Badugi hat-trick!

I've just won my third consecutive tourney on Poker Stars. All three of them in badugi! I did run pretty well this time it must be said, but I also played aggressively, betting and raising pretty much the whole time. It was a $2.20 pot-limit tourney after all (29 players entered; the other two drew fields of 22 and 49).

Here's a hand where I get lucky. Plan A was to snow after missing my first attempt at a rough seven draw, but Plan B didn't work out too badly! Of course if Erno Gott hadn't been so passive I never would have been able to make my hand.

PokerStars Game #62889129148: Tournament #399244797, $2.00+$0.20 USD Badugi Pot Limit - Level V (50/100) - 2011/06/03 6:15:53 ET
Table '399244797 4' 8-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: aus_raider (2910 in chips)
Seat 2: Enno Gott (5010 in chips)
Seat 3: 4ippolino (3110 in chips)
Seat 4: a1951 (1480 in chips)
Seat 5: HeadCrusher (2510 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: utzu09 (2600 in chips)
Seat 7: GottfriedS (3170 in chips)
Seat 8: plutoman20 (3215 in chips)
aus_raider: posts small blind 50
Enno Gott: posts big blind 100
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [7h 4d 8s 6s]
4ippolino: folds
a1951: folds
HeadCrusher: folds
utzu09: folds
GottfriedS: calls 100
plutoman20: raises 180 to 280
aus_raider: folds
Enno Gott: calls 180
GottfriedS: calls 180
*** FIRST DRAW ***
Enno Gott: discards 1 card
GottfriedS: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: discards 1 card [8s]
Dealt to plutoman20 [7h 4d 6s] [8d]
Enno Gott: checks
GottfriedS: checks
plutoman20: bets 530
Enno Gott: calls 530
GottfriedS: folds
*** SECOND DRAW ***
Enno Gott: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [8d]
Dealt to plutoman20 [7h 4d 6s] [Ac]
Enno Gott: checks
plutoman20: bets 1300
Enno Gott: calls 1300
*** THIRD DRAW ***
Enno Gott: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [7h 4d 6s Ac]
Enno Gott: checks
plutoman20: bets 1105 and is all-in
Enno Gott: calls 1105
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [7h 4d Ac 6s] (Badugi: 7,6,4,A)
Enno Gott: shows [7c 6d As 8h] (Badugi: 8,7,6,A)
plutoman20 collected 6760 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6760 Rake 0
Seat 1: aus_raider (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 2: Enno Gott (big blind) showed [7c 6d As 8h] and lost with a Badugi: 8,7,6,A
Seat 3: 4ippolino folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: a1951 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 5: HeadCrusher folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: utzu09 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: GottfriedS folded after the 1st Draw
Seat 8: plutoman20 (button) showed [7h 4d Ac 6s] and won (6760) with a Badugi: 7,6,4,A

A bug has been going round the office; unfortunately I caught it so I took Wednesday off work. I had furniture delivered and managed to stock up the bookcase. I also fired up some badugi. It wasn't one of my happier times on the virtual felt as I took a three-figure hit on the first of June. After tonight's efforts I'm "only" $56 in arrears for the still-very-young month.