August 13, 2007
Tourney / NL

Chop or no chop, PokerStars Sunday Million

Game type: PokerStars Sunday Million NLHE tournament
Stage of tourney: Final Table, 4 remain
Avg stack: ~15m
Your image: Aggressive and a little lucky
Opponent’s image: One fairly LAG, one willing to deal and one pretty tight.
Your hand: n/a
This scenario is taken from the actual final table negotiations   full article

August 6, 2007
Tourney / NL

Open ended OOP, deep in the Poker Stars Sunday Million

Game type: No Limit holdem tournament, PokerStars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: Near a bubble, 50 / 6567 remain
Avg stack: ~1.3 million
Your image: LAG
Opponent’s image: He’s been quiet
Your hand: K♦Q♥
This hand is taken directly from game play in the Poker Stars Sunday Million on August   full article

July 30, 2007
Tourney / NL

Aces in the small blind, deep in the Sunday Millions

Game type: $530 buy in Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: 15/3021 remain
Avg stack: ~2 million
Your image: Fairly active preflop
Opponent’s image: The BB has a -70% ROI
Your hand: A♦A♣
This hand is taken from actual game play in the Poker Stars Sunday Million on July   full article

July 23, 2007
Tourney / NL

Medium ace on the cutoff, Stars Sunday Million

Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million NLHE tournament
Stage of tourney: Final Table, 9/7000 remain
Avg stack: ~7.7 million
Your image: Fairly tight
Opponent’s image: Frequent PF raiser
Your hand: A♠9♣
This hand is based on actual game play in the Poker Stars Sunday Million on July 22nd. This   full article

July 17, 2007
Tourney / NL

Weak suited ace in the BB, no limit hold em tournament

Game type: No limit hold em tournament
Stage of tourney: 25/7000 remain
Avg stack: 2.8 million
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: Weak
Your hand: A♠7♠
The setup: You have been using your stack to bully the table, especially a few orbits ago before the bubble broke at 27. Your   full article

July 16, 2007
Tourney / NL

Air on the river in a 3-way pot, deep in the Sunday Millions

Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: 25/7000 remain
Avg stack: ~2.7 million
Your image: Fairly tight, opening up since the last bubble broke
Opponent’s image: SB has been playing a weak game, raiser had been taking a lot of small stabs before bubble broke
Your hand:   full article

July 13, 2007
Tourney / NL

Aces in the BB, deep in the money of a major online no limit tournament

Game type: No limit hold em tournament
Stage of tourney: 26/7000 remain
Avg stack: 2.7 million
Your image: Tight
Opponent’s image: Active
Your hand: A♦A♣
The setup: You’ve made a nice run deep into this tournament and now you’re well into the money. There’s not another jump until   full article

July 9, 2007
Tourney / NL

Top set on the flop at the final table of the Sunday Million

Game type: PokerStars Sunday Million NLHE tournament
Stage of tourney: Final table, 8 of 6821 remain
Avg stack: ~8.5 million
Your image: You came to the final table with a good amount of chips and you’ve played pretty quietly.
Opponent’s image: Chip leader has been fairly active but   full article

June 19, 2007
Tourney / NL

UTG play in the money of a large no limit tournament

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Game type: No limit hold’em tournament
Your image: You’re known to be fairly aggressive, but you’ve been hobbled the last few orbits
Stage of tourney: In the money
Avg   full article

June 11, 2007
Tourney / NL

KJ facing an early all in re-raise, deep in the Sunday Millions

Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million
Your image: Aggressive
Stage of tourney: 14/~7000 remain
Avg stack: 5 million
Misc notes:
Your hand: K♣J♥
This hand is taken from actual game play during the Stars Sunday Million on 6/10/07. This hand took place between Shaundeeb and mattc00. You’ll   full article

June 4, 2007
Tourney / NL

Weak hand on the short stack in the BB, Final Table of the Millions

Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Millions no limit hold em tournament
Your image: Tight
Stage of tourney: Final Table, 9 of about 7000 remain
Avg stack: ~ 7 million
Misc notes:
Your hand: Q♠2♣
This hand is taken directly from game play at the final table of the Stars   full article

May 28, 2007
Tourney / NL

Battle of the blinds, deep in the Sunday Million

Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million Tournament, $530 buy in
Your image: TAG
Stage of tourney: 31 of 2919 remain
Avg stack: ~950k
Misc notes:
Your hand: K♠J♣
This hand is taken from actual game play in the Sunday Million on 5/27 between Mamzer and Jovial Gent.   full article

May 25, 2007
Tourney / NL

Tens in the small blind versus a massive overbet preflop, tournament play

Game type: No limit tournament - Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of Tourney: Around the 2nd break, avg is 21k
Your image: A little tight
Misc notes: Opponent is pretty darn loose
Your hand: T♣T♦
The setup: You’ve been playing a little tight, and a break is approaching in   full article

