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givememyleg

11-01-2007, 06:46 PM Post subject: FTR Gauntlet Game Summaries - Final Summary now up!

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Game 10 Summary
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11-01-2007, 07:13 PM

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11-01-2007, 07:41 PM

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11-01-2007, 08:42 PM Post subject: Good Read, Thanks

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Good read , good points brought out..
Thanks , look forward to the next one.

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11-01-2007, 08:46 PM

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Haha very nice man. Weeeee "lol cooleraments" award.

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11-02-2007, 04:24 PM

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As previously mentioned, I've been idle for the last 2 weeks, and really appreciate the game blog. Great stuff in your own write! Look forward to future reporting.

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11-02-2007, 05:21 PM

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Thanks all, remember to pwn or be a donk on Sunday so I can write about you.

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11-05-2007, 10:21 PM

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BUMP - game 11 is now up!

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11-05-2007, 10:36 PM

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, “wtf was he thinking” which will be the questionable play of the night

Woohoo I won something!

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11-05-2007, 11:56 PM

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, “wtf was he thinking” which will be the questionable play of the night

Woohoo I won something!

haha that was a sick sick call m8

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11-06-2007, 12:26 AM

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Nice write. Was a fun game.

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11-06-2007, 12:30 AM

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cut this shit out or I'll have to fuck your mother

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cut this shit out or I'll have to fuck your grandmother

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11-06-2007, 01:36 AM

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...FTR veteran and the oldest active member...

cut this shit out or I'll have to fuck your mother

ahhahahahahah

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11-06-2007, 01:37 AM

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cut this shit out or I'll have to fuck your grandmother

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ahahahahhahahaha a+

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11-06-2007, 01:45 AM

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very nice read. and it was my pleasure to get coolered in the cooler of the night. also glad I didnt get hate for overplaying that KQ the hand before.

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11-06-2007, 08:45 PM

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There are a couple of things I can say to describe the hand that sent ackthecat home in 9th place, but I will chose “huh?!?!” Either Shif is a superuser or made this play at the perfect time:

all i can say was i was pretty drunk at the time

and ignored the litle voice in my head that said not to call all in
bty....im a she

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11-07-2007, 02:08 PM

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11-10-2007, 09:22 PM

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Bump, game 12 now up. This one took a while longer as I have been busy and it was tougher to write not actually viewing the tourn. Congrats swiggggggggggggggggggggidy.

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11-11-2007, 10:48 AM

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Nice work,

A lot to learn for me there, I had a big chip lead when the final table began but played it very weak. Nothing happened for me on the final stretch. Barely won a hand.

This hand illustrates my bad play nicely

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to swiggidy [3s Jc]
geno9: folds
I_Lie_2_U: folds
kingnat: folds
C2Knuckles: folds
PomPey97: raises 200 to 400
swiggidy said, “have you had the boston harbor?”
swiggidy: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [Tc 4s Kd]
PomPey97: bets 400
swiggidy: raises 1000 to 1400
PomPey97: folds
PomPey97 said, “nb”
swiggidy collected 1750 from pot
swiggidy: doesn’t show hand

I held Q 10 here but folded to Swiggidys large bet, nice bet as I said but weak play from me.

I should have raised more pre flop if I was gonna play this hand.

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11-13-2007, 08:36 PM

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bump - 13 is now up.... i talk a lot about myself in the 3rd person, which was really weird to write, but i just thought it sound stupid saying "I" all the time.

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11-13-2007, 10:10 PM

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Another good write up gmml. In fact I was quite enjoying it especially when Badger deservedly won the "WTF" award this time. However scrolling to the end of this tourney review.......

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Congrats Shif, not only did you win donk of the night, but you win it with 2 hands!

I don't think the second hand was worthy of a donk although I did get lucky. Next week back to ABC poker and stay away from the headlines. Its not doing my self esteem any good!

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11-13-2007, 10:38 PM

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bump - 13 is now up.... i talk a lot about myself in the 3rd person, which was really weird to write, but i just thought it sound stupid saying "I" all the time.

*gives gmml a moe howard eye poke*

There. I feel better now after playing so poorly. :P

I have no sig. Quit looking down here.

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11-13-2007, 11:11 PM

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Another good write up gmml. In fact I was quite enjoying it especially when Badger deservedly won the "WTF" award this time. However scrolling to the end of this tourney review.......

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Congrats Shif, not only did you win donk of the night, but you win it with 2 hands!

I don't think the second hand was worthy of a donk although I did get lucky. Next week back to ABC poker and stay away from the headlines. Its not doing my self esteem any good!

thanks for the nice words.

haha yeah, second hand is completely standard, you def played it fine. but "donk of the night" just means the worst bad beat of the tourn, and i couldn't decide between the 2. haha sorry about the self esteem

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11-13-2007, 11:13 PM

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bump - 13 is now up.... i talk a lot about myself in the 3rd person, which was really weird to write, but i just thought it sound stupid saying "I" all the time.

*gives gmml a moe howard eye poke*

There. I feel better now after playing so poorly. :P

nah just a cooler, only thing i didnt like was the minraise preflop. tptk vs set is pretty much just bad luck in a sng. there may be a chance to get away from it, but it's slim.

btw - OUCH

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11-13-2007, 11:29 PM

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only thing i didnt like was the minraise preflop.

