With the completion of the Pacific bonus, my bankroll now officially exceeds $500. In fact, it is rather closer to $600. Not sure of my next move - perhaps to chase a few more WSOP freerolls (preferably those with prizemoney on top) at the likes of Titan Poker.
By the way, Pacific has a rather frustrating 3 day delay before it will even *begin* processing a cashout request.
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Busted in lucky 13th
Here's the blow-by-blow:
89 runners, 1500 chips, 15 minute blinds.
Arrived 5 minutes late, and have played 15 minutes, sitting tight.
Won some blinds with tiny raises (poss absent players), and a small
pot w QQ (AK on flop!)
Already spotted a couple of French idiots, betting all-in on rubbish
and chasing gutshots. Down to 69 already!
Won a small pot from one of the loose gooses 910 late position w QQ10
flop. Turn Q, river K, I bet half pot, he microraises with nothing
(74). Silly thing is I would have folded to a decent raise.
30 mins in, 62 left. Not many absent players, I think.
Lost a pot in with KQ on the button against two gooses. Flop AJx.
Had nothing, but suspect the other guy didn't either.
1250 chips, with blinds 50/100 - 53 left. Haven't really had any
cards. May need to get busy soon, but it's tricky at such a loose
table. Would rather make a move with a hand!
Blind pass and it's 1100 :(
Made it to first break, but on a knife edge. 49 left.
Bought a round of blinds w KQ (150/75 now).
Damn, I should have tripled up! Raised w AK, K high flop, all-in w two callers. Turn K, board pairs to save the goose with K2 :( Still, managed to improve my stack a bit.
Stole a round on SB. The gooses keep winning big pots with rubbish cards unimproved :/
Won a decent pot w KK, K high flop check-call. Turn made three spades (I didn't have one), and made me nervous. Smallish bet - called. River blank, bet all-in. Probably a mistake, as he only calls with the flush. Better to make a modest bet he can call with junk.
Bluffed out the goose with an AJ missed.
1010 raised, 3 callers! K high flop. Folded to a small bet, gutted to see the 10 appear on turn.
KQ forced to fold by the goose on the big blind. Figure him for an ace.
SB call w A7s. Flop is KJJ, I fold a small bet and turn is A :/ Other guys had zip.
Another AK, another split pot :/ Why oh why can't he have AQ for once :(
30 players left, new table (have to leave my goose behind).
I now have 2600 after a cheeky steal and the blinds passing.
Won a pot w 77 (called a late position raiser), flop A64. Small bet on turn, checked river. He had 75! 3800 now.
KQ, called the loose raiser, bluffed out a blank flop (544). 4400 now (still below avg), 20 players left.
Unfortunately, I don't know the payout structure on the $2k prizemoney. Suspect it will be top ten or thereabouts.
14 left. I'd like to finish in the money, but don't fancy my chances.
Bugger. Busted out in 13th on my first decent hand! QQ on the button, raised to 600, both blinds called. Flop was 1082. Bet 600, one caller. Turn 7, he bets 300, I raise to 800, he calls. River 10, he bets 300, I raise all-in (1500), he turns over K10.
This was a failure to think the hand through. What was he staying in on? Highly likely a 10. He definitely got lucky on me, and probably he should have put me in on the river anyway, but there was no point risking my last chips hoping he had rubbish.. If I called, I would still have had 1200 chips, and could probably have limped onto the final table.
Oh well, there's always next month.
89 runners, 1500 chips, 15 minute blinds.
Arrived 5 minutes late, and have played 15 minutes, sitting tight.
Won some blinds with tiny raises (poss absent players), and a small
pot w QQ (AK on flop!)
Already spotted a couple of French idiots, betting all-in on rubbish
and chasing gutshots. Down to 69 already!
Won a small pot from one of the loose gooses 910 late position w QQ10
flop. Turn Q, river K, I bet half pot, he microraises with nothing
(74). Silly thing is I would have folded to a decent raise.
30 mins in, 62 left. Not many absent players, I think.
Lost a pot in with KQ on the button against two gooses. Flop AJx.
Had nothing, but suspect the other guy didn't either.
1250 chips, with blinds 50/100 - 53 left. Haven't really had any
cards. May need to get busy soon, but it's tricky at such a loose
table. Would rather make a move with a hand!
Blind pass and it's 1100 :(
Made it to first break, but on a knife edge. 49 left.
Bought a round of blinds w KQ (150/75 now).
Damn, I should have tripled up! Raised w AK, K high flop, all-in w two callers. Turn K, board pairs to save the goose with K2 :( Still, managed to improve my stack a bit.
Stole a round on SB. The gooses keep winning big pots with rubbish cards unimproved :/
Won a decent pot w KK, K high flop check-call. Turn made three spades (I didn't have one), and made me nervous. Smallish bet - called. River blank, bet all-in. Probably a mistake, as he only calls with the flush. Better to make a modest bet he can call with junk.
Bluffed out the goose with an AJ missed.
1010 raised, 3 callers! K high flop. Folded to a small bet, gutted to see the 10 appear on turn.
KQ forced to fold by the goose on the big blind. Figure him for an ace.
SB call w A7s. Flop is KJJ, I fold a small bet and turn is A :/ Other guys had zip.
Another AK, another split pot :/ Why oh why can't he have AQ for once :(
30 players left, new table (have to leave my goose behind).
I now have 2600 after a cheeky steal and the blinds passing.
Won a pot w 77 (called a late position raiser), flop A64. Small bet on turn, checked river. He had 75! 3800 now.
KQ, called the loose raiser, bluffed out a blank flop (544). 4400 now (still below avg), 20 players left.
Unfortunately, I don't know the payout structure on the $2k prizemoney. Suspect it will be top ten or thereabouts.
14 left. I'd like to finish in the money, but don't fancy my chances.
Bugger. Busted out in 13th on my first decent hand! QQ on the button, raised to 600, both blinds called. Flop was 1082. Bet 600, one caller. Turn 7, he bets 300, I raise to 800, he calls. River 10, he bets 300, I raise all-in (1500), he turns over K10.
This was a failure to think the hand through. What was he staying in on? Highly likely a 10. He definitely got lucky on me, and probably he should have put me in on the river anyway, but there was no point risking my last chips hoping he had rubbish.. If I called, I would still have had 1200 chips, and could probably have limped onto the final table.
Oh well, there's always next month.
The big one
I have a ticket to a freeroll qualifier for the World Series of Poker $10,000 main event in Las Vegas. That's the entry fee, not the prizelist by the way.
This remarkable little ticket comes by virtue of having signed up for Pacific Poker via Pokerlistings. There is also a $2000 side-prize fund.
One would normally expect a freeroll like this to have around 2000 players, but by virtue of the restricted qualification pool (Pokelistings players who have wagered $500 at Pacific in the last month), this one looks like having only around 100 (78 players so far with 7 hours to go before the start). That values this little freeroll ticket at around $150, which is pretty nice.
Of course, I will probably bust out in half an hour. But for a little while, I will have a chip and a chair and a dream of Vegas.
This remarkable little ticket comes by virtue of having signed up for Pacific Poker via Pokerlistings. There is also a $2000 side-prize fund.
One would normally expect a freeroll like this to have around 2000 players, but by virtue of the restricted qualification pool (Pokelistings players who have wagered $500 at Pacific in the last month), this one looks like having only around 100 (78 players so far with 7 hours to go before the start). That values this little freeroll ticket at around $150, which is pretty nice.
Of course, I will probably bust out in half an hour. But for a little while, I will have a chip and a chair and a dream of Vegas.
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