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I'm still recovering from that river, and I think that one is gonna stick with me for a long long time. However, I'm able to look back on this week, and realize that it is without doubt the best week of poker I have ever played. Sure I have had bigger cashes before. But from top to bottom, I couldn't have played any better for a seven day period. Consider this. At this time last, week, I was down to as little as 68 dollars in my bankroll. This is not a typo. 68 bucks. Since then, I've had these results.

12/22
2 buck with rebuys- 4/165- $85.80
14 buck satellite- 1/70- $109
10 buck tourney- 1/293- $761.80

12/23
Same 10 buck tourney- 19/289- $17.34
26 buy in 28k guaranteed- 132/1253-$39.09

12/24/08
3 buck with rebuys 8k guaranteed- 1/923- $1791.56

12/26/08
14 buck satelitte- 1/74- $109
SAME 10 buck tourney- 24/335- $18.42
26 buy in 28k guaranteed- 7/1269- $883.22

Today
22 buy in double deuce 100k guaranteed- 95/8592- $189.02
216 buy in 750k guaranteed- 110/3905- $781

In one week, I won 4567.25 bucks. Not too bad. Despite how well I'm playing and how well I've been running (minus the jack...seriously.....92% favorite and I lose) I'm gonna take a short much deserve break. I'm drained. 2 grand coming in the mail on New Years day, then I hop back into play. Thanks for reading guys.

I mite post details later once I recover. Played the 750k today. Push with AK 35k with blinds at 2k 4k. Get called by AJ. Flop 863. Turn 5. river J. If I win I have 94k in chips and am 50th with 110 left. As it is. Out in 110th for 781 bucks. First got 132,000. No words. Just dissapointment.

So last night I registered for about 42 tournaments lol and only cashed in 3. I won another 109 seat and unregstered for it and this sunday I will be playing in the 750k. I got top 18 in the same 10 buck tournament I won earlier this week. Then there was the 28k. This is a 26 buy in tournament that gets about 1200 people each time, and its one I've notoriously struggle with. I've probably play it at least 10 or 12 times, and have only min cashed at most twice. But last night was different. I was at the top of my game, and deep run was inevitable.

I don't recall many hands leading up to final 18, but i had the chip lead for most of the top 100. Thanks to a great bluff I pull with 55 on a KQ1076 board and I played trips aces aggressively and trapped two pair. I had been playing fairly aggressively preflop, and I raise standard with A8 the bb call. The flop came AQA. Now normally I would check here, but i decide to bet small out 24k into a 80k pot. The guy fell for the biat, and raise to 80k and I pushed he called virtually drawing dead with QJ.

So in the final 18 I make more standard bets. Three times I picked up : AQ and AA back to back. AK and KK back to back. And A10 AQ back to back. All rasie and take it pre flop. I enter the final table as the chip leader with 625k. However, save one short stack of under 100k, everyone else was between 300k and 500k, and with blinds at 12k 24k, I was anything but comfortable. I hit a pretty sick cooler raised to 74k pre with AQ an aggressive calling station called and the flop came A86. I bet 100k he ships it 77k more and flips 66 for bottom set. Ugh down to 350k. Then after a couple raise and take its, I called the short stacks late all in raise wit A9. The guy had been playing pretty tight, but with only 4 big blinds, he was pushing light but he woke up with 10 10 and I couldn't catch up. Just like that, I was down to 175k, and the short stack. 9 people were still left, as at least 6 or 7 all in's had doubled up.

Finally, a short stack busts, so I can breathe alittle easy. Blinded down to 100k, I push with QJ in the SB and get called by the big blind with 107. This guy reallllly wanted to bust me I had raise his blinds a few times with two tables left and he wasn't happy lo. The board bricks out and I have 200k.

I steal two more blinds with AQ and AK and am up to 300k when another player busts. Then on the button, I push 250k with 10 9 off with blinds at 15k 30k. The blinds have 450k and 230k, so each needs to wake up with a hand. Well mr pissed off at me wakes up with the monster 22 and pushes all in!! Did I say the guy really wanted to bust me? Pushes 60% of his stack in praying for a coin flip. Love the flop of J84 two diamonds. Turn bam 7 of diamonds and I'm starting to celebrate until I see he has the 2 of diamonds me no diamond. And wouldn't u know it, 5 of diamonds on the river. I'm out in 7th for 860 bucks.

