BLUEDAY'S DAILY POKER BLOG

[blueday]

PokerStars (no USA) 25c sitngo tournament a few days ago.

There were 90 entrants and I seemed to be at the bottom all the way along in this game.  I didn't get very many good hands but I managed to get myself off the bottom of the pile with a tasty   .  I managed to triple up on this hand.  I raised huge pre-flop, had a re-raise all in, a caller and I called.  One player had   whilst the other player had    .  No cards helped anyone and my Aces held.

Lots of posting and folding during the game, saw me back down the bottom of the pack again with 19 players left

I'm not going into the hands as this game lasted for 3 and a half hours.  I did manage to get some respect on the table that I was at and stole a few blinds with some great bluffs.  Oh and I managed to cook the dinner in between hands too!  That was tough I have to say and I think I only lost one BB during cooking. 

The top 12 places paid in this tournament and I was currently 12th out of 13.  It was touch and go as to whether I would cash out at all in this tourney but I had a really good feeling about this game and played only hands that were better than Ace high (small/mid/large pairs). 

The last few people went out and we were down to 9 and the final table.  Play was tight which suited me fine. I was 8th out of 9 players.  I actually don't mind being near the bottom as it makes me play a better game.

Two players went out (one of them played   ) (what was he thinking) and was knocked out along with another player who played pocket 10s and lost to Ace rag.

Slowly but surely and after many, many hands, we were down to the last 3.  I was in third place.  I don't recall the winning hands but I managed to knock one player out and then finally, I took the chip lead and knocked the other player out.

I won the tournament and $5.78 for my trouble.  A nice profit of $5.53 on my 25c buy in was a fantastic result.  These 90 seaters are good fun in so many ways:  you get to play a cheap tournament, where, if you get knocked out, it hasn't crushed your bankroll, you get to play some really bad fish - whilst these players are bad, they are a great way to improve your game.  You also get to play some really good players too and the profit is definitely not to be sneezed at, should you manage to win.

Here is the screenshot of my win:



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[orren]

Great job hun. I can't believe that tournament took 3 and 1/2 hours though. I've finished tournaments with +1000 players and played at the final table in that amount of time.

[blueday]

Thanks Orren.  It was a bit of a marathon I have to say and you're right, a 1000 player game takes that long normally.

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[blueday]

This is my win at PKR.  As you may or may not know, PKR is the most animated 3D site on the net.  When you win, you stand up and rather than all the dollars falling down on you, on a cheap game like this, you get tica-tape and lots of cheering (not from the other players mind)  .

This was a 10 seater 60c buyin and despite me being down to 225 chips and being disconnected, I managed to reconnect to the game and go on to win.

You don't pull comebacks like this out of the bag every day but it gave me so much pleasure.  I do love a comeback!

There were 5 of us left in this game when I kept disconnecting from the server and I only had 225 in chips left.  I quickly shut down the lobby and restarted the software and managed to connect before I'd lost any more chips.  When I returned one of the big stacks had been knocked out and there were only 4 of us left. I was next up for being BB.

I was dealt   and the blinds were 75/150.  I had one caller.  I raised all in and managed to hit the Jack on the turn and won the hand.  This was the beginning of my comeback. 

I was all in again next hand with   but everyone folded.  I folded a couple of hands and then I was dealt   when I was BB and raised all in by the SB.  I figured this player would have an ace with anything and decided to give it a shot.

He had   .  The flop came down      .  Nothing else helped either of us and I won the hand leaving him with about 450 chips.

He was knocked out the next hand and we were down to 3 players.  One of the players kept portraying good hands and I didn't believe him for a moment however he did manage to knock the other player out when he had    against an ace rag.

So we are down to two players.  I just want his chips so I can be the chip leader which may well help him to bluff a bit more and lose all his chips to me.

I was dealt pocket queens and went all in.  He folded.  I did take the value of my stack off of him but I can't remember the hand (it wasn't pretty is all I remember). 

So I'm chip leader, I'm BB and he did his usual raise pre-flop.  I thought about it for a few seconds.  Looked at my cards again (you have to click on them to see them) and i had    and decided to call.

The flop came down      .  We both checked.  The next card was  and he went all in.  I decided to call and was so chuffed when he showed his cards and had    .  I don't remember the final card and I know it didn't help either of us.   I was so thrilled that I had beaten this guy.  It was a good game but even more so, because of the comeback.

