Good news for everyone who got stuck with Pokerstars holding on to their money.
Less than two weeks after feds seized Pokerstars domains and froze the money, Pokerstars has initiated cashout options for US players.
You will need to cash out one cashout for entire balance. T$ have been converted to cash.
Good and bad news. Good- everyone will get their money back. Bad- Is it end of Pokerstars in USA? If not, for how long US players will not be able to play on this super size poker site?
April 27, 2011
Merge Transfer help
If you can't deposit on Merge network and you need some help, contact me at email ltuflawless@yahoo.com
I can transfer on a few sites, but main one are Carbonpoker and PDC Poker..
I can hook you up with 35% rakeback as well
I can transfer on a few sites, but main one are Carbonpoker and PDC Poker..
I can hook you up with 35% rakeback as well
April 20, 2011
Another flopped set w 10s 20 min after hand before
I guess flopped sets of 10s wont work for me tonight
First hand of the day
10 K GTD. Register late, rebought double right away.
First Hand. Blinds already 50-100
I have 1010, Raise to 450, Gets 3 bet big by bigger stack. Since its rebuy period, why not I will take the flop.
Flop 10A2. Set. I decide not to donk bet and let him get in troube himself.
Check. He checks. Turn K.
I bet around 1500, he shoves. Easy call.
Flips AK for two pairs.
River A.
Thank you very much.
April 18, 2011
Whats next for online poker?
There is no entity in the poker industry whose fate did not take a sharp turn Friday.
As we learned Friday, the Department of Justice arraigned 11 prominent members of the poker industry for fraud and money laundering to the tune of billions, among other charges, seized five URLs, froze more than 75 bank accounts and effectively jettisoned PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker from American culture. Now, as the dust begins to settle, we take stock of events as they've unfolded, try to answer some of the questions raised and do some educated guesswork on what tomorrow's poker industry may look like.
Since the announcement:
• DOJ spokesperson Caroline Sullivan confirmed to ESPN.com that Chad Elie and John Campos were taken into custody early on Friday and Bradley Franzen was arrested after the DOJ statement was released. Franzen will be arraigned on Monday in the Southern district of New York.
• Some two weeks after announcing partnerships with PokerStars and FullTiltPoker, respectively, Wynn Resorts and Station Casinos each announced they had terminated their alliances.
• Full Tilt Poker issued a statement assuring players' funds were safe and withdrawal requests would be honored.
• PokerStars made a similar announcement to their clients, adding "outside the US it is business as usual." They also moved their online base of operations to www.pokerstars.eu. Similarly, FTP moved to www.fulltiltpoker.co.uk.
• FTP issued a news release in conjunction with CEO Ray Bitar (who was also charged) in which Bitar voiced his disappointment with the DOJ's decision to bring charges. FTP voiced support for Bitar and the company announced it was suspending "real money" play in the United States, but was continuing to provide peer-to-peer play elsewhere.
At present, there have been no statements from UB.com. PS and FTP have left the U.S. market along with some 25 to 40 percent of their respective customer bases. What now?
For the market:
While the events of the past month (namely, the partnerships between land-based and online casinos and the recent experiments in limited legalization in the District of Columbia) suggested forward momentum for the online poker industry as it was constituted then, now that momentum shifts back to land-based casinos and online operators that have stayed out of the U.S. market or have limited U.S. play to non-real-money play. Both bwin.party digital entertainment and Zynga appear to be in good shape to capitalize on Friday's developments, with the former's reported search for partnership with a land-based giant seemingly intact.
The departure of Poker Stars and Full Tilt Poker leaves a large gap in the U.S. poker market which other operators may seek to exploit. While the threat of additional arraignments looms large, we may see reflections of late 2006, when Party Poker's departure from the U.S. market in the wake of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act's (UIGEA) passing was seized as an opportunity by PS and FTP, among others. It's been almost five years since PS and FTP made the decision to continue their operations in the U.S., and it took that long for the DOJ to build its cases against them. 2011's renditions may see that as plenty of time to build their coffers.
For legalization efforts:
While some are seeing Friday's events as a step backward as legalization/regulation goes, not everyone is taking that point of view.
"If the legal goal was to get a legalized federal landscape, it still is," said Alexander Ripps, legal analyst for GamblingCompliance.com, a group that focuses on the independent analysis of gambling operations. "This just provides more incentive to get things done. This could long-term be a good thing for those efforts. It could press action and ultimately in the long term, that's in [the poker industry's] interests."
Ripps' assessment suggests Friday's events could act as a call to action. This marks the first time that American players have been left without what many consider to be secure options as online play goes. A resulting outcry could serve to inspire politicians to action.
The removal of PS and FTP from the equation also gets legislation over a tricky hump, trying to create the infrastructure of a new industry where one was already in place. Where past legislation has often tried to incorporate the industry as it was, the guess is that will no longer be the case.
For organized poker:
Less than 24 hours after the DOJ's announcement, PokerStars was cutting guaranteed tournament purses in half to account for the lack of U.S. player involvement. The educated guess is that online tournament play, while continuing on outside the U.S., will see player and prize pools shrink.
Studies have shown the affect of online poker on live poker room numbers is minimal, but for centers like Las Vegas, which have seen a recent dip in travel and tourism dollars, this could provide a small boom. Not all live poker will benefit, though.
From 2009 to 2010, the World Series of Poker main event saw attendance increase by more than 800 players, but a portion of their entries came from online satellite tournaments that allowed winners to qualify for a fraction of the price. With the U.S.-based WSOP now forced to be vigilant against such qualifications and so many of their customers faced with suddenly unavailable poker bankrolls, many are preparing for reduced attendance. Professional poker player Tom Dwan put his guess for attendance at 5,144 on Twitter and many have suggested even fewer.
Where the WSOP leads, others will follow. The end of the satellite system for U.S.-based tournament circuits like the World Poker Tour and North American Poker Tour will likely lead to reduced attendance. FTP said its recently announced ONYX Cup has been canceled and other similar PS/FTP related entities seem likely to follow suit.
For the sub-industries:
A loss or decrease in advertising revenue from PS and FTP will send shockwaves through the sub-industries built around online poker. Many poker television shows, deprived of sponsorship and advertising money, will be forced to make do with greatly reduced budgets or fold up shop. Similarly, most poker media have been financially supported by the sites in banner ads and advertising pages. As such, revenue -- and therefore jobs -- will be lost.
In addition to media, other businesses like poker training sites could see business suffer. "It definitely can't be good," admitted Phil Galfond, one owner of poker coaching site BlueFirePoker.com. "I have to think we'll be hurt. We have a lot of U.S. customers who won't be able to use what we teach them now."
For the poker star system:
It became evident when PokerStars ended its agreement with 2004 WSOP champion Greg Raymer the company was tightening its belt as far as player sponsorships went. Now, the real tightening will likely begin. PS and FTP both have a number of American pros under contract whose sphere of influence is no longer a viable market. Many American pros, especially those who wear the FTP patch, had deals that paid them based on the number of hands they played on the site. As they can no longer do so while staying on U.S. soil, if those players are allowed to continue with their agreements, they'll need to move out of the U.S. in order to continue collecting.
For the biggest stars, there could be bigger issues based on the close relationships they have with the sites. This is a part of the story many industry insiders will watch intently.
For the players:
Friday's events have left players with more questions than answers, most of them concerning the status of the money they have online. While both PS and FTP have issued public statements assuring that payments will be processed, a number of players found themselves unable to withdraw funds Friday. This may be due to the number of requests that needed to be processed.
For professional players, the choices are limited. Some, such as 25-year-old Aze Gallo of Florida, are considering moving out of the country. "Honestly, I'm mostly thinking about it because of being disgusted about living in a country that would ban online poker," Gallo said when contacted by ESPN.com. "I'd rather play poker abroad than do something else in this country at this point. I feel like my country is trying to make money in the guise of holding my hand."
Galfond, who plays cash games at the Internet's biggest tables, said it will likely be some time before the high-stakes games are up and running. "As of now, I don't feel comfortable having a large amount on any site other than Stars or Tilt, so I don't know if the games will move over somewhere. I assume things will take a while to work themselves out. I think there's just a ton of uncertainty."
