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ANDY FROM BR1
11-02-2011, 09:05 PM
did a coaching article for beginers on tournaments if you ae interested.
I am please
so whens the first game?
I was waiting for a few more of those that said they were interested to sign up. At the moment there are only eight of us
Finbar
11-02-2011, 09:35 PM
Stupid game
ANDY FROM BR1
12-02-2011, 07:13 PM
Any one around this evening to try out the Home Game?
Bigtoe82
12-02-2011, 07:16 PM
Yeh I can do it...
ANDY FROM BR1
12-02-2011, 07:34 PM
There's a game there ready to register for.....
Bigtoe82
12-02-2011, 07:57 PM
Any response from any otherS?
Excowboy
12-02-2011, 08:00 PM
I'm in.
ANDY FROM BR1
12-02-2011, 08:04 PM
Well it's just a test run really. Firstly did you receive an email advising of the game? Secondly get registered. I've just set it for a £5 + £0.50 tournament, I assume with just 3 then it will be winner takes all. Set to start at 21:30
ANDY FROM BR1
12-02-2011, 08:37 PM
Excowboy is reigning champ. In a very exciting tournament he managed to wipe out all opposition in two hands.
Setting up a tournament for 20:30 tomorrow night, hopefully a few more will sign up to it.
Excowboy
12-02-2011, 08:43 PM
Who says Jacks is the hand of death?
Set one up for 8pm sunday. Did it in dollars, - I reckon it's easier as most people's accounts are in $, and made it deep stacked for (hopefully) a bit more play. Great idea this, cheers to Andy for sorting all this out.
Bigtoe82
12-02-2011, 08:50 PM
Yeh haha, lasted 2 long hands. Yeh deep will be good and yeh tis a good idea. Will be good laugh if we can keep it going.
LLCOOLSTEVE
13-02-2011, 01:09 PM
I could do 6pm, but not sure about 8pm tonight
ANDY FROM BR1
13-02-2011, 07:12 PM
Anyone else for 20:30 tonight?
LLCOOLSTEVE
13-02-2011, 07:15 PM
invite i got says it was cancelled
ANDY FROM BR1
13-02-2011, 07:18 PM
invite i got says it was cancelled
The one for 20:30 ET was, a new one at 20:30 was set and still is.
Excowboy
13-02-2011, 07:19 PM
That particular one was cancelled as I accidentally put EST time instead of GMT. Andy's put a replacement up, 3 of us registered for the one tonight so far.
LLCOOLSTEVE
13-02-2011, 07:23 PM
ah
I cant do it anyways, not tonight.... as I said earlier.
sorry chaps
1fbc
GodstoneEagle
13-02-2011, 10:57 PM
I can't due to being in France, won't let me sign up with an English address etc
Gregz41
15-02-2011, 11:44 PM
I am please
I was waiting for a few more of those that said they were interested to sign up. At the moment there are only eight of us
Been In nottingham for the past few days, so missed the first few.
I'v lost the article, but someone asked for a bit of help with their preflop tournament game recently.
Its a bit of a long read but I think its got some valid concepts in there on tournaments. Its a little rushed so if you have any Q's, please ask.
Tournemant poker:
Tournaments imo are the most profitable form of poker. They have large prize pools which attract fish who hope to make a deep run. The only problem with tournament poker is that variance is a bitch.
Variance:
Because Tournaments are filled with bad players, this leads to bad calls and bad beats. But it all evens out in the end.
Stack to blind ratio:
You asked me a lot about what I should be playing a lot yesterday, and it all depends on your blind to stack ratio which in the poker world is called M.
M = the number of orbits before you are blinded out
example we have 1500 chips and the blinds are at 25/50
so for each orbit assuming we never play a hand we are losing 75 chips
So our M = 1500/75 which = 20
Now if there is an ante of 5 and we are 9 handed then we are losing 145 each orbit
So now when we calculate our M = 1500/145 = 10.3ish So you can see how big a deal an ante makes.
In tournament poker we can play as tight or as loose as we want if our M is 30 or bigger.
However this is rarely the case as you saw yesterday where the average stack is roughly 20BB after a while.
As a general I'd say if your M is + 20 you can play how you want.
The lower your M gets the more risks you ave to take. Make sure you're always calculating your M
When your M is below 10 you need to start making moves (25BB with an ante) And you need to be prepared to play for all your chips.
E.g we have AK in the BB and have 18BB, theres a raise and a call in front of us.
When we call we are out of position against two opponents which is far from ideal and end up check folding a lot.
