May 7, 2009
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FTOPS #1 - Cashed
ID Start Time Name Buy-in Entrants Position Won Notes 84239296 May 06 21:07ET MiniFTOPS Event #1 
$20.00 + $2 14,059 12,645 -- 84232335 May 06 21:02ET FTOPS Event #1 $200.00 + $16 4445 71 $1,240 87885491 May 06 21:01ET $100,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) 
$100.00 + $9 575 97 -- 89408789 May 06 20:01ET $75,000 Guarantee 
$150.00 + $13 1,041 272 -- 89430140 May 06 19:51ET Sat to Main Event Shootout 
$24.00 + $2 36 1 $216 90211802 May 06 19:01ET $40,000 Guarantee $69.00 + $6 774 17 $267.03 90336216 May 06 18:58ET $69 + $6 Sit & Go $69.00 + $6 45 13 -- 90210007 May 06 18:46ET $15K Super Turbo KO $55.00 + $4 686 415 -- You collected $10.00 for 1 Knockout. 89457717 May 06 18:01ET Turbo $40K Guarantee $200.00 + $16 298 173 -- Total spent on buy-ins (incl. rebuys) = $1323 (not including FTOPS + miniFTOPS)
Today's winnings/losses = $1723.03
Today's net profit/loss = +$400.03
What a way to kick off the FTOPS series, making it deeper would've kicked it off just right, but cashing in the first event isn't too bad either. The money prize I could careless about but it's the fact that I made it that deep in the first event and it was through a field of 4,445 players, which is the biggest I've played in a while. It started off really bad for me losing more than a quarter of my chips really quick. Another bothersome fact was out of 4,445 players I pull the table with gboro780, who is the #1 ranked online MTT player in the world as of now. Luckily, he wasn't able to get much going and got KO'ed pretty fast. I was patient and went on a sick rush going into the middle stages of the tournament which built my stack very quickly. Soon enough, I became one of the top 30 chip leaders in the tournament with about 1500 players to go. For most of my tables that I was moved to I was the chip leader and one of the most experienced players at the table, judging by past results. I'm most proud of how I stole blinds and 3-bet air with perfect timing. I was using my nice chip stack to gain more chips. My flow was going good until a shortstack went all-in in early position and another player iso-raised in a later position, I pick up KK in the SB and ship my whole stack in covering them both. The iso-raiser ended up showing down AA and scooped the pot. This didn't bust me and I still had about 50BB but it would've been nice to scoop that pot and be one of the top ten stacks. This was definately a turning point for me in the tournament but I kept my cool and rebuilt my stack to survive a couple more levels. Then my dry run came and it was downhill from there. I ended up busting with a questionable 15BB shove with 76o in a SB vs. BB situation. I went with my gut feeling that he was going to fold but ended up tanking for a bit to call with AJo to hold. I'm happy with my performance overall and definately boosts my confidence and moral for the rest of this series. I want to thank all the people who railed and sweat me as I played this tournament, I got a lot of support from fans and friends, which always motivates me to do better. Thanks guys! Catch me tomorrow as I play FTOPS Event #3 which is a 4x shootout tournament, which has been my forte as of late, so hopefully I can score a win or at least a final table.
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