Bow to Squizzy again (but it hurts)!

Played in Stars tonight. Just want to get my winning feelings back. So I played in one of those $1.10 turbo 2X SNG. I were running good. My pocket 10s held up against pocket 7. And My pocket 7 won a race against AK (short stack). I also bust my third opponents with my AQ vs his A6. Built my stack to 5k+, so I decided to fold my way to the cash. Short stack start busting each other out and I took down my 90 cents profit! Oh what a feeling! I won! High 5 anyone?

Grand Master took down a $2.20, 180 players SNG. I heard he was short stack entering the final table. Somehow within 6 hands, he became the chip leader. Bullying his way and took it down! Well done Grand Master!

Squizzy was playing 3 tournys. ($4.40 ,180 SNG and 2 freerolls) As he is running so good right now (btw he is also good, no doubt about it!), I decided to stalk him a bit, hopefully I can pick up a trick or two. I also chat with him on MSN, so hopefully I could get some idea how to think like a PRO. In the $4.40 SNG, I finally learn something. Squizzy was in the BB with pocket 9. Blinds 50/100, multiway limp pot, Squizzy decide to check his option. Flop 9 9 8. SB check, obviously Squizzy going to slow play his quads(very common play, all the books I have read said you must slowplay it). Check to MP bet 200, button folded, SB folded. In this situation, I know I lot of people will stall a bit, using up there time bank, pretending they have a tough decision to made. It is a pretty common trick, especially online. Squizzy did something totally different. Instead of stalling and pretending, he just disconnected himself from his Internet. Log back in again, and his time bank hit to like 4 sec remaining. He click the Call button. Turn was 6. Squizzy check again, and so did MP. River Q, I wonder if Squizzy would do the trick again, but this time Squizzy lead out for a big bet and MP folded. Why not fired the second barrels? I guess with 15 sec to act, plus only 4 sec left in his time bank, he couldn't log it back in time.

Unfortunately he couldn't cash in the $4.40 SNG, busted out in 34th place. But he qualified to Phase 2 Poker Star Cast TV freeroll, the winner will go on to a reality TV series, host by Joe "The Sook" Hachem himself. Gook luck Squizzy! Maybe you are the next Sook in the making!

Now it is the BIG ONE! Phase 2 of ANZPT-Melbourne. 120 players in it, the winner receive a package + USD$500. Squizzy was top 5 in chips along the way, and chip leader entering the final table about 45k in chips. There was a Lucktard, sat directly yo Squizzy's right. He busted 4 players along the way with nothing but junks. Cracked AK with 72 sthooted, river straight with 6 8 off. All of them flat called opened shoved pre-flop. Squizzy simple let the LT did all the hard work and now down to final 3 players, he was short stack with 18k chips. Open shove by Squizzy (3 times in 7 hands) and each time got no callers. Now stack around 33k.

Now the LT mini-raised, Squizzy open shoved with A6 off in BB. LT called with KJ. Board 9 high and Squizzy double up. Now he is almost chip lead (66k), only trailing the LT by 4k and the short stack had 44k. In the very next hand this came up.

Blinds 1500/3000 with 300 ante. Squizzy in SB with Js 6s. LT flat called on the button. Squizzy called in SB, BB check. Flop 6d 6c 8c. Squizzy checked, BB also checked. LT bet 23k on the flop (only about 10k inside). Squizzy check raised to 46k. BB shoved all-in for 40k+. LT flat call. Turn 9s. LT check/call Squizzy's all-in. LT showed KK (nice play sir), BB had 88 for flop full-boat (nh). Squizzy took the side pot with trips. A bit of a cooler, 3 handed, 3 way all-in on the flop with trips. Still ok, as he didn't lose much in that hand thanks to the side pot.

Two hands later Squizzy busted the LT and his mushroom stack out with 3 5 off vs his Kh 4h. Now HU. Squizzy had about 50k in chips vs 126k+. He managed to win a couple of pots, and built his stack to 60k. Only 2-1 defecit. Unfortunately for him, he dealt KJ on the button, SB flat call his raise with AA. Flop K 10 3. All the money went on the flop and Squizzy picked up a GS on the turn but the helpless 3 on the river seal the deal.

Squizzy bust out in 2nd place and received nothing out of those BS. It is a bad feeling! Just like Megan Fox or Jessica Alba ask you to eat their Pie, but unfortunately both are on period. Ouch! It hurts! It really hurts!