There may be grounds for the belief money will be returned in the way the DOJ's 2007 case against Neteller played out. In that case, funds at Neteller, an e-wallet where users at that time were able to deposit money into online gambling accounts, were frozen after the U.S. Attorney's office filed charges and arrested the company's founders on money laundering charges. The DOJ and Neteller negotiated a deferred prosecution agreement that allowed Neteller to reimburse customers. Paul Hugel, a defense attorney with Clayman and Rosenberg in New York, represents several online gaming companies. He weighed in on the Neteller comparison:
"From the players perspective, my sense from the Neteller prosecutions is the government had a lot of leverage because they had people in custody," he said. "I don't know that's the case here. Eight of 11 defendants are outside the US, still at large. I don't know if the jurisdictions in which they're presently located will be cooperative in their extraditions and you can't tell from what the government made public how much money they actually seized. It looks like the only money seized was that in the U.S. It may be the companies are still in control of the players' funds or the government may control some of them. That would make a big difference from the players' perspective."
"The DOJ could in theory take the position that all this money is subject to forfeiture," he continued. "Even though the players committed no crime, the government's position could be that once the money is sent to the online companies, that money becomes proceeds of unlawful activity and subject to forfeiture. That said, I'm not sure the government would try to seize money that is clearly in player accounts, it's just that they could try to do that. I think at the end of the day, it's more of a political decision than a legal decision."
There are more bases to cover in the days that lie ahead for an industry shaken to its foundation. We'll continue to bring you coverage as the poker industry's new face emerges.
As we learned Friday, the Department of Justice arraigned 11 prominent members of the poker industry for fraud and money laundering to the tune of billions, among other charges, seized five URLs, froze more than 75 bank accounts and effectively jettisoned PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker from American culture. Now, as the dust begins to settle, we take stock of events as they've unfolded, try to answer some of the questions raised and do some educated guesswork on what tomorrow's poker industry may look like.
Since the announcement:
• DOJ spokesperson Caroline Sullivan confirmed to ESPN.com that Chad Elie and John Campos were taken into custody early on Friday and Bradley Franzen was arrested after the DOJ statement was released. Franzen will be arraigned on Monday in the Southern district of New York.
• Some two weeks after announcing partnerships with PokerStars and FullTiltPoker, respectively, Wynn Resorts and Station Casinos each announced they had terminated their alliances.
• Full Tilt Poker issued a statement assuring players' funds were safe and withdrawal requests would be honored.
• PokerStars made a similar announcement to their clients, adding "outside the US it is business as usual." They also moved their online base of operations to www.pokerstars.eu. Similarly, FTP moved to www.fulltiltpoker.co.uk.
• FTP issued a news release in conjunction with CEO Ray Bitar (who was also charged) in which Bitar voiced his disappointment with the DOJ's decision to bring charges. FTP voiced support for Bitar and the company announced it was suspending "real money" play in the United States, but was continuing to provide peer-to-peer play elsewhere.
At present, there have been no statements from UB.com. PS and FTP have left the U.S. market along with some 25 to 40 percent of their respective customer bases. What now?
For the market:
While the events of the past month (namely, the partnerships between land-based and online casinos and the recent experiments in limited legalization in the District of Columbia) suggested forward momentum for the online poker industry as it was constituted then, now that momentum shifts back to land-based casinos and online operators that have stayed out of the U.S. market or have limited U.S. play to non-real-money play. Both bwin.party digital entertainment and Zynga appear to be in good shape to capitalize on Friday's developments, with the former's reported search for partnership with a land-based giant seemingly intact.
The departure of Poker Stars and Full Tilt Poker leaves a large gap in the U.S. poker market which other operators may seek to exploit. While the threat of additional arraignments looms large, we may see reflections of late 2006, when Party Poker's departure from the U.S. market in the wake of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act's (UIGEA) passing was seized as an opportunity by PS and FTP, among others. It's been almost five years since PS and FTP made the decision to continue their operations in the U.S., and it took that long for the DOJ to build its cases against them. 2011's renditions may see that as plenty of time to build their coffers.
