Well, I made a deep run in FTOPS PLO HU event. Funny thing is I never play HU SNGs or cash games. I started to play some satties to this tourn and felt the play in the satties was weak and I thought there would be a lot of NL players in the tourn so I talked myself into playing it. 803 entrants. 1st round was easy, I got a bye along with almost 200 other players. Next round I OPR the guy, he is a winning holdem player and losing PLO player. I win easily. Same for my next opponent, now I have min cashed. The next opponent is OPR'ed as a fish and loser at all games. I beat him. The next opponent is a very good holdem player with no stats on PLO. These are the guys I was counting on playing in this tourn. I beat him as well. Next round I have a guy who has losing stats in all games but way to small a sample to matter so he is probably a cash player. I knew right away he was not a good PLO play when I raised OTB with AKJx and he calls OOP with J227 no suit. board made xx7Jx for him to win. Anyway, I hadn't gotten my money in bad at all in the entire tournament till this:
I hold K8102 and unraised pot sees a 8,8,9 flop. We get it all in and he holds A8xx. Kind of a cooler there. But I get lucky and fill up. I'm feeling now that this tourn is my destiny to scoop. We are the last match going in the round. That was it for my luck though. I raise AA45ss and he calls OOP again and I flop gin with A97dd and I PSB he calls with naked 68xx. Turn is 10d which is gross and it gets checked down, no boat. Another hand I have A10104cc and flop nut set again to lose to a sucker st8, no boat again. Then I hold A344ss in unraised pot and flop is 2,5,6 rainbow. He checks and I bet half pot and he makes PSB. I reraise PSB and he tanks and shoves with 226x for bottom trips and one blocker to his boat. Turn 7.....yes baby come on now...river is 5 NO!!. Oh well, I'll take the 2k profit considering I wasn't even going to play, but to be a river away from having a big chip lead I was pretty confident in sealing the deal on him. Then it was 2 HU matches to 28k,14k, or 8k. for 1st,2nd and 3rd/4th. Next time.
I played the FTOPS OHL Limit but busted out in that. Two key hands
I hold AJ53ss and 4 limpers to button who raises. Calls all around and flop is J,5,2dd for top two pair and nut lo. I also hold the naked NFD. Checks to me and I check as well expecting a c-bet from button, hoping to get some callers and then I'll raise it when it's back on me. Even though there are diamonds out there I hold A of d and my raise could be repping nut hi and nut lo draws. I should be able to fold out weak diamond draws especially if the turn bricks. So it's called around and folded by maybe two guys and turn is 9x, perfect. I bet and get two callers. Now the pot is nice and juicy and we are going 3 handed to river. It's a 6x, so no flushes. Now first guy to act bets and I have decision. Raise or call. I've made nut lo and what can I put this guy on? Nut lo as well? 78 for nut st8 is unlikely unless he holds A378. So I decide to raise and button calls and EP guy calls. EP turns up a sucker str8 with 34 and button turns up A3xx for naked lo. OMFG puke it up. Instead of scooping whole or half pot I get quartered by two bad draws. This cost me 6K plus in chips. Then, later with the blinds bigger I lose a pot BvsB where I hold 2336hh on flop of 4,7,10hh. We get in in on flop and SB hold AA109. I am 55% to scoop and he is 19% to scoop. Well, he scooped and I'm out. Anyways. I played well in that tourn just didn't work out. I am enjoying playing now more by removing the chat feature from FTP and Cereus. Now I don't see peoples complaints and I don't rant or I don't complain myself. Makes for better focus on poker. OK GL all.