Off to a good start in May

Been a while since I last updated,not really sure where to begin.

Why not start off with the big cash. This past Saturday I played in the FTP 50k gtd $100 buyin with 500+ entrants, I qualified through a $15 turbo satellite where I beat out 12 other players to claim the only ticket. I started off the tournament (50k) really hot, being the overall chipleader for most of the first hour. I hit 2 sets within the first 10 hands and got paid off big time... that put me in a comftorable position that early in the mtt, I could be patient yet be very aggressive when I wanted too.

That hot streak wouldn't last long though as I would get the coldest deck ever for the 2nd and 3rd hours, merely stealing a blind every other round to stay afloat. Luckily I had a lot of chips to begin with and kept me in contention of cashing even though I couldnt rake a real pot. After playing the shortstack for a while, I finally picked up KJ in LP and opened for a raise, one of the blinds called and the flop hit me hard, A Q T. I made a lot of chips off of this guy who played back at me with QJ. After that I basically had your regular run of cards, some big pocket pairs , won a coinflip here and there, and had some 60/40 hands hold up. Before I knew it, I was at the final 2 tables, but I was averaged staccked and needed to get some chips if I really wanted to conted for some real money.

But whatta you know, the tables are so damm aggressive that I cant get a good spot to pick up some blinds. Nor did I ever catch a solid hand to double up through. Luckily my friend Derek "forrealDD" showed up right then and offered to help me out and "spot" me if you will. Make sure I dont do anything retarded or screw anything up.

I ended up hanging severly shortstacked from about 15 left until it got to 5 or 6 handed, I dont think I have ever hung on that long being that shortstacked. There were actually moments were my "M" dipped below 3 and hovered around 2. It was so sick, everytime I picked up some kind of a hand, the action in front of me forced me to make really tough laydowns. I wasn't used to playing so shortstacked, I always believed in the back of my mind that I needed a huge chipstack to have any success, but that is obv not the case. It was a great lesson in poker that will clearly help me in the future.

I finally picked up some solid starting hands and was able to chip up to being the chipleader 3 handed. by this time im getting really nervous that I am in contention to win $13,000 dollars, and am already guaranteed $6,000. This is really life changing money for me, and it would take a whole load of weight off of my shoulders. but obv my QQlost to AJ aipf, A3 lost to J9 aipf, and I saw my chiplead slip through my fingers. I ended up getting 3rd place for $6,000... which is very nice and I am very thankful for it. But oh man, the 13k would have been nice. sucks but oh well, nothing I could do, I played my best and recorded my biggest cash to date.