Lost my virginity

Quote from June 25th blog:

I do have to admit I'd really LOVE to satellite into one of the big weekly tourneys soon. That 500K guarantee on Sunday's is so alluring to me, just cashing in that tourney would be a good payday. Final table??? Fuggidddabbouuutttittt. That's going to be a goal of mine for the year: satellite into the big Sunday guarantee. I won't say cashing because that's going to be hard and I doubt I'll be able to make into the tourney more than 2 or 3 times. But just to get in, either through a cheap supersatellite or using a $26 token or something would be an accomplisment to me. Everything after would be up to the poker gods.
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Well I managed to do it! Friday night I took down an 8.80 44 player MTT satellite. 1st was the only seat, with 2-4 paid out in cash. I did it by playing one hand pretty poorly on the bubble and getting lucky:

Full Tilt Poker Game #3145321326: Satellite to $500K Guarantee (22780505), Table 3 - 300/600 Ante 75 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:59:51 ET - 2007/08/03
Seat 2: Dray (16,530)
Seat 3: zeeland (12,160)
Seat 5: dukedevil14 (14,615)
Seat 6: 3dogbyte (9,690)
Seat 7: marchinito07 (13,005)
Dray antes 75
zeeland antes 75
dukedevil14 antes 75
3dogbyte antes 75
marchinito07 antes 75
zeeland posts the small blind of 300
dukedevil14 posts the big blind of 600
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Dray [7h Th]
3dogbyte folds
marchinito07 folds
Dray raises to 1,200 (BB had been pretty aggressive but I'd seen him fold to this raise more than once already)
zeeland: oh i'm in the daily double
zeeland folds
dukedevil14 calls 600
*** FLOP *** [Jh 6h 8d]
dukedevil14 checks
zeeland: busy
Dray has 15 seconds left to act
Dray bets 1,800
dukedevil14 has 15 seconds left to act
dukedevil14 raises to 4,900 (I should have shoved here I think but opted for conservative route/implied odds)
Dray calls 3,100
*** TURN *** [Jh 6h 8d] [Ts]
dukedevil14 bets 8,440, and is all in (This left me with 2000 behind but the math was so right and I had so many outs I felt I had to run with it and gamble if I wanted the seat. I didn't care about cashing)
Dray calls 8,440
dukedevil14 shows [8c Jc]
Dray shows [7h Th]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 6h 8d Ts] [Tc]
dukedevil14 shows two pair, Jacks and Tens
Dray shows three of a kind, Tens
Dray wins the pot (29,755) with three of a kind, Tens
dukedevil14 stands up
The blinds are now 400/800 with an ante of 100
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 29,755 | Rake 0
Board: [Jh 6h 8d Ts Tc]
Seat 2: Dray (button) showed [7h Th] and won (29,755) with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 3: zeeland (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: dukedevil14 (big blind) showed [8c Jc] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Tens
Seat 6: 3dogbyte folded before the Flop
Seat 7: marchinito07 folded before the Flop

I take that stack all the way to the win. Then Sunday rolls around. First level:

Full Tilt Poker Game #3163217073: $500,000 Guarantee (22779534), Table 149 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:15:46 ET - 2007/08/05
Seat 1: slavikk (2,695)
Seat 2: William Zei (3,180)
Seat 3: Daddy1234 (3,275)
Seat 4: drew0343 (2,455)
Seat 5: PeterLy81 (3,355)
Seat 6: Dray (3,280)
Seat 7: Imustcall (2,750)
Seat 8: ctpkr (2,920)
Seat 9: honkyboy (3,090)
PeterLy81 posts the small blind of 15
Dray posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Dray [Ks Kd]
Imustcall folds
ctpkr folds
honkyboy folds
slavikk folds
William Zei raises to 105
Daddy1234 calls 105
drew0343 folds
PeterLy81 folds
Dray raises to 500
William Zei has 15 seconds left to act
William Zei raises to 3,180, and is all in
Daddy1234 folds
Dray calls 2,680
William Zei shows [Ah Ac]
Dray shows [Ks Kd]
*** FLOP *** [6h 7h 2d]
*** TURN *** [6h 7h 2d] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [6h 7h 2d 7c] [9c]
William Zei shows two pair, Aces and Sevens
Dray shows two pair, Kings and Sevens
William Zei wins the pot (6,480) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Dray: nh
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6,480 | Rake 0
Board: [6h 7h 2d 7c 9c]
Seat 1: slavikk didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: William Zei showed [Ah Ac] and won (6,480) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 3: Daddy1234 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: drew0343 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: PeterLy81 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: Dray (big blind) showed [Ks Kd] and lost with two pair, Kings and Sevens
Seat 7: Imustcall didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: ctpkr didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: honkyboy didn't bet (folded)

What a sick way to go. Oh well. Like I said just qualifying into it was this shit. I basically lost my Sunday Major virginity yesterday, and I definitely don't think I'll ever forget THIS experience.

I'll get back again soon. But I don't expect to cash until I have a least 3 or 4 more under my belt. Unless I just get hit over the head with the deck then who knows.

Taking a break until Wednesday night, live cash game at Pat's and watching the WPT championship! The Matador is a bad mutha shut you mouth!