Raising the Freeroll on FullTilt

[taylovesthebeatles]

Who else here is playing? Klinkman and I are in, at the break I'm currently in 341st with 5,005 chips, and there are 2338 people left. Those of you not playing should rail us!

[eejit101]

Rail you with 2,338 ppl left???

Hell no.

Ill rail ppl if they are ITM and need deep cahsing advice tho

[taylovesthebeatles]

Rail you with 2,338 ppl left???

Hell no.

Ill rail ppl if they are ITM and need deep cahsing advice tho

Well if one of us gets there I'll let ya know!

[taylovesthebeatles]

At the second break, klinkman is out and I'm up to 28,380. Last hand my AhTh held against KT and Q10 off on a 5hAdKdQs6s board. I'm in 69th place, dudes (of 366)!

[taylovesthebeatles]

158,120 at the third break. Won a ton of chips with A9 against K10 and 10 4 on a AJT72 board. Woot go me! 17 of 54. And Klinkman told me I should note that this is Check-Raising the Freeroll, as the final table gets a copy of Matusow's book Check-Raising the Devil, and the winner gets their copy signed So no real money involved, but still a cool prize! Can you rail me now? Good.

[GloBug]

kkep it up. good work on the tables. keep me informed.

[taylovesthebeatles]

Full Tilt Poker Game #12802679411: Check-Raising the Freeroll (95070347), Table 194 - 6000/12000 Ante 1500 - No Limit Hold'em - 3:12:42 ET - 2009/06/14
Seat 1: PLASHA (315,611)
Seat 2: beatles1964t (199,120)
Seat 3: jubelo85 (140,012)
Seat 4: rborstfishon (140,012)
Seat 5: sorokabeloboka (81,952)
Seat 6: hmmm strange (153,170)
Seat 7: OZZZZZZZ67 (514,610)
Seat 8: eveningmidnight (62,183)
Seat 9: Karl 3 7s (82,790)
PLASHA antes 1,500
beatles1964t antes 1,500
jubelo85 antes 1,500
rborstfishon antes 1,500
sorokabeloboka antes 1,500
hmmm strange antes 1,500
OZZZZZZZ67 antes 1,500
eveningmidnight antes 1,500
Karl 3 7s antes 1,500
rborstfishon posts the small blind of 6,000
sorokabeloboka posts the big blind of 12,000
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to beatles1964t [Ts Td]
hmmm strange folds
OZZZZZZZ67 folds
eveningmidnight folds
Karl 3 7s has 15 seconds left to act
Karl 3 7s folds
PLASHA calls 12,000
beatles1964t raises to 36,000
jubelo85 folds
rborstfishon has 15 seconds left to act
rborstfishon folds
sorokabeloboka folds
PLASHA calls 24,000
*** FLOP *** [5c Kd Qd]
PLASHA checks
beatles1964t bets 48,000
eveningmidnight has been disconnected
PLASHA calls 48,000
*** TURN *** [5c Kd Qd] [6c]
eveningmidnight has reconnected
PLASHA checks
beatles1964t checks
*** RIVER *** [5c Kd Qd 6c] [Qs]
PLASHA checks
beatles1964t checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
beatles1964t shows [Ts Td] two pair, Queens and Tens
PLASHA mucks
beatles1964t wins the pot (199,500) with two pair, Queens and Tens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 199,500 | Rake 0
Board: [5c Kd Qd 6c Qs]
Seat 1: PLASHA mucked [7d 5d] - two pair, Queens and Fives
Seat 2: beatles1964t showed [Ts Td] and won (199,500) with two pair, Queens and Tens
Seat 3: jubelo85 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: rborstfishon (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: sorokabeloboka (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: hmmm strange folded before the Flop
Seat 7: OZZZZZZZ67 folded before the Flop
Seat 8: eveningmidnight folded before the Flop
Seat 9: Karl 3 7s folded before the Flop

[0maxpower0]

yea keep it up tay. If i was going to get one book by a professional poker player for keen insight, itd be matusow. LOL. No but seriously, to make it there far in one of those is a feat unto itself, GL hope you get that book.

