FTOPS EVENT #3 - $750k Guarantee

Sunday afternoon and decided play a little FT. Played a $22 S&G and was out first. Seems like I go out first or find a way to go deep, no middle ground. I ended up playing in another, steaming off the two bad beats I took in the first one. I ended up winning that one, up $51 on day ($99 win less the 2 $22 +$2 buy-ins). Next I noticed a satellite for the FTOPS event #3, a $300 +$22 tourney with a $750k prize pool. First prize gets a min of $138k.

The Sat started at 12:45 it started, 51 entrants at $75 each ($69 +$6, that’s $6 for the house). With all the money $69 x 51 = $3519, the top 13 got paid, the top 10 places got a seat and 11-13 got cash, $149, $89 and $59 respectively. We were about down to 19 and I was sitting with a nice stack in 6^th place. Had a couple hands in the Big Blind when a short stacked pushed and it only cost another few hundred to call. I played 3 hands like that and ended up finally winning the 3^rd one KO’ing a stack. When we got down to 14 we played hand for hand, there were two tables at this point. When 14 got KO’d, play resumed and we finally got down to the bubble. I was in good position with a below avg stack and watched a couple short stacks push at my table. The first time the short stack was able to double up, still below me in chips. At this point I was in 9^th with one more for the seat. I got a walk on my BB and two hands later the bubble busted and I was in.

On to FTOPS #3. Let’s hope I can go deep and don’t go out the first 15min! More to come…