$2500 FTOPS Event Part 1

I’m not a huge fan of online tournaments, but this was a good event. Not too many people, a big prize pool, and a lot of room to maneuver. The play started out incredibly tight so I just tried to pick up as many pots as I could early. The first interesting hand came in the second level against Paul Wasicka.

FullTiltPoker Game #3291185987: FTOPS Event #12 (23186107), Table 71 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:47:33 ET - 2007/08/18
Seat 1: lo4815162342st (2,925)
Seat 2: dot_carter (5,290)
Seat 3: 999_999s (6,975)
Seat 4: Sirens (7,440)
Seat 5: CrazyMarco (5,170)
Seat 6: Paul Wasicka (4,810)
Seat 7: JGLaZe080 (5,030)
Seat 8: two8off (4,750)
Seat 9: E Tyme (2,610), is sitting out
E Tyme posts the small blind of 15
lo4815162342st posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to dot_carter [5c 5d]
dot_carter has 15 seconds left to act
dot_carter raises to 105
999_999s folds
Sirens folds
CrazyMarco folds
Paul Wasicka calls 105
JGLaZe080 folds
two8off folds
E Tyme folds
lo4815162342st folds
*** FLOP *** [Td Ad 5h]
dot_carter bets 200
Paul Wasicka calls 200
*** TURN *** [Td Ad 5h] [7c]
dot_carter has 15 seconds left to act
dot_carter bets 600
Paul Wasicka calls 600
*** RIVER *** [Td Ad 5h 7c] [6c]
dot_carter has 15 seconds left to act
dot_carter bets 1,750
Paul Wasicka has 15 seconds left to act
Paul Wasicka calls 1,750
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dot_carter shows [5c 5d] three of a kind, Fives
Paul Wasicka mucks
dot_carter wins the pot (5,355) with three of a kind, Fives
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5,355 | Rake 0
Board: [Td Ad 5h 7c 6c]
Seat 1: lo4815162342st (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: dot_carter showed [5c 5d] and won (5,355) with three of a kind, Fives
Seat 3: 999_999s didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Sirens didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: CrazyMarco didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Paul Wasicka mucked [Ah Qs] - a pair of Aces
Seat 7: JGLaZe080 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: two8off (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: E Tyme (small blind) folded before the Flop

I’m not a fan of how he played this hand. Believing I’m triple barreling with worse is just wishful thinking.

FullTiltPoker Game #3291438672: FTOPS Event #12 (23186107), Table 71 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:16:46 ET - 2007/08/18
Seat 1: lo4815162342st (2,695)
Seat 2: dot_carter (8,075)
Seat 3: 999_999s (6,625)
Seat 4: Sirens (7,530)
Seat 5: CrazyMarco (4,630)
Seat 6: Paul Wasicka (1,960)
Seat 7: JGLaZe080 (5,005)
Seat 8: two8off (4,260)
Seat 9: E Tyme (4,220)
lo4815162342st posts the small blind of 20
dot_carter posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to dot_carter [Kc Ks]
999_999s has 15 seconds left to act
999_999s folds
Sirens folds
CrazyMarco folds
Paul Wasicka folds
JGLaZe080 folds
two8off folds
E Tyme raises to 140
lo4815162342st folds
dot_carter has 15 seconds left to act
dot_carter raises to 500
E Tyme calls 360
*** FLOP *** [Qc Ad Qs]
dot_carter has 15 seconds left to act
dot_carter bets 650
E Tyme has 15 seconds left to act
E Tyme calls 650
*** TURN *** [Qc Ad Qs] [2d]
dot_carter has 15 seconds left to act
dot_carter checks
E Tyme bets 1,500
dot_carter has 15 seconds left to act
dot_carter folds
Uncalled bet of 1,500 returned to E Tyme
E Tyme mucks
E Tyme wins the pot (2,320)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,320 | Rake 0
Board: [Qc Ad Qs 2d]
Seat 1: lo4815162342st (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: dot_carter (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 3: 999_999s didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Sirens didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: CrazyMarco didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Paul Wasicka didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: JGLaZe080 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: two8off didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: E Tyme (button) collected (2,320), mucked

This was a very unfortunate flop. E Tyme was not playing very good at all in this tournament, and this was a spot where I could have picked up a bunch of chips given a better flop. At least the flop was so bad that I got out only losing a small amount of chips.

FullTiltPoker Game #3291725384: FTOPS Event #12 (23186107), Table 71 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:49:40 ET - 2007/08/18
Seat 1: lo4815162342st (825)
Seat 2: dot_carter (7,375)
Seat 3: 999_999s (7,000)
Seat 4: Sirens (7,000)
Seat 5: CrazyMarco (4,220)
Seat 6: Paul Wasicka (3,655)
Seat 7: JGLaZe080 (5,645)
Seat 8: two8off (5,120)
Seat 9: E Tyme (4,160)
Sirens posts the small blind of 25
CrazyMarco posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to dot_carter [Td Ts]
Paul Wasicka has 15 seconds left to act
Paul Wasicka folds
JGLaZe080 folds
two8off folds
E Tyme calls 50
lo4815162342st folds
dot_carter raises to 225
999_999s has 15 seconds left to act
CrazyMarco has reconnected
999_999s raises to 600
Sirens folds
CrazyMarco folds
E Tyme folds
dot_carter calls 375
*** FLOP *** [Tc Js 8d]
dot_carter has 15 seconds left to act
dot_carter checks
999_999s checks
*** TURN *** [Tc Js 8d] [5s]
dot_carter bets 1,200
999_999s calls 1,200
*** RIVER *** [Tc Js 8d 5s] [6c]
dot_carter has 15 seconds left to act
dot_carter bets 3,000
999_999s calls 3,000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dot_carter shows [Td Ts] three of a kind, Tens
999_999s mucks
dot_carter wins the pot (9,725) with three of a kind, Tens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9,725 | Rake 0
Board: [Tc Js 8d 5s 6c]
Seat 1: lo4815162342st didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: dot_carter showed [Td Ts] and won (9,725) with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 3: 999_999s (button) mucked [Kh Kc] - a pair of Kings
Seat 4: Sirens (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: CrazyMarco (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: Paul Wasicka didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: JGLaZe080 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: two8off didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: E Tyme folded before the Flop

This is a good example of how passive people were playing in this tournament. Most other tournaments he goes broke on the flop. Given how he played this hand I’m glad I wasn’t able to get a check raise in, as I think he probably would have folded. I think he cost himself more chips by not cbetting/folding the flop. My calling range probably hit this flop pretty hard. I would have been very impressed if he called the turn and folded the river. Just like the 55 hand I’m probably not making such a big bet on the river without something huge.

There are some more good hands, but I can’t seem to get the HH converter to work, and don’t want to make this post too huge, so I’ll just do a part 2 later tonight.