Full Tilt is an absolute pile of shit

So I havent been on here for a while. But this was the hand that got me back. Such an unbelievably ridiculous joke this site has become...



I figured in a low buyin like this i'd be sure to get a call. Now not only does the wonderful tilt create a sick KK-AA 1st hand cooler, but as ALWAYS over the past few months, the worst hand wins. I mean, 8 freaking 10 sooooted ?!?!?!?!??! Un un un un un un FUCKING REAL

how to get blown out of a tourney in 2 hands

early in tourney i meant to raise to 150 w/AK and instead hit 1503. One caller, flop comes K-high so i shove & he calls with A9 to double me. I should've known that was too good to be true...

hand #1 -

Full Tilt Poker Game #8205329765: $3 + $0.30 Tournament (62315250), Table 13 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 9:41:07 ET - 2008/09/24
Seat 1: poker_n_go (3,530)
Seat 2: jl131 (6,435)
Seat 3: loosh25 (2,420)
Seat 4: laioner (5,520)
Seat 5: Griffswurth (2,795)
Seat 6: WTFman (3,260)
Griffswurth posts the small blind of 25
WTFman posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jl131 [Ac As]
poker_n_go calls 50
jl131 raises to 150
loosh25 has 15 seconds left to act
loosh25 raises to 2,420, and is all in
laioner has 15 seconds left to act
laioner raises to 5,520, and is all in
Griffswurth folds
WTFman folds
poker_n_go folds
jl131 calls 5,370
laioner shows [Kh Ah]
jl131 shows [Ac As]
loosh25 shows [4h 4c]
*** FLOP *** [6s Qh 7d]
*** TURN *** [6s Qh 7d] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [6s Qh 7d Jh] [9h]
laioner shows a flush, Ace high
jl131 shows a pair of Aces
laioner wins the side pot (6,200) with a flush, Ace high
loosh25 shows a pair of Fours
laioner wins the main pot (7,385) with a flush, Ace high
loosh25 stands up

hand #2 -

Full Tilt Poker Game #8205491823: $3 + $0.30 Tournament (62315250), Table 13 - 40/80 - No Limit Hold'em - 10:04:43 ET - 2008/09/24
Seat 1: poker_n_go (4,500)
Seat 2: jl131 (1,750)
Seat 3: dutch1805 (6,950)
Seat 4: laioner (10,785)
Seat 5: Griffswurth (2,745)
Seat 6: dangerousB (7,225)
dangerousB posts the small blind of 40
poker_n_go posts the big blind of 80
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jl131 [Ks Kd]
jl131 raises to 200
dutch1805 folds
laioner calls 200
Griffswurth folds
dangerousB calls 160
poker_n_go calls 120
*** FLOP *** [7h 8s 5s]
dangerousB bets 80
poker_n_go raises to 800
jl131 raises to 1,550, and is all in
laioner folds
dangerousB calls 1,470
poker_n_go calls 750
*** TURN *** [7h 8s 5s] [4h]
dangerousB bets 5,450
poker_n_go folds
dangerousB shows [6h 7s]
jl131 shows [Ks Kd]
Uncalled bet of 5,450 returned to dangerousB
*** RIVER *** [7h 8s 5s 4h] [Qh]
dangerousB shows a straight, Eight high
jl131 shows a pair of Kings
dangerousB wins the pot (5,450) with a straight, Eight high
jl131 stands up and tries to think of a way to cause this COMPLETE FUCKING CLOWN to die a slow painful death

HORSE final table then crumble

$5 Horse tourney, played pretty well & got to final table. few hands in won a nice pot after i threw in a misclicked reraise preflop & took it down to move up to #2 in chips. then it completely crumbled and I was out in just a few incredibly sick hands:

