WPT Cruise

[Bama Gambler]

Wanted to share some good news (and brag a little). I'm going to play in a World Poker Tour (WPT) event!! I played in a tournament yesterday at PokerStars and the top four finishers out of 275 won a cruise for 2, 1000 cash, and 7500 buy-in for the PokerStars WPT event. When it got down to 5 players one of the players said he would take 5th if we each gave him $500. I am so excited. Wish me luck Jan. 18 - Jan. 25.

[Ninjuary]

That's awesome. Good luck Bama!

[Happy Extinction]

Bama,

that is awesome.

Did you buy straight in to that Tourney?

How much?

Any particularly great hands?

And how much will you win when you come in first on the cruise?

[Bama Gambler]

On PokerStars that have FPP (frequent player points). You get FPP for every tournament or ring game you play in. I had a little over a 1000 FPP. I played in a 1000 FPP tournament where the top 9 (out of approx 100) moved on to the second round. You can either win your way in (like I did) or put up 10,000 FPP points for the second round. So basically I didn't pay anything to enter the tournament.

For most of the tournament (lasted over 7 hours) I was always a little below average. When 20 players were left I hit a couple of big hands. I picked up AA on the button. UTG+1 raised three times the big blind and I put all-in. He called. And I won a big pot. This put me in about 10th place. Then I got 55 on the big blind. One person from middle position raised 2x and the small blind called and I called. Flop came 256 with two clubs. Small blind bet the pot (about 10,000). I raised all-in. BOTH called. Small blind had QQ and middle position had AA. They both had a club. The turn was club, but thankfully the river was not a club. Now with 19 left I'm a HUGE chip leader. I had about 55,000 and second only had around 30,000. A couple of hands later I picked up KK one off the button. I raised 3x and the big blind raised all-in for 10,000 more. I called. He had AT and an ace came on the flop. This droped me to 2nd place. I was in 2nd place all the way until 12 players were left and I lost a couple of pots droping me to 9th. I clawed my way back to 3rd. When it got down to 6 players left two were really low. Less than 15,000 each. They went all-in vs. each other leaving one with approx 30,000. Now we were down to 5. I made a HUGE mistake when I overplayed KJ against the chip leader and it knocked me down to 65,000. Then I picked up AK in the small blind with the low man on the big blind. I raised 2x and he called. The flop came A83 with two spades. I bet the pot and he raised all-in. I called and he had 67 spades. The K of spades came on the turn making him a flush, but made me two pair. No Ace or King on the river and now I'm the low man in danger of finishing in 5th place. A few hands later I got AJ and raised. The chip leader called. Flop came AQT. I bet 4,000 and he raised me to 15,000. I had 35,000 left and I knew if I folded I would be struggling to stay alive. I re-raised all-in. I couldn't watch the screen. My heart was pounding. I was in serious danger of finishing in 5th and getting nothing! He thought for a long time and folded. A few hands after that we made the deal and my wife and I
:party:

[Grits N Gravy]

Congratualtions Bama!

Will they mix in the pro's and the amateurs right away, or will they have separate divisions then have the winners face off like in Aruba? How many people are in the tournament?

Good luck!

[Bama Gambler]

Congratualtions Bama!

Will they mix in the pro's and the amateurs right away, or will they have separate divisions then have the winners face off like in Aruba? How many people are in the tournament?

Good luck!I think the pros will be in right away. I'm not sure how many players, but with a 1,000,000 prize pool guaranteed I'm sure at least 200 will play. That will make the prize pool 1,500,000. PokerStars is running Cash Satellites and FPP Satellites all the way until January. So I guess a lot people will win seats. The World Poker Open (Tunica, MS) is running about that same time so I don't know if that will affect the number of entrants. I think the main event at the WPO is after the cruise.

Glenn,
If I make the final table and they don't make me wear a PokerStars shirt (they prob would) I might wear my Rebel Outpost Shirt!

[Expunge]

congrats bama! let us know when you're on tv.

[Sotally Tober]

Awesome! :o I wish you the best of luck. Keep us posted and tell Phil Hellmuth (if you see him), that he is THE MAN! Like him or hate, you gotta like the way he plays.

Hope to see you at the final table.

[Expunge]

Congratualtions Bama!

Will they mix in the pro's and the amateurs right away, or will they have separate divisions then have the winners face off like in Aruba? How many people are in the tournament?

Good luck!I think the pros will be in right away. I'm not sure how many players, but with a 1,000,000 prize pool guaranteed I'm sure at least 200 will play. That will make the prize pool 1,500,000. PokerStars is running Cash Satellites and FPP Satellites all the way until January. So I guess a lot people will win seats. The World Poker Open (Tunica, MS) is running about that same time so I don't know if that will affect the number of entrants. I think the main event at the WPO is after the cruise.

Glenn,
If I make the final table and they don't make me wear a PokerStars shirt (they prob would) I might wear my Rebel Outpost Shirt!

I think glenn ought to put together a huge apparel line for you you gotta be able to get the logo on somewhere.

Do you have a pair of cool shades yet?

[Bama Gambler]

Do you have a pair of cool shades yet?I have some shades but I don't know if I'm going to wear them. Glenn are there any Rebel hats?

[Expunge]

have you played any real life poker , more than the neighborhood game?

[Bama Gambler]

I played every now and then in college. Mostly 5-10 hold'em. I've only played 5 tournament at a casino. 3 of those were $20 buy-in and 2 were $50 buy-ins. All of them around 40 players. I made the final table in 2 of those. Online, I mostly play SNG (sit-n-go) tournaments. Usually one table but occasionally two table tournaments. The biggest tournament I have played in the monthly $500 buy-in NL tournament on PokerStars. I didn't even come close to the money. I think I finished around 400th.

[Bama Gambler]

Awesome! :o I wish you the best of luck. Keep us posted and tell Phil Hellmuth (if you see him), that he is THE MAN! Like him or hate, you gotta like the way he plays.

Hope to see you at the final table.Thanks. I agree Phil is one hell of a player. I'll like to think we have similar styles. I think Howard Lederer is the best player in the world. I'm sure I will see all those guys there. To round out my top 5: Phil Ivey, Alan Cunningham, and Scotty Nguyen.

[Sotally Tober]

Awesome! :o I wish you the best of luck. Keep us posted and tell Phil Hellmuth (if you see him), that he is THE MAN! Like him or hate, you gotta like the way he plays.

Hope to see you at the final table.Thanks. I agree Phil is one hell of a player. I'll like to think we have similar styles. I think Howard Lederer is the best player in the world. I'm sure I will see all those guys there. To round out my top 5: Phil Ivey, Alan Cunningham, and Scotty Nguyen.

I like Lederer too. He reminds of my dad, the way he sits there and thinks. They even kinda resemble each other.

