Did they say why they didn't do the same as the Aria500, whereas they played down to the final 5% of the field in each heat, with 10% of the field paid.
Made much more sense to play multiple days in that one, as at least you could get paid on multiple entries.
It's one of my questions I will ask on why they deviated from the tried and tested Matt Savage structures of the first WPT 500. By the way, the WPT 500 will return to Las Vegas this summer so hopefully I'll see you & actyper there again.
Did they say why they didn't do the same as the Aria500, whereas they played down to the final 5% of the field in each heat, with 10% of the field paid.
Made much more sense to play multiple days in that one, as at least you could get paid on multiple entries.
My connecting flight from Philadelphia was cancelled, so I'll check out Harrah's WSOP Poker Room nearby. Do any of the investors want another cash game chip in addition to the ones from Dusk Till Dawn?
My connecting flight from Philadelphia was cancelled, so I'll check out Harrah's WSOP Poker Room nearby. Do any of the investors want another cash game chip in addition to the ones from Dusk Till Dawn?
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I admire your energy.I wish i still had a bit of yours. ^-^
As I predicted, there were less than 2,222 entries. 586 players remained in Day 2, with 200 getting paid. As I posted in Facebook, my stack went up to 164K after a few hands in the first Level 15, with average of 110K.
When I was moved towards the centre, I noticed that the central tournament display had been changed to a soccer game and the outer displays were not readable for me. As anybody who has played with me knows, I like to look at the tournament information and with £1,000,000 prize pool, I asked the tournament staff to change the screen back to poker. If a soccer fanatic would rather be distracted than focus on the C$1.8 million prizes, then he can do so by getting eliminated and watching the game from the Losers' Lounge! After repeatedly looking up for tourney info only to see soccer, I eventually had to go directly to the casino manager to repeat my request and a supervisor finally changed the central screen.
I went up as high as ~300K, with an above-average 275K at the end of Level 17, with a 40-minute dinner break; 328 players left with 195K average. I asked for a printout of the payout schedule and it showed £140,000 for first place (C$252K).
During Level 19 at 4K/8K+1K, hijack jams for ~100K. I am in the SB, with over 200K.
:as :kc
1) What would you do?
I 3-bet jam. BB tanks with a similar stack as me, and later said that he folded 10-10.
2) WWYD, fold or all-in?
Hijack shows only
:ad :10c
It is the perfect scenario for me as hijack only has one out left. If I win, I will have over 300K with a great chance at a decent cash. Of course, since everybody knows that Euro poker is rigged, the case 10 appears. :bs:
With the WPT structure of high antes, my M falls to the Red Zone, and I am all-in or fold. When it is folded to me in LP, I jam with a suited Ace. Seat #3 wakes up with 8-8 for the fourth time while I was in that table and eliminates me. I finish at ~237th place or top 11%, a little short of the 200/2,133 ITM; had it paid 11% instead of only 9%, I would have made the money.
Post-Tournament
While thinking of jumping off Nottingham Castle after the one-outer knockout, I first head to the "partypoker WPT Knockout Players Party" hosted by world champion boxer Carl Froch and DJ Spoony, with appearances by Mike Sexton, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, "Mad Marty" Wilson, etc. After seeing all the beautiful ladies in there, I decide to postpone going to Nottingham Castle and shifted into pokerJAH mode; I still remember most of their names - RFG Dalia; partypoker models Sophie, Martina, Natasha; Nicola, Naomi, Hermance, Jessica, and Colette.
Of the many poker parties that I've been to, this was by far the most fun, even better than the WPT Celebrity Invitational Pre-Party and the first WPT500 party at Aria's Haze NightClub with two of the female guests joining the bikini contest. You know it's a great party when a nice lady qualifier in a wheelchair, who is almost as old as compuease, decides that she wants to get up from her wheelchair and join us on the dance floor! I later won a prize in the dance-off contest while I was dancing with a partypoker model.
