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well finally after my long break from the tables i am back!! as i said in a previous post i downloaded full tilt, at tfirst i just had a look at it and it wasn't good!! The table would open up but no cards or anything would show up,.......... tell me its not happening i thought!

BUT, i tried again the next morning an it said there was a new version so i downloaded that and........ ta da!! its all singing all dancing, working poker!!!! so i put $50 in my account now where to begin........ how bout a $2 turbo 9 seater, so i slowly find my way into the game, not much happening for the first level or two......

then under the gun i find AQoff, so i raise to 3xbb, get 1 caller just after me, another in late position, then the SB reraises to by bout 2xBB...... not what i was hoping for.. ok so i call as do the other 2, i figure to reraise in SB he must have at least AK maybe a pair KK-1010, flop comes 953, not helping me much i think that i must be behind, some of these others could have middle pairs or A? so possible set or overpair...

the SB leads out for just under half the pot, i know i'm beat so i fold, think he got 1 caller, then when he bet the turn he took it. damn still 9 people left and i down to bout 900chips, so i sit tight , no rush just yet i figure

down to 8 and i am just card dead!! 45suited, Q4 suited was about as good as i saw for another few levels, so i just sat there as the blinds started creeping up!!

by now a few other people had started losing chips and there were 3 players in the lead with bout 3K,2K,2K each

the guy on 3K then took out 2 of the shorter stacks in almost consecutive hands. i find KJ and raise, i take the blinds... its not much but its keeping me in the game

then 2 of the smaller stacks go all in, 1 guy wins and is up to bout 2K, then it got crazy

the player who was just all in and won limps under the gun, i smell a rat, one of the other big stacks calls and then then chip leader raises, folded to utg, he goes all in back to the chip leader he thinks for a while then calls, utg shows KK, caller show KQ, no help on the board & we have a new chip leader, then next hand the previous chip leader who now only on 2K goes all in and is called by someone with just less than him, the smaller stack has 99 and takes it. in 2 hands this guy went from chip leader to 300 left.. bout 2 hands later he was out, now bout 6 left and i still pretty short stack, i manage to steal some more blinds a few times just ticking along,

blinds are up to bout 200/400 and the chip leader takes out 2nd chips to give him big lead, then the next hand a medium stack goes all in, chip leader calls with KJ, flops a K and we down to four!! nearly in the money!!

blinds up to 250/500 i have 1100 so am all in virtually this hand or next, there one other player on 1400 but the blinds gonna hit me first so can't really wait!

think this is the hand after chip leader won to take us to 4 players, he is SB utg i find 10,9 suited figure having just taken someone out i hope the chip leader wont call and the other small stack wont unless he got something and the BB only got bout 2K so wont call half their stack....
so as predicted 1400 chip guy folds SB(chip leader) thinks then calls!!!! oh dear, BB folds so i got everything crossed........ BB turns over K10, damn not even 2 live cards!! flop comes J75, not much but could hit a runner runner str8, turn blank, so need a 9........ river a King!! oh well,

maybe i should have waited, but next hand i was BB and if that was no good would have been down to bout 600 with the SB next so it was going to happen sooner or later, i figured suited connectors gives me a bit of a chance

i quickly went on a 5c/10c cash table and lost bout 50c before i had to go to work

god it feels good to be playing again!!!

now i just need to up my game!!

PK69