Sorry for the long delay between posts.
The biggest news is that Matt Matros has convinced me that I should be playing bigger buy in tournaments with more regularity... (this means $100 and $200 buy in tourneys, which happen weekly online).
I satillited into the Full Tilt Online POker series event #3, which was a $322
buy in... there were 2800 players, and I finished 85th, for about 1K. there were a number of memorable hands... here's a few:
With about 1000 players remaining, I was in the top five.
just before 11pm, I was still in the top ten when this hand came up:
Full Tilt Poker Game #1779579187: FTOPS Event #3 (11292129), Table 99 - 600/1200 Ante 150 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:50:32 ET - 2007/02/11
Seat 1: tranquilo (25,496)
Seat 2: inocencio1977 (17,171)
Seat 3: redmanjew (71,676)
Seat 4: PickyTooth (37,897)
Seat 5: knivar3n (41,646)
Seat 6: slyfoxtbb (82,153)
Seat 7: stone_snake (62,030)
Seat 8: 808Rounder (21,722)
Seat 9: KrustytheClown (52,480)
tranquilo antes 150
inocencio1977 antes 150
redmanjew antes 150
PickyTooth antes 150
knivar3n antes 150
slyfoxtbb antes 150
stone_snake antes 150
808Rounder antes 150
KrustytheClown antes 150
inocencio1977 posts the small blind of 600
redmanjew posts the big blind of 1,200
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to redmanjew [10♦][10♥]
PickyTooth folds
knivar3n raises to 4,444
slyfoxtbb folds
tranquilo: Kvin doeesn't bluff either
stone_snake folds
808Rounder folds
KrustytheClown folds
tranquilo folds
inocencio1977 folds
redmanjew calls 3,244
*** FLOP *** [10♣][K♣][5♣]
redmanjew checks
knivar3n bets 8,555
redmanjew raises to 22,800
knivar3n raises to 37,052, and is all in
redmanjew calls 14,252
knivar3n shows [A♠][K♠]
redmanjew shows [10♦][10♥]
*** TURN *** [10♣][K♣][5♣] [5♥]
*** RIVER *** [10♣][K♣][5♣][5♥] [K♦]
knivar3n shows a full house, Kings full of Fives
redmanjew shows a full house, Tens full of Kings
knivar3n wins the pot (84,942) with a full house, Kings full of Fives
That wrecked me for a bit... but I got a little lucky and hung in there... won a race and was back in the top 15.
then i made a bad fold:
Full Tilt Poker Game #1780151402: FTOPS Event #3 (11292129), Table 57 - 1700/3400 Ante 400 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:14:05 ET - 2007/02/12
Seat 1: bigskinnyexp (52,166)
Seat 2: JamesPK (86,250)
Seat 3: Bwandon (85,159)
Seat 4: KingDan23 (33,787)
Seat 5: PSTARFISH (138,867)
Seat 6: redmanjew (134,441)
Seat 7: Narciso (42,423)
Seat 8: UgottaBkiddin (56,707)
Seat 9: DontBluffMePLZZ (35,938)
bigskinnyexp antes 400
JamesPK antes 400
Bwandon antes 400
KingDan23 antes 400
PSTARFISH antes 400
redmanjew antes 400
Narciso antes 400
UgottaBkiddin antes 400
DontBluffMePLZZ antes 400
Narciso posts the small blind of 1,700
UgottaBkiddin posts the big blind of 3,400
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to redmanjew [10♦][10♣]
DontBluffMePLZZ folds
bigskinnyexp folds
JamesPK folds
Bwandon folds
KingDan23 folds
PSTARFISH raises to 9,000
redmanjew raises to 27,200
Narciso folds
UgottaBkiddin folds
PSTARFISH has 15 seconds left to act
PSTARFISH calls 18,200
*** FLOP *** [K♣][8♥][K♦]
PSTARFISH bets 111,267, and is all in
redmanjew folds
Uncalled bet of 111,267 returned to PSTARFISH
PSTARFISH mucks
PSTARFISH wins the pot (63,100)
Partially this was a result of not having much time to think the hand through. if I had five minutes, I believe I likely would have called. Looking back on it, I figure he had a small pair or AQ. so, that was an opportunity lost.
Even so, i was still in the top twenty or so without 90 left.
but 12 minutes later, my fate was decided:
Full Tilt Poker Game #1780171474: FTOPS Event #3 (11292129), Table 57 - 1700/3400 Ante 400 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:17:18 ET - 2007/02/12
Seat 1: bigskinnyexp (45,466)
Seat 2: JamesPK (81,250)
Seat 3: Bwandon (83,559)
Seat 4: KingDan23 (32,187)
Seat 5: PSTARFISH (173,167)
Seat 6: redmanjew (104,341)
Seat 7: Narciso (39,123)
Seat 8: UgottaBkiddin (68,707)
Seat 9: DontBluffMePLZZ (37,938)
bigskinnyexp antes 400
JamesPK antes 400
Bwandon antes 400
KingDan23 antes 400
PSTARFISH antes 400
redmanjew antes 400
Narciso antes 400
UgottaBkiddin antes 400
DontBluffMePLZZ antes 400
JamesPK posts the small blind of 1,700
Bwandon posts the big blind of 3,400
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to redmanjew [A♥][K♠]
Narciso: mate. win the pot , get lucky.
dmbry3 (Observer): yay
Narciso: then shut up
KingDan23 folds
PSTARFISH raises to 10,000
JamesPK: relax man
redmanjew raises to 103,941, and is all in
Narciso folds
UgottaBkiddin folds
DontBluffMePLZZ folds
bigskinnyexp folds
JamesPK folds
PSTARFISH: wow
Bwandon folds
PSTARFISH: ok i call
PSTARFISH calls 93,941
redmanjew shows [A♥][K♠]
PSTARFISH shows [Q♠][Q♥]
*** FLOP *** [4♣][10♦][3♦]
aelredx (Observer): Ace me
*** TURN *** [4♣][10♦][3♦] [4♠]
ADK Rick (Observer): classic
*** RIVER *** [4♣][10♦][3♦][4♠] [3♠]
redmanjew shows two pair, Fours and Threes
PSTARFISH shows two pair, Queens and Fours
PSTARFISH wins the pot (216,582) with two pair, Queens and Fours
KingDan23: gg
JackTen41 (Observer): wow
Narciso: 88 here
JamesPK: gg jew
UgottaBkiddin: gh
redmanjew stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 216,582 | Rake 0
Board: [4♣][10♦][3♦][4♠][3♠]
Seat 1: bigskinnyexp (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: JamesPK (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: Bwandon (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: KingDan23 folded before the Flop
Seat 5: PSTARFISH showed [Q♠][Q♥] and won (216,582) with two pair, Queens and Fours
Seat 6: redmanjew showed [A♥][K♠] and lost with two pair, Fours and Threes
Seat 7: Narciso folded before the Flop
Seat 8: UgottaBkiddin folded before the Flop
Seat 9: DontBluffMePLZZ folded before the Flop
Wow. I win that flip and I would have been in the top three and with a chance to win some real money.
As it was, I finished in 85th place for 1K. While I am happy with that, the pocket tens hand haunted me for a few days.
And we were just about to start moving into the very serious cash...
Even so, it was my best day of 2007, so I got no complaints. and I am reminded that I can play with these guys.
Also, I am reminded that I never feel great about the end of a poker tournament unless I win the thing.
I bought into a $216 event friday night and busted out early, but then satellited into the FTOPS Main event, which is a $535 event in which they are expecting at least 3000 players... first place will be a minimum of 200K.
So, I'll take my shot at that tomorrow.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
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