FTOPS and few other random tournaments

Still running pretty bad in general. I have played a few of the FTOPS on Full Tilt and a bunch of the satellites. I have not cashed in either of the 2 FTOPS I played so far but am still +$$ due to winning a bunch of seats and getting the cash for the extra seats I have won through satellites. Here is a run down of the two tournaments and a few other gems thrown in as well.

FTOPS #1 Wednesday, Nov 5

This was a $200 No-Limit Hold-Em 6 max tournament. I got in through a $24+2 satellite. I almost didn't play since it started at 9 p.m. on a Wed and there were 5,000+ players but WTF. We start with 5,ooo chips and I didn't really do much for the first hour but grew my stack to ~7k. Then a big hand came up:

ME (BB) AQhh (~9000 chips)
Villian (SB) ?? (~7800 chips)

He completes (blinds 60/120) and I raise to 480 and he calls.

Flop came T high 3 hearts. BOOM. He checks I bet 500 into the 960 pot. He calls.

Turn was a rag. He checks I bet 800 into the 1920 pot. He calls. So now he has to have a set, 2 pair or nothing with the Kh. So I will be cautious if the board pairs.

River is a 9h. This is perfect if he has the Kh. He checks. He has about 5800 left and if he has Kh he may call a big bet. If he has a set or 2 pr he will likely not call any bets. So I decide to look weak by shoving and overbetting the pot. He tanks for a while and I am screaming for him to call. Finally he does and shows KhTx.

That puts me up to 17k. I then win a bunch of small pots up to around 22k and then almost double up when I have TT. Guy raises pre and I call on the button with TT. Flop Txx he bets, I raise, he reraises and I just call. Turn small rag. He bets 1/2 his stack and I ship it in. he tables AA and I am up to 45k or so. Got as high as 50k and in top 50 in chips. Then I kept getting into some really tough spots:

Raised button to 675 at 140/280/30 with 55. Short stack shoves from BB with only like 3200. I call he has 66.

Raise in 2^nd position at 170/340/40 with AKsuited to 925. SB shoves for 5200 total. I call obv and lose to 77.

I raise JJ and agro on my left reraises me. I call. Flop AKx and give it up.

Then screwed this hand up I think. Raise 3.5x from SB with TT. Same agro donk on left flats. Flop KKJ 2 spades. I bet ½ pot. He calls. Turn rag. I bet ½ pot again, he calls. River blank again. I check he bets 80% of pot which is like ¾ of his stack and I tank and fold. I don’t think he has a K on that drawy flop. He raises at least by the turn. And I don’t think he is value betting a J on the river. Then his river bet looks like a bluff in hindsight. If by some surprise he has a K wouldn’t he bet a little smaller? Tough hand.

Raised JJ again later got three bet again and folded pre. Out of position and stack sizes were weird. Couldn’t 4 bet without pot committing.

Then completed out of SB with K8. Aggro checks. Flop AAK. I check he bets ½ I call. Turn K. I check he checks. River 6. I check he bets, 2/3 of pot and I call. He has A9 and I lose the minimum. Played that hand well I think.

Then lose another flip AQ<99.

Finally the beauty, shove 10 bb with A2ss; BB snaps with A2cc and flop comes all clubs. I run good.

So out 1100/5400 for no cash. Oh well.

FTOPS 2 PLO Bounty, Thursday Nov 11

Came home early to play this. Started at 2 p.m. last Thursday. Standard PLO tournament except in addition to the prize pool each person has a $40 bounty attached to them that goes to the person who eliminates them. I actually cross booked my action with my boys Mr Chow and Diamond King 2 swapping 10% each of our action. One of us is bound to cash right? No sir.

