UGGGGGGGGGGGH

April really is going to be the death of me. Cash games aren't going well at all. I dropped down limits and was averaging 24 PTBB/100 over a very small sample size, but the limits are a little bit too low. Im still playing well and getting it in constantly ahead by long shot and i get sucked out on. Tonight I decided to forget about cash games for a night and play a MTT. I didn't want anything to strenous, so I played in one of my fav's..the $3 rebuy. While playing, I was watching high stakes cash games and lucko playing in the $1k wsop qualifier on ft.

Everything was going extremely well. I kind of hit a snag. I wasn't chipping up and had 36k with 1500/3k blinds. Then some things started going my way. Someone had open limped and sb completed and we saw a hand. No one bet at all and i fired 7500 into the 10k pot. Everyone folded and I showed the bluff. The one guy said I now had a target on my back. I said good. I'm not showing it for my health.

3 hands later I got hit in the face with the deck at the right time. The same guy who said I had a target on my back popped to 9k. I held AA and shoved for 36k. The button 4 bets all in. It's another classic race situation for me when he flips AK soooooooooooted. He flops 4 to the flush and somehow I hold. Excellent, now we're at 84k. The very next hand I'm utg+1, when i miraculously pick up AA yet again. Make the standard raise to 9k and the guy who just shoved with AK shoves his remaining 32k in the pot and flips QJ. I make the insta-call and AK7 flops. Thankfully he didnt hit the 4 outer and I'm not sitting on 122k.

My table layout was great and I was really able to abuse the people to my left with ease. I chipped up to 175k w/out showing down a hand. Blinds are now 4k/8k and a short stack makes it 40k to go with 24k left behind. I shove in with KK and he flips A7. He obviously hits his Ace and I'm down to 88k. 2 hands later, there was an EP raise and I shoved with AK. I thought i was above his range from his image. Surprisingly a player behind me called as well. So a 3 way all in saw the EP first raiser have QQ, me with AK, and the caller had JJ. 2 all ins in front and he somehow calls with jj? I hit my ace and am now at 265k.

2 Winning all ins later with QQ beating A6 and winning a 3 way pot with KQ, I was 4th in chips with 696k. Blinds were now 10k/20k and I had QQ on the button. I had just raised the last hand in the sb to take the pot. My image was stil fairly tight, playing 1-2 hands in position each orbit. So I raised it up to 60k and bb jams for 400k. After some thought of his range, I decided to call and he flipped Tens. Perfect!...

Flop 4 9 K

Turn 5

As I'm jumping for joy about to win the 850k+ pot to become the chip leader with 40 left...

River 10 (OBVIOUSLY)

Now I'm left with 278k and 13 bb's with an M of 6. I'm up to 316k when i get dealt AA yet again. Short stack jams for 120k total and I make the call. He flips up the A6 and we're Off to the races weeeee.

Flop A Q J

Turn K

As I'm yelling NO NO NO NO in the chat box

River Ten

My luck really couldn't get any worse. 5 hands later I get Kings and stack the guy who chopped with me earlier and I'm now at 400k. 2 steals later I'm at 500k. 10 hands later I find myself with QQ utg(I know I'm a card rack this tourney, but wahts the use if im getting sucked out on). Blinds 15k/30k and we raise it up to 90. I get a confusing cold call from the sb. Flop comes A 6 6 and he leads for 120k. This is a really tough spot. Villain has me covered by about 50k. I'm pretty sure AJ+ 88+ he 3 bets me pre flop. What is he putting me on? What are you leading into me for when i showed strength raising utg? I thought maybe he had like TT or JJ maybe even KK and lead to see where he stood. I ruled a 6 out. Could it be possible he cc's with AK AQ? If i shove is he going to fold A2-AJ? I had 25% of my stack in the middle. If I folded, I would be left in push/fold mode. I decided it was best to shove.

Well that didn't work, he insta-called me with ....AT. Board bricks and I'm out in 30th place of 2789 people. Not playing many MTT's in the last 2 months or so, It felt good that I could just go in and play well. A few breaks go my way and I'm looking at an easy final table with a chance at 6k. But nope, April owns me.

Friday I'm heading down to Atlantic City to participate in a tournament sponsored by 101.5's the jersey guys at the hilton. It's invitation only and I believe they are giving out some cool stuff. Hopefully lots of people stay afterwards to play cash. All the participants called into the show to get in. I'll have a trip report on Saturday. Then Sat night we have home game action. Sunday I have floor seats for the 76ers game. And by floor I mean first row FLOOR seats. Should be fun. Maybe I can make some money for once poker gods?

See ya around.