Waiting for round two of a Heads-Up tourney right now, my first round having lasted 3 hands. But how the first ended was kind of amusing:
PokerStars Game #15634641290: Tournament #78439335, 1000+50 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2008/02/29 - 12:12:58 (ET)
Table '78439335 240' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: phantommut (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: Murdoch2007 (1500 in chips)
phantommut: posts small blind 10
Murdoch2007: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to phantommut [
]
phantommut: calls 10
Murdoch2007: raises 20 to 40
phantommut: calls 20
*** FLOP *** [
]
Murdoch2007: checks
phantommut: bets 20
Murdoch2007: raises 40 to 60
phantommut: raises 240 to 300
Murdoch2007: raises 240 to 540
phantommut: raises 920 to 1460 and is all-in
Murdoch2007: calls 920 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [ ] [
]
*** RIVER *** [ ] [
]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Murdoch2007: shows [
] (a pair of Kings)
phantommut: shows [ ] (two pair, Kings and Threes)
Murdoch2007 said, "sick"
phantommut collected 3000 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3000 | Rake 0
Board [9c Ks 3d 6s 5c]
Seat 1: phantommut (button) (small blind) showed [Kh 3h] and won (3000) with two pair, Kings and Threes
Seat 2: Murdoch2007 (big blind) showed [Td Kd] and lost with a pair of Kings
Gotta love Murdoch2007's little "sick" editorializing.
Now true, I had two pair, top and bottom, so in theory I could have been beat. Murdoch could have caught a set (Nines would have been most likely, considering) or he could have the better two pair. What I put him on was Ace King or maybe aces, considering his pre-flop raise of my button limp and and his check-raise after the flop.
But King Ten? (Okay, it was sooooooted, but it's not like he picked up a flush draw with the flop.)
Maybe my re-raising was donkish, (I don't have a lot of experience in heads-up tourneys) but it seems to me two pair is a damn fine flop in those situations. And of course, the pro could have slowed it down by just calling at any point too.
But Murdoch2007 is entitled to his opinion of course.