$650 (2x) for wpt qualifier tourneys ($3+R) but its $W since i unreg'd but ill count it as $650 as thats how much the seats go for
not really a huge money win, but the 2nd or 3rd 11+R i played in, i got 31st/1021.......got $122 and some cents.....didnt care about money for this one,just overall happy with my play/performance in it, suprised i outlasted so many people......more so a morale booster at that time
Most I've ever won was $500 in a 20 man live tourney.
I've won a few SnG's on-line but nothing of substantial value. I just cant seem to win a big MTT on-line. I've been playing mostly $5 and $10 tourneys but can't get into the big money.
Which brings me to a question....
Does anyone know if its better to play tourneys with higher limits? I find at the $5-$10 range, it's Maniac city!! Half the time guys (and ladies) are check-raising ALL-IN And it's not just one person at the table, its usually a few of them.
Here is a typical situation, it happened to me last night....
Sat for about 30 minutes into the tourney and did not play a hand, was getting absolutley nothing. Got tired of waiting and went in on a hand with K-8, basically called to the river with two guys (on a pair of 8's) then bluffed them both of the pot when a scare card came on the river(possible straight)
Waited another 1/2 hour, with all the same J7,Q4,92,82,etc. Its funny because no one was really getting any cards, the pots were being taken down with cards like K6,A4,K8.....it was brutal!
Anyway, very first hand after the break and I'm dealt A-K soooted in the BB, everyone limps in as usual and I raise 3X the BB, most fold, then I get reraised to 700?? If I call then I'll only have about $150 in chips. This is the first good hand I've had so I reraise him all in. He calls me and turns over
A-9 sooted. I get drawn out on the turn when he made a flush :banghead:
WTF? Anyway, did I play that wrong? I mean even though I had him beat pre-flop should I have reraised him all in or just called, leaving me with a least some chips?
This seems to be a big flaw in my tournament play. Busting myself out with All-ins!! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Suggestions, opinions, and Kicks in the Ass are appreciated :rolleyes:
I've been playing mostly $5 and $10 tourneys but can't get into the big money.
Which brings me to a question....
Does anyone know if its better to play tourneys with higher limits? I find at the $5-$10 range, it's Maniac city!!
some stiffer competition in the higher buyins but same stupid plays......i find usually no difference if i play a $5 MTT or a $20 MTT, only difference is, there might be 100 less ppl in the $20 MTT....(both averaging 1000 or so) so its no difference, ill usually stay away from playing any tourney w/ over 1000 ppl by 5 mins left to register, its just a waste of time usually... (imo)
first hand after the break and I'm dealt A-K soooted in the BB, everyone limps in as usual and I raise 3X the BB, most fold, then I get reraised to 700?? If I call then I'll only have about $150 in chips. This is the first good hand I've had so I reraise him all in. He calls me and turns over
A-9 sooted. I get drawn out on the turn when he made a flush :banghead:
WTF? Anyway, did I play that wrong? I mean even though I had him beat pre-flop should I have reraised him all in or just called, leaving me with a least some chips?
here, if every1 limped in, i would of probably pushed all in right away, if his re-raise only made it 700 total, i assume u had about 1500-2000 in chips, and with every1 limping in (prob 1-2 folds along the way) theres still probably 500-600 in the pot already? you cant call and bet ur remaining 150 on the flop, he wont fold to that.....so yes, i would of my self re-raised ur remaining chips thinking i had the best hand but i would of raised all in to take the 600 or so pot there, hoping for a call thinking a race or i was way ahead. its just tough luck that he hit a flush, im assuming otherwise no 9/k came and you and your a huge favorite....unfortunately fish suckout and get lucky sometime tough break. i would of raised more than 3x BB though if 'everyone' limped in, as i normally would if more than 3 ppl are involved w/ the hand already, i would make a 6-7x BB raise (unless it committed more than half my stack,i'd push all in),
im assuming otherwise no 9/k came and you and your a huge favorite....
Well, it turns out that the flop dropped a King, but also 2 spades. I'm thinking at that time, had I not went all in pre-flop, I would have pushed the rest of them in on the flop.
I'm quite certain I would have been called anyway though!
Wow. Congrats to everyone (including the overly modest people who didn't post yet) on the great results. No wonder the PokerForum.ca tourneys are so freaking hard.
My biggest single tournament win was ~$2,800 for finishing 3rd out of around 900 in one of the Stars $11+R tourneys. :cool:
With the handy forum Search feature, I was able to dig up this very long (but in bite-sized pieces) tournament report if you're interested:
good week, congratz, enjoy that chunk of change heh
now take $20 and play in the pokerstars 20+2 pokerforum event tomorrow
Ty , did you play any WPT sats after taking down all those 3rebuy events? I think I'm playing a live tournament tomorrow so I might miss the Pokerforum event, but I'll have to catch the next one for sure.
Ty , did you play any WPT sats after taking down all those 3rebuy events? I think I'm playing a live tournament tomorrow so I might miss the Pokerforum event, but I'll have to catch the next one for sure.
unfortunately not, i work on saturdays so i cant play them unless i call in sick :cough cough:
i usually play the satellites just to sell my entrys though i can make ok money doing them during wcoop season, i had won 5 seats into the $200+15 rebuy event for wcoop, sold those entrys and then recently 2 $650 wpt entry seats but sold them as well
unfortunately not, i work on saturdays so i cant play them unless i call in sick :cough cough:
i usually play the satellites just to sell my entrys though i can make ok money doing them during wcoop season, i had won 5 seats into the $200+15 rebuy event for wcoop, sold those entrys and then recently 2 $650 wpt entry seats but sold them as well
Just finished back to back top 10 finishes... In $1+0 MTTs though. lol
still good to get 4th and 7th, and good practise I guess. The 4th is the highest Ive ever gotten, although someone I help out a lot finished 1st in a 50 cent micro tourney (41 bux from 50 cents aint bad). So I'll count that has half a win. :-)
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3rd in $20 PL holdem - $660
4th in $20 rebuy NL holdem - $2400
My best so far though was the Stars $200 NL sunday for 21st and $1,800
not really a huge money win, but the 2nd or 3rd 11+R i played in, i got 31st/1021.......got $122 and some cents.....didnt care about money for this one,just overall happy with my play/performance in it, suprised i outlasted so many people......more so a morale booster at that time
$125 for first place in a freeroll.