Top 5 I'd hate to face:

1. Phil Hellmuth
2. Phil Ivey
3. Gus Hanson
4. Scotty Nguyen (he's irritate the HELL out of me, but he can play)
5. Eric Seidel

Honorable Mention: Bama Gambler, and he's quickly moving up the list! :P

[Triweasel]

Congratulations Bama!
I hope we get to see you on tv so I can say "Hey, I know that guy that just won the tournament!"

[Grits N Gravy]

Awesome! :o I wish you the best of luck. Keep us posted and tell Phil Hellmuth (if you see him), that he is THE MAN! Like him or hate, you gotta like the way he plays.

Hope to see you at the final table.Thanks. I agree Phil is one hell of a player. I'll like to think we have similar styles. I think Howard Lederer is the best player in the world. I'm sure I will see all those guys there. To round out my top 5: Phil Ivey, Alan Cunningham, and Scotty Nguyen.

I like Lederer too. He reminds of my dad, the way he sits there and thinks. They even kinda resemble each other.

Top 5 I'd hate to face:

1. Phil Hellmuth
2. Phil Ivey
3. Gus Hanson
4. Scotty Nguyen (he's irritate the HELL out of me, but he can play)
5. Eric Seidel

Honorable Mention: Bama Gambler, and he's quickly moving up the list! :P

I'd add Johnny Chan and maybe T.J. Cloutier.

Players I'd most like to smack upside the head would be Dutch Boyd and that former magician guy that does the stupid hand waving thing after busting someone out of a tournament.

[cubedbee]

Congrats Bama. Good luck in the tournament, and enjoy the cruise.

[Sotally Tober]

When it got down to 5 players one of the players said he would take 5th if we each gave him $500. I am so excited. Wish me luck Jan. 18 - Jan. 25.

I do have to say that I am surprised PokerStars allowed this, a player to be paid like that.

[Bama Gambler]

When it got down to 5 players one of the players said he would take 5th if we each gave him $500. I am so excited. Wish me luck Jan. 18 - Jan. 25.

I do have to say that I am surprised PokerStars allowed this, a player to be paid like that.PokerStars is all about pleasing the customer. My friend has suggested many ideas and most of them have been implemented. They give a lot back to their players and their promotions are actually valuable.

[tommie frazier]

wow. that sounds awesome. good luck to you.

I am very envious.

Do well for all the dead money watching from home.

[Bama Gambler]

We almost forgot about Layne Flack. He's very tough.

I just realized I will be cruising right after I get Course 5 results. It could be a celebration or an attempt to forget the 300+ hours I wasted.

Thanks to all the well wishers!

[Jables]

Good luck! :tup:

[Bama Gambler]

More bragging:
PokerStars Tournament #536111, Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $30.00/$3.00
198 players
Total Prize Pool: $5940.00
Tournament started - 2003/11/14 - 23:00:00 (ET)

Dear Bama Gambler,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $1,782.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 349.07 tournament leader points in this tournament. For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at http://www.pokerstars.com/tlb_tournament_rankings.htm


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

[Expunge]

Wow, congrats.

[Pseudolus]

When it got down to 5 players one of the players said he would take 5th if we each gave him $500.

To a poker-know-nothing like myself, it seems odd that you'd be allowed - if I'm understanding you correctly - to essentially bribe an opponent to drop out. Is that common practice?

[Bama Gambler]

When it got down to 5 players one of the players said he would take 5th if we each gave him $500.

To a poker-know-nothing like myself, it seems odd that you'd be allowed - if I'm understanding you correctly - to essentially bribe an opponent to drop out. Is that common practice?Never seen it done before, but deals are made all the time (usually to split the money in a certain way). This tournament was different since we were playing for a package (Cruise, 7500 buy-in to a tournament, and 1000 cash). Since we couldn't split up the cruise seats and tournament seats we offered cash. My first offer was a "save". Since there was 5 left and only 4 get the prize, a save would be something each of the 4 give the person who finishes in 5th. For example, we could have done a $500 save. That means whoever finished in 5th would get 500 from each person. When I offered this the low man said he would take $500 period and not go on the cruise. Once everyone else agreed the tournament was over. No need to play any more hands.

[Expunge]

even in tournaments such as the world series, if all remaining parties in the tournament agree to split the pot in a matter other than what was set forth in the original payschedule, the tournament directors will indeed pay it out in the agreed apon way. For online poker the fact that they store the chat dialog helps insure that a player isn't bluffing that they will send money at a later time. In real life you could just call over the tourny director. In this case the cruise and entry fee are worth approximately $11,000.

[Pseudolus]

Huh. Learn something new every day. Thanks.

[Bama Gambler]

In real life you could just call over the tourny director. And online too. We asked them to stop the tournament so we could discuss a deal. Once we reached an aggreement they handled the payout. Basically I got 500 credited to my account instead of 1000. They (PokerStars) will let you make deals in any tournament.

[Bama Gambler]

BTW, a lot of tournaments end in deals. They don't show it on tv b/c that's not interesting. In a big buy-in tournament even if you make a deal you still want to win for the trophy (or braclet or whatever).

[Sunny]

In any case, Bama, this is way cool. :notworth: Good luck man! :crazy:

[Expunge]

Glad i didn't get involved in this hand

Hello littlerivers,
You have recently requested your transcript of the game number 246715683.


***** Hand History for Game 246715683 *****
100/200 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (Limit) (Tournament 1378040) - Mon Nov 17 22:07:11 EST 2003
Table Card Room Table 2794 (Real Money) -- Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 2: littlerivers (1118)
Seat 3: dankk (485)
Seat 4: selyograg (235)
Seat 5: Corke (1712)
Seat 6: DRSAVAGE (1090)
Seat 7: escada20 (710)
Seat 8: WagerMe (905)
Seat 9: Goose48 (1030)
Seat 10: blchrist (715)
escada20 posts small blind (50)
WagerMe posts big blind (100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to littlerivers [ Ts, Qh ]
Goose48 raises (200) to 200
blchrist folds.
littlerivers folds.
dankk folds.
selyograg folds.
Corke folds.
DRSAVAGE folds.
escada20 calls (150)
WagerMe calls (100)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 9s, Kh, Tc ]
escada20 checks.
WagerMe bets (100)
Goose48 calls (100)
escada20 calls (100)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Th ]
escada20 checks.
WagerMe checks.
Goose48 bets (200)
escada20 calls (200)
WagerMe raises (400) to 400
Goose48 calls (200)
escada20 calls (200)
** Dealing River ** : [ Jc ]
escada20 checks.
WagerMe bets (200)
Goose48 raises (330) to 330
Goose48 calls all-In.
escada20 calls (10)
escada20 calls all-In.
WagerMe calls (5)
WagerMe calls all-In.
Creating Main Pot with $2130 with escada20
Creating Side Pot 1 with $390 with WagerMe
Creating Side Pot 2 with $125 with Goose48
** Summary **
Main Pot: 2130 | Side Pot 1: 390 | Side Pot 2: 125
Board: [ 9s Kh Tc Th Jc ]
littlerivers balance 1118, didn't bet (folded)
dankk balance 485, didn't bet (folded)
selyograg balance 235, didn't bet (folded)
Corke balance 1712, didn't bet (folded)
DRSAVAGE balance 1090, didn't bet (folded)
escada20 balance 0, lost 710 [ Ah Jh ] [ two pairs, jacks and tens -- Ah,Jh,Jc,Tc,Th ]
WagerMe balance 2520, bet 905, collected 2520, net +1615 [ Kd Td ] [ a full house, Tens full of kings -- Kd,Kh,Td,Tc,Th ]
Goose48 balance 125, bet 1030, collected 125, lost -905 [ Qc Ks ] [ a straight, nine to king -- Ks,Qc,Jc,Tc,9s ]
blchrist balance 715, didn't bet (folded)

