Posts Tagged ‘FTOPS’

Wow. Thanks to everyone who was watching and following along.

For those who weren’t, here’s the quick version:

With 10 left I was in 8th, which was a tough spot because Bakes was swinging his big stack extremely well. I pretty much couldn’t move. Finally picked up AK and ended up getting all in against QQ, thank god it held.

Got into some confrontations early at the final table but mostly waited for shorties to bust.

Five-handed it was me, Bakes, Psychobenny, moi_rhums, and some random satellite qualifier. I ended up getting AA vs. Bakes’ KK for a massive pot that virtually busted him and gave me a commanding chiplead.

From there I took full advantage of having Psychobenny, the next biggest stack, on my right. I kept the pressure on him and ground him down while he was still hamstrung by the presence of the shortstacks. We got 3-handed with Psycho, me, and the satellite qualifier. I ended up doubling the satty guy twice, then he got TT all in against Psycho’s AK and held to make it HU.

I couldn’t have asked for a better outcome. I came into HU with 2:1 lead on a player who was literally clueless about HU. I offered him a ridiculously one-sided chop and was relieved when he declined. Went on to own him HU.  Read the complete post...

We played for 10 hours, so obviously there were a lot of hands, but here are two that stick out in my head:

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 250/500 Blinds 50 Ante (9 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG (t55790)
UTG+1 (t36186)
MP1 (t27509)
MP2 (t15323)
MP3 (t15790)
CO (t26220)
Hero (Button) (t42976)
SB (t39918)
BB (t36136)

Hero’s M: 35.81

Preflop: Hero is Button with 10, 10
6 folds, Hero bets t1000, SB calls t750, BB calls t500

Flop: (t3450) 2, 7, 10 (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets t2222, 1 fold, BB calls t2222

Turn: (t7894) 2 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (t7894) 8 (2 players)
BB bets t2900, Hero raises to t12000, BB calls t9100

Total pot: t31894

Results:
Hero had 10, 10 (full house, tens over twos).
BB had 10, J (two pair, tens and twos).
Outcome: Hero won t31894

I think his range for calling the flop is pretty weak and usually drawing dead on the turn, so I choose not to bet. I think I just get too many folds from hands that will give me a bet (or in this case two) on the river, and there aren’t a lot of hands that are going to pay off two streets.  Read the complete post...

Woke up at 6AM this morning, drove from Boston to Baltimore, got in just in time to fire this bitch up, and 10 hours later I am through Day 1 ranked 22/106, with 946 runners starting. I actually burst the bubble myself, busting the lovely Lauren Kling when she shoved 7BB’s, I called with AJ and sucked out on her AA.

We start play tomorrow at 2. Ugh.

Congratulations on busting durrrr in the following tournament:

FTOPS Event #25 (2-Day) (147664209)

Your Full Tilt Poker account has been credited with a bounty prize of $200.00.

In addition to your bounty prize money, you’ve also earned a T-shirt to commemorate your accomplishment. You’ll receive a second email that will allow you to claim this shirt and confirm your shipping details.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 140/280 Blinds 25 Ante (9 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP2 (t4681)
MP3 (t8817)
CO (t9984)
Button (t33954)
SB (t18715)
BB (t24529)
Hero (UTG) (t9837)
UTG+1 (t9835)
MP1 (t14031)

Hero’s M: 15.25

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q, A
Hero bets t777, UTG+1 calls t777, 2 folds, MP3 calls t777, CO calls t777, 2 folds, BB calls t497

Flop: (t4250) Q, 8, 6 (5 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 bets t1770, 2 folds, BB calls t1770, Hero raises to t9035 (All-In), UTG+1 calls t7263 (All-In), 1 fold

Turn: (t24086) 5 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t24086) 5 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t24086

Results:
Hero had Q, A (two pair, Queens and fives).
UTG+1 had 8, A (two pair, eights and fives).
Outcome: Hero won t24086

I’m not a big fan of his pre-flop call, but he was playing this whole tournament pretty crazily. Not surprisingly, it didn’t seem to be too important to him, at least not at this nascent stage.  Read the complete post...

