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.

break changes nothing

so after being on vacation for a week and not playing for couple days after getting back, i got back on the FT horse today. did 2 $5 sngs, took 2nd in one against ridiculous luckbox, no cash in the other

did $2 rebuy, in for $10. i was final table bubbleboy, for a whopping $1 profit, and this joke is how it happened after I played damn near perfect poker throughout...

Full Tilt Poker Game #7715868979: $2 + $0.25 Rebuy (58570431), Table 5 - 2000/4000 Ante 500 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:33:37 ET - 2008/08/19
Seat 1: Jlusafer (56,797)
Seat 2: jl131 (44,050)
Seat 4: megowen (26,361)
Seat 5: Dumont 3 (106,018)
Seat 6: biggord (37,725)
Jlusafer antes 500
jl131 antes 500
megowen antes 500
Dumont 3 antes 500
biggord antes 500
Jlusafer posts the small blind of 2,000
jl131 posts the big blind of 4,000
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jl131 [Ac Ts]
megowen has 15 seconds left to act
megowen folds
Dumont 3 folds
biggord folds
Jlusafer raises to 56,297, and is all in
jl131 calls 39,550, and is all in
Jlusafer shows [3c 3h]
jl131 shows [Ac Ts]
Uncalled bet of 12,747 returned to Jlusafer
*** FLOP *** [8d Jc 3d]
*** TURN *** [8d Jc 3d] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [8d Jc 3d Th] [5s]
Jlusafer shows three of a kind, Threes
jl131 shows a pair of Tens
Jlusafer wins the pot (89,600) with three of a kind, Threes
jl131 stands up

unreal. what a ridiculously idiotic shove, and of course i read it right and he had about as much of a hand as i expected, and it still blows up in my face. i want to puke.

the slide continues, sickly

well first there was the rambler series. lost decent size pot when i flopped top pair and LJ called me on flop & turn with 2nd pair & hit trips on river. nice catch. actually had some luck when i caught runnner-runner to bust a shorty. then pick up QQ, flop ace and lose big pot. KK flop ace and have to get away from it. then bust when i raise utg w/KQ, get reraised by LP, it's limit so i have to call, flop Q-high and raiser has AA obv.

then did a sng, here was the crucial hand, which also summarizes how i've been running since getting my acct to high point of $210...



excuse me while i vomit. so unbelievably sick.

now this is just getting ridiculous

so other than winning one 6-handed $5 omaha sng, i have not had a SINGLE cash since pulling off the daily double double-cash. i have been a combination of unbelievably card dead, coolered to death, sucked out all over, and some bad plays on my part. my roll is down from 210 to 140. today's big ones - in omaha i screwed up when i turned quads and didnt let my opponent hang himself, and he ended up busting me when he called my sizable preflop raise w/9956 rainbow, flop 789. genius. gg me

then did $2 1r/1a. built good stack early, then down around 45 players or so it started crumbling - couldnt hit a flop, couldnt catch a draw - nothing. last hand - i raise 3x w/AJ. board runs out 8-9-10-7-J. what does the moron have? QJ offsuit of course. then while i still had the table open, next hand somebody hit a K on the turn w/K8 against shorty allin w/a2 and the clown that busted me got on this guy for being a lucky mf'er. i went BALLISTIC on the shitbag. of course he threw out all 3 classic donkey lines/excuses - 1. well i have your chips, 2. its only $2, 3. let's play HU. i'm outranking the schmuck by 50% on opr so i prob should've taken him up on it but whatever, i cant do that because the reality is the worse someone is, the more they beat me, that's just a fact of my life.

i have got to get this shit turned around, and quick.

next up was the .10 rebuy - my bustout was shoving for 8xBB w/a9 and the bb called with the unbeatable 6-4 soooooooooooted and of course ran out the flush. so fkng disgustingly sick. I will never even begin to be able to imagine the thought processes of these idiots making plays like that.

excuse me while i go jump off another bridge.

