100% on Tilt

Full Tilt, that is. Well, not quite 100%, but let me explain.

I have had a Full Tilt account for a while, but literally never used it. However, I have a backing arrangement with a player who grinds away at the tournaments on FT so I have some kind of interest in it. And, I thought, why not give it a spin. So, I deposited and had a quick look around for something cheap and quick to play.

I alighted on a 45seat $10+1 SNG. I play that format on Stars and quite like it. Well, to cut a long story short, I won it. QQ vs JTo in the last hand. One big difference to the events I often play on Stars was the pace -- I'm used to the 5minute turbo blinds. It was more like proper poker and I don't know if it was a coincidence that I did well, but I'm not arguing.

So - 100% win record ! Obviously I thought of cashing out and never playing again, but I have played 3 more: a $2+0.25 180seat SNG, another 45seat $10+1 and also an MTT $24+2.

In the 45seat, my AA was cracked by KJ in a raised pot. He flopped two pair and I could not get away from it on the KJ2 flop (2clubs). In the $24+2, I got off to a strong start -- I picked up some good hands and they stood up, but most importantly the other players just seemed to want to stick their chips in when miles behind on the flop. Weird. In that one, I eventually bubbled (well, 126th/1129 with 108 to pay). I got it aipf with 88 vs AA. I was making a move on an EP raiser. Perhaps should have waited till the bubble burst.

In the $2, I won it ! What impressed me was how seriously they all took it - it lasted hours and the play was all pretty sensible. With about 4 left, I had a HUGE lead 2/3rd of all the chips), but the micro stack with < 2k chips got back to over 100k and would have taken it down had I not won a race with AKs vs 33. Anyway, even though it was only $97, I was delighted to win.

So - in 100% of FT events I either won it or went out holding or facing AA. 1000% ROI or something silly. 50% ITMF. Well, we know this cannot last but I have a clean track record on FT so I will try to keep it like that - my mission must be never to reload!