But say we shove, we irradicate position and put the raiser and caller to a decision. And we give ourselves two ways to win the pot:
1. they both fold
2. they call and we make the best hand
I'll go with some shoving ranges for when we have different amount of BB's When the pot is unopened
8BB or less: suited connectors prob starting at 76, any suited ace, any pair, any two cards above a 9 and A6o+ (really try not to let it get to this stage)
9-13BB A9s+ A10o+ 4's+ KQo KQs
14BB-17BB AJo+ 7's+ KQs (can do 6's depending on position
)
18BB-20BB 8's+ AJs+ (can do 7's depending on position)
When we face a raise, we have to shove a bit tighter So e.g use the 14-17BB shoving range for the 9-13BB reshoving range and when you have 14-17BB use the 18-20BB range.
Also if you are facing a raise from late position you can shove wider. E.g I have 6's in the BB with 19BB and the button raises. I'm probably ahead of his range and will usually shove all in.
You dont have to stick to these 100% but they are pretty good.
The only problem with open shoving hands when you have over 15BB is that your opponents can play perfectly against you. That is they can give you a realistic range and call profitably
I'm more tempted to open shove from early position than i am from late position. This is because I dont want to get called and be out of position on a bad flop.
However if i'm in late postion lets say I have 10's on the button, its folded to me I will prob raise and try and let them make a mistake. E.g the SB has 12 BB and he shoves all in the BB folds and now I have an easy call, seeing as 10's are so far ahead of his range.
Also note that when in the SB and on the button you can shove more hands if folded to you.
As you get better post flop, you dont have to open shove so much and you can raise pre flop instead.
Calling shoves and Reshoves:
This all depends on how deep your opponent is, The deeper they are the tighter your calling range has to be. E.g lets say we have a nice stack, we have 6's in early position and raise, its folded to the SB who shoves a 20BB stack. calling is very marginal here and you are only hoping to see AQ or AK here imo but he has 8's + a lot as well so we should probably fold.
Also note that all these ranges are dependent on how tight or loose your opponents are.
Pre flop raise sizing:
Never open limp, it sucks imo. You end up c/f way too many flops. Take the iniative and raise. If i'm the first into a pot pre ante I raise 2.5BB
e.g if the blinds are 25/50 i raise to 125.
With an ante I raise 2.2BB. we're risking less to win more so our steals have to work a lower amount of time.
Isolating limpers:
Say we have 7's and someones limped, instead of raising to 2.5BB raise to 3.5BB, having the initiative in poker is really important as it lets you take down more pots post flop. (or 3.2BB with an ante)
(generally add 1BB for every limper)
Times to limp:
when your getting good odds with a speculative hand, e.g say we have 4's and two people limp, now we can limp. The pots a decent size.
Or say we have AQ and there are 4 limpers and your in the SB with a deepstack. If we raise to like 5BB and the first limper calls, the other limpers are all priced in and we're now playing a 25BB pot out of position which we really dont want. But by calling we under rep our hand.
3 betting:
In general I raise between 2.5X the opening raise when im in position and a little bit bigger than 3X the opening raise when im out of position.
E.g i have K's on the button the blinds are at 50/100 and we're deepstacked, some guy raises to 300, i reraise to 750.
E.g I have in the BB AK, someone from mid position raises to 300, i reraise to a 1000.
Keep your sizing siimilar if you 3 smaller with aces than you do with AK people can pick up on it.
Always no matter what the position 3 bet A's and K's.
With Q's and J's I'm more likely to call against early position raisers because you keep their opening range wider and you dont want to 3 bet them and then get 4 bet.
Although if you are in late position facing a late position raise you can 3 bet here.
AK, mix it up call in position more than you do out of position.
ANDY FROM BR1
16-02-2011, 03:01 PM
Blimey all a bit much for me. I think I'll have to give up now and go back to snap.
LLCOOLSTEVE
16-02-2011, 09:49 PM
was bored the other day so entered a tourny
1100 runners
came 7th
shame it was only a free roll and I picked up $6 lol
1fa5
ANDY FROM BR1
25-02-2011, 12:10 AM
Right who's up for a proper BBS poker tournie? So far we've managed two three player games!!!
We now have ten people signed up to the Pokerstars Home game site but I received 22 requests to join. If everyone who showed an interst can sign up (your Pokerstars username is no good to me, you need to request membership) then we can find a day and time that suits most.
If you are not already a member but want to play post here or send a PM and I'll send you details
It would be good to get a/some regular tournies and the associated league tables up and running.
LLCOOLSTEVE
27-02-2011, 01:32 PM
Tonight??
GodstoneEagle
27-02-2011, 09:43 PM
I've got VPN so can now compete :)
GodstoneEagle
27-02-2011, 09:53 PM
what's the club called.
ANDY FROM BR1
01-03-2011, 02:38 PM
PM sent
GodstoneEagle
01-03-2011, 07:38 PM
done.
ANDY FROM BR1
01-03-2011, 07:52 PM
Yep I've sorted that so you're ready to go.
Quite a few have signed up now but it's pretty difficult to try and arrange a game. I posted a mesage last Friday about tryinh to arrange a game and got the grand total of one reply.