Can't describe how disappointed I still am. I wanted to make top 3, ad 3rd took 3k and 1st took a whopping 6.7k! Think this was my best shot I'm gonna get for a while, but hey u never know. Weekend schedule. First holiday 100k today. This tournament has 10,000 people in it. 1800 cash minimum cash 10 bucks I think final table gets 1k first gets 10k. Same thing tomorrow at 3:15. Then tomorrow I also have the double deuce 22 buck buy in first gets 30k. Then at 6 tomorrow grand daddy of them all the 750k. I got a good feelin bout that one. Last time I play, I was a flush draw away form 15k in chips at 120 240. And with me playing my best, I hope a deep run is in the cards. No pun intended. Thanks for reading.

Wow can't describe how great this feels right now. Before the week started, I had only ever won 2 multi table tournaments on FTP, the 26 buck 6 handed pl holdem for 1350 and the 10 buck knockout for 2 grand. In the span of 2 days, I won a 10 buck regular holdem for 760, and tonight I won a 3 buck with rebuys tournamnet that got over 900 people for 1750 bucks. I'm so proud right now i can say that tonight was BY FAR the best tournament I have ever played. I made some HUGE bluffs and steals in this tournament that got me going. So here's a recap of what I can remember.

The way a rebuy tournament works is that you start with 1500 in chips, but anytime you are at 1500 or below you can buy in 3 more dollars to get 1500 more chips. And boy, was the first hour frustratingggg. I didnt' win a single all in hand. I had 66 vs JJ and KK 6 on turn J on river. Had 1010 against A10 flop 10QQ turn K river Q to chop the hand. I was in it for about 21 bucks I'm guessing which isnt' a whole lot but def more then I wanted to be. So I have 4800 after the first break, and I slowly work my way up bit by bit. i don't remember how I built it up to 100k, but it was mostly standard hands nothing out of line. Then I made a hugeee play. The big stack of 250k raised to I think 18k with blinds at 3k 6k. Another big stack calls and I pop it to 50k with 10 8 suited to try and squeeze. The big stack insta folds and the other stack thinks for about 20 seconds and calls (not what I wanted to see!!!) The flop comes K74 with 2 clubs flush draw for me. He checks I insta shove for 48k he thinks another 20 seconds and folds. Up to 150k.

So I chip up to about 250k when the biggest hand in the tournamet happens. Facing a raise to 22k I reraise to 60k with AK guy calls we are about dead even in chips. The flop comes Q108 horrible flop for me. We check check. Turn comes a 3 and he bets 24k into this huge pot I smooth call. River comes a 9 bringing a 4 card straight. At this point, I actually had him on a set, but when he checks I fired half my stack 75k into there. He thinks for a good 30 seconds and mucks!! Great feelin. Put me at about 320k.

So I take another pot on a 3 bet with A5 against a weak raise but then I get knocked down to about 220k when this hand occurs. At 5k 10k blinds, button with just 70k raises to 20k. I push with a9 he calls with K10 suited. Flop comes J8J turn is a Q river 9 for a str8 for him. I almsot lost my composure but kept it cool till this hand came up. In the BB with K6 of spades the sb raises jsut over a min raise and I call. flop comes 985 with two spaces. He shoves and I call he has AK off turn is a 7! And i'm back up to about 275k.

So we get down to 2 tables and lot of chips in play blinds at 10k 20k I have about 350k. I raise to 60k with 33 and the bb shoves for about 100k more. I had bet alot on this guy's blind thought he was trying to bully me problem was I was praying for a race. But I said play for the win and call. He shows AQ and the flop comes AQ4. UGH. This knocked me down to 90k with blinds at 10k 20k. A couple hands later I push early with J9 of diamonds. Next player shoves over the top and shows of course the AJ. I'm too busy lookin down to notice that the flop comes AK2 all diamonds!!! Whew back up to 200k. From there I steal some blinds and get into a huge hand when I have 400k. I raise to 60k with AK same guy who shoved earlier with AQ does the same we are dead even in chips. I can't bear to look AQ vs AK has killed me so many times before. I HOLD and get up to 800k 2nd in chips at the final table.

