Finally!

I just finished a $10+1 MTT on Mansion, where 90 players registered and I made the money. The reason I say finally is that this is my first MTT cash, and even though I haven't played many (somewhere around 25), it feels good to get that monkey off my back.

Now the win is nowhere near what my buddy JGiles scored last week, but a cash is a cash.

Here are some of the hands that helped me get to the FT and in the money.

At this point I was very very short stacked and decided to chuck my chips in with so many limpers.

Mansion Poker 10 Freezeout 100/200, hand converted by the iPoker Converter at Talking-Poker

saw flop | saw showdown

Button IndustrialCF (2620)
SB patchdog999 (2110)
BB BlndStlr (705)
UTG Mabhen (7505)
UTG+1 josephpoulin (12442.50)
MP georgepatton (6847.50)
CO-1 DRMATIN (15425)
CO Live4Flopp (2845)

Preflop: BlndStlr is in the BB with T A
1 fold, josephpoulin raises to 400, 1 fold, DRMATIN calls 400, Live4Flopp calls 400, 2 folds, BlndStlr raises to 705, josephpoulin calls 305, DRMATIN calls 305, Live4Flopp calls 305.

Flop (2920) 4 8 K
josephpoulin bets 11737.50, 1 fold, Live4Flopp moves all-in for 2140.

Turn (16797.50) J

River (16797.50) T

BlndStlr shows T A
josephpoulin shows K T
Live4Flopp shows K Q

BlndStlr wins 16797.50 with Flush (Diamonds) with Ace high

Nice, runner runner for a flush. It's about time I get to be on the winning side of this. This also proves you need to get lucky to make it into the money.

I then followed it up on the very next hand with this.

saw flop | saw showdown

Button patchdog999 (2010)
SB BlndStlr (2920)
BB Mabhen (7505)
UTG josephpoulin (9597.50)
UTG+1 georgepatton (6847.50)
MP cruyff074 (4410)
MP DRMATIN (14720)
MP feoloco (3790)
CO-1 Live4Flopp (4280)
CO IndustrialCF (2620)

Preflop: BlndStlr is in the SB with K K
1 fold, georgepatton raises to 900, 6 folds, BlndStlr raises to 2920, 1 fold, georgepatton calls 2020.

Flop (6140) 5 2 6

Turn (6140) 7

River (6140) Q

BlndStlr shows K K
georgepatton shows A Q

BlndStlr wins 6140 with One pair, Kings

Another double up and I'm in a good position. Several hands later this hand comes up.

Mansion Poker 10 Freezeout 200/400, hand converted by the iPoker Converter at Talking-Poker
saw flop | saw showdown

Button BlndStlr (5090)
SB Mabhen (15225)
BB lumba111 (4450)
UTG georgepatton (5255)
UTG+1 GrrrArrrg (12035)
MP DRMATIN (6332.50)
MP josephpoulin (17182.50)
MP Live4Flopp (3960)
CO-1 IndustrialCF (2620)
CO patchdog999 (3020)

Preflop: BlndStlr is on the Button with K K
1 fold, GrrrArrrg raises to 800, 5 folds, BlndStlr raises to 3200, 2 folds, GrrrArrrg raises to 8800, BlndStlr moves all-in for 1890.

Flop (14490) 4 Q Q

Turn (14490) 3

River (14490) J

BlndStlr shows K K
GrrrArrrg shows 5 5

BlndStlr wins 14490 with Two pair, Kings and Queens with a Jack for a kicker

The cowboys are playing nice for me tonight.

When the blinds go up next, I go on a run where I pick up AA, followed by KK, and then 99 raising each hand PF, get some callers and take down the hand on the flop.

Shortly before the bubble burst, this hand pretty much guaranteed me to make the money.

Mansion Poker 10 Freezeout 400/800, hand converted by the iPoker Converter at Talking-Poker
saw flop | saw showdown

Button Live4Flopp (6940)
SB patchdog999 (4340)
BB BlndStlr (19180)
UTG Mabhen (12565)
UTG+1 lumba111 (10995)
MP georgepatton (5855)
CO-1 DRMATIN (4432.50)
CO josephpoulin (10862.50)

Preflop: BlndStlr is in the BB with Q Q
2 folds, georgepatton raises to 5855, DRMATIN moves all-in for 4432.50, 3 folds, BlndStlr calls 5055.

Flop (16542.50) 5 Q 4

Turn (16542.50) J

River (16542.50) T

BlndStlr shows Q Q
georgepatton shows A 8
DRMATIN shows K K

BlndStlr wins 16542.50 with Three of a kind, Queens

Once I made the final table, I was cheap leader by almost double. The problem I encountered was that my hands wouldn't hold up anymore. I managed to isolate the SS after they pushed all-in with AJo against my TT, only to see an A on the flop. I also got stung when mid-stack player min raised UTG and 2 people called, so I also called from the BB, only to see me hit TP (weak kicker) and get my money all-in vs the UTG limper with TPTK. Oh well, probably should have just folded. Hindsight is always better. Anyway, ended the tournament when I got my chips good against the loose calling station.

Mansion Poker 10 Freezeout 800/1600, hand converted by the iPoker Converter at Talking-Poker
saw flop | saw showdown

Button bulle333 (16710)
SB cruyff074 (9035)
BB D Dave (40090)
UTG litervina (34035)
UTG+1 josephpoulin (16047.50)
CO BlndStlr (19082.50)

Preflop: BlndStlr is in the CO with 6 6
2 folds, BlndStlr raises to 6400, 2 folds, D Dave raises to 40090, BlndStlr moves all-in for 12682.50.

Flop (59972.50) Q 8 K

Turn (59972.50) 5

River (59972.50) 3

BlndStlr shows 6 6
D Dave shows Q A

D Dave wins 59972.50 with One pair, Queens

Well that is all for the night, here's a pic of how I finished. I'm BlndStlr btw!



Good luck at the tables.