So yesterday I played just a few tournaments. Only one tournament was 75$ at it went down like this.
FTP 75$ 6 Max - Key hand: I had K10dd and four to the flop of A,Q,9dd giving me NFD and gutshot to broadway. SB bets out 2/3 and I raise hoping to take pot down but calling any shove seeing I'm likely 41%. He shoved with A9 and I won to double up. Then later I raise KQo and button shoves. I don't like calling here but I'm getting 2 to 1 and will have 20 bbs if I lose so based on math I call. I suckout AQo. Then I win a big one when button raise and I 3 bet from SB and he shoves, I call and hold vs KQ. Then this was killer same guy makes UTG raise and I look at QQ and 3 bet him. Then guy to my left 4 bets me. Now I don't like this situation. The 4 betters stats are 25% preflop raise over 30 hands so that is really high. This helps make my decision to shove on him and he tables AA. Huge pot that I lost. Anyway, 22 left and same guy has gone AIPF 3 hands in a row and does it again UTG and I hold A8o in BB with 12bbs left. Again I don't like this spot but because the guy has shoved 4 in a row I call and lose to AJ. I actually like all my plays except that last hand. He must have know he was going to get looked up and I figured he probably had a hand but I couldn't find the fold.
FTOPS OHL Sattie: Well, playing well in these but not getting seats. A measley 8.8$ sattie has one seat and I make it HU with a guy out of 30+ runners and lose to win nothing. Then a 24$ sattie top 3 get seats and we are 8 handed, I'm maybe 3-4th in chips and UTG makes PSB having only 2bbs behind. Instead of isolating (its a sattelite) I just call and BB calls. I hold AQJ5ss and flop is Q,7,5ccs, UTG puts his last chips in and I call along with BB, turn is Js, giving me top two pair and NFD. BB makes PSB. If I call I'm committing myself here and I figure at best he has QJ and I'm freerolling FD. Anyway I shove and I'm ahead of his AKQ7cc and he rivers non spade 10 to scoop. I was 62% on turn I think I have to take significant edge to guarantee myself a seat. (Pot was 16k and next biggest stack was 6k). Oh well.
UB PLO 11 Rebuy - Playing well 14 left and I limp AKJ5dd and BB makes PSB. I call to flop of A,J,x and he makes PSB. No way he has AA there and does that so I shove and he calls with KKxx, can I fade the one outer? No, instead of 3rd in chips I'm gone.
FTP OHL 5 Rebuy - Doing OK and decide to speculate with 78910 double suit and limp (not a good H/L hand but I'm limping on cutoff). BB makes PSB and I call with position and SB calls, flop is Q,7,9 and BB makes PSB. I looks like aces to me I'll take my chances with two pair and up/down draw and I shove and strangely SB shoves and BB calls. They table KKQ10, and AA5x. Now I can't believe KK went with us, the AA was pot comitted and had to call. Anyway I'm ahead, turn 4, still ahead, river J and worst hand scoops hit. That's what I get for gambling I guess.
I've been playing some FTP Matrix SNGs, they confused me at first to how they worked but I'm kind of liking them now, it takes a little variance out of the game. Works like this. I play a 110+9 OHL tournament and it's spread into 4 tables. So we all compete to win each individual table (top 3 pay) and then there is a Matrix Prize pool for top 3 points scorers. You get points by knockouts, and lasting longer than others. I think I'll do a few more of those today as I can't play MTTs my girlfriend wants me to go to a party with her and I can't be stuck at the tables. GL all today.