For detailed handhistory, click here

[Happy Extinction]

Not exactly $.5/$1 limit poker, either!

[Bama Gambler]

:bump:

One month to go!! Unfortunately I haven’t practiced much lately. I need to be playing more multi-table tournaments. They just take so long!

[Hummer]

:bump:

One month to go!! Unfortunately I haven’t practiced much lately. I need to be playing more multi-table tournaments. They just take so long!

Will this cruise be the first show of the new season? I know they are starting the new season soon, but was not sure.

[Bama Gambler]

The first show of the new season was last Wed. Here is a schedule:
http://www.worldpokertour.com/tv_show/schedule.phtml

[Expunge]

I wish you the best of luck. (AKA the same luck as that $30 tourney) When you make the final table just let us know so we can watch the final results on tv. I want to be routing for you without knowing the outcome. OTOH you can discuss all hands prior to the TV part as soon as you get back.

[Expunge]

The first show of the new season was last Wed. Here is a schedule:
http://www.worldpokertour.com/tv_show/schedule.phtml

???? Looks like the ongoing season not the new season. is there a season in poker?

[Bama Gambler]

(AKA the same luck as that $30 tourney) :lol: You can't let that go, can you? :lol:

[Bama Gambler]

The first show of the new season was last Wed. Here is a schedule:
http://www.worldpokertour.com/tv_show/schedule.phtml

???? Looks like the ongoing season not the new season. is there a season in poker?I was referring to the new season of shows, but I could be wrong about this too. I just thought last weeks episode was the first new one in a long time (thus the new season).

[Expunge]

(AKA the same luck as that $30 tourney) :lol: You can't let that go, can you? :lol:

As I said before I don't take anything away from your skill for winning this tournament. However i don't exactly add much to your skill for winning this tournament. And if you can't realize that you got many good cards/flops in that tournament, then that does indeed speak about your skill.

[Bama Gambler]

(AKA the same luck as that $30 tourney) :lol: You can't let that go, can you? :lol:


As I said before I don't take anything away from your skill for winning this tournament. However i don't exactly add much to your skill for winning this tournament.I know, but you keep bringing it up. A simple good luck would have been sufficient. Either way, thanks! I hope my luck is ever better than in the $30 tournament. :D

[Expunge]

(AKA the same luck as that $30 tourney) :lol: You can't let that go, can you? :lol:


As I said before I don't take anything away from your skill for winning this tournament. However i don't exactly add much to your skill for winning this tournament.I know, but you keep bringing it up. A simple good luck would have been sufficient. Either way, thanks! I hope my luck is ever better than in the $30 tournament. :D

I kept bringing it up as your replie didn't indicate to me that you aknowledged the above. But they also leaned toward trying to make it sound like you got the opposite of the above.

And yes I'll wish you even better luck than the above.

p.s. are we continuing with any of the poker ai? or have you dropped that idea?

[Bama Gambler]

I kept bringing it up as your replie didn't indicate to me that you aknowledged the above. But they also leaned toward trying to make it sound like you got the opposite of the above.My luck wasn't bad, but it wasn't Moneymaker style either. Every winner of a multitable tournament had some good cards and nice flops.

And yes I'll wish you even better luck than the above.Thanks

p.s. are we continuing with any of the poker ai? or have you dropped that idea?It's still in the back of my mind. But I don't have the time to devote to it right now.

[Expunge]

I kept bringing it up as your replie didn't indicate to me that you aknowledged the above. But they also leaned toward trying to make it sound like you got the opposite of the above.My luck wasn't bad, but it wasn't Moneymaker style either. Every winner of a multitable tournament had some good cards and nice flops.

And yes I'll wish you even better luck than the above.Thanks

p.s. are we continuing with any of the poker ai? or have you dropped that idea?It's still in the back of my mind. But I don't have the time to devote to it right now.

:lol You're right moneymaker kept getting bailed out on the river. You just bet your draws on the flop and got them on the turn.

[Bama Gambler]

Did you closely read all 317 hands to determine I was so lucky? Or did you write a program to analyze this? Do you have any hard facts? Like x% of the time you bet when you were the underdog and won. Or is this just your impression of the tournament? I don't recall any terrible beats, but I don't recall any miracles either (for example, hit a two outer to stay alive). All I remember is good, solid poker.

[FSAme]

what tournament are you guys talking about? there seems to be some bad blood there. Were you guys in a tourney together?

If so, is the hand history posted on here somewhere?

[Hummer]

Did you closely read all 317 hands to determine I was so lucky? Or did you write a program to analyze this? Do you have any hard facts? Like x% of the time you bet when you were the underdog and won. Or is this just your impression of the tournament? I don't recall any terrible beats, but I don't recall any miracles either (for example, hit a two outer to stay alive). All I remember is good, solid poker.

Bottom line: You need to be good and a little lucky to win a tournament. Skill can get you far in a tournament; luck will help along the way just as bad luck can get you knocked out even if you made the "right" moves.

I'm looking forward to your WPT experience.

[Expunge]

no bad blood. Just trying to give an opinion. I don't have exact numbers but when i was reading your 315 (2 of the deals were when you were transfered to a new table and didn't get a hand) and making preliminary comments there were more than just a couple times you outdrew someone on the river. You also were dealt AA, 3 times out of the 315.
the computer analysis i did is below. % expected, Group number (from poker for advanced players), # times you were dealt the hand, and your percentage. this is the only computer analysis i have done. That was a simple macro to write.
I also recall a couple of free flops that gave you very strong hands. As well as making your flush draw on the turn atleast a coupl of times.
this is a characteristic of good poker, but the frequency of hitting on these draws is luck.
2.1% G1 8 2.5%
2.3% G2 8 2.5%
2.6% G3 7 2.2%
3.8% G4 12 3.8%
7.4% G5 27 8.6%
5.1% G6 20 6.3%
7.7% G7 25 7.9%
10.0% G8 30 9.5%
59.1% G9 178 56.5%
315

[Expunge]

a summary of the trash i got tonight. played in a $20 nl tourney and survived to 235th of 1179.


