thanks everyone, we just stopped play at 9:30 PM tonight.
We moved 10 handed to the (final table) and played til 9 left.
few hands in, I pick up KK in sb, seat 5 opens for 28k at 5/10k, seat 6 stationary pre, strong player post flats (live pro), i 3bet to 28 + 57k.
seat 5 folds, seat 6 calls.
J94ccc flop. I lead 80k, (villians standard cbet) - he calls. (I held no club)
Turn is like a 6h.
with 3 clubs on board, and my image against this particular villian, I opt to rep the Ac and put out a semipot bet (242k) - he timebanks forever....I try to put out a few false tells since we've played about 10 hours together, and he reships.
I snapcall committed, he flips KJo with no club. no Jack on river.
Few hands later, AQ vs AK, AJTQx, road to the final table is complete.
lets get top 3 and then first one time!
I believe in my dreams, my path has been a long, hard road, and I'm very excited to have this opportunity.
This is my 2nd 1k BI in the past year or two. Last time, I had JJ vs QQ vs Tonkaa for 7th for 11k @ stars on a field of 179. Hopefully this time in the field of 171, I Can take it down!
With a win, first order of business is to skype anyone I owe a penny to, go to western union and start sending.
going to relax for the rest of the night, Final Table Starts at 1PM tomorrow.
I'm chipleader at 1.3 Mil, blinds 500/1k. many stacks are moderate around 250-500k, and 1 960k stack, his names Adam, we had a good half hour chat after the game, real cool guy.
One of my best buddies from the tourney busted 10th, hes a software engineer that plays part time, and played one hell of a tournament, was with him at a few tables.
My best hand played so far was when it got to final 18. Which was ITM.
a guy with over 1m and a hyperlag image flats my open with 98o in the big blind. I had 69hh.
He was drinking alcohol and some shots, and running over the table before I arrived everyone said.
Flop comes 722dd. I cbet, he flats. Hes on the worst board to rep ever..
turn T. he leads 45k or so, i repop 90k ontop. He thinks about 5 seconds and says 250k on top.
I hesitate for a second, could he really have a 2 vs me here? douuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuubtful. We're both 100bb deep going into the hand.
I announce allin. 22679T. he shows and folds and flips out when i show my 69hh. he then proceeds to take his 1 million chips and lose them all within 10 or so hands, he was drinking, the show put him on full all out tilt, his face was so flushed, was truly my best play in a long, long time, for whats at stake for me and my father and my debts that I aim to clear and future BR booooooooooost.
Was alot of coasting, value betting, tons of 6max play today which suits me best imo, and roll into tomorrow with a really strong image and about a 35bb chiplead over 2nd. (950k is 2nd)
My low point was around 650kish after losing sb AQ v co KK, and got back to 1.3 with the KK vs KJ, thankfully.
Looking forward to playing my best tomorrow and getting a nice W.
9th is like 5k, 1st is 45kish. 2nd is 28kish.
Thats all for tonight folks, wish me luck, I hope to high heavens that I have lady luck on my shoulders tomorrow.
Going to go sit in the Jacuzzi, watch a movie and call it a night.
Thats for your support, and rooting me on guys, I appreciate it.
Byrn, I know you're right about a lot of things, yet you tend to be so cynical and re hash so much stuff from the past, when you truly have no idea of what I'm really like, which is why I do get agitated with you're trolling (13k posts hehe)
I'm very optimistic, have been broke or damn near for a few years now working my ass off (staked, had bills paid) to rectify my past mistakes. Took 40k in debts down to around 10k while doing that at 50%, keeping very little if anything for myself.
I'm not looking for a pat on the back, sympathy or anything, but please do understand, this has been the plan again for a long, long time. Clear my debts, continue to keep rolling and continue to grind out any games that im +EV in..
Obviously, I wasn't good enough in 2009 to play in all those games I was in, but that also boosted my learning curve a ton and got me to be able to win at the rate I've been winning at the last couple years.
I know its been a long ass road, I've matured through LP and the LP members, was just a green kid from the suburbs when I started with no business knowledge at all, just the fact that I was an alright player until Jlost88 and Woodbrave took me under there wings, along with DooMeRFD and Sean Nolan and Baza88. If I get this win, which I have the full intention of doing, they have a large part to do with it.
Wish me luck, thats what happened, my thoughts, and have really high hopes for tomorrow.
GL LP,
I wish, I wish, upon a star, to be #1 in buffalo tomorrow. 
RYan
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