Brantford $550 Deepstack seat for sale

PocketsTwos

If anyone is interested and is planning on playing the $550 Deepstack in Brantford on Sunday April 24 there is a guy that has a seat for sale that he won in the satellite last Sunday. His name is Walt. Some of you may know him from Mohawk, Niagara, or Brantford. He will be playing this Thursday in Brantford. You can negotiate with him. If you like, you can pm me your contact info and I will have him contact you directly. First come first serve. Thanks

PocketsTwos

Sold

BlondeFish

I'm trying to do more poker math with the World Cup of Cards coming up, so I posted on 2+2 on how to maximize EV with a $550 Brantford entry. My first gut instinct was to sell it and play online instead, but I forgot that poker is very counter-intuitive.

Option 1 - Sell:
EV (sell for $510) = $510 cash for sure.

Option 2 - Sell & play online:
Let's say that my expected profit from staying home and buying into some online tournaments is +$35.
EV (Sell + expected profit of buying in online)
= $500 cash + ~$35
= $535

Option 3 - Stake:
A bunch of players have asked to be staked before, e.g., 50/50 to pay $275 cash and split 50% of any winnings. Let's say those players are above average enough to beat the $50 rake and have an average ROI of 10%.
EV (50% cash + 50% of stakee's tournament EV)
= $275 cash + 50% * ($550 * ~1.1)
= $578

Option 4 - Play.
I chopped in the last $550 Deep Stack tournament I played, but even for any winning player whose ROI is as low as 10%, driving to Brantford would have the highest EV.
EV (Play - expenses)
>= $550 * 1.1 - $11 gas
>= $594.

Does this all make sense? After trying to explain +EV poker to my wife, she still wants me to sell. :rolleyes2:

A WPT champion offered to stake me for satellites then let him play, so I will post about that later.

Card Dead

I dunno about all the other stuff, but your gas figure is way low, unless you're carpooling.

BlondeFish

Thanks for the correction. Trip Cost Calculator shows $10.71 cost for gas, so I updated OP from $5. Carpooling to Rama, Playground, etc. is a great idea, but in case I'm out early tomorrow, I'd want to drive home ASAP & play online then head to CNE Casino to pick up the VIP Package.

Card Dead;401326 wroteI dunno about all the other stuff, but your gas figure is way low, unless you're carpooling.

Toronto Pimp

BlondeFish;401327 wroteThanks for the correction. Trip Cost Calculator shows $10.71 cost for gas, so I updated OP from $5. Carpooling to Rama, Playground, etc. is a great idea, but in case I'm out early tomorrow, I'd want to drive home ASAP & play online then head to CNE Casino to pick up the VIP Package.

Table 6 seat 10.....

Good luck guys

Card Dead

Last minute decision.

Table 13, Seat 1.

compuease

Good luck guys...

payperview

Good luck boys. Keep us posted.

Toronto Pimp

payperview;401334 wroteGood luck boys. Keep us posted.

I think i am the last one standing . avg stack is now 50k ... I have 41k.

Tough table though.

djgolfcan

Finished 33rd or so. Lost most of my stack to AA < 44 after BB calls my pre-flop raise and hit his set. On to the next one.

Toronto Pimp

Toronto Pimp;401335 wroteI think i am the last one standing . avg stack is now 50k ... I have 41k.

Tough table though.

Down to 13 players. Avg stack is 100k. I have 125k.

Blinds 2500 5000. 500 ante.

Toronto Pimp

Made the money and took down the last longer at $100 per person only had 7 peeps but was still extra moneyz...

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Got pretty short and jammed in 11 bigs with A10 off .... Got called the big stack that had 44. Bricked the world and out in 9th.

there were real idiots there today. One guy swore at Shirley..... If you know Shirley you are wondering WTF ??? Shitley is an 80 year old lady that uses a walker to get around and anyone with half a brain in their head would never swear at her.
The other dipstick was a fat (yes fatter than me) obnoxious sloth of a man that was berating another player for not calling an all in on the final table while we were already in the money. This jerk kept saying things like "your marked by the whole table now". " your the next onento bust for sure" 10 mins later the ass munching forskin chewer was still talking about it. Some asked him to shut up but he was a mouth breathing mono salavic grunt speaking asshat.

on a side note ...... When Card Dead busted i am pretty sure there was smoke coming out of his ears......

All in all it was a good day.

Card Dead

Nice job TP.
Yeah, I was pretty steamy for sure. Just to fill in the viewers at home, I had been grinding all day with not a lot of good hands, but was able to chip up to about 20k by first break. Then I get moved to DJ's table where I don't get a lot of playable hands, then finally I get AQ and call an EP raiser, and the SB (who's an 80-year-old card rack) comes along as well. Flop comes AQ4 rainbow and SB has a set of 4s. Very next hand I get AQ suited, raise 3x in late position, and get called by same old dude. Flop comes AQ5 with 2 clubs - I bet and he calls. Turn is a club and old dude bets out, so I go into call mode now. River is a brick. He super under-bets the river so I just call and he has T6 of clubs. A few hands later I shove my last 8 bigs with 33 and get 3 callers, including same guy, and he ends up winning with T5 off on a KTxxx board.

I haven't steamed that badly in a while.

djgolfcan

That was the worst two bad beats in a row that I have ever seen. And that's saying something.

BlondeFish

She plays very differently from the stereotypical grandmother, but she has been victimized a couple of times at Brantford. :( She said that a guy named Austin had agreed to a heads-up chop with her, then ran off with the first place money! :rage: It was his first and obviously last time he showed his face at Brantford, but does anybody happen to know this guy?

Toronto Pimp;401338 wrotethere were real idiots there today. One guy swore at Shirley..... If you know Shirley you are wondering WTF ??? Shitley is an 80 year old lady that uses a walker to get around and anyone with half a brain in their head would never swear at her.