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Well, that was an easy way to make the Finals! PLO is (was) an easy way to get a ticket. Even after we got to the top 72 (which get a ticket to the Finals on December 21st) there were still a bunch of Step tickets up for grabs if you made it past 45th spot. So many donks are pushing with afc, and I found myself cruise to an easy top 20 finish. My goal was qualify, then once that happened, my goal switched to FT. Did my best but shortstacked late, there wasn't much I could do and was outdrawn.

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PokerStars Game #22951213409: Tournament #124189658, Freeroll Omaha Pot Limit -
Level XXIII (2000/4000) - 2008/12/15 18:06:21 ET
Table '124189658 29' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: BurnleyJoe (31862 in chips)
Seat 2: mattythatguy (14370 in chips)
Seat 3: Wallyayay (36575 in chips)
Seat 4: Tom Bayes (40870 in chips)
Seat 5: snowsharkpe (31927 in chips)
Seat 6: Diffler (60700 in chips)
Seat 7: bojanika (132923 in chips)
Seat 8: blahdy (59294 in chips)
Seat 9: Imric_est (53920 in chips)
BurnleyJoe: posts small blind 2000
mattythatguy: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mattythatguy [Qh Td 9d Ts]
Wallyayay: folds
Tom Bayes: folds
snowsharkpe: folds
Diffler: folds
bojanika: folds
blahdy: folds
Imric_est: folds
BurnleyJoe: raises 8000 to 12000
mattythatguy: raises 2370 to 14370 and is all-in
BurnleyJoe: calls 2370
*** FLOP *** [2d 7d Jd]
*** TURN *** [2d 7d Jd] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [2d 7d Jd Th] [6s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BurnleyJoe: shows [8d Qs Qd 6d] (a flush, Queen high)
mattythatguy: shows [Qh Td 9d Ts] (a flush, Jack high)
BurnleyJoe collected 28740 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 28740 | Rake 0
Board [2d 7d Jd Th 6s]
Seat 1: BurnleyJoe (small blind) showed [8d Qs Qd 6d] and won (28740) with a flush,
Queen high
Seat 2: mattythatguy (big blind) showed [Qh Td 9d Ts] and lost with a flush, Jack high
Seat 3: Wallyayay folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Tom Bayes folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: snowsharkpe folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Diffler folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: bojanika folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: blahdy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Imric_est (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

The good news is, I won a Step 3 ticket as well as my Finals ticket. Woot! Although I haven't seen that step ticket in my account yet...