The next day, I won in the cash game and I kept a few of the unique "Dusk Till Dawn" chips as requested by Colin408, beefylogs, UBetIFold & Milo. After my return flight from Philadelphia to Toronto was cancelled, I decide to play an all-nighter at Harrah's WSOP Room and also kept chips. I have won in all the cash games that I played during my WPT Philippines and WPT UK trips.
To PIRANHA, please let me know if the extra large WPT hoodie that I sent through our mutual friend fits you. As my longest investor since ~2008 when I kept cashing in MTTs, LMK if you want any of the extra items below.
To lynx5, I will give your WPT UK XL dark grey shirt and cash game chips from "Dusk Till Dawn" and Harrah's WSOP Poker Room at Fallsview this weekend.
To UBetIFold, DirtArse & Beefylogs, please LMK when you or a buddy will be at a casino so I can give your swag. I plan to be at Brantford on Sunday, and Fallsview most weekends starting this Friday.
I usually don't ask for until the final day when all the other qualifiers have gotten their goodie bags, but it seems the RFG and partypoker hostesses gave me some extra stuff. Both the WPT UK and Montreal hats look cool, but only Colin408 requested one, so I have given him all his items. I plan to continue winning my way to a bunch of WPT festivals in my quest to win an event bracelet so the WPT UK/Philippines investors can request the following FREE swag:
- WPT UK: large black hoodie & large black shirt
- WPT Montreal: 2XL black & 2XL dark grey shirts
- WPT Montreal / Playground card protector
- 2 Philippines medium shirts from the sponsor of event that DirtArse final tabled
- WPT Philippines patches, looks great on a black jacket or hat; can be sewn
- Bwin black baseball cap
- Game of Thrones deck of cards
- other items from DirtArse & me.
I will continue updating OP to try to keep track of what's left to give out to others.
I received the funds from bwin.party so here is what I owe to the investors:
PIRANHA - $30.75 (plus I'll give you the WPT UK large hoodie, WPT Philippines patch, & Game of Thrones deck during WPT Fallsview).
DirtArse - email sent about the $37.50 refund (gave WPT UK XL grey shirt; I'll give you WPT Solaire patch at next GBH/Rama tournament).
lynx5 - $10.25 (gave WPT Philippines shirt, WPT UK large black shirt,Dusk Till Dawn & Harrah's WSOP Poker Room chips).
UBetIFold - $10.25 (Let me know next time you go to a casino & I'll try to give your two poker chips).
Colin408 - $5.25 (gave WPT UK hat, Dusk Till Dawn & Harrah's chips).
Beefylogs - settled (will give your poker chips to DirtArse at GBH/Rama).
Hobbes - $5.25 (LMK if you ever want any poker swag).
Please email or PM any questions as I will probably rarely post on this forum anymore.
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Made much more sense to play multiple days in that one, as at least you could get paid on multiple entries.
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When I was moved towards the centre, I noticed that the central tournament display had been changed to a soccer game and the outer displays were not readable for me. As anybody who has played with me knows, I like to look at the tournament information and with £1,000,000 prize pool, I asked the tournament staff to change the screen back to poker. If a soccer fanatic would rather be distracted than focus on the C$1.8 million prizes, then he can do so by getting eliminated and watching the game from the Losers' Lounge!
I went up as high as ~300K, with an above-average 275K at the end of Level 17, with a 40-minute dinner break; 328 players left with 195K average. I asked for a printout of the payout schedule and it showed £140,000 for first place (C$252K).
During Level 19 at 4K/8K+1K, hijack jams for ~100K. I am in the SB, with over 200K.
:as :kc
1) What would you do?
I 3-bet jam. BB tanks with a similar stack as me, and later said that he folded 10-10.
2) WWYD, fold or all-in?