It just goes to show that a chip and a chair is all you need!

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[Rosebud]

      What do you mean,we started at a young age and have an advantage?    Congrats on your win blue!!

[blueday]

Thanks Rosebud...so nice to see you back 

Love the pic too.

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[blueday]

Having frittered all my poker money away on their casino games at PKR, I was eligible to play in the 25c giveaway tournaments. I really could kick myself for wasting my poker cash however, I did enjoy the slot I was playing (Why is Chain Reactor Trails slot so addictive?  - answers on a postcard please to..... )

Anyway - back to the serious game of poker.  I registered for the 25c 100 seater giveaway.  The usual fishy players were going all in with rubbish and getting lucky so I just waited for a decent hand.

I did get   and decided to just limp in if I could.  I'd been watching one player with his fishy hands, betting post flop and generally stealing the blinds almost every hand.  I did manage to limp in with my pocket 8s and i saw the flop too which wasn't much help to me.      but having said that, my 8s look quite good.  Inevitably, the fishy player was in the hand and bet the pot which was 200 if I recall.  I decided to just call him and see what was to come on the turn.  The other couple of players in the hand folded.  The turn came and it was .  The other player bet the pot again and I just went all in and he quickly called.  He showed his hand which was   .  The river was no help and he was drawing dead anyway so I won the hand.

A good few hands on and I had to leave the room for a few seconds.  A hand had just started so I had plenty of time.  I was no more than 30 seconds and when I came back my timer was just running out so I quickly clicked my hand to see it and as I saw it was   , it folded me and sat me out.  I was gutted.  What a time to leave the computer.

All was not lost though, as a few hands on, I got the same hand.  I raised pre-flop to 6xBB and the same person called.  The flop came down     .  I was first to act and just bet 2xBB and the guy re-raised to the pot.  I took my time to call him.  The next card was and I checked.  The opponent went all in and I promptly called.  He showed his hand and he had   .  This guy was turning out to be a bit of a muppet.  Nothing came to help him and again, he was drawing dead and I wont the hand.

In the next few hands I managed to take most of this guys chips as I kept being dealt pocket pairs.

Looking at the the number of players, we were actually down to about 15 left by this time and the top 8 places paid.

I posted and folded for some time, won a couple of hands and eventually we were down to the final table.  There were some terrible hands still being played at this point in the game like 82 off!  I managed to stay in until there were just 3 of us left.  The other female player was not really trying at all and she just allowed her blinds to be taken in most hands and before long she was out and there were just the two of us left.

My opponent had 104k in chips and I had about 46k.  I won a couple of hands but nothing much to speak of.

On my final hand I was whooping the other player with 2 pairs and he had nothing until the river when he made his flush and I was knocked out.  So, out of 100 players, I came second....and my pay off for all that hard work was a huge 5c!  Well it was free money after all. 

It was an enjoyable game but then it usually is on PKR because of the "live game" feel it has. 

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[blueday]

Looks like the site giving me the card pictures has gone wrong as a lot of the cards pics are missing.

I'll have to find some more cards pics that can be posted or do my own!

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[blueday]

Looks like the site giving me the card pictures has gone wrong as a lot of the cards pics are missing.

I'll have to find some more cards pics that can be posted or do my own!

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The site has not gone and the pics appear to be back again.  Not sure what's what now.  I'll try and get a nice game in over the weekend and post it here.

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[blueday]

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[blueday]

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[jbuijsheeschw]

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hi blue,

are you referring here to the crash at pokerstars, a lot of people, i think 60.000 where playing when it happend right?

Johan

[blueday]

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You can't rejoin your table, you can't do anything. At some point, you can't even login to the site. Finally you get back onto the poker site and you see that the tournament has been cancelled. So what happens now?

All is not lost. Depending on the position of the tournament i.e. registration still open, rebuy/addon period still running and so on, will depend on what you will get back.....read more

hi blue,

are you referring here to the crash at pokerstars, a lot of people, i think 60.000 where playing when it happend right?

Johan

No I wasn't Johan.  It was a pure coincidence.  See the news article HERE. I actually put "coincidence" at the top and linked it to this blog.

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[blueday]

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