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• Losing Flips Deep...

  By Cre8ive - Jul 30 2009, 03:00 AM

  I got 12th in the $300nl on stars tonight for $3500 (1st was 53k I believe) and I got 7th in the Full Tilt $50 50/50 for $1800 (1st was 12k.) I went out the same way in both tournys. TT vs AK. 6 handed in the $300NL and 7 handed in the FTP $50 50/50. Oh well. PokerStars Game #31041205066: Tournament #181761949, $300+$20 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVIII (2000/4000) - 2009/07/30 3:30:58 ET Table '181761949 72' 9-max Seat #4 is the button Seat 1: mehmet deniz (149933 in chips) Seat 3: playaa17 (404490 in chips) Seat 4: mwalsh2020 (286920 in chips) Seat 6: djk123 (157938 in chips) Seat 7: AceBonG (381357 in chips) Seat 9: Cre8ive (231428 in chips) mehmet deniz: posts the ante 400 playaa17: posts the ante 400 mwalsh2020: posts the ante 400 djk123: posts the ante 400 AceBonG: posts the ante 400 Cre8ive: posts the ante 400 djk123: posts small blind 2000 AceBonG: posts big blind 4000 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Cre8ive [Ts Tc] Cre8ive: raises 6000 to 10000 mehmet deniz: folds playaa17: folds mwalsh2020: raises 19520 to 29520 djk123: folds AceBonG: folds Cre8ive: raises 201508 to 231028 and is all-in mwalsh2020: calls 201508 *** FLOP *** [8h 5s 4h] *** TURN *** [8h 5s 4h] [Ah] *** RIVER *** [8h 5s 4h Ah] [4s] *** SHOW DOWN *** Cre8ive: shows [Ts Tc] (two pair, Tens and Fours) mwalsh2020: shows [Kc Ad] (two pair, Aces and Fours) mwalsh2020 collected 470456 from pot I would have been the chip leader with like 12 left in this tournament with a great structure definitely would of been tough to pry that tournament out of my hands. And then... Deja vu. Full Tilt Poker Game #13704329450: The Fifty-Fifty (99484679), Table 85 - 8000/16000 Ante 2000 - No Limit Hold'em - 3:53:57 ET - 2009/07/30 Seat 1: Snussen (224,662) Seat 3: Cre8ive (348,764) Seat 4: jordie88 (332,357) Seat 5: S Gromenkova (729,070) Seat 6: souljaboytampa (611,912) Seat 7: FUTON3000 (647,127) Seat 8: bigf29 (841,108) Snussen antes 2,000 Cre8ive antes 2,000 jordie88 antes 2,000 S Gromenkova antes 2,000 souljaboytampa antes 2,000 FUTON3000 antes 2,000 bigf29 antes 2,000 FUTON3000 posts the small blind of 8,000 bigf29 posts the big blind of 16,000 The button is in seat #6 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Cre8ive [Tc Td] Snussen folds Cre8ive raises to 40,000 jordie88 folds S Gromenkova folds souljaboytampa raises to 609,912, and is all in FUTON3000 folds bigf29 folds Cre8ive calls 306,764, and is all in souljaboytampa shows [Kc Ah] Cre8ive shows [Tc Td] Uncalled bet of 263,148 returned to souljaboytampa *** FLOP *** [6s Ac 9h] *** TURN *** [6s Ac 9h] [6d] *** RIVER *** [6s Ac 9h 6d] [9s] souljaboytampa shows two pair, Aces and Nines Cre8ive shows two pair, Tens and Nines souljaboytampa wins the pot (731,528) with two pair, Aces and Nines Getting close, nothing else you can do. Just hope you win the flips/suckout. I will get some big wins soon. Looking forward to the weekend for all the big tournaments. Goodnight guys got a headache from losing!!! =)   8 Comments on this post. Click here to post a comment.




• Third In The 1k For 46k...

