Decent night

So after my 2nd place finish vs. the luckbox I did another $2 sng & 2 different private forum tourneys. took down the sng to make it 4 wins and an unlucky 2nd in my last 5 games. both sngs tonight I fought back from almost out - crippled down to about 400 chips in one, card dead down to 700ish in the other, so I am happy about the way I recovered in both of those.

the first forum tourney i'm pretty disappointed with my play. after reviewing my hand history I think I limped too many weak hands preflop and missed a chance to shove and gamble a little. with 25 players and only 3 spots paid I probably should've gambled here...

Full Tilt Poker Game #4814262361: Atlantic City Poker Guide Trny (34682953), Table 3 - 120/240 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:41:19 ET - 2008/01/10
Seat 1: white_board_wiz (9,598)
Seat 2: Locked1 (4,865)
Seat 3: JoshuaBS (2,804)
Seat 4: Bandit_NJ (6,550)
Seat 6: jl131 (3,705)
Seat 8: Rushmore067 (10,376)
white_board_wiz antes 25
Locked1 antes 25
JoshuaBS antes 25
Bandit_NJ antes 25
jl131 antes 25
Rushmore067 antes 25
jl131 posts the small blind of 120
Rushmore067 posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jl131 [8d 8s]
white_board_wiz raises to 600
Locked1 folds
JoshuaBS has 15 seconds left to act
JoshuaBS calls 600
Bandit_NJ folds
jl131 calls 480
Rushmore067 calls 360
*** FLOP *** [Td Js 2c]
jl131 checks
Rushmore067 checks
white_board_wiz bets 1,100
JoshuaBS raises to 2,179, and is all in
jl131 folds
Rushmore067 folds
white_board_wiz calls 1,079
JoshuaBS shows [Kc Qs]
white_board_wiz shows [6s 6h]
*** TURN *** [Td Js 2c] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [Td Js 2c Ks] [9s]
JoshuaBS shows a straight, King high
white_board_wiz shows a pair of Sixes
JoshuaBS wins the pot (6,908) with a straight, King high

I think if I shove here joshua folds. not sure if whiteboard would call, but if he did it would've been great for me. instead i was too passive and ended up busting out not long after when joshua raised utg and i was so short I needed to shove with 55, right into his KK. gg me


The next tourney was a $3 knockout w/10 people. I got the first knockout here...

Full Tilt Poker Game #4813968386: 2008 Tripaces POY (35813127), Table 2 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:16:47 ET - 2008/01/10
Seat 1: CharlesJP (1,450)
Seat 2: jl131 (1,815)
Seat 3: roguespierre (1,445)
Seat 4: AAA Godfather (1,130)
Seat 5: X at Tripaces (1,660)
CharlesJP posts the small blind of 20
jl131 posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jl131 [Kh Jh]
roguespierre folds
AAA Godfather folds
X at Tripaces raises to 120
CharlesJP folds
jl131 calls 80
*** FLOP *** [9h Ah 5s]
jl131 checks
X at Tripaces bets 150
jl131 raises to 360
X at Tripaces raises to 1,540, and is all in
jl131 calls 1,180
X at Tripaces shows [6d 6h]
jl131 shows [Kh Jh]
*** TURN *** [9h Ah 5s] [4h]
AAA Godfather: wow
*** RIVER *** [9h Ah 5s 4h] [2c]
X at Tripaces shows a pair of Sixes
jl131 shows a flush, Ace high
jl131 wins the pot (3,340) with a flush, Ace high

pretty ballsy of him to shove with 6s there, and i honestly was putting him on an ace at that point, but i needed to gamble in that spot. took the chip lead and kept pounding away from there. actually ended up down about 2.5-1 when it got to heads up but played perfect heads-up poker to take a 3-1 chip lead. villain shoved w/33 against my A6 and won the race to get about even, then the killer hand he caught a 9 w/K9 vs. my KQ to cripple me and won it on the next hand.

all in all a good night, about an $8 profit for the night to bring the roll up to $91. couple more cashes and it'll be time to move up to the $5 level.