Brantford Oct.3, 2004 - News on Tourney
Visited Brantford today. Went on both 2/5 and 5/10 lists, took over an hour to get seated at 2/5. Dealer said there would be a tournament in November or December(didn't know dates) but that it would have a higher entry fee, like $300 or $350; I said I hoped the had space for more players than they did last time when they sold out so quickly.
After losing a few bucks at 2/5 I got switched to 5/10. Finisedh $180 down, but it's amazing how one or two different outcomes would have swung me into positive territory. In my case there were three such events:
1) and 2) lost to the SAME darn guy.
1) Pocket Q's, i bet all the way, he hit his inside straight on the river, calling all the way without proper odds.
2) He plays 2/7 off suit, I had AK. I bet all the way and he calls. (He had an inside straight draw) Outcome: The river brings a 2 and his pair of 2s beats my Ace high.
3) The one time I made a set (of 6's) the flop came 678, and of course I lost a lot of money to a straight.
The fellow from 1) and 2) above also made a straight on the river and won a pot with A4 when I dropped the very same hand after the flop.
There were two (somewhat attractive) ladies at the table(on my end). (One worked as a pit boss at the U.S. Seneca casino, and the other one seemed like a student but mentioned she played at UB and now Party Poker). Both ladies were waiting for $10/20 and doing pretty well. I asked id 10/20 was easier, and with crap like above.... pit boss said yes.... I asked the pit boss about hand 2) above, and whether BOZO had read me in calling; she said no, he's just stupid.
After losing a few bucks at 2/5 I got switched to 5/10. Finisedh $180 down, but it's amazing how one or two different outcomes would have swung me into positive territory. In my case there were three such events:
1) and 2) lost to the SAME darn guy.
1) Pocket Q's, i bet all the way, he hit his inside straight on the river, calling all the way without proper odds.
2) He plays 2/7 off suit, I had AK. I bet all the way and he calls. (He had an inside straight draw) Outcome: The river brings a 2 and his pair of 2s beats my Ace high.
3) The one time I made a set (of 6's) the flop came 678, and of course I lost a lot of money to a straight.
The fellow from 1) and 2) above also made a straight on the river and won a pot with A4 when I dropped the very same hand after the flop.
There were two (somewhat attractive) ladies at the table(on my end). (One worked as a pit boss at the U.S. Seneca casino, and the other one seemed like a student but mentioned she played at UB and now Party Poker). Both ladies were waiting for $10/20 and doing pretty well. I asked id 10/20 was easier, and with crap like above.... pit boss said yes.... I asked the pit boss about hand 2) above, and whether BOZO had read me in calling; she said no, he's just stupid.
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Glad to hear there are some more rumors floating around about the Brantford tourney. I didn't fair too well in the last one, so I want to make up for it this time! Be sure to keep the forum updated if you hear anything else.
Cheers,
AF
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I played 2/5 at table 6, 2:30 until 3:30 or so. By the way I spotted Dean Nerbonne(or whatever the name is, who won the last Brantford tourney and $50K or so), playing that table after 4p.m.
Then at 3:30, played 6/10 at table 5. The girls were at table 5. But both were on the 10/20 lists and I think at least one was going over to that when I left. The one that was the pit boss at Seneca(I think she was named Amy or Kay or seomthing short like that), was probably in her 30's, gold wedding ring, wearing a light-blue matching tops and pants(more Italian than 'hood -->does that make sense?), and kind of Liz Hurley Shades (half rosy on top and half clear). The other one was a somewhat talkative younger girl, maybe of university age... medium brown hair...funny
Her name is Kristy and goes by the handle 'Wren'.
She IS very nice and just finished university, and a damn good poker player so watch out for her.
Kev
I asked one of the dealers, and he also indicated that November was the month for the next tournament. I asked if he knew any details ...
He said, "Yeah, we saw a memo about it. Oh, maybe I'm not supposed to say anything yet."
So, no further details ...
macbb :canada:
BTW, ended up much better than I was at one point, playing 5/10 ... was almost all-in with my original $400 buy-in ... then caught some suited connectors in the big blind ... the pot was capped pre-flop by 7 players (!), so I had some ok pot odds ... made 2 pair on the flop, and bet it hard ... unfortunately, someone had the flush on the turn, but I was bailed out by making a full house on the river, winning a $270 pot ... went on a roll after that, and finished the day with $549 ... not too bad from where I was a few hours earlier.