Nadim.shabou: May 13th, 2010 On Feltstars: 6k guarantee
On Pokershare: 20k &10k guarantee

The 20k ended with a bad beat story, errr…. I hate telling or listening to bad beat stories, but sometime I can’t help it, lol!
Anyway , I started not too bad in the rebuy period when I got KJ of hearts on a A-Q-7 board ( both AQ are hearts) so I have a royal flush draw, str8 and flush draw, turn is the 7 of hearts, I like it and I don’t like it, that pairs the board but the other guy didn’t play like he had a set, so, I bet , he calls and the river is a killer 7, he makes a small bet, I call and he shows K-7 for QUADS.. well, here we go again.

Anyway, I managed to grind my way up to 30k after the break when I get King Kong UTG, I raise 2300 and get reraised to 7200, ok, now I am tired of pushing all in with KK and running into aces. I decide just to call and see if I can get a lucky flop for a change and to fold if the flop is ugly. The flop comes K-5-6, (sweet!) now the trapping game is on and now I hope he has AA (lol) I check to the raiser and he bets 8500, I call and the turn is another 6, he checks, I make a small bet for him to come over the top and bang! He shoves, I am confident that with kings full, I have this pot in hand, the river brings the undesirable Ace and I make my exit, steamin..

The 10k was a little nicer to me and I started with back to back Jacks and won both, (very rare) so I find myself in the 11k range at the end of the rebuy period. An hour later I get in this very weird situation; with JJ again, I make a standard raise of 750, player B calls and player C shoves all in for 6k, I call and player B pushes all in for another 6k. I am trapped, I know, I am probably beat, but I am priced in, pot odds are good and I still have about 14k if I lose the hand so..I make the call.

And that’s where it becomes interesting, I am against AA and 77, the flop brings a jack and 2 clubs, nice? Not for long, the turn is an Ace of clubs and the river is another club, and the player with 77 wins with the 7 of clubs yeah! Not to mention that AA gets the side pot, my set of jacks is garbage.
In the meantime, I am playing the 6k on Feltstars. Guys I am telling you this tourney is sweet, you’ve got to come and play in it, first place gets $2400 and today only 46 players showed up, does it get better than that?

Ok, I got out 17th on a bad beat that I refuse to describe, but today wasn’t really good for me.

Anyway, back to the 10k on Share, I finally get AA vs 99 and I didn’t lose. I am now at 40k with 46 players left, I win a few hands and find myself with 55k and 37 players left. Now it’s crunch time, or you hit good cards and you pass the 100k mark or you card dead and you going backwards. For me today its card dead and reverse, I survive, make some moves, I still have 31k with 17 players but I couldn’t pass the 12th spot. Small payday for tourneys.

I would like to answer a question a player asked, he wanted to know what else I am playing every day, well, I can’t play 20 screens simultaneously like some of my friends but in addition to the tourneys, I
usually play a couple of PLO 1-2 & 2-4 games and a couple of S&Gs $80 and up on various sites, that’s about 6 to 7 games running for about 13 hours a day.
I am planning to reduce a little, WSOP are approaching and I need to be fresh and ready for it. Anyway your questions are always welcome.

Until next time,
May the flop be with you