I decided to try a 50 FTP turbo tournament. Only 1st & 2nd win anything. 1st is entry into a 2500 FTP Sat to FTOPS Main Event that the top 75 players gain entry to the FTOPS Main Event, a $500 +$25 entry and as of this morning w/671 players will pay out to 720 players. Not bad. 2nd wins 200 FTP points.
As a side note the host is Alan Cunningham and listed in red as playing is Huckleberry Seed and four other players I'm not familar with. Could be a very exciting tournament playing against some excellent known players.
I did better then I expected and ended up 4th going out w/Ac Ks vs As 5s vs Kh 9s. Guess which hand won? Yup, As 5s, paring their 5. Blinds were 800/1600. I was next to low stack w/4697 chips and low stack had 4061 (the one who won). The top two stacks had 51,597 and 20,645 chips, So even if I had won that 12,183 stack I still had my work cut out for me to make either 1st or 2nd.
I played fairly conservatively. On hand 13 w/Qc 6c as CO, action folded to me, blinds 40/80, and I decided to try and steal the blinds with a 3 BB bet. BT & SB folded, BB called. Flop 10c Jc 6h, pairing my 6 and giving me a flush draw, Q high. BB checked and I decided to check as I had only bottom pair. Turn 7c. I hit my flush, now the only problem is did the BB hit one as well with an Ac or Kc? They bet the 520 pot and I decide to go with my flush and raise them all-in with my last 1025 chips. They call and show a weaker hand than I expected - 10s 5d. I can't be beat and double up my chips to 2570.
A few hands later, hand 16 I have pocket 8's in MP1. EP2 limps in w/80 and I raise to 3 BB's (240), MP1 & HJ fold, the short stack CO goes all-in w/470 chips, BT & SB fold, BB calls and EP2 calls making for a nice 1920 pot and I'm wishing I had something better then pocket 8's. Flop 9c 5c 6d. Only one overcard to my 8's and a possible gutshot straight. BB checks, EP2 goes all-in w/895, I decide to call and take my chances since this is a turbo and I still have 1205 chips left, not great but would still be workable. BB calls. The pot is now 4605! Turn 3d. No help to me. BB checks & I check. River 7s. Wow I hit my straight!!! BB checks and I go all-in with my last 1205 chips. I don't see anything that looks like it might beat me unless one of them had an 8 10 and I don't feel the BB has that. BB folds. The two earlier all-in's have 10c 9h and Ks Qd. I win and now have 5,810 chips!
Hand 20 was a bit costly to me and one I should have folded earlier on. I'm BT w/pocket 6's (6d 6h), blinds are 60/120, I still have my 5810 chips. MP2 limps in w/120, CO calls, I call, and SB goes all-in w/1020 chips. BB folds, MP2 calls, CO calls and I call. This is where I think, with only pocket 6's, I should have folded, though I still have 4,830 chips left. I have to assume that of the other 3 players one of them likely has cards already that can beat my 6's, or high overcards that could beat them if they pair later, but I decide to check out and see if I might hit a set. Flop 2c 3d 3s. Well lower than my 6's but a possible trip out there.
MP2 checks, CO bets all-in w/1255 chips, I call and MP2 folds. I don't see any good reason for that call on my part. With everyone else now all-in I see I'm facing Qc Qh from SB & 10c 10d from CO. Not looking good for me. Turn 7h. River 2h. I lose and am down to 3,575 chips. An UNNECESSARY loss of 2,235 chips that I could well need later!! It's a wonder I made it to 4th at the end! By hand 31 I'm down to 1825 chips. Then get lucky in hand 36.
Hand 36. I'm HJ w/1825 chips and pocket 4's (4s 4d) and blinds are 200/400. I have a max of about 3 rounds left. Seven of us are at the table. Action folds to me and I go all-in. CO (short stack w/600 fewer chips than me) calls all-in, BT folds, SB calls and BB folds. SB shows Ac 7d and CO shows Jh 9h. All overcards to me, but no pairs, yet. Now all I need is a bit of luck. Flop 9s 2s 10s. Interesting, CO pairs their 9 killing my pocket 4's, but an all spade flop gives me a flush draw and neither of them has a spade! Turn Qs. BINGO!!! I have the flush!!! I can't lose!!! River 6s. I now have 5,268 chips and a bit of life again!!
Hand 46. Blinds 250/500. I'm SB w/3568 chips and Jh 9c. Five of us at the table. UTG limps in w/500, CO & BT fold, I call and BB checks. Flop Qd 2h 10d, giving me an open ended straight draw. I check, BB checks and UTG bets 1000 into the 1500 pot. I call and BB folds. Turn Kd. Well that gives me a straight, K high but if UTG has A J they would have a better straight, plus there is now a diamond flush possible. I decide to gamble on my straight and go all-in with my last 2068 chips. If I fold at this point I'm good for only 3 more rounds before I'd blind out. UTG calls showing Kh Qc ... two pair. Great! no flush!! Now I need a river card that doesn't give UTG a FH. River 3h. I win!!! and now have 7,636 chips! I can breathe a bit.
Hand 50 I get a few more chips. Blinds 400/800, I have 7,736 chips, am BB w/10d 8c, 9 players. MP1 & big stack w/28,944 chips limps in, SB calls, I check. Two players are sitting out. Flop 8s 8h 5s. I hit trip 8's ... nice!! Let's see what happens. SB bets all-in w/1,461 chips, I call and MP1 folds. SB shows Jd 5d, bottom pair. Turn Ad. River 2h. I win and now have 11,597 chips.
Hand 56 I have Ah Qd, blinds 500/100, UTG+1. I called a short stack 1,095 all-in bet. MP1 raised to 4000, the rest folded to me and I called. I believe I should have folded at this point with such a large raise after me, AA, KK, AK all beat me. Flop 5h Kc 8c. No help to me and I check. MP1goes all-in w/5710 chips and I have to fold, This cost me 4000 chips that I didn't have to lose!!
Nothing much else happened until the last hand I already talked about at the start. Although I was pleased overall with my play, I'm still making some really terrible calls that cost me chips I can't double up later. Hopefully, over time I'll see improvement and not make those calls in the future.
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