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Going into last night’s Twitter Poker Tour, I was somewhere around 31^st on the leader board, mainly due to my horrendous 50^th place finish last week, as the week before I finished in a somewhat (insert donkey sound) respectable 22^nd.  So I told myself to play better, tighten up my opening range, which usually hovers around almost anything depending on my mood and stop getting in good and getting sucked out!   I picked up Aces FOUR times, unfortunately, twice was in the BB and everyone folded around, once I opened up to 4x and only got the BB to call, then check/fold the flop and the fourth time, I was in middle position, and kbinferno opened up 3x and FTP decides to lock up on me and force a time out.  I got wilted down and shoved 77 into JJ, lucky for me a 7 fell on the river to more than double me up and I was sitting pretty, around 7^th of 35 remaining (I believe 93 started).  After that, nothing good happened, I remember a few times being forced out of pots with nothing.  Eventually, near the money bubble, I was dealt JJ.  Scott Diamond, aka, DeputySD, aka chiwawa, opened up a standard raise, Val Zlasdjkflasjkdflakfowekasldagaldk (pardon that his last name is too hard to spell),aka, Blizge, smooth called and I jam my remaining chips, to my delight, both Scott and Val called, I was looking at a triple up! The flop came T high, two hearts, Scott shoved and Val insta called.  My heart sank.  I knew I was beat. And man was I ever beat, Scott held TT for a flopped set and Val held QQ .   Both players had me, I was looking to spike one of the last two Jacks, but fortunes were not on my side and Scott’s set held and eliminated me in 22^nd.  Money was at 19.  Oh well. I really enjoyed playing and listening to the broadcast as Paul and Geoff interviewed November 9’er Matt Jarvis and was later joined by Bluff Magazines senior editor, Jess Welman and the man who takes pretty pictures and knows a lot about the happenings in the world of poker, B.J. Nemeth.   Lifelong TPTer Tracy Snell would end up shipping the event, thus securing himself a leader board top spot and a ticket into the 750K Guarantee on Full Tilt Poker this Sunday (or any Sunday he wants to play).  Thanks again for a great show and event guys.  And remember; if you play online poker, please come join us every Thursday night at 9 PM EST! See you next week!