TOUR 54 50 FTP Sat to $750K satelllite End 5th 79 hands

Decided to try the 54 player 50 FTP tourney. 1st is entry, 2nd is 200 FTP. That's it. It was a fairly wild session, not so much by me but the other players. Lots of Europeans who liked to bet. Overall I did ok and the end came when my KJo vs 77 vs 33 couldn't hit a pair.

Hand 28. Seven players at table. I'm CO w/As Qh, 1650 chips. Action folds to HJ who bets 2 BB (160), I debate raising but decide to just call, everyone else folds. Flop 6h 4h Ah. Pairs my Ace and gives me a flush draw Qh in my hand. HJ bets 160 into the 440 pot and I call. Don't want to scare him away. Turn 10d. HJ checks and I bet 320 into the 760 pot. HJ folds. I now have 2090 chips.

Hand 36 Seven players at table. I lose a few chips trying to steal the blinds. I'm BTN w/8c Jc. Action folds to me and I bet 2 BB (240) (maybe a 3 BB bet would have been better), SB & BB call. Flop 7h 7s 5s. No real help to me. SB & BB check and I make a weak 120 bet into the 720 pot. The sort of method to my madness is, that weak bet might make them think I have trip 7's. SB calls & BB folds. Turn 3c. Still no help to me. SB checks & I do same. A continuation bet might have helped here but I didn't want to give up more chips at this point if the BB called. I wasn't sure I could get him off his hand. River 4c. SB bets the pot (960). Now they might have nothing with that big of a bet or they actually did hit something. We'll never know as I folded at that point. WELL I WAS WRONG. They showed me what they had: 5d 7d. They'd flopped a FH!!!! I was lucky I'd not been more aggressive that hand!! As you can see from my patter here I never even thought about the possibility of them having a FH!!

Hand 45. Five players at table. I'm SB w/Ad 5s and after I post SB I have 980 chips left. Action folds to BTN who limps in w/160, I call and BB checks. Flop  Ac Jc 7d. I hit my Ace but have a very weak kicker. With only 900 chips left it's either fold or go all-in, I choose the later. BB calls & BTN folds. Uh Oh what am I up against? BB shows 8h Jd, middle pair. That makes me feel better. Turn 3c. One card to go. River 5c. I now have two pair, but I'd have won just with my Ace. I've doubled up to 2280 chips!

Hand 69. Seven players. Blinds 150/300. I'm BB and have 1660 chps left after posting the BB. I have 7h 8c. Action folds to SB who limps in and I check. Flop 4c 2s 2d. SB & I both check. Turn 7c. I've paired my 7 and show top pair. SB checks and I bet 300 into the 600 pot. SB calls. Hmmm, do they have a deuce? River 3s. Well all I have is a pair of 7's. SB checks & I decide to do the same. SB shows pocket 5's. My 7's are good and I now have 2560 chips. Next hand turned out to be a nice one for me.

Hand 70. I'm SB with 10s Jc. Actions folds to me and I limp in to the BB who has 21,016 chips. They raise to 900 and I figure the only way to fight them is to go all-in and I do. They call. I was hoping they were just tryng to get me out there with my weak limp, but they must have something. I'm hoping for two good cards. They show 8s 9s. I have two over cards!!! Flop Ks 8d 5h. They pair their 8. Turn 9c. They pair their 9. They now have two pair. :-/ However I do have and open ended straight draw. River 7d. Lady luck came my way and I hit the straight and double up to 5120 chips.

Hand 78 I should have folded. Five players left. I'm the BTN and have Ad 6d. UTG folds, CO bets 1400 (2 1/2 BB's). This is the point where I should have folded, but instead I decided to gamble on maybe a diamond nut flush showing up. SB & BB fold. Flop 2h 10c Ks. No help to me. CO bets 3120 (the chips I have left) into the 3400 pot. I, of course fold, but that was costly. I still have 3120 chips left. One other player has 3400 chips. Two of the other three have 18,000+ and the chip leader has 33,000+ chips.

Hand 79. I'm CO w/Ks Jh. UTG limps in w/400, I decide to take a shot at it and go all in. If they all fold I pick up 1000 chips and if not hopefully my KJ will do something helpful for me. SB calls, BB folds, and UTG calls. What am I in for? SB shows pocket 7's and UTG has pocket 3's. I have overcards to both of them. Better than I expected. Now can I hit any of my cards? Flop 9d 10s 4d. Turn 4s. One last chance. River 6h. No I can't!!! :-/ So I'm done.