Decided to try the 50 FTP Sat to the $750K Sat. 1st is entry to $750K Sat (2500 FTP points), 2nd receives 200 FTP points. The $750K Sat has 100 winners who are entered in the $200 Tournament. Overall my play was ok. When we got down to the last two I had a large chip lead (64,410 to 16,590) and blinds of 300/600. Though I had a big chip lead, a couple of double-ups on my opponents part and we'd be in reverse positions. At one point he did make a big comeback and even got ahead of me in chips, but in the end I was able to come out on top!! YEAH!!
In the 1st 8 hands I picked up 295 chips. No spectacular play, just some betting when I paired the board, very modest betting, but apparently the other players had worse hands as they folded to my bet.
Hand 12 I got a bit lucky and was able to keep folks tossing some chips in. Blinds 25/50, I'm MP2 w/10c 9h. EP2 limps in and I decide to limp as well and see if I can get a cheap look at the flop, HJ & CO call, BT & SB fold, BB checks. Flop 7c 3c Jd. I miss but have gutshot straight draw. BB checks, EP2 bets 50 into the 275 pot, I call as does the HJ & CO, BB folds. Turn 8h. Ah, how nice. My gutshot straight came in!! EP2 bets 50 into the 475 pot and I raise to 100. HJ & CO call, EP2 folds. River 4s. Nice. Doesn't look like anything can beat me. I make a small 250 bet into the 825 pot hoping that might encourage someone with a decent hand to call and the HJ does. They show Kh Jc, having paired their J. I win the 1325 pot and am now up 1130 chips! Good start! Not much elses happens until hand 30.
Hand 30, blinds 60/120. I'm SB w/pocket K's (Kd Kh). Action folds to MP1 who bets 2 BB (240), rest fold to BT who calls and I decide to raise to 680 (just over the 660 pot). I expect I'll get some action or they'll fold. MP1 who has 8,680 chips re-raise me by going all-in and on top of that the BT w/1535 chips calls going all-in. I pause to think about it but don't feel either of them have AA, though I could be wrong, so call and am all-in as well. The BT shows Ah Jh, one over card. MP1 show pocket 3's, far weaker hand than I expected. Things look decent at this point. Flop 2s 6s 6d. No help to anyone!! Great!! Turn 5d. ditto!! One card to go!! River 6c. I win!! I have a FH that beats MP1's FH, but I didn't need it this time. Nobody's hand was bettered and my hand was best pre-flop and held up!! I win the 7,565 pot!!
By hand 57 I'd been up and down a bit, but was now back down to 5,885 chips. Blinds were 120/240 and 5 players at my table.
Hand 57. I'm UTG w/Qc Jc and decide to limp in w/240 to see if I might hit anything w/the flop. Not sure what I want to see as a Q J in the flop don't mean much as I'd be beat with pocket hands of AQ, AJ, KQ, KJ. CO & BT fold, SB raises to 480, BB folds and I call. I'd rather the SB didn't raise, but they are the big stack w/12,630 chips, so their raise may not mean a lot. Flop 4c 6s 7c. Interesting. I now have a flush draw. Only 3rd nut high but if SB doesn't have a club or higher club I could be ok. SB bets 480 and I call. I don't see that have anything to gain by raising and prefer to see a cheap flop to see if I hit my draw. Turn Js. Not my draw but does pair my J and gives me top pair showing. SB bets 720. I wonder why? Well to see the River it will only cost me 720 of a 2880 pot, 4-1 odds and I still might hit my flush, so I call. River Jh. I like that. I miss my flush, but do get trip J's. The only problem now is, does the SB have them as well? SB bets 2,160 into the 3,600 pot. I think about it, but feel my trip J's are pretty good so I call. They show As Ac .... pocket A's!!! That helps explain why they were betting so strong. I was lucky on the river. I win the 7,920 pot and now have 9,965 chips. Next hand I thought I played reasonably well.
Hand 58. I'm BB w/Ah Qd. Action folds to the BT who limps in w/240 bet, SB folds, and I decide to raise him to 3 BB (720), BT calls. Flop Ad Qh 9c. Very nice for me!! I decide to try for a check raise and check, BT bets 960 and I re-raise them to 1920. BT opts to fold and I pick up another 1680 chips. Things go back and forth until hand 72.
