Solid Finish
Finally broke through with my first final table or significant cash since the FTOPs Main Event. Speaking of which you do realize that FullTilt has already announced the schedule for the next one right?
Anyway, the 11k guarantee on FullTilt started with over 500 runners at 6pm EST last night for a little over 13k in the prize pool. I’ve stated this in the past but I think that 500-700 people in the field is optimal for me and this tournament did nothing to disuade of me of that line of thinking.
I played very solid the whole way, one once in the first 3 hours being all-in against a bigger stack and ahead every time. Until there were about 40 left, I had seen only 4 showdowns, winning 3 of those. With 20 left I had my first two suckouts of the tourney and they were both pretty huge. Neither was for more than half my stack, but hitting my gutshot with KQ after flopping that and top pair against a badly played (but still had me trapped) AA and then also pushing with an over and OESD when my opponent held TPTK and my over hitting the turn were both finally signs that I would have to mess this up myself and variance would not be taking me down this evening.
In the end, I laid down suited connectors that I fell I should have pushed when 3 handed and then pushed with J9 from the BB against a button raise when I did not have fold equity. AT took me out and IGH in 3rd place less than 6 hours in for a $1,500 payday. Not bad and certainly felt good after the run I had been having lately. Either I played well and was getting kicked in the junk or I was playing like every other donkey in the field. Nothing had been working for a few weeks. It also puts my ROI back to a more healthy state which is always a good thing too!
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