In terms of updates, I finally hit my first big score. I shipped the $26 28k Guarantee on Full Tilt for about $6,700. With just this one tournament, everything in my poker career sort of changes. I now have a bankroll where I can comfortably play tournaments I want to play, but I also have room to take chances in bigger tournaments where the payoff launches professional poker careers and not just the random hobby career where I am now.
Also with just this one win, I have built tons for confidence in my poker game. It's difficult to go out there and keep making the correct play time after time when every time (or so it seems) you get sucked out on, lose a race, or are in a huge cooler situation. But in other terms of confidence, I might make some plays that I would not otherwise make if I was lacking in that area or would not have the balls as they say to pull it off. An example of this is a couple nights later at a $10 re-buy final table, I 4-bet on a guy with Ace-Nine (A9 offsuit) in a spot where if I did not have the confidence that he was making a move or did not have the confidence that he would fold, I might not have made the play and lost a lot of chip stack equality. That's just an example of confidence being there for you.
Besides the win, I made the $10 re-buy final table on Full Tilt and shipped like $850 for that 5th place finish. That tournament was a little disappointing as I basically lost a flip for a huge chip lead and most likely a 1st or 2nd place finish. A guy who had play a couple pots with (note the A9 hand before) raised under the gun (UTG) and I just called with Ace-Jack(AJ suited) on the button. The flop came down Jack-rag-rag with two diamonds. He checked it to me and i bet around half pot and he check-raised me all-in. I finally called with the top pair and he turned over King-Ten of diamonds (KdTd) for an over card and a flush draw which he hit on the turn. And that is about the end of my poker results, but I am happy with what I have gotten done in those couple of tournaments.
I really have not play much poker besides these few tournaments. I'm probably going to start playing some more cash games. I love the 7-game on Full Tilt. The games are so super soft and there is money just sitting there waiting for you to sit down and take it. My only beef with it is that there is no Deuce to Seven Triple Draw which happens to be my best game. Where is the 8-game Full Tilt? Sigh. I also plan to play a couple FTOPS events in November and also plan to play almost all of the mini-FTOPS events in December. Look for an update from those tournament series and any cash game action I'm involved in in the future.
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