May 21, 2007
Tourney / NL

Big cards against a short stacks raise, PokerStars Sunday Million

Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million
Your image: Fairly tight, altho you just lost a big hand
Stage of tourney: 34 of 10,000+ players remain
Avg stack: About 3.2m
Misc notes:
Your hand: K♣Q♥
This hand is taken from actual game play in the Stars Sunday Million on 5-20.   full article

May 14, 2007
Tourney / NL

King high on the river facing a bet, final table of the Stars Sunday Millon

Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million NLHE tournament
Your image: Inactive
Stage of tourney: Final Table, 8/5916 remain
Avg stack: 7 million
Misc notes: Opponent has been very aggressive
Your hand: K♠Q♠
This hand is taken from actual game play in the Stars Sunday Million on 5-13-07. This hand   full article

May 7, 2007
Tourney / NL

Weak ace in the big blind, final table of the PokerStars Sunday Million

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Game type: No limit tournament
Your image: You’ve built your stack with some fairly loose calls
Stage of tourney: Final table, down from over 6600 players
Avg stack: About 7.5m
Misc notes: You just lost 6 million the previous hand when your AK   full article

April 30, 2007
Tourney / NL

Medium pair in SB facing an aggressive big stack, Poker Stars Sunday Million

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Game type: No limit tournament, Poker Stars Sunday Million
Stage of tourney: 11 players remain
Avg stack: $1.9m
Misc notes: BB has been beating on everyone with his stack
Your hand: 9♦9♠
This hand is based on actual game play from the Poker   full article

April 22, 2007
Tourney / NL

Whiffed flop against the chip leader, Poker Stars Sunday Million

Game type: No limit tournament, Poker Stars Sunday Million
Your image: Tight.
Stage of tourney: 44 of 6731 entrants remain
Avg stack: About 1.5 million
Misc notes: Your opponent doubled up last hand with AQ
Your hand: A♥Q♥
This hand is based on actual game play from the Poker Sunday   full article

April 16, 2007
Tourney / NL

Considering a bluff on the flop, 42 left in the Sunday Million

Game type: No Limit tournament, PokerStars Sunday Million
Your image: You’ve showed down good hands to win your stack
Stage of tourney: 42/7109 players remain
Avg stack: About 1.7 million
Misc notes: The next money increase is about $700 more at 28th.
Your hand: 8♠7♠
This hand is based on   full article

April 9, 2007
Tourney / NL

Facing a re-raise from the big blind deep in the Sunday Million

Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million tournament, NLHE
Your image: TAG
Stage of tourney: Down to the final two tables, 18/6637 remain
Avg stack: About 3 million
Misc notes:
Your hand: ??
The setup: You recently broke to two tables after an extended bout of three table short handed   full article

April 2, 2007
Tourney / NL

Short stack play in the blinds, deep in the Sunday Million

Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million No Limit Hold’em Tournament
Your image: You’ve been nursing a short stack for some time
Stage of tourney: 34 of over 7000 remain
Avg stack: About 2 million
Misc notes:
Your hand: ??
This hand is taken from actual game play in the   full article

March 12, 2007
Tourney / NL

Middle pair on the flop, final table of the Sunday Million

Game type: Final table of the PokerStars Sunday Million
Your image: Fairly tight
Stage of tourney: Final table
Avg stack: About 11 million
Misc notes: You just folded last hand to a preflop re-raise from your opponent
Your hand: A♣J♦
This hand is taken from game play at the   full article

March 5, 2007
Tourney / NL

Chip lead, considering a re steal deep in the PokerStars Sunday Million

This hand is based on actual game play from the Stars Sunday Million on 3/4/07

Game type: PokerStars Sunday Million No Limit Tournament
Your image: You have shown down a series of strong hands to build your stack.
Stage of tourney: 46 out of a starting field   full article

February 19, 2007
Tourney / NL

Third pair on the flop, final table of the PokerStars Sunday Million

Game type: No limit hold’em tournament
Your image: You just lost a key hand
Stage of tourney: Final table
Avg stack: About 8 million
Misc notes:
Your hand: 8♣8♠
This hand is based on actual game play from the final table of the PokerStars Sunday Million
The setup: Preflop,   full article

February 5, 2007
Tourney / NL

On the final table bubble, PokerStars Sunday Million

Game type: NL multi-table tournament
Your image: You have been relatively quiet for the last couple of orbits
Stage of tourney: 10 players remain out of 5709
Avg stack: About 6 million
Misc notes:
Your hand: ??
This hand is taken from actual game play in the PS Sunday   full article

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