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Just played this hand….

 

Full Tilt Poker Game #7673407893: FTOPS Event #22 (54558349), Table 30 – 25/50 – No Limit Hold’em – 15:43:05 ET – 2008/08/16
Seat 1: lolzcapaneo (3,515)
Seat 2: ICGOODTHINGS (7,310)
Seat 3: Antoshka (7,475)
Seat 4: ourounder (5,950)
Seat 5: jamozzie (4,390)
Seat 6: –Viscin1 (6,250)
Seat 7: johhnycash12 (8,310)
Seat 8: ship_the_perc (4,400)
Seat 9: USCphildo (4,995)
ourounder posts the small blind of 25
jamozzie posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to USCphildo [5h 5d]
–Viscin1 has 15 seconds left to act
–Viscin1 folds
johhnycash12 folds
ship_the_perc folds
USCphildo has 15 seconds left to act
USCphildo raises to 150
lolzcapaneo folds
ICGOODTHINGS folds
Antoshka calls 150
ourounder has 15 seconds left to act
ourounder calls 125
jamozzie calls 100
*** FLOP *** [5c 8h Qs]
ourounder has 15 seconds left to act
ourounder bets 350
jamozzie folds
USCphildo has 15 seconds left to act
USCphildo raises to 925
Antoshka has 15 seconds left to act
Antoshka folds
ourounder calls 575
*** TURN *** [5c 8h Qs] [Td]
ourounder checks
USCphildo has 15 seconds left to act
USCphildo bets 1,275
ourounder has 15 seconds left to act
ourounder raises to 4,875, and is all in
USCphildo calls 2,645, and is all in
ourounder shows [Ad Qh]
USCphildo shows [5h 5d]
Uncalled bet of 955 returned to ourounder
*** RIVER *** [5c 8h Qs Td] [9h]
ourounder shows a pair of Queens
USCphildo shows three of a kind, Fives
USCphildo wins the pot (10,290) with three of a kind, Fives
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10,290 | Rake 0
Board: [5c 8h Qs Td 9h]
Seat 1: lolzcapaneo didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 2: ICGOODTHINGS didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 3: Antoshka (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: ourounder (small blind) showed [Ad Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 5: jamozzie (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: –Viscin1 didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 7: johhnycash12 didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 8: ship_the_perc didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 9: USCphildo showed [5h 5d] and won (10,290) with three of a kind, Fives

 

 

:) o hi der.

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$2500 FTOPS!!!!

So I had a rough start today, busting early in the $320 on stars with AA vs charder30′s TT on a T98 2 8 board.   I knew  was beat but for some reason called him all the way down.  I then had some fun in the $300 90k on FTP with these two hands….

 

Full Tilt Poker Game #7673085372: $90,000 Guarantee (56844166), Table 91 – 15/30 – No Limit Hold’em – 15:17:21 ET – 2008/08/16
Seat 1: HB_HITMAN (2,500)
Seat 2: yoshdog22 (2,771)
Seat 3: Dwigt (2,024)
Seat 4: AJKHoosier1 (3,845)
Seat 5: USCphildo (3,520)
Seat 6: SpanishKey (2,975)
Dwigt posts the small blind of 15
AJKHoosier1 posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to USCphildo [Ks As]
USCphildo raises to 90
SpanishKey folds
HB_HITMAN folds
yoshdog22 folds
Dwigt calls 75
AJKHoosier1 folds
*** FLOP *** [Kc 6h 7d]
Dwigt checks
USCphildo bets 150
Dwigt calls 150
*** TURN *** [Kc 6h 7d] [3h]
Dwigt checks
USCphildo has 15 seconds left to act
USCphildo bets 300
Dwigt has 15 seconds left to act
Dwigt raises to 875
USCphildo raises to 3,280, and is all in
Dwigt calls 909, and is all in
USCphildo shows [Ks As]
Dwigt shows [9h Kh]
Uncalled bet of 1,496 returned to USCphildo
*** RIVER *** [Kc 6h 7d 3h] [4h]
USCphildo shows a pair of Kings
Dwigt shows a flush, King high
Dwigt wins the pot (4,078) with a flush, King high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4,078 | Rake 0
Board: [Kc 6h 7d 3h 4h]
Seat 1: HB_HITMAN didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 2: yoshdog22 (button) didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 3: Dwigt (small blind) showed [9h Kh] and won (4,078) with a flush, King high
Seat 4: AJKHoosier1 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: USCphildo showed [Ks As] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 6: SpanishKey didn’t bet (folded)