A third of the year is officially behind us. Am I 1/3 of the way to achieving my Yearly Resolutions?

Like the $100 rebuy, this one ran with an overlay. I was only in for $900, so I had like $240 in overlay.

It went down basically the way I expected it to: got some fish to clown off their stacks to me early, then had to play poker with decent players. Two of my tables had at least one high-stakes cash player on my left who is definitively better than I am, which sucks especially in a 6-max format.

This one is vs. Shannon Shorr, it actually got me to post a hand on 2+2 for the first time on months:

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 170/340 Blinds 25 Ante (6 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP (t16747)

CO (t21129)

Button (t11791)

Hero (SB) (t28986)

BB (t20843)

UTG (t6894)

Hero’s M: 43.92

Preflop: Hero is SB with 10, 10

1 fold, MP bets t810, 2 folds, Hero calls t640, 1 fold

Flop: (t2110) 9, 5, 4 (2 players)

Hero checks, MP checks

Turn: (t2110) 2 (2 players)

Hero bets t1356, MP calls t1356

River: (t4822) 6 (2 players)

Hero bets t3333, MP raises to t14556 (All-In), Hero folds

Total pot: t11488

Results:

MP didn’t show

Outcome: MP won t11488  Read the complete post...

I’ve had some deep runs lately in the Saturday $300 6-max, so I was looking forward to this event. Unfortunately, it didn’t really go my way. I lost a big pot (though not my stack) with AJ vs. AQ on a AJ7Q9 board in a 3-bet pot. My bust-out hand requires a little explaining. The guy who open limps had been doing that a fair bit, I think he was playing like 32/15. I’d just shoved over his limp the hand before.

The guy who shoves had been pretty shove-happy in general. I think he’d even open shoved like 30-some BB’s once. I recognized his name, so I don’t think he was a maniac, just a tourney donk who understood unexploitable shoving and was more comfortable playing that way.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 100/200 Blinds (6 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button (t3372)
Hero (SB) (t4393)
BB (t13870)
UTG (t10287)
MP (t11968)
CO (t11704)

Hero’s M: 14.64

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, Q
2 folds, CO calls t200, Button bets t3372 (All-In), Hero raises to t4393 (All-In), 1 fold, CO calls t4193

Flop: (t12358) 5, Q, A (3 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: (t12358) 2 (3 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t12358) 8 (3 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t12358  Read the complete post...

OK I did play it . It didn’t end up taking up much time at all.

I’m still not sure about this fold. He certainly ought to have more than AA to do this, but you never know with these clowns. Then again if he does have AA2 (or any A2, really), I’m smoked.

Full Tilt Pot-Limit Omaha Tournament, 15/30 Blinds (9 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP3 (t5000)
Hero (CO) (t4940)
Button (t4955)
SB (t4970)
BB (t4940)
UTG (t6260)
UTG+1 (t5000)
MP1 (t5000)
MP2 (t3935)

Hero’s M: 109.78

Preflop: Hero is CO with 5, 4, A, 3
2 folds, MP1 calls t30, 2 folds, Hero bets t135, Button raises to t480, 3 folds, Hero calls t345

Flop: (t1035) 3, 7, 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets t750, Hero folds

Total pot: t1035

Results:
Button didn’t show
Outcome: Button won t1035

Here’s the one that cost me most of my chips. When I saw the flop, I had every intention of folding, but once everyone in between folded, I decided to go with it.

Full Tilt Pot-Limit Omaha Tournament, 20/40 Blinds (9 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP2 (t5113)
Hero (MP3) (t4350)
CO (t5250)
Button (t5045)
SB (t3476)
BB (t7096)
UTG (t6703)
UTG+1 (t4833)
MP1 (t3134)

Hero’s M: 72.50  Read the complete post...