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Full Tilt Poker Tournament #102305286 50 FTP Sat to FTOPS #10 Sat NL Hold’em
Buy-In: 50.00 FTP
54 players
Total Prize Pool: 2700.00 FTP
Start Date: August 7 3:01 AM ET

Dear tddykgb8,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
You have received an entry into tournament #97427363:

Full Tilt Poker Tournament #97427363 Satellite to FTOPS Event #10 NL Hold’em
Buy-In: $0.00
1831 players
Total Prize Pool: $32200.00
Start Date: August 8 8:30 PM ET

Dear tddykgb8,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
You have received an entry into tournament #96417036:

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Name: FTOPS Event #10
Buyin: $300.00 + $22.00
Date: August 9 6:00 PM ET

Full Tilt Poker Tournament #96417036 FTOPS Event #10 NL Hold’em
Buy-In: $300.00 + $22.00
5660 players
Total Prize Pool: $1698000.00
Start Date: August 9 6:00 PM ET

Dear tddykgb8,

You finished the tournament in 337th place.
There has been $696.18 added to your account.

BLAOW *

THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT. Turning fifty FTPs into 696 clams was a great adventure started by accident. There are about fourteen hours of tournement effort wrapped into that piece of work. It was great to get that deep but I was disappointed toward the end as I went insanely card dead, ruining any real chance at a very deep run for real money.

My NL adventure is still going well and I am enjoying the games at .5/1 on Full Tilt. I have found that, all instructional videos about three bets aside, I am most comfortable with a more passive style. I mean it depends on the circumstances but sometimes its ok to call right. Right?

Anyway I think I turned a corner and have been winning. I am very focused on my new goal of becoming a winning NL player. Very focused. The FTOPs run above started as a half hearted effort to put my FTPs to use, I am trying to focus on cash. I really have no idea how tournement pros live. Its insanely boring for hours and then its terrifying as you have to put five hours of work and the buyin on the line in some flip type situation. Anyway, I gotta hand it to those guys, I dont think I could do it for a living. (allthough if I final tabled that bitch I may have a different view at the moment)

I had committed to play 100 of the $4.40 180 player sit and goes on stars. I have played twelve and cashed for the minimum in two. I wont bore you with the bad beats, but Im putting this on hold for a while because I want to get back to cash NL.

Haven’t played live in a week or two. Just grinding on Tilt. Ive been trying to table select, and many times sit out waiting for a good situation to come up before sitting.

Took a stab at 20/40 seven game on Tilt and played with Kelly Kim and some other notables. This was sort of a reward for the FTOPs cash, and I managed to win $100 or so with an eight high club flush to scoop in H/L and two pair against a player named Raisy Daisy, whom I premume names himself after Farha’s saying. Anyways. I did not play in this game seriously and basically hit and ran on the poor guys. f em if they cant take a joke.

Peace