For legalization efforts:
While some are seeing Friday's events as a step backward as legalization/regulation goes, not everyone is taking that point of view.
"If the legal goal was to get a legalized federal landscape, it still is," said Alexander Ripps, legal analyst for GamblingCompliance.com, a group that focuses on the independent analysis of gambling operations. "This just provides more incentive to get things done. This could long-term be a good thing for those efforts. It could press action and ultimately in the long term, that's in [the poker industry's] interests."
Ripps' assessment suggests Friday's events could act as a call to action. This marks the first time that American players have been left without what many consider to be secure options as online play goes. A resulting outcry could serve to inspire politicians to action.
The removal of PS and FTP from the equation also gets legislation over a tricky hump, trying to create the infrastructure of a new industry where one was already in place. Where past legislation has often tried to incorporate the industry as it was, the guess is that will no longer be the case.
For organized poker:
Less than 24 hours after the DOJ's announcement, PokerStars was cutting guaranteed tournament purses in half to account for the lack of U.S. player involvement. The educated guess is that online tournament play, while continuing on outside the U.S., will see player and prize pools shrink.
Studies have shown the affect of online poker on live poker room numbers is minimal, but for centers like Las Vegas, which have seen a recent dip in travel and tourism dollars, this could provide a small boom. Not all live poker will benefit, though.
From 2009 to 2010, the World Series of Poker main event saw attendance increase by more than 800 players, but a portion of their entries came from online satellite tournaments that allowed winners to qualify for a fraction of the price. With the U.S.-based WSOP now forced to be vigilant against such qualifications and so many of their customers faced with suddenly unavailable poker bankrolls, many are preparing for reduced attendance. Professional poker player Tom Dwan put his guess for attendance at 5,144 on Twitter and many have suggested even fewer.
Where the WSOP leads, others will follow. The end of the satellite system for U.S.-based tournament circuits like the World Poker Tour and North American Poker Tour will likely lead to reduced attendance. FTP said its recently announced ONYX Cup has been canceled and other similar PS/FTP related entities seem likely to follow suit.
For the sub-industries:
A loss or decrease in advertising revenue from PS and FTP will send shockwaves through the sub-industries built around online poker. Many poker television shows, deprived of sponsorship and advertising money, will be forced to make do with greatly reduced budgets or fold up shop. Similarly, most poker media have been financially supported by the sites in banner ads and advertising pages. As such, revenue -- and therefore jobs -- will be lost.
In addition to media, other businesses like poker training sites could see business suffer. "It definitely can't be good," admitted Phil Galfond, one owner of poker coaching site BlueFirePoker.com. "I have to think we'll be hurt. We have a lot of U.S. customers who won't be able to use what we teach them now."
For the poker star system:
It became evident when PokerStars ended its agreement with 2004 WSOP champion Greg Raymer the company was tightening its belt as far as player sponsorships went. Now, the real tightening will likely begin. PS and FTP both have a number of American pros under contract whose sphere of influence is no longer a viable market. Many American pros, especially those who wear the FTP patch, had deals that paid them based on the number of hands they played on the site. As they can no longer do so while staying on U.S. soil, if those players are allowed to continue with their agreements, they'll need to move out of the U.S. in order to continue collecting.
For the biggest stars, there could be bigger issues based on the close relationships they have with the sites. This is a part of the story many industry insiders will watch intently.
For the players:
Friday's events have left players with more questions than answers, most of them concerning the status of the money they have online. While both PS and FTP have issued public statements assuring that payments will be processed, a number of players found themselves unable to withdraw funds Friday. This may be due to the number of requests that needed to be processed.
For professional players, the choices are limited. Some, such as 25-year-old Aze Gallo of Florida, are considering moving out of the country. "Honestly, I'm mostly thinking about it because of being disgusted about living in a country that would ban online poker," Gallo said when contacted by ESPN.com. "I'd rather play poker abroad than do something else in this country at this point. I feel like my country is trying to make money in the guise of holding my hand."