 

 

Full Tilt Poker Game #7673227922: $90,000 Guarantee (56844166), Table 91 – 20/40 – No Limit Hold’em – 15:28:51 ET – 2008/08/16
Seat 1: HB_HITMAN (2,455)
Seat 2: yoshdog22 (3,041)
Seat 3: Dwigt (4,109)
Seat 4: AJKHoosier1 (3,695)
Seat 5: USCphildo (1,390)
Seat 6: SpanishKey (2,945)
USCphildo posts the small blind of 20
SpanishKey posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to USCphildo [Ad Ac]
HB_HITMAN raises to 120
yoshdog22 folds
Dwigt calls 120
AJKHoosier1 calls 120
USCphildo has 15 seconds left to act
USCphildo raises to 1,390, and is all in
SpanishKey folds
HB_HITMAN folds
Dwigt folds
AJKHoosier1 calls 1,270
USCphildo shows [Ad Ac]
AJKHoosier1 shows [7d 7h]
*** FLOP *** [5d 6d 7s]
*** TURN *** [5d 6d 7s] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [5d 6d 7s 3h] [Kd]
USCphildo shows a pair of Aces
AJKHoosier1 shows three of a kind, Sevens
AJKHoosier1 wins the pot (3,060) with three of a kind, Sevens

USCphildo: yawn

USCphildo stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,060 | Rake 0
Board: [5d 6d 7s 3h Kd]
Seat 1: HB_HITMAN folded before the Flop
Seat 2: yoshdog22 didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 3: Dwigt folded before the Flop
Seat 4: AJKHoosier1 (button) showed [7d 7h] and won (3,060) with three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 5: USCphildo (small blind) showed [Ad Ac] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: SpanishKey (big blind) folded before the Flop

 

LOL.  Anyways, I’m still in the 100r and the monster $2500 FTOPS.  I’m a little below average in both but its all good.  I was down to 2k in the last $2500 I played and ended up cashing it, so I’m sure I’ll be alright from here. :) Hopefully I can make a few hands and avoid some bad luck… wish me luck!!!!!  $541k for 1st!!!!!

 

Phil

 

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8th in the nightly last night…

I played 6 tourneys yesterday and cashed 3.  Busted 17th in the 2pm 100r.  Busted 102nd in the FTOPS.  Then I final tabled the nightly, but busted a somewhat disappointing 8th.  It’s ok tho cause I only play tourneys for fun, and I was thrilled to just make a final table.  8th paid 3.4k which was AMAZING.  Gosh. I’m really trying to hold in my excitement.  I mean, most ppl would be SLIGHTLY frustrated cashing 3 HUGE tourneys, even making the final two tables of two of them, and only mincashing all of them, but not me.  YAY!

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Two bad beats to bust FTOPS 18 and 100r

Sigh.  Played phenomenal in the early tournaments today, only playing the FTOPS and the 2pm 100r.  The event today was a $500 shootout, and after flopping set over set to get to 6k, i continued to play well and chipped up to about 7k.  Unfortunately no one at my table was busting, and it turned into a shove fest, and I got it in proceeded to go 1 for 6 in all-ins preflop.  The key hand was losing AT to KJ for a monster chiplead 4 handed.  Sigh.

