A bit of fishing from the FTOPS ME

I bought all 6 bullets for the FTOPS ME last Sunday and one of them made it all the way to 51st from the 14k+ player field.

By the time I busted out at ~7:30am the tourney was still hours from completion and I was getting seriously tired and in hindsight I'm not happy with my final few orbits of play.

Over all though it was a fun tournament and I played well for most of it, and was happy to get a great rail going which was really cool to stay motivated through the difficult parts of the grind 10-12 hours in.

Here's a big pot I played where observers weren't able to see my hand. Several people commented to me that they were sure I had AJ+

Full Tilt Poker FTOPS Main Event No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t17000/t34000 Blinds + t4000 - 8 players - View hand 1199651

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NemoInDeniaL (MP1): t870048 M = 10.48

Hero (MP2): t1547731 M = 18.65

SqueezePlease (CO): t1351722 M = 16.29

mralan2950 (BTN): t1155312 M = 13.92

DoomIV (SB): t322619 M = 3.89

STerrano85 (BB): t1165188 M = 14.04

nickdawgg (UTG): t1933981 M = 23.30

GIAMPP (UTG+1): t1305061 M = 15.72



Pre Flop: (t83000) Hero is MP2 with K 9

3 folds, Hero raises to t68000, 3 folds, STerrano85 calls t34000



Flop: (t185000) J 8 9 (2 players)

STerrano85 checks, Hero bets t98050, STerrano85 calls t98050

Checking back is also a decent play I often use but given my opponents spewiness I wanted more value.

Turn: (t381100) 2 (2 players)

STerrano85 checks, Hero requests TIME, Hero bets t136000, STerrano85 requests TIME, STerrano85 raises to t345000, Hero requests TIME, Hero calls t209000

The board hasn't changed and yet his turn c/r sizing is telling a completely different story from his preflop and flop play.

Am I really supposed to believe that he either check called and checked again with 2 pair+ or that the 3 hit his 83s (possible) though even then I would expect him to lead that a fair portion of the time. I call B.S. and flat call in order to extra max value from his bluffing range. My spew tard is spewing, it's time to make love to the call button.

River: (t1071100) 6 (2 players)

This was an oddly gross card in that it could give him two pair sometimes....but I went out of my way to set the trap so now I gotta fall in it.

STerrano85 bets t650138 all in, Hero requests TIME, Hero calls t650138



Final Pot: t2371376

Hero mucks K 9

STerrano85 shows 5 7 (a straight, Nine high)

STerrano85 wins t2371376


In a nutshell: I had a game plan for this player going in - I knew he was spazzy so I went for thin value and refused to back down when his line didn't make sense.

Needless to say I don't have to pay him off when a ten rolls off either so the fish was lucky indeed.

Perhaps there is a parallel universe where that 6 didn't roll off on the river- (an ace would be sweetest) - and he bluffed his entire stack off to me and I went on to use those chips awesomely and win 1,326 thousand dollars.

Or maybe I donk off a half million in equity in a giant pot due to fatigue and fling myself from the balcony in self loathing.

Anything is possible in the multiverse.

Good night.