Got into this game a few minutes after starting in Del Monte. Left quickly for some reason while continuing to play the other game.
2 minutes, 3 hands. -5%ROI.
Popped into this right after getting out of Marvelous. Briefly got up 15BB but got pushed back under even with Q♦ A♠. Ended up just short of even.
13 minutes, 18 hands. -6%ROI.
Flirted with the wrong side of even, then walked into a flush with 4♦ 6♦ in the BB, got positive, and left.
10 minutes, 12 hands. 6%ROI.
Another every other week, another mixture of wacky games. Lost one re-buy almost immediately in a huge Omaha pot. Ended up down for the night.
Full Tilt Step 1 Turbo (1,500 chips)
Trying to get back on the ladder. Again. Once again it goes poorly. Hand twelve is black eights 8♣ 8♠. I’m down to 1,230 at 30/60 in CO. Two players ahead of me limp in, I raise to 180, both the limpers call. The flop is T♣ 4♦ 5♥. UTG3 bets the pot (630), HJ surrenders, I raise all-in for 1,050. UTG3 calls and, of course, he has top pair with 7♥ T♦. Nothing useful comes and I’m gone.
12 minutes, 12 hands. 9th of 9 players.
Full Tilt Crestline Gate Shallow
Won 4BB my first hand with K♥ Q♠ but lost 8BB with K♠ K♦ when I laid it down after A♠ showed on the flop and some aggressive raising from my opponent.
9 minutes, 14 hands. -19%ROI.
Playing concurrently with the Crestline Gate game. Lost my entire buy-in in three minutes. Called a bet that put me all-in with K♠ A♣ and was up against Q♠ Q♦. Lost the race.
3 minutes, 5 hands. -100%ROI.
Picked up this game after Deerlodge and while still playing Crestline Gate. Went all-in to call SB and was followed by BTN. I was the worst of three pocket pairs: T♥ T♦ vs. A♥ A♣ vs K♥ K♣. The aces held.
2 minutes, 3 hands. -100%ROI.
Began play here just after busting out of Crestline Gate. Lost 7BB a few hands in then almost got even by hand 25. Started sinking again on 30 with 4♣ 4♦ and was out with T♥ 9♣ that almost made a flush or straight.
31 minutes, 36 hands. -100%ROI.
Full Tilt Round 1 Freeroll (1,500 chips)
Another run at a freeroll. Doubled up on the second hand with T♥ A♦ in SB. UTG2 was all-in for 1,605. I called with 1,470. He showed Q♦ K♥, the flop had A♥ in the middle, and it was over by the river.
Fifth hand grabbed me even more chips. Q♣ 3♣ in CO. Five of us limped in, A♠ 2♣ K♣ gave me second nut flush draw, I called HJ’s bet of 30, the blinds folded, and UTG1 called. 8♣ made my flush, UTG1 checked, HJ bet 30 again and I raised to 100. Both UTG1 and HJ came along. A scary K♠ hit the river, making several full house possibilities, but I didn’t think either of them had it. UTG1 checked, HJ was all-in for 1,325, I went all-in (UTG1 only had 15 more than HJ), UTG1 folded. HJ had a set of kings, but that didn’t touch my flush. That popped me over 4,700.
My 3♠ 3♣ that made twos full of threes by the river was bested by T♥ T♣ a few hands later, though, costing me 1,200, and on the very next hand an ill-advised all-in call with A♣ J♠ burned me for nearly 3,000 chips when K♦ K♥ showed up for the showdown. I was down to 910 after that.
I managed to briefly recover two hands later with something similar to what had gotten me started: T♠ A♥. I had 1,000 even on BTN, we were still at 15/30. HJ raised all-in to 935. I went all-in. BB—who’d taken me down with the kings a minute earlier, called. We flipped the cards over, BB had kings again: K♥ K♠. HJ was in bad shape with K♦ Q♥. The flop showed some promise: 2♦ 3♥ 5♥. Any ace, any four, a couple more hearts…I could even still get a straight flush. The turn 7♠ didn’t do me any good but I got my A♣ on the river (h/t Barry Greenstein). The pot netted me nearly 2,000 chips.
