Full Tilt Poker shut down.

Full Tilt Poker was shut down by the gaming authorities in Ireland. This pretty much assures that we will not get paid back this year, if ever. Somewhat disappointing end to my poker career.

Online Poker - No More?

FTP / PS / UB have been frozen effective today by the FBI / DOJ. I have about $4k funds stuck online. This is my last blog post until I recover those funds. Best of luck to all.

Soul Reading.

Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (9 handed) - Full Tilt Poker Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com MP3 ($200) Hero (CO) ($406.45) Button ($200) SB ($920.25) BB ($95.35) UTG ($262.35) UTG+1 ($84.75) MP1 ($584.35) MP2 ($81) . Preflop: Hero is CO with K, K 5 folds, Hero bets $6, 1 fold, SB raises to $16, 1 fold, Hero calls $10. Was 200 BB deep and the 3-bettor was rather nitty so I opted to call instead of 4-bet. . Flop: ($34) 10, 8, 3 (2 players) SB bets $22, Hero raises to $44, SB calls $22 . Turn: ($122) A (2 players) SB checks, Hero checks . River: ($122) 9 (2 players) SB bets $48, dobieatwar: hope u have QQ Hero calls $48 Total pot: $218 Rake: $3 Results: SB had Q, Q (one pair, Queens). Hero had K, K (one pair, Kings). Outcome: Hero won $215

Does FTP read my blog?

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Thanks FTP!

Lack of updates.

Been busy and haven't been updating the blog.

Got a new car (nothing fancy), dealing with some problems with the rental properties, moved a little of my play back to PS (after the bonus, I keep getting tricked into trying to get that next stellar reward...), had decent results in March despite taking 8 days off (at work, so no access to the exact numbers).

So since these things have been happening, FTP sent me a surprising email that contained the following sentence: I have noticed that you have not been playing with us as much recently and wanted to see how your poker is going. .

I don't really know how or if I should reply. The reasons my play decreased were the following: . 1) was on vacation for some of March. 2) moved some play to PS for the bonus. 3) got less motivated when I lost my 3x FTP multiplier when my average dipped below 1,500. 4) got less motivated and a little upset about the implementation of bonus points for the durrrr promo (I would have got 32k points for the medium, but only got 21k points for the high). I think they implemented this rather poorly, I should have got either 32k points or 53k points, but I only got 21k points. 5) got a little ticked off about all the MGR deductions that caused me to have no rakeback for 2 weeks and nominal rakeback for a third week. 6) got less motivated and stressed out because of a bad cashout problem and experience with my wire. (at least this got resolved now) .

Even with all of these reasons, I still plan to "get back to the grind" and increase my play again on FTP because I like money.