 

I cruised once again in the 100r to the money.  I was never all-in all tourney until there were 2 tables left.  I won a key hand early against my buddy usourcek, outflopping his KK with QTs, and on a QTxxx board he called my river shove.  From there I played pretty LAG, winning a nice pot with JJ < TT all-in pre, and KK < AK all-in pre.  I still had yet to be all-in once, when I lost this hand:

 

PokerStars Game #19620164954: Tournament #100869292, $100+$9 Hold’em No Limit – Level XVIII (2500/5000) – 2008/08/14 – 18:50:17 (ET)
Table ’100869292 9′ 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Briteside69 (187014 in chips)
Seat 2: truesyalose (36317 in chips)
Seat 3: dk-kronprins (269062 in chips)
Seat 4: Sumner song (110554 in chips)
Seat 5: eBo226 (140034 in chips)
Seat 6: tarcards (145299 in chips)
Seat 7: USCphildo (108781 in chips)
Seat 8: mcatdog (83882 in chips)
Seat 9: womnRrake (87113 in chips)
Briteside69: posts the ante 500
truesyalose: posts the ante 500
dk-kronprins: posts the ante 500
Sumner song: posts the ante 500
eBo226: posts the ante 500
tarcards: posts the ante 500
USCphildo: posts the ante 500
mcatdog: posts the ante 500
womnRrake: posts the ante 500
tarcards: posts small blind 2500
USCphildo: posts big blind 5000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to USCphildo [Qd Qh]
mcatdog: folds
womnRrake: folds
Briteside69: folds
truesyalose: folds
dk-kronprins: folds
Sumner song: folds
eBo226: raises 8000 to 13000
tarcards: folds
USCphildo: raises 95281 to 108281 and is all-in
eBo226: calls 95281
*** FLOP *** [8d Jh As]
*** TURN *** [8d Jh As] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [8d Jh As Js] [Jd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
USCphildo: shows [Qd Qh] (a full house, Jacks full of Queens)
eBo226: shows [Th Ah] (a full house, Jacks full of Aces)
eBo226 collected 223562 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 223562 | Rake 0
Board [8d Jh As Js Jd]
Seat 1: Briteside69 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 2: truesyalose folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: dk-kronprins folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: Sumner song folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: eBo226 (button) showed [Th Ah] and won (223562) with a full house, Jacks full of Aces
Seat 6: tarcards (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: USCphildo (big blind) showed [Qd Qh] and lost with a full house, Jacks full of Queens
Seat 8: mcatdog folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: womnRrake folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

 

In my opinion there’s no one playing better than me in online tourneys right now, I just need to stop losing with QQ. asjdkhasdh.

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300r FTOPS

Had some fun in the 300r tonight.  I gambled it up in the rebuy hour and finished with 17k.  I spent $3600, and since i did have a big stack, I wasnt too upset about it.  I played awesome from there, and too be honest it was really easy.  I knew where everyone was at in every hand, and played near flawless poker for 5 hours.  I won a huge pot with AA vs QQ vs TT to get to 45k, then cruised from there, to about 100k.  I slipped a little and ran TT into AA for a 100k pot, leaving me with 32k at 600/1200.  I chipped right back up without being all-in.  And only one hand went showdown.  I was right back in it with a little over 80k.  Then this happened.  The average at the time was 95k…

 


Full Tilt Poker Game #7640517897: FTOPS Event #17 (54558030), Table 138 – 1000/2000 Ante 250 – No Limit Hold’em – 2:24:59 ET – 2008/08/14

Seat 1: garage13 (112,709)

Seat 2: USCphildo (80,575)

Seat 3: MoormanI (84,142)

Seat 4: mossified84 (82,995)

Seat 6: PatHuntKK (93,593)

garage13 antes 250

USCphildo antes 250

MoormanI antes 250

mossified84 antes 250

PatHuntKK antes 250

USCphildo posts the small blind of 1,000

MoormanI posts the big blind of 2,000

The button is in seat #1

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to USCphildo [Qc Qs]

mossified84 raises to 4,975

PatHuntKK folds

garage13 folds

USCphildo has 15 seconds left to act

USCphildo raises to 14,975

MoormanI folds

mossified84 has 15 seconds left to act

mossified84 raises to 82,745, and is all in

USCphildo calls 65,350, and is all in

mossified84 shows [As Jd]

USCphildo shows [Qc Qs]