2.1% G1 0 0.0%
2.3% G2 2 1.8%
2.6% G3 1 0.9%
3.8% G4 5 4.6%
7.4% G5 7 6.4%
5.1% G6 4 3.7%
7.7% G7 6 5.5%
10.0% G8 12 11.0%
59.1% G9 72 66.1%
109

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Hello littlerivers,
You have recently requested your transcript of the game number 288637859.


***** Hand History for Game 288637859 *****
0.50/1 TexasHTGameTable (Limit) - Wed Dec 17 23:12:38 EST 2003
Table Card Room Table 1377 (Real Money) -- Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: smilegirl ( $14.50)
Seat 2: Ship__It ( $122.50)
Seat 3: SuzyBlake ( $63.50)
Seat 4: ricky58 ( $25)
Seat 5: kooot ( $53.50)
Seat 6: racmap ( $51.50)
Seat 7: ALjackal ( $20.25)
Seat 8: littlerivers ( $12.50)
Seat 9: gr8hntr ( $19.25)
Seat 10: fleavisman ( $19.25)
littlerivers posts small blind (0.25)
gr8hntr posts big blind (0.50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to littlerivers [ 6s, 6c ]
fleavisman folds.
smilegirl folds.
Ship__It raises (1) to 1
SuzyBlake calls (1)
kooot folds.
racmap raises (1.50) to 1.50
ALjackal folds.
littlerivers calls (1.25)
gr8hntr calls (1)
racmap: good job
Ship__It raises (1) to 2
SuzyBlake calls (1)
racmap calls (0.50)
littlerivers calls (0.50)
gr8hntr calls (0.50)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Qh, 6d, Qc ]
littlerivers checks.
gr8hntr checks.
Ship__It bets (0.50)
SuzyBlake calls (0.50)
racmap raises (1) to 1
littlerivers calls (1)
gr8hntr calls (1)
Ship__It raises (1) to 1.50
SuzyBlake calls (1)
racmap calls (0.50)
littlerivers calls (0.50)
gr8hntr calls (0.50)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 4d ]
littlerivers checks.
gr8hntr checks.
Ship__It bets (1)
SuzyBlake calls (1)
racmap calls (1)
littlerivers raises (2) to 2
gr8hntr calls (2)
Ship__It calls (1)
SuzyBlake calls (1)
racmap calls (1)
** Dealing River ** : [ Qd ]
littlerivers bets (1)
gr8hntr folds.
Ship__It raises (2) to 2
SuzyBlake calls (2)
racmap folds.
littlerivers calls (1)
** Summary **
Main Pot: $32.50 | Rake: $1
Board: [ Qh 6d Qc 4d Qd ]
smilegirl balance $14.50, didn't bet (folded)
Ship__It balance $147.50, bet $7.50, collected $32.50, net +$25 [ Kd Ks ] [ a full house, Queens full of kings -- Kd,Ks,Qh,Qc,Qd ]
SuzyBlake balance $56, lost $7.50 [ Th 6h ] [ a full house, Queens full of sixes -- Qh,Qc,Qd,6h,6d ]
ricky58 balance $25, sits out
kooot balance $53.50, didn't bet (folded)
racmap balance $46, lost $5.50 (folded)
ALjackal balance $20.25, didn't bet (folded)
littlerivers balance $5, lost $7.50 [ 6s 6c ] [ a full house, Queens full of sixes -- Qh,Qc,Qd,6s,6c,6d ]
gr8hntr balance $13.75, lost $5.50 (folded)
fleavisman balance $19.25, didn't bet (folded)

For detailed handhistory, click here



:swear: i hate rivers :swear:

[Expunge]

Hello littlerivers,
You have recently requested your transcript of the game number 288701918.


***** Hand History for Game 288701918 *****
0.50/1 TexasHTGameTable (Limit) - Wed Dec 17 23:52:16 EST 2003
Table Card Room Table 1377 (Real Money) -- Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: smilegirl ( $21.75)
Seat 2: gr8hntr ( $10)
Seat 3: fat_one ( $16)
Seat 4: Lotsa_Luck ( $56)
Seat 5: kooot ( $54)
Seat 6: racmap ( $17.25)
Seat 7: ALjackal ( $43)
Seat 8: littlerivers ( $42.75)
Seat 9: scottball ( $25)
Seat 10: fleavisman ( $17.25)
fleavisman posts small blind (0.25)
smilegirl posts big blind (0.50)
gr8hntr posts big blind (0.50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to littlerivers [ Jh, Js ]
gr8hntr checks.
fat_one folds.
Lotsa_Luck folds.
kooot folds.
racmap calls (0.50)
ALjackal folds.
littlerivers raises (1) to 1
fleavisman folds.
smilegirl folds.
gr8hntr calls (0.50)
racmap calls (0.50)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 8c, 6d, 2s ]
gr8hntr checks.
racmap checks.
littlerivers bets (0.50)
gr8hntr calls (0.50)
racmap calls (0.50)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Jc ]
gr8hntr checks.
racmap checks.
littlerivers bets (1)
gr8hntr calls (1)
racmap folds.
** Dealing River ** : [ 7d ]
gr8hntr checks.
littlerivers bets (1)
gr8hntr raises (2) to 2
littlerivers calls (1)
** Summary **
Main Pot: $10.75 | Rake: $0.50
Board: [ 8c 6d 2s Jc 7d ]
smilegirl balance $21.25, lost $0.50 (folded)
gr8hntr balance $16.25, bet $4.50, collected $10.75, net +$6.25 [ Td 9h ] [ a straight, seven to jack -- Jc,Td,9h,8c,7d ]
fat_one balance $16, didn't bet (folded)
Lotsa_Luck balance $56, didn't bet (folded)
kooot balance $54, didn't bet (folded)
racmap balance $15.75, lost $1.50 (folded)
ALjackal balance $43, didn't bet (folded)
littlerivers balance $38.25, lost $4.50 [ Jh Js ] [ three of a kind, jacks -- Jh,Js,Jc,8c,7d ]
scottball balance $25, sits out
fleavisman balance $17, lost $0.25 (folded)

For detailed handhistory, click here

[Hummer]

i had a few tough limit hands on the river and then finally got a great hand. I was dealt pair of jacks. Not feeling confident, given the recent losses, I simply called pre-flop. The flop gave me three jacks with 2 lower cards. I checked and called with only two others. Jack # 4 came on the turn. I checked, and it checked all around. Finally the river, I opened betting and the others folded. I won only a few dollars. Sucked. I then proceeded to get outdrawn on the next few hands with 2 sets at the flop and the nut straight at the flop. Twice to flushes, and once to a four of a kind. I shutdown, and fumed without losing more money. Tomorrow will be better.