#1 -
Full Tilt Poker Game #8092373188: $5 + $0.50 Tournament (61429984), Table 2 - 3000/6000 - Limit Omaha H/L - 0:06:46 ET - 2008/09/16
Seat 1: ronitf007 (30,142)
Seat 2: jl131 (47,459)
Seat 5: leeda111 (43,507)
Seat 6: DrDragon483 (83,803)
Seat 7: Scarbo (39,589)
Scarbo posts the small blind of 1,500
ronitf007 posts the big blind of 3,000
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jl131 [Ks Qh Qs 7c]
jl131 calls 3,000
leeda111 folds
DrDragon483 calls 3,000
Scarbo calls 1,500
ronitf007 checks
*** FLOP *** [4d 5d Js]
Scarbo checks
ronitf007 checks
jl131 bets 3,000
DrDragon483 calls 3,000
Scarbo calls 3,000
ronitf007 calls 3,000
*** TURN *** [4d 5d Js] [Qc]
Scarbo checks
ronitf007 checks
jl131 bets 6,000
DrDragon483 calls 6,000
Scarbo calls 6,000
ronitf007 calls 6,000
*** RIVER *** [4d 5d Js Qc] [3c]
Scarbo checks
ronitf007 bets 6,000
jl131 calls 6,000
DrDragon483 folds
Scarbo raises to 12,000
ronitf007 calls 6,000
jl131: f me
jl131 folds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Scarbo shows [3s 6h 7h Jd] a straight, Seven high, for high and 7,6,5,4,3, for low
ronitf007 shows [2c 9d Ac 9c] a straight, Five high, for high and 5,4,3,2,A, for low
Scarbo wins the high pot (39,000) with a straight, Seven high
ronitf007 wins the low pot (39,000) with 5,4,3,2,A

next hand - stupid turn costs scoop:
Full Tilt Poker Game #8092392134: $5 + $0.50 Tournament (61429984), Table 2 - 3000/6000 - Limit Omaha H/L - 0:08:24 ET - 2008/09/16
Seat 1: ronitf007 (45,142)
Seat 2: jl131 (29,459)
Seat 5: leeda111 (43,507)
Seat 6: DrDragon483 (71,803)
Seat 7: Scarbo (54,589)
ronitf007 posts the small blind of 1,500
jl131 posts the big blind of 3,000
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jl131 [2s 8d Ah 6s]
leeda111 folds
DrDragon483 raises to 6,000
jl131: sick
Scarbo folds
ronitf007 folds
jl131 calls 3,000
*** FLOP *** [4h 9s 5s]
jl131 checks
DrDragon483 bets 3,000
jl131 raises to 6,000
DrDragon483 raises to 9,000
jl131 calls 3,000
*** TURN *** [4h 9s 5s] [2h]
jl131 checks
DrDragon483 bets 6,000
jl131 calls 6,000
*** RIVER *** [4h 9s 5s 2h] [Qs]
jl131 bets 6,000
DrDragon483 calls 6,000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jl131 shows [2s 8d Ah 6s] a flush, Queen high, for high and 6,5,4,2,A, for low
DrDragon483 shows [4d Ac 3h Ad] a straight, Five high, for high and 5,4,3,2,A, for low
jl131 wins the high pot (27,750) with a flush, Queen high
DrDragon483 wins the low pot (27,750) with 5,4,3,2,A

#3 - again couldnt scoop:
Full Tilt Poker Game #8092423327: $5 + $0.50 Tournament (61429984), Table 2 - 3000/6000 - Limit Omaha H/L - 0:11:07 ET - 2008/09/16
Seat 1: ronitf007 (45,142)
Seat 2: jl131 (24,209)
Seat 5: leeda111 (37,507)
Seat 6: DrDragon483 (81,553)
Seat 7: Scarbo (56,089)
ronitf007 posts the small blind of 1,500
jl131 posts the big blind of 3,000
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jl131 [Tc 2c Th 2h]
leeda111 folds
DrDragon483 has 15 seconds left to act
DrDragon483 folds
Scarbo folds
ronitf007 calls 1,500
jl131 checks
*** FLOP *** [8h 3h 8s]
ronitf007 bets 3,000
jl131 calls 3,000
*** TURN *** [8h 3h 8s] [2d]
ronitf007 bets 6,000
jl131 raises to 12,000
ronitf007 calls 6,000
*** RIVER *** [8h 3h 8s 2d] [Ac]
ronitf007 checks
jl131 bets 6,000
ronitf007 calls 6,000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jl131 shows [Tc 2c Th 2h] a full house, Twos full of Eights, for high
ronitf007 shows [As 3s 5d Qh] two pair, Aces and Eights, for high and 8,5,3,2,A, for low
jl131 wins the high pot (24,000) with a full house, Twos full of Eights
ronitf007 wins the low pot (24,000) with 8,5,3,2,A

razz kiss of death:
Full Tilt Poker Game #8092458308: $5 + $0.50 Tournament (61429984), Table 2 - 4000/8000 Ante 700 - Limit Razz - 0:14:11 ET - 2008/09/16
Seat 1: ronitf007 (53,442)
Seat 2: jl131 (20,509)
Seat 5: leeda111 (28,307)
Seat 6: DrDragon483 (64,353)
Seat 7: Scarbo (77,889)
ronitf007 antes 700
jl131 antes 700
leeda111 antes 700
DrDragon483 antes 700
Scarbo antes 700
*** 3RD STREET ***
Dealt to ronitf007 [Qd]
Dealt to jl131 [Ac 7s] [5h]
Dealt to leeda111 [8s]
Dealt to DrDragon483 [Td]
Dealt to Scarbo [Ks]
Scarbo is high with [Ks]
Scarbo brings in for 1,000
ronitf007 folds
jl131 completes it to 4,000
leeda111 calls 4,000
DrDragon483 folds
Scarbo folds
*** 4TH STREET ***
Dealt to jl131 [Ac 7s 5h] [5d]
Dealt to leeda111 [8s] [9h]
leeda111 bets 4,000
jl131 calls 4,000
*** 5TH STREET ***
Dealt to jl131 [Ac 7s 5h 5d] [Qh]
Dealt to leeda111 [8s 9h] [3c]
leeda111 bets 8,000
jl131 has 15 seconds left to act
jl131: fkng horseshi t
jl131 folds
Uncalled bet of 8,000 returned to leeda111
leeda111 mucks
leeda111 wins the pot (20,500)

Full Tilt Poker Game #8092490199: $5 + $0.50 Tournament (61429984), Table 2 - 4000/8000 Ante 700 - Limit Razz - 0:16:46 ET - 2008/09/16
Seat 1: ronitf007 (63,442)
Seat 2: jl131 (12,509)
Seat 5: leeda111 (39,807)
Seat 6: DrDragon483 (50,853)
Seat 7: Scarbo (77,889)
ronitf007 antes 700
jl131 antes 700
leeda111 antes 700
DrDragon483 antes 700
Scarbo antes 700
*** 3RD STREET ***
Dealt to ronitf007 [6d]
Dealt to jl131 [8s 5s] [2c]
Dealt to leeda111 [4d]
Dealt to DrDragon483 [5c]
Dealt to Scarbo [Kh]
Scarbo is high with [Kh]
Scarbo brings in for 1,000
ronitf007 folds
jl131 completes it to 4,000
leeda111 calls 4,000
DrDragon483 folds
Scarbo folds
*** 4TH STREET ***
Dealt to jl131 [8s 5s 2c] [Kd]
Dealt to leeda111 [4d] [9s]
leeda111 bets 4,000
jl131: fk it
jl131 has 15 seconds left to act
jl131 raises to 7,809, and is all in
leeda111 calls 3,809
jl131 shows [8s 5s 2c Kd]
leeda111 shows [6c 3h 4d 9s]
*** 5TH STREET ***
Dealt to jl131 [8s 5s 2c Kd] [4h]
Dealt to leeda111 [6c 3h 4d 9s] [5d]
*** 6TH STREET ***
Dealt to jl131 [8s 5s 2c Kd 4h] [Jh]
Dealt to leeda111 [6c 3h 4d 9s 5d] [7h]
*** 7TH STREET ***
Dealt to jl131 [8s 5s 2c Kd 4h Jh] [3d]
Dealt to leeda111 [6c 3h 4d 9s 5d 7h] [3s]
jl131 shows [8s 5s 2c Kd 4h Jh 3d] 8,5,4,3,2
leeda111 shows [6c 3h 4d 9s 5d 7h 3s] 7,6,5,4,3
leeda111 wins the pot (28,118) with 7,6,5,4,3
jl131 stands up and tries to find a way to destroy the creator of razz

nice that i finished 5th, but after i got up to 2nd place, i really had only one acceptable finish, and 5th sure as shit wasnt it. but, i am proud of myself for another FT and doing it in HORSE.

online stalemate & live bubble

haven't been playing much lately at all. over the past week I did a grand total of 3 SNGs, winning the first, a $5 o/8, then having 2 sick knockouts - shoved 99 into AA on a 7-high flop, then slowplayed a flopped set against a turned broadway gutshot. nice.

got a rare opportunity to play a live tourney 2 weekends ago, a $50 buyin at Harrahs. I enjoy live play so much better than online. last time i played a live tourney, i ended up agreeing to a 5-way chop at final table with me as the technical "winner" since I had a slight chip lead at that point. This was another final table, which isn't overwhelmingly impressive considering only 28 people started, but I made it to the last 4, and 3 spots were paid. At this point there was one big chip leader and the rest of us were all relatively even. And it had taken so long to get to that point that the blinds were insane compared to stack size, with the 3 of us between 20-40k and blinds 4k/8k.

fortunately, once it got 4-handed, one player suggested a bubble pay, everybody put in $20 and whoever went out 4th would basically walk away with a $10 profit for their efforts.