Uncalled bet of 2,420 returned to mossified84

*** FLOP *** [3d 8d Kc]

*** TURN *** [3d 8d Kc] [7d]

*** RIVER *** [3d 8d Kc 7d] [4d]

mossified84 shows a flush, Jack high

USCphildo shows a pair of Queens

mossified84 wins the pot (163,900) with a flush, Jack high

USCphildo stands up

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 163,900 | Rake 0

Board: [3d 8d Kc 7d 4d]

Seat 1: garage13 (button) folded before the Flop

Seat 2: USCphildo (small blind) showed [Qc Qs] and lost with a pair of Queens

Seat 3: MoormanI (big blind) folded before the Flop

Seat 4: mossified84 showed [As Jd] and won (163,900) with a flush, Jack high

Seat 6: PatHuntKK folded before the Flop

 

sigh.

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Cant stop, wont stop.

Some people get big scores and think they’ve finally achieved their goal, and end up putting in less and less volume.  Usually their play at the table declines, because they just dont care as much.  They become complacent, less focused, and usually think they are way better at poker than they actually are.  Not with me. 

 

After having far and away the best weekend of poker in my short career, I’m even more determined now than ever to put up another huge score.  Neither of my two scores was an outright victory, and the sour taste of a third place finish in an FTOPS event is still in my mouth.  I’ll probably be putting in less volume now, but it will only be so that I can concentrate more on the bigger tourneys.  On Saturday, the only tourney I played was the FTOPS 100r, and being able to dedicate my entire focus to one table was really sweet.  I seemed to have everyone pegged and usually knew where I stood in every hand. 

 

However, like I said, I still dont have an FTOPS jersey.  In poker, there is ALWAYS room to improve, and looking back at my play this weekend, I still have a lot of areas to work on.  I played 5 tourneys yesterday and cashed 3, FTOPS 11, the 2pm 100r, and the Stars nightly, but no final tables.  Definately playing some sick poker lately.  I’ll be playing every day for the next couple weeks, so hopefully more big scores to come!!!

 

Phil

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Guess who had a 146k weekend?

So……

 

After playing some of the best poker of my life last week I decided I would put all of my focus into the 100r FTOPS event 10 on saturday and see how far I could go… I got 3rd for 63k.  I think it was the best tournament I ever played, and I got unlucky a couple times 3 handed or I woulda won the thing.  127k for first woulda been disgusting, and too be honest, I was definately disappointed afterwards.  I didnt really know how to feel, since I wanted the win SO bad.  plus another 60k would be nice…

 

Well, I decided, screw it.  Why not make another final table, and again, I played some of my best poker today.  I cashed the first 100r, busting AK to QQ for a monster pot, cashed the sunday mil, and cashed the 2nd chance… meanwhile, maintaining a big stack the entire way in the stars 250k all the way to HU.  I chopped that beotch for 83k (BOKPOWER took 2nd for 81k).  The field was sickkkkkkkkk, and to say that I chopped that tourney for the win is a great accomplishment in my book.  I think I played absolutely flawless poker, and its about damn time I put together another sick run. :)  

 

I’m also currently leading the FTOPS leaderboard, with 222 points. I dont really know what you get if you win tho.  a jersey? :)  

 

ok, time to get some sleep since I’ll be back at it tomorrow…

 

oh, and yeah, I’m still probably gonna win an FTOPS.

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Absolutely dominated the FTOPS event 4 today for the first 3 hours.  Then ran card dead and lost these TWO monster pots. Note: i was down to 3k after the first pot and survived A3 vs TT to get back in it, then went uncontested back up to 30k. 

