A Sit-n-Go with 2004 WSOP Champ Greg Raymer

Today was just disgusting. I was down about $500 in cash games overall. The spots that I got my money in were good and then i would lose to a higher set on the river or a flush etc etc. Here is an example

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $1/$2
9 players
Converter
Stack sizes:
UTG: $143.80
UTG+1: $153.70
MP1: $84.25
MP2: $148.20
MP3: $207.30
Hero: $270.75
Button: $177.65
SB: $134.15
BB: $230.60

Pre-flop: (9 players)
Hero is CO with 4♥ 4♠
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, Hero calls, Button folds, SB calls, BB checks.

Flop: 4♣ 2♠ 8♥ ($12, 6 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, MP1 bets $10, MP3 folds, Hero calls, 3 folds.

Turn: K♣ ($32, 2 players)
MP1 bets $10, Hero raises to $24, MP1 calls.

River: T♦ ($80, 2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero is all-in $234.75, MP1 calls all-in $48.25.Uncalled bets: $186.5 returned to Hero.

Results:Final pot: $176.5
Hero showed 4h 4s
MP1 showed Th Ts

Hands like those have just been piling up all day. I dont even want to comment on his play.

So since becoming a Goldstar VIP on Stars(almost Platinum, probably wont get there this month), I decided to take advantage of the FPP store. For 15k FPP's I chose to play in a SnG with Greg Raymer. My choices were Joe Hachem, Chris Moneymaker, Tom McEvoy and Greg. I chose Raymer because in his previous sng's that hes played it looked like he went out 8 9 or 10th everytime. I wasn't selfish and took the money. The other Team Pokerstars members cashed a considerable amount.

The payouts for this sng are awesome. 1st is 1k, 2nd is 500, 3rd is 300, and 2nd is 200. Plus there is a $250 Bounty on Raymer. Blinds are 15 mins compared to 5 mins for a turbo sng or 10 mins for a regular one. I'm guessing other players in this arent going to know normal SNG strategy so i'm going to look to take advantage of that. Don't get me wrong, its nice to play with Greg, but its the money im after. The sng is December 10th, come rail if youd like and im sure you'll hear about a report the next day