I played in the Mini Series of Poker this afternoon on Full Tilt Poker. If you can’t get to Vegas this year, then this is the place to play poker for the next month, well that is where I will be and I need your money so come play. If not play come rail me at the table, I’ll be playing the June 9th and 21st HORSE buyins.
Event #1 $5.50 Buyin May 27th 15:23 ET
Entrants: 8,297 Prize Pool: $41,485 Places Paid: 1080
One of the first hands I actually get involved in was interesting
[8d 4d] Assistanc3 (4,120) raises to 300 MaybeInTime10 (2,460) calls 200
*** FLOP *** [4h 7s 7h]
MaybeInTime10 checks, Assistanc3 bets 400, MaybeInTime10 raises to 1,800
Assistanc3 has 15 seconds left to act and requested TIME
I’m thinking what could you be raising with that would only be calling from the big blind with your short stack and why are you raising so much? You have two overcards! is what I put them on and made the move to just put them all in.
Assistanc3 raises to 3,200, MaybeInTime10 calls 360, and is all in
Assistanc3 shows [8d 4d] MaybeInTime10 shows [3c 3h]
[4h 7s 7h [5h] [Jd] Assistanc3 wins the pot (4,970) with two pair, Sevens and Fours
OK this shows how bad some players really are, err not the above hand I played common that was skill, wasn’t it? Its about getting good reads from what you have seen so far. This is the icing on the cake about a quickie read, I knew this guy wanted to race but hey kids this isn’t NASCAR.
Blinds: 80/160
Dex420 (5,470) raises to 320, Assistanc3 (6,935) raises to 6,935, and is all in
Hello McFly? What you put me on 72o? Dex420 calls 5,150, and is all in
Assistanc3 shows [As Ah] Dex420 shows [Ad Qc]
*** RIVER *** [Qh Ks 4h [9s] [7c]
*** SUMMARY ***
Some players are just really bad, please take advantage of that.
I dunno, was it because of the previous hand where I played the 84d? I was very snug all game leading up to that and beyond. Cut your loses and muck high card preflop specially with blinds that low.
The next couple hours was rather slow and not making stacks of chips but at the same time I wasn’t losing any, simply picking up some small pots and using my image to my advantage. When I got to be low stack I cracked Aces with KJs turning a straight, that hand got me through another payout level.
It was sick tho, seeing so many monster hands go at it right after break.
Aces, Kings and Queens vs Jacks, Tens and Nines.
I was fortunate enough to be dealt 92o while that was going on, well there was one hand I would have stacked about 90k if I had played K2, would have made a full house and cracked Aces and Queens. So I continue on with my low stack and scored some late position moves praying my image gets them to fold.
Finished in 423
Flopped Trip Kings and slowed played
With the payout structure paying 271-360 I decided to make the call all-in on the river anyways and just hoped he didn’t make the flush, the pot was just to big to fold and folding would have left me with only 9 big blinds -antes. Its the right play on the river the only play in question was could I push him off the flop or turn? I honestly don’t think I could because he played a lot of Ace rag even vs the big stacks.
I really am enjoying playing these larger entrant games when I have the time to play. I’ve cashed both of my last two FullTilt games, this game and the MiniFTOPS Event #24. Thank-You to foldilox who came to the table to wish me luck and appers cheering me on as well : )
Congrats AJ!
423 out of over 8 thousand entrants is a job well done.
Nice move with that 84d hand, that took some big ones in my opinion.
Isn’t it nice to get rewarded for your aces aaand crack a pair of them all in one game?
That’s a bummer that your set of kings didn’t hold up, but it sounds like you played a really great game and just as importantly had a good time doing it.
I hope this is the first of many cashings for you in the MSOP
AH SP
New motto is “its all about the mutiples”!< More about that later.
I guess the new motto for you during the minisop is ” what happens @ fultilt, stays @ fultilt?.. But you already took something from them. $$$$$$$$$$$$$
Moving up a payout level by cracking those aces: I can just see that smirk. or did you do a slurpppppp??. lol..
Congrats and ty for the foldilox update. Did you get to mention the PW?? lol.
%%- and play well next game. I can’t rail ya but know I’ll be using the crystal ball to see how you are doing.. mmhmm.
Now about that new motto re the ” multiples” OOoo you finished 423..
4+2+3=9 . 9 is a multiple of 3. and we all know that A3 is a poker player and a very good “1″ @ that..xoxo
I kinda feel like I missed out in this trny
although I did go deep and cashed, I guess its about playing for so long in a game and only making a couple buxs. There is still more so we’ll see how they pan out.
Decent finish, but really 84 in the first hand was a horrible play and you should have got busted there. Then AA vs AQ how hard is that to play.
Then the next couple of hours were slow, come on you played 84 and could not find another hand to play. lol
“a horrible play” because it was the right read? and if your not aware a pair of 4’s beat a pair of 3’s, and it wasn’t the first hand. The Aces, I never said it was a hard play, I merely stated how bad players can play. Its about the read and maximizing chips when you have opportunity.
Yes the next couple hours were slow, and like I said I didn’t lose chips so that clearly shows I did play with in those 2 hours.
yes it was a decent finish, how did you do?
Cashing in the first event of the world series of poker sounds cool.
Mini or not