Galfond, who plays cash games at the Internet's biggest tables, said it will likely be some time before the high-stakes games are up and running. "As of now, I don't feel comfortable having a large amount on any site other than Stars or Tilt, so I don't know if the games will move over somewhere. I assume things will take a while to work themselves out. I think there's just a ton of uncertainty."
There may be grounds for the belief money will be returned in the way the DOJ's 2007 case against Neteller played out. In that case, funds at Neteller, an e-wallet where users at that time were able to deposit money into online gambling accounts, were frozen after the U.S. Attorney's office filed charges and arrested the company's founders on money laundering charges. The DOJ and Neteller negotiated a deferred prosecution agreement that allowed Neteller to reimburse customers. Paul Hugel, a defense attorney with Clayman and Rosenberg in New York, represents several online gaming companies. He weighed in on the Neteller comparison:
"From the players perspective, my sense from the Neteller prosecutions is the government had a lot of leverage because they had people in custody," he said. "I don't know that's the case here. Eight of 11 defendants are outside the US, still at large. I don't know if the jurisdictions in which they're presently located will be cooperative in their extraditions and you can't tell from what the government made public how much money they actually seized. It looks like the only money seized was that in the U.S. It may be the companies are still in control of the players' funds or the government may control some of them. That would make a big difference from the players' perspective."
"The DOJ could in theory take the position that all this money is subject to forfeiture," he continued. "Even though the players committed no crime, the government's position could be that once the money is sent to the online companies, that money becomes proceeds of unlawful activity and subject to forfeiture. That said, I'm not sure the government would try to seize money that is clearly in player accounts, it's just that they could try to do that. I think at the end of the day, it's more of a political decision than a legal decision."
There are more bases to cover in the days that lie ahead for an industry shaken to its foundation. We'll continue to bring you coverage as the poker industry's new face emerges.
April 16, 2011
Alternate solution for online players after "Black Friday"
www.ltuflawless.blogspot.com
If you haven't been living under a rock the past couple of days, you would already know about US Gov's crackdown on biggest online poker websites - Full Tilt, Poker Stars and Absolute Poker.
In poker world it's being called "Black Friday"
Even though these websites released public announcements that US players shouldn't be worried and that ther money is safe, there are a lot of players looking skeptical and wanting to get their money out ASAP.
It seems that there will be quite some time until everyone will be able freely withdraw their money and everyone has started looking where they could be playing poker while the dust settles between Largest poker sites and US government.
From my personal experience I would suggest to join merge network. I personally have been playing there for several years and so far never had any problem with them.
Top notch graphix, good promotions. Network is especially good for mid-stake players.
Merge Network has severel seperate clients. As a player I have tried pretty much all of the sites on Merge and I have two of my favorite skins.
1. PDC Poker
I am playing on PDC myself. Even though I tried the other skins, nothing compared to this one. All merge skins have seperate promotions. PDC's usually are the best.
Also, if you deposit on PDC using code RBPDC, you will get market highest 35% Rakeback. Rakeback is being deposited to your account everyday at 00.00 am PDC time
2. Carbonpoker
Carbopoker is sister site of PDC. Recently they absolutely revamped their website and it seems they are kicking it into high gear. Carbonpoker is being promoted way more than PDC. Even though they both are being run by the same company and all promotions are the same, it just seems that Carbon is the favorite over little sister PDC by its bosses.
They are both pretty much the same. Biggest difference- Client Colors- PDC is red, Carbon is blue, websites themselves are different and that Carbon is being more promoted than PDC.
Since they are being run by the same company, all reload/ first deposit codes are the same. So, if you decide to go Carbon route, you can easily use RBPDC code for your 35% rakeback.
There are few other ones but after checking them out, I always was coming back to my main one- PDC.
If anyone has some questions, you can email me at ltuflawless@yahoo.com.
If you haven't been living under a rock the past couple of days, you would already know about US Gov's crackdown on biggest online poker websites - Full Tilt, Poker Stars and Absolute Poker.