Hijack shows only
:ad :10c
It is the perfect scenario for me as hijack only has one out left. If I win, I will have over 300K with a great chance at a decent cash. Of course, since everybody knows that Euro poker is rigged, the case 10 appears. :bs:
With the WPT structure of high antes, my M falls to the Red Zone, and I am all-in or fold. When it is folded to me in LP, I jam with a suited Ace. Seat #3 wakes up with 8-8 for the fourth time while I was in that table
Post-Tournament
While thinking of jumping off Nottingham Castle after the one-outer knockout, I first head to the "partypoker WPT Knockout Players Party" hosted by world champion boxer Carl Froch and DJ Spoony, with appearances by Mike Sexton, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, "Mad Marty" Wilson, etc. After seeing all the beautiful ladies in there, I decide to postpone going to Nottingham Castle and shifted into pokerJAH mode; I still remember most of their names - RFG Dalia; partypoker models Sophie, Martina, Natasha; Nicola, Naomi, Hermance, Jessica, and Colette.
Of the many poker parties that I've been to, this was by far the most fun, even better than the WPT Celebrity Invitational Pre-Party and the first WPT500 party at Aria's Haze NightClub with two of the female guests joining the bikini contest. You know it's a great party when a nice lady qualifier in a wheelchair, who is almost as old as compuease,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5oQaEWvROA
The next day, I won in the cash game and I kept a few of the unique "Dusk Till Dawn" chips as requested by Colin408, beefylogs, UBetIFold & Milo. After my return flight from Philadelphia to Toronto was cancelled, I decide to play an all-nighter at Harrah's WSOP Room and also kept chips. I have won in all the cash games that I played during my WPT Philippines and WPT UK trips.
too much poker talk. not enough hot chick pics.
P. S. FK U TRIGS
that's the blondefish we know.
To lynx5, I will give your WPT UK XL dark grey shirt and cash game chips from "Dusk Till Dawn" and Harrah's WSOP Poker Room at Fallsview this weekend.
To UBetIFold, DirtArse & Beefylogs, please LMK when you or a buddy will be at a casino so I can give your swag. I plan to be at Brantford on Sunday, and Fallsview most weekends starting this Friday.
I usually don't ask for until the final day when all the other qualifiers have gotten their goodie bags, but it seems the RFG and partypoker hostesses gave me some extra stuff. Both the WPT UK and Montreal hats look cool, but only Colin408 requested one, so I have given him all his items. I plan to continue winning my way to a bunch of WPT festivals in my quest to win an event bracelet so the WPT UK/Philippines investors can request the following FREE swag:
- WPT UK: large black hoodie & large black shirt
- WPT Montreal: 2XL black & 2XL dark grey shirts
- WPT Montreal / Playground card protector
- 2 Philippines medium shirts from the sponsor of event that DirtArse final tabled
- WPT Philippines patches, looks great on a black jacket or hat; can be sewn
- Bwin black baseball cap
- Game of Thrones deck of cards
- other items from DirtArse & me.
I will continue updating OP to try to keep track of what's left to give out to others.
Happy to have reciviced my free shirt and chips from the event(s).
will invest again of course, even if its a small amount.
:P
PIRANHA - $30.75 (plus I'll give you the WPT UK large hoodie, WPT Philippines patch, & Game of Thrones deck during WPT Fallsview).
DirtArse - email sent about the $37.50 refund (gave WPT UK XL grey shirt; I'll give you WPT Solaire patch at next GBH/Rama tournament).
lynx5 - $10.25 (gave WPT Philippines shirt, WPT UK large black shirt,Dusk Till Dawn & Harrah's WSOP Poker Room chips).
UBetIFold - $10.25 (Let me know next time you go to a casino & I'll try to give your two poker chips).
Colin408 - $5.25 (gave WPT UK hat, Dusk Till Dawn & Harrah's chips).
Beefylogs - settled (will give your poker chips to DirtArse at GBH/Rama).
Hobbes - $5.25 (LMK if you ever want any poker swag).
Please email or PM any questions as I will probably rarely post on this forum anymore.