530K sunday at stars
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Anyone else trying to get in the big game through low dollar sats?
I lost a heartbreaker last night in 25th. Think it started with 600+ entrants. Chips to 530k paid to 13th, 14th got leftover cash.
6k first hour
18k second hour
40k third hour
62k fourth hour
Lost it to an all in suckout. Guy had been stealing blinds too much. Played weaker hands far too much too. Made the correct call. (Actually figured him for Ax or worse, based on previous play) My pocket 7's lost to his pocket 3's on the river though. Ahhh, next time.
I lost a heartbreaker last night in 25th. Think it started with 600+ entrants. Chips to 530k paid to 13th, 14th got leftover cash.
6k first hour
18k second hour
40k third hour
62k fourth hour
Lost it to an all in suckout. Guy had been stealing blinds too much. Played weaker hands far too much too. Made the correct call. (Actually figured him for Ax or worse, based on previous play) My pocket 7's lost to his pocket 3's on the river though. Ahhh, next time.
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But is 77 really the hand you want to make a stand with for a lot of chips at this point of a satellite? (In a tournament with a *normal* pay-out structure, I'd be much more inclined to call with the 77 against a "crazy".)
Although the details are foggy, here's what I can gather. Don't worry, I'm a PSI. Let's see what the evidence tells us.
With 25 players remaining, the average stack size is between 36K and 42K. Blinds are unknown. I'm guessing they're fairly high, but an above average stack shouldn't feel *too* threatened by the blinds. (Or, if you do feel the blinds are chewing you up, then you should realize that over half of the field with smaller stacks below is getting chewed up far worse than you.)
Average stack to make it onto the money is between 70K and 80K. Assuming you still have ~60K, I see no need to risk a lot of chips here with a hand as vulnerable as 77, AK or JJ, even against a loose, wild bluffer.
I'm not sure I want to play my 77 even with this kind of read.
I'd buy that this might be a +EV play, but neither that fact, nor the fact that your opponent showed down 33, really convinces me that this was the way to play this one.
ScottyZ
Will try again today , I like the cost of the 3.00 rebuys...they just take so long to play.
Cheers & Good Luck...hope to see you Guys sunday!
Mark
Im chipleader now.
If I manage to bubble here I will think I'll give up.
Hope to see some of you's Sunday.
Running good in tourneys this week, just wish it would roll over to the big Sunday one.
I will be playing Sunday, some of you guys get a seat too!
This week I won 3 satelites to the $530 in 4 attempts. This is my first time playing satelites too, I am sold on them. I mean there is zero rakes and T$ are almost as good as real dollars. The payout is more even so more positions make a decent amount.
Now the Bad news is I was playing on dial up this week with alot of freezing. I get highspeed in 2 days. Should I risk the $530 on a crappy connections or play some more Satelite and then enter it next month? A tough choice to make, .... but it's a nice sunny day outside hmmmmmmm
it'll be a monster. hope one of us wins something.
I came 12th in 215$ limit yesterday and 10th in the 11$ 20k guaranteed rebuy two nights ago and still feel bummed.
Today could be my day.
hg :canada:
GL everyone
Timesmog
Just happened to join your table couple minutes ago to observe, nice to see your aks hit runner runner flush against set of jacks..
good luck to you.
timesmog (kingston) 281st
CanadaKev (burlington) 696th
Eric123 (Linkoping) 948th ...if that makes you feel any better?
Anyone care to post how they were eliminated?
stp
Except that all he needs to do is go win one of those 5K HU SnG's and he's got his entries for the next few months
((sorry I could not resist:D))
Im not a great comunicator , like alot of posters here , but will post a few hands that "took me down"
i suck
Had to mention the crazy luck at the end of it. lol I was about 40k when I got moved to a new table. Then nothing I played hit. I was wittled down to 16K in about an hour. As the button got closer I'm saying to myself...just give me two high cards. lol I get a K 10 in EP. Guy ahead of me goes for a steal on the blinds. I decide this might be my best hand before the blinds hit me, so I make a play. I match his bet, and am all in. 1 guy in MP calls too. Flop comes ( ? K 10 ) I smile. When the third king hit on fourth street I laughed. Tripled up. Then I got pocket aces a couple hands later, and hit trips there for big money. A few hands after that hit AA again. 10 minutes earlier I was at 16K. I finished at 289K. lmao The RNG was my friend for sure.
Best quote this week.... I heard a guy refer to it as the "Random Nightmare Generator" lol
I made it past the first 500 people, but had trouble with the remaining 1500. lmao Can ya believe 2000+ entries for that 215K puppy. It's starting to get as hard as those damn freerolls. lol Next time maybe.
One hand I had KQ, flop AA5, checked to the button who bet about half the pot, everyone folded, and I decided to play the hand as if I was slowplaying an ace, so I called. Turn was a brick, I checked, and he checked (sensing that a check-raise was coming, which it was). River, brick, I bet the pot, he folded.
However, the blinds after the first few hours can turn even a healthy stack into a shortstack in no time. I found that I had to wait for real hands, and unfortunately, none materialized. Oh well, there's always next week...
I didn't know you were in it, DJP. I saw harthgosh, timesmog, and CanadaKev there, though. Very cool that 5 of us were in it... if we keep trying, one of us is bound to hit it big.
Cheers,
all_aces
LOL!!!!
Regards,
all_aces
ps: Thanks for cheering me on Jimmi. It was very cool to have you, OrangeJello, and at the end CanadaKev there to give your support!
he is known as kelly to many- everyone knows him- around the vancouver poker room scene... congrats for getting outta that pokerstars slump you were telling me about.
also aces, good job... nice kk on the bubble, i watched most of your tourney.
i myself, got distracted and lost. damn momentary distraction tilt gets the best of me sometimes.
happy monday
Regards,
all_aces
I did played not my best game , also could not get my hands to hold up ....wired Q ,J & 10s all lost to sets or flushes..finally knocked out to quad 9s, befor the first break :banghead:
As a constalation prize I played in a Sunday UB 100.00 Tourney & placed 1st :cool:
Was my first in a MTT ..not PS size mind you only about 150 players, ((still nice 3.5k))
See you all tonight.....
Not me, unfortunately... I'm playing in a private 'live' tournament tonight. Winner should take about 5K, wish me luck!!! And GL to you and all tonight as well.
Cheers,
all_aces