[GloBug]

sweet kkep it up. i want u to win.

[taylovesthebeatles]

Down to 12 with 381k. If I get a book, I'll start a book club after we read it and send it around!

[taylovesthebeatles]

I got the book, *****es! Now playing for the big bucks! Wooo! Sweat me, Glo? Please?

[GloBug]

I got the book, *****es! Now playing for the big bucks! Wooo! Sweat me, Glo? Please?

what tourney u in
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[taylovesthebeatles]

what tourney u in
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95070347. On the break right now. 6 handed, 784,112 stack, in third place.

[GloBug]

hey im watching u; good luck

[taylovesthebeatles]

Finished third. Man what a great game. Thanks so much to everyone who supported me, and :P to eejit for not railing me in the first place. I love you guys and once we finish reading the book I'll start a thread and send it round to those who want to read it.

Full Tilt Poker Game #12803186974: Check-Raising the Freeroll (95070347), Table 194 - 60K/120K Ante 15K - No Limit Hold'em - 4:08:42 ET - 2009/06/14
Seat 2: beatles1964t (1,300,776)
Seat 3: Frank Hough (2,131,681)
Seat 6: RAFI52 (932,699)
Seat 9: macdaknife99 (2,407,344)
beatles1964t antes 15,000
Frank Hough antes 15,000
RAFI52 antes 15,000
macdaknife99 antes 15,000
macdaknife99 posts the small blind of 60,000
beatles1964t posts the big blind of 120,000
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to beatles1964t [6s Ac]
Frank Hough raises to 240,000
RAFI52 calls 240,000
macdaknife99 folds
Frank Hough: yeah for sure
macdaknife99: raf on tilt fo sho
beatles1964t raises to 1,285,776, and is all in
Frank Hough raises to 2,116,681, and is all in
RAFI52 folds
Frank Hough shows [Ks Kh]
beatles1964t shows [6s Ac]
Uncalled bet of 830,905 returned to Frank Hough
*** FLOP *** [7h Js Qc]
*** TURN *** [7h Js Qc] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [7h Js Qc Kc] [2d]
Frank Hough shows three of a kind, Kings
beatles1964t shows Ace King high
Frank Hough wins the pot (2,931,552) with three of a kind, Kings
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,931,552 | Rake 0
Board: [7h Js Qc Kc 2d]
Seat 2: beatles1964t (big blind) showed [6s Ac] and lost with Ace King high
Seat 3: Frank Hough showed [Ks Kh] and won (2,931,552) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 6: RAFI52 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: macdaknife99 (small blind) folded before the Flop

[GloBug]

that last hand was a bad one. good job though. kinda sucks u get nothing for finishing in 4th. still a strong finish. im impressed.

[taylovesthebeatles]

that last hand was a bad one. good job though. kinda sucks u get nothing for finishing in 4th. still a strong finish. im impressed.

I got more than nothing- I got the book, just not the signed copy. Still a win in my book! lol. Thanks Glo you're the best!

[GloBug]

I got more than nothing- I got the book, just not the signed copy. Still a win in my book! lol. Thanks Glo you're the best!

wow i thought only first got something. well im not sure a matesow book will get u will get anything out of his book. maybe u could learn how to BLOW UP like him . lol as for the hand i would have probably done the same but he just had a good hand at the right time. lol better luck next time.

[eejit101]

Hand advice - On the TT hand with a limp in preflop make it 48k to go (4xBB). Otherwise the raise becomes easier to call for ppl with the extra odds on top with a limp already in, more outs e.t.c

On the last hand - FOLD!! Youve got a raise and a call, so your ahead of utterly nothing. With the chips as they are and you with 10x BBs, id MUCH rather see you going all in yourself with something like 910 or 56suited on a steal attempt, and then getting called by ATish and having a 60/40 race for it, than call with "any ace" when your 99% of the time drawing to 3 outs, nd 1% of the time drawing to half an out.


