This Month's RTR Freeroll

I was barely treading water at my table. None of my big hands were getting any action.

I finally got the guy on my right to quit raising my blind all the damn time.

This time he completes the small blind.

We got it all in on flop.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3717026177: RakeTheRake $30,000 Freeroll (28099810), Table 123 - 40/80 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:48:54 ET - 2007/09/30
Seat 1: gadzooks64 (1,923)
Seat 2: HerrFisk (450), is sitting out
Seat 3: augie00 (2,402)
Seat 4: TwoWetLips (5,515)
Seat 5: skeemann (390), is sitting out
Seat 6: banana183 (385), is sitting out
Seat 7: RobLP (180), is sitting out
Seat 8: raybrook (300), is sitting out
Seat 9: motuman (3,605)
motuman posts the small blind of 40
gadzooks64 posts the big blind of 80
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to gadzooks64 [5d 9s]
HerrFisk folds
augie00 folds
TwoWetLips folds
skeemann folds
banana183 folds
RobLP folds
raybrook folds
motuman calls 40
gadzooks64 checks
*** FLOP *** [9c 8s 5h]
motuman has 15 seconds left to act
motuman bets 100
gadzooks64 raises to 460
motuman raises to 3,525, and is all in
gadzooks64 calls 1,383, and is all in
motuman shows [9h 8d]
gadzooks64 shows [5d 9s]
Uncalled bet of 1,682 returned to motuman
*** TURN *** [9c 8s 5h] [Qs]
*** RIVER *** [9c 8s 5h Qs] [6d]
motuman shows two pair, Nines and Eights
gadzooks64 shows two pair, Nines and Fives
motuman wins the pot (3,846) with two pair, Nines and Eights
gadzooks64 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,846 | Rake 0
Board: [9c 8s 5h Qs 6d]
Seat 1: gadzooks64 (big blind) showed [5d 9s] and lost with two pair, Nines and Fives
Seat 2: HerrFisk didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: augie00 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: TwoWetLips didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: skeemann didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: banana183 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: RobLP didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: raybrook (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: motuman (small blind) showed [9h 8d] and won (3,846) with two pair, Nines and Eights


The cash tables were equally nasty to me. I raised UTG with KK and got reraised. I flat called when I should have reraised or pushed.

I didn't go broke but I did lose a big chunk of my stack. I managed to get some of it back when I hit middle set versus bottom set. I'm still trying to claw my way back.