  By Cre8ive - Jul 28 2009, 05:37 AM

  Not trying to make this blog a brag blog or anything but news is news so here we go. I just got 3rd in the 1k on Full Tilt Poker. Played pretty good overall. Coolered some people, won some flips, had some hands hold up. Don't think I had any major suckouts. I requested the hand history so I could post some hands but it hasn't come yet. I ended up busting out at 8k/16k when BegsClutch limped in from the small blind like he had done a bunch of times and I had QKdd in the big blind. I hadn't raised his limp yet and made it 48k (I had about 400k something and he had like 1mil.) He jammed and I called. He had A7o and he held. BegsClutch and GimmeDa1Time were the guys that I was three handed with and they played real well. I played a couple real sick pots vs Begs and kind of stayed away from Gimme for the most part. We didn't get in many pots together. Begs was real active and that's why we played some of the pots we did. Still haven't gotten the hand history back so I guess I will post some of those hands tomorrow. Not a bad night but still searching big victory. Goodnight. 4 Comments on this post. Click here to post a comment.




• Sundays, Oh Sundays...

  By Cre8ive - Jul 27 2009, 01:42 AM

  Today was rough. I just was deep in the 2nd 100r again and 200r. I busted both in pretty unlucky spots. Okay if you think I'm complaining of being unlucky or anything then stop reading. In any tournament you gotta get lucky period. This is a proven fact in poker by either not getting unlucky/getting lucky. Of course I had been lucky to get this far in the tournament, It just is frustrating in big pots/late deep in huge tournaments which seems to happen a lot. Not complaining what so ever. Just sharing my experience today through the blog. The first hand is my bustout hand in the 200 rebuy. Pretty standard pot all around short handed, just pretty unlucky. When I got called behind I thought I was dead to 2 outs and especially when RainKhan calls. I can only have a chance with AK vs AK lol. PokerStars Game #30924033457: Tournament #180536831, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XV (1000/2000) - 2009/07/27 1:02:01 ET Table '180536831 28' 9-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 1: Skämmes (100080 in chips) Seat 3: RaiNKhAN (39082 in chips) Seat 4: MCMATTO (126983 in chips) Seat 5: All_in_at420 (197395 in chips) Seat 6: Cre8ive (53675 in chips) Seat 9: Dusnumbri (51261 in chips) Skämmes: posts the ante 200 RaiNKhAN: posts the ante 200 MCMATTO: posts the ante 200 All_in_at420: posts the ante 200 Cre8ive: posts the ante 200 Dusnumbri: posts the ante 200 Dusnumbri: posts small blind 1000 Skämmes: posts big blind 2000 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Cre8ive [8s 8h] RaiNKhAN: raises 2888 to 4888 MCMATTO: folds All_in_at420: folds Cre8ive: raises 48587 to 53475 and is all-in Dusnumbri: calls 50061 and is all-in Skämmes: folds RaiNKhAN: calls 33994 and is all-in Uncalled bet (2414) returned to Cre8ive *** FLOP *** [Tc 3s 5c] *** TURN *** [Tc 3s 5c] [Kd] *** RIVER *** [Tc 3s 5c Kd] [Ts] *** SHOW DOWN *** Dusnumbri: shows [Ac Ks] (two pair, Kings and Tens) Cre8ive: shows [8s 8h] (two pair, Tens and Eights) Dusnumbri collected 24358 from side pot RaiNKhAN: shows [Kc As] (two pair, Kings and Tens) Dusnumbri collected 59923 from main pot RaiNKhAN collected 59923 from main pot So yeah they both had AK and I couldnt fade the 4 outs for a huge pot with like 2 tables left in the 200r. 40k to first... Okay.. now onto the other tournament I was in complete control of. Sooooo disgusted with how this tournament ended. I really feel like I played great.  