At the final table, safe to say, the deck hit me in the face, and it hit me hard. First hand I pick up KK bust an AQ. Very next hand AA and pick up blinds. I knock a few more players out forget the hands when this comes up. I have 2.5 mil everyone else is 500k-800k. I bet 90k on the button with A2 off. SB raises all in for 400k. BB raises all in for 500K. At this point there is already 1.2 mil in the pot. I say time to gamble and call knowing I'm behind but if I can get butt ass lucky the tournament is mine. They show 10 10 and AQ. Flop comes 572! So at least I win 200k from the over shove with AQ. turn blank river A OF CLUBSSS I knock out both palyers. I have 3.5 mil to 3 stacks of 500k. I basically rasie every single hand till I get caught with K8 vs 1010 but of course K on the flop. 3 handed same deal shove on BB with 74 of hearts he calls with JJ. Flop A23 two hearts. turn 5! river A of hearts. Straight and flush lol. Heads up I push with 55 he calls wit K4 and wins fuckkkk lol but still up 4.5 mil to 500k. Two hands later push with A3 he calls with KJ board 52256. I'm the champ.

I can't believe how far I've come tonight was by far the best I've ever played in my life. Thanks for reading guys and gl to me this weekend 3 more big tournies comin up.

Title says it sorry for the lack of posts. Was in finals till the 10th and I've had alot of stuff since then. I tried an experiment on FTP where I played solely 11 buck 6 handed sit n gos. I've killed these in the past, and I thought it would be relatively easy to jump from 236 bucks to 1000 bucks. I got it up to 385 in a day, then went into a tailspin, plummeting to 130 bucks.

After that, I grinded really hard 6 bucks sit n gos and 3 buck knockouts. Broke even on one night after I got 2nd in a 90 person 3 buck ko for 45 bucks. Then a couple nights ago I got 4th in a 10 buck 6 handed for 210. Woulda loved to have taken first for 600 bucks but this 200 got me back on my feet. So today I played a bunch since by bro had taken off and I had time. Took 3rd in a 10 buck KO for 100 bucks. then I satellited into the 100 buy in 6 handed event I've taken 4th in before. I lasted a couple hours but just went card dead towards the end. ended up having to push with 44 against 1010 and couldn't catch up.

My last multi was a 10 buck tournament that got 293 people. I was an above average stack when a HUGE hand occured. facing a limp I raise to 4k with AK guy pushes for 10k I had 17k in my stack. I call he shows AA not good! Flop J102. turn 6. river QQQQQQQ!!! Up to 27k. I get grinded down to 14k and push a short stack in with 1010 vs AK flop 610K! and I hold. goin into the final table, I was 3rd in chips when I got into a huge hand with the 2nd stack. I raise to 9k with A2 suited and he called in the small blind. the flop came Q52 he min bets 3k into a 25k pot. I call. turn 7 another min bet I call. River J he min bets one more time. He was either really weak or really strong and I take a huge risk push in for 40k he thinks for a few seconds and folds whewwww up to 83k. Then i doubled up huge hand with same guy KK vs QQ preflop I hold. We get to heads up and I'm even with the other stack. I get knocked down to 100 k to his 300k when I flop trip queens with Q4 and he pushes me in on the river with 2 pair. Then I pick up a huge hand KK I just call his raise of 26k preflop. He had a habit of pot betting most flops, so when the flop came J52 I let him bet 52k and I push he calls with QJ I hold! This puts me at 350k him at 50k and a few hands later my 87 beats his A4 for 781 bucks!!

Again really happy with how I played need to enjoy this while I can. Shipped 400 to platt cause of a staking deal. I now have 700 in my bank with a 109 tournament dollar seat. This weekend, I'm playing in 2 100k prize pool tournaments for free just 2000 full tilt points. Will update on those, and I have qualified for the bronze iron man so freeroll coming in January. thanks for reading more multis to be coming for sure.