So, I'll start with the good news. Of the 7 FTOPS events that I wanted to play coming into this series, 4 have passed and I was able to play in 3. (I know that is pretty lame for "good news".)
Well, Event 10 was going pretty smoothly. No big pots, just steadily going through the tourney as the field dwindled down. Then this hand happened.
Hand #1 aka The Bustout Hand: Event 10. I have no idea what he could put me on that he was ahead of given my postion and stack size. And it seemed a bit too spewy for him to hope for a race situation.
This is admittedly, a luckfest, but the $100k for 1st was well worth the gamble to hope for a run good session. It wasn't meant to be though. Chino Rheem finished 4th. That guy is on a new heater.
Hand #2 aka The Bustout Hand: Event 15.
I still haven't won my seat for the ME yet, so I'll grind those satties hard this week. Hopefully, I can win multiple seats to offset some of my run bad.
A few weeks ago, Full Tilt increased the starting chip stacks for the Nightly 50/50 tourney from 2k to 3k. This was great, but every since the change, for some reason, I hadn't made a deep run in this tournament. Prior to the change, I had 2nd, 3rd and 5th place finishes.
Well, last night I could finally see the writing on the wall. This was supposed to be my night to finally make it back to the another final table. With about 40 people left, I had chipped up to a nice stack which put me at the top of the leader board. I had about 250k.
As you can guess by the title of this post, poker can be a cruel game. The stacks were such that I couldn't fold any of my hands and I doubled up 4 different people. So, in a matter of 16 hands, I go from the chip leader to out in 31st place without tangling with any other big stack. This was the toughest way to go out of a tourney that I've ever had. Hopefully, this will lead to a run good stretch because I am due. A gold jersey would be nice. :)
Hand #1: The beginning of the end. I had told myself that I would fold to this guy's first SB shove without a AT+, 77+, KQ, type hand because he had gave me several walks, but I couldn't click the button.
Folded 1 hand.
Hand #2: Fairly easy call for me.
Folded 5 hands.
Hand #3:
Folded 1 hand.
Hand #4: I know the raiser is a solid player but this is an insta iso-shove with our stacks.
Folded 1 hand.
Hand #5: Sick
Folded 2 hands.
Hand #6 aka The Bustout Hand: Go figure.
For those keeping count, that's $250k to $0 in 16 hands. Take nothing for granted.
Please don't let this tournament be a microcosm of this FTOPS for me. Card dead for three hours and when I finally get into a "re-steal" spot, A9s runs into the COs AK. 33, 44, 77, TT, AJs. By far my best hands. Better luck next time.
The next event that I plan on playing is Event #10.
