I really can’t let a backlog like this keep building up!
Full Tilt Step 1 (1,500 chips)
Trying to get back on the Steps train. Lost 420 chips with [jc 8c] double-paired in my hand when the board went [jd tc 7c 8d 6s] and my opponent went all-in on the river. Uncharacteristically, I didn’t take a chance on him having a 9. Lost half of my remaining chips when the board turned up four hearts and I backed down. I made it back up over 1,000 a couple of times over 35 minutes but it didn’t go anywhere.
Full Tilt Step Midnight Madness! (1,500 chips)
Thirteen minutes in, went all-in with [ts ah] on second pair and got caught by a [as kc] with top pair.
Full Tilt $2,500 KO Guarantee (2,000 chips)
Only six hands. [ks kd] lost me 400 off the bat and [ah ts] double-paired on the flop lost out to pocket kings that tripped, likewise.
Full Tilt Step 1 Turbo (1,500 chips)
27 minutes. Finished fourth to get another Step 1 ticket.
Full Tilt Step 1 Turbo (1,500 chips)
Finished third after 33 minutes. Still at Step 1.
Full Tilt Step 1 (1,500 chips)
Three quarters of an hour and still only placed fifth. No better, no worse.
Full Tilt Step 1 (1,500 chips)
Guess I should have stuck with the turbo games. That and I shouldn’t play A5o or a pair of eights.
Full Tilt Step 1 18-Players (1,500 chips)
I like these two-table variations. For one thing, the top four slots make it into the next step. For another, there’s just more room to maneuver. I managed to bulk up early and stay near the top without making any dumb moves. Back to Step 2.
Full Tilt Step 2 Turbo (1,500 chips)
Half an hour puts me in third. I’ve been letting the two smaller stacks contest with each other, but call the big blind’s all-in with [qd jh] and lose half my stack. No movement.
Full Tilt Step 2 18-Player (1,500 chips)
Disaster strikes. I pick up [qc 9c] and the flop is [2h qd 3c]. I bet 200 from UTG (with 200 in the pot pre-flop) and get a call from the cutoff. As the [4d] and then the [ad] show he represents a strong hand but I don’t believe him. I should have, though because his [3d 2d] had me beat from the beginning. Off the steps again in seventeenth place.
Full Tilt Step 1 Turbo (1,500 chips)
I just maintain in this it seems like, but it’s enough to keep me in the running. Fifth place and a Step 1 ticket.