Finally Shipped Something (Granted it was small)
Well I am back to playing a little better, got 11th in the FTP Million this weekend and played, in my opinion very good poker for 8 hours and found myself in the CL with 12 left with a 1st place of $184,000 I was obviously thrilled to be where I was. Top 3 paid $70k+ which would have eliminated my downswing for 2008. I likely could have glided into a 50k score by playing premium hands, however, I picked a few bad spots to play bad and ended up out in 11th. I don't want to get into the specifics but I really butchered 2 hands and it just goes to show what losing your composure can do, CL ---> Rail really quickly and the difference of about $40-60k in equity. I would like to think that I learned some things though and perhaps next time I will be better equipped to handle the situation. I am, however, happy that I am having SOME positive success lately, including a win tonight in the UB $120 bounty. Not exactly a life changing win but its the first time I shipped an MTT in seemingly ages. Nice to get that monkey off my back, now I just hope I can pile up some more wins in the near future. I don't think I played great or anything tonight, but I did hit hands when I needed to and sucked out in a big spot 6 handed. Also was nice to see most of my flips hold and it helped me greatly that Adanthar (A 2p2'er and donkament legend) got coolered to go out in 4th (maybe 5th) and USCphildo (another donkament reg and good player) went out in 6th because it left me with the 2 of the weak spots at the table 3 handed. At the very least, the last few days is plugging the constant flow of money that was leaving my bankroll (for now at least).
In other news, I have a rather large real estate deal I am hoping to complete that would give me some nice passive income to work with which is always good. I have also been working on my first "classroom" type video for this site so I am looking forward to seeing how it comes out, it will be a series on tournaments and the first of the videos will be a Powerpoint presentation. Should be interesting if nothing else.
Lastly, I know I have made some promises with Tourney Trax but version 1.0 is almost here. I should be uploading it in a few days and can start getting orders. It will be $30 and I will be accepting payments on Stars and FTP for now. More on that when I actually get it out.
August 28th, 2010 - 00:00
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