So if anyone does want to play a little tournie can you please post on here when you can play, with alternatives. My feeling is Sunday night around 8.30pm would be about right?
?
Anyone..............
ANDY FROM BR1
06-03-2011, 06:18 PM
Anyone having a crack at the Pokerstars $5m GTD tonight?
ANDY FROM BR1
06-03-2011, 08:39 PM
Just me and 46,000 others then.....
ANDY FROM BR1
06-03-2011, 11:05 PM
This ended up with an unbelievable 59,128 entries at $200 + $15.
Pleased to say I'm still going with 27,261 left.
It pays down to 7,450 so that's got to be the first target.
With 73,000+ though I must currently be in the top 150...
Would pay $2k now to finish there!!
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 12:03 AM
Next break. I'm still going, trod water for about 30 mins and then went backwards big time.
Still aiming for the money, 14,014 left .
I have 41,751 :hmph:
Average stack 42,192 so pretty much on the bubble atm.
I have a problem with these mega tournies though....in the money or play to win? Too much variance atm so go for some money.....and then see what happens.
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 12:36 AM
update?
GodstoneEagle
07-03-2011, 12:40 AM
Yep I've sorted that so you're ready to go.
Quite a few have signed up now but it's pretty difficult to try and arrange a game. I posted a mesage last Friday about tryinh to arrange a game and got the grand total of one reply.
So if anyone does want to play a little tournie can you please post on here when you can play, with alternatives. My feeling is Sunday night around 8.30pm would be about right?
?
Anyone..............
Organise one this week for next Sunday. 8.30 GMT?
Who's in?
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 12:59 AM
Break....
Still in....getting tired!
7,661 remaining, so nearly in the money.
122,549 chips, average 77,190.
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 01:01 AM
Organise one this week for next Sunday. 8.30 GMT?
Who's in?
I'm in.
I'll stick up a deep stack tournie. Hopefully with a week notice we can get at least 10 involved.
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 01:03 AM
Whats your stars name? i wanna view :)
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 01:04 AM
How long would one of these tournies take if you did make it to the fianl table!!?? looking at the onfo there are upito 58 levels, blinds and antes increasing every 15 mins.
So 14-16 hours :S: ??
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 01:05 AM
Whats your stars name? i wanna view :)
CPalace1905
Don't mock me when I feck up.....I'm pretty new to this!!
Panzer
07-03-2011, 01:08 AM
I'll be in next sunday, stars name Panzeruk
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 01:09 AM
2nd in chips at your table, good pos
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 01:11 AM
I'll be in next sunday, stars name Panzeruk
Have you joined the club? Lost track of BBS/Pokerstars names
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 01:13 AM
well you made the money :)
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 01:16 AM
2nd in chips at your table, good pos
Wtf's happened? everything has frozen right on the bubble!! Changed connection and still frozen!!
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 01:17 AM
Wtf's happened? everything has frozen right on the bubble!! Changed connection and still frozen!!
play susp until all hands complete
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 01:19 AM
1f88
A2 sucked out!
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 01:21 AM
play susp until all hands complete
Show's how often I've done this!
Well happy to make the money. Need to go about another 4,000 places for the next level.
Did you see my lucky 2 on the river? :lux:
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 01:26 AM
you do play a lot of hands I notice, most of the time in good position with your chip stack size though
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 01:28 AM
you do play a lot of hands I notice, most of the time in good position with your chip stake size though
Just had some good hands come up. I sat around for over an hour and only saw the river twice.
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 01:34 AM
I know I've been sitting here for a while when I start hearing the third SS1 loop of the evening!!
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 01:36 AM
what did you fold when the guy behind you raised in early pos to half his stack?? 30k
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 01:38 AM
A7
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 01:49 AM
lucky to hit your A there against Kings, paid off though
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 01:53 AM
lucky to hit your A there against Kings, paid off though
He wasn't happy!!
Getting tired, figured I needed to double up if I was going to get to another prize level.
Palace took some stick in the chat there!!
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 01:54 AM
log in and give that long thing some stick on the chat!! What's your username?
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 02:00 AM
Next break....
Still in....getting v tired!
3,308 remaining, in the money and nearing the second tier.
260,788 chips, average 178,742.
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 02:01 AM
cant chat unless you bought into tourny
It was a little bit of a donk play though ;)
GodstoneEagle
07-03-2011, 02:04 AM
what prize money we're looking at? when you're finished tonight remember to put another post about next weeks tourny so everyone can see it
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 02:05 AM
next prize level is $470 for him another 100 or so to go out yet though
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 02:06 AM
oops make that 15 to go out
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 02:07 AM
Shove with Q10 on a AK flop with flush draws out there?! lucky....
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 02:11 AM
Shove with Q10 on a AK flop with flush draws out there?! lucky....
