Hello Everyone,

I have not upated my blog in awhile. I have been mostly grinding $26 45 mans since getting to #2 on the Sharkscope leaderboard at the $10 level.

Below are my $26 45 man stats for this challenge. I am happy to be doing fairly well in them.

<TABLE id=t1 class=sortTable border=1 borderColor=black><TBODY id=tablerows><TR id="patricii#fulltilt&9/9/2009 11/30/2009 E45-45 S20-30" class=sortTable><TD id="patricii#fulltilt&9/9/2009 11/30/2009 E45-45 S20-300" class=sortTable align=middle>patricii </TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>84</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. Profit is the Average Profit Per Game after rake has been subtracted." align=right>$13.43 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. Stake is the average tournament buy-in amount." align=right>$24 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Av. ROI is the Average of each game's Return On Investment. It is the average of each (Payout-(Stake+Rake))/(Stake+Rake). This is not the same as total ROI which is (Total Payouts-(Total Rake+Total Stakes))/(Total Stakes+Total Rake)." align=middle>52%</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The Total Profit is the net profit for this player (and includes rake)." align=right>$1,128 </TD><TD class=sortTable title="Super Hot=6 straight payouts. Hot=3 straight payouts. Tilt=4 straight losses. Super Tilt=8 straight losses." align=middle>Tilt</TD><TD class=sortTable title="The ability rating is a number up to 100 that shows a players ability based on combining all the statistical measures we have for that player." align=middle>N/A</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>FullTilt</TD><TD class=sortTable align=middle>9/9/2009 11/30/2009 E45-45 S20-30 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
I was hoping to be able to play more mtts than I have for this challenge but my private life does not allow me to put in 8 hours mtt sessions. I can put in 3-4 hours at night but that is about it. I have noticed the 1000 cap mtts on Poker Stars and think I may start playing more of those.

Friday night I though I would take a shot at some mtts. I opened up 4 mtts on Full Tilt and 4 on Poker Stars. My goal was to get in mtts that would finish around 3am in case I ran deep. I busted in all my tourneys and was running pretty deep in the $33 $15K Guaranteed on Poker Stars. I played my game. I played very tight and maximized my big hands. I took not of the players that were playing too many hands and occasionally 3-bet them. I got to the final table 9 of 9. It was cool to be at a final table but going to bed past 4am to win $387 did not seem very cool. I always had around 15-20 blinds so I was not super desperate. I remember shoving AJ a couple of times and won a 77 vs A10 flip to double my stack to $220k. We got down to 7 players. I then picked up KK and raised preflop to $30k. One person flatted me and another squeezed to $85K. I shoved to $220K and got called by 44. That hand itself put me in the lead.

I was willing to chop 4 handed for about $3K but one guy didn't want any part of chopping. I ended up getting HU with him and beating him for $4462. That was a big boost to my bankroll and makes getting to $10k a lot more attainable.

I have taken a few days off of playing after the win. I always like to take time off after a big win. I assume I just like the feeling to sink in for a couple of days before the beats start happening again.

Thank you for reading the blog and just $3K left to go.

Patricii