Poker is So Sick

I haven't really played that much online all year, but when I have played some bigger events, I seem to put myself in some good spots to make bunches of money. I don't really play $1ks or $109rebuys any more, opting for cheaper tourneys since you can play so much volume these days when one actually sits down to play all day. I decided to play the Tilt $1k Monday a few weeks ago, have chiplead during first 2 hours and end up going out 37th losing AA to TT which was the bubble, such a joke. That tourney was 100k to win. This Saturday I decided to play the FTOPS(Full Tilt Online Poker Series) $109 Rebuy since it would be such a huge tourney with lots of chips. I didn't have a great first hour and came out of the rebuy period with min chips, but still enough chips since the structure was so good. I built my stack up quickly during the 2nd hour with a pretty sick bluff and was top 20 most of the way (started with 1500), I'm a bit under average with 37 left when I pick up QQ in the big blind, sb raises, I shove, he calls with AT and he gets there for a top 10 stack.... it was 100k to win, that donk goes on to get 2nd for $70k. Such fun, and then what happened last night...


FTOPS $1000 1.5 mil guaranteed, around 1600 players and it was $363k to win. I build up in the 2nd hour but lose TT to KT for a decent amount but still in pretty good shape. I manage to go from 18k in chips to 110k in chips without a showdown! I never won a flip, never hit a 3 outer never got my hand to hold, I just kept building at no risk basically. Then this unreal hand comes up against an obv awful player who doesn't even know what he is doing

Full Tilt Poker Game #6396079356: FTOPS Event #11 (45240880), Table 136 - 2000/4000 Ante 500 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:27:10 ET - 2008/05/13
Seat 1: Amoney13 (93,890)
Seat 2: cool0813 (76,258)
Seat 3: mattster24 (110,325)
Seat 4: metph (272,289)
Seat 5: Hpydty (165,700)
Seat 6: blocktrader9 (52,530)
Seat 8: Kenny Rap (234,900)
Seat 9: TheProtege3 (100,068)
Amoney13 antes 500
cool0813 antes 500
mattster24 antes 500
metph antes 500
Hpydty antes 500
blocktrader9 antes 500
Kenny Rap antes 500
TheProtege3 antes 500
mattster24 posts the small blind of 2,000
metph posts the big blind of 4,000
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mattster24 [Td Ac]
Hpydty folds
blocktrader9 folds
Kenny Rap folds
TheProtege3 has 15 seconds left to act
Kenny Rap: ty
TheProtege3 folds
Amoney13 folds
cool0813 raises to 12,000
mattster24 raises to 38,888
metph folds
cool0813 has 15 seconds left to act
cool0813 has requested TIME
cool0813 raises to 75,758, and is all in
mattster24 calls 36,870
cool0813 shows [Jc Tc]
mattster24 shows [Td Ac]
*** FLOP *** [Js 2s 9h]
mattster24: omg
*** TURN *** [Js 2s 9h] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [Js 2s 9h Ks] [4c]
mattster24: wtf
cool0813 shows a pair of Jacks
mattster24: al;sdkjf;al
mattster24 shows Ace King high
cool0813 wins the pot (159,516) with a pair of Jacks

Real cute..... Instead of being top 10 with 65 or so left in a tourney Three Hundred and Frickin Sixty Three Thousand Dollars to win, I'm short, I actually suck out very next hand KQ vs AK to double up and then pick up Aces to which I get no action for the 3rd time in the last 2 hours, then I pick up Kings....

Full Tilt Poker Game #6396182910: FTOPS Event #11 (45240880), Table 136 - 2500/5000 Ante 600 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:41:05 ET - 2008/05/13
Seat 1: Amoney13 (78,890)
Seat 2: cool0813 (184,316)
Seat 3: mattster24 (72,034)
Seat 4: metph (265,089)
Seat 5: Hpydty (140,333)
Seat 6: blocktrader9 (65,930)
Seat 7: A G WIJK (159,504)
Seat 9: TheProtege3 (94,868)
Amoney13 antes 600
cool0813 antes 600
mattster24 antes 600
metph antes 600
Hpydty antes 600
blocktrader9 antes 600
A G WIJK antes 600
TheProtege3 antes 600
TheProtege3 posts the small blind of 2,500
Amoney13 posts the big blind of 5,000
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mattster24 [Kh Kd]
cool0813 has 15 seconds left to act
cool0813 folds
mattster24 raises to 12,222
metph folds
Hpydty has 15 seconds left to act
Hpydty calls 12,222
blocktrader9 raises to 65,000
A G WIJK folds
TheProtege3 folds
Amoney13 folds
mattster24 raises to 71,434, and is all in
Hpydty calls 59,212
blocktrader9 calls 330, and is all in
mattster24 shows [Kh Kd]
Hpydty shows [Js Jd]
blocktrader9 shows [Ac Ks]
*** FLOP *** [As 8s 4s]
*** TURN *** [As 8s 4s] [Qs]
*** RIVER *** [As 8s 4s Qs] [5h]
mattster24 shows a pair of Kings
Hpydty shows a flush, Ace high
Hpydty wins the side pot (12,208) with a flush, Ace high
blocktrader9 shows a flush, Ace high
blocktrader9 wins the main pot (208,290) with a flush, Ace high
mattster24 stands up


I wanted to cry, instead of being 10th with 57 left... busto. About like the $1k at Caesars I lose JJ to A2 for half the chips in play with 6 left or I cruise to at least 2nd which was 40k, first was 70, I end up running 99 into KK and getting 11k, bleh.

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Did get 2nd couple weeks ago in Tilt $163 for $13k, that helped, been doing real well grinding 60/45s, those are so easy and relaxing, don't have to think whatsoever.