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Played FTOPS event 2 the $256 PLO knock out, where you get $40 for every player you knock out.

I really don't know why I play knock outs, because I don't tend to knock people out. I like to control the pot size and keep it small. Anyway - I played really badly. This was the highlight:

At the 50/100 level I have 1,779 out of the original 3,000 left. I manage to get all my chips on the flop with Qd Ad 9d 8s against mikeypiez Ah Qs Qc 9s on a board Qh 2c 4h Tc Jh. I am a luck box. This leaves mikeypiez with 1 whole chip. And I want his bounty - talk about do all the hard work eh! He manages to run that up to 5 on the next hand. Next hand, this happens.

I have 3,708 chips I get 6c 5c 7d 5d in mid position. UTG THAY3R (pro Thayer Rasmussen) who has 2,923 calls 100 mikeypiez calls 5 and is all in UTG+2 calls, I call looking to see a cheap one and liking my hand a lot (for the straight possibilitiesas much as anything).

The button OnlyPlayRagz (who won the WCOOP Razz event and has a misely 1,234) raises to 655, blinds fold. THAY3R raises to 2,320 (so he has about 600 left). UTG+2 folds. I go into the tank.

Basically I think I have to get em in - there is a chance to knock out three players and pick up $120 in bounties, and clearly no one is going to fold from here.

The way I see it OnlyPlay Ragz could have anything - it looks like a steel attempt gone wrong. He's probably got high cards and maybe a pair like jacks or queens. I suspect Thay3r has a fairly big hand maybe kings or queens with some draws - and figures he can pick off the steel - he has been playing tight so he might have a monster. Either way he's looking to isolate, hoping his hand will hold up.

Hopefully they both have (and need) high cards, which means their hands will act as blockers (Razz thinking). Hopefully one of my flush draws is live and you never know one of them might be dead against onlyplayragz and live against Thay3r. So I might get out of this in half decent shape even if I lose the main pot. I will definitey have 800 left - 8 bb's so I won't get knocked out.

I push - they call. OnlyPlayRagz shows [7h Kh Tc Kd] THAY3R shows [Ac Qh 2c 9h] mikeypiez shows [8h Ks 9d Ts]. This isn't too bad. There are some high blockers and only I am going low. My fives, diamond draw and straight draws are live. The club draw is gone (barring a str8 flush!).

FLOP *** [Td 5h 5s] and it all over. Meaningless Jd and Ad follow so I have the best and second best hands! 7,335 chips and $120 coming my way. Nice. I think I did the right thing.

Busted about an hour later playing like a prat.