Two beats on FTP

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The first was when I lost a pot of about $500 at a $4/$2 cash game on Full Tilt Poker.

I made an awesome call when my pre-flop bet to steal the blinds with J9 off-suit was raised when the flop came down and I hit the top pair 9's with J kicker.

The guy put me all-in for a pot of about $100 and I called him (as he was an aggressive type of player and I had some tells on his game).

He hit a 9 as well, and his 7 kicker was lower than mine. You can guess what happened there, LOL (not really)... the river brought a 7 so he took down the pot.

Later in the same session I limped in with pocket Aces. Small blind called and the big blind checked. Highest card on the board was a Jack. I raised significantly to pick up the pot right there, the guy on SB folded, the guy on BB re-raised me... and I called.

The turn was a 5. Now two fives on the board and a J. I know I was fuct, but sometimes you make a bad move, so I pushed all-in. The guy opened up showing J5 and only a river A or 5 could save me. No help and as usual the luck was with the other

Well, there I blew a lot of money I had build up slowly.

By the way, Full Tilt Poker is a great site. It was a while since I played there, but I installed it on my Mac the other day and started playing a little now and then. They have a nice offer in games and loads of traffic, of which the fast majority is US.