Hand 72. We are now at the final table w/ 9 players; blinds are 200/400. I'm BB w/pocket 9's (9d 9c). UTG limps in w/a bet of 400 and action folds to SB who calls, and I check. Flop 4h 8h 5s. My 9's are currently best and as long as the other two players don't have 6 7 to make a straight I'm ok. SB bets the pot of 1200. That I don't like to see, but I decide to test them and raise them to 2400. Both UTG and SB call. Uh Oh, what do they have? Are my pocket 9's still good? Only the Shadow knows? Well lets see what the Turn brings. Turn 9s. Well that is good see. Still no guarantee I'll win but I feel more hopeful. This time the SB checks and I decide to go all-in which is covered by both UTG & SB. If my set is good, I'll have a very decent stack size. If not, well there's always another session I can play. UTG calls and SB folds. UTG shows 9h 5h. They have two pair and flush draw. Holding my breath on the River. River 7d. PHEW I win and now have 25,190 chips!!! That makes me top stack!!
Hand 84. Five players, blinds 250/500. I'm UTG w/Kc Qc w/22,990 chips; top stack by about 1000 ships. 2 players have aound 8000 chips, and the other player has almost 19,000. I limp in w/a 500 bet, CO folds, BT & SB call, BB checks. Flop Kh 7d Jh. I have top pair w/Q kicker. Everyone check's! Turn 8c. No help to me and not likely a help to anyone else unless they're holding a 9 10. SB bets 1250 into the 2000 pot, BB folds, I decide to raise SB to 2500 figuring my K's are still good and maybe he'll fold; BT folds and SB reraises me with an all-in of 7865. Nuts!! I still like my K's so decide to call. SB shows Kd 8s. Uh Oh he has two pair!!! I'm hoping for a Q on the River. River Js. Darn I say, I missed my Q. BUT the chips come MY WAY!! I got lucky in a way I'd not though about...the board paired the J. What that meant is KK JJ were now the top pairs. SB's paired 8 doesn't count for nothing and worse for them I now have the better kicker...a Q to their 8. WOW LUCKY!!! I win the 17,730 chips and now have 31,755 chips with only four of us left. Two hands later I have another nice win.
Hand 86. Three players, blinds 300/600) I'm SB w/pocket A's (Ad Ah) and 31,755 chips. UTG opens with a 5 BB bet of 3000, I decide to go all-in w/my pocket A's, BB folds. I figure the best he can have is pocket A's as well and if not and he calls and I win he can double me up. UTG calls and shows As Js. Weaker than I expected but he could still beat me. Flop 2h 8h Jh. I now have a nut flush draw as well. His spades are dead, but he did pair his J. Turn 6s no help to either of us. River Kh. I hit my flush which is a bit of overkill as my pocket A's had already done the job. I now have 64,110 chips. Three hands later we are down to two players. I have 65,010 chips and the other person 15,990.
Hand 138. The lowest I'd been able to get the other player was around 6000 chips but then they started building back up so that by now they had 21,580 chips. Blinds are 600/1200. I'm SB w/Ac Ks. I bet 2 BB (2400) and BB calls. Flop Qh 7d 4s. Nothing good in their for me. BB bets 3600 and I decide to call. No real good reason for that, mostly I'm hoping to hit an Ace or K. Turn 10s. Well that gives me a gutshot straight possibility. BB bets all-in w/15,580 chips. I do think about it a bit but decide to call. The only reason I can figure there is that I'm hoping to hit the gutshot straight on the River. River 3c. Rats. BB hits a straight and now has 43,160 chips. MORE THAN ME!!! OK calm down, deep breaths, deep breaths. It's not over yet!!! Just a few hands the tide turns again.
Hand 141. We are just about even in chips, he has about 500 more than me. Blinds are 600/1200, I'm SB. I have pocket J's (Js Jc) and open w/a 2 BB bet (2400), BB calls. Flop Kd Jh 4h. I hit my set!!! BB bets 1200 and I raise to 8400, BB calls. Turn 4s. I have a FH. Wonderful!!! BB bets all-in w/29,960 chips. I wonder what he could have. I don't see anything that could beat my FH, except now looking at it, if he had quad 4's, that I did not think about at the time. My thought was maybe he has another FH, such as 4's full of K's. Anyway I decide to call him. He shows 2h 8h. He has a flush draw, but those are pretty weak cards even if he hits it. Maybe it was just a bluff to try and get me off my hand. River Qc. I win and he has 520 chips left.
The last hand is anti-climatic. I have Ac 4s and he has 7s 8s. The board shows Ad 3c Jd 8h 3h. I win, game over!!
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