Saturday/Sunday I had some nice scores.
1st Cereus 15NL Re - I run good in this tourn, the play is weak from what I've seen so far. I should probably keep playing it as it gets 130-150 runners, I love those size tournaments, usually pay only top 18. I've cashed 7 of 12 times with 5 FT's and 2 FT bubbles but I'm running like death on the Cereus PLO 11Re 0 for last 12 times.
4th Stars 33NL Re - Came to FT 2nd in chips but couldn't get it going. I had 9bbs 4 handed and SB shoved I called with Ax and was outkicked.
4th Stars 109 OHL - A solid second in chips 5 handed and then boom!! Out goes my freakin internet. So sick. I finally get it back and we are 4 handed and I have 7.5bbs. SB raises me PSB and I decide to play my QQ38 and shove it in. He tables AAxx and scoops. I'm really pissed about this because I feel like interent could have cost me the 1k difference from 4th to 2nd and of course the chance to play HU for another 1k. Thanks Comcast!
2nd FT PLO 26 KO - Finally One time!! I run like death in this tourn but finally hand hands hold for me. Unfortuantely was a 4 to 1 dog starting HU and lost a race AIPF.
Heartbreakers for the weekend:
Above mentioned Cereus 15 NL Re, next day I have huge chip lead and face a limper and hold JJ. I raise 2400bb to 9600, gets flatted by button and SB shoves 50kish, limper folds and I shove iso and SB tables AK, I lose race and he has lead with 120k and I'm in 6th now with 54k. FT first hand I get JJ raise it and BB calls and turns trips with 88. I lose half stack. Next hand UTG shoves and I hold QQ, I shove and BB calls with 1010. Flop 10xx its over.
PS PLO 55 Re - 155$ invested and I was blinding away with internet down (same time as OHL FT). Get back in to see button makes PSB and I hold AA58ss in SB, I raise PSB, he reraise and off we go vs KQQ3 xxxxQ. Oh puke
FT PLO 216. I really want to take this down. Its the flagship PLO tourn weekly on FTP and gets top internet pros in as well as FTP red pros. Early on I double with AA84hh, I raise 90 at 15/30 (5K stacks around) and get flatted 3 times and then someone makes PSB to 500. Wow, okay, I figure maybe he has AA as well or just position raising? I feel my edge is big vs these random guys and shouldn't gamble on a hand where I am maybe 55% to win but I love me some gamble and I reraise PSB which makes it 2k plus. Folds to reraiser and he flats. Flop is K,8,2 rainbow. Well, pretty dry. I hold the 8. I think if he has KK gg and I make PSB, he tanks and shoves the rest with 6234 for bottom pair what?. He has 11 outs and a 5 would be nice redraw for him but turn is A. Now I have 10.5k and I'm chipleader early! Then....disaster. Lee Wakinson raises in EMP and I flat on cutoff with J10109hh and flop is 10,5,2ss for the flopped nizzles. BB checks and Lee makes C-bet. I raise it up and BB folds Lee calls. Turn is Ax. He checks, Not a bad card unless he holds AA, and I'll find out soon enough. I bet 2kish and he just calls. River is Q for 1075AQ board. Lee checks. Hmm. I hold a J for the blocker to st8, the question is what did he call raise with on flop. Seems like a st8 or flush draw. Maybe KK,QQ,AA but KK,QQ would give up on turn and AA would usually raise turn. I feel like value betting but don't feel he is calling because he has a busted draw most likely or a strangely played AA. I check and he shows AKJxss for rivered gutshot. 4k pot there dang. Then BvsB the SB makes min raise at 20/40 and I call the 40 with A347. Flop is 2,5,6hh and he makes PSB. I flop da nutz with a better str8 redraw and naked A of h so I'm not too worried about a flush hitting because I can rep it if the h comes off. It certainly looks like I'm calling to a draw here. So I call the PSB. Turn is Jx and I still have nuts and he makes another PSB. About 1k plus in pot now. Time to raise? I usually would but again I feel like this guy is just bluffing and I want another bluff out of him. Again I'm not too worried about heart and if board pairs I'll take it from there. I'd rather get another 1.8k bluff on the river than raise him off a pair or whatever. River is high heart and he makes another PSB for 1.8k. Dang...I hold the Ah so he can't have nuts AND it looks like I was calling to a flush draw all along so WTF? I feel that he is either bluffing as I wanted or he has made a flush. I feel there is no point in raising to bluff because I don't think this guy can fold a flush if that's how he played it. So I call and he tables QJ6hh for Q hi flush. Just unlucky. If I raise turn I lose more because he is not folding top two and 3rd NFD BvsB. Not the way he was instapotting it and this made me not want to raise bluff river because I didn't think he could make a fold. I could have folded river but I feel a bluff was a good part of his range. Well, I chip up to about 6.8k at 20/40 and raise with QQ108double suit. Flop is QJx for da flopped nutz. I c-bet it and a top internet pro makes it PSB reraise. One guy folds and back to me. I hope he doesn't have wrap st8/flush draw but I'll play with him. I reraise PSB and he shoves it and I see AKJJ for middle trips and a gutter to broadway. Nice!! Drawing to 4 outs for a 13.5k pot at 20/40! turn is diamond giving him flush draw. I hold two dds as well but running diamonds it is for the better flush for him! BinK! Three times I flop da nutz and three times I'm rivered for 4k, 4k, and 13.5k pots. I need to get staked for this damn tourn, 216 is out of my range and I can't build my bankroll because I'm the only one paying rent/bills now as my girlfriend is finishing school. I keep cashing out. I guess I shouldn't play it? Seems silly though I feel I have a strong edge on these guys playing. We'll see if I play it this Saturday.
GL ALL