APRIL 03, 2008

I went in the hole for a buy-in but then did well with the rebuy. The big hand was three-way action with 44 v AK v 65 on a K74 flop. The 65 was short-stacked and scooped $250 on the hand when the 8 turned, but playing off of him on the flop enabled me to get all the money in before the big stack could realize I had him beat. I profited $280 on the day.

At night, I played a couple of $75 MTTs. I got unlucky in one and busted early to a rivered flush. The unlucky part was that we were all-in preflop - I had the AK and he had the weaker suited ace, but spades came and he had me covered. The other tourney was a satellite to the $216 weekly Sunday event on Full Tilt. I very nearly got unlucky there as well. I got my money in on the flop with top pair against two overcards, but he caught running aces to nearly bust me. I had only $200 or so remaining but I survived my all-in despite being dominated. Then I doubled up twice in short order with AQ both times. That got me back in the hunt and I made it to the top seven to claim my prize.