April 14, 2008
Tourney / NL

Middle pair facing re-raise in the Sunday Million

Game type: PokerStars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: 18 players remain
Avg stack: ~ 4M
Your image: Fairly tight
Opponent’s image: Aggressive
Your hand: 8♦8♠
This hand is taken directly from game play in the Poker Stars Sunday Million on April 13th between NemoStars22 and Mescalin8. You will be   full article

March 17, 2008
Tourney / NL

Missed turn with draw out of position, Poker Stars Sunday Million

Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: 34 / 7300 remain
Avg stack: 2.6m
Your image: Solid
Opponent’s image: Has a history of being loose, but has been nitty last few orbits.
Your hand: A♦J♣
This hand is based on a hand that took place between pusteblume and   full article

March 3, 2008
Tourney / NL

Kings on 3 flush turn, PokerStars Sunday Million

Game type: No limit tournament, Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: 37/3200
Avg stack: 860
Your image: Solid
Opponent’s image: A bit loose
Your hand: K♥K♦
This hand is taken from actual game play in the Poker Stars Sunday Million between Pipedream17 and EASY DZ. You’ll be standing   full article

February 18, 2008
Tourney / NL

Overpair versus a minimum raise, final table bubble of the Sunday Million

Game type: No limit tournament, Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: Final table bubble, 11 of ~7k remain
Avg stack: 6.5m
Your image: Fairly aggressive
Opponent’s image: Ultra-tight
Your hand: K♣K♥
This hand is taken from actual game play in the Poker Stars Sunday Million between pawelmaj and Gnuhunter.   full article

January 28, 2008
Tourney / NL

Top pair medium kicker on the turn, Poker Stars Sunday Million

Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million, $530 buy in
Stage of tourney: In the money, 64 of 3192 remain
Avg stack: ~500k
Your image: TAG
Opponent’s image: Has been involved in a lot of pots recently
Your hand: A♥T♣
This hand is taken from actual game play in the PS   full article

January 24, 2008
Tourney / NL

Top pair out of position on the river, no limit tournament

Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: Deep in the money, 51 / ~7000 remain
Avg stack: 1.2 million
Your image: Very aggressive
Opponent’s image: A little weird
Your hand: A♠Q♥
This hand is taken from actual gameplay in the Poker Stars Sunday Million on 12/9/07. The   full article

January 21, 2008
Tourney / NL

Medium ace facing button raise, Poker Stars Sunday Million

Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: Final table bubble, 11 remain
Avg stack: ~6.8 million
Your image: A little weak
Opponent’s image: Very aggressive
Your hand: A♦9♥
This hand is taken from actual gameplay in the PokerStars Sunday Million on January 20th. This hand took place   full article

January 14, 2008
Tourney / NL

AJ facing 4 bet shove, Poker Stars Sunday Million

Game type: No limit tournament, Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: ITM, 37 / 7300 remain
Avg stack: ~ 2 million
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: Solid
Your hand: A♦J♥
This hand is taken from actual game play in the Poker Stars Sunday Million on January 13th. The   full article

January 7, 2008
Tourney / NL

Small pair facing re-raise, on a bubble in the Sunday Million

Game type: No limit holdem tournament on Poker Stars
Stage of tourney: Deep ITM, small bubble in 3 players
Avg stack: ~2.2 million
Your image: Fairly solid
Opponent’s image: No read
Your hand: 4♦4♣
This quiz is taken from actual game play in the Poker Stars Sunday Million on 1/6/08
The   full article

January 3, 2008
Tourney / NL

Playing Tens on an undercard flop, no limit tournament

Game type: No limit hold em tournament
Stage of tourney: Deep in the money, 87 / 6000 remain
Avg stack: 700k
Your image: Fairly tight
Opponent’s image: Pretty tight
Your hand: T♦T♥
The setup: You built a stack with good cards but you’ve been pretty quiet the last couple of   full article

December 31, 2007
Tourney / NL

Weak King vs all-in short stack deep in the Sunday Million

Game type: PokerStars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: 8 player Left
Avg stack: 2.25M
Your image: Solid
Opponent’s image: Playing tightish for a short stack
Your hand: K♥7♣
The setup: You’ve made it to the final table of the PokerStars Sunday Million. Your opponent has been nursing a short   full article

December 28, 2007
Tourney / NL

Medium pair in the SB vs an all in and call, no limit tournament

Game type: Large online poker tournament
Stage of tourney: ITM, 43 / 6500 remain
Avg stack: 1.3 million
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: Both straightforward
Your hand: 7♦7♥
The setup: You’re deep in the money of an online tournament when the following hand comes up.
A short stack UTG open shoves.   full article

December 21, 2007
Tourney / NL

Top pair with a player all in, final table of the Sunday Millions

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Game type: PokerStars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: Final table, 5 players remain
Avg stack: ~11 million
Your image: Aggressive but losing
Opponent’s image: The BB has been fairly straightforward
Your hand: J♠K♠
The setup: You’re down   full article