This pot was deep in the money in the 100r. I had 3bet this guy for his third raise in a row and actually had a hand. It was a huge pot I would of been the chip leader and had almost 100bbs. This pot was killer for momentum and chip position. I did end up coming back after this pot but still. PokerStars Game #30922403931: Tournament #180539878, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVI (1250/2500) - 2009/07/26 23:43:03 ET Table '180539878 32' 9-max Seat #2 is the button Seat 1: isuckoutonu (132174 in chips) Seat 2: jusgivithere (127264 in chips) Seat 3: XbensthemanX (106144 in chips) Seat 4: rdcrsn (99300 in chips) Seat 5: KidPokerJD (43867 in chips) Seat 6: Vandiesel (106422 in chips) Seat 7: mlagoo (29753 in chips) Seat 8: Cre8ive (147716 in chips) Seat 9: #1PEN (149867 in chips) isuckoutonu: posts the ante 250 jusgivithere: posts the ante 250 XbensthemanX: posts the ante 250 rdcrsn: posts the ante 250 KidPokerJD: posts the ante 250 Vandiesel: posts the ante 250 mlagoo: posts the ante 250 Cre8ive: posts the ante 250 #1PEN: posts the ante 250 XbensthemanX: posts small blind 1250 rdcrsn: posts big blind 2500 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Cre8ive [Kh Ks] KidPokerJD: folds Vandiesel: raises 2877 to 5377 mlagoo: folds Cre8ive: raises 11498 to 16875 #1PEN: folds isuckoutonu: folds jusgivithere: folds XbensthemanX: folds rdcrsn: folds Vandiesel: raises 25625 to 42500 Cre8ive: raises 104966 to 147466 and is all-in Vandiesel: calls 63672 and is all-in Uncalled bet (41294) returned to Cre8ive *** FLOP *** [3s 9d Td] *** TURN *** [3s 9d Td] [Js] *** RIVER *** [3s 9d Td Js] [5d] *** SHOW DOWN *** Vandiesel: shows [Kd Ad] (a flush, Ace high) Cre8ive: shows [Kh Ks] (a pair of Kings) Vandiesel collected 218344 from pot *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 218344 | Rake 0 Board [3s 9d Td Js 5d] Seat 1: isuckoutonu folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 2: jusgivithere (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 3: XbensthemanX (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 4: rdcrsn (big blind) folded before Flop Seat 5: KidPokerJD folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 6: Vandiesel showed [Kd Ad] and won (218344) with a flush, Ace high Seat 7: mlagoo folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 8: Cre8ive showed [Kh Ks] and lost with a pair of Kings Seat 9: #1PEN folded before Flop (didn't bet) I chip back up by winning a flip/domination and start winning a lot of small pots after being down to 40k in chips. Here's a successful squeeze play I made. PokerStars Game #30923118818: Tournament #180539878, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVIII (2000/4000) - 2009/07/27 0:14:56 ET Table '180539878 32' 9-max Seat #9 is the button Seat 1: isuckoutonu (143574 in chips) Seat 2: jusgivithere (107064 in chips) Seat 3: XbensthemanX (93717 in chips) Seat 4: rdcrsn (70900 in chips) Seat 6: Vandiesel (334448 in chips) Seat 8: Cre8ive (124888 in chips) Seat 9: #1PEN (118694 in chips) isuckoutonu: posts the ante 400 jusgivithere: posts the ante 400 XbensthemanX: posts the ante 400 rdcrsn: posts the ante 400 Vandiesel: posts the ante 400 Cre8ive: posts the ante 400 #1PEN: posts the ante 400 isuckoutonu: posts small blind 2000 jusgivithere: posts big blind 4000 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Cre8ive [Qd Qs] XbensthemanX: folds rdcrsn: folds Vandiesel: raises 5777 to 9777 Cre8ive: raises 19098 to 28875 #1PEN: folds isuckoutonu: folds jusgivithere: raises 77789 to 106664 and is all-in Vandiesel: folds Cre8ive: calls 77789 *** FLOP *** [As 9h 2c] *** TURN *** [As 9h 2c] [9d] *** RIVER *** [As 9h 2c 9d] [5c] *** SHOW DOWN *** jusgivithere: shows [Td Tc] (two pair, Tens and Nines) Cre8ive: shows [Qd Qs] (two pair, Queens and Nines) Cre8ive collected 227905 from pot PokerStars Game #30923345178: Tournament #180539878, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIX (2500/5000) - 2009/07/27 0:25:54 ET Table '180539878 32' 9-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 