The Poker Bus

Another satellite win - super!

I’m running well in these FTOPS satellites on Full Tilt. So far i’ve spent about $300 and around 5 hours on satellites and won a seat in the $530 and $1,060 events.

I super satellited my way into the $1,060 event tonight. First I won a $24 super satellite to get an entry into the $150 satellite and then I won the $150 satellite to the $1k tourney a few hours later.

The field was pretty easy and for the most part it was waiting for hands to bust the inexperienced players. I was lucky enough to get some good hands and capitalize a lot on the donk play. For instance, the fourth hand I managed to get my KK’s all in preflop against QTs, which doubled my stack right away.

It wasn’t till the final 6 players when it was apparent that everyone was playing well. At that point it was mostly tournament strategy and the cards were almost irrelevant. I was lucky to be in position of the short stacks, so I was able to avoid getting in marginal situations with them while stealing everyone else’s blinds as they were waiting for the short stacks to bust.

In the past when i’ve won satellites, I just cashed out and added it to my bankroll. I’ve done this with satellite wins ranging from $200 to $2600 on stars. I guess I’m a bit of a nit. Full tilt locks you in the tournaments though, so I have to play these. I’m glad though, because i’ll have a shot at scoring a big win and if I don’t then at least i won’t be wondering ‘what if?’