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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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