They're what normally feck me up, I never see the flushes coming.....:D
Tired :S: :S: :S: :S:
GodstoneEagle
07-03-2011, 02:15 AM
good luck Andy. I should try and sleep (fat chance). At least I've half-written my article for goal.com even if I haven't done my uni work for 7 hours time :lux:
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 02:19 AM
nice set
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 02:20 AM
Cheers.
I think this thing will still be going, without me, in 7 hours!!
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 02:26 AM
gtd $591 now :) well played
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 02:27 AM
gtd $591 now :) well played
$709 now
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 02:29 AM
weak A to play there... lost a fair few chips
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 02:33 AM
CPalace1905
Don't mock me when I feck up.....I'm pretty new to this!!
:confused:
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 02:36 AM
Too tired for this now. Just going to try a few double ups or bed
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 02:39 AM
$5million tourny, u cant say that, go for it, win it
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 02:41 AM
$5million tourny, u cant say that, go for it, win it
It's actually an 11m+ tournie
$827 now.
GodstoneEagle
07-03-2011, 02:50 AM
$5million tourny, u cant say that, go for it, win it
^
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 02:54 AM
$1,046
Strong coffee if I make it to the next break!
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 02:58 AM
Break, go get coffee, playing sensibly
sampuds
07-03-2011, 02:58 AM
nicely played with the AA there, got maximum value from it ;)
1f8f
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 02:59 AM
btw if you make into the top 1000 id like a 5% cut for being your rails support
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 03:00 AM
Run and get me a coffee and you're on!
sampuds
07-03-2011, 03:04 AM
massive hand, nice win!
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:04 AM
set of 8's, so lucky.....
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:07 AM
wow nice re-raise on 6,10,10 board, what did you hold??
sampuds
07-03-2011, 03:08 AM
nice raise there on the paired board
sampuds
07-03-2011, 03:09 AM
over the 1m mark now!
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 03:10 AM
33
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:10 AM
over a million in chips with average 400k
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 03:11 AM
$1182
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 03:11 AM
over a million in chips with average 400k
Scary!!
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:13 AM
1390 left out of 57k
you have done really well to get this far
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:14 AM
so you either start playing premium hands only for a bit, or squeeze shorter stacks, re-raises, raises, 3 betting etc
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 03:17 AM
$1,300
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:20 AM
$1419
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 03:20 AM
$1,419
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:22 AM
nice bet on flop...
sampuds
07-03-2011, 03:23 AM
what did you have there when you raised to $100,000?
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:24 AM
hmmmm AQ beaten by pocket Kings, unlucky.... you were getting the right price to call though
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:27 AM
k10 sucked out on the turn and river!!! for the straight, so lucky!
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 03:28 AM
$1537
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 03:29 AM
k10 sucked out on the turn and river!!! for the straight, so lucky!
Wasn't a big bet, all in, could have easily had 2,7
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:30 AM
I know, but still hilarious to watch, it was the right call :)
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:30 AM
1076 left, avg stack 552k
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 03:31 AM
$1,655
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:34 AM
13 to go before i get my 5%
Finbar
07-03-2011, 03:35 AM
Great work Andy! Nothing rash now...
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 03:37 AM
$1,773
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:37 AM
968 left
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 03:38 AM
Could do with a hand!
Where's that coffee Steve?!
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:40 AM
you are 116th
Finbar
07-03-2011, 03:41 AM
What position to get $5000?
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:41 AM
I think you need to do some shoving, but thats just IMO, dont listen to me though
Finbar
07-03-2011, 03:42 AM
Well above average then, good luck!!! Not got work today then?
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:42 AM
162nd Fin
Finbar
07-03-2011, 03:43 AM
Cheers, guessing that's when the prize increments start getting scary
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:44 AM
$1892
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:44 AM
Cheers, guessing that's when the prize increments start getting scary
with an $11million prize pool, yes!
1f9b
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:46 AM
blinds 20k/40k... 96k in pot before the flop if no callers
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:47 AM
6 to go before 2k payout
Finbar
07-03-2011, 03:49 AM
I can't do the comp this Sunday but am moving to aus next month so can do them while job hunting maybe
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:50 AM
$2128
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:53 AM
142 of 759 left
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 03:56 AM
Break coffee time
1.25 million in chips
keep it up andy
Igot bored so deposited £20 and am playing an $11 50k gtd, only 900 left :rolleyes:
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 03:56 AM
$2,246
Coffee time. These hours are flying past now....
Finbar
07-03-2011, 04:00 AM
Outstanding Andy, hang in there!! Cheers for the updates steve, on my phone so can't follow it, good luck in your game too!
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 04:02 AM
Actually it $2,365 now
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 04:10 AM
201 of 652, doubled a short stack up to 300k
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 04:10 AM
I think I'm getting abuse in spanish now!
Finbar
07-03-2011, 04:12 AM
Post it on here, I can translate!
