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woohooo !

Hi everyone at Flopturnriver. I just registered, but Ive been reading and learning as much as I can here for about half a year now. And two nights ago it all finaly paid off ! : )

I was invited to a 5000$ Freeroll Tourny and I thought Id play for the heck of it, not expecting to get very far. Especially because it started at 2 in the morning (over here in Germany at least). Well, I went to my first final table ever and in the end I played untill 6 AM and finished 2 / 1722 ...

#Game No : 4787205293
***** Hand History for Game 4787205293 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:26367609 Level:25 Blinds-Antes(75000/150000-4000) - Sunday, July 23, 00:03:13 ET 2006
Table $5K Tight Poker (775456) Table #1 (Real Money)
...
Player bestHand233 finished in 2 place and received $535
...

Sooo happy : )

Thanks to everyone here at Flopturnriver !

Okay, it's results-oriented, and there are 3 better hands out there, but still; it's not been a great week, so this felt goooood.

** Game ID 872853167 starting - 2006-07-26 09:07:56
** Lord Of The Rings [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- Villain is CO $52.45
- BTN $34.25
- SB $17.50
- Hero is BB $47.75
- UTG $48.75 [Sitting out]
- UTG + 1 $8.23
- UTG +2 $46.75
- MP1 $7.35
- MP2 $54.94
- MP3 $50.75

** Dealing card to Anosmic: T Diamond

9

Pre-flop
5 folded, Villain called, BTN folded, SB called. Hero checked.

Flop: ($1.50) J Diamond

, 8

, 9

I hear you should get all your chips in for this position. Not sure how though Smile

SB Checked, Hero bets $1.50, Villain calls, SB folds.

Turn: ($4.50) 8 Spade

Anosmic bet - $2.00 Underbetting the turn. Consistent problem. But gives him draw odds I suppose
vinvul called - $2.00

River:($8.50] 7 Diamond

Hero bets $2.00, Villain raises $6.00, Hero raises $14.00, Villain $48.45 and is all-in. Hero calls.

Final pot: $92

Villain mucked, so it's just a guess, either A-flush or boat, I'd wager.

you can't see mucked cards? What PR is this?

Congrats on getting paid off with a straight flush, thats always a good feeling. But man, you need to work on that turn and river betting.

Ah, felt great, was like my first tournament ever, played the FTR gauntlet tonight, figured if I was going start, might as well get a trial by fire.

Made it in 3rd spot out of 35 players. Was a great feeling!

PokerStars Tournament #28785666, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00
35 players
Total Prize Pool: $350.00
Tournament started - 2006/07/26 - 22:00:00 (ET)

Dear Wedge7,

You finished the tournament in 3rd place.
A $56.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

Broke the 3k bankroll mark today. Also I started dabbling in 100NL. I think I'm going to move up even though I have some very obvious flaws in my game.

Nice ElKrem! I'm almost that far.
Started with $125 playing 10NL, BR is $225 now. I'm looking forward to play 25NL, maybe when I've got $300. Smile

Two big things happened recently. First $100 pot.

Game #1628491679 - (blinds $0.10/$0.25) No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2006/08/03-21:02:35.8 (CST)
Table "Eleu (5 max)" (real money) -- Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: AWPer ($54.14 in chips)
Seat 2: yorib ($56.68 in chips)
Seat 3: Saucy152 ($7.23 in chips)
Seat 4: KOSAL ($49.11 in chips)
Seat 5: bdk313 ($13.65 in chips)
yorib : Post Small Blind ($0.10)
Saucy152: Post Big Blind ($0.25)
Dealt to yorib [ Qs ]
Dealt to yorib [ Qd ]
KOSAL : Call ($0.25)
bdk313 : Fold
AWPer : Raise ($0.70)
yorib : Raise ($2)
Saucy152: Fold
KOSAL : Fold
AWPer : Call ($1.40)
*** FLOP *** : [ 5h 7h 4d ]
yorib : Bet ($3)
AWPer : Raise ($7)
yorib : Call ($4)
*** TURN *** : [ 5h 7h 4d ] [ Jd ]
yorib : Check
AWPer : Bet ($12)
yorib : Call ($12)
*** RIVER *** : [ 5h 7h 4d Jd ] [ 6s ]
yorib : Bet ($15)
AWPer : Raise ($33.04)
yorib : Call ($18.04)
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: $106.78 | Rake: $2
Board: [ 5h 7h 4d Jd 6s ]
AWPer lost $54.14 (showed hand) [ Qh Ah ] (high card ace)
yorib bet $54.14, collected $106.78, net +$52.64 (showed hand) [ Qs Qd ] (a pair of queens)
Saucy152 lost $0.25 (folded)
KOSAL lost $0.25 (folded)
bdk313 didn't bet (folded)

Followed by the requisite "I can't beleive you made the call you idiot."
AWPer said, "ur so bad"
AWPer said, "rofl"
AWPer said, "so many hands had u beat"
AWPer said, "omfg"
AWPer said, "u donkey"
AWPer said, "rofl"

And I hit the $1000 br milestone (just counting Paradise, my primary site), and am comfortably above it.

This is all over the past 4 months starting at $5NL with free money (from instantbankroll) and minimal poker experience. However, I did read a lot of books, and tend to be more mathematically inclined. I'd like to especially thank FTR (beginners forum and short-hand).

I have wanted to post anything in this circle but i've been sucking ass at all my tourneys lately - But today I finally pulled one off - won the $5 +50c 45 man SNG at FTP today - Good lord its been too long - Won $86 - I know it ain't squat, but i've had the worst luck (and bad play lol) - Even today with like the final table i got to the shortest stack and had to claw my way all the back - But then I wouldeither steal blinds or have hands - FINALLY!

my next win will be a real one though - like the 550 MTT i won in Oct - THAT was a nice one Smile

Made an exception of my month off to play in the FTR Gauntlet tonight...

PokerStars Tournament #29186657, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00
12 players
Total Prize Pool: $120.00
Tournament started - 2006/08/05 - 15:00:00 (ET)

Dear Anosmic,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $60.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

moved up to $200 for the second time in my career, played a few k hands and have done good. today i broke my one-day record, making 7 stacks = $1400 Ship it!

hmmm won 5 20+2 sngs (1oppl) for the first time in my life. Guess its worth it seen as everyone should know i suck at sngs.

I am doing well in cash games at 25NL and after my first month since my first deposit I am up to $436 from $250 thats a $186 profit in a month and I am very proud of it!!!!

First final table. It was a $3+$0.30 FO.
6th place
66 beat by AA

$173 in my second tourney since reading HOH 1&2 last week.
I may give up ring. LOL Smile

I got a free $30 from Party and turned it into $150 in four days!!!

At its peak the BB/100 hands was 114.69!!!

Well i made a big thread cuz i was excited.

But it needs to be poster here also

Took home just over $1400 in a 3 way chop in a $5 turbo MTT, 1527 entrants.

I won my first SnG ($5.50). That's sad because I've played so many...but what a great first win, came back from 10-1 chip deficit at the start of heads up to take it home!

Just had a huge upswing in my Stars 11's. I had like a 8% ROI after 30 tournaments. In the last 9 tournaments, I've had 5 first places, 2 seconds, and 2 busts. Obv its a small sample size but in the last 2 days my bankroll went from $350 to 500 - not too shabby.

I've just started playing sit n go's like 3 weeks ago, and thanks to the guys on Ventrilo - I know a lot more about the complexities of tournemnt play.

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