bent over by full tilt all day long

$2 180-man. doubled up on the first hand when i shoved w/kk and of course got called by a8 off and magically no ace. held steady, then set the perfect trap to chip up...



absolutely amazing. idiot falls hook line & sinker, and i get fukd.

finally went for the doubleup here, perfect flop, then fukd again...



love open-limping Q4 offsuit obv

Did a $4 token sng, built up good stack early, then donked it off horribly. no sad stories on this one, i played like ass and blew it, finished 4th.

then the $2 rebuy, had good stack for a while, called shorty allin w/a10 and couldnt hit against his QQ, then my AJ got mini-reraised and whiffed flop, and with blinds flying, ended up allin w/ak against ak and 88, nothing for me

on to the early double...

busted out of B early. misplayed a hand where i put opponent on busted draw and called down with bottom pair, then ran JJ into QQ pf obv.

then in A just could not get anything going at all, got very short near bubble and couldnt even find a spot to shove. finally folded to me otb w/J5 sooooted so i shove and major asshole in sb instacalls with a4 off, flop j53, turn blank, river 2 @#$)#@$_!@)$@#_)#!_$@#)$#_@$)_#@

last was $5 stud/8 tourney. this was i think the single unluckiest i've ever been in a tourney. i've had 1 or 2 ridiculously unlucky hands, but this tourney, start to finish, was just the most continuously god-awful luck i've had in one tourney. pretty much every monster draw didnt get there, and got nailed by several 1 or 2 outers against me. my luck in this was so bad that i made the final table, and didn't cash. yep, paid 7 spots, i finished 8th, cause of course i had to make my stand with a 7 low on 4th st when villain had 5 low. of course he caught his low, and paired his ace, while i caught nothing, and bubbled. what a freakin joke.

so after my double cash bonus the other night i was back up all the way to $210, now back down to $171. so incredibly freaking frustrating

double cash

Well after taking down the rambler event the other night and making final tables in 2 $2 rebuy tourneys this week, my confidence is running good, so decided to take a shot at both ends of the daily double for the first time.

very excited to see my cards on hand 1 of the A tourney, but the results made it seem like it was going to be a quick night:



Folding there made me want to puke, but I knew it was what I had to do. I probably should've check-called the river instead of leading out, but once i got pushed in, I knew the chances I was ahead were slim to none, and even though I'd be giving up more than half my stack on the first hand, I felt like I had to try to at least give myself a chance to recover rather than just say screw it and bust.

sure enough, I did recover. i recovered quite well actually, not only cashing but building up a pretty decent stack. At the same time I managed to cash in B also, even though I was relatively card-dead. I just kinda hung around, picked some spots to chip up a bit, and made it through. Busted 91st in B when I ran KQ into A10 and KQ, then 88 into JJ.

Thought I could make a deep run in A, until this:



I thought about whether or not I needed to stack off here, but I dont see how I couldnt. AK shows up here a huge amount of the time to make this a +EV play imo. tough cooler.

But it ended up being a little more than $50 profit for the night with the 2 cashes and $37 bonus for double cash. not bad at all.

terrible day then recovery

bad morning, busted out everywhere, dropped about $30.

then went for $2 rebuy & actually finished 6th. pissed though cause there was another baby stack & 5th would've been $13 more. I open shoved 9-10 soooooted otb & sb woke up w/QQ. gg me :(

went on to $2 freezeout, busted 83rd, 88 flopped set against my KK.

