Sorry I didn't reply to this sooner, lost power last Saturday and still no power at the house, just got power back at work.

 

Seriously cursed, we move to CT last year and they suffer their worst winter in history.  Then they just got hit with their largest power outage in history, FML.

 

As far as Tilt goes, the problem wasn't the DOJ seizing money from their agents operating in the US.  It was their mismanagement of the money.

 

They were making a hefty profit, but decided to not only use the profit they made, but also the players money balances (hundreds of millions of dollars) to pay out to the majority shareholders.

 

They weren't content with the multi-millions they made in legitimate profit, and went beyond the money they made from rake and fees, failing to maintain enough cash on hand to cover the money that "belonged" to the players.

Normally the Foxwoods tournaments are smaller buyins. Twice per year they have larger series. This one is the WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals, with a variety of events I think like $300, $400, $500, $600, 1K, 1.5K, 10K, etc. The structure for this is a lot better than their daily tournaments, because you get 50 minute levels instead of 20, plus you get levels that are missing from their normal structure: NORMAL: 25/50 50/100 100/200 200/400 but here they go: 25/50 50/100 75/150 100/200 100/200 (25 ante) 150/300 (25 ante) 200/400 (50 ante) So you have a lot more time to make something happen. The guy made a terrible play, pushing all-in preflop for 10K when blinds were only 200/400 with pocket 2's. I was an 80% favorite to win that pot and bust him, but it just went against me. That really crippled my stack, because you start with 20K and this whole pot was around 25K. I hung on for another two hours, and had 8K in chips with blinds at 400/800 with a 100 ante (i.e. I have to shove/fold, I have no other option) When I pickup pocket 9's in the cut-off and it's folded to me, my decision is easy. That the BB woke up with pocket Queens sucks, but it happens.

Split my buyin with a friend and played yesterdays $600 Deepstack at Foxwoods.  Phenomenal structure, start with 20K chips and 50 min levels.

 

At the 200/400 level with a 50 ante an EP player raises to 2K.  Some dork with 10K shoves all-in with pocket 2's.  I find Aces in the blinds and reshove for my 15K.

 

The f'ing door card is a 2, and he manages to two-outer me not once, but twice, because he rivers quads for this massive pot that leaves me shortstacked.

 

He then proceeds to chirp for the next 10 f'ing minutes because he's so excited.

 

I manage to hang on with my short stack for another two hours.  At the 400/800 level (100 ante) and a new table, folded to me in the CO and I have pocket 9's and 8K in chips, instashove.  I get insta-called by the button who has pocket 8's.  But then the BB wakes up with QQ and that's it for me, busted halfway through the 500 player field.

 

So sick how unlucky I am in these things.  The last time I played one of these $600 events I lost a massive pot early against another fish.

 

Four-way action with a 3K pot and a board of 89TJ with two hearts and two spades.  I have KQ for the nuts and bet the pot.  This fish that called my preflop raise with 67 of hearts raises all-in for only 4200 more on top.  He has the idiot end of the straight on a four-straight board, any Queen beats him, but, he has the flush redraw.  And you know he spikes the K of hearts on the river to crack me there too.

 

 

I just feel like I am not destined to win these bigger buyin tournaments, cursed or whatever.  At least I've done well in the local cash games, but good lord I wanted to win the $60,000 for first at Foxwoods.  :(

My condolences Ronin :(

gl in the 3K!