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I think this one tops the other one. Played a 26 KO today and was down to 1275 chips after losing an opponents all in with 26 people left blinds were at 500 1000 with a 125 ante. In the big blind I have 85 off suit and I'm up against A4. 5 on the flop! and I'm up to 3700.

Next hand I have K10 and get it all in vs QJ and yes K on flop! Puts me at 8k. After a few more hands I win a few pots here and there manged to get it up to 25k or so before i knock out a short stack on the bubble with 96 6 on the river.

I'm 3rd in chips to start the final table but I only have about 10 big blinds with 30k and blinds at 1200 2400. After a few eliminations we get down to 5 people with one big stack and the rest about even. I manage to get it in with AA against the big stacks K3 and I double to the chip lead with 4 left!

I doubled both of the small stacks and no I'm 3rd with 3 to go and I thought my run might have ended. I got a bit lucky when I push with A6 and get called by AJ. The board double pairs and we split it. We get to heads up and I have about 50k to my opponents 220k with blinds at 5k 10k. I push with Q10 and he calls with Q4 offsuit and I hold up to get to 100k.

After picking of fa few bluffs and catching a flush on the river I now have the lead!! I then push wit 22 and he snap calls with AJ. the flop comes J high and he's all but doubled up until bam 2 on the river! From just over 1 big blind to 576 bucks feels great.

Quick update I have a 256 seat I'm using for the ftops event. I also have a 216 seat that for now I am using as insurance in case my roll gets weakened but I'm making a deep run in a 6 handed pl holdem event right now so if I'm able to get some good money there then I can use the 216 seat for either an ftops event in November or on a Sunday 750k. I'll keep you guys updated thanks for reading.

Sorry for the delay in posts guys I've been really busy combined with the fact that I'm just finishing a major downswing and no one wants to report on their losses lol. So yea after a week of getting nothing I've had a few deeps runs including a 2nd in a 26 KO after a long heads up battle.

So I start the final table second in chips at 38k and the leader has 108k! I've never seen anyone start with moer then 60k at this final table, and I've probably been to 20 of them. Anyways I knock out a guy here and there and we starts heads up play i have 40k he has 230k. I'm able to take hte chip lead in like 5 minutes and get him all in with 66 vs A5 only to have an A spike the turn frustrating!! I oduble up again and again get him all in i na coin flip that he wins. Ultimately he bests me pretty frustrating but hey it was sitll 300 somethin bucks so cna't complain.

So today I watch USC demolish WSU while I was playing a few tournaments. Nothin too huge I knocked out my 3rd full tilt pro in one where I had 10 10 vs her 99 preflop. It was pro Chris Klectz I tihnk idk who she is. For knocking her out I get another full tilt bounty shirt! Sweet.

So then I decide to enter a 10 buck turbo rebuy sattelite to the ftops 6 handed rebuy event. Ftops stands for full tilt online poker series. You can read details on it here if you'd like. So yea I've enjoyed a decent amount of success in the past. In may, I satellited into 7 tournaments, and cashed in two of them, including the main event, where I finished 186th for 1400 bucks. First woulda gotten 400k so bit dissapointing lol but still really cool.

So yea I get to the final table 2nd in chips. First guy has 28k I have 18k everyone else under 8k and there are 2 seats on the line. I tried to be really aggreesive and was able to get lucky a couple times. I reraised a button raise with A5 he pushes wit 77 I call and flop an A. Later I knock out a button push with J10 to his Q9 and suddenly we are 3 handed. After taking a pretty big hit I'm the short stack. 3rd is good for 6 bucks so bit of a consilation prize!! Lol so yea I get it all in with QQ agaisnt A9 and hold and we're all even again. Eventually I get a bit of a chip lead, and the small blind raises to 4k with blinds at 800 1600. I push him all in with Q5 thinkin he's onyl calling with the nuts lol. He snap calls with...33, and I spike a 4 card flush to get my seat.

The seat is for a 322 buy in 6 handed rebuy event which I'd be crazy to play. So I'm going to unregister for that and use the moeny to buy in for the 256 buy in 6 handed KO on November 9th I beleive. I will post details when we are closer but i'm pretty excited right now. Ok thanks for reading guys.

When you've played as much poker as I have, you get to the point where any tournament I enter I enter to win. If I don't win, I'm either upset or I'm disappointed. If I plain and simply play poorly: pick bad spots, made bad calls etc., then I'm upset. If I feel like I played well and just hit some unlucky spots then I'm disappointed. Tonight, "fortunately" I'm disappointed. I'm gonna break down some hands I won and some hands I lost and try to give some insight on my thought process. Quick recap buy in was 120 bucks got 434 people I got out about 100th 4.5 hours in. We started with 8k in chips blinds at 25 50 up every 30 minutes. Didn't bother to see what first woulda gotten I'll post later if any1 is interested.

Ok good start up to 9.5k pretty quickly. Guy to my right raised to 200 I reraise to 600 with KK he calls. Flop comes 8 high he bets 350 I raise to 1200 he folds. I could have just called and tried to trap him, but I also thought if he had 10 10 or JJ he was reraising in that spot.

I'm at about 9.5k blinds 100 200 I'm in BB with KQ 5 people see the flop. Flop comes QJ5 two diamonds I bet 800 guy on the button raises to 2k. At this point I don't really know what he has but I decide to call and see a turn. The turn is another 5 two flush draws on board. I check and he bets 3k pretty quickly, leaving him about 3500 more behind. I count my chips and we're about dead even. I thought maybe he had slowplayed AA or KK preflop ,but the main thing I had him on was QJ, very outside shot of JJ. Bottom line, I didn't think I could beat anything he had, and he was too committed to bluff. I fold. He later said he had KQ as well. Nice play by him.

This next pot is my 2nd favorite of the tournament. Blinds still at 50 100. I limp with 76 hearts in mid position, guy to my left raises to 300 and I call we're heads up. Flop comes AQJ two hearts, I check and he quickly fires out 400. I put him on an A, but still call hoping to trap him if I hit a heart. Turn is a 7, and it goes check check. I was calling most any bet had be fired. This made me think he had a weak A or a Q. The river brings another Q no flush for me just a pair. However, its a great card to bluff on if he has an A. I bet 1100 around a pot size bet. He thinks for 30 seconds and folds the A of spades. I show 76 and rake the pot.

This next hand is my favorite of the tournament. Blinds are up to 150 300 I have about...13k. I raise to 850for the second straight hand with AJ. Small blind new guy at table had same size stack calls. Flop comes A109 rainbow. He checks, I bet 2k and he quickly calls. I was pretty sure I was ahead here. 5 of diamonds on the turn and check check. K of diamonds on the river bringing 3 diamonds on board. He goes straight to his chips and fired out 5500, the size of the pot. I was 98% sure I was good here. He would value bet less with a flush, woulda raised the flop with AK or AQ. Only hand he coulda had was 1010 or 99 for a flopped set, but I didn't think he had it. I call in 5 seconds and he mucks. The talkative guy at the table praised the call, so I was feeling like a deep run was definetly possible.

No big hands to speak of for a while I got moved to a new table. Couple solid players. The guy to my left played 1 hand an hour and was short stacked the whole time. With blinds at 200 400 I raise to 1500 with A6. He min raises 1200 more and I decide to call against my better judgement. The flop comes QQ8 and I push all in. Despite the fact that he mulled it over for 25 seconds and folded, I feel like I actually made a bad play. It was pretty easy to put him on a big hand preflop, the only hand he's folding is AK, AJ, 1010 etc. So I won, but not toooo proud of the play.

Ok so now I have about 22k blinds are 400 800. I raise to 2800 in early position with A7. I had been pretty quiet and not playing many pots, so thought I could steal one here. Unfortunately, tightest player in the world raises behind me for 1600 more and I sheepishly call. He has AK, and I flop a 7! It holds and I'm up to about 28k.

Unfortunatley, it starts to unravel here. Two hands later I look down at A10 of hearts and raise to 2800 again. Small stack pushes about 4500 more he's been playing really tight but I'm getting the odds to call. He shows QJ and its essentially a coin flip. The flop is great for me 832 two hearts, meaning he's down to 4 outs. Sadly, the Q of spades hits the turn, and I lose down to about 18k. If I win I'm up to about 37k.

The blinds run through me again, and now I'm down to about 16k with blinds at 600 1200. The big stack raises to 3k and the button calls. I have 99 in the sb, I almost pushed but decide to flat call and shove unders on the flop. The flop comes A33, and the big stack bullies us out of the hand. He shows AQ. I'm not stoked by how I played it, but I don't think I can justify an all in preflop the only other play was folding.

And now the final hand. I'm under the gun with 14k and decide to open shove with AQ. It folds around to the button who shoves for about 200 more, and he shows AK. The flop comes AQJ, and I'm surprisingly unphased, because I know there's two cards left. Sure enough, a 10 on the turn seals my fate. Really tough way to go out.

I'm disappointed right now, but I'm glad to get more live expereince, and make some good plays I woulda been too scared to do before. Hope to have more live updates to come. Thanks for reading the essay lol.

Lol so I'm finally gonna make my live debut at the Bike tonight. Playing the 120 buy in Big Poker October Event it has a 25k guaranteed prize pool. The same tournament got 500 people on monday and first place took down 12k! Could be a good one! I'll post as soon as I get back hope i have good news!