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 04:13 AM
wow, huge pot, A10 beat some dudes Kings, up to 1.9 million!
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 04:15 AM
roncola: raise de mierda
Finbar
07-03-2011, 04:15 AM
Great stuff! Top 100?
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 04:15 AM
45th of 568
Finbar
07-03-2011, 04:16 AM
roncola: raise de mierda
Shit raise
Ha!
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 04:17 AM
Shit raise
Ha!
lol
Done plenty of those tonight!!
Finbar
07-03-2011, 04:20 AM
500 way chop for $20k?
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 04:23 AM
winner gets a lambo too
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 04:24 AM
ul with the AQ v AQ
Finbar
07-03-2011, 04:25 AM
and how much cash?
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 04:26 AM
1.6million
Finbar
07-03-2011, 04:27 AM
Hope the AQ wasn't too expensive...
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 04:27 AM
$2838
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 04:27 AM
Hope the AQ wasn't too expensive...
chopped it
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 04:27 AM
ul with the AQ v AQ
It was a brave call
Finbar
07-03-2011, 04:29 AM
Glad to hear
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 04:31 AM
unlucky :(
Queens ran into Aces
down to 800k
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 04:31 AM
Bollox!!
Finbar
07-03-2011, 04:32 AM
Ouch, still plenty of ammo, no need to panic
Finbar
07-03-2011, 04:34 AM
What are the blinds?
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 04:36 AM
$3,074
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 04:37 AM
What are the blinds?
30/60k
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 04:37 AM
30k/60k
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 04:41 AM
Hmmm need a bit of luck now.....
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 04:43 AM
things not goingyour way now
Nevermind
07-03-2011, 04:47 AM
Well done Andy! I hate being in long tournies, usually get bored and shove it all in at some point lol
1fa5
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 04:47 AM
No chance now, but worth hanging about for a few more prize levels if poss
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 04:48 AM
shove any Pair, A or K
Finbar
07-03-2011, 04:49 AM
Hmmm not so good then, fingers crossed for a double up
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 04:50 AM
Can't get any sort of hand, going to be blinded out soon.....
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 04:50 AM
shove any Pair, A or K
I would if I could get one!!
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 04:54 AM
lol
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 04:54 AM
:lux: K9 Doubles up with the straight 5-9
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 04:56 AM
Im happy with 5% of $3500
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 04:56 AM
$3,784
Finbar
07-03-2011, 04:58 AM
Chip stack now?
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 05:00 AM
Was running good in the 50k, then got a ridic beat on the river to put me down to 7k, had to get shoving and ran into AJ, I had 10J hearts, never mind, was only £6
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 05:00 AM
just over 1million Fin
Finbar
07-03-2011, 05:02 AM
Take it that's below average?
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 05:08 AM
yeah, BB is 100k
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 05:13 AM
unlucky, 288th is very good though, for 4k payout
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 05:14 AM
Night night
$4,136
My luck ran out......
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-03-2011, 05:15 AM
Ill accept paypal :)
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 05:15 AM
Blimey I couldn't do that full time even if I was any good. Over 8 1/2 hours ffs!!
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 05:16 AM
Ill accept paypal :)
A couple of before the Cardiff game?
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 05:16 AM
A couple of before the Cardiff game?
*pints
Finbar
07-03-2011, 08:10 AM
Well played Andy, for a while there I thought you might hit a 5 figure payout, still a very very nice night's work :p
ANDY FROM BR1
07-03-2011, 12:34 PM
Did you see the final table horse trading? That was quite entertaining.
I'll set up a tournie for next Sunday and see if we can get a few people on board.
PoolKing
08-03-2011, 04:02 PM
I've been a bit busy but will definitely be around for a BBS tournament sunday and most days in the near future.
Chester
09-03-2011, 12:11 PM
Oops
http://www.mpcpoker.com/who-won-the-500000-father-or-son/
Pokerstars Holland Representative Simon Keijzer tells Dutch TV show Jimmy Jonker is registered as a 19-year old, while he is 17 years old at the moment. Keijzer declares that an under-aged shouldn’t have played the tournament and he will not be entitled to the prize money (March 9, 12.15 GMT).
Jukesy
09-03-2011, 01:18 PM
Thanks for the info Andy. Will try and make the 8.30pm game this Sunday.
I've been playing a few bounty hunters on Sky Poker, small site, but only uk players so good banter and thankfully a reasonable standard of play.
eaglesrus
10-03-2011, 01:08 PM
The APAT fixtures for next Season are out. First event in Coventry on the 26th March. It is likely to sell out within the next few days so if you want to go then register at www.apat.com. Well worth it!
