Could it be?

I think the curse has been lifted.

PokerStars Tournament #15862101, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $20.00/$2.00
180 players
Total Prize Pool: $3600.00
Tournament started - 2005/11/30 - 21:08:26 (ET)

Dear BulldogMafia,

You finished the tournament in 13th place.
A $43.20 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 85.82 tournament leader points in this tournament.
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Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.


Played this one real well. Did a couple of mistakes here or there but over all I loved my play. Last hand I played was the one hand I hated though. I just did not want to reach the final table last in chips again. So yeah I knew I was taking a chance…..but damn that river was unkind.



*********** # 181 **************
PokerStars Game #3207074623: Tournament #15862101, Hold'em No Limit - Level X
(400/800) - 2005/11/30 - 23:40:10 (ET)
Table '15862101 8' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: BulldogMafia (12797 in chips) (10th out of 13)
Seat 2: pedzing (7934 in chips)
Seat 3: Montana09 (18234 in chips)
Seat 4: tricky baby (27374 in chips)
Seat 7: sleepyjoe (19894 in chips)
Seat 9: "T.D.K." (16326 in chips)
BulldogMafia: posts the ante 50
pedzing: posts the ante 50
Montana09: posts the ante 50
tricky baby: posts the ante 50
sleepyjoe: posts the ante 50
"T.D.K.": posts the ante 50
pedzing: posts small blind 400
Montana09: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BulldogMafia [8c Ac]
tricky baby: folds
sleepyjoe: folds
"T.D.K.": folds
BulldogMafia: raises 1600 to 2400
pedzing: folds
Montana09: raises 11200 to 13600
BulldogMafia: calls 10347 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [9s Th As]
*** TURN *** [9s Th As] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [9s Th As 3h] [Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Montana09: shows [Qd Qs] (three of a kind, Queens)
BulldogMafia: shows [8c Ac] (a pair of Aces)
Montana09 collected 26194 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 26194 | Rake 0
Board [9s Th As 3h Qh]
Seat 1: BulldogMafia (button) showed [8c Ac] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: pedzing (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Montana09 (big blind) showed [Qd Qs] and won (26194) with three of a
kind, Queens
Seat 4: tricky baby folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: sleepyjoe folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: "T.D.K." folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Just as an FYI I had been stealing a lot with weak aces. 6 handed Ac8c is a very strong hand. But I could have still gotten away from this one….and I should have. Sigh.

For those of you who don’t know on the Poker Stars 180 person, the money starts in 18th place but pays the same 18th-10th. So I was looking to double up at some point prior to the final table.

BTW that is two tourney's in a row with cashes.

Take care and may the Pagan Poker Gods be kind.....