Just won a 338 player poker tournament

Rotty · 6 Jul 2007 at 14:23

mks2005 said:
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

platypus · 6 Jul 2007 at 14:26

Rotty said:
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

Thats worse then l33t sp34k, l13k!

R.O.S.S.I · 6 Jul 2007 at 15:00

I only started playin poker a couple of weeks ago, downloaded PKR and entered some $2 buy in tourney, think there was about 220 people in, was well chuffed when i got down to last 10 lol, could have gone further but i got shafted on one hand which sent me out 10th

. Think i won about $7.50 or something in that, obviously nothing compared to your wins, but i'm only a rookie lol.

Kell_ee001 · 6 Jul 2007 at 16:38

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

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

Congrats on the win though

Rotty · 6 Jul 2007 at 16:57

Kell_ee001 said:
First time I've ever heard you say something sensible when it comes to poker

cheeky monkey

Jon Frost · 6 Jul 2007 at 16:58

Gala in Nottm though

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

Rotty · 7 Jul 2007 at 01:07

Jon Frost said:
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 :eek:

Morba · 7 Jul 2007 at 01:26

mks2005 said:
I see your win and I raise you mine:

i used to play the $3 tourneys on stars, got bored after a while though. getting 4-5 hours in and only just entering money stages was a joke!

congrats on winning, takes a very patient (and awake person when in uk) and quality player to win the $3 rebuy's on stars

Rotty · 13 Jul 2007 at 00:55

LeaguePosition14 said:
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

Morba · 13 Jul 2007 at 00:56

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

Rotty · 13 Jul 2007 at 01:01

Morba said:
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

Morba · 13 Jul 2007 at 01:03

Rotty said:
exactly, technically no online seats were available for US players

End of the day the americans screw themselves. that is a lot of seats that would have been used, a lot of rooms being rented, a lot of flights and fuel being used. i would imagine that it will be quite a loss in terms of tax to the Nevada State.

truebluecfc · 13 Jul 2007 at 01:10

Nice one Rotty.

I've been playing for about a year and a half with freinds, i also play for fun on PKR about 10 hours a week, only 16 though so i've never thought about playing for real money although would be cool in the future.

mks2005 · 13 Jul 2007 at 02:26

Morba said:
i used to play the $3 tourneys on stars, got bored after a while though. getting 4-5 hours in and only just entering money stages was a joke!

congrats on winning, takes a very patient (and awake person when in uk) and quality player to win the $3 rebuy's on stars

thanks, uber adrenaline on the final table kept me awake

Fraggr · 13 Jul 2007 at 03:37

truebluecfc said:
Nice one Rotty.

I've been playing for about a year and a half with freinds, i also play for fun on PKR about 10 hours a week, only 16 though so i've never thought about playing for real money although would be cool in the future.

I'm 16 and I play for real money.

Not very much real money, but enough to walk away with 30 in winnings if I'm lucky.

truebluecfc · 13 Jul 2007 at 03:45

Yeh, i might give it a go, i'd rather be playing for fun than money so i might set myself a limit something like £15 a week and all my winnings (if any

) i'll just keep and spent it on booze or when going out or whatever.

Fraggr · 13 Jul 2007 at 04:53

All my winnings go on booze.

truebluecfc · 13 Jul 2007 at 05:22

Fraggr said:
All my winnings go on booze.

Tbh my uncle gives me like £50 on fridays/saturday and buys me a few cans during the week so i'd probably end saving it for when we go paintballing every couple of months, it costs loads.