3 big losing hands today - AQ to AJ, AQ to QJ and KK to 88. gotta love it.

another day, another 2-outer

$8 4-table sng for FTOPS #1, winner gets seat, 3 other spots get money. won couple big pots early, which gave me big enough stack to survive the card-deadedness that followed. eventually got to ft & blinds were skyrocketing, but just couldnt find a good spot to get my money in.

finally, got this...



ho hum, i'm so used to it.

great morning

so this is how today is gonna go huh?

bustout #1 -



2 hands to make bustout #2 -





2 hands to make up bustout #3, last hand is not a copy of #1





unreal. excuse me while i go puke up my coffee

sick, just sick

well first I played a $3 MTT & played one of the single worst tourneys of my life. just horrible.

then $2 1r/1a. one of my problems in mtt play is losing too many chips by calling something I shouldn't just simply because of pot odds. so i thought about that here...



shoulda called just based on getting 5-1 but i didnt want to donk off 10% of my stack with 10-high. ugh

then this not too long after...



worst part of that one was if i would've noticed the 2nd caller, i would've called too, but i missed it. now i want to puke.

made up for it a little bit on the next hand:



then came courtesy double up #1:



then courtesy double up #2:



and then the typical bustout:



of course he was the guy i probably bust if i play the 33 earlier. i commented after the hand and he said "well i had chips to spare". so sick. idiotic moronic donkeys score another one.

spadeclub follies

didnt play at all wed. nite & only thing i did lastnight was spadeclub nightly $500. busted 60-something. It is amazing how god-awful the play is on there

first issue was this clown who when not in a hand tried to tell somebody to call a shove by me. i told him he needed to mind his own business when he's not in a hand, and the schmuck went on about how i cant tell him what to do. couple other people tried to back me up and this moron just didnt get it. i made a comment about how gay he looked, and he said he is actually gay. LMAO!!! idiot tilted out a few hands later aipf w/3-8 offsuit. classic.

anyway, here's how i busted -

blinds 600/1200, i'm in BB with about 14k and KJ off. folds to mp w/about 30k who minraises (donk move #1). folds to me, i call. flop AQ8 rainbow. i check, mp MINBETS 1200! (donk move #2). reading that as lack of ace, i shove. He calls & shows JJ (donk move 3). bricks & i'm out.

so let's summarize genius here -

1. minraise w/JJ
2. minbet flop
3. call CRAI with 2 overs on board

seriously, i should be at FT of every single tourney i play on there.

Rambler series

so lastnight's rambler was a heads-up event. got a first round bye which i was happy about, til i realized i'd be down 2-1 at start of my 2nd round match, especially after dropping a few hundred chips early on. then just kinda hung around, first big hand was this:



actually picked up AA next hand but no action.

next big hand was the trap FTW:



so then it was on to match 2 against a newbie, DanDude41. made amazingly quick work of him, winning the match in 5 hands, 2 of which decided things.

Big hand #1:



and #2:



So then it was on to the final, against Blyght, not Rambler amazingly enough (epic fail on the rigging)

this match was brutal.

calling flop to bluff turn i guess?



tried to get creative here, to no avail:



not sure what he thought i was betting flop with here:



this was just a sick call by him that i ended up getting lucky on:



doubled up when my Q9 flopped a straight, then the hand that broke me:



I didnt bet the flop cause he obv wasnt folding anything at this point. probably should've bet turn but thinking 3rd level, didn't think he'd be able to put me on a hand either, and could easily shove on me. on the river I was agonizing - i honestly felt like he either had 88 or air. nothing else made sense. K - would've bet flop probably, if not turn. J - probably bet flop to take it down if i missed. thought maybe Q10 but figured he'd throw something out. When it came down to it, I thought I had him but I didn't want to be humiliated if I called all-in with ace high and lost, so i mucked. he said he had 9-high. !@#!@_#)@_$@#!(%#$)%*#$)%@ that would've been a crazy sick call, and gotten me back in it. instead, i get it in on the next hand, and he dodges about 42 outs to end it:



overall i'm very pleased with my play for the most part. I made a couple of well-thought out moves that actually worked for a change, which was nice. and after dropping back down under $40 my roll is back up over $140.

need to start playing rags obv

so i'm in $5 90-man right now. here are a few of my missed opportunities:

Full Tilt Poker Game #7223783594: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (54910376), Table 7 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:47:08 ET - 2008/07/14
Seat 1: SoberSon (4,710)
Seat 2: jl131 (3,285)
Seat 3: caesar l pazzu (1,315)
Seat 4: pda8181 (3,105)
Seat 5: guysmy8806 (2,370)
Seat 6: BigCat_John (2,795)
Seat 7: heavyd369 (2,665)
Seat 8: dizzietizzie (3,450)
Seat 9: BOMBA99 (3,305)
BOMBA99 posts the small blind of 20
SoberSon posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jl131 [9h Kd]
jl131 folds
caesar l pazzu has 15 seconds left to act
caesar l pazzu calls 40
pda8181 folds
guysmy8806 folds
BigCat_John has 15 seconds left to act
BigCat_John calls 40
heavyd369 calls 40
dizzietizzie folds
BOMBA99 calls 20
SoberSon checks
*** FLOP *** [9s 3s 9d]
BOMBA99 checks
SoberSon checks
caesar l pazzu checks
BigCat_John has 15 seconds left to act
BigCat_John checks
heavyd369 checks
*** TURN *** [9s 3s 9d] [9c]
BOMBA99 checks
SoberSon checks
BigCat_John has been disconnected
caesar l pazzu has 15 seconds left to act
BigCat_John has reconnected
caesar l pazzu bets 200
BigCat_John calls 200
heavyd369 folds
BOMBA99 folds
SoberSon folds
*** RIVER *** [9s 3s 9d 9c] [Js]
caesar l pazzu has 15 seconds left to act
caesar l pazzu checks
BigCat_John checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
caesar l pazzu shows [2c 2d] a full house, Nines full of Twos
BigCat_John shows [3h 2h] a full house, Nines full of Threes
BigCat_John wins the pot (600) with a full house, Nines full of Threes

#2:
Full Tilt Poker Game #7223879867: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (54910376), Table 7 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:54:28 ET - 2008/07/14
Seat 1: SoberSon (4,630)
Seat 2: jl131 (3,225)
Seat 4: pda8181 (3,025)
Seat 5: guysmy8806 (2,650)
Seat 6: BigCat_John (2,935)
Seat 7: heavyd369 (5,330)
Seat 8: dizzietizzie (1,760)
Seat 9: BOMBA99 (3,445)
dizzietizzie posts the small blind of 20
BOMBA99 posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jl131 [8c Qd]
SoberSon folds
jl131 folds
pda8181 folds
guysmy8806 folds
BigCat_John calls 40
heavyd369 folds
dizzietizzie calls 20
BOMBA99 checks
*** FLOP *** [8h 8d Ad]
dizzietizzie checks
BOMBA99 checks
BigCat_John checks
*** TURN *** [8h 8d Ad] [Kh]
dizzietizzie checks
BOMBA99 has 15 seconds left to act
BOMBA99 checks
BigCat_John checks
*** RIVER *** [8h 8d Ad Kh] [6s]
dizzietizzie checks
BOMBA99 has 15 seconds left to act
BOMBA99 has timed out
BOMBA99 checks
BigCat_John checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dizzietizzie shows [4s Jd] a pair of Eights
BOMBA99 shows [6c 2c] two pair, Eights and Sixes
BigCat_John mucks
BOMBA99 wins the pot (120) with two pair, Eights and Sixes
BOMBA99 is sitting out

#3-
Full Tilt Poker Game #7223965259: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (54910376), Table 7 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:01:04 ET - 2008/07/14
Seat 1: SoberSon (6,310), is sitting out
Seat 2: jl131 (3,050)
Seat 3: ErinUsa (8,652)
Seat 4: pda8181 (2,950)
Seat 5: guysmy8806 (4,525)
Seat 6: BigCat_John (3,005)
Seat 7: heavyd369 (5,105)
Seat 9: BOMBA99 (3,980)
guysmy8806 posts the small blind of 25
BigCat_John posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jl131 [6s 7d]
heavyd369 folds
BOMBA99 has 15 seconds left to act
BOMBA99 is sitting out
BOMBA99 has timed out
BOMBA99 folds
SoberSon folds
jl131 folds
ErinUsa calls 50
pda8181 folds
guysmy8806 calls 25
BigCat_John checks
*** FLOP *** [7c 4h 3h]
guysmy8806 checks
BigCat_John checks
ErinUsa bets 150
guysmy8806 folds
BigCat_John calls 150
*** TURN *** [7c 4h 3h] [7s]
BigCat_John checks
ErinUsa checks
*** RIVER *** [7c 4h 3h 7s] [Td]
BOMBA99 has returned
BigCat_John checks
ErinUsa checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ErinUsa shows [Ah 9h] a pair of Sevens
BigCat_John shows [4s 5h] two pair, Sevens and Fours
BigCat_John wins the pot (450) with two pair, Sevens and Fours

