Virgin (along with pretty much every other poker site out there) is running WSOP 2006 satellites. There is a daily MTT for $6+$1 with one in 10 going through to the weekly MTT, where 1 in 10 go through to the grand final for the seats.
So I buy in.. as do 65 other people. Made it down to the final table since the standard of play wasn't great. I was holding steady in about 6-7th place, so looking good for the money (top 6 paid a seat, 7th paid $2 less than the price of a seat). The two shortest stacks go all in - and both win, leaving me as the shortest stack. I eventually finished 9th, which paid nothing.
Paradise run a $40,000 guaranteed tonight at 8pm, with MTT satellites for $3. I bought in and fought off 98 other runners with a total of 150+ rebuys and add-ons. Down to the final 36 after the first break, with top 20 earning a $30 seat. I've got 18,000 chips and am placed 4th. Unfortunately, I decided this was enough to start pushing people around, and began raising. I tried ...
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Yet another terrible beat, runner runner this time.
All in QQ in a $200 freeroll on prima.
Called by AJo and
A9o
Flop A K Q … all good, worried about the 10
for the straight but hey, looking good
Turn K, even better, no need to worry about
the 10 any more, full house, all good
River A the 1 in
52 out … they both beat me and I end up severely shortstacked.
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So... I think we can all see that the STT quest died. I kept it up for a bit, but to be honest STTs have too much variance for my liking. There's not enough time or hands for the better player to rely entirely on his skill. Plus, the types of players that you're up against varies incredibly - some STTs last minutes (see Masterplans recent entry) and some hours! Maybe it's just my playing style, but I don't like them. There is a niggling doubt in my head though.. telling me that high buy in STTs can give better value for money.. I don't know. We'll see how this quest goes first :)
I've been playing $10 MTTs recently, with a decent success rate. Most 200-250 entries, with top 20-30 places paying. I decided to keep a spreadsheet of my progress, and I'm going to play daily for a month, then wave my profits in the face of all the women in my life who've told me poker is gambling. So far I've cashed 66% of the time and reached the final 33% of the time. Not a bad start, but can I keep it up?
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I kinda went a bit overboard on one STT, and after doubling up with runner runner 2 pair AJ vs 55, i ended up with 99 on the big blind after a preflop raise and re-raise, by 2 people both with single starting stacks, with me having just doubled up i figured i could afford to gamble with my 99 so i re-raised all in and both called instantly, to their doom.
both of them turned over AKo, putting me well in front, 5 low cards later and ive got a 6.5k stack and only 3 players remaining.
i figured i had enough to play agressivey and sure enough, the others start calling my regular all ins with off hands, i hit a pair and they drop. long story short, i won the thing kinda fast.
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Well, going into the final few weeks of my degree with high expectations hasn't served me too well. last week me and PB were in london for the maxim magazine king of poker final. PB was playing i just got to watch and play the free tables upstairs. but who did i end up sitting down with?
Brandon Block and
Michael Greco
which turned out to be difficult because they wre all playing in their own celebrity only tournament later on that night. so after seeing several all ins with Q9o K5o and pocket 3's i found myself Under the Gun with pocket tens and thought, i'll move in and hope for a weak caller.
i get 2 callers, yup you guessed it, both of them, 9 seater table and both the celebs call.
they both had more chips than me from picking up smaller pots so when some betting came on the flop, which only had a king on it
to worry me, i was still feeling pretty good. then brandon folds and greco turns over ... AA.
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