Fridays are goooooooot

After a day off from work to do yard work and catch up on house chores, I decided to play a 10 PLO8 MTT with everyone's favorite blogger Scott Fischman. No run ins with him but it was a good idea to play. First hour was nothing special ended it pretty much even, then getting low in the second hour I took a shot with the nut low and what figured to be the only flush draw, albeit not a good one. Well the FD got there and sent me off to the races.

I was able to make some big hands and get paid off every time. Yes, Zooks, I did flop quads twice but I didn't make the people go all in first. The other big hand came with about 20 or so left while I was in the top 10 in chips. Played A2310 for a small raise from UTG, flop cam 338. SB bet out, I reraised all in and he called with KQJ3. He never improved and I was up to 3rd in chips. Played tight for a while after that, trying to take down pots cheaply and not let the hands get out of control.


Make it to the final table and then finally to the last four. Shorthanded I really started to get aggressive and amass some more chips from the prohibitive chip leader. Then down to 3 I grabbed the lead briefly, only to see it slip away again. We start heads up with him in the lead. After a few hands i pull slightly ahead. Only to have this happen.


Full Tilt Poker Game #5996252850: $10 + $1 Tournament (45530428), Table 13 - 5000/10000 - Pot Limit Omaha H/L - 19:56:22 ET - 2008/04/11
Seat 5: ElSnarfGrande (199,870)
Seat 9: Dragonbaby64 (199,130)
Dragonbaby64 posts the small blind of 5,000
ElSnarfGrande posts the big blind of 10,000
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ElSnarfGrande [7h 8h Kc As]
Dragonbaby64 raises to 20,000
ElSnarfGrande calls 10,000
*** FLOP *** [Kd 3s Ks]
ElSnarfGrande checks
Dragonbaby64 bets 10,000
ElSnarfGrande raises to 70,000
Dragonbaby64 raises to 179,130, and is all in
ElSnarfGrande calls 109,130
Dragonbaby64 shows [5h Qh 4d Kh]
ElSnarfGrande shows [7h 8h Kc As]
*** TURN *** [Kd 3s Ks] [5d]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 3s Ks 5d] [Qs]
Dragonbaby64 shows a full house, Kings full of Queens, for high
ElSnarfGrande shows three of a kind, Kings, for high
Dragonbaby64 wins the pot (398,260) with a full house, Kings full of Queens
No low hand qualified
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 398,260 | Rake 0
Board: [Kd 3s Ks 5d Qs]
Seat 5: ElSnarfGrande (big blind) showed [7h 8h Kc As] and lost with HI: three of a kind, Kings
Seat 9: Dragonbaby64 (small blind) showed [5h Qh 4d Kh] and won (398,260) with HI: a full house, Kings full of Queens

I feel like I played real well in this. Playing all those turbo plo8 sng's paid off immensely especially short handed. In the end I will gladly accept the finish, even if a little disappointing in the end.