1: isuckoutonu (50366 in chips) Seat 2: Allingomes (44731 in chips) Seat 3: XbensthemanX (80517 in chips) Seat 4: rdcrsn (53700 in chips) Seat 6: Vandiesel (302949 in chips) Seat 7: maxypaxy (207582 in chips) Seat 8: Cre8ive (246929 in chips) Seat 9: #1PEN (163694 in chips) isuckoutonu: posts the ante 500 Allingomes: posts the ante 500 XbensthemanX: posts the ante 500 rdcrsn: posts the ante 500 Vandiesel: posts the ante 500 maxypaxy: posts the ante 500 Cre8ive: posts the ante 500 #1PEN: posts the ante 500 maxypaxy: posts small blind 2500 Cre8ive: posts big blind 5000 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Cre8ive [Jc Tc] #1PEN: folds isuckoutonu: folds Allingomes: folds XbensthemanX: folds rdcrsn: folds Vandiesel: raises 7777 to 12777 maxypaxy: raises 22223 to 35000 Cre8ive: raises 211429 to 246429 and is all-in Vandiesel: folds maxypaxy: folds Uncalled bet (211429) returned to Cre8ive Cre8ive collected 86777 from pot Cre8ive: doesn't show hand *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 86777 | Rake 0 Seat 1: isuckoutonu folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 2: Allingomes folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 3: XbensthemanX folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 4: rdcrsn folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 6: Vandiesel (button) folded before Flop Seat 7: maxypaxy (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 8: Cre8ive (big blind) collected (86777) Seat 9: #1PEN folded before Flop (didn't bet) Another flip won. PokerStars Game #30923505381: Tournament #180539878, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIX (2500/5000) - 2009/07/27 0:33:57 ET Table '180539878 32' 9-max Seat #8 is the button Seat 2: Allingomes (77962 in chips) Seat 4: Maden2k (141561 in chips) Seat 5: AmirSF (105473 in chips) Seat 6: Vandiesel (269037 in chips) Seat 7: maxypaxy (259647 in chips) Seat 8: Cre8ive (318111 in chips) Seat 9: #1PEN (196211 in chips) Allingomes: posts the ante 500 Maden2k: posts the ante 500 AmirSF: posts the ante 500 Vandiesel: posts the ante 500 maxypaxy: posts the ante 500 Cre8ive: posts the ante 500 #1PEN: posts the ante 500 #1PEN: posts small blind 2500 Allingomes: posts big blind 5000 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Cre8ive [5h 5c] Maden2k: folds AmirSF: folds Vandiesel: folds maxypaxy: folds Cre8ive: raises 7000 to 12000 #1PEN: folds Allingomes: raises 63000 to 75000 Cre8ive: raises 63000 to 138000 Allingomes: calls 2462 and is all-in Uncalled bet (60538) returned to Cre8ive *** FLOP *** [3h 7d 6d] *** TURN *** [3h 7d 6d] [Qd] *** RIVER *** [3h 7d 6d Qd] [2c] *** SHOW DOWN *** Allingomes: shows [8h As] (high card Ace) Cre8ive: shows [5h 5c] (a pair of Fives) Cre8ive collected 160924 from pot Now here comes the pot that ruined my tournament. This pot I win on the turn 90% of the time. No way this guy is calling a 2 barrel shove in this spot unless he hits his miracle 2 outter, which he did. I really like how I played this hand and have no bad feelings about it. Opinions welcomed. PokerStars Game #30923565124: Tournament #180539878, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIX (2500/5000) - 2009/07/27 0:37:00 ET Table '180539878 32' 9-max Seat #9 is the button Seat 4: Maden2k (141061 in chips) Seat 5: AmirSF (104973 in chips) Seat 6: Vandiesel (246260 in chips) Seat 7: maxypaxy (259147 in chips) Seat 8: Cre8ive (440627 in chips) Seat 9: #1PEN (175934 in chips) Maden2k: posts the ante 500 AmirSF: posts the ante 500 Vandiesel: posts the ante 500 maxypaxy: posts the ante 500 Cre8ive: posts the ante 500 #1PEN: posts the ante 500 Maden2k: posts small blind 2500 AmirSF: posts big blind 5000 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Cre8ive [Ah Ks] Vandiesel: folds maxypaxy: raises 10000 to 15000 Cre8ive: raises 27875 to 