Orangeville poker league
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Just got back from this tournament, great value again, 76 players payed 8, I finished 5th for just under $300. Only 1 other player from the forum , Waltsfriend, that I recognized. Started at 11:30 finished at around 8:15....
Three tables of 1/2, non raked, still going when I left.
Three tables of 1/2, non raked, still going when I left.
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I finally found a Sunday where there was no freezing rain or snowstorm forcasted, made the trek to Orangeville. I left a little after Compuease. I was at the third cash table and it was breaking when I decided to leave. About half the players from my table filled in empty spots in the other two cash tables.
The rake-free cash game had $40 minimum buy-in and $100 maximum buy-in and 1/2 blinds. Most people, at the brand new third table that I joined, bought in for the minimum - one bought in for $100. I bought in for $60. I caught pocket jacks on the first hand and won a $40 pot right off the bat. I think my table probably had the least money on it. When the table broke, there was about $1400 total after about four or five hours of play. I cashed out for $400 as chip leader - so it was worth the drive.
The play was reasonably weak. The best example of this was when I had pocket queens on the button. There was a raise UG to $10. I re-raised to $25. The big blind re-raised me all-in to ~$40. UG called. The flop came down 8 high. UG checked, I bet $25 and he folded. The big blind showed A-7 suited and was convinced that he had made a great play pre-flop and just got unlucky. The queens held up.
I recommend this game for anyone who is interested in playing small stakes.
Tournament on Sundays usually starts at 11:30am and a Cash Game will start as soon as there is enough players eliminated from the Tournament are willing to play cash
I think you should probably play at least one or two tournaments first before just coming to play cash... Or at least ask the organizer Curtis...
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for those who think I am being serious when I call the kid 'stupid', I am not. He played quite well. Just a little humor on my "great" read.
I may check out the cash games, if I can skip the tournament.
I will be there on the 22nd for the next one...
Or just use the link further up this thread.....
The blind structure they use is the same as the WSOP Blinds Schedule ( 2008 ) for intermediate tournaments:
Level Ante Blinds (blinds increase every 30 minutes)
1 - 25 50
2 - 50 100
3 - 100 200
4 25 100 200
5 25 150 300
6 50 200 400
7 75 300 600
Remove $25 Chips
8 100 400 800
9 100 500 1,000
10 100 600 1,200
11 200 800 1,600
12 300 1,000 2,000
13 300 1,200 2,400
14 400 1,500 3,000
Remove $100 Chips
15 500 2,000 4,000
16 500 3,000 6,000
Remove $500 Chips
17 1,000 4,000 8,000
18 1,000 5,000 10,000
19 1,000 6,000 12,000
20 2,000 8,000 16,000
21 3,000 10,000 20,000
22 3,000 12,000 24,000
23 4,000 15,000 30,000
Remove $1000 Chips
24 5,000 20,000 40,000
25 5,000 25,000 50,000
26 5,000 30,000 60,000
27 10,000 40,000 80,000
28 10,000 50,000 100,000
29 15,000 60,000 120,000
Buy-in: $50 (all of which goes towards the prize pool)
Starting chips: 4000
Add-on: $5 (extra 1000 in chips - goes towards covering expense)
Freeze-out
This is the link for all other tournament info:
Orangeville Poker League Tournament #12 - Orangeville Poker League (Orangeville, ON) - Meetup.com
ok, thanks; didn't realize there was a rake on the cash games;
was referring to the cash games, not the tournament. Thanks.
F@#k! I just heard 5-10 cm of snow will be falling Saturday night and into Sunday morning. Effin figures
it doesn't sound like much but it has the potential make an 87 km drive seem twice as long and a drag.
Picked the wrong time to push all in. I was 1st or 2nd short stack at the table in the BB with Q-8 clubs and chip leader raised my blind. I had a feeling he was bullying my small stack and trying to pick up the blinds and antes so I pushed with a very medicore hand. Actually got 2 callers (each calling about 2 grand ontop of the initial raise) and knew I was pretty much dead in the water then. Didn't even hit a pair, needed a club on the river....
Very well run tourney from what I could see and I will play there again. With better results of course.
Congratulations. It was a profitable weekend for you!