GodstoneEagle
10-03-2011, 01:51 PM
IN for Sunday :p
Sign up everyone
Dingle
11-03-2011, 02:59 AM
Entered a freeroll tournament this evening. Currently the chipleader with only 6 of us left (not bad considering we started with 25,000 people!) Bad news is I should have been asleep ages ago and have to be in work in 5 hours time :(
Dingle
11-03-2011, 03:10 AM
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Talk about bad beats. Went all in with jacks, guy went all in with 4,5. Got a 4 on the flop and another on the river. Then a couple of hands later I go all in with AQ with my remaining stack, same guy goes in with AJ, gets a J on the river to knock me out :veryangry :veryangry :veryangry :veryangry
eaglesrus
11-03-2011, 03:31 AM
Just on my way back from the international club. Won the 30 freezout for the second week in a row for another 1k.going to go towardss my Vegas trip in november!
Got to get up for work in 2 hours.going to be tricky!
1f7a
GodstoneEagle
11-03-2011, 08:04 AM
BUMP, register for this sunday's tournie
Finbar
11-03-2011, 09:40 AM
Unless I can win a best of 17 pool match in about an hour then I won't be in the comp this Sunday :(
PoolKing
11-03-2011, 10:44 AM
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Talk about bad beats. Went all in with jacks, guy went all in with 4,5. Got a 4 on the flop and another on the river. Then a couple of hands later I go all in with AQ with my remaining stack, same guy goes in with AJ, gets a J on the river to knock me out :veryangry :veryangry :veryangry :veryangry
Get used to it, it is an everyday occurence these days :grrr:
Dingle
11-03-2011, 11:23 AM
I'm afraid i'm not confident enough in my poker playing skills to play with you guys yet and even if I was, i'm too poor to participate this Sunday :(
I will at some point in the future though. I just want a bit more practice first. I'm still very new to poker and want to make sure i'm not the donk sitting at the table! Does anyone have any links to any good poker guides for a new player? I'm thinking of signing up to deuces cracked as it looks to be a very good training site.
Dingle
11-03-2011, 11:26 AM
Get used to it, it is an everyday occurence these days :grrr:
It's very hard to take! Sitting through 8 hours of poker, getting down from the original 25,000 players to be the chip leader with just 6 people left, to go out like that...
Still, i'm sure i'll bounce back!
LLCOOLSTEVE
11-03-2011, 11:32 AM
doesnt sound like you are too bad then
Dingle
11-03-2011, 11:51 AM
doesnt sound like you are too bad then
I'm very inexperienced so make stupid mistakes but I am getting better. I have days where I do well but I also have days where i'm awful! I'm really getting into it though and am beginning to take it seriously to the point where i'm looking at online courses/poker books (any recommendations welcome,) to improve myself.
I'm not confident enough to play for large (or even medium) amounts of money yet (mainly freerolls and micro stake tournaments,) but hope to start with some cash games soon.
LLCOOLSTEVE
11-03-2011, 12:00 PM
Dan harringtons books are very good
eaglesrus
11-03-2011, 02:51 PM
Best book I have read is let There be range. Has taught me about upping my aggression levels.
The harrington book just teaches you to be a rock. Though in some ways this is needed when you are new to the game. Only play your premium hands and make sure you are fully aware of your position on the table.
Dingle
11-03-2011, 03:08 PM
Thanks for those suggestions, i'll be looking into them. I've got on my list so far:
Doyle Brunson's Super System
David Slansky's Hold Em Poker (often referred to as "The Poker Bible if i'm not mistaken.)
David Sklansky's Tournament Poker for Advanced Players
Oh and i've been told not to read anything by Phil Helmuth!
GodstoneEagle
11-03-2011, 03:31 PM
I'm afraid i'm not confident enough in my poker playing skills to play with you guys yet and even if I was, i'm too poor to participate this Sunday :(
I will at some point in the future though. I just want a bit more practice first. I'm still very new to poker and want to make sure i'm not the donk sitting at the table! Does anyone have any links to any good poker guides for a new player? I'm thinking of signing up to deuces cracked as it looks to be a very good training site.
lol. I am the definition of amateur. Get involved.
se1eagle
11-03-2011, 03:33 PM
http://www.deucescracked.com would be my choice if you're serious
Dingle
11-03-2011, 04:22 PM
http://www.deucescracked.com would be my choice if you're serious
Yep, that's the one i've been looking at. I think i'm going to bite the bullet and subscribe when I get paid later this month...
Dingle
11-03-2011, 04:23 PM
lol. I am the definition of amateur. Get involved.
Will do, but will have to wait until the end of the month when I have the money. :p
Panzer
13-03-2011, 06:33 PM
Right, registered, money deposited, but when I went to join tonights game my account is frozen & I have to verify ID manually so can't get in to the tourny :(
I also noticed it's a 7:30pm start??? with just the 2 of you in at moment.
Hope to be verified within 48hrs so see you at the next tourny
Excowboy
13-03-2011, 06:37 PM
i just went on late reg for the home game and nobody's active. Log in I'm stealing your blinds!
