Tournament #84

Alright, let's try this again:

J/J on the first hand, do I call someone's all-in? Nah...good thing, too - the guy rivered an ace to make a pair. Dropped $200 on a full house - me with 9s full of Js, him with 9s full of Aces. Down to $600 after multiple lost blinds and losing $300 to a rivered full house. Absolutely card dead in this one - best hand was A/7 and folded that to an all-in. Naturally, I would have won that hand and tripled up. Awesome. All-in for $500 with A/2 and end up splitting the pot vs A/7. Up to $600. Win a walk and an uncalled all-in and I'm ALL THE WAY up to $800. Give it right back with a coupe of blinds - 2/3 and 10/4. Moved to a new table - right into the blinds. THANKS. In the BB with 9/10, I push all-in after a flop of 7/8/2. The J hits on the river and I'm up to $2200! Uncalled all-in with A/7 pushes me to $2400. In the BB with K/5, the flop comes A/K/5. I push all-in for $2200 and get 2 callers! Turn and river don't help them any further and my 2-pair are good! Up to $7300, 4th of 15. Take down $2000 with K/Q when I river a queen and I'm up to $8000. A couple blinds and a missed call of a small all-in ($500) and I'm down to $7000, 5th of 10. One more gone and now we're at the final table, me in 5th with $6400. Two big stacks go at it and one gets busted, down to 8 players. Short stack gone too, down to the 7 - we're in the money! Hard to believe I made it here at being all the way down to $500. A/K twice wins me some nice pots and now I'm at $9000. Doubled up with an ace-high flush to $19000! Then promptly mistakenly fold J/J and (would have) flopped a full house. Yeah, that was awesome. WTF. Short stack gone, down to 6. Another short one gone, down to 5. Short stack gone, down to 4, me in last with $11000. Drop $3000 when my 7/7 goes nowhere but manage to move up on the same hand, now 3rd with $8000. Former chip leader busted, down to 3! All-in but uncalled with A/J. A/5 gets me a pair of 5s and a pot of $5700, now at $10000. 8/9 gets me $4700 to push me to $11600, blinds at $600/1200. K/Q in the BB wins me $3800, up to $14000. The two big stacks go all-in head-to-head but end up splitting when the board pairs :( Uncalled all-in with A/J pushes me to $15000. Small pot, now at $16000. Uncalled all-in with KK, up to $17000. Promptly drop $2400 when K/J goes nowhere, down to $14000. River a set of 7s, up to $22000. Pair of kings and I'm up to $26000. $29000 after stealing some blinds, nearly chip lead. $30000 and chip lead after a pair of 3s. Short stack gone, we're heads-up! Chip lead after several small pots and an uncalled all-in. Double up to $50K when 2 pair hit the board on my A/2 making the other guy's 5/5 no good. Had the guy on the ropes, all-in, him with 4/3 vs my A/5 but he turned a 4. And now his 5/5 beats my all-in A/10 and I'm down to $13000. Fought my way back to $30000. Double up to $50K again with 6/6 vs 4/4. Had the guy out the door again with 2-pair but he rivered a straight and we're back to even. Blinds now at $2000/4000! Now up to $55000, trying to put this guy away! All-in with 2/2 and he calls me with K/Q. The deuces hold up, he's busted and I WIN! From $500 with like 35 players left to winning! That was AWESOME. We must have played 100 hands in heads-up, total roller coaster. Me out the door, sucking out when the board 2-paired. Him out the door twice, sucking out a straight or whatever. Has to be the longest tournament I've ever played. Great stuff!

2 wins and 3 other cashes in my last 12 tourneys. The bankroll is up to a new record, over $62 for the first time!

FINISH: 1st place
PAYOUT: $3.52
PROFIT: $3.27
BANKROLL: $62.90