In poker world it's being called "Black Friday"
Even though these websites released public announcements that US players shouldn't be worried and that ther money is safe, there are a lot of players looking skeptical and wanting to get their money out ASAP.
It seems that there will be quite some time until everyone will be able freely withdraw their money and everyone has started looking where they could be playing poker while the dust settles between Largest poker sites and US government.
From my personal experience I would suggest to join merge network. I personally have been playing there for several years and so far never had any problem with them.
Top notch graphix, good promotions. Network is especially good for mid-stake players.
Merge Network has severel seperate clients. As a player I have tried pretty much all of the sites on Merge and I have two of my favorite skins.
1. PDC Poker
I am playing on PDC myself. Even though I tried the other skins, nothing compared to this one. All merge skins have seperate promotions. PDC's usually are the best.
Also, if you deposit on PDC using code RBPDC, you will get market highest 35% Rakeback. Rakeback is being deposited to your account everyday at 00.00 am PDC time
2. Carbonpoker
Carbopoker is sister site of PDC. Recently they absolutely revamped their website and it seems they are kicking it into high gear. Carbonpoker is being promoted way more than PDC. Even though they both are being run by the same company and all promotions are the same, it just seems that Carbon is the favorite over little sister PDC by its bosses.
They are both pretty much the same. Biggest difference- Client Colors- PDC is red, Carbon is blue, websites themselves are different and that Carbon is being more promoted than PDC.
Since they are being run by the same company, all reload/ first deposit codes are the same. So, if you decide to go Carbon route, you can easily use RBPDC code for your 35% rakeback.
There are few other ones but after checking them out, I always was coming back to my main one- PDC.
If anyone has some questions, you can email me at ltuflawless@yahoo.com.
Official Pokerstars statement
"As you may have heard, we have had to suspend real money poker services to people based in the US due to legal developments there. These developments are confined to US and not have any impact on your ability to continue our services.
Please be assured player balances are safe. There is no cause for concern. For all customers outside the US it is business as usual.
The PokerStars website has been moved to www.pokerstars.eu, and our Support Email address is now support@pokerstars.eu. We apologize to our players for any inconvenience caused by this disruption.
Please be aware that we are currently experiencing a very high volume of emails, so our response times are delayed. We will answer player emails as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience and understanding in this matter."
Please be assured player balances are safe. There is no cause for concern. For all customers outside the US it is business as usual.
The PokerStars website has been moved to www.pokerstars.eu, and our Support Email address is now support@pokerstars.eu. We apologize to our players for any inconvenience caused by this disruption.
Please be aware that we are currently experiencing a very high volume of emails, so our response times are delayed. We will answer player emails as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience and understanding in this matter."
April 11, 2011
Puke
6th time in the row 2 places away from money in Second Chance/ High Roller.
This time AK vs A9 preflop.
PUUUUUUKE
April 10, 2011
50 K Sunday GTD
KK vs JJ preflop.
Blinds 50-100. Everyone still with starting stacks.
I raise preflopto 450, guy overshoves all in his 5K.
Flips JJ. 2 outs....
Like its not enough against me. Flops J.
Thanks for playing.
April 7, 2011
Todays High Roller Tournament
In second chance and in high roller busted 2 places away from money.
awesome.
April 4, 2011
Can't beat them- Join them...
Good news For all you fucks who are mad at me for winning.
Everyone has a chance to get a piece of my winnings now.
I'm back to chipmeup selling my daily tournaments.
I accept Full Tilt, Pokerstars, and Merge payments. Transfer me money and send me an email to ltuflawless@yahoo.com letting me know how many shares you are buying. Once I confirm the transfer, I will reserve the shares on chipmeup.com
Here is my chipmeup profile link:
http://chipmeup.pokernews.com/player/LTUFlawless
Everyone has a chance to get a piece of my winnings now.
I'm back to chipmeup selling my daily tournaments.
I accept Full Tilt, Pokerstars, and Merge payments. Transfer me money and send me an email to ltuflawless@yahoo.com letting me know how many shares you are buying. Once I confirm the transfer, I will reserve the shares on chipmeup.com
Here is my chipmeup profile link:
http://chipmeup.pokernews.com/player/LTUFlawless
Not a bad day for me... Finally
There were some crazy moments today.