42875 #1PEN: folds Maden2k: folds AmirSF: folds maxypaxy: calls 27875 *** FLOP *** [4s 2d 4d] maxypaxy: checks Cre8ive: bets 52500 maxypaxy: calls 52500 *** TURN *** [4s 2d 4d] [7s] CKOTUHA is connected El_Cañonero is connected 2POKER2 is connected maxypaxy: checks Cre8ive: bets 344752 and is all-in maxypaxy: calls 163272 and is all-in Uncalled bet (181480) returned to Cre8ive *** RIVER *** [4s 2d 4d 7s] [8d] *** SHOW DOWN *** maxypaxy: shows [7c 7d] (a full house, Sevens full of Fours) Cre8ive: shows [Ah Ks] (a pair of Fours) maxypaxy collected 527794 from pot I can't even look at that pot anymore. It was such a huge pot and I win the pot there everytime unless a 7 turns. It was pretty sick and frustrating. But no biggie. I still have 180k. Then I lose a flip. PokerStars Game #30923749881: Tournament #180539878, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (3000/6000) - 2009/07/27 0:46:39 ET Table '180539878 32' 9-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 2: 2POKER2 (74172 in chips) Seat 3: CKOTUHA (450407 in chips) Seat 4: Maden2k (202111 in chips) Seat 5: AmirSF (123973 in chips) Seat 6: Vandiesel (219860 in chips) Seat 7: maxypaxy (448544 in chips) Seat 8: Cre8ive (166680 in chips) Seat 9: #1PEN (174434 in chips) 2POKER2: posts the ante 600 CKOTUHA: posts the ante 600 Maden2k: posts the ante 600 AmirSF: posts the ante 600 Vandiesel: posts the ante 600 maxypaxy: posts the ante 600 Cre8ive: posts the ante 600 #1PEN: posts the ante 600 maxypaxy: posts small blind 3000 Cre8ive: posts big blind 6000 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Cre8ive [5c 5s] #1PEN: folds 2POKER2: raises 66000 to 72000 CKOTUHA: folds Maden2k: folds AmirSF: folds Vandiesel: folds maxypaxy: folds Cre8ive: raises 66000 to 138000 2POKER2: calls 1572 and is all-in Uncalled bet (64428) returned to Cre8ive *** FLOP *** [7d Js 6h] *** TURN *** [7d Js 6h] [Qh] *** RIVER *** [7d Js 6h Qh] [Tc] *** SHOW DOWN *** Cre8ive: shows [5c 5s] (a pair of Fives) 2POKER2: shows [Ts Ad] (a pair of Tens) 2POKER2 collected 154944 from pot Then the very next hand... Standard spot. PokerStars Game #30923761180: Tournament #180539878, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (3000/6000) - 2009/07/27 0:47:15 ET Table '180539878 32' 9-max Seat #7 is the button Seat 2: 2POKER2 (154944 in chips) Seat 3: CKOTUHA (449807 in chips) Seat 4: Maden2k (201511 in chips) Seat 5: AmirSF (123373 in chips) Seat 6: Vandiesel (219260 in chips) Seat 7: maxypaxy (444944 in chips) Seat 8: Cre8ive (92508 in chips) Seat 9: #1PEN (173834 in chips) 2POKER2: posts the ante 600 CKOTUHA: posts the ante 600 Maden2k: posts the ante 600 AmirSF: posts the ante 600 Vandiesel: posts the ante 600 maxypaxy: posts the ante 600 Cre8ive: posts the ante 600 #1PEN: posts the ante 600 Cre8ive: posts small blind 3000 #1PEN: posts big blind 6000 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Cre8ive [Qs As] 2POKER2: folds CKOTUHA: folds Maden2k: raises 8750 to 14750 AmirSF: folds Vandiesel: calls 14750 maxypaxy: folds Cre8ive: raises 77158 to 91908 and is all-in #1PEN: folds Maden2k: raises 109003 to 200911 and is all-in Vandiesel: calls 186161 *** FLOP *** [6c 8c 4h] *** TURN *** [6c 8c 4h] [Tc] *** RIVER *** [6c 8c 4h Tc] [6h] *** SHOW DOWN *** Maden2k: shows [Ah Kh] (a pair of Sixes) Vandiesel: shows [Jd Jc] (two pair, Jacks and Sixes) Vandiesel collected 218006 from side pot Cre8ive: shows [Qs As] (a pair of Sixes) Vandiesel collected 286524 from main pot So I got 16th in the 100r and 19th in the 200r. 45k and 40k respectively. So close to maybe piling up two big scores, even one of those would of been nice, but again in the end it didnt go my way. Getting there and getting close and running good and playing better. I will keep workin at it until it all falls into place. Night. 9 Comments on this post. Click here to post a comment.