December 17, 2007
Tourney / NL

Garbage hand on the final table bubble - PokerStars Sunday Million

Game type: NLHE tournament, PokerStars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: 11 remain
Avg stack: ~6 million
Your image: Nursing the short stack
Opponent’s image: Relatively quiet
Your hand: 9♠2♥
This hand is based on actual game play in the PokerStars Sunday Million on 12/16/07
The setup: You’re near the final table   full article

December 10, 2007
Tourney / NL

Top pair in a blind vs blind confrontation deep in the Sunday Million

Game type: No Limit Holdem tournament, Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: ITM, 35 / 6342
Avg stack: About 1.7m
Your image: You’ve recently rebounded from a pretty short stack
Opponent’s image: Top online pro, very aggressive
Your hand: A♥T♦
The setup: You’re deep in the money of   full article

December 3, 2007
Tourney / NL

Top pair against early position raiser, ITM of the Sunday Million

Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million NLHE tournament
Stage of tourney: In the money, 540 of 6881 remain
Avg stack: ~120k
Your image: Pretty LAGish
Opponent’s image: Fairly conservative
Your hand: A♣Q♥
This hand is taken from actual game play in the Poker Stars Sunday Million on 12/02/07.
The setup:   full article

October 29, 2007
Tourney / NL

Weak ace preflop with the chip lead, PokerStars Sunday Millions

Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Millions NLHE tournament
Stage of tourney: Deep in the money
Avg stack: ~750k
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: quiet but won the last hand raising the BB from the SB.
Your hand: A♦6♦
This hand is taken from actual game play in the Poker Stars   full article

October 22, 2007
Tourney / NL

Short stack bubble play in the Poker Stars Sunday Million

Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million NLHE Tournament
Stage of tourney: 28/6524 remain
Avg stack: 2.3 million
Your image: Hanging on for dear life
Opponent’s image: About the same
Your hand: ??
The setup: You’ve been card dead and passive in the late stages of the PokerStars Sunday Million, and   full article

October 18, 2007
Tourney / NL

Missed flop against a lead from the blind, no limit tournament

Game type: NLHE tournament, Sunday Millions on Poker Stars
Stage of tourney: 15 players remain
Avg stack: 4.2 million
Your image: You’ve avoided any major confrontations for the last few orbits
Opponent’s image: Fairly active, but has also shown down some strong hands
Your hand: A♠T♠
The setup: With only   full article

October 15, 2007
Tourney / NL

Medium hand in the blinds with talk of a chop after the hand, no limit tournament

Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million NLHE tournament
Stage of tourney: Final table
Avg stack: ~16 million
Your image: You were the chip leader for a long time, but a critical pair of hands recently knocked you down
Opponent’s image: Running hot
Your hand: K♠T♥
This hand is taken from   full article

October 8, 2007
Tourney / NL

Great draw on the flop with a third player all in, PokerStars Sunday Million

Game type: PokerStars Sunday Millions tournament
Stage of tourney: 15 of 6330 remain
Avg stack: ~4.2 million
Your image: You have been fairly active but you just had to lay down a hand in a fairly big pot to the chip leader on the flop
Opponent’s image: No   full article

September 10, 2007
Tourney / NL

Medium pocket pair preflop, final table of a large MTT

Game type: Sunday Millions NLHE tournament on Poker Stars
Stage of tourney: Final table
Avg stack: 7.2m
Your image: Almost manically aggressive, although you have shown that you can fold to repops preflop
Opponent’s image: Both have been foldathons
Your hand: 8♦8♥
This hand is taken from actual game play   full article

August 31, 2007
Tourney / NL

Play with suited broadway cards, no limit poker tournament

Game type: Major tournament at PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Deep in the money with 34 players remaining, no close bubble
Avg stack: ~2 million
Your image: A little tight
Opponent’s image: Tilting maniac
Your hand: K♣J♣
The setup: You’re deep in the money of a large online tournament when the   full article

August 27, 2007
Tourney / NL

Playing turned top pair out of position, nl tournament

Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: Late, 25 of 2644 remain
Avg stack: ~1.1 million
Your image: You were playing fast on the bubble, but you’ve slowed down since the tournament broke to 3 tables
Opponent’s image: Fairly new to the table, seems a little   full article

August 20, 2007
Tourney / NL

Queens with heavy action in front, FT of the Sunday Million

Game type: No limit hold em tournament
Stage of tourney: Final table, 6 players remain
Avg stack: ~11m
Your image: You’ve been quite active
Opponent’s image: Very aggressive and quiet, respectively
Your hand: Q♦Q♥
This hand is taken from actual game play in the PokerStars Sunday Millions. The hand   full article