June 5, 2009
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It’s Official…I’m running good!
ID Start Time Name Buy-in Entrants Position Won Notes 93160998 Jun 05 00:16ET $30K Super Turbo Guarantee 
$110.00 + $7 346 181 – 92199049 Jun 04 21:31ET Main Event Shootout $200.00 + $16 72 58 – 91039990 Jun 04 21:01ET $1K Thursday Main Event Qual 
$1,000.00 + $60 61 1 $12,000 93900350 Jun 04 20:31ET $25,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) 
$30.00 + $3 224 1 $6,500 92932410 Jun 04 20:23ET MSOP Event #12 
$100.00 + $9 169 – 93208579 Jun 04 20:01ET $75,000 Guarantee $150.00 + $13 469 429 – 94021414 Jun 04 20:00ET $1k Thursday Main Event Sat $265.00 + $16 9 5 – 93128411 Jun 04 19:31ET $33,000 Guarantee (1r+1a) $100.00 + $9 130 61 – You made 2 rebuys/add-ons for $200.00 . 93889695 Jun 04 19:01ET $40,000 Guarantee $69.00 + $6 569 227 – 93887914 Jun 04 18:46ET $15K Super Turbo KO $55.00 + $4 630 29 $136.08 You collected $100.00 for 10 Knockouts. Total spent on buy-ins (incl. rebuys) = $2482
Today’s winnings/losses = $18,736.08
Today’s net profit/loss = +$16,254.08
Got busted from the WSOP $2k buy-in Event #11 on the third level. Made two bad calls early on that cost me half my chips. Then I got the rest of my chips in with 88 on a board of 3-3-5-6 and got called by 99 and blanked the river. Just couldn’t get anything going from the start. It was a bittersweet occurance that I got KO’ed from the tourney so early because I decided to go back to my room and play some online poker, which ended up to be a pretty profitable decision.
It started with the $15k Super Turbo where I was picking up a lot of hands early and knocked out a good amount of players but lost a flip for my nice stack which would’ve gave me good contention to win the tourney. After playing a few failed satellites to get into the $1k buy-in super satellite to the WSOP ME, I just decided that to buy-in direct anyway since I felt like I was running good. Another top-notch decision as I was a huge chipleader throughout the whole tournament and an overwhelming chipleader at the final table. This allowed me to basically coast into winning another WSOP ME $12k package, with the exception of one hand. I have 30BB’s on the button and pick up KK, everyone folds, and the SB is short-stack and BB (a very notable and good player) had 30BB’s as well. I open my standard 2.5x, SB folds, and BB shoves for his whole 30BB stack! Being for my whole stack and on the money bubble, even though I had KK in a steal/re-steal situation, it was a very scary call because my opponent could come from behind with anything to make me the bubble boy for a $12k package. There’s no way I could fold this and end up making the call and he shows AJ. Luckily I flop my set and knock him out on the bubble. It was ironic that a few hands earlier it was the same situation but he steal raised from the CO and I had AJo on the BB but made the laydown preflop. I think it was a huge mistake on his part to shove his stack in there as there were one or two other players with shorter stacks that he could’ve waited to bust out and win a seat. This win will be my fifth $12k package to the WSOP ME and already have four $2k packages for a total of $68k in prizes, which blows my goal of raising $56k for the WSOP. I’m confident that I am the player who has won the most WSOP seats on FullTilt this year, maybe they’ll give me a sweet prize for that. Of course, I’m still gonna try and win more before the satellites end, easy $12k imo
To top off the night, I notched a “W” in the $25k rebuy for $6500. Again, I was chipleader for most of the late stages of the tournament and at the final table. I used my chips well to steal blinds and create an aggressive image to KO a lot of the final table players. My only downfall came when it became 3-handed and I lost almost all my chips losing AK vs A9 which left me with just under 10BB’s. Doubled up once and then got in a 3-way all-in with my KK going up against AJ and 88 for a biiiiiig hold, making me the overwhelming chip-leader of 5-1 over my opponents. Bullied my opponent heads-up for the outright win. Over $18k in total winnings for the day, not too bad considering busting from the $2k WSOP event.Tomorrow I’ll be playing the $2500 buy-in WSOP Event #13, so hopefully I can get past the 3rd level this time. I’m getting so much support from people back home it’s making me feel like I’m un-stoppable. All I need is a WSOP bracelet and I’ll feel like I’ve proved my skills in this crazy game and make a name for myself.
