Shout out to LuckySOB for organizing the Free Roll at FTP

LuckySob organized and hosted the Free Roll at FTP. There were 9 of us who participated. 1st = $50, 2nd = $30, and 3rd =$20. MirrorRobin put a bounty on his head for $20 if he lost with the worst hand or $10 if he lost with the best hand going into the River.

1) Dwarrior, 2) BassStretcher (Dodgyken), 3)Blitzkrieg Pkr (LuckySob), 4) MirrorRobin, 5) nxbigthang (Noel), 6) Soshhsb (Rasputin), 7) phantom Aces (Jonathan), and 8) me (AppleSeed).

Here's the hand where MirrorRobin had to pay the $20 bounty to Noel.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1318340

I chipped my way up from the starting chip stack of $1500 to $3417 without showing down much. I've been min raising in position and this happens.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1318289

My stack is now at $5,242 with 5 left. Blinds are at 60/120.

I tighten up and pick my spots to steal while everyone tries to accumlate and knock each other out.

We are now 3 handed. I have $4,487, Dwarior = 2717, and BassStretcher = $4,796. Blinds are at 80/160 and this hand comes up that gives me the momentum.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1318299

I didn't like the low flop because I felt bass was capable of putting on a check raise bluff. So I waited for a delayed bluff on the turn. Once the turn hit, making a 3 to the str8 and Bass checked. I felt he didn't have it because he would have betted. I had the flush draw now and wanted to just take the pot down right now.
I betted $300 into a $560 pot. A little over half the pot. Bass check raises me to $1,350 and leaves himself about $3,000 in chips. I was going to fold but I felt that he wouldn't have check twice if he had a hand he would go to the felt with, so I raised all in. I figured I had 15 outs if he called and wouldn't be in too bad of shape. Bass folds and I take it down.

A few hands latter. Standard call vs Bass.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1318316

I lose it but I'm still in the race. A few hands later I suck out vs Dwarrior.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1318320

It's now heads up between me and Bass. Here is the final hand.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1318323

Hope you enjoy the recap. Dodgyken, what did you have when I semibluff you with KQs? I'm thinking you had a stone cold bluff, it almost worked though because it was either fold/raise all in. I don't like the call because if I miss and you bet the river, I would have to fold.

We should do this again next month. A $10 buy-in private tourney would be nice.