bad beat alert!

I'm entitled to the occasional bad beat post, no?

19 left in the 14k on FT. I know I say it a lot, but I'm playing to win. Here's why: 19th is $65.69. 18th is $85.01. 15th is $123.65 and 12th is $162.29.

At the final table we start at $293, and finally by 5th place we hit four digits. First was $3786.

So, you can kind of see why I'll give a pass to playing for less than maybe 5th place. And if I'm playing for top 5, fuck it, I'll play to win. I like winning.

This isn't a very good bad beat story, just kind of sums up how the past week or so has gone. And when it does this at the cash tables, too - it gets to be an expensive past week or so.



Full Tilt Poker Game #329021717: $14,000 Guarantee (2061375), Table 26 - 1000/2000 Ante 250 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:22:35 ET - 2005/12/10
Seat 2: catch40 (23,014)
Seat 3: K-Dog007 (38,015)
Seat 4: shortyriz829 (55,223)
Seat 5: Marky47 (64,526)
Seat 6: jdibrown (41,287)
Seat 8: Terrific41 (36,890)
Seat 9: THEOSU (46,033)
catch40 antes 250
K-Dog007 antes 250
shortyriz829 antes 250
Marky47 antes 250
jdibrown antes 250
Terrific41 antes 250
THEOSU antes 250
Terrific41 posts the small blind of 1,000
THEOSU posts the big blind of 2,000
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to THEOSU [6h Jh]
catch40 folds
K-Dog007 calls 2,000
shortyriz829 folds
Marky47 folds
jdibrown folds
Terrific41 folds
THEOSU checks
*** FLOP *** [Jc 9c 5s]
THEOSU bets 3,000
K-Dog007 raises to 6,000
THEOSU calls 3,000
*** TURN *** [Jc 9c 5s] [6s]
THEOSU bets 37,783, and is all in
K-Dog007 calls 29,765, and is all in
THEOSU shows [6h Jh]
K-Dog007 shows [Jd Ks]
Uncalled bet of 8,018 returned to THEOSU
*** RIVER *** [Jc 9c 5s 6s] [9s]
THEOSU shows two pair, Jacks and Nines
K-Dog007 shows two pair, Jacks and Nines
K-Dog007 wins the pot (78,280) with two pair, Jacks and Nines
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 78,280 Rake 0
Board: [Jc 9c 5s 6s 9s]
Seat 2: catch40 folded before the Flop
Seat 3: K-Dog007 showed [Jd Ks] and won (78,280) with two pair, Jacks and Nines
Seat 4: shortyriz829 folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Marky47 folded before the Flop
Seat 6: jdibrown folded before the Flop
Seat 8: Terrific41 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: THEOSU (big blind) showed [6h Jh] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Nines

So, I finished in 17th.