I'm more of a cash games or SNG player, rather than big tourneys.
I've won a few SnG's on-line but nothing of substantial value. I just cant seem to win a big MTT on-line. I've been playing mostly $5 and $10 tourneys but can't get into the big money.
Which brings me to a question....
Does anyone know if its better to play tourneys with higher limits? I find at the $5-$10 range, it's Maniac city!! Half the time guys (and ladies) are check-raising ALL-IN And it's not just one person at the table, its usually a few of them.
Here is a typical situation, it happened to me last night....
Sat for about 30 minutes into the tourney and did not play a hand, was getting absolutley nothing. Got tired of waiting and went in on a hand with K-8, basically called to the river with two guys (on a pair of 8's) then bluffed them both of the pot when a scare card came on the river(possible straight)
Waited another 1/2 hour, with all the same J7,Q4,92,82,etc. Its funny because no one was really getting any cards, the pots were being taken down with cards like K6,A4,K8.....it was brutal!
Anyway, very first hand after the break and I'm dealt A-K soooted in the BB, everyone limps in as usual and I raise 3X the BB, most fold, then I get reraised to 700?? If I call then I'll only have about $150 in chips. This is the first good hand I've had so I reraise him all in. He calls me and turns over
A-9 sooted. I get drawn out on the turn when he made a flush :banghead:
WTF? Anyway, did I play that wrong? I mean even though I had him beat pre-flop should I have reraised him all in or just called, leaving me with a least some chips?
This seems to be a big flaw in my tournament play. Busting myself out with All-ins!! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Suggestions, opinions, and Kicks in the Ass are appreciated :rolleyes:
some stiffer competition in the higher buyins but same stupid plays......i find usually no difference if i play a $5 MTT or a $20 MTT, only difference is, there might be 100 less ppl in the $20 MTT....(both averaging 1000 or so) so its no difference, ill usually stay away from playing any tourney w/ over 1000 ppl by 5 mins left to register, its just a waste of time usually... (imo)
here, if every1 limped in, i would of probably pushed all in right away, if his re-raise only made it 700 total, i assume u had about 1500-2000 in chips, and with every1 limping in (prob 1-2 folds along the way) theres still probably 500-600 in the pot already? you cant call and bet ur remaining 150 on the flop, he wont fold to that.....so yes, i would of my self re-raised ur remaining chips thinking i had the best hand but i would of raised all in to take the 600 or so pot there, hoping for a call thinking a race or i was way ahead. its just tough luck that he hit a flush, im assuming otherwise no 9/k came and you and your a huge favorite....unfortunately fish suckout and get lucky sometime tough break. i would of raised more than 3x BB though if 'everyone' limped in, as i normally would if more than 3 ppl are involved w/ the hand already, i would make a 6-7x BB raise (unless it committed more than half my stack,i'd push all in),
just my 2 cents
hope this helps a bit
Pigga
I'm quite certain I would have been called anyway though!
Until next time......
PokerStars Tournament #3310303, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00
507 players
Total Prize Pool: $20070.00
Tournament started - 2004/11/08 - 16:45:00 (ET)
Dear PokerStuff,
You finished the tournament in 3rd place.
A $1,916.69 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
You earned 261.39 tournament leader points in this tournament.
PokerStars Tournament #3200619, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00
540 players
Total Prize Pool: $19220.00
Tournament started - 2004/11/06 - 16:30:00 (ET)
Dear PokerStuff,
You finished the tournament in 3rd place.
A $1,835.51 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
You earned 269.77 tournament leader points in this tournament.
PokerStars Tournament #3200595, Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $30.00/$3.00
180 players
Total Prize Pool: $5400.00
Tournament started - 2004/11/05 - 23:00:00 (ET)
Dear PokerStuff,
You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $1,620.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
You earned 332.82 tournament leader points in this tournament.
now take $20 and play in the pokerstars 20+2 pokerforum event tomorrow
My biggest single tournament win was ~$2,800 for finishing 3rd out of around 900 in one of the Stars $11+R tourneys. :cool:
With the handy forum Search feature, I was able to dig up this very long (but in bite-sized pieces) tournament report if you're interested:
http://pokerforum.ca/forum/search.php?searchid=13100
Note that the threads appear in "last post" order, and not in tournament chronological order.
Say, anybody on this forum ever take a ~$33,000 pull from a single tourney? That would be impressive.
ScottyZ
Ty
unfortunately not, i work on saturdays so i cant play them unless i call in sick :cough cough:
i usually play the satellites just to sell my entrys though i can make ok money doing them during wcoop season, i had won 5 seats into the $200+15 rebuy event for wcoop, sold those entrys and then recently 2 $650 wpt entry seats but sold them as well
Pigga, How do you sell the seats?
Sounds vaguely familiar, but I'm more about the future than the past....
2 more days to Regina... 2 more days to Regina...
Cheers,
all_aces
the money goes back into your account
still good to get 4th and 7th, and good practise I guess. The 4th is the highest Ive ever gotten, although someone I help out a lot finished 1st in a 50 cent micro tourney (41 bux from 50 cents aint bad). So I'll count that has half a win. :-)
G.