The best recovery I've ever seen

Well, he didn't win, but only by a whisker.... check out this comeback:

Early in tourny - Jim looses his lead and nearly goes out

***** Hand History for Game 5599094103 *****
0/0 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 31316154) - Sat Jan 20 01:15:52 EST 2007
Table Speed 1305218 (Real Money) -- Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: pattycake11 (1200)
Seat 2: choppertaz1 (2060)
Seat 3: Jim_Beaner (2240)
Seat 4: PJ333 (2520)
Seat 5: NorthPoleRat (4200)
Seat 6: oliveirojr (1940)
Seat 7: rtfield (2200)
Seat 8: myxiplx (1820)
Seat 9: enyawsworld (1820)
enyawsworld posts small blind (30)
pattycake11 posts big blind (60)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to myxiplx [ 3c, Th ]
choppertaz1 folds.
Jim_Beaner calls (60)
PJ333 calls (60)
NorthPoleRat folds.
oliveirojr folds.
rtfield calls (60)
myxiplx folds.
enyawsworld folds.
pattycake11 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ts, Ks, 3d ]
pattycake11 checks.
Jim_Beaner checks.
PJ333 bets (60)
rtfield raises (120) to 120
pattycake11 folds.
Jim_Beaner raises (480) to 480
PJ333 folds.
rtfield calls (360)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 5c ]
Jim_Beaner checks.
rtfield bets (600)
Jim_Beaner calls (600)
** Dealing River ** : [ 9c ]
Jim_Beaner checks.
rtfield bets (1020)
Jim_Beaner calls (1020)
** Summary **
Main Pot: 4530
Board: [ Ts Ks 3d 5c 9c ]
Jim_Beaner balance 80, lost 2160 [ Kh Qs ] [ a pair of Kings -- Kh,Ks,Qs,Ts,9c ]
rtfield balance 4570, bet 2160, collected 4530, net +2370 [ As Ac ] [ a pair of Aces -- As,Ac,Ks,Ts,9c ]



Next hand - the gods like Jim:

***** Hand History for Game 5599095366 *****
0/0 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 31316154) - Sat Jan 20 01:17:16 EST 2007
Table Speed 1305218 (Real Money) -- Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: pattycake11 (1140)
Seat 2: choppertaz1 (2060)
Seat 3: Jim_Beaner (80)
Seat 4: PJ333 (2400)
Seat 5: NorthPoleRat (4200)
Seat 6: oliveirojr (1940)
Seat 7: rtfield (4570)
Seat 8: myxiplx (1820)
Seat 9: enyawsworld (1790)
pattycake11 posts small blind (30)
choppertaz1 posts big blind (60)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to myxiplx [ 2s, 2c ]
Jim_Beaner: ouch
Jim_Beaner raises (80) to 80
Jim_Beaner is all-In.
PJ333 folds.
NorthPoleRat folds.
oliveirojr folds.
rtfield folds.
myxiplx calls (80)
enyawsworld folds.
pattycake11 calls (50)
choppertaz1 calls (20)
Creating Main Pot with $320 with Jim_Beaner
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 9h, 3c, 9s ]
pattycake11 checks.
choppertaz1 checks.
myxiplx checks.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Ts ]
Jim_Beaner: lol
pattycake11 bets (60)
choppertaz1 calls (60)
myxiplx folds.
** Dealing River ** : [ Ac ]
pattycake11 checks.
choppertaz1 checks.
** Summary **
Main Pot: 320 | Side Pot 1: 120
Board: [ 9h 3c 9s Ts Ac ]

pattycake11 balance 1120, bet 140, collected 120, lost -20 [ Th Jd ] [ two pairs, Tens and Nines -- Ac,Th,Ts,9h,9s ]
choppertaz1 balance 1920, lost 140 [ 6c 8d ] [ a pair of Nines -- Ac,Ts,9h,9s,8d ]
Jim_Beaner balance 320, bet 80, collected 320, net +240 [ 9c Td ] [ a full house, Nines full of Tens -- Td,Ts,9c,9h,9s ]



Ten hands later, Jim's back in the game:

***** Hand History for Game 5599100463 *****
0/0 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 31316154) - Sat Jan 20 01:23:01 EST 2007
Table Speed 1305218 (Real Money) -- Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: pattycake11 (910)
Seat 2: choppertaz1 (1530)
Seat 3: Jim_Beaner (1070)
Seat 4: PJ333 (2250)
Seat 5: NorthPoleRat (4350)
Seat 6: oliveirojr (1790)
Seat 7: rtfield (4670)
Seat 8: myxiplx (1540)
Seat 9: enyawsworld (1890)
choppertaz1 posts small blind (50)
Jim_Beaner posts big blind (100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to myxiplx [ 8s, 7d ]
PJ333 folds.
NorthPoleRat folds.
oliveirojr folds.
rtfield folds.
myxiplx folds.
enyawsworld folds.
pattycake11 calls (100)
choppertaz1 folds.
Jim_Beaner checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Qd, 2d, 2c ]
Jim_Beaner checks.
pattycake11 bets (100)
Jim_Beaner raises (200) to 200
pattycake11 raises (710) to 810
pattycake11 is all-In.
Jim_Beaner calls (610)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6h ]
** Dealing River ** : [ Ks ]
Creating Main Pot with $1870 with pattycake11
** Summary **
Main Pot: 1870 |
Board: [ Qd 2d 2c 6h Ks ]

