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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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