Summer's here

It's been a while since I've written a post. And kind of a lot has happened since my last one. Most notable is probably this hand:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?6828714

Full Tilt Poker Tournament Summary Main Event Shootout (161626570) Hold'em No Limit
Buy-In: $200 + $16
Buy-In Chips: 2000
81 Entries
Total Prize Pool: $16,200
Tournament started: 2010/05/27 21:31:00 ET
Tournament finished: 2010/05/28 0:25:36 ET
1: Antoshka, $12,000 Prize Package
2: xanthopod, $2,100
3: E Tyme, $1,260
4: shuriken555, $840
...


So yeah, I was one hold away from winning a seat into the WSOP this year.

To add insult to injury, I showed this to a friend and he pointed out that my expected value once we were all-in was approximately $9000. Ouch.

On that same front, I'm playing in two satellites tomorrow. One is FTP's 150 seat guarantee, which is a $600+40 buy-in that I won my seat into a few days ago. So basically, at least the top 150 finishers in this tournament will get a seat in the ME. Currently there are 640 people registered, but I expect that to increase a lot come tomorrow.

The other one is a freeroll that I got a token to play in by earning enough Full Tilt points or something like that. The top 10 finishers in that will win a seat, and there's currently some 3,000 people registered in that one. So, we'll see how that goes...

And finally, Rush Poker on FTP is so sick. I'm addicted to that thing. I can't do it justice with an explanation, so here: Rush Poker

And after the little bankroll boost from my consolation prize in the ME shootout, I was up to playing $200NL. But the swings are so crazy... I think I ran up about a grand and then subsequently dropped $1500. So I'm dropping in stakes dramatically until I get my head straight again...

Anyways, we'll see how tomorrow goes.