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good day all
well another good day at the office for me this morning
Full Tilt $2 turbo, starts off with a bang!!
there this manic that raised all in first 2 hands, he gets one caller and takes them out first hand, 2nd hand no one wants any of it.
so 3rd hand he pushes all in again, in late position i see AK and decide to gamble i call all my chips
he has....... Q5!! monster!
sure enough i hit a king on turn and now i doubled up

he folds 4th hand
5th hand he's all in again, still acting after him in mid position now i have A10, i decide its time to stop this maniac and reraise, everyone folds
he has.... 79 another monster
think i took it with Ace high, not sure either way down to 7people and me leader on 4k

things got back to normal after that and soon it was down to 5 then 4, i had been pretty conservative and when i did raise or push i generally got the respect and they all folded

by now there were 2 of us in lead and one hanging on with another kind of in the middle, well middle guy takes out short stack and we in the money, its pretty cagey now and then as i fold the other 2 decide its time, soon onough all the chips in the midle and we down to 2 though i am now bout 2:1 down in chips

it get even then i go ahead in chips, then i bet when i dont think he has hit the board only for him to reraise i call and he has hit it and now i in trouble i push all in a few times and luck out but i still well down, i push again with 45, he calls with A2,
flop 2,4,7 looking good
turn 5!! looking even better no ace or 3 and i am.....
river 3 and he makes a str8!!

oh well, 2nd and some much needed cash in FT!!

at the same time i started pokerstars, and soon found a $6 turbo 2 table sng and also a $3 45 man sng that were nearly starting, so unable to resist i registered for both

playing 3 tables at one was bit tricky but i managed it ok, obviously i couldn't really watch the other players and was just playing the cards and using my instincts but all in all it went pretty well

on the $6 2 table, i waiting for the right time made some moves, soon down to final table and i was 4th in chips!!
when we got down to 7 with 4 paid there were 2 big stacks and i was average, well my time came when i raised with A7 in late position, got a call from one of the bigger stacks, flop came 8j2, he checks now he could be trapping but i figure he mite have nothing so i check thinking a bet on the turn mite take it
turn was 8 pairing the board at this point he either checked or bet small, now on the flop i was worried, but for some reason on the turn i managed to convince myself he didn't have it so i reraised bout 2/3rds my stack...... well he pushed then ans with so little left back i figured i had to call
well yes he had a J and my miracle ace didn't arrive on river so 7th and not in the money

bit disappointed with that as what with playing 3 tables at once i had played pretty solid and was progressing well in all tourny's, also i had felt something was wrong on the flop but then i ignored that feeling on turn and thats what cost me!!

so with that over i was down to 2 tables, you know what happend on FT, so on the $3 45 man turbo made my way quietly along getting few chips here and there, when down to 18 people started pulling away and when down to 12 i got a run of cards that made sure i would get in cash!!
first i got AA and managed to get a middle stack all in!! nice
then i got 99 and took a pot away from someone who was constantly stealing
then with K9 i flopped a gutshot str8 draw and a 10 on turn ment i took out another middle stack when my str8 bit his 2 pair

so down to final table again!!, there were 2 big stacks on 18k and a few others dotted around with a few small stacks on 2-4k

2 small stacks went quickly, then i pushed with 66 and picked up blinds and anti's for a nice 2k addition to my stack, then with AQ i pushed again to get another 2k

soon down to 6 with 7 paid so we all in money!!
i pushed when i had something and picked my spots wellsoon down to 3 and i needed some help as the other 2 had 40k and 18k to my 9k,

the blindsa were 600/1200 so not long to go, before i got hit for another blind i pushed, got called and didn't hit anything so finished in 3rd for $21

all in all very happy!!

then i buggered up again, put $25 on cash table, waiting for a smash and grab but it never came and then when i did bet on my draw it never came and left table with £12, so minor mis hap

gotta use some more control when playing for cash, but tourny's seem going well

PK69