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I just took 3rd in the 3 dollar rebuy for a nice cash of $1540.81 I played very well but of course i went out in true stars fashion again. To start the FT i had very bad position. To my left i had the 2 chip leaders and to my right i had short stacks. This is incredibly bad. For one its hard to steal from the big stacks because if they have a hand they can just re raise or put you all in and you are surviving for your tournament life if you dont have the best hand. To my right the short stacks dont have enough chips to play poker so they just go all in 24/7.

For the entire FT i was completely card dead. I would take what i was givin by the other players. The first 2 got out pretty quickly which put us down to 7. Then it became a blind situation. I was in the sb with 3s 5s and elected to just call. The bb called also. The flop came 4h 7h 6d. It's always fun to flop a straight. With blinds at 30k/60k i bet out 120k to see if he caught a piece. I got better than that when he went all in. I immediately called and he flips over Jd 6c. No redraw possible, the pot was mine. The stacks looked like this at that point

Seat 2: buffman (3648034 in chips)
Seat 3: whiteal (958120 in chips)
Seat 4: trixter23 (1571138 in chips)
Seat 5: Pass_72 (554028 in chips)
Seat 6: Hustler1985 (4086465 in chips)
Seat 7: haiau (1744215 in chips)

After that hand, it litterally went form 6 anded to 3 handed in 10 hands. I could have spun this 2 ways. It was good because i was guaranteed no less than 3rd or $1540 dollars, but it was bad because it left me with only 1.5 million. Here were the chip stacks going into 3 handed play.

Seat 2: buffman (5529249 in chips)
Seat 4: trixter23 (1237138 in chips)
Seat 6: Hustler1985 (5795613 in chips)

As you can see i was at a considerable disadvantage. I was definitely holding my own and winning pots. I was chipping away at buffman because he was the weaker of the 2 other players at the table and i had a very good read on him. I won a very nice all in from him and i was 2nd in chips.

Seat 2: buffman (3473249 in chips)
Seat 4: trixter23 (1313138 in chips)
Seat 6: Hustler1985 (7775613 in chips)
buffman: posts the ante 4000
trixter23: posts the ante 4000
Hustler1985: posts the ante 4000
trixter23: posts small blind 40000
Hustler1985: posts big blind 80000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to trixter23 [Kh Td]
buffman: raises 160000 to 240000
trixter23: calls 200000
Hustler1985: folds
*** FLOP *** [Kd 8s 2h]
trixter23: checks
buffman: bets 320000
trixter23: raises 749138 to 1069138 and is all-in
buffman: calls 749138
*** TURN *** [Kd 8s 2h] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 8s 2h Qd] [5s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
trixter23: shows [Kh Td] (a pair of Kings)
buffman: shows [Jc Ac] (high card Ace)
Hustler1985 said, "nh"
trixter23 collected 2710276 from pot
trixter23 said, "ty"
*** SUMMARY ***

After that hand the stacks looked this way.

Seat 2: buffman (2160111 in chips)
Seat 4: trixter23 (2710276 in chips)
Seat 6: Hustler1985 (7691613 in chips)

After that hand i got A9 and raised on the button and buff went all in, he could be pushing with any 2 and i felt like i needed a made hand so i folded. He then took another pot when he did the same thing to hustler and just like that im back down to 3rd in chips.

Seat 2: buffman (2588111 in chips)
Seat 4: trixter23 (1638276 in chips)
Seat 6: Hustler1985 (8335613 in chips)

After a while stealing and trying to get some other pots i picked up KK. buffman raised and i didnt have enough to re raise so i put it all in. He called with A8 and flopped 2 8's. After playing that long it sucks going out that way but what are you going to do? I took $15 and turned it into $1540 so i guess i cant complain. A couple more of these and ill be on my way to the WSOP.


Seat 2: buffman (3592111 in chips)
Seat 4: trixter23 (1166276 in chips)
Seat 6: Hustler1985 (7803613 in chips)
buffman: posts the ante 4000
trixter23: posts the ante 4000
Hustler1985: posts the ante 4000
buffman: posts small blind 40000
trixter23: posts big blind 80000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to trixter23 [Kd Kh]
Hustler1985 said, "k"
Hustler1985: folds
buffman: raises 240000 to 320000
trixter23: raises 842276 to 1162276 and is all-in
buffman: calls 842276
*** FLOP *** [8s 8h 2c]
trixter23 said, "ffs"
*** TURN *** [8s 8h 2c] [6h]
Hustler1985 said, "ouch"
*** RIVER *** [8s 8h 2c 6h] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
buffman: shows [8c Ah] (three of a kind, Eights)
trixter23: shows [Kd Kh] (two pair, Kings and Eights)
buffman collected 2336552 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2336552 | Rake 0
Board [8s 8h 2c 6h 9h]
Seat 2: buffman (small blind) showed [8c Ah] and won (2336552) with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 4: trixter23 (big blind) showed [Kd Kh] and lost with two pair, Kings and Eights
Seat 6: Hustler1985 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)