Of course usual BS in some earlier tourneys, with some sickest suckouts.
However, I got some breaks in some later tourneys.
Chopped for first place in Daily High Roller. I think in that one sucked out once in mid tourney with AQ vs AK. Wasn't for all my chips, but still. Rest of the tourney played pretty ok and made to HU. Chopped with zeegstah.
Cashed in 4K GTD. Busted 10th. A rag w 10 rag preflop. Guy was stealing from me and got called. Flop rags, Turn rag, River 10. Thank you very much.
7,5 K GTD was most fun. Everything was going well, made to cash. No drama. Was always 1st-2nd in chips. Got little break when 3 guys at the table got booted for some time. To be honest didn't even notice it, I just thought they were playing tight. But it wasn't too long, bcs break time came and everybody but one guy came back...
In top 3 I got some beautiful suck out w 99 vs KK. Button raised, I 3 bet w 99 on SB, BB shoves. I have little more than 13 BB left, can't afford to fold it.
Call.
Board all rags. Riverrrrrrrr 9. Ugh, havent felt that feeling how it's awesome to hit 2 outer in a long time :)
However soon after that doubled up another guy w AK vs 66 and back to even stacks...
Another interesting big hand, busting third guy and sending me to HU:
I am on Button (with ~65K), Raise standard w 77. SB (~90K) folds, BB (~50K) calls.
Flop K87. Yummy. Flopped a set. However two clubs.
He checks, I bet 2/3 of the pot.
Calls.
Turn 8. Full house. How I can get most chips out of this hand? he checks again, I bet a little bit more than half pot. He calls.
River 7.
ok, now I know im not losing. he checks, I bet and guy check-shoves. YUMMMYYYYYY.
Guess what. Flips K8 for full house. Slow played his ass till death. Not that I would of folded flopped set though..
Absolute cooler.
And tirade starts. How lucky I am and all other shit. 1 outer and stuff like that. Totally forgets that he was behind pretty much entire hand. Preflop behind, on flop behind, caught up on turn, but lost on river.
Can't say I wasnt lucky though. One of us was getting coolered in that hand. Lucky me, finally I didnt get sucked out.
Heads up was pretty fun.
OgKoosh offered to chop and I didnt really mind it. Before he offered to chop, stacks were ~95 K : 85 K. I had a little bit more. But after few hands that he had won, he suddenly decided to play it out. 90 K : 92 K.
Hu took pretty good 10-15 minutes. But started accumulating chips and didnt really look back. Got him to 1:6 chip disadvantage and all in fest began.
Last hand 9dQd against his 8cAh. All in preflop. Not too bad, two suited live cards, considering stack sizes and blinds.
Beautiful flop two diamonds. Added extra outs.
Turn Kd. yay.
River meaningless deuce.
Finally won some, bcs lately it seems now matter what I do, I will still get busted either on bubble or in min cash...
Will try to make to top of Topurney Kimg Leaderboard, bcs last month didnt play many tourneys, because of my Trip to Spring Break poker Classic. About that one maybe later. Maybe. I'm lazy ass. I know. Never covered Chicago Poker Classic yet either.
Of course usual BS in some earlier tourneys, with some sickest suckouts.
However, I got some breaks in some later tourneys.
Chopped for first place in Daily High Roller. I think in that one sucked out once in mid tourney with AQ vs AK. Wasn't for all my chips, but still. Rest of the tourney played pretty ok and made to HU. Chopped with zeegstah.
Cashed in 4K GTD. Busted 10th. A rag w 10 rag preflop. Guy was stealing from me and got called. Flop rags, Turn rag, River 10. Thank you very much.
7,5 K GTD was most fun. Everything was going well, made to cash. No drama. Was always 1st-2nd in chips. Got little break when 3 guys at the table got booted for some time. To be honest didn't even notice it, I just thought they were playing tight. But it wasn't too long, bcs break time came and everybody but one guy came back...
In top 3 I got some beautiful suck out w 99 vs KK. Button raised, I 3 bet w 99 on SB, BB shoves. I have little more than 13 BB left, can't afford to fold it.