pattycake11 balance 0, lost 910 [ Qs 5s ] [ two pairs, Queens and Twos -- Ks,Qs,Qd,2d,2c ]
Jim_Beaner balance 2030, bet 910, collected 1870, net +960 [ As 2s ] [ three of a kind, Twos -- As,Ks,2s,2d,2c ]



Jim's struggling again, so the gods lend another hand:

***** Hand History for Game 5599108129 *****
0/0 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 31316154) - Sat Jan 20 01:31:17 EST 2007
Table Speed 1305218 (Real Money) -- Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 2: choppertaz1 (1770)
Seat 3: Jim_Beaner (1480)
Seat 4: PJ333 (1700)
Seat 5: NorthPoleRat (3550)
Seat 6: oliveirojr (1490)
Seat 7: rtfield (810)
Seat 8: myxiplx (6260)
Seat 9: enyawsworld (2940)
rtfield posts small blind (200)
myxiplx posts big blind (400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to myxiplx [ 5d, Qd ]
enyawsworld folds.
Jim_Beaner: lol
choppertaz1 raises (1200) to 1200
Jim_Beaner raises (1480) to 1480
Jim_Beaner is all-In.
PJ333 folds.
NorthPoleRat folds.
oliveirojr folds.
rtfield folds.
myxiplx folds.
choppertaz1 calls (280)
Creating Main Pot with $3560 with Jim_Beaner
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 2d, Qc, 7s ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Tc ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 2h ]
** Summary **
Main Pot: 3560 |
Board: [ 2d Qc 7s Tc 2h ]

choppertaz1 balance 290, lost 1480 [ 7c Ah ] [ two pairs, Sevens and Twos -- Ah,7c,7s,2d,2h ]
Jim_Beaner balance 3560, bet 1480, collected 3560, net +2080 [ Th Ts ] [ a full house, Tens full of Twos -- Th,Ts,Tc,2d,2h ]



Jim takes the lead!!!

***** Hand History for Game 5599112628 *****
0/0 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 31316154) - Sat Jan 20 01:36:02 EST 2007
Table Speed 1305218 (Real Money) -- Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: choppertaz1 (1340)
Seat 3: Jim_Beaner (3560)
Seat 4: PJ333 (1100)
Seat 5: NorthPoleRat (3370)
Seat 8: myxiplx (7770)
Seat 9: enyawsworld (2860)
choppertaz1 posts small blind (300)
Jim_Beaner posts big blind (600)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to myxiplx [ 2s, 5c ]
PJ333 folds.
NorthPoleRat folds.
myxiplx folds.
enyawsworld raises (1800) to 1800
choppertaz1 folds.
Jim_Beaner raises (2960) to 3560
Jim_Beaner is all-In.
enyawsworld calls (1060)
enyawsworld is all-In.
Creating Main Pot with $6020 with enyawsworld
Creating Side Pot 1 with $700 with Jim_Beaner
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 7c, 2h, 8c ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 2c ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 4h ]
** Summary **
Main Pot: 6020 | Side Pot 1: 700
Board: [ 7c 2h 8c 2c 4h ]

Jim_Beaner balance 6720, bet 3560, collected 6720, net +3160 [ Ac Ts ] [ a pair of Twos with Ace kicker -- Ac,Ts,8c,2h,2cAc(kicker card) ]
enyawsworld balance 0, lost 2860 [ Kh Jd ] [ a pair of Twos -- Kh,Jd,8c,2h,2c ]



Can anybody stop this guy?

***** Hand History for Game 5599115145 *****
0/0 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 31316154) - Sat Jan 20 01:38:54 EST 2007
Table Speed 1305218 (Real Money) -- Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 2: choppertaz1 (3140)
Seat 3: Jim_Beaner (8120)
Seat 5: NorthPoleRat (2770)
Seat 8: myxiplx (5970)
choppertaz1 posts small blind (300)
Jim_Beaner posts big blind (600)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to myxiplx [ Th, 2s ]
NorthPoleRat raises (2770) to 2770
NorthPoleRat is all-In.
myxiplx folds.
choppertaz1 folds.
Jim_Beaner calls (2170)
Creating Main Pot with $5840 with NorthPoleRat
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 3c, Kd, 9s ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 8s ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 7s ]
** Summary **
Main Pot: 5840 |
Board: [ 3c Kd 9s 8s 7s ]

Jim_Beaner balance 11190, bet 2770, collected 5840, net +3070 [ 8d Jd ] [ a pair of Eights -- Kd,Jd,9s,8d,8s ]
NorthPoleRat balance 0, lost 2770 [ Ac 4h ] [ high card Ace -- Ac,Kd,9s,8s,7s ]