of course, bubble boy was me. I was amazingly card-dead throughout the tournament. I picked up KK once, AQ 3 times, 10-10 once, 99 once, and AJ on my last hand, and that was it for premium starting hands through the entire 5-hour excursion. I was in the BB for 8 of my last 24k, button shoved his 30k-ish stack, so of course there's no way for me to fold, and he had AQ. gg me. oh well, at least with the bubble pay I didn't lose anything.

couple key hands along the way -

3rd hand I pick up AQ, raise & get one caller. Flop AAx. I considered slowplay but at this stage thought i'd be better off leading out, hoping villain would think i would check an ace and just throwing out a c-bet, but after a little bit of thought he folded.

little bit later had 9-2 in BB, flop came 227. I bet & got 2 callers. turn was another 7 - actually a scary card for me but in hindsight this is probably where i should've slowplayed - there were 2 flush draws out now, and when i bet, everybody folded. If i check and somebody hits a flush, I could've taken a few more chips.

I made 2 mistakes along the way - with blinds 1k/2k and I had about 28k left, which was avg at the time, I limped 22 utg. a tight player raised and another called, so now i'm getting little more than 3-1 to call, but that would cost me almost 1/4 of my stack. I should've just open-mucked, but now was kinda stuck with calling, of course missed the flop.

2 hands later pick up a-4 offsuit in SB and complete after couple callers. flop came KK3 & it checked around. Turn was a 10 & 2nd club on board & it checked to me. for some reason i thought i had Ac4c, not Ac4s as it actually was, so thinking i was on nut flush draw, bet about 2/3 pot, got one fold and a call. river was a brick. I now had 2 choices - give up and be crippled, or shove and probably bust because if villain was slowplaying a king obviously he calls, and I felt if he hit the 10 he'd call also. i opted to just give it up, villain did have a 10 but told me if i went all in on the river he would've folded. so that left me with 11k and in awful shape.

fortunately, desperation works sometimes - pick up K8 offsuit in BB, folds to this monstrosity of a woman in SB who limps, I shove & she instacalls with 10J offsuit lol. thanks for the double up. couple hands later pick up AK sooooted otb & shove hoping one of the blinds would have a decent hand and call thinking i was just stealing, but they both folded. i didnt pick up another hand from that point until the AJ that I busted with. There were couple hands where I had K10 off, QJ off, and thought about shoving but I just felt like my best chance was to be ultra-patient and let others drop, and not risk it on a very borderline hand. Unfortunately a couple of shorties doubled up along the way, which helped land me in 4th when it was over.

but, cant complain about back to back top 5 finishes in my last 2 live tourneys. now if i could just get into a big one and do that...

someday i'll keep a run going

started turning things around, made another $2 rebuy final table, had a 3rd and 2 2nds in sngs, and all was well. since then, 4 sick bustouts - ran 1010 into AA, A10 vs. QQ on 10-high flop, QQ flopped set in omaha, AA turned set... 15th in $2 rebuy today AJ < 88 allin pre.

blah

not bad

continue my run of just not playing very much. all the suckouts, coolers and bad beats have really taken a toll. Monday did a $3 omaha tourney and took 4th for $40. No majorly exciting hands to talk about, except I did miss an opportunity to win i think. This assclown at my table was acting like a real schmuck, and started going crazy when i folded a hand with a straight on the board about how stupid I was cause it was a chop. I am just praying it was a level, because if he was genuinely that clueless about omaha and made the FT anyway, that would be just way too highly disturbing for me to handle. Anyway, he was raising obnoxiously almost every hand, one hand I picked up A10Jx sooted, normally playable for me, but i folded not wanting to have to fold to his raise, but this time he limped, and the flop wouldve given me the flush draw and openender, so I could very possibly have crushed him on that hand. But I didn't, and ran QQxx into KKxx preflop. gg

lastnight did another $2 1r1a, finished 17th. Couldnt get much going all night but still managed to get that far, ran AQ into AK preflop, flopped the Q then turned K. gg again.

ho hum

since coming back from break i played 4 times - 7th in a stt when i turned dummy end of straight against flop nut straight. then two 2nds in stts, and the FT bubble in the 2r. so overall not terrible.

did the $2 1r1a. had a very tough spot at one point - called a pf raise with 99, flop came 3 unders, all spades, & I had the 9. raiser bet about 1/2 pot, i minraised. he shoved & sent me into the tank. did he have overpair with a spade? overpair no spade? AsK-type hand? i eventually folded and he told me after the tourney he had AsAx, so good laydown i guess.

looked like i was on my way to cashing until this hand against villain from the other hand...



so sick, and yet so standard, at least for me. i hate poker.