Tourney thoughts - GOOD GAME!!

[eejit101]

As an afterthought on the last hand.....

An arguament i can see you making when you get here is "It was a squeeze play". A bet designed to feign huge strength to pick up a big pot preflop without it going any further, hoping for folds etc.

If this is true, this is an impossible spot to squeeze, as one of them is guaranteed to have a biggish hand, AJ+ at least. 4 handed any Ace is gonna call your push here. With a min raise and a call your guaranteed to be behind to one of them, and if they both call odds wise against possible hands your at about 7-13% to win the hand.

Also if your assuming they might fold, with 240k each in the pot, along with blidns and antes, and then your push of just over a mil, they are easily getting 2-1 to call, with 3-1 implied if the other player does.


Good hand to discuss tho

[taylovesthebeatles]

Thanks eejit for your posts, those are some good thoughts. I was definitely going for a squeeze there, and I can see why you'd say it was a bad idea.

Here's my next question- has anyone here ever gotten prizes in a tourney like this? FT has my address from when I signed up, but should I expect an email Monday to verify it or just expect it to get to me or what? If there's somewhere on their site that explains this, someone direct me there please? Thanks!

[0maxpower0]

Yea EEj that is some really good advice. I had won a hat and a jacket from an ftops final table a few months back. After they confirm some stuff via email they will send it out. It took about a month from the time i won it for me to get it, so i presume it'd take you that long too. Even though it was a freeroll, its still tough to make it that far, so congratulations. I wasnt even sure that matusow could read let alone write a book, so i look forward to hearing when its about and if it contains any good information. J/k matasow is all right :-p GOOD JOB THOUGH!!

[taylovesthebeatles]

Yea EEj that is some really good advice. I had won a hat and a jacket from an ftops final table a few months back. After they confirm some stuff via email they will send it out. It took about a month from the time i won it for me to get it, so i presume it'd take you that long too. Even though it was a freeroll, its still tough to make it that far, so congratulations. I wasnt even sure that matusow could read let alone write a book, so i look forward to hearing when its about and if it contains any good information. J/k matasow is all right :-p GOOD JOB THOUGH!!

Thanks for the helpful advice, maxpower, I really appreciate it! Yeah it was tough but for quite a bit of it I was just running hot and being dealt great strong hands. Either that would happen or I'd get dealt absolute trash and have an easy fold. So that helps I think. But yeah, it's exhilerating to make it that far, even in a freeroll.

[eejit101]

Ive had prizes from them too.

I was playing a $55 sattelite to a $219 event. I was at the same table as a FT pro, Katrina Jett i believe, may be wrong though.

I busted her by, IMO, brilliantly pushing 33 on a 3 A Q flop, first to act, with 600 in the pot and her having 2k back. She instacalled with AK, as i put her on that exact hand (that or AQ) and the rest wasnt a bad beat for once.

I won $55 bounty (which i got instantly) and a Tshirt for knocking out a pro, they sent me an email to confirm my address, i did, and i got it within 2 weeks

[taylovesthebeatles]

How soon after did they send the email? I don't think they do t-shirts anymore sadly though.

Ive had prizes from them too.

I was playing a $55 sattelite to a $219 event. I was at the same table as a FT pro, Katrina Jett i believe, may be wrong though.

I busted her by, IMO, brilliantly pushing 33 on a 3 A Q flop, first to act, with 600 in the pot and her having 2k back. She instacalled with AK, as i put her on that exact hand (that or AQ) and the rest wasnt a bad beat for once.

I won $55 bounty (which i got instantly) and a Tshirt for knocking out a pro, they sent me an email to confirm my address, i did, and i got it within 2 weeks