Hey all,

Decided to jump on the blog bandwagon. Watched some NBA playoffs tonight while sweating Craig in a $4.40 NLO rebuy on stars, he finished second and took some tough beats along the way. I decided to kill some time before bed with an FTP $26 90man KO sng, which I ended up winning . The $608 ($576 for the win + $32 for the KOs) was my most from a tourney in my short poker career, which has mostly consisted of small stakes MTTs. My family is heading to Europe for 2 weeks on Friday (golf and poker free, unfortunately) but I am looking at getting into 50nl cash when I get back.

Some hands from the final table:

Hand #1 (HOLD!! GET THERE!!! bink)

Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold'em Tournament, $24 + $2 KO Sit & Go, 1,200/2,400 Blinds, 300 Ante, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

SB: 49,774
BB: 57,994
Hero (UTG): 54,888
MP: 59,387
CO: 27,457
BTN: 20,500

Pre-Flop: (5,400) T T dealt to Hero (UTG)
Hero raises to 5,200, 2 folds, BTN raises to 20,200 and is All-In, 2 folds, Hero calls 15,000

Flop: (45,800) 5 J 7 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Turn: (45,800) 8 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: (45,800) T (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: 45,800 Pot
Hero showed T T (three of a kind, Tens) and WON 45,800 (+25,300 NET)
BTN showed 7 7 (three of a kind, Sevens) and LOST (-20,500 NET)


Hand #2 (gave me good chip lead HU)

Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold'em Tournament, $24 + $2 KO Sit & Go, 2,500/5,000 Blinds, 600 Ante, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (BB): 161,588
SB: 108,412

Pre-Flop: (8,700) 4 6 dealt to Hero (BB)
SB calls 2,500, Hero checks

Flop: (11,200) 9 6 J (2 Players)
Hero bets 5,500, SB calls 5,500

Turn: (22,200) 6 (2 Players)
Hero bets 12,000, SB calls 12,000

River: (46,200) K (2 Players)
Hero bets 31,000 SB folds

Results: 46,200 Pot
Hero mucked 4 6 and WON 46,200 (+23,100 NET)


Hand #3 (the winner)

Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold'em Tournament, $24 + $2 KO Sit & Go, 3,000/6,000 Blinds, 750 Ante, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (BB): 180,938
SB: 89,062

Pre-Flop: (10,500) A A dealt to Hero (BB)
SB calls 3,000, Hero raises to 18,000, SB calls 12,000

Flop: (37,500) 4 T 6 (2 Players)
Hero checks, SB bets 37,500, Hero raises to 162,188 and is All-In, SB calls 32,812 and is All-In

Turn: (178,124) 8 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: (178,124) 2 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: 178,124 Pot
Hero showed A A (a pair of Aces) and WON 178,124 (+89,062 NET)
SB showed J J (a pair of Jacks) and LOST (-89,062 NET)