{"id":198,"date":"2011-04-03T10:23:29","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T17:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=198"},"modified":"2011-04-03T13:26:37","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T20:26:37","slug":"down-bound-and-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=198","title":{"rendered":"Down Bound and East"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Full Tilt\u00a0$36,000 Rush Guarantee Rebuy\u00a0(1,500 chips)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fatally short. So short that the client didn’t record the final (fifth) hand. 1,024th place out of 1,279 players. One minute.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Full Tilt\u00a090-Player Sit & Go (3,000 chips)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is frustration setting in? I’m busting out in early minutes far too soon, far too often. This is another five-hand session. It last longer that the previous one, but only because it’s not a Rush tournament. I have J<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span> K<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span> on the button, blinds are only 15\/30 and I still have nearly 2,900 chips. One player limps in, I raise to 75, BB calls as does the limper. 5<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span> J<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span> 8<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span><\/span> gives me top pair, both players check to me, I make a 240 bet, BB re-raises to 480, the limper folds, and I call. 8<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span><\/span> on the turn, BB bets 1,200, I don’t believe him, and I’m all-in for 2,340. He calls, and I’m right, he’s semi-bluffing with Q<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span> 9<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span>. Then the Q<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span><\/span> hits the river and I’m out 89th of 90 players.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Full Tilt Scheduled Tournament (3,000 chips, 03\/29 00:32)<\/p>\n

Lucky off the bat, picking up J<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span> A<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span><\/span> on the first hand after joining this game in progress at 25\/50. I was BB, HJ raised to 150, CO re-raised to 250, I called, followed by HJ. 8<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span> 2<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span> J<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span> and I’m in the same position I was in the previous game, with top pair and nothing better in sight. I bet the pot\u2014775\u2014and get a call from HJ. CO drops out. A troublesome K<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span><\/span> shows up for the turn and I check it to HJ who checks along. A<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span> on the river gives me two pair but makes a potential flush. I put in only 500 and get called by HJ, who’s just got the lower of my two pairs, with J<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span> Q<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span>. I win 1,800.<\/p>\n

Q<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span> J<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span><\/span> works out great for me five hands later at 30\/60 from UTG3. UTG calls, I raise to 150, and there are four calls (HJ, CO, BB, UTG). I hit top pair on the Q<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span> 6<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span> 4<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span> flop and raise BB’s 120 bet to 450. Only BB and UTG see the turn with me; there’s 2,130 in the pot. The card is 6<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span>, both of the players ahead of me check, and I check to see another free card in case someone hit a 6<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span>. The river is 5<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span>, BB checks, UTG makes a little 120 bet, I call and BB gives up. UTG has Q<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span> 5<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span>, but his kicker (and second pair) is counterfeited, so my kicker wins me the hand and puts me over 6,400.<\/p>\n

That’s about the end of the good news, though. Forty minutes go by before I make another hit with 6<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span> 7<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span><\/span>, and the 780 I make there is well short of the 1,000 I’ve lost in the meantime.<\/p>\n

Then on the next hand I pick up a dangerous pocket pair in UTG1: 7<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span> 7<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span>. I call the 160 big blind, UTG2 calls, SB raises to 800, BB folds, and I should fold here but raise to 1,600 instead. UTG2 goes all-in for 4,200. SB only has another 40 and goes all-in. Now I should really fold and keep my 4,641 but I stupidcall. BB has me beat with 9<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span> 9<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span>. UTG2 has one over card: T<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span> 9<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span>. The board misses all of us: 2<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span> 5<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span> K<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span> Q<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span> 2<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span><\/span> and nearly 13K goes to BB.<\/p>\n

The end comes just seven hands later in an ignominious manner. I call 160 with K<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span> A<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span><\/span> from UTG2 and see the flop with the blinds. 8<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span> 7<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span> 2<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span><\/span> on the flop. Everyone checks to the 3<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span><\/span> on the turn. Checks all-around to a 8<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span><\/span> river. SB bets 800, BB calls, I raise all-in for 1,601, SB re-raises to 2.720. BB folds. SB has 3<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span> 3<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span>, made a set on the turn.<\/p>\n

57 minutes, 76th of 209 players.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Full Tilt $9,000 KO Guarantee (2,000 chips)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bought in well after the beginning of the game Didn’t manage to get anything for nearly half an hour until I picked up J<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span> A<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span><\/span> as UTG3. UTG2 limped in for 50 and I raised to 125. CO came along and everyone else dropped out. Flop was 8<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span> T<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span> 2<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span><\/span>, I bet 100, CO raised to 450 and I called to see a Q<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span><\/span> turn give me a flush draw. I pushed all-in and got a call, with CO showing A<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span> T<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span>. No flush, just 7<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span><\/span> for the river and I was out.<\/p>\n

Did a second entry, lost 1,200 with T<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span> T<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span> on hand three. Out on the next hand.<\/p>\n

Out in\u00a01,689th and 1,921st out of 2,028 places.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Full Tilt Rush Flash (40BB)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Three good hands in here. It’s hard to wrong with A<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span> A<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span><\/span> (although it can happen) and I just about doubled up for 40 big blinds after busting out once. I was lucky, because there was a set of 8<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span> on the board. 8<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span> A<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span><\/span> netted me another 33 big blinds. After flushing on the flop with K<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span> 9<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span> and getting 25 big blinds, I took my money and went home with a profit of 28 big blinds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Full Tilt\u00a0$36,000 Rush Guarantee Rebuy\u00a0(1,500 chips) Fatally short. So short that the client didn’t record the final (fifth) hand. 1,024th place out of 1,279 players. One minute. Full Tilt\u00a090-Player Sit & Go (3,000 chips) Is frustration setting in? I’m busting … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,76,4],"tags":[19,67,35,37,10,7,59,58],"class_list":["post-198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-poker","category-ring-games","category-tournaments","tag-aces","tag-bounty","tag-cake-poker","tag-cash-games","tag-flush","tag-full-tilt","tag-pair","tag-rush-poker"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1t0pn-3c","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}