• 100r Chop...

  By Cre8ive - Jul 21 2009, 02:40 AM

  Run Good, Play Better! I just got finished chopping the 100r a little bit ago with nofingclue11 (CrazyZachary) I had the chip lead 1.05m to 750k and we did a chip count chop so I won 20.5k and he got 19.5k about. He's a very good player it would of been a fun heads up match but chopping it is fine with me. We were in between playing it and chopping it but we ended up working it out and going with the chip count chop. The final table was really tough. There were some really good players who had chips and position on me. I had AK87 to my direct left. He hardly let me win any pots off him and used his position really well against me. I played one pretty sick pot with him when we were 5 handed. I saved the hand history. PokerStars Game #30698569932: Tournament #180540631, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level XXIII (5000/10000) - 2009/07/21 2:15:54 ET Table '180540631 31' 9-max Seat #8 is the button Seat 2: nofingclue11 (305455 in chips) Seat 5: supadphat (167880 in chips) Seat 7: Cre8ive (503305 in chips) Seat 8: AK87 (392771 in chips) Seat 9: supreamdream (433589 in chips) nofingclue11: posts the ante 1000 supadphat: posts the ante 1000 Cre8ive: posts the ante 1000 AK87: posts the ante 1000 supreamdream: posts the ante 1000 supreamdream: posts small blind 5000 nofingclue11: posts big blind 10000 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Cre8ive [7d Jh] supadphat: folds Cre8ive: raises 14000 to 24000 AK87: calls 24000 supreamdream: folds nofingclue11: folds *** FLOP *** [9s 5h 6d] Cre8ive: bets 40000 AK87: raises 50000 to 90000 Cre8ive: raises 388305 to 478305 and is all-in AK87: folds Uncalled bet (388305) returned to Cre8ive Cre8ive collected 248000 from pot Cre8ive: shows [7d Jh] (high card Jack) *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 248000 | Rake 0 Board [9s 5h 6d] Seat 2: nofingclue11 (big blind) folded before Flop Seat 5: supadphat folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: Cre8ive collected (248000) Seat 8: AK87 (button) folded on the Flop Seat 9: supreamdream (small blind) folded before Flop I normally don't ever show but I decided to show here against him to try to get him off my back a little bit. This pot really gave me momentum towards the end of this tournament. He crushed me in the 3-4 pots we played prior to this. He is a really tough player and gave me some trouble, but luckily I ended up getting the best of him. I played the final table pretty well. I got my money in good just about every time. 3 handed I sucked out pretty hard when I made it 40k on the button with JTo and supreamdream shoved his 100k stack. He had QK and it came K469Q and I hit runner runner to knock him out and get heads up. He was real short but after that flop he's a huge favorite. Whenever I chop a tournament I ALWAYS END UP GETTING 2nd. My buddies always make fun of me saying that it reflects bad on my database lol. They love seeing me get 2nd after I chop. Maybe when I don't chop I will stop getting 2nd. Hans is giving me a little crap for not playing HU lol. He said since I had the chip advantage I should play it out. I was going to play it out if the chip count deal didn't work out. The difference between 1st and 2nd was 6k so it wasn't too much but still... In my eyes if I could chip chop it would be better for me because it's basically like winning (minus like 2k in money) but you get the confidence and rush of winning. I feel like that outweighs the disappointment of getting second. The money isn't a big difference. I am not guaranteed to come in first and I'm playing HU vs a good player. I have a pretty good amount of heads up experience but I guess I need to play some of these tournaments out and not chop it. I just hate playing so long and getting so deep and then eventually NOT winning. It bothers me so much lol. I guess just playing it out and losing/winning would be better experience and better motivation overall. I would either be mad I got 2nd and learn from my mistakes, or be more excited I finished out the tournament and won it completely. Oh well, there's always next time. No results yet about the ultrasound I had today. They scanned my liver, pancreas, and gallbladder. Hopefully I hear back from them soon and we can figure out what's going on with this elevated bilirubin test result. Guess that's it. Remember guys "Run Good, Play Better." Goodnight. 11 Comments on this post. Click here to post a comment.