[Bama Gambler]

no bad blood. Just trying to give an opinion. I don't have exact numbers but when i was reading your 315 (2 of the deals were when you were transfered to a new table and didn't get a hand) and making preliminary comments there were more than just a couple times you outdrew someone on the river. You also were dealt AA, 3 times out of the 315.
the computer analysis i did is below. % expected, Group number (from poker for advanced players), # times you were dealt the hand, and your percentage. this is the only computer analysis i have done. That was a simple macro to write.
I also recall a couple of free flops that gave you very strong hands. As well as making your flush draw on the turn atleast a coupl of times.
this is a characteristic of good poker, but the frequency of hitting on these draws is luck.
2.1% G1 8 2.5%
2.3% G2 8 2.5%
2.6% G3 7 2.2%
3.8% G4 12 3.8%
7.4% G5 27 8.6%
5.1% G6 20 6.3%
7.7% G7 25 7.9%
10.0% G8 30 9.5%
59.1% G9 178 56.5%
315
Ok, I'll agree I got a little better than average starting cards and hit a few draws, but I would hardly say any average (or even slightly above average) player would have won this tournament with the same hands. I'm not saying my play was at the world class level, but I don't think I made many mistakes this tournament either. Poker is just as much (if not more) about not making mistakes as it is about making plays. We'll just have to agree to disagree on this one. This tournament really helped my confidence and I can't let you take that away from me.

[Expunge]

I agree poker like most other forms of compition is more about not making mistakes than making great plays. I agree that your starting hands were only marginally better than average. Until i can get a program to run through the flop turn and river, i can just say it was my impression of luck. Keep the confidence high its important in poker too.

[Expunge]

i had a few tough limit hands on the river and then finally got a great hand. I was dealt pair of jacks. Not feeling confident, given the recent losses, I simply called pre-flop. The flop gave me three jacks with 2 lower cards. I checked and called with only two others. Jack # 4 came on the turn. I checked, and it checked all around. Finally the river, I opened betting and the others folded. I won only a few dollars. Sucked. I then proceeded to get outdrawn on the next few hands with 2 sets at the flop and the nut straight at the flop. Twice to flushes, and once to a four of a kind. I shutdown, and fumed without losing more money. Tomorrow will be better.

Even with these and numerous other bad beats to lesser extents, as well as not flopping anything for quite some time, after an hour and a half the consistant poor play by the others at the table netted me a $10 profit.

I however was down $12 last night in total due to the $20+2 tourny where i posted the junk that i got. Of one of the G2 i was dealt KcQc in the BB and saw 5 player action with one raise pre flop for just over the big blind amount which put that player all in. The flop came xyQ one club and the first person checked to me. I raise all in (about $700 into a preflop pot of $2100) All the remaining players folded, and i watched as a 6 on the river gave the other all in a set and watched as i didn't make any money on the hand.

[Hummer]

Bonehead Move of the Night
I was playing in a single table tourney last night. Won the first hand which put me at double the next competitor. I was content to wait for good cards and let others knock each other off.

A few hands later, I dealt AK suited. After raising three times the BB and getting called by the person in second place a couple hundred chips behind. The flop came three low cards, he bet $100. At that point, I figured he had two overs like me and was showing weakness with his bet. The turn came another low card, he bet another $100. The river was a king, and he went all in $1,170. Now I would normally fold with that bet so early in the tourney. I would have been left with only a couple hundred. But, for whatever reason, I read the bet as $170 (must have been because I had taken my contacts out). I called, and lost to a set of 8s.

Lesson learned: Never take my contacts out.

[what the !@#$]

i saw some of the show last night, on a rerun i guess. that college kid got out first...he definitely was not aggressive enough. and that old lady looks like she is just there to be there, not to win or anything.
i am learning so much from just watching all the poker shows on espn, travel channel, and bravo...i would really like to try it out. so this online stuff really is legit?

[Expunge]

i saw some of the show last night, on a rerun i guess. that college kid got out first...he definitely was not aggressive enough. and that old lady looks like she is just there to be there, not to win or anything.
i am learning so much from just watching all the poker shows on espn, travel channel, and bravo...i would really like to try it out. so this online stuff really is legit?

In defense of the college kid. I'm not sure Chip Jett wouldn't have called him down anyways. So he got out of a hand that would have killed him. He was on a short stack the whole time and ran into a couple of strong second best hands.

[Expunge]

The old lady is indeed a ditz. Her strategy is to play passively and hope that she gets an aggressive player to bet into her when she finally gets a hand.

[FSAme]

so this online stuff really is legit?

In the several months that I've been online, I have no reason to believe that it's not legit, and have an somewhat larger bank account to show for it.

The questions I still have about the legitimacy that I don't know if I'll ever have answered are.....

1. Do they rig the cards so that people get better hands than would have otherwise randomly been dealt? In doing so, they'd get more bettors and thus, a higher rake.

2. In the multi-table tournaments (or on any table), do the make up fake players and have them get better hands and have them place somewhere in the $$?


I don't know how you could get truly honest answers to those questions without actually working for one of them..

[what the !@#$]

so what websites do you guys play at that are as safe and legit as possible? (or point me to a recent thread that covers this already.)

thanks!!

EDITED: I found some older threads....www.pokerstars.com
any others that are trusted?

[Hummer]

so this online stuff really is legit?

In the several months that I've been online, I have no reason to believe that it's not legit, and have an somewhat larger bank account to show for it.

The questions I still have about the legitimacy that I don't know if I'll ever have answered are.....

1. Do they rig the cards so that people get better hands than would have otherwise randomly been dealt? In doing so, they'd get more bettors and thus, a higher rake.

2. In the multi-table tournaments (or on any table), do the make up fake players and have them get better hands and have them place somewhere in the $$?


I don't know how you could get truly honest answers to those questions without actually working for one of them..

I think the possibility of either of your two question really occurring is extremely low. But that may just be my naive belief. My real concern about online poker is collusion, especially in single table tournaments. Two players could use the knowledge of each others' hands to gain an advantage, or they could simply raise others out of a pot. Since I tend to play low-limit hold'em or NL tourneys, I am not to concerned about being taken. In low-limit, they would have to do it a lot to make it worth while. That would make their scheme evident to other players and the house. In NL, they can raise all they want because I'm either folding with crap or reraising with a strong hand.

Any thoughts from other online players with more experience than me?

[Bama Gambler]

Any thoughts from other online players with more experience than me?Collusion is hard in tournaments because both players need their chips. Now in satellites collusion canbe a problem, because a large stack can protect or dump to a small stack. In multitable tournaments it's rare that you would even be able to sit at the same table as your partner.