#4 -
Full Tilt Poker Game #7223993376: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (54910376), Table 7 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:03:17 ET - 2008/07/14
Seat 1: SoberSon (6,310)
Seat 2: jl131 (3,050)
Seat 3: ErinUsa (8,452)
Seat 4: pda8181 (2,500)
Seat 5: guysmy8806 (4,475)
Seat 6: BigCat_John (3,105)
Seat 7: heavyd369 (5,705)
Seat 9: BOMBA99 (3,980)
heavyd369 posts the small blind of 25
BOMBA99 posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jl131 [7h 8s]
SoberSon raises to 125
jl131 folds
ErinUsa folds
pda8181 folds
guysmy8806 has 15 seconds left to act
guysmy8806 is sitting out
guysmy8806 has timed out
guysmy8806 folds
BigCat_John folds
heavyd369 calls 100
BOMBA99 calls 75
*** FLOP *** [5c 9d 6h]
heavyd369 checks
BOMBA99 checks
SoberSon has 15 seconds left to act
SoberSon bets 200
heavyd369 calls 200
BOMBA99 folds
*** TURN *** [5c 9d 6h] [3h]
heavyd369 checks
SoberSon checks
*** RIVER *** [5c 9d 6h 3h] [5d]
heavyd369 checks
SoberSon checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SoberSon shows [Ts 7s] a pair of Fives
heavyd369 shows [Qh 5h] three of a kind, Fives
heavyd369 wins the pot (775) with three of a kind, Fives

#5:
Full Tilt Poker Game #7224039415: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (54910376), Table 7 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:06:45 ET - 2008/07/14
Seat 1: SoberSon (5,010)
Seat 2: jl131 (1,420)
Seat 3: ErinUsa (8,402)
Seat 4: pda8181 (5,750)
Seat 5: guysmy8806 (4,475)
Seat 6: BigCat_John (3,055)
Seat 7: heavyd369 (6,105)
Seat 9: BOMBA99 (3,360)
ErinUsa posts the small blind of 30
pda8181 posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jl131 [Jh 3c]
jl131: fkng joke
guysmy8806 has 15 seconds left to act
guysmy8806 folds
jl131: they let the donkeys hit shi t like that all the god dam time
BigCat_John folds
heavyd369 calls 60
BOMBA99 folds
jl131: idiots
SoberSon has 15 seconds left to act
SoberSon folds
jl131 folds
ErinUsa raises to 240
pda8181 folds
heavyd369 calls 180
*** FLOP *** [7c Th Kc]
ErinUsa bets 180
heavyd369 calls 180
*** TURN *** [7c Th Kc] [As]
ErinUsa checks
heavyd369 checks
*** RIVER *** [7c Th Kc As] [Qd]
ErinUsa checks
heavyd369 checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ErinUsa shows [Qh Qc] three of a kind, Queens
heavyd369 mucks
ErinUsa wins the pot (900) with three of a kind, Queens

and then when i do get involved:



recovery:



revenge:



then some more:

Full Tilt Poker Game #7225709856: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (54910376), Table 6 - 400/800 Ante 100 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:10:00 ET - 2008/07/14
Seat 1: Dixie Stomper (25,264)
Seat 2: ErinUsa (8,174)
Seat 3: jl131 (5,875)
Seat 4: boilerdaveb (19,397)
Seat 7: Jay Rayfield (6,752)
Seat 8: lennis85 (33,511)
Seat 9: rcb26 (16,343)
Dixie Stomper antes 100
ErinUsa antes 100
jl131 antes 100
boilerdaveb antes 100
Jay Rayfield antes 100
lennis85 antes 100
rcb26 antes 100
Jay Rayfield posts the small blind of 400
lennis85 posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jl131 [Jh Ks]
rcb26 folds
Dixie Stomper folds
ErinUsa folds
jl131 folds
boilerdaveb folds
Jay Rayfield raises to 6,652, and is all in
lennis85 calls 5,852
Jay Rayfield shows [Kh 9s]
lennis85 shows [Qc Qs]
*** FLOP *** [Ad Ts Qh]
*** TURN *** [Ad Ts Qh] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [Ad Ts Qh 2h] [Ac]
Jay Rayfield shows a pair of Aces
lennis85 shows a full house, Queens full of Aces
lennis85 wins the pot (14,004) with a full house, Queens full of Aces
Jay Rayfield stands up

and another:

Full Tilt Poker Game #7225831318: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (54910376), Table 6 - 500/1000 Ante 125 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:18:50 ET - 2008/07/14
Seat 1: Dixie Stomper (20,089)
Seat 3: jl131 (7,350)
Seat 4: boilerdaveb (44,418)
Seat 8: lennis85 (30,716)
Seat 9: rcb26 (12,743)
Dixie Stomper antes 125
jl131 antes 125
boilerdaveb antes 125
lennis85 antes 125
rcb26 antes 125
boilerdaveb posts the small blind of 500
lennis85 posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jl131 [Ts Ac]
rcb26 folds
Dixie Stomper raises to 2,000
jl131 folds
boilerdaveb folds
lennis85 calls 1,000
*** FLOP *** [Kh Td Tc]
lennis85 checks
Dixie Stomper bets 1,000
lennis85 raises to 3,591
Dixie Stomper folds
Uncalled bet of 2,591 returned to lennis85
lennis85 mucks
lennis85 wins the pot (7,125)

still one more:

Full Tilt Poker Game #7225861270: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (54910376), Table 6 - 500/1000 Ante 125 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:21:00 ET - 2008/07/14
Seat 1: Dixie Stomper (15,089)
Seat 2: cpr990 (4,940)
Seat 3: jl131 (11,725)
Seat 4: boilerdaveb (43,418)
Seat 5: PDG Holdem (47,025)
Seat 6: niebel66 (18,277)
Seat 7: hootmckee (82,317)
Seat 8: lennis85 (36,466)
Seat 9: rcb26 (10,743)
Dixie Stomper antes 125
cpr990 antes 125
jl131 antes 125
boilerdaveb antes 125
PDG Holdem antes 125
niebel66 antes 125
hootmckee antes 125
lennis85 antes 125
rcb26 antes 125
cpr990 posts the small blind of 500
jl131 posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jl131 [Js 3h]
boilerdaveb folds
PDG Holdem folds
niebel66 folds
hootmckee folds
lennis85 raises to 6,341
rcb26 folds
Dixie Stomper has 15 seconds left to act
Dixie Stomper calls 6,341
cpr990 folds
jl131 folds
*** FLOP *** [5d 4c 9c]
lennis85 bets 8,623
Dixie Stomper calls 8,623, and is all in
lennis85 shows [Qh As]
Dixie Stomper shows [Qd Ad]
*** TURN *** [5d 4c 9c] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [5d 4c 9c Jc] [Kd]
lennis85 shows Ace King high
Dixie Stomper shows Ace King high
lennis85 ties for the pot (16,277) with Ace King high
Dixie Stomper ties for the pot (16,276) with Ace King high

coulda cracked aces:

Full Tilt Poker Game #7225891471: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (54910376), Table 6 - 500/1000 Ante 125 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:23:12 ET - 2008/07/14
Seat 1: Dixie Stomper (15,901)
Seat 2: cpr990 (3,940)
Seat 3: jl131 (9,725)
Seat 4: boilerdaveb (41,418)
Seat 5: PDG Holdem (50,275)
Seat 6: niebel66 (16,777)
Seat 7: hootmckee (81,817)
Seat 8: lennis85 (37,279)
Seat 9: rcb26 (12,868)
Dixie Stomper antes 125
cpr990 antes 125
jl131 antes 125
boilerdaveb antes 125
PDG Holdem antes 125
niebel66 antes 125
hootmckee antes 125
lennis85 antes 125
rcb26 antes 125
niebel66 posts the small blind of 500
hootmckee posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jl131 [4c Kh]
lennis85 has 15 seconds left to act
lennis85 folds
rcb26 folds
Dixie Stomper calls 1,000
cpr990 folds
jl131 folds
boilerdaveb raises to 4,000
PDG Holdem folds
niebel66 folds
hootmckee folds
Dixie Stomper raises to 15,776, and is all in
boilerdaveb calls 11,776
Dixie Stomper shows [Ah Ac]
boilerdaveb shows [Jh Jc]
*** FLOP *** [4s Kc 7h]
*** TURN *** [4s Kc 7h] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [4s Kc 7h 6d] [5s]
Dixie Stomper shows a pair of Aces
boilerdaveb shows a pair of Jacks
Dixie Stomper wins the pot (34,177) with a pair of Aces

the sickest one yet:

Full Tilt Poker Game #7225957583: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (54910376), Table 6 - 500/1000 Ante 125 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:28:03 ET - 2008/07/14
Seat 1: Dixie Stomper (33,242)
Seat 3: jl131 (9,225)
Seat 4: boilerdaveb (25,142)
Seat 5: PDG Holdem (56,400)
Seat 6: niebel66 (33,929)
Seat 7: hootmckee (83,442)
Seat 8: lennis85 (18,252)
Seat 9: rcb26 (10,368)
Dixie Stomper antes 125
jl131 antes 125
boilerdaveb antes 125
PDG Holdem antes 125
niebel66 antes 125
hootmckee antes 125
lennis85 antes 125
rcb26 antes 125
PDG Holdem posts the small blind of 500
niebel66 posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jl131 [7s 6h]
hootmckee folds
lennis85 folds
rcb26 folds
Dixie Stomper folds
jl131 folds
boilerdaveb raises to 3,000
PDG Holdem calls 2,500
niebel66 folds
*** FLOP *** [6d 7d 7c]
PDG Holdem has 15 seconds left to act
PDG Holdem bets 4,500
boilerdaveb folds
Uncalled bet of 4,500 returned to PDG Holdem
PDG Holdem mucks
PDG Holdem wins the pot (8,000)
The blinds are now 600/1,200 with an ante of 150

only fitting to bust like this:



blah

AK blues cont'd

so when I have AK, it screws me. When I go against it, this...



again, DIAGDFGF AK!!!!!!!!

that was a $5 KO tourney

my other results for the day -

$3 double shootout to 750k - finshed 2nd at my table. got HU with 4-1 lead, shoved my A2 in to his AJ to even out, then AQ couldnt catch against his 88 allin preflop.

$3 KO - near-bubbled, finished 65th with 54 spots paid. lost some chips when i openraised with KQ soooooted and called shorty all in which was equivalent to a miniraise, he had KK obv. then my cards died and blinds jumped (turbo) and i just couldn't get it back.

$5 horse SNG - took 2nd. got HU with decent lead against sick luckbox & of course he caught everything in sight to take it down.

Did final table a tourney on spadeclub. finished 4th - crippled with JJ, raised & got one caller - flop K84 with one club - villain checks, i bet enough to put him all in, which was slight overbet to pot, he called with Ac9c and barry-greenstein-booked me. sick. donktards.