Call.
Board all rags. Riverrrrrrrr 9. Ugh, havent felt that feeling how it's awesome to hit 2 outer in a long time :)
However soon after that doubled up another guy w AK vs 66 and back to even stacks...
Another interesting big hand, busting third guy and sending me to HU:
I am on Button (with ~65K), Raise standard w 77. SB (~90K) folds, BB (~50K) calls.
Flop K87. Yummy. Flopped a set. However two clubs.
He checks, I bet 2/3 of the pot.
Calls.
Turn 8. Full house. How I can get most chips out of this hand? he checks again, I bet a little bit more than half pot. He calls.
River 7.
ok, now I know im not losing. he checks, I bet and guy check-shoves. YUMMMYYYYYY.
Guess what. Flips K8 for full house. Slow played his ass till death. Not that I would of folded flopped set though..
Absolute cooler.
And tirade starts. How lucky I am and all other shit. 1 outer and stuff like that. Totally forgets that he was behind pretty much entire hand. Preflop behind, on flop behind, caught up on turn, but lost on river.
Can't say I wasnt lucky though. One of us was getting coolered in that hand. Lucky me, finally I didnt get sucked out.
Heads up was pretty fun.
OgKoosh offered to chop and I didnt really mind it. Before he offered to chop, stacks were ~95 K : 85 K. I had a little bit more. But after few hands that he had won, he suddenly decided to play it out. 90 K : 92 K.
Hu took pretty good 10-15 minutes. But started accumulating chips and didnt really look back. Got him to 1:6 chip disadvantage and all in fest began.
Last hand 9dQd against his 8cAh. All in preflop. Not too bad, two suited live cards, considering stack sizes and blinds.
Beautiful flop two diamonds. Added extra outs.
Turn Kd. yay.
River meaningless deuce.
Finally won some, bcs lately it seems now matter what I do, I will still get busted either on bubble or in min cash...
Will try to make to top of Topurney Kimg Leaderboard, bcs last month didnt play many tourneys, because of my Trip to Spring Break poker Classic. About that one maybe later. Maybe. I'm lazy ass. I know. Never covered Chicago Poker Classic yet either.
April 1, 2011
And this is how I busted from High Roller tourney...
All in pre-flop. Should I mention I wasnt' surprised?
Great two bustouts from biggest Daily tourneys.
I love poker
Puke....
$2,5 K Second chance GTD.
OK, there was one little joker in this tourney, which had no clue wtf he was doing, but still managed to win it.
Why I know he had no clue- first flag was when he didnt realize how much is min raise preflop and was surprised that he didnt need to double other guys raise. He kept talking how site let raise less than a minimum. When he actually d\idnt know what minimum was. There was one guy who still bothered to explain, but I dont think it helped at all...
Anyway, doesnt really matter. What matters most, that he had to be out numerous times, but would pull some miracle card out of his butt and double and stay alive. And what sucks most- biggest double ups were late in the tournament against me.
First one- he raises, I 3 bet w AK. Insta shoves with ~20 BB left. Flips A9. Of course catches on Turn 3 outer.
I suck it up, since was deep enough and I know chips will come back... However playing good is not enough...
7 players left. I'm chip leader.
Raise w QQ, get two callers. flop 688. I bet, one guy folds and our genius shoves his HUGE stack. I'm tanking for a while, and totally don't see any sense in hand. Decide I am ahead and call.
Dude flip 45. Gutshot for tournament life. Guess what, 7 hits turn. river blank.Beautiful. Everybody at the table were kinda wtf was that, and he says, oh they were soooted.what can I say. Can't argue. He is right, they were suited...
I go down to 6th place with ~7,5K left. 5 Get paid. Couple hands later, guy raises again, like every previous hand. I shove my stack w KQ and even before he calls I know I'm ahead. Like that would be enough...KQ vs QJ. Flop AJJ. Congratulations!You finished 6th. Bubble boy
And guess who wins the tournament?
Not sure how to win tourneys anymore. I would love to read books he had read :)
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