All of which I lost three hands later with A♣ K♣. Blinds were 20/40. I raised to 100 from UTG1. The guy with kings was CO and re-raised to 360, getting a call from BTN. I re-raised to 1,020; CO and BTN were in. The flop looked good: A♥ Q♣ A♦. At least so long as he didn’t have a QX. I bet my last 1,900 and got a call. He had the Mutant Jack: A♠ J♠. Nearly 7K in the pot, I was a 4:1 favorite to win. 8♦ for the turn. J♦ for the river. Nobody named their book for that.
18 minutes, 14 hands. Placed 4,564 of 6,983 players.
Full Tilt $1 Main Event Satellite (1,500 chips)
BAM! Out of the gate, picked up steam with a win holding K♦ 8♦ on BTN. Four of us to the flop after a raise to 80 from UTG. K♠ 6♣ T♠ and everyone checked to me. I bet 180, getting a call from only BB. 9♣ on turn and I bet another 700 (with only 540 behind), driving off BB and netting me 440.
K♠ 8♠ was mine again in CO, five hands later. Action folded to me, I raised to 100. BTN and SB called. I made top pair on the 6♠ 8♦ 2♥ flop, SB bet 200, I called, BTN folded. An 8♥ for the turn made a set but SB (who had me covered by thousands) bet 550. I raised all-in for 1,515 and he called, showing a weaker kicker: 8♣ 5♣. harmless 7♠ on the river and I was up to 3,780.
That was my apex, though. I raised a limp by UTG1 to 200 as UTG2 at 40/80. 4 callers. Low cards on the flop: 9♠ 3♣ 6♠. UTG bet 700 and I raised to 1,500, putting him on a pair to the board, which I could beat. Three folds, then a call from UTG. 2♣ for the turn and UTG checked. I bet 1,960 all-in. UTG called with just 130 behind, then dropped 9♣ 8♠. I was just about there, but then 8♦ showed up, giving him two pair and knocking me out.
18 minutes, 21 hands. 85th of 201 players.
Full Tilt Satellite to the $200K Double Deuce (1,500 chips)
Two of the players at my initial table were eliminated in the third hand by the guy on my left, then a couple hands later I falled him down to the river with a pair of jacks and took over 600 chips from him when his busted straight was exposed. He got moved to a new table right after that and I was left as chip leader for a bit with 2,700 chips.
Got J♦ A♣ on SB at 30/60 fifteen minutes into the game and three-bet to 400 after a raise and a call to 150. There were three of us who saw the flop of J♣ T♠ K♣. I bet all-in for 2,550, getting a call from a small stack of 1,015 who then showed the straight with 9♥ Q♥. Fortunately for me, Q♦ came on the turn and the 8♥ river card went nowhere. That put me up to 4,800. Got moved to a new table for the next hand.
There were seven players at the new table; I was in third place behind stacks of 7,500 and 5,250, with another stack about my size and the other three running from 1,000 to 2,600. Got 7♣ 7♠ in BB and when action folded to the SB who went all-in for 1,797 I called. He showed T♦ J♠ and I was in trouble on the flop when it came out T♥ 6♠ 4♠. Then the turn 5♣ game me hope and 3♠ rier sealed the deal for my straight. Not exactly how I would have expected to win that hand, but I’d take it. Up over 6,600.
Back in the BB at 50/100 ten minutes later and I had A♣ 9♣. UTG called. The big stack at the table with 13K was UTG1, who raised to 450. I called and UTG called. The flop was T♣ K♠ 8♦, I bet 450, UTG went all-in for nearly 4K, UTG1 called and I gladly folded. UTG held top pair with K♦ Q♦ and UTG1 had crap with 7♠ J♥. Who knows what he was doing.
Another ten minutes, another BB. 80/160 with K♠ 4♣. I’ve got about 5K, with the two larger stacks at the table of 9,700 and 8,100 on my right in SB and BTN. HJ, CO, BTN, and SB all limped and I checked to see what would come of this not-promising hand. 8♦ 7♠ K♥ hit the flop and after SB checked I made a pot-sized bet (800) on my kings. Everyone folded to the SB, who called. 9♠ on the turn, check from SB, pot-sized bet (2,400, now) from me, call from SB. 9♥ on the river, check from SB, check from me, he shows 7♦ J♥ and I take in 3,840. He’s the same player I took my first pot from. Life’s different in non-cash games.