I played like doo-doo and drifted my stack down from 5k to about 3k. No real exciting hands. Table was very aggro and cost a lot to see a flop. I generally like to play PLO more post flop than preflop but I can play preflop PLO too. Chopped a pot when we all got in preflop with me a significant favorite and we both turned the same str8. I had AAKx and he had KKAx. Flop JTx turn Q. SHoot me. Then this was my final hand:

Full Tilt Poker Game #8841332247: FTOPS Event #2 (62633246), Table 38 - 100/200 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 15:56:02 ET - 2008/11/06
Seat 1: FkePlasticTrees (1,705)
Seat 2: fortunatouk4 (4,760)
Seat 3: sleaterx (7,820)
Seat 4: Malleichkomme (15,054)
Seat 5: OnDaComeUp (6,255)
Seat 6: Oetzi (13,869)
Seat 7: LEADBOOTS (18,668)
Seat 8: Allin_Benve (3,986)
Seat 9: Kinda Lazy (17,760)
fortunatouk4 posts the small blind of 100
sleaterx posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FkePlasticTrees [Ah Ad Tc 4c]
Malleichkomme folds
OnDaComeUp folds
Oetzi folds
LEADBOOTS raises to 550
Allin_Benve folds
Kinda Lazy folds
FkePlasticTrees raises to 1,705, and is all in
fortunatouk4 folds
sleaterx folds
LEADBOOTS calls 1,155
FkePlasticTrees shows [Ah Ad Tc 4c]
LEADBOOTS shows [Td Kd Kh 3c]
*** FLOP *** [6c 2h Ks]
*** TURN *** [6c 2h Ks] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [6c 2h Ks 9d] [7s]
FkePlasticTrees shows a pair of Aces
LEADBOOTS shows three of a kind, Kings
LEADBOOTS wins the pot (3,710) with three of a kind, Kings
FkePlasticTrees stands up
The blinds are now 120/240
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,710 | Rake 0
Board: [6c 2h Ks 9d 7s]
Seat 1: FkePlasticTrees (button) showed [Ah Ad Tc 4c] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: fortunatouk4 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: sleaterx (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Malleichkomme didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: OnDaComeUp didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Oetzi didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: LEADBOOTS showed [Td Kd Kh 3c] and won (3,710) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 8: Allin_Benve didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: Kinda Lazy didn't bet (folded)

So I'm out. Sucks but hand played out standard preflop.

While I was playing this tournament I played a bunch of other smaller tournaments as well:

FTP $10 PLO Rebuy Finished 11th for like $100. I was in for the minimum ($30) and had a ton of chips. Was big stack almost from the start but lost a few pots around the cash bubble (18 cashed) and then lost a pot when I got it all in on the flop with a 13 card wrap vs top set.

Stars 2k guarantee PLO ($15+1.50) The king of kings of all of my bad beats. We are inside the money when this pops up:

PokerStars Game #21811333037: Tournament #117601430, $15.00+$1.50 Omaha Pot Limit - Level XII (500/1000) - 2008/11/06 15:37:33 ET

Table '117601430 9' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: MinRdetails (27860 in chips)
Seat 3: bwslim69 (27448 in chips)
Seat 4: `penguan (16798 in chips)
Seat 5: IeAtFisHeS (39010 in chips)
Seat 6: IIbarcodeII (75570 in chips)
Seat 7: willydurango (37971 in chips)
Seat 9: Splurg7 (22126 in chips)
IeAtFisHeS: posts small blind 500
IIbarcodeII: posts big blind 1000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bwslim69 [5c Qs Ah Ac]
willydurango: calls 1000
Splurg7: folds
MinRdetails: folds
bwslim69: calls 1000
`penguan: calls 1000
IeAtFisHeS: calls 500
IIbarcodeII: checks
*** FLOP *** [Kc 4c Ad] Top set with nut flush draw
IeAtFisHeS: checks
IIbarcodeII: checks
willydurango: bets 3000
bwslim69: raises 8000 to 11000
`penguan: folds
IeAtFisHeS: folds
IIbarcodeII: folds
willydurango: raises 25971 to 36971 and is all-in
bwslim69: calls 15448 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (10523) returned to willydurango
*** TURN *** [Kc 4c Ad] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [Kc 4c Ad 2s] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
willydurango: shows [Kh 2c 7c Ks] (four of a kind, Kings)
bwslim69: shows [5c Qs Ah Ac] (a full house, Aces full of Kings)
willydurango collected 57896 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 57896 | Rake 0
Board [Kc 4c Ad 2s Kd]

Nothing like the old one outer….

That's about it for now. I may play the $200 Pot Limit Split today (Holdem and Omaha). We'll see. I have won 4 seats already to that so that is good profit. I may play the two FTOPS on Sunday as well (NLHE Bounty and FTOPS Main Event).

Will write soon if anything good happens between now and then.