Full Tilt Poker Game #7565922902: FTOPS Event #4 (1r+1a) (54557558), Table 115 – 1000/2000 Ante 250 – No Limit Hold’em – 18:18:23 ET – 2008/08/08
Seat 1: greezhool (80,986)
Seat 2: peterleah (37,880)
Seat 3: TheAssassin3 (36,359)
Seat 4: Wiscomurray (51,412)
Seat 5: USCphildo (31,880)
Seat 6: kasper74 (28,357)
Seat 7: Slutaments (38,102)
Seat 8: ryanghall (50,398)
Seat 9: OnlyPlayRagz (32,125)
greezhool antes 250
peterleah antes 250
TheAssassin3 antes 250
Wiscomurray antes 250
USCphildo antes 250
kasper74 antes 250
Slutaments antes 250
ryanghall antes 250
OnlyPlayRagz antes 250
kasper74 posts the small blind of 1,000
Slutaments posts the big blind of 2,000
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to USCphildo [Ac Qc]
ryanghall folds
OnlyPlayRagz folds
greezhool folds
peterleah folds
TheAssassin3 folds
Wiscomurray folds
USCphildo has 15 seconds left to act
USCphildo raises to 4,000
kasper74 raises to 28,107, and is all in
Slutaments folds
USCphildo calls 24,107
kasper74 shows [Js Jh]
USCphildo shows [Ac Qc]
*** FLOP *** [Ad 8c Qh]
*** TURN *** [Ad 8c Qh] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [Ad 8c Qh Jd] [6s]
kasper74 shows three of a kind, Jacks
USCphildo shows two pair, Aces and Queens
kasper74 wins the pot (60,464) with three of a kind, Jacks
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 60,464 | Rake 0
Board: [Ad 8c Qh Jd 6s]
Seat 1: greezhool folded before the Flop
Seat 2: peterleah folded before the Flop
Seat 3: TheAssassin3 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Wiscomurray folded before the Flop
Seat 5: USCphildo (button) showed [Ac Qc] and lost with two pair, Aces and Queens
Seat 6: kasper74 (small blind) showed [Js Jh] and won (60,464) with three of a kind, Jacks
Seat 7: Slutaments (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: ryanghall folded before the Flop
Seat 9: OnlyPlayRagz folded before the Flop

 

Full Tilt Poker Game #7566124113: FTOPS Event #4 (1r+1a) (54557558), Table 115 – 1200/2400 Ante 300 – No Limit Hold’em – 18:34:33 ET – 2008/08/08
Seat 1: greezhool (83,236)
Seat 2: peterleah (26,830)
Seat 3: ASTON DBS (77,843)
Seat 4: Wiscomurray (21,962)
Seat 5: USCphildo (32,819)
Seat 6: kasper74 (56,614)
Seat 7: Slutaments (40,006)
Seat 8: ryanghall (43,298)
Seat 9: OnlyPlayRagz (32,325)
greezhool antes 300
peterleah antes 300
ASTON DBS antes 300
Wiscomurray antes 300
USCphildo antes 300
kasper74 antes 300
Slutaments antes 300
ryanghall antes 300
OnlyPlayRagz antes 300
Wiscomurray posts the small blind of 1,200
USCphildo posts the big blind of 2,400
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to USCphildo [Jd Ah]
kasper74 folds
Slutaments folds
ryanghall folds
OnlyPlayRagz has 15 seconds left to act
OnlyPlayRagz folds
greezhool folds
peterleah folds
ASTON DBS has 15 seconds left to act
ASTON DBS raises to 7,200
Wiscomurray folds
USCphildo raises to 32,519, and is all in
ASTON DBS calls 25,319
USCphildo shows [Jd Ah]
ASTON DBS shows [Qs Kh]
*** FLOP *** [2c Tc Js]
*** TURN *** [2c Tc Js] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [2c Tc Js 9h] [3h]
USCphildo shows a pair of Jacks
ASTON DBS shows a straight, King high
ASTON DBS wins the pot (68,938) with a straight, King high
USCphildo stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 68,938 | Rake 0
Board: [2c Tc Js 9h 3h]
Seat 1: greezhool folded before the Flop
Seat 2: peterleah folded before the Flop
Seat 3: ASTON DBS (button) showed [Qs Kh] and won (68,938) with a straight, King high
Seat 4: Wiscomurray (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: USCphildo (big blind) showed [Jd Ah] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 6: kasper74 folded before the Flop
Seat 7: Slutaments folded before the Flop
Seat 8: ryanghall folded before the Flop
Seat 9: OnlyPlayRagz folded before the Flop

 

and I bubble. 92nd. 

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Playing SO good….

