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Last year, I logged my biggest cash ever when I took 4th in the 100 buck 6 handed for 2700 bucks. Since then, I've logged several 4 figure scores. Ironically, many of them have been tantalizing close, but haven't surpassed the 2700 mark. A 4th in the turbo hundo for 2640. A 4th in the turbo fiddy for 2200. A 3rd in the 5 buck rebuy for 1500. The list goes on. Last night ,I thought I would finally break through the barrier, but alas, I ended up again just short, finishing 3rd in the turbo fiddy for 2555.

As is necessary in this tourney, I logged a quick double up I think it was AK vs AJ preflop. I lost some more back to my starting stack, before chipping up to about 3200 when a hugeee hand played out. I was dealt KK in the bb. The utg+2 shoves all in blinds at 150 300 for 3k. Two positions later a guys same stack goes all in. I snap call, and the bb goes all in! 12k in the pot. The hands: A8,99, and of course AA. But the flop comes a sick KQ9, and I hold to take a big pot down. From there, I log a couple big pots, and just like that I'm chip leader with 88 to go. Just a couple weeks ago, I got 8th in the turbo 50, with a very similar story. Huge stack that dwindled as the money bubble hit. I got caught a few times, and ended up getting to the money, the top 45, in about 20th place. After getting down to about 13 bbs, I double with KK vs 88. We get down to two tables, and I make a couple bad call offs with 33 and A7 and suddenly, I'm 12th wit 13 left.

However, I double with AK to KQ, and win a few more pots. Next thing I know I'm chip leader at the final table. IT was quite a roller coaster to the top 5. I would double a guy up with a loose call, then ko someone AJ vs 88. Then I double a guy up, then o a guy with 55 vs AJ. I end up getting to be 3rd with 3 left. I have 200k, other guy has 220k, and leader had 425k. With blinds at 10k 20k I need to make a move soon. Dealt A8 in the bb, I shove when the big stack limps in the SB. He thinks for a few seconds and calls and shows....Q8 of clubs?!? For half his stack? If I Can hold I'm the chip leader 3 handed. As you can guess, it didn't Flop comes QKQ and I'm out in 3rd for 2555.

First got 5.5k. I was pretty disgusted after, but today i'm pretty stoked about it. I have 1.3k in the bankroll, with a 216 seat in the turbo 6 handed ftops in a few weeks. With a 2000 dollar check comin in the mail, I have some vegas money to work wit! Probably gonna bring 600-700 to gamble with. Going to vegas the weekend of Aug. 15. Meeting up with my crew again for a sick reunion I'm really excited. Will post updates on that and any other cashes as they come. thanks for reading.

Bet on Phil Ivey. Its pretty simple. The man is for sure the greatest poker player alive and arguably of all time this summer has cemented his legacy. Two bracelets and now he's gotten a big monkey off his back and finally final tabled the main event after getting 10th in 2003 and 20th in 2005. So here is a full recap of all of the bets platt and I made last week.

Going into the main event, I was up 70 bucks, mainly because of the 100 buck bonus we got for any of our overall players winning a bracelet. Mr. Ivey won 2, hence 200 bucks. Other then that, platt was kicking my ass in the last longers before that. We made 5 last longers on the main event. In all matchups, the guy I picked is hte first one: Mike Matusow vs Phil Hellmuth- Hellmuth wins. Scotty Nguyen vs Erick Lindgren: Nguyen wins. Ylon Swartz vs Ivan Demidov: Swartz wins. And lastly, Ivey vs Lunkin: Ivey wins. So after the last longers, I'm up 4-1 and up 120 more bucks. 190 overall

Here's where the bonuses come in. We have a 50 buck bonus for the top 100 players. Ivey is the only one eligible for it, and gets top 100. 50 more for me. 240 overall. After that, we have a 100 buck bonus for making the final table. After starting the day at 4th with 27 to go, Ivedy was knocked down to 17th with 19 to go. But he was able to ride the short stack an dstay aggressive, and he is now sitting 8th in cihps with 9 to go in the November 9! 100 bucks more to me. 340 overall

Lastly, after needing 200k from my players going into the main event, Ivey has given me that and more, winning me the overall bet, and 40 more bucks. Up 380.

Now, its a waiting game. In November, the final 9 come back, and if ivey ships the main event, it will give me a cool 400 more bucks! 300 for the winner bonus, and 100 for the 3rd bracelet in the overall bets. 4 months and counting!

Got both of my checks from FTP today one for 500 other for 300. So rent and alittle spending money! I won 500 on PS last nite and requested another small check form them just 200 there. WSOP updated Platt has two horses left Hellmuth and Lunkin I have one in Ivey so we'll see how that goes. I can't update much here so I've added the twitter feature since I usually post my daily updates there. You can check them out there at tayke2. Not much for live poker a couple series events but nothin that catches my eye. Goin to vegas in august so could play some there. And then FTP ftops comin up in August and PS WCOOP comin up in September along with the Mini ftops. I'll post my schedule for those as they come.

Playin the MSOP main event, the 750k, the double deuce, and a handful of 26 mtts. Will be posting updates on my twitter "tayke2". Find me if you care to follow!