Panzer
13-03-2011, 06:39 PM
They think it's a 8:30pm start
Panzer
13-03-2011, 06:39 PM
God, get in there mate
GodstoneEagle
13-03-2011, 06:40 PM
started an hour early due to yank clocks going forward i thiknk
GodstoneEagle
13-03-2011, 06:40 PM
I'm in :)
GodstoneEagle
13-03-2011, 06:40 PM
leading too :)
LLCOOLSTEVE
13-03-2011, 06:41 PM
thought it was in an hour
Panzer
13-03-2011, 06:41 PM
21cd
:D
GodstoneEagle
13-03-2011, 06:42 PM
HU tourny atm :D
Panzer
13-03-2011, 06:42 PM
thought it was in an hour
Started at 7:30pm??
Excowboy
13-03-2011, 06:44 PM
yeah the US clocks went forward an hour last night so EST is an hour closer. started at 7.30
GodstoneEagle
13-03-2011, 06:45 PM
Next time guys you need to reg during the week so you can join late if needs be
GodstoneEagle
13-03-2011, 06:45 PM
couldn't we schedule one for 8.30 though?
Excowboy
13-03-2011, 06:59 PM
I can schedule one for 8.30 if people are still up for it
Excowboy
13-03-2011, 07:05 PM
Done. registration open. starting in 25 mins
sampuds
13-03-2011, 07:12 PM
playing the $55 DNG on pokerstars, started well but 8's hit a set against my K's, still in it though, only down 700 from 3000 starting chips
GodstoneEagle
13-03-2011, 07:15 PM
Well I knocked out excowboy but have to see if Andy comes online! Just robbing blinds atm!
sampuds
13-03-2011, 07:16 PM
out, same guy, i had A's, he hits another set of 8's on the flop :(
Excowboy
13-03-2011, 07:16 PM
Ah i didn't realise it was you i was playing. Now the adding another game for 8.30 idea doesn't seem so great.
GodstoneEagle
13-03-2011, 07:22 PM
I won :lux:
GodstoneEagle
13-03-2011, 07:22 PM
Ah i didn't realise it was you i was playing. Now the adding another game for 8.30 idea doesn't seem so great.
why not?
Excowboy
13-03-2011, 07:24 PM
Gripping finale :D
Why not? cos it might be just 2 people again. Noone had registered or confirmed on here so i cancelled. can always put one in again if people are in.
Excowboy
13-03-2011, 07:27 PM
Okay rescheduled for 8.40.
Excowboy
13-03-2011, 07:29 PM
Crikey it's been a long weekend. Made that one an hour late. re-re-rescheduled for the correct time of 8.40GMT. Sorry lads.
GodstoneEagle
13-03-2011, 07:29 PM
Gripping finale :D
Why not? cos it might be just 2 people again. Noone had registered or confirmed on here so i cancelled. can always put one in again if people are in.
Finale was tense, when I raised that 10 7 I feared he may break his prevailing tactic of snap-folding but it wasn't so...
Excowboy
13-03-2011, 07:33 PM
Finale was tense, when I raised that 10 7 I feared he may break his prevailing tactic of snap-folding but it wasn't so...
Would have been the ultimate chip 'n' a chair comeback.
Alright registration is open for 8.40pm if anyone wants in.
Excowboy
13-03-2011, 07:35 PM
And I'm the only one registered so far.
ANDY FROM BR1
13-03-2011, 07:36 PM
Rightr I'm in, any one going to give me my fiver back from the last game!!??
Excowboy
13-03-2011, 07:43 PM
Don't look at me, i won nowt.
late registration still available, not for long though.
GodstoneEagle
13-03-2011, 07:55 PM
Rightr I'm in, any one going to give me my fiver back from the last game!!??how would i do that?
ANDY FROM BR1
13-03-2011, 08:00 PM
Don't worry about it. Bloody yanks!!:veryangry
Bigtoe82
13-03-2011, 09:30 PM
Shhhhhip it :) . Twas a good heads up match and last hand all in on flop pretty much a flip with my K9 holding up against LL's 10 9 on 789 board.
LLCOOLSTEVE
13-03-2011, 09:31 PM
ah well :)
GodstoneEagle
13-03-2011, 09:35 PM
next week let's organise it properly!
ANDY FROM BR1
13-03-2011, 09:40 PM
Already set up for 20:30 (assuming our clocks don't go forward next week?) for next Sunday. A few more players would make it better.
saul1664
15-03-2011, 12:15 PM
Who says online poker is bent. Hmmmmmmmmm...
Hello Saul,
PokerStars has become aware of two players who were recently in violation of our tournament rules.
You were involved in a tournament in which there was a disqualification. As a result of an advance in
finish position, $19.35 has been credited to your account.
