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by Hagbard_Celine on 06/21/08
The past couple of days have been bittersweet.We'll start with yesterday.
The sea was angry that day, my friends, and I'm surprised I made it through. I've always considered myself relatively free from tilt, and able to handle crisis/tough situations with a zen-like level-headedness. Yesterday, The Being Which Moves Through All Things decided to test me.
I played at my girlfriend's place, as she has an iMac with a huge monitor and I wanted to really grind. Starting at seven, I fired up the FTP 35K and the 7pm 109 on Stars along with a 20/180 and the 7:30 FTP $20r 6max. I also registered for the two $26s and the FTP 65K that start at 8.
At about 7:50pm, the wireless signal went out. This has happened before, and it is a pain in the ass. But you just go into the next room, unplug the modem and router, plug the modem back in, and plug the router back in. Viola.
It didn't work. I tried it again (about a 2min process). No dice. I am becoming frustrated. But I just breathe and try it unsuccessfully one more time.
Plan B is to shut down the computer and then the router/modem and then boot them all back up together. This also fails.
By now I am sitting out of 7 tables. All of humanity is fortunate that I am alone in my girlfriend's apartment.
I make the decision that to try the unplugging/replugging one more time without success would be too much to bear, so the computer must be moved into the room with the modem to be plugged-in directly.
The iMac is a cinch to unplug, and I'm lugging it into the other room when I realize that there is nothing really to play on. No surface. There are a number of tiny tables that would drive me and my six foot frame mad to have to grind at for six or seven hours.
I quickly abort the mission and go back to the desk and as I'm putting the computer down I knock over my full cup of coffee which spills and begins covering the desk and all the wires and cables and such.
I am still sitting out of 7 tables. No, I am not high.
The coffee--fortunately--doesn't permanently damage anything, and is cleaned up quickly. When the computer is turned back on, the signal is back and working fine. I think it was spilling the coffee that did the trick.
I played pretty well, but lost all my crucial flips. I did manage to run really well on the bubble of the FTP $501r1a and make the FT. However, I lasted only until I 3bet shoved AKo and ~17BBs over a CO open who called with 22 and held (7th place).
Today I played a more relaxed grind as I didn't get much sleep last night. I started at 8 with the FTP 65K and the two $26s and then played the Stars 100K and the FTP $501r1a.
I got there and coolered fools to go deep in the 65K, and ended up making the FT, but made what I think might be a suspect reship to go out 7th.
With 16BBs I shipped over a UTG open. The table was a few of giant stacks and then a few baby stacks. I felt that although he did open UTG that we were relatively shorthanded and with his stack he didn't have to be opening really tight UTG. I also thought that with 16BBs I might still have some FE that is going to be gone once the blinds pass.
However, I think that with the shorties at the table, UTG might only really be opening hands that he's capable of calling one of our reships with. Anyhow here's the hand:
Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold'em Tournament, 2,500/5,000 Blinds, 600 Ante, 7 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter
MP: 157,128
CO: 91,728
Hero (BTN): 74,602
SB: 300,454
BB: 275,691
UTG: 207,409
UTG+1: 74,988
Pre-Flop: (11,700) 6
6
dealt to Hero (BTN)UTG raises to 12,500, 3 folds, Hero
So, I busted 7th in this, too.
Still, I'm feeling really good about my play. I reviewed my 2nd place finish in the FTP 30K (109 6max) from last week and am really pleased at the changes I'm making on the bubble and into the money. That being said I really want to start closing every FT make.
If anyone would be interested in swapping HHs sometime post a comment or ship me a PM.
Off for couple of days but back to the grind soon enough.
Regards,
Hagbard
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