Official "Zoo Tsunami Relief" tourney thread

[ClaytonN]

cnew27

good luck all in advance

[Zinzan]

I'm in. It's a shame we couldn't get Fossilman in this. Or Annie Duke, or Barry... or at least Gavin Griffin. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

-Z
"zinzan8" on PS

[ClaytonN]

OT: Where in ATL Zinzan?

[Zinzan]

[ QUOTE ]
OT: Where in ATL Zinzan?

[/ QUOTE ]

Mableton. You?

[ClaytonN]

Buckhead /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[cwsiggy]

I'm in! Just found the password in time

[Joboo]

I'm in as joboo002, happy to be donating my $5 to the tsunami victims and the other $5 to players who are better than me.

[jslag]

I'm in. Nick is thesnare

[ClaytonN]

Table 8. Cheers.

[remen]

I am in, table 7. Good luck all.

[regisd]

woohoo! my first 2+2 event.

[jslag]

I expect a lot of trash talking!

[ClaytonN]

Poor Granny, she ran into a set of kings.

On that note, I've already seen one Granny Mae gone to showdown. It lost to a straight /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Tosh]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (8 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Hero (t1460)
BB (t770)
UTG (t2700)
UTG+1 (t1290)
MP1 (t3210)
MP2 (t1440)
CO (t1500)
Button (t1310)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 7/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="#666666">6 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t80</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to t200</font>, Hero calls t120.

Flop: (t400) 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 2/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets t200</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t580</font>, BB folds.

Final Pot: t1180

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
No showdown. Hero wins t1180. </font>

[housenuts]

table 2 - ziggityzance

[cwsiggy]

stole a bunch of pots - Is this bunch normally this tight or am I just used to the fishy play of the non 2+2 ers!!!

[housenuts]

i find people are playing looser because for one it's probably got a bunch of people that play bigger than $10+1 games. and secondly people are just happy with donating and don't really care if they win or lose.

some guy just lost a bigger than average stack to a 1-outer on the river. they both flopped sets, all the money went in on the turn, and the lower set made quads on the river. poor guy.

[ClaytonN]

Play is tight at my table, but tight/calling stationish

I've got ~2500

*edit - 52 out of 169

[cwsiggy]

81 out of 175 so far. Siggy at table 1 - eh

[ClaytonN]

2440 at first break. Some guy named Jackarama is at my table.

Wonder if it's the real guy /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[jslag]

7345 at the first break. 8th

Nick is thesnare on stars

I want that jacket!

[housenuts]

argh you're beating me. i got 5,820. just lost about 1,000 with TT vs. a guy with a set of 9's.

i got a hand i want to post but i requested my HH 30 minutes ago and it still hasn't been sent.

ziggityzance

[jslag]

I'm out in 123rd!!!

I raise to 600 with ATo. Get called by "Slo Pok" on the button. Flop is 6AK. I bet 750. She goes all-in and has me covered. I ponder and call. She has JT.

Pot is 18k, makes me chip leader if I win.

Turn is a Q. Classic.

Oh well, GL all!

[housenuts]

i made a foolish play and lost alot of chips. i'm on the button and the two blinds are sitting out. 75/150 - UTG raises to 450, it's folded to me with T4s. I decide to be a fool and think UTG is trying to steal the free blinds so I pop it up to 1200. He calls and the flop comes out 245 with one of my suits. I have a pair and back door flush. UTG goes all-in for about half my stack. I think and call. UTG shows 67 and hits a 3 for the straight.

i can't really complain because i risked alot of chips on a piss poor steal attempt. i can only wonder what might have been. i got 2,240 now so I'm still fighting.

[radek2166]

anyone wana update me as to where I am. Hehehe Besides work right now.

[ClaytonN]

Back to back hands
_______________________
Dealer: Starting new hand: #1030411048
Dealer: branmuffin posts small blind 100
Dealer: styleish posts big blind 85 and is all-in
Dealer: Dealing Hole Cards
Dealer: cnew27 raises 400 to 600
Dealer: on_thg folds
Dealer: Jackarama folds
Dealer: kamrann folds
Dealer: Slo Pok folds
Dealer: Nekura2040 folds
Dealer: branmuffin folds
Dealer: styleish folds
Dealer: Game #1030411048: cnew27 wins pot (285)
Dealer: styleish finished the tournament in 88th place
Dealer: cnew27 shows [Q /images/graemlins/spade.gif 5 /images/graemlins/spade.gif] high card Queen
cnew27: muahahaha
___________________________
Dealer: Starting new hand: #1030412419
Dealer: cnew27 posts small blind 100
Dealer: on_thg posts big blind 200
Dealer: Dealing Hole Cards
Dealer: Jackarama folds
Dealer: kamrann folds
Dealer: Slo Pok calls 200
Dealer: Nekura2040 folds
Dealer: branmuffin folds
Dealer: cnew27 calls 100
Dