A first for me ...
The dangers of online poker ... oh my.
With seconds to spare I jumped into a MTT on vcpoker last night. The game I play starts at 12:14 am and last night I was able to join 307 other people. Being a 5 action point tourney with a prize pool of 5 dollars (I know, big bucks, no whammies) you know that there is gonna be some amazing plays of skill ... err, I mean, not many amazing plays. The "all-in" button gets used plenty.
After about 45 mins or so I found myself at 2500 chips (up from being chipped down to 1600 or so). Well, the next thing I remember is waking up. I know I had zonked out for at least 15 mins (that's how long it takes for my screen saver to kick in). I moved the mouse and my monitor came alive. I logged back in and found that on a previous hand I had won 1100 ... WOOT! I unchecked the "away from table" (well, I guess they don't have a "fell asleep" button to deselect) and started to play with my 1650 in chips.
A couple hands later (I was utg) I found myself with AJs. I figured this was as good a hand as any to go out with because I was, well, tired. I pushed all in. Everyone folded and the BB calls. My AJs was now up against AA. uh oh (but I was ok with it anyway) Flop: X spade X. hmm ... Turn: spade ... flop: spade. WOOT! (yes, I was lucky, I tipped the dealer)
I was then able to turn that into 27,000 in chips and soon found myself at one of the last two tables. The table I was at had the majority of chip leaders and I found it hard to find 2 cards to commit to pre-flop. I was up against stacks of 60 - 80k and they were eager to push all-in.
I finished 12th and felt a little rested too. hehe
With seconds to spare I jumped into a MTT on vcpoker last night. The game I play starts at 12:14 am and last night I was able to join 307 other people. Being a 5 action point tourney with a prize pool of 5 dollars (I know, big bucks, no whammies) you know that there is gonna be some amazing plays of skill ... err, I mean, not many amazing plays. The "all-in" button gets used plenty.
After about 45 mins or so I found myself at 2500 chips (up from being chipped down to 1600 or so). Well, the next thing I remember is waking up. I know I had zonked out for at least 15 mins (that's how long it takes for my screen saver to kick in). I moved the mouse and my monitor came alive. I logged back in and found that on a previous hand I had won 1100 ... WOOT! I unchecked the "away from table" (well, I guess they don't have a "fell asleep" button to deselect) and started to play with my 1650 in chips.
A couple hands later (I was utg) I found myself with AJs. I figured this was as good a hand as any to go out with because I was, well, tired. I pushed all in. Everyone folded and the BB calls. My AJs was now up against AA. uh oh (but I was ok with it anyway) Flop: X spade X. hmm ... Turn: spade ... flop: spade. WOOT! (yes, I was lucky, I tipped the dealer)
I was then able to turn that into 27,000 in chips and soon found myself at one of the last two tables. The table I was at had the majority of chip leaders and I found it hard to find 2 cards to commit to pre-flop. I was up against stacks of 60 - 80k and they were eager to push all-in.
I finished 12th and felt a little rested too. hehe
Comments
Am I missing someting? You would have to hit the left button on the mouse and inadvertently raise the pot while looking for a more comfortable position during your snooze.
zzzzzzzz......elbow hits mouse...........zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......RAISE.........zzzzzzz..... Skittle wins pot.........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Wakes up...
bahahahahahaha
(it confused me for a few mins also ... I had to look at the game chat info a couple of times to make sure what I was reading was correct).
I may try this ploy at Rob's place next time. Build up a few extra chip, take a nap then play feeling refreshed!
lol
EDIT: Almost forgot to mention; I came in third without playing a single hand!
After roughly 35 minutes, I woke up and found myseld down to about 1,700 chips. I double up a couple hands later and built my chip stack up to about 4,100. I then took another 10 minute nap and jumped back into the tournament rested and invigorated.
I ended up placing 5th for the massive prize of a quarter, bringing my VC bankroll up to a massive $4.84!
I figure the success comes because when you're sleeping and folding everything, no one can put you on a hand!
Went on to get second in that tourney. Guess after not playing a single hand for the last 10-15 minutes , my constant all-ins were getting some respect.