Final table at Full Tilt, if anyone is interested

Full Tilt 625-player $24+2 MTT
Game #: 9301291
Player: Tiltopotamus

I'm currently 8th out of 9 with about 6% of the chips. Haven't been chipleader much in this tourney, but haven't had to show down many hands, either.

Pretty fun tourney so far! Good action, lively table chatter until the bubble.

Biggest final table I've ever been to!

Fell to last in chips pretty quickly, all-in blind-steal attempt from the button with T3o goes horribly awry as I get called by the BB with A5... 3 on the flop... 5 on the turn... T on the river! Whoo!

5th place out of 9

Other than losing 9 antes, 1 SB, and 1 BB, nothing much interesting in that orbit!

I like the Full Tilt "final table" background, tres cool...

Edit: Break time!

Still a full table, 3 interesting hands in succession:

SB/BB/antes are 4k/8k/1k, and my M is basically 5.

1) AQs under the gun, I decided to just push (maybe I could have gotten away with a small raise). Short stack calls me with KK, I hit a Q but not an A or enough suits, so I am reduced but not quite crippled.

2) Next hand: I'm BB, dealt A6o. SB completes, I raise all-in (maybe 6x the BB). After some words, he folds.

3) Very next hand: In the SB, I am dealt KK. Someone pushes ahead of me, I call, he's got AJ, he hits an ace in the river but I hit a K on the flop so it's all good.

Update: #3 / 8

Gut-wrenching hand. 100k chips, I'm in the BB for 10k, middle position with the short stack raises to 40k (25k left), called by late position so I fold. Flop comes A-rag-rag, short stack bets all-in (25k into a 100k pot), late position folds and says he had KJ.

Wonder what middle position had??

2 more hands:

1 - In the BB again, very short stack in late position pushes and gives me 2:1 odds to call, which I do with A6, with my 6/5 boat beating his 2-pair.


2 - Dealt ATo on the button with 7 players left. Folded to me, I raise to 4x the BB, I'm called by the BB. Flop comes T-6-2 with the 6-2 suited. BB bets half his stack into me, and my only note on him comes in helpful -- "c-bets" -- I re-raise all-in and he folds.

Phew! 2/7

Stole 2 sets of blinds, then my TT survived against AT to take the chiplead!

5 peeps left

Down to 4-handed, 3rd stack does all-in, and I call with AK of diamond. Flop of AAK seals his fate, and I am sitting on over half the chips here.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Heads up! Then it was down to me and a friendly gent named Tightlines. I had a small chiplead.

I guess QhQc is my new all-time favourite hand, as it cracked AJo all-in to give me the win!! Yippy kay-yay-yay!!!

Attached Images

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And here's the hand history:

Full Tilt Poker Game #1365894542: $9,000 Guarantee (9301291), Table 58 - 10000/20000 Ante 2500 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:05:07 ET - 2006/12/06
Seat 1: tightlines88 (435,200)
Seat 2: Tiltopotamus (502,300)
tightlines88 antes 2,500
Tiltopotamus antes 2,500
tightlines88 posts the small blind of 10,000
Tiltopotamus posts the big blind of 20,000
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Tiltopotamus [Qh Qc]
combuboom (Observer): ahhh, the chips changed colors
tightlines88 raises to 70,000
Tiltopotamus raises to 120,000
tightlines88 raises to 432,700, and is all in
Tiltopotamus calls 312,700
tightlines88 shows [As Jh]
Tiltopotamus shows [Qh Qc]
combuboom (Observer): *gasps*
*** FLOP *** [4c 7h 5d]
*** TURN *** [4c 7h 5d] 5♥
combuboom (Observer): COME ON
*** RIVER *** [4c 7h 5d 5h] 3♣
combuboom (Observer): PLEASE
tightlines88 shows a pair of Fives
combuboom (Observer): COME ON
Tiltopotamus shows two pair, Queens and Fives
Tiltopotamus wins the pot (870,400) with two pair, Queens and Fives
tightlines88: gg
combuboom (Observer): YESSSSSS
tightlines88 stands up
Tiltopotamus stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 870,400 | Rake 0
Board: [4c 7h 5d 5h 3c]
Seat 1: tightlines88 (small blind) showed [As Jh] and lost with a pair of Fives
Seat 2: Tiltopotamus (big blind) showed [Qh Qc] and won (870,400) with two pair, Queens and Fives

Such a great win, Beriac! Awesome!

Awesome display Beriac, way to play it and nice little nest egg to boot.

Wow...awesome job B. Great finish. Nice pay day, too.

Congrats, noticed this too late to watch. Nice, nice, nice

I am super psyched right now! Thanks Combu and the others who visited the final table and offered encouragement!

What a great cap to a year spent learning the game of poker, or at least improving my game and taking it online, struggling at times with discipline or patience or even the urge to gamble, and finally being able (with lots of luck) to complete one of my goals to win a nice MTT! My wife watched parts of the game, and most of it at the end, and I'm glad cause it was among the most observant and analytical poker I've played (with lots of luck).

Thanks for some great poker discussions over the year, guys. Wow, what a great thought that was: "hmmm... this poker forum looks pretty civilized, maybe I should check it out".

Thanks, guys... much appreciated!

WTG B:

That was an very nice pay-off, an may you have many more m8.




SHERMSTICK

Wooooh, great win mate... I win one of these little .25c tourniments and I go crazy, I bet it must feel pretty damn good to win that one Congratz!

Thanks, Sherm and Xife!

For sure... it was also the longest I think I'd ever played in an online tourney, at 5 hours and 5 minutes. Definitely a great feeling.

Congrats man! Thats a big one. Well done.

Thanks 666... I normally would have hit the sack long ago but I am completely wired!

Nice win - congrats!

Great win and lovely early Chrissy present.

Is good poker for world to see Khazakistan can TiltFull till home come cows.

Enjoy.

Paul

Nice one, congrats and very well done. Ive been playing these $24 tourneys on FT for a while now, and i have to say that they are one of the best out there. So far ive won 1, and gotten to 2 final tables out of about 20 attempts so they are not that tough, and a nice prize to go with it

Well done!!!

That's great stuff. Don't tell friends or family, they'll expect massive expensive presents for xmas!

Yes I am number six poker player in all kazakhstan

I hear ya TB. This is the first one I tried, so obviously I feel the same way.

The best part is that I was able to do it with nice, solid poker. I won most of my chips without a showdown, just picking up small pots here and there. And the showdowns I did have were when I waited for very premium hands and played them hard. I didn't need too many 50/50 coin flips, mostly they were like that last hand, ~70/30ish.

Even better for the ROI -- I actually won my entry to this tourney in an $8 satellite! The FT $8 satellites for $26 tournament tokens are an extremely good way to go, in my opinion.

Congrats on the win, Beriac! And you're right, the $8 satellites to for the $26 token, along with the $26 for the $75 token, are solid ways to make some coin at that site.

I haven't tried the $26->$75 satellites yet, but if they're at all like the $8->$26 ones, I'm all for it.

Nicely done, Beriac! Very good payday.

Ive only done the $26 > $75 token games twice, won 1 ticket, but the standard of play was still horrific, one big hand and your mint.

Ive gone off the $8 sats for some reason, the beats in them are terrible, i think i had a bad night at them once or something silly, ill have to start at them again.

I've played 3 of these $8 turbo satellites now, and I've won 3 $26 tickets (one of which I'm used). My only concern is that I'll end up with a big stack of these tickets and never get around to using them!!

Ill buy them off you if you like. 2 for $50