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Wow!

Last night I took down the Nightly FTP $10 rebuy MTT. I also won this tourney in October, my first MTT win. The exciting part of this latest win is that I also won the tourney on Monday. Yeah. I won the $10 rebuy two nights back2back. That is sick. I really hope the end of 2008 is the precursor for a monster 2009.

Nam Le speaks the truth, in the December 23,2008(Vol. 21/No. 25) issue of Cardplayer:

"In tournaments, it's all about being positive. When good things happen and you're around positive people who do good things, it's contagious. It keeps your spirits up and your confidence high. Whenever somebody does well, it keeps the group's spirits up and everyone motivated to keep playing. This game is so grueling and we spend so much time on the road that it helps a lot whenever somebody does well' it picks us up"

Here are some hands from the two tourneys:

Hand #1 (12/22/08 Rebuy):




Hand #2 (12/22/08 Rebuy) aka The Money Hand: I was able to use a betting tell that I had picked up during the last three tables to slowly grind him down.




Hand #3 (12/23/08 Rebuy): This was a close call to me. I decided to pass up on my possible edge because I believed that I had a better edge against the field.



Hand #4 (12/23/08 Rebuy): Poker is easy. This hand erased a greater than 2 to 1 deficit going into HU.






Hand #5 (12/23/08 Rebuy) aka The Money Hand:

ONE TIME!

Putting my Nostradamus abilities to good use.

Not So Fast My Friend...........

Well, my training hasn't gone as well as I had hoped, but I have definitely made some progress. I have found a MTT coach and started watching some Cash game videos on DeucesCracked. I found a cash game coach, but I'm reconsidering my decision to play 6-max cash games. My reasoning was that to move up to high stakes, I would have to be a good 6-max player. Although this reasoning has some truth to it, I now think that I can become a better Full Ring player and make a decent income. For one, a full ring game simulates more of the live games that I have access to. This alone wasn't the reason to push me toward FR, but it helped. The main reason for me deciding to focus more on FR cash games rather than 6max, is because I think in today's game, FR may actually be a little more softer than 6max. If this proves to not be the case, then I'll fall back to my original plan.

So, during this training period, I haven't put in much volume in MTTs. It's tough for me to play during the week because I have a full time job and I wanted to have a few sessions with my new coach before jumping back in. Well, this past weekend I had to scratch the itch and dove in head first. Friday night I managed to play in 6 tourneys, but only had a minor cash in Full Tilt's Nightly 50-50. Saturday night was a different story. I cashed in 2 MTTs out of the 4 that I played. Not only did I cash, but I final tabled both the Nightly 50-50 and the $28k Guarantee. That was a very good feeling. Playing two final tables at the same time. I didn't even get upset when I lost with AA vs JJ for the chip lead on the bubble of Full Tilt's $11pm 6max KO tourney. Unfortunately, I didn't win either tourney. I finished 2nd in the 50-50 and 7th in the $28k. Still a decent score. I feel like a 5 figure score is on the horizon, but actually winning a tourney seems like it was so long ago now. Still can't complain, I'm ridin the wave.

Here are my bustout hands from this past weekend's final tables. Check out the new replayer.

Hand #1 aka The Bustout Hand: Who actually gets a hand in the BB? LOL. Final table of the $28k Guarantee.





Hand #2 aka The Bustout Hand: Who actually gets a hand playing HU? LOL. Final table of the Nightly 50-50. I really should have folded. This is definitely a part of my game that I need to work on.