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Oh yes, seat one when we still had more than 6 players, right? Who won?

I took 7th place today. Missed the TV cut by one, but had a great run of cards and cashed $4245.

There were four qualifying rounds: 11AM and 4PM on Fri and Sat. I made the top 9 on Fri 4PM.

I had mixed results with regular hands, but went all in seven times and won each time. Despite being behind each time, I made the draws I needed. Made it to the fimal table of eleven and coasted until two more got knocked out.

Came back today at 9AM along with 39 others. The magic continued. Second hand AA. JJ goes all in, I call and win unimproved. Some time later I flop quad 10's and bet the flop and turn hard and go all in on the river. One guy stayed with me all the way with AK and a A1010 flop. He still had some chips left, but was soon out. Took out another guy who was all in with 11k--got a K on the river to go with my AK and made a better boat than him [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Around noon we were down to 10--4 more until the TV final table. At 12:30 we were down to 7. I was second to last in chips and the payout for 6th and 7th were not much different. I didn't want to be the short stack at the TV table and have to go all in on some random hand and get knocked out.

So I waited for as good a hand as I could get with the blinds at 6k/12k and me at 187k. I got an AhQd. UTG raised to 36k, I called. The guy behind me raised to 100k. Folded to me, I go all in. Raiser calls with QQ. I knew I'd probably be behind, but I still had a decent hand heads up. I needed to make a move to simultaneously double up and knock someone off to be comfortably stacked and have momentum for the final 6 and I had been making my draws all through the tourny.

The flop did not have an Ace, but it had two hearts. The turn had another heart. Got mucho outs to suck out on the river. Maybe too many. All my all-ins were made by hitting one of a few outs. I always seem to hit a few outs but whiff when I have many outs.

Didn't make an Ace or a heart. Out on the bubble with no regrets.

I'll be at the Heartland event on the 8/27 qualifying round at St. Croix casino. Give me a Sup Bro [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]