I'm not too worried about PokerStars (where I play) creating a fake player to take $$ from the multitable tournaments. Most of the consistent winners on Stars are know in real life (for example The Beat).

[vegas]

Has anyone had trouble using a credit card to set up an initial balance?

Are there other options?

[Bama Gambler]

Has anyone had trouble using a credit card to set up an initial balance?Yes

Are there other options?Yes, neteller.

[Expunge]

I believe both partypoker and pokerstars are legit. the worry of collusion is a possibility so you just need to keep yourself out of situations where you could be targeted. ie a larger stakes table. The possibility of the sites themselves have computers playing or modifing the randomness of cards is very very slim. At least one of them say that they don't have computers playing for them. They make so much in a rakes risk free there is no reason for them to play the game.

yes i have problems using a credit card for deposits. i used neteller but am very dissapointed in their customer service. so i have switch to firepay. both however give you alternative options to get money in.

Partypoker does give the new player and a friend a bonus if refered by a friend. (pm me and i can refer you)

[FSAme]

My real concern about online poker is collusion, especially in single table tournaments. Two players could use the knowledge of each others' hands to gain an advantage, or they could simply raise others out of a pot. Since I tend to play low-limit hold'em or NL tourneys, I am not to concerned about being taken. In low-limit, they would have to do it a lot to make it worth while. That would make their scheme evident to other players and the house. In NL, they can raise all they want because I'm either folding with crap or reraising with a strong hand.

Any thoughts from other online players with more experience than me?

Partypoker definitely monitors the play at eachtable. I have a friend who set up an unfunded account, I transferred $50 to his account and we played together at a low limit table (no collusion, I was not on the phone with him - I told him I didn't want to risk getting kicked off the site). We played at the same .50/1.00 table for about 1.5 hours.

Once he got his firepay set up, he transferred the $50 back to me.

The next time I tried to enter a table where he was located, I had a pop-up tell me that party had detected an association between the two accounts and that I would not be allowed to play at the same table as that person..... which actually makes me feel a lot better about the collusion possibilities.

I guess people could probably get away with cheating in a few single table tournaments, but would be caught shortly thereafter.

[FSAme]

no bad blood. Just trying to give an opinion. I don't have exact numbers but when i was reading your 315 (2 of the deals were when you were transfered to a new table and didn't get a hand) and making preliminary comments there were more than just a couple times you outdrew someone on the river. You also were dealt AA, 3 times out of the 315.
the computer analysis i did is below. % expected, Group number (from poker for advanced players), # times you were dealt the hand, and your percentage. this is the only computer analysis i have done. That was a simple macro to write.
I also recall a couple of free flops that gave you very strong hands. As well as making your flush draw on the turn atleast a coupl of times.
this is a characteristic of good poker, but the frequency of hitting on these draws is luck.
2.1% G1 8 2.5%
2.3% G2 8 2.5%
2.6% G3 7 2.2%
3.8% G4 12 3.8%
7.4% G5 27 8.6%
5.1% G6 20 6.3%
7.7% G7 25 7.9%
10.0% G8 30 9.5%
59.1% G9 178 56.5%
315
Ok, I'll agree I got a little better than average starting cards and hit a few draws, but I would hardly say any average (or even slightly above average) player would have won this tournament with the same hands. I'm not saying my play was at the world class level, but I don't think I made many mistakes this tournament either. Poker is just as much (if not more) about not making mistakes as it is about making plays. We'll just have to agree to disagree on this one. This tournament really helped my confidence and I can't let you take that away from me.

I'm not a book reader, what are these Gx groupings you're referring to? Is G1 the top 10?

[FSAme]

Wanted to share some good news (and brag a little). I'm going to play in a World Poker Tour (WPT) event!! I played in a tournament yesterday at PokerStars and the top four finishers out of 275 won a cruise for 2, 1000 cash, and 7500 buy-in for the PokerStars WPT event. When it got down to 5 players one of the players said he would take 5th if we each gave him $500. I am so excited. Wish me luck Jan. 18 - Jan. 25.

When do you think we'll get an update?

[Expunge]

Not sure when we will get an update.

I must have missed your prior note. Group 1 is AA,KK,QQ,JJ,AKs
Group 2 is TT,AQs,AJs,KQs,AKo

[Hummer]

Wanted to share some good news (and brag a little). I'm going to play in a World Poker Tour (WPT) event!! I played in a tournament yesterday at PokerStars and the top four finishers out of 275 won a cruise for 2, 1000 cash, and 7500 buy-in for the PokerStars WPT event. When it got down to 5 players one of the players said he would take 5th if we each gave him $500. I am so excited. Wish me luck Jan. 18 - Jan. 25.

When do you think we'll get an update?

From PokerStars website:

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Cruise leaves Sunday!

This Sunday, January 18, 206 PokerStars players, their companions and friends (and many others) will sail from Miami on Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas - over 600 passengers in all. Two World Poker Tour events will be taped onboard: The $7,500 Main Event (current prize pool: $1,537,500) and the World Cup of Poker ($100,000 prize pool put up by PokerStars). The World Cup finalist teams are USA East, Costa Rica, South Africa and Germany.

Watch here for daily updates, pictures and up-to-date tournament information!

[FSAme]

Bama's in the main event, right?

[foghorn]

I saw Bama listed on PokerStars as in the tournament, but I can't swear which event it was. My bet is, and my vague recollection is, that it is the main event. I'll check tonight and see if there's an update there, unless someone can check and post sooner.

[Expunge]

99.9% certain its the main event.

The World Cup was definately a particularly difficult thing to qualify for. Enter a cheap FPP event (not real $'s) with many many others. The winner gets on the team. The held 2 of these. so thats 2 members. The also to the person from that country/region that had the most tournament points. And the fourth and final team member was selected by the three who qualified in.

[Expunge]

No update on stars yet, says they will do some updating. IIRC they are only a couple of hours into the tournament and i want to say that half of the cruise is playing today, and the other half tomarrow before combining the groups.

[abacustwo]

Do we know what his real name is to check on Stars? I'd like to be able to do that but I don't know if he wants his name posted on here.

[Expunge]

I'm pretty sure i have his real name but i won't post it here for the above reason.

[Expunge]

daily updates, funny that the site looks the same as saturday.

[abacustwo]

Maybe they will update after the first airing on TV...

[Expunge]

Maybe they will update after the first airing on TV...

The first tv airing isn't for quite a while iirc.

Stars indicates that we should check back there for daily updates.

[abacustwo]

They now have updates at http://www.pokerstars.com/PCAmain.html.

I believe they are airing on Wednesday at 9:00 PM.

[Expunge]

:( I hope i have his name wrong as it doesn't appear to be on the list of 120 still in.

