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I took a shot at the $200+16 $200k guarantee at FTP on Sunday. With the run I’ve been on lately, I figured I pretty much had to. I think I played pretty well in it, and made it well into the second hour with a decent stack. Sadly, with my M around 8, it folded to me in the cutoff with JJ. The big blind woke up with aces, and I was out in 406th place, out of almost 1200. 108 spots paid. Pretty much nothing I could do in that spot, and I feel like I played well the whole tournament. Afterwards, I played a 6.60 token tourney, and won another $26 token.
Last night, I used the token to play in the $8k after bowling terribly. I cruised along around average in chips for most of the time, with no real notable hands. All of a sudden, we were on the bubble. Strange how that happens. Past the bubble, I needed to get some cards. I pushed with KQ, got called by AJ, flopped and rivered a king, and doubled up. From there, I sat tight for a while, mostly folding, and stealing when I had the opportunity. We quickly dropped down from five tables to four, then three, and two. The final table bubble seemed like it took forever, but it finally popped and I was at yet another one.
Pretty quickly, I folded to several hundred more dollars when two players busted on back to back hands. Then I pushed over a raise with ATo, and flopped an ace to double up against JJ. From there, it was back to the usual fold fold fold until we ended up three handed. I was a bit card dead, and tried too hard to make things happen. Then, when I finally did flop top pair with my J8s, I got greedy and didn’t just push, but instead bet about size of the pot on the flop and the turn, and got beat by runner runner flush to a guy who had no pair on the flop. The next hand I pushed with A8s, and got called and beat by 43s, and I was out in third place. No bad beat stories here, just telling the hands like they happened.
Can’t complain about another four figure ($1255) payday in a $26 tournament.
My great run will probably end here, as my father will finally be getting here tonight, and then my mother shows up on Saturday. That will seriously cut into my poker time for about two weeks. I figure I should give someone else a chance to make a final table, anyway.
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Congrats on the nice finish!
Damn. I knew I should have offered a swap. You rule Alan!
Well done Alan!!
Alan, as someone who regularly plays in the nightly guaranteed tourneys on ftp, let me say I am *extremely* impressed by this run. But how can you let a little thing like parental visits get you out of the game when you’re on a streak like this? Instead just use some of that cashish you’ve made of late and send them each to a spa or a nice dinner or something in the evenings so you can keep the streak alive. Wait until you’re running bad again and THEN you can invite the ‘rentals back into your life.
Seriously man, mad propz to you for recent performances on ftp. I will look for you tonight in the 16k guaranteed, if your parents’ visitng isn’t already getting in the way of that.
Congrats!
Hoyazo
Viagra…cough!cough! Great run…I’m sure you will be backing me next vegas trip and also paying for the room.
wow sounds like you are on a great run. You have to appreciate it while you are on it and keep playing!