Chopper takes me out :'(

***** Hand History for Game 5599118013 *****
0/0 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 31316154) - Sat Jan 20 01:42:01 EST 2007
Table Speed 1305218 (Real Money) -- Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 3
Seat 2: choppertaz1 (10255)
Seat 3: Jim_Beaner (7515)
Seat 8: myxiplx (2230)
choppertaz1 posts ante (25)
Jim_Beaner posts ante (25)
myxiplx posts ante (25)
myxiplx posts small blind (400)
choppertaz1 posts big blind (800)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to myxiplx [ Kd, 7s ]
Jim_Beaner raises (1600) to 1600
myxiplx raises (1805) to 2205
myxiplx is all-In.
choppertaz1 calls (1405)
Jim_Beaner calls (605)
Creating Main Pot with $6690 with myxiplx
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 2d, Qs, Ah ]
choppertaz1 checks.
Jim_Beaner bets (5285)
Jim_Beaner is all-In.
choppertaz1 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 9h ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 7h ]
Creating Side Pot 1 with $5285 with Jim_Beaner
** Summary **
Main Pot: 6690 | Side Pot 1: 5285
Board: [ 2d Qs Ah 9h 7h ]

choppertaz1 balance 8025, lost 2230 (folded)
Jim_Beaner balance 11975, bet 7515, collected 11975, net +4460 [ Th Ad ] [ a pair of Aces -- Ad,Ah,Qs,Th,9h ]
myxiplx balance 0, lost 2230 [ Kd 7s ] [ a pair of Sevens -- Ah,Kd,Qs,7s,7h ]



Chopper's on a roll

***** Hand History for Game 5599118648 *****
myxiplx finished in 3 place and won $40.
0/0 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 31316154) - Sat Jan 20 01:42:44 EST 2007
Table Speed 1305218 (Real Money) -- Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 2: choppertaz1 (8025)
Seat 3: Jim_Beaner (11975)
choppertaz1 posts ante (25)
Jim_Beaner posts ante (25)
choppertaz1 posts small blind (400)
Jim_Beaner posts big blind (800)
** Dealing down cards **
Jim_Beaner: gl
choppertaz1 raises (1200) to 1600
choppertaz1: u2
Jim_Beaner raises (10400) to 11200
choppertaz1 calls (6400)
choppertaz1 is all-In.
Creating Main Pot with $16050 with choppertaz1
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 4s, 3s, Ks ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Ts ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 3h ]
** Summary **
Main Pot: 16050 | Side Pot 1: 3200
Board: [ 4s 3s Ks Ts 3h ]

choppertaz1 balance 16050, bet 8025, collected 16050, net +8025 [ As Qs ] [ a flush, Ace high -- As,Ks,Qs,Ts,4s ]
Jim_Beaner balance 3950, bet 11225, collected 3200, lost -8025 [ Kd Qh ] [ two pairs, Kings and Threes -- Kd,Ks,Qh,3s,3h ]



And chopper wins with a lucky river:

***** Hand History for Game 5599118970 *****
0/0 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 31316154) - Sat Jan 20 01:43:08 EST 2007
Table Speed 1305218 (Real Money) -- Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 2: choppertaz1 (16050)
Seat 3: Jim_Beaner (3950)
choppertaz1 posts ante (25)
Jim_Beaner posts ante (25)
Jim_Beaner posts small blind (400)
choppertaz1 posts big blind (800)
** Dealing down cards **
Jim_Beaner raises (3525) to 3925
Jim_Beaner is all-In.
choppertaz1 calls (3125)
Creating Main Pot with $7900 with Jim_Beaner
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 3h, 6d, As ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 4h ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 4s ]
** Summary **
Main Pot: 7900 |
Board: [ 3h 6d As 4h 4s ]

choppertaz1 balance 20000, bet 3950, collected 7900, net +3950 [ Kd 4c ] [ three of a kind, Fours -- As,Kd,4c,4h,4s ]
Jim_Beaner balance 0, lost 3950 [ Jd Ac ] [ two pairs, Aces and Fours -- Ac,As,Jd,4h,4s ]

Nice one. I remember i won a cheap MTT with ~180 field once after i was down to 15 chips with 100+ players left and 30/60 blinds.

Miracles happen in poker ;-)

wow i just posted a thread just like this one and i didnt even see yours. i had a similar experience lately. and just tonight, as i was writing my thread about my amazing comeback, i lost to a guy who down to 94 chips when the blinds were 100/200. it hurt but i guess i had my lucky day so he deserves his.

i was playing a 10 handed $6 SNG yesterday with 5 players left
i got a bad beat (boat vs boat) and went down to 120 chips
everyone else had 3000 to 6000 chips
with some luck, and really tight and aggressive play, i went on to win

i notice that i finish SNG's higher when i am trailing in chip count
i think i play my best game that way