As for the air date i'm pretty sure its sometime in april.

[ahow]

The Tivo description for tomorrow's televised event says, '"Cruising" (2003) Four online players and two Las Vegas pros meet on the high seas to battle for a million-dollar prize. CC, Series.' This isn't referring to Bama, is it?

[Expunge]

i believe tomorrow nights is the party poker million (1), that's what i get from worldpokertour.com

[Triweasel]

I checked also and it looks like Bama was out after the first day. He must have gotten some bad beats. At least now he can just enjoy the rest of the cruise, so I don't feel too sorry for him. :)

[foghorn]

This reminds me of when I was an entry level actuarial student, and was asked to go on a trip to a prospective buyer to help shed some light on some valuation issues. I was, perhaps overly, impressed with myself because the CEO and the CFO were on the same flight (first class of course), but as I told my wife, "at least I was on the plane".

In this case, at least BAMA was on the boat.

[Triweasel]

:bump:

...I found the right thread.

[DblDownTrent]

:bump:


qualifiers for this year just started, and it's not a cruise, it's at the Atlantis in the Bamahas, very nice hotel/resort/casino.

DDT hopes to go and wants other RFers to qualify and join me at the final table (on my Birthday).

Jan 05 - Jan 12.

Details here (http://www.pokerstars.com/2005pca/2005pca_main.html)

[Bama Gambler]

Doesn't look like I will be able to get off from work this year. :swear:

[Expunge]

Just go ahead and win a spot anyways, I'll dress up like an elephant and take your place.

[lawfi5h]

Just go ahead and win a spot anyways, I'll dress up like an elephant and take your place. :rofl: :notworth:

[lawfi5h]

Party has a trip to St. Maartin running also.

I looked at the brochure for it and I am sold. It's a cheaper package, which (theoretically) should make it "easier" (relative to stars) to get in.

[foghorn]

I'll take as shot at the cruise. After all, if Bama can make it, I should be a sure thing.

[Cohete009]

I'll take as shot at the cruise. After all, if Bama can make it, I should be a sure thing.

Especially if u keep playing A5 :D

[vegas]

it's at the Atlantis

My wife is gonna let play as much as I want to qualify for this!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't check from work ... does anyone know what sort of satelites are offered?

[Matty]

The usual assortment of cash and FPP satellites.

I'll probably take a shot or two after my exam.

[foghorn]

I'll take as shot at the cruise. After all, if Bama can make it, I should be a sure thing.

Especially if u keep playing A5 :D

Hey! It was A4 and it was SOOTED!

[Sotally Tober]

it's at the Atlantis

My wife is gonna let play as much as I want to qualify for this!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't check from work ... does anyone know what sort of satelites are offered?

http://www.pokerstars.com/graphics/PCApathchart.gif
* - Rebuy satellite

[Matty]

Just checked and saw that this morning's 100 FPP qualifier had 86 entrants. Top 2 got a 10,000 FPP seat in round 2. That's 8,600 FPP in, 20,000 FPP out. Only problem is that it's at 8:30 AM...

[Cohete009]

Just checked and saw that this morning's 100 FPP qualifier had 86 entrants. Top 2 got a 10,000 FPP seat in round 2. That's 8,600 FPP in, 20,000 FPP out. Only problem is that it's at 8:30 AM...

Played one last nite....Got rivered. Typical fashion. But made a killin' at 2/4!

[douglan]

Just checked and saw that this morning's 100 FPP qualifier had 86 entrants. Top 2 got a 10,000 FPP seat in round 2. That's 8,600 FPP in, 20,000 FPP out. Only problem is that it's at 8:30 AM...

Problem? I think not. This is why companies have personal days! For imprortant stuff like this... :D

[Matty]

Just checked and saw that this morning's 100 FPP qualifier had 86 entrants. Top 2 got a 10,000 FPP seat in round 2. That's 8,600 FPP in, 20,000 FPP out. Only problem is that it's at 8:30 AM...

Problem? I think not. This is why companies have personal days! For imprortant stuff like this... :D

"Your honor, I'd like to request a short recess..."

[Sotally Tober]

Just checked and saw that this morning's 100 FPP qualifier had 86 entrants. Top 2 got a 10,000 FPP seat in round 2. That's 8,600 FPP in, 20,000 FPP out. Only problem is that it's at 8:30 AM...

Problem? I think not. This is why companies have personal days! For imprortant stuff like this... :D

"Your honor, I'd like to request a short recess..."

"Five minutes should do, your honor."

[douglan]

Just checked and saw that this morning's 100 FPP qualifier had 86 entrants. Top 2 got a 10,000 FPP seat in round 2. That's 8,600 FPP in, 20,000 FPP out. Only problem is that it's at 8:30 AM...

Problem? I think not. This is why companies have personal days! For imprortant stuff like this... :D

"Your honor, I'd like to request a short recess..."

"Five minutes should do, your honor."

Lionel Hutz, my hero:

Hutz: "I'd like to request a bad court thingy..."

Judge: "You mean a mistrial?"

Hutz: "Exactly! That's why you're the judge and I'm the law-talking guy..."

Judge: "You mean the lawyer?"

Hutz: "Riiiiiiight...."

[Matty]

Works on contingency? No, money down!

[DblDownTrent]

DDT qualifying log:

1000 FPP
0 - 1 Down 1,000 FPPs

10,000 FPP event

$615 Sub-Qualifiers
1 - 1 BOOM! in for $77 , $650 out

$615 event
1st attempt, This saturday

[DblDownTrent]

PokerStars Tournament #3070624, No Limit Hold'em
Super Satellite
Buy-In: $25.00/$2.00
25 players
Total Prize Pool: $1375.00
Target Tournament #3070245 Buy-In: $650.00
2 tickets to the target tournament


Tournament started - 2004/10/21 - 19:00:00 (ET)


Dear DblDownTrent,


You finished the tournament in 1st place.
You qualified to play in Tournament #3070245 and are automatically registered for it.
See Tournament #3070245 Lobby for further details.


If you choose to unregister from this tournament your account will be credited
with 650.00 W$. W$ can be used to buy into any qualifying special PokerStars event.
Visit our web site at http://www.pokerstars.com/tournaments.html for more details.

[bizvegas]

Good job DDT!!

[Spidurman]

We did it!!!!

Congrats DDT :D

PokerStars Tournament #3070624, No Limit Hold'em
Super Satellite
Buy-In: $25.00/$2.00
25 players
Total Prize Pool: $1375.00
Target Tournament #3070245 Buy-In: $650.00
2 tickets to the target tournament


Tournament started - 2004/10/21 - 19:00:00 (ET)


Dear DblDownTrent,


You finished the tournament in 1st place.
You qualified to play in Tournament #3070245 and are automatically registered for it.
See Tournament #3070245 Lobby for further details.


