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Last Sunday I was planning on playing and ended up not feeling well from the night before. I then decided I needed a whole week off. I hung out a bunch, met up with some friends I haven't seen in awhile, went to some new bars since my one friend just turned 21, and bought some protection.

The 9mm Glock 19

I decided that after selling my 12 gauge shotgun I needed to get something new. I have always wanted my CCW and will be signing up for that very soon so that I can take it with me when I go out. It holds 16 shots and there is no safety :) !!! Thank Ohio for finally passing the Castle laws not more than a year ago, meaning if someone tries to break into your house you can kill them without having to worry about a civil lawsuit from either the victim or his family for breaking into YOUR house. Yes people, before the castle laws were passed, the criminal that broke into your house could have sued you (and it legally did happen where the criminal won on more than 1 occasion) for breaking into YOUR house.

Anyway back to the good stuff. After taking this whole week off I was happily welcomed back by fulltilt by taking down my first tournament of the day, the 10$ 1r+1a. Sunday always brings out the best of the fish and today was no exception. I was chip leader with 11 left and ended up taking 2 huge blows to my stack going into the final table in last place. I fought hard to double up and came back to absolutely annihilate my opponent heads up for the title. Here are a few pics.


Full Tilt Poker Game #15426937795: $9,000 Guarantee (1r+1a) (112901857), Table 47 - 12000/24000 Ante 3000 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:00:57 ET - 2009/10/18
Seat 1: Villian (589,900)
Seat 3: Jotagran49 (1,695,600)
Villian antes 3,000
Jotagran49 antes 3,000
Jotagran49 posts the small blind of 12,000
Villian posts the big blind of 24,000
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Jotagran49 [Qc Qs]
Jotagran49 raises to 48,000
Villian has 15 seconds left to act
Villian calls 24,000
*** FLOP *** [3c 6s 5s]
Villian checks
Jotagran49 has 15 seconds left to act
Jotagran49 bets 65,765
Villian calls 65,765
*** TURN *** [3c 6s 5s] [Ah]
Villian checks
Jotagran49 has 15 seconds left to act
Jotagran49 bets 175,225
Villian has requested TIME
Villian raises to 473,135, and is all in
Jotagran49 calls 297,910
Villian shows [9c 6c]
Jotagran49 shows [Qc Qs]
*** RIVER *** [3c 6s 5s Ah] [As]
Villian shows two pair, Aces and Sixes
Jotagran49 shows two pair, Aces and Queens
Jotagran49 wins the pot (1,179,800) with two pair, Aces and Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,179,800 | Rake 0
Board: [3c 6s 5s Ah As]
Seat 1: Villian (big blind) showed [9c 6c] and lost with two pair, Aces and Sixes
Seat 3: Jotagran49 (small blind) showed [Qc Qs] and won (1,179,800) with two pair, Aces and Queens

Here was the final hand heads up. Nothing too interesting except that I am a card rack, but the two previous hands I had bluffed villian out of two monster pots to take a commanding chip lead. We started the match almost even.

Even more disappointing was this hand of a 28k KO that I should have won.

Full Tilt Poker Game #15429483036: $28,000 KO Guarantee (112928549), Table 144 - 3000/6000 Ante 750 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:01:59 ET - 2009/10/18
Seat 1: Jotagran49 (175,249)
Seat 2: krooptroop (69,011)
Seat 3: The_Roo_Baby_ (296,636)
Seat 4: CaptRunDown (89,480)
Seat 5: Thibavol (252,845)
Seat 6: laverne (277,422)
Seat 7: Booster75 (134,493)
Seat 9: TRY2BLUFFM3 (293,975)
Jotagran49 antes 750
krooptroop antes 750
The_Roo_Baby_ antes 750
CaptRunDown antes 750
Thibavol antes 750
laverne antes 750
Booster75 antes 750
TRY2BLUFFM3 antes 750
TRY2BLUFFM3 posts the small blind of 3,000
Jotagran49 posts the big blind of 6,000
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Jotagran49 [7c Kc]
krooptroop folds
The_Roo_Baby_ folds
CaptRunDown folds
Thibavol raises to 14,000
laverne folds
Booster75 folds
TRY2BLUFFM3 folds
Jotagran49 calls 8,000
*** FLOP *** [5h 6s 8c]
Jotagran49 checks
Thibavol bets 24,000
Jotagran49 has 15 seconds left to act
Jotagran49 raises to 60,000
Thibavol raises to 238,095, and is all in
Jotagran49 calls 100,499, and is all in
Thibavol shows [Ac Kd]
Jotagran49 shows [7c Kc]
Uncalled bet of 77,596 returned to Thibavol
*** TURN *** [5h 6s 8c] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [5h 6s 8c 6h] [Js]
Thibavol shows a pair of Sixes
Jotagran49 shows a pair of Sixes
Thibavol wins the pot (357,998) with a pair of Sixes
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 357,998 | Rake 0
Board: [5h 6s 8c 6h Js]
Seat 1: Jotagran49 (big blind) showed [7c Kc] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 5: Thibavol showed [Ac Kd] and won (357,998) with a pair of Sixes

I have no idea what this idiot was thinking when he snap reraised me before I even got my check raise into the pot. I had a open ender, overcard and back door flush, but he clearly didn't put me on anything when he snap raised all in. Making plays without taking your time to think them through and holding onto AK like its the nuts on any kind of flop will only make you broke longrun. Thankfully for people that play like him, I can have a nice happy life ;)