How to beat top pair: spike, of course...

DDionysus (Observer): what's with all the Heffhate?
heffmike: I get there too often.
heffmike: I guess
heffmike: If I lost more, I get more luv

So, how does the shortstack for the vast majority of a blogger tourney final table manage to become winnerwinnerchickendinner?

I mean, I have a secret formula I utilize combining ideal bluffing frequency, optimally sized value bets, and a customized HU display with all the latest VPIP/WTSD/PDA/XYZ numbers....

But really, none of you want to hear about that.
You want to know how I really roll, how I manage to BINK more often than I should.

Well, here's one top secret piece of information I can share with everyone, free of charge, right here on this very blog, that is the key to blogger tourney success.

**** Keep getting there vs. Buddy and Joanne ****

**1**

Seat 1: Joanne1111 (7,550)
Seat 7: heffmike (15,820)

Joanne1111 posts the big blind of 60

heffmike raises to 150
Joanne1111 calls 90

*** FLOP *** [7d 5d Jh]
Joanne1111 checks
heffmike bets 220
Joanne1111 calls 220
*** TURN *** [7d 5d Jh] [4h]
Joanne1111 checks
heffmike bets 550
Joanne1111 calls 550
*** RIVER *** [7d 5d Jh 4h] [4s]
Joanne1111 checks
heffmike bets 1,275
Joanne1111: just not believing you
Joanne1111 calls 1,275

Seat 7: heffmike showed [Ac Jd] and won (4,420) with two pair, Jacks and Fours
Seat 1: Joanne1111 (big blind) mucked [9s 9h] - two pair, Nines and Fours

**2**

Seat 2: Joanne1111 (50,749)
Seat 8: heffmike (28,525)

Rakewell posts the big blind of 2,000
The button is in seat #2

heffmike raises to 28,275, and is all in
Joanne1111 raises to 50,499, and is all in

Joanne1111 shows [As Kd]
heffmike shows [6h 6c]

*** RIVER *** [Th Kh 5d 6d] [2h]
Joanne1111 shows a pair of Kings
heffmike shows three of a kind, Sixes
heffmike wins the pot (61,050) with three of a kind, Sixes
AlCantHang: sweet jesus

**3**

Seat 7: BuddyDank (72,466)
Seat 8: heffmike (59,100)

BuddyDank posts the small blind of 1,200
heffmike posts the big blind of 2,400
The button is in seat #6

BuddyDank calls 1,200
heffmike checks

*** FLOP *** [3c Kc 9d]
BuddyDank bets 2,400
heffmike raises to 8,225
BuddyDank has 15 seconds left to act
BuddyDank calls 5,825
*** TURN *** [3c Kc 9d] [9h]
BuddyDank checks
heffmike: @$@&
heffmike bets 23,050
BuddyDank has 15 seconds left to act
BuddyDank folds

**4**

Seat 2: Joanne1111 (22,649)
Seat 8: heffmike (81,725)

Joanne1111 posts the big blind of 2,400
The button is in seat #8

heffmike raises to 7,225
Joanne1111 calls 4,825

*** FLOP *** [2c Qh 6h]
Joanne1111 checks
heffmike bets 17,450
Joanne1111 has 15 seconds left to act
Joanne1111 calls 15,124, and is all in
heffmike shows [8h 7s]
Joanne1111 shows [Tc Qc]

*** RIVER *** [2c Qh 6h 4h] [Kh]
heffmike shows a flush, King high
Joanne1111 shows a pair of Queens
heffmike wins the pot (47,698) with a flush, King high

**5**

Seat 6: Rakewell (118,350)
Seat 7: BuddyDank (32,281)
Seat 8: heffmike (135,869)

BuddyDank posts the small blind of 2,500
heffmike posts the big blind of 5,000
The button is in seat #6

Rakewell folds
BuddyDank has 15 seconds left to act
BuddyDank calls 2,500
heffmike checks

*** FLOP *** [6d Ah 4c]
BuddyDank bets 10,000
heffmike raises to 30,000
BuddyDank has 15 seconds left to act
BuddyDank calls 16,681, and is all in
heffmike shows [3d 6h]
BuddyDank shows [Ac 2s]

*** RIVER *** [6d Ah 4c 3h] [8s]
heffmike shows two pair, Sixes and Threes
BuddyDank shows a pair of Aces
heffmike wins the pot (65,162) with two pair, Sixes and Threes

AlCantHang: keeps changing names from Captain TwoOutter to Admiral Runner Runner
heffmike: that's Commodore Heff, to you, sir.
iaatg6296 (Observer): how about sgt suckout?
AlCantHang: Mr. Get It In Bad
heffmike: General Donk, Lower Half.
DDionysus (Observer): Maybe he's just better than most of you at poker?
heffmike: no no Dave. I SUCK.
heffmike: shush
heffmike: I really just push buttons

Yeah, I might get a little aggressive/reckless once stacks get shallow and I cover people.

But there is a method here. Someday I might even be able to explain it....

Now I do feel kind of bad doing it to this couple over and over again - they didn't deserve it.
It was just their time in the box.

Deciding what to do Wednesday night for Event #4 - if I put another superBounty out there, or if I try to get the software running long enough to hook into BDR for a few minutes as a very special guest and take my verbal abuse for being a lucksack.