Yeah... AK has been less than kind to me over the past two weeks and it's had an effect on my play. Gotta get over that.

I have no sig. Quit looking down here.

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11-13-2007, 11:49 PM

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Bump, game 12 now up. This one took a while longer as I have been busy and it was tougher to write not actually viewing the tourn. Congrats swiggggggggggggggggggggidy.

I just saw this, awesome commentary. Especially...

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courtie’s crush swiggidy

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11-14-2007, 12:18 AM

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Leg, I've got to laugh at how you generously describe my JJ<66 as "unlucky" when the only two other hands I took part in in your rundown involved me sucking out with a river flush and a river straight vs better players with better hands

btw, reverse my Stars name, then visit Wikipedia and see if you can make the sporting connection

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11-14-2007, 12:36 AM

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leg, you should have X pay you to mod warewolf, or just not tell X and bill the hours anyway and hope he didn't see my post

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11-14-2007, 12:55 AM

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lol, excellent!

I was pretty determined to either win donk of the night or win the tourney. Not the ideal award but w/e!

3k post - Return of the blog!

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11-14-2007, 02:18 AM

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I think the names I have are confusing, I should change them. "WTF was he Thinking?" is suppose to be the donk move of the tourn, and "donk of the night" is suppose to be the worst beat of the tourn. I'll call it Bad Beat of the Night from now on prolly.

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11-29-2007, 03:07 AM

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i got kinda behind writing these due to being out of town and because of the holidays.... ill try to catch up tomorrow

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BUMP

games 17 and 18 are now up. read about the most amazing comeback in history!

geno, you're a luckbox.

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11-30-2007, 10:42 AM

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Thanks leg! I really enjoyed reading those.

It was a fun game on wednesday testing myself against Sauce123. Poker sure is a different game when u know the other guy is a strong player. It's so much easier beating up on donks

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12-04-2007, 02:04 AM

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BUUUUUUUMP

Game 19 now up.

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12-04-2007, 02:26 AM

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12-04-2007, 02:42 AM

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Leg,

You do a great job on the commentary. That was quite entertaining. I am enjoying the FTR Guantlet tourneys. Just wish I had found FTR a bit sooner so I would have a chance to take it down. Maybe next time around but I am going to make my presense known until then.

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12-04-2007, 03:11 AM

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Just wanted to say that I love the commentaries, but I have a question?
Why was I left off the leaderboard for the game 19 summary?

I've worked very hard over the last three years, with help only from the people here at FTR on the forums (I'm not a member of any other site), to get to a level where I can compete against the quality players here.

I don't post much, except sometimes in the community, because I don't feel I'm playing at a level where the more complex ideas can come into play, and there's only so many times one can ask "Did I play this AKs right" before it gets to be all the same. I owe most of my small success at poker to the help I have received from all of the people here, and I don't want to waste people's time asking if my move was right when my opponents can't even tell I'm making a move. That's why I look forward to the gauntlet, so I can actually get into a game where the players are truly excellent.

I know it sounds like I'm whining, and I suppose I am a bit, but I was choked to see that I wasn't included in the most recent leaderboard. If it's that you feel that I play like a nit, you're entitled to that opinion (I know I'm weak-tight, it works for me) , but I think I've earned a mention at least. My average finish is the lowest of any player who has played more than 2 games, and I've steadily been creeping up the leaderboard. Not too shabby for someone who can't afford to have more than $200 in his online account.

I know my game isn't at the same level as many of the people here, but isn't that just the point of the Gauntlet? To help develop our play? I just think excluding someone who has worked very hard to get to this level - look at my previous years finishes - well, it's just discouraging not to have that acknowledged.

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12-04-2007, 06:06 PM

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????

The leaderboard shows who is in the top 10 of the league prior to the start of the game. It's not a biased thing man, if you're not in the top 10, you won't be shown in the leaderboard; nothing more! I see you're in the top 10 after game 19, but that will be included in the game 20 summary - it is always one week behind. There may be times when I sound like I only include hands that are of the regular or something, but that's simply because the regulars play a lot more aggressive and are involved in more hands. I'm not trying to ignore anyone or their results!

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Where's my buck for nailin "swiggidy" ?
"Sick River" , is right , but it serves me right for slowplayin my trips.
Two more 1st place finishes , and watchout JimmyMac...

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12-04-2007, 07:40 PM

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I dunno why I find this post so funny, but it is.

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Where's my buck for nailin "swiggidy" ?
"Sick River" , is right , but it serves me right for slowplayin my trips.
Two more 1st place finishes , and watchout JimmyMac...

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12-06-2007, 11:21 PM

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buuuuuuuuuuuuuump, game 20 is now up! this was one of the most action packed donkness in a long time!

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much <3

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buuuuuuuuuump, game 21 is up! way to end the season ackthecat!

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Thanks and I love the write ups. They are very enertaining.

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Quote:

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I dunno why I find this post so funny, but it is.

"....get to a level where I can compete against the quality players here."

This is where I'm finding the jocularity!

Would someone please point me to the quality players area here 'cause I sure as hell am having a hard time sorting them out in the Gauntlet!

Hell yeah, I'm still on tilt. You got a problem wit dat!

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