A couple tokens poorer, running bad, and running into other blogger types

Roll: $649 + $26x1 = $675

So yesterday was a busy day. I think I played about 10 MTTs. I used my 75$ in a shot at the 18K KO tourney. I didn't get a hand and ended up running AQ into AK when an ace turned. Didn't get any KOs. Played maybe 3 hands. I didn't feel at all comfortable playing, so I don't think I'll be going for any more 75$ tokens in the near future. It was an interesting experience though, that's for sure.

My one success last night, which still ended in disappointment, was making a big run in a 10$ 6-max tourney. I've never played a 6 max tourney before, and I actually had a ton of fun. I think the fact that most of my NL cash experience was on 6 max tables helped me with my play. I shot off to a huge start, and stayed in the top 20 in chips basically throughout the tournament. I suffered a couple beats late, but still had a decent stack. When the money bubble burst I found myself sitting with none other than Mookie-dominator Surf which was neat. He went out a bit earlier than I did when his AQ turned two pair, but rivered a T for the recockudonkulous suckout against KJ. I was having a hard time finding spots, and ended on a resteal when I shoved QJ in the SB vs a button raiser. The raiser had been very active, so I was counting on a fold, but didn't hate my showdown value. He called with 9's and I didn't improve.

Recently there have been a LOT of cases where I run really good early, only to run into a brick wall towards the endgame. Today has been LOADED with beats, some pretty severe. Here's some examples.

Full Tilt Poker Game #5295035924: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (40262186), Table 4 - 80/160 - No Limit Holdem - 17:14:02 ET - 2008/02/17
Seat 1: Mikaelinho (4,440)
Seat 2: joeyroll (3,730)
Seat 3: CheckinMyAA (8,752)
Seat 4: den boef (2,595)
Seat 5: KettleOne1 (4,710)
Seat 6: shot_docter (5,278)
Seat 7: Dr Nips (885)
Seat 8: opethabq (6,204)
Seat 9: aschro (1,867)
shot_docter posts the small blind of 80
Dr Nips posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Qs Qc]
opethabq folds
aschro folds
Mikaelinho folds
joeyroll folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 480
den boef folds
KettleOne1 calls 480
shot_docter folds
Dr Nips raises to 885, and is all in
CheckinMyAA raises to 8,752, and is all in
KettleOne1 folds
CheckinMyAA shows [Qs Qc]
Dr Nips shows [Ah Tc]
Uncalled bet of 7,867 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** FLOP *** [4d Jc Qh]
*** TURN *** [4d Jc Qh] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [4d Jc Qh 9c] [8d]
CheckinMyAA shows three of a kind, Queens
Dr Nips shows a straight, Queen high
Dr Nips wins the pot (2,330) with a straight, Queen high


Nice that he had a short stack, but still. Nice to win this pot. Not shocking to see QQ lose.

This was probably the most painful.

Full Tilt Poker Game #5295122704: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (40261549), Table 7 - 120/240 Ante 25 - No Limit Holdem - 17:20:40 ET - 2008/02/17
Seat 1: CheckinMyAA (22,155)
Seat 3: BigSaltyBalls (3,210)
Seat 4: Mikaelinho (5,350)
Seat 5: papa334 (9,065)
Seat 6: tgifgolfmom (9,250)
Seat 7: notsoslomo (6,675)
Seat 8: Rdpoker (2,185)
Seat 9: Levesh (3,230)
CheckinMyAA antes 25
BigSaltyBalls antes 25
Mikaelinho antes 25
papa334 antes 25
tgifgolfmom antes 25
notsoslomo antes 25
Rdpoker antes 25
Levesh antes 25
Mikaelinho posts the small blind of 120
papa334 posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Kc Kh]
tgifgolfmom folds
notsoslomo raises to 480
Rdpoker calls 480
Levesh has 15 seconds left to act
Levesh folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 22,130, and is all in
BigSaltyBalls folds
Mikaelinho folds
papa334 folds
notsoslomo calls 6,170, and is all in
Rdpoker folds
CheckinMyAA shows [Kc Kh]
notsoslomo shows [Jd Js]
Uncalled bet of 15,480 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** FLOP *** [2c 2d Jc]
*** TURN *** [2c 2d Jc] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [2c 2d Jc 6c] [4s]
CheckinMyAA shows two pair, Kings and Twos
notsoslomo shows a full house, Jacks full of Twos
notsoslomo wins the pot (14,340) with a full house, Jacks full of Twos

Winning this hand would have made me massive chip leader with 20 to go.

And then I couldn't help but get a little tilted by this. (Anyone calling here?)

Full Tilt Poker Game #5295537058: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (40261549), Table 4 - 400/800 Ante 100 - No Limit Holdem - 17:52:31 ET - 2008/02/17
Seat 1: luv2winn63 (8,415)
Seat 2: CheckinMyAA (34,532)
Seat 3: Mild07 (9,250)
Seat 4: chinzo (3,060), is sitting out
Seat 5: pb75fr (23,342)
Seat 6: maxbz (36,518)
Seat 7: brixmark (35,310)
Seat 8: verbat (13,929)
Seat 9: XxXTOROXxX (7,705)
luv2winn63 antes 100
CheckinMyAA antes 100
Mild07 antes 100
chinzo antes 100
pb75fr antes 100
maxbz antes 100
brixmark antes 100
verbat antes 100
XxXTOROXxX antes 100
maxbz posts the small blind of 400
brixmark posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Th Ts]
verbat calls 800
XxXTOROXxX has 15 seconds left to act
chinzo has returned
XxXTOROXxX folds
luv2winn63 folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 2,200
Mild07 folds
chinzo raises to 2,960, and is all in
pb75fr raises to 23,242, and is all in
luv2winn63 has been disconnected
luv2winn63 has reconnected
maxbz has 15 seconds left to act
maxbz folds
brixmark folds
verbat folds
CheckinMyAA folds
pb75fr shows [6c Ac]
chinzo shows [As Td]
Uncalled bet of 20,282 returned to pb75fr
*** FLOP *** [7c Js 8s]
*** TURN *** [7c Js 8s] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [7c Js 8s Jc] [Jd]
pb75fr shows three of a kind, Jacks
chinzo shows three of a kind, Jacks
chinzo wins the pot (11,020) with three of a kind, Jacks
The blinds are now 500/1,000 with an ante of 125


That's how I've been running in late stages lately.

Hopefully it improves! I'll be playing more tonight for shuuuure.

Thanks for reading!