Will748 (big blind) showed [4c 9c] and lost with a pair of Deuces *********** # 2nd last ************** PokerStars Game #10227594662: Tournament #51820637, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level XV (2000/4000) - 2007/06/02 - 03:44:42 (ET) Table '51820637 7' 9-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 2: Beejayville (219042 in chips) Seat 6: Will748 (50958 in chips) Beejayville: posts the ante 200 Will748: posts the ante 200 Will748: posts small blind 2000 Beejayville: posts big blind 4000 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Beejayville [7d Qh] Will748: folds Beejayville collected 4400 from pot Beejayville: doesn't show hand *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 4400 | Rake 0 Seat 2: Beejayville (big blind) collected (4400) Seat 6: Will748 (button) (small blind) folded before Flop *********** # Last ************** PokerStars Game #10227596085: Tournament #51820637, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level XV (2000/4000) - 2007/06/02 - 03:44:54 (ET) Table '51820637 7' 9-max Seat #2 is the button Seat 2: Beejayville (221242 in chips) Seat 6: Will748 (48758 in chips) Beejayville: posts the ante 200 Will748: posts the ante 200 Beejayville: posts small blind 2000 Will748: posts big blind 4000 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Beejayville [8h Jh] Beejayville: raises 16000 to 20000 Will748: raises 28558 to 48558 and is all-in Beejayville: calls 28558 *** FLOP *** [3h 5d 2s] *** TURN *** [3h 5d 2s] [Js] *** RIVER *** [3h 5d 2s Js] [Tc] *** SHOW DOWN *** Will748: shows [9d 9h] (a pair of Nines) Beejayville: shows [8h Jh] (a pair of Jacks) Beejayville collected 97516 from pot *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 97516 | Rake 0 Board [3h 5d 2s Js Tc] Seat 2: Beejayville (button) (small blind) showed [8h Jh] and won (97516) with a pair of Jacks Seat 6: Will748 (big blind) showed [9d 9h] and lost with a pair of Nines If anyone sees anything I shouldn't have been doing, or a more efficient way to play the hands, then feel free to speak up :)