I was over 8K at the 100/200 level when I had a serious turn-around with K♣ Q♣ as HJ. UTG limped, I raised to 500. BTN, BB, and UTG called. The flop wasn’t auspicious: 9♦ 2♣ 5♥. Action checked to me, I bet 300, BTN folded, and the other two players called. A♣ on the turn gave me the nut flush draw. BB checked, UTG went all-in for about 3,200, and I called. UTG had two pair with 2♥ A♥. My club didn’t show and I was down to 4K.
I was down to less than 3K ten minutes later at 150/300/25, in SB with T♦ A♠. UTG1 raised to 1,500, I went all-in, and he called, showing J♥ J♦. It was a nail-biter after the Q♣ J♣ 7♥ flop, with his trips and my straight draw. The turn 9♣ gave us a chance of a chop. But pairing my ace with A♦ for the river didn’t do me any good.
58 minutes, 67 hands.
Full Tilt Satellite to the $200K Double Deuce (1,500 chips)
One hour later. Got chopped down to 950 chips in the first fifteen hands, then managed to parlay T♠ A♦ into a win of 1,175 when a pair of fours didn’t believe I had an ace.
Lost 1,300 playing 6♦ 7♦ and a straight draw from BB against a set of tens, then won 2,300 two hands later with K♦ J♦ going all-in and flopping two pair against callers with A♣ Q♥ and A♦ 4♦.
Proceeded to lose nearly 3,000 over the course of two nearly consecutive hands shortly thereafter when a Mutant Jack beat my A♦ 7♦, then a pair of fives became a set on the turn after I’d flopped a pair for my jack. That put me on life support, down under 1,000.
Everything went into the pot with 5♣ 7♣ in UTG. BB with 9♥ 9♠ called, there were no clubs on the board, my only concession was a 7♦ for the river.
38 minutes, 47 hands. Finished 30th of 76.
Full Tilt .NET Onyx Cup – Round 1 (1,500 chips)
Spent some of my FTP points buying into the entry level of the Onyx Cup ladder. Given the way things went at the end of last week, I guess it’s all for the best that I didn’t get too far and get very invested in the process.
13 minutes, 15 hands. Placed 118th of 360.
Full Tilt .NET Onyx Cup – Round 1 (1,500 chips)
Five minutes after the first attempt. I’m back. This one’s more brutal than the last as pocket aces suck me down fast.
3 minutes, 4 hands. Even so I was 243rd of 360.
Full Tilt Satellite to the $200K Double Deuce (1,500 chips)
Fifth hand got me off to a quick start with K♠ 9♠ in the SB. I saw the flop with four others for 120 after a raise from UTG1. Got top pair with K♥ 7♥ 2♠ and pushed all-in for 2,380. BB raised nearly his entire stack, for 4,880. CO called all-in at 1,335. BB had a flush draw with T♥ 6♥, CO’s kicker was better: K♦ A♥. Turn 7♣ didn’t change anything but the K♣ river gave me and CO kings full of sevens, and I got the bulk of the pot since CO’s contribution was smaller than mine.
Took a huge hit not long thereafter with T♦ K♣ in UTG. I limped in for 60, SB called, BB raised to 240. I called and SB called. Flop was J♥ A♠ 6♠, BB opened with 360, I called. BB kept pushing and I kept calling until the river when for some reason I pushed all-in with nothing more than a bluff for a flush. BB had top two pair on the flop but not quite as many chips as me; I lost more than 3,200 chips and had 155 left. That was gone in two hands.
20 minutes, 21 hands.
Full Tilt $1 Main Event Satellite (1,500 chips)
If I can’t get to the WSOP through the home league POY, I thought I’d try the even more difficult path through a massive qualifier (via FTP point buy-in). Another tournament without much traction, went out with A♥ 4♥.
17 minutes, 18 hands.
Full Tilt Round 1 Freeroll (1,500 chips)
Wanted to build my bankroll up and I really hadn’t been taking advantage of the freerolls. Got off to a great start on the first hand with J♠ A♥ in CO. I raised to 600, expecting a couple of callers since it was a freeroll, and sure enough both the blinds came along. The flop was T♥ 6♣ 3♠. BB bet 30 more and I raised all-in to 900. SB folded but BB called and showed A♠ 2♦. The turn was Q♣ and river was 6♥; I ended up at 3,630.
The ninth hand put me over 5,000 chips but on eleven I had 9♥ 9♠ and was beat by 6♠ 8♥ that made a full house by the river.
18 minutes, 11 hands. Finished 4,213rd of 7,179.