Full TilI Poker: What a Fucking Joke.

I think last night was the single most frustrating poker night I think I've ever had. I really thought I would finally break that big buy-in cash and actually make some decent money on one of the bigger sites. But time and time again I got fucked over by beats on this crappy site.

On the money bubble with 108 people left, I was 7/110 and this pot would have put me in the chip lead:

Full Tilt Poker Game #10595644208: $21,000 Guarantee (79796662), Table 60 - 400/800 Ante 100 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:59:41 ET - 2009/02/12
Seat 1: POKAPANTS (17,136)
Seat 2: greyghost1971 (29,926)
Seat 3: Rod432 (28,550)
Seat 4: khurtique (7,305)
Seat 5: f3nix35 (29,646)
Seat 6: 4UNoName (27,902)
Seat 7: nzsaandi (22,263)
Seat 8: El Mangler (35,612)
Seat 9: w00ter92 (17,565)
POKAPANTS antes 100
greyghost1971 antes 100
Rod432 antes 100
khurtique antes 100
f3nix35 antes 100
4UNoName antes 100
nzsaandi antes 100
El Mangler antes 100
w00ter92 antes 100
POKAPANTS posts the small blind of 400
greyghost1971 posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to f3nix35 [7c 7h]
Rod432 folds
khurtique folds
f3nix35 raises to 2,000
4UNoName folds
nzsaandi folds
El Mangler has 15 seconds left to act
El Mangler folds
w00ter92 folds
POKAPANTS calls 1,600
greyghost1971 folds
*** FLOP *** [Js 7d Ad]
POKAPANTS checks
f3nix35 bets 2,900
POKAPANTS calls 2,900
*** TURN *** [Js 7d Ad] [Kh]
POKAPANTS bets 12,136, and is all in
f3nix35 calls 12,136
POKAPANTS shows [Ks Jh]
f3nix35 shows [7c 7h]
*** RIVER *** [Js 7d Ad Kh] [Kc]
POKAPANTS shows a full house, Kings full of Jacks
f3nix35 shows a full house, Sevens full of Kings
POKAPANTS wins the pot (35,772) with a full house, Kings full of Jacks
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 35,772 | Rake 0
Board: [Js 7d Ad Kh Kc]
Seat 1: POKAPANTS (small blind) showed [Ks Jh] and won (35,772) with a full house, Kings full of Jacks
Seat 2: greyghost1971 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: Rod432 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: khurtique folded before the Flop
Seat 5: f3nix35 showed [7c 7h] and lost with a full house, Sevens full of Kings
Seat 6: 4UNoName folded before the Flop
Seat 7: nzsaandi folded before the Flop
Seat 8: El Mangler folded before the Flop
Seat 9: w00ter92 (button) folded before the Flop

Sighh, down to 10bbs, time for the comeback. So that wasn't a good start. I honestly thought I was going to be the next bubble boy again as just placing in the money is like $44 which would no way help me be unstuck for the day and I'm not going to fold down for a min cash like this.

Anyway, I somehow managed to claw myself back some chips through steals, resteals and winning one flip (ok ok i can't overly complain!). But I just can't seem to win the vital flips that allow you to take these tournaments down.

With 12 people left vs an aggressive opener I run into:

Full Tilt Poker Game #10598228814: $21,000 Guarantee (79796662), Table 60 - 5000/10000 Ante 1000 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:26:20 ET - 2009/02/12
Seat 1: POKAPANTS (256,910)
Seat 2: Donkey Shortz (64,389)
Seat 3: Darwish (140,132)
Seat 5: f3nix35 (195,964)
Seat 6: Jureist Ginger (284,496)
Seat 9: ste32bud (642,000), is sitting out
POKAPANTS antes 1,000
Donkey Shortz antes 1,000
Darwish antes 1,000
f3nix35 antes 1,000
Jureist Ginger antes 1,000
ste32bud antes 1,000
Jureist Ginger posts the small blind of 5,000
ste32bud posts the big blind of 10,000
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to f3nix35 [Kd Ah]
POKAPANTS folds
Donkey Shortz folds
Darwish raises to 139,132, and is all in
f3nix35 raises to 194,964, and is all in
Jureist Ginger folds
ste32bud folds
f3nix35 shows [Kd Ah]
Darwish shows [Qs Qc]
Uncalled bet of 55,832 returned to f3nix35
*** FLOP *** [4s 6d 7c]
*** TURN *** [4s 6d 7c] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [4s 6d 7c 2c] [6s]
f3nix35 shows a pair of Sixes
Darwish shows two pair, Queens and Sixes
Darwish wins the pot (299,264) with two pair, Queens and Sixes
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 299,264 | Rake 0
Board: [4s 6d 7c 2c 6s]
Seat 1: POKAPANTS folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Donkey Shortz folded before the Flop
Seat 3: Darwish showed [Qs Qc] and won (299,264) with two pair, Queens and Sixes
Seat 5: f3nix35 (button) showed [Kd Ah] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 6: Jureist Ginger (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: ste32bud (big blind) folded before the Flop

Which was probably the most important flip in terms of potential $ I've ever had. Cool, cool, still had 10bbs on the bubble of the final table. 2 hands later I think wow, you know today may actually be the day!

Full Tilt Poker Game #10598320169: $21,000 Guarantee (79796662), Table 60 - 6000/12000 Ante 1500 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:31:43 ET - 2009/02/12
Seat 1: POKAPANTS (240,410)
Seat 2: Donkey Shortz (223,778)
Seat 3: Darwish (175,043)
Seat 5: f3nix35 (105,164)
Seat 6: Jureist Ginger (245,996)
Seat 9: ste32bud (593,500)
POKAPANTS antes 1,500
Donkey Shortz antes 1,500
Darwish antes 1,500
f3nix35 antes 1,500
Jureist Ginger antes 1,500
ste32bud antes 1,500
f3nix35 posts the small blind of 6,000
Jureist Ginger posts the big blind of 12,000
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to f3nix35 [Ad Ac]
ste32bud has 15 seconds left to act
ste32bud calls 12,000
POKAPANTS folds
Donkey Shortz calls 12,000
Darwish folds
f3nix35 raises to 103,664, and is all in
Jureist Ginger folds
ste32bud has 15 seconds left to act
ste32bud calls 91,664
Donkey Shortz folds
f3nix35 shows [Ad Ac]
ste32bud shows [Qd Qc]
*** FLOP *** [7s Kd 9c]
*** TURN *** [7s Kd 9c] [Qs]
*** RIVER *** [7s Kd 9c Qs] [6h]
f3nix35 shows a pair of Aces
ste32bud shows three of a kind, Queens
ste32bud wins the pot (240,328) with three of a kind, Queens
f3nix35 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 240,328 | Rake 0
Board: [7s Kd 9c Qs 6h]
Seat 1: POKAPANTS folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Donkey Shortz folded before the Flop
Seat 3: Darwish (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: f3nix35 (small blind) showed [Ad Ac] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: Jureist Ginger (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: ste32bud showed [Qd Qc] and won (240,328) with three of a kind, Queens

No final table bubbled for $240. Top 6 places all pay over a $1k with first at $6.5k. FML. I just seem to run like absolute shit when I get within 100 runners in these 1k tournaments. Really really annoying. Gahh i guess it's just variance but this was the closest to a big final table I've got on this site and time and time again I was just getting fucked over by the cards. I hope one day I make one of these final tables for some serious money.

I don't know how the yanks do it just playing on those two sites, it would actually kill me. I'm still -ROI on full tilt (and slightly positive pokerstars). At least I had a bit of luck and took down the £1k GTD on crypto for £378 for a slight profit on the day. But it could have been a whole lot better :(

Bring on Sunday..