Well, I’ve put in about 40 more MTTs in the last two days with out a FT still.  Yesterday I cashed 5 tourenys, including FTOPS event 1 (busted with AA to KTcc on a Kcc board) and the FTP huge 100r (busted AQ to 77 on Q72 board) in 24th.  Today I made deep runs in a ton of tourneys earlier, the 100r, 50r, 40k, 25k etc, with no results.  I busted the 25k KO on FTP in 15th after losing back to back races.  I also built a huge stack in FTOPS event #2 Omaha H/L, up to 19k at one point, then lost a monster 34k pot all-in on the turn with 12 outs.  meh.  Then I got to the FTOPS shootout and decided to focus as best I could.  I slowly chipped up in round 1 and won a couple key flips HU to advance, then totally dominated round 2, including this hand…

 

Full Tilt Poker Game #7556164988: FTOPS Event #3 (53833928), Table 9 – 80/160 – No Limit Hold’em – 23:26:33 ET – 2008/08/07
Seat 1: Enterprise1701 (16,880)
Seat 2: tomslammer (19,060)
Seat 3: Steve Zolotow (17,600)
Seat 4: bmwmcoupe (17,760)
Seat 5: USCphildo (16,600)
Seat 6: tournik (20,100)
tomslammer posts the small blind of 80
Steve Zolotow posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
bmwmcoupe folds
USCphildo raises to 320
tournik folds
Enterprise1701 has 15 seconds left to act
Enterprise1701 raises to 640
tomslammer folds
Steve Zolotow folds
USCphildo has 15 seconds left to act
USCphildo calls 320
*** FLOP *** [Qc 5s Jc]
USCphildo checks
Enterprise1701 bets 640
USCphildo has 15 seconds left to act
USCphildo raises to 2,080
Enterprise1701 calls 1,440
*** TURN *** [Qc 5s Jc] [9s]
USCphildo has 15 seconds left to act
USCphildo bets 3,200
Enterprise1701 calls 3,200
*** RIVER *** [Qc 5s Jc 9s] [3h]
USCphildo has 15 seconds left to act
USCphildo checks
Enterprise1701 has 15 seconds left to act
Enterprise1701 bets 10,960, and is all in
USCphildo calls 10,680, and is all in
Uncalled bet of 280 returned to Enterprise1701
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Enterprise1701 shows [Ks Ac] Ace King high
USCphildo shows [8h 9h] a pair of Nines
USCphildo wins the pot (33,440) with a pair of Nines
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 33,440 | Rake 0
Board: [Qc 5s Jc 9s 3h]
Seat 1: Enterprise1701 (button) showed [Ks Ac] and lost with Ace King high
Seat 2: tomslammer (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: Steve Zolotow (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: bmwmcoupe didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 5: USCphildo showed [8h 9h] and won (33,440) with a pair of Nines
Seat 6: tournik didn’t bet (folded)

 

on the flop i saw his c-bet as very weak often weighted towards AK and thought a check-raise might take away the pot. his instaflat put two hands in his range imo… AQ and AK. I dont think he’d play AA KK QQ JJ that way, so they are eliminated from his range. I bet the turn with the intention of calling a shove. He would snap flat again with AQ if he had that, and if he shoved it would have to be AK. On the river I check called since AQ will never shove for value there, too easy to be beat by KK, QJ, JJ etc etc.. The only hand in his range on the river that will 3bet small, cbet small and snap a reraise on flop, flat on turn, shove river… was AK. I was thinking all this during the hand, and snapped his river shove. :)

 

 

I screwed up real bad in round 3 to bust 36th.  I think I’m feeling the pressure to win so much I’ve been pressing lately, not really letting the good hands come to me late.  I’ve been getting it in poorly too, so maybe I still have a few things to work on with my late game.  I’ve really started to crush the early and midgame levels lately, just need to work on closing better and the scores will come… FTOPS 4 and 5 tomorrow!

 

Phil

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FTOPS tomorrow!!

Put in about 30 tourneys today with no FTs yet again.  I cashed 7 of them, and definately thought I played well all day.  I’m so due for a big score its ridiculous.  Bring on the FTOPS tomrorow!!!

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