If you choose to unregister from this tournament your account will be credited
with 650.00 W$. W$ can be used to buy into any qualifying special PokerStars event.
Visit our web site at http://www.pokerstars.com/tournaments.html for more details.

[foghorn]

Congrats DDT. I had missed this message when we were on MSN earlier. GL in the next one.

[Poker God]

Congratulations to Bama Gambler for his great success. I knew he was headed for great things and I predicted not too long ago. I will too be playing for that million dollar prize pool, so good luck to you.

I am very proud of you. We can hang out on the cruise inbetween poker sessions.

Great work and a great achievement.

Poker God

[vegas]

We can hang out on the cruise inbetween poker sessions.



Busted.

[lawfi5h]

We can hang out on the cruise inbetween poker sessions.



Busted.

Running list of PG gaffe's:
-Thinks the WSOP is in March
-Thinks stars is running a cruise
-Has to post at 2:45AM from who knows where because the mods banned his IP address.

Sounds like a poker god to me ladies and gentleman! :lol: :rofl:

[Bama Gambler]

Nice one DDT!! Good luck in the $650 qualifier.

[lawfi5h]

"TheBeat" became the first qualifier last night. He took down a double shootout. The way the other players were talking at the final table, they had all but conceeded the win to him.

One player (probably jokingly) offered a chop to the beat towards the beginning in return for 11% of his winnings in Atlantis. Another accepted. Obviously he, and the other 6, did not.

[Matty]

Congratulations to Bama Gambler for his great success.

Bama = DDT? Who knew?

Congrats DDT.

[DblDownTrent]

Thanks guys. I'm excited about Saturday, got about a 1 in 18 shot now - great format too, 2500 chips and 30 minute levels.

Law, I watched most of that dbl shootout table until it got down to 4. The beat was all but out when he went all in with his A2 in the big blind. The small blind had raised to 450 and he pushed in for another 1000 or so and the SB called with AT. spiked a 2 on the flop.

The railbirds loved that one, saying stars was in love with thebeat and there was no need to even play the game out... :shake:

He was definitely owning that table other than that hand.

[lawfi5h]

Thanks guys. I'm excited about Saturday, got about a 1 in 18 shot now - great format too, 2500 chips and 30 minute levels.

Law, I watched most of that dbl shootout table until it got down to 4. The beat was all but out when he went all in with his A2 in the big blind. The small blind had raised to 450 and he pushed in for another 1000 or so and the SB called with AT. spiked a 2 on the flop.

The railbirds loved that one, saying stars was in love with thebeat and there was no need to even play the game out... :shake:

He was definitely owning that table other than that hand.

I am tempted to try a DS tonight. Study/Atlantis/Study/Atlantis.

Tough decisions.

[Cohete009]

How do those double shootouts work?

Are they two separate tables you must win?

Haven't played one, if anyone has more clarification, it would be much appreciated.

Cohete is up for a game tonite.

[hardinda]

Thanks guys. I'm excited about Saturday, got about a 1 in 18 shot now - great format too, 2500 chips and 30 minute levels.

Law, I watched most of that dbl shootout table until it got down to 4. The beat was all but out when he went all in with his A2 in the big blind. The small blind had raised to 450 and he pushed in for another 1000 or so and the SB called with AT. spiked a 2 on the flop.

The railbirds loved that one, saying stars was in love with thebeat and there was no need to even play the game out... :shake:

He was definitely owning that table other than that hand.

DDT, he payed the guy he was heads up with $2,100 to take the win. He had about 10,000 in chips the other guy had 2,600. It was hilarious to watch the process.

TheBeat "i'll give you $2,000 to give me the win"
Otherguy "$4,000"
TheBeat"$2,000 ... last offer"
Otherguy "$3,000"
TheBeat"$2,000 or let's just play it out"
Otherguy "$2,500"
TheBeat "$2,100 final offer ... moderator let's play it out"
Otherguy "Ok $2,100 works"

Then the otherguy asks to make sure he still got $160 for 2nd place and said "Cool"

Your buddy finished 3rd again. I guess he was on the bubble all day.

[hardinda]

How do those double shootouts work?

Are they two separate tables you must win?

Haven't played one, if anyone has more clarification, it would be much appreciated.

Cohete is up for a game tonite.

You have to win 2 SNG's to get the big prize. First round has 9 tables and obviously 2nd round has the winners from those 9 tables.

[bizvegas]

Hmmm, I have a trip planned to LA at the beginning of April. Of course now my mind is debating whether I want to be in LA, or in the Bahamas?? :-?

[hardinda]

Hmmm, I have a trip planned to LA at the beginning of April. Of course now my mind is debating whether I want to be in LA, or in the Bahamas?? :-?

This tournament is in January. So you should be fine for April.

[bizvegas]

Between both of them I'd use up all of my vacation time. And I don't want to use it all up by April. There is the chance, however, I'd win the tournament, and not have to worry about it!!

[vegas]

Between both of them I'd use up all of my vacation time. And I don't want to use it all up by April. There is the chance, however, I'd win the tournament, and not have to worry about it!!

Don't quit your day job!

[bizvegas]

If this is your attempt at humor, try again.

[Cohete009]

vegas vs. bizvegas, which vegas will be king of vegas?

[Poker God]

We can hang out on the cruise inbetween poker sessions.



Busted.

Running list of PG gaffe's:
-Thinks the WSOP is in March
-Thinks stars is running a cruise
-Has to post at 2:45AM from who knows where because the mods banned his IP address.

Sounds like a poker god to me ladies and gentleman! :lol: :rofl:

hey it's 2 pm, guess your theories are not quite right.

[foghorn]

http://actuary.ca/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=41926

[Poker God]

of course I was speaking figuratively on the cruise...

You can say what you will, but Bama Gambler is a very good player and I congratulate him.

I won't even comment on the 2 cent limit game he was playing, or whatever it was... :)

[Poker God]

hey foghorn,

I am still here, so my username wasn't banned, duh. I have advice for you: get a clue.

poker god

[Matty]

http://actuary.ca/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=41926

Troll zombies! Run for your lives!

[lawfi5h]

So basically PG has been trying to access this site non-stop to troll it waiting for the chance to get back in?

Wow...now THAT is pathetic.

[DblDownTrent]

DDT qualifying log:

1000 FPP
0 - 1 Down 1,000 FPPs

10,000 FPP event

$615 Sub-Qualifiers
1 - 1 BOOM! in for $77 , $650 out

$615 event
0 - 1

Unfortunately, DDT has now ceased his attempts at the WPT atlantis. Work sucks.

[vegas]

of course I was speaking figuratively on the cruise...


Of course. I often tell people I am going to play some poker in Las Vegas, but really only play a .01/.02 on Stars. That is not really a lie.