This is an old post I have from my facebook page regarding a $500+50 tournament I had played on FTP a while back, and I figured I would share the experience with everybody.
Just keep this in mind this happened over 9 months ago shortly before the birth of my daughter (back when I had a ton of cash to burn... lol), but I figured it would be a good share...
Man, the last two nights have gotten me so frustrated with Full Tilt, I feel like I could throw the computer through the window...
Out of the last 100 tournaments I have played in, I'm currently sitting at 87% of making at LEAST the final 20% of the player pool. That's 87/100 tournaments! Doesn't mount to a hill of beans since I've only cashed in about 8 of them so far...
Tonight I think was finally the kicker for me in regards to this slump I seem to have been in over the last couple days. Last night I missed out on a HUGE chunk of change, and tonight I missed a shot at $125,000 by 289 players left, busting out two spots before being ITM in this tournament. Lately it just seems like cards on FTP are TOTALLY against me. So I took heed of their "responsible gaming" option and got off FTP for a week, which pissed me off two days later when I wanted to play again, but was probably a good idea, but ANYWAYS... LOL.
Take this hand, for example... (wish I'd have taken a screenshot for reference, but I was so pissed I instantly closed out of FTP and coincidently lit the filter on my cigarette by mistake... BUH).
9 handed
- UTG raises 4 big blinds (4000)
- Hands are folded to me on the button with Qs Qd, so I re-raise him to another 3 BB (7000) (I have tons of previous reads on this player, and he almost ALWAYS overbets when he has garbage, and I've eliminated him from 3 events already...)
- UTG instantly calls
- Flop comes: 7h, 3s, Qc
- As it sits, I DEFINITELY have the best hand (set of Q's, no flush options for UTG, closest he COULD have to me is either 2 pair, or possibly a gut-shot straight, or maybe 3 of a kind 3's or 7's, possibly my 4th Q, who knows... he plays cards all over the board).
- I place a bet for a little over 2/3 of the pot (12500 is pot, so I push in 9000).
- IMMEDIATELY UTG snap re-raises all in (his remaining 29,000 chips).
- Knowing that I without a doubt have the best hand possible with what's on the board at the time, with only two cards to come, I snap call and go all in (my remaining 26,000 chips), which puts me at risk of being eliminated if I get sucked out.
- UTG turns over showing: 7s, 3d
- I'm looking at my 3 Q's up against his two pair, and if EITHER of his single cards hit, I STILL have him beat (giving me a full house, either QQQ77, or QQQ33, which trumps his full house either way).
- Turn card: 3h
- I now have a full house (QQQ33) to his full house (33377). I'm almost 100% positive the hand is mine and I'll be up into first place from my winning hand... but then...
- River card: 3c
UTG has 4 of a kind (3333+ Q on board)
I muck out with a full house (QQQ33)
Subject: $550 Tournament - Major Suckout 
Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:17 am
