Just won a 338 player poker tournament

[Rotty]

ok was only £5 entry ( and headhunter ) so not huge money but it's the biggest ( player wise ) I have ever won , previous best was 200 player

 

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on DTD , so wagerlogic s/w , think most of the players were William Hill

 

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tourneys are more for the challenge, ring games are where the money is made

 

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whats ring games? im fairly new to playing poker tbh

cash games, single table where chips=true money value

 

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So....er.... what was the prize money?

oh yes, sorry


not amazing but better than a kick in the nuts


£215.48 for winning and £70.42 in headhunter bonuses ( for knocking people out ) , so £285.90 total

 

[Rotty]

Very nice. You ever play at casino's?

I play a lot of "live games" but usually in pubs ( back room games ) , I do play at Gala in Nottm though

also play loads of poker when in Vegas

Europe's biggest poker room is opening soon near where I live so that should be good

 

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be interesting to see how big the field is this year with the US internet ban

would love to have a go myself but I couldn't gamble with that sort of money

 

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only play for fun, can't make the pay per hour worthwhile at the moment

 

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DTD have a "play for fun" option but don't think all games are offered

 

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He won a tournie which gave him the package there. However he is a very good player, and has beaten several professionals in the past. His prize money is in the £80000+ territory that I know about!

He did tell me how many players were registered, but I can't remember.

it's not known yet as you can register right up to the day, was over 8000 last year

 

[Rotty]

I see. Is the top prize something like $12m? They reckon it could be between 11000-12000 players (wiki)

it was that sort of amount last year, can't see the field being that big this year

 

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Well I'm sure I'll get a report from him when he returns

be good to hear how he gets on

 

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I see your win and I raise you mine:

hope they weren't all YOUR rebuys

 

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You'll catch me on the blackjack tables.

When do Gala do poker? I checked some point last year and the only thing they had going was a pot limit tournament.

tournaments sun-thu, ring games fri/sat ( some weekends nothing )

these are at maid marian way one the bridlesmith gate one doesn't have poker

 

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Yeah, best part was when it got to heads up, (which happened to be at about 9 am in the morning) I had about 3 million chips my opponent had 11 million. So we didn't cut a deal... It was a satisfying comeback.

And no Rotty, they weren't Only spent $12.

at one point heads up I had 95000 to his 400000 ish , got it back to about equal by which point I had a good read on him

if a flop was seen unraised and I was first to act then a BB bet from me would produce either a fold or all-in from him , having worked this out I just had to wait

a flop came unraised , I had 79 he had 8T , flop came 68T rainbow , i made the BB bet and he, of course, went all in

 

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First time I've ever heard you say something sensible when it comes to poker

cheeky monkey

 

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Used to work for them, IT support anyway. The head office is on castle blvd.

There's some crazy chinese people playing silly money in those joints. Quite amazing to watch from the side lines though!

Jon

oh yes , the huge rolls of cash you see are astonishing

ALL YIN

 

[Rotty]

I see. Is the top prize something like $12m? They reckon it could be between 11000-12000 players (wiki)

With 6,358 entries, this year's Main Event is the second-largest live poker tournament ever played

well down this year

 

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is that due to a lesser number of online seats that would have been won?

exactly, technically no online seats were available for US players