I have been trying to use my tokens since we can't trust Full Tilt to protect our funds. So signed up for the 11k guaranteed.... convinced the table that I am so loose and crazy when I get called by a guy with an overpair and I had a sooted hammer.
That ends up leading me to another hand with a board of AKK36 and I am holding 67s from MP and bet the flop, checked the turn and 1/2 pot the river hoping it looked like a value bet. The guy to my left calls with Q high and I win the hand.
The crazy painful hand is with me holding AJo in CO-1 with only one limper thus far so I raise it up to 3x bb (didn't want to mind letting it go if reraised). BB and the limper both call. Flop is J34r and it is checked to me and I bet half the pot which is a good %age of their remaining chips. BB calls and I start to worry about an overpair but the limper folds. Turn is an A and since he doesn't have more than a pot sized bet I know we are going to get all in. If he has a set I will be paying it off. He pushes and I insta call to see he has KK and a solid 5% chance to win the hand.... river K and I go from being a top 30 out of 300 left to a short stack. That hand would have put me in the top 10 overall for a good run to the money. Instead I go out 240th after playing some of my best poker (stop laughing now!).
I don't know how you MTT guys handle situations like that day in and day out... at least at the cash tables I can just rebuy and stake out my idiot all day long if I want. Sites like Booyah poker (see banner above) actually allow me to track my players so I can find the fishys so much easier.
Time to call it a week and take the little one to see Santa tonight and get her pic taken. She is excited unlike prior years where the old dude scared her. Tonight you might see me at the cash tables and the 10 pm 25k or whatever just trying to find a big enough donk to out donk me.
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Are you serious about not trusting FT to protect your funds? Do you think your any safer on any other site? Because I can tell you a few people hacked on almost every single site out there..
Anyway.. do what you will but people scamming people has been around for a while and can happen anywhere.. It sucks but blaming Full Tilt for it does not seem right.
I am only blaming Full Tilt for dealing with the situation in an unprofessional manner. They should put aside some of their rake for issues that arise like this since it is good for customer retention.
We aren't talking a million bucks but less than they will offer us in rakeback over a year. Imagine if they went the other way and covered the losses from his account and the goodwill that would have gained from the blogger community.
Guin, i feel your pain.
night after night, i get knocked out of tourneys either with a fat draw after the flop and whiff or i'm way ahead and get sucked out on. i still occasionally donk out of tournaments. but, i don't mind that as much. that's my own fault. but, when the cards don't cooperate, it is frustrating. especially, after busting your ass for several hrs playing kick ass poker. i'm much better at handling this than i was 6 mo's ago. but, it still stings.
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