Due to our privacy policy we are not at liberty to identify the specific event or players in
question. It appears that they were unaware that soft play and chip dumping are strictly prohibited
in tournaments. Suffice to say that they are now well aware of the rules. In addition, their play has
been restricted so that they can no longer play at the same table in Sit & Go events or in cash games.
The integrity of the games at PokerStars is of paramount importance to us and we will not abide
unfair play in our games. We work hard to police our games to assure our players of a fair, secure
place to play. In the rare cases where collusion has actually occurred, we make sure that any players
affected are compensated appropriately.
Thank you for your continued play here on PokerStars. Please do not hesitate to let us know any time
we can be of help.
Regards,
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Gregz41
15-03-2011, 03:00 PM
I'v already registered for the BBS tournament next sunday.
Heres a fun hand I played yesterday, first prize is $30K
nightly 100K going good, 5th in chips with 90 remaining, pick up JJ on the button, 3b pre, flop a set, guy c/r all in with air, im 98.5% fav runner runner straight.
Poker Stars, $150 Buy-in (800/1,600 blinds, 150 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 8 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #8234042
UTG+2: 55,900 (34.9 bb)
MP1: 34,652 (21.7 bb)
MP2: 26,034 (16.3 bb)
MP3: 12,832 (8 bb)
CO: 48,865 (30.5 bb)
Hero (BTN): 81,021 (50.6 bb)
SB: 149,066 (93.2 bb)
BB: 12,310 (7.7 bb)
Preflop: (1,200) Hero is BTN with Jc Jd
UTG+2 folds, MP1 raises to 4,800, 3 folds, Hero raises to 10,375, 2 folds, MP1 calls 5,575
Flop: (24,350) Jh Kd 3d (2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero bets 9,600, MP1 raises to 24,127 and is all-in, Hero calls 14,527
Turn: (72,604) Qd (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: (72,604) Th (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Spoiler:
Results: 72,604 pot
Final Board: J K 3 Q T
MP1 showed Ah 9c and won 72,604 (37,952 net)
Hero showed Jc Jd and lost (-34,652 net)
Dingle
15-03-2011, 03:49 PM
Ouch. My sympathies. If it makes you feel any better I played in a few freerolls last night. In 2 of them I was dealt pocket jacks and after a series of raises/re-raises pre-flop both times ended up all in. First time the other guy had pocket queens and knocked me out, second time the other guy had pocket aces and knocked me out! Typical of my luck really, I rarely get dealt pocket pairs (jacks or above,) and then the two times I do get dealt a decent pocket pair, someone else gets dealt higher pocket pairs :(
Gregz41
15-03-2011, 05:09 PM
Ouch. My sympathies. If it makes you feel any better I played in a few freerolls last night. In 2 of them I was dealt pocket jacks and after a series of raises/re-raises pre-flop both times ended up all in. First time the other guy had pocket queens and knocked me out, second time the other guy had pocket aces and knocked me out! Typical of my luck really, I rarely get dealt pocket pairs (jacks or above,) and then the two times I do get dealt a decent pocket pair, someone else gets dealt higher pocket pairs :(
Ah unlucky man, I think I might just open fold J's next time.
Dingle
15-03-2011, 06:29 PM
Ah unlucky man, I think I might just open fold J's next time.
Me too :D :D :D
Things are looking better tonight though. Just won a freeroll for the first time ever!!!! :lux: :lux: :lux:
Dingle
18-03-2011, 08:55 AM
Things are looking better tonight though. Just won a freeroll for the first time ever!!!! :lux: :lux: :lux:
Won another freeroll last night and also a couple of other small sit and go tournaments. Only £14 pounds in total but it all helps :lux:
Am starting to get back into the online game (NL 6-max mostly) after a two year absence - any notable happenings in online poker?
ANDY FROM BR1
22-03-2011, 08:43 PM
- any notable happenings in online poker?
There's a BBS Poker club set up at Pokerstars. It's yet to take off properly but the more the merrier.
Awesome my SN is counters23
ANDY FROM BR1
24-03-2011, 11:40 AM
PM sent
Bigtoe82
26-03-2011, 01:07 PM
Am starting to get back into the online game (NL 6-max mostly) after a two year absence - any notable happenings in online poker?
Games have got a lot tougher from 2 years ago. There is a lot more aggression from the regs and the fish even seem to be slightly improving. The main difference I have seen is a lot more 3betting/4betting preflop. Still money to be made though. ;)
GodstoneEagle
27-03-2011, 07:02 PM
game tonight?
iamanuplander
07-04-2011, 12:18 AM
is someone on here's sn SJC2331 llcoolsteve? on a table with you now
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-04-2011, 12:38 AM
yes! :)
iamanuplander
07-04-2011, 12:41 AM
i need this win fancy chip dumping? :P
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-04-2011, 12:43 AM
I need it more :)
LLCOOLSTEVE
07-04-2011, 12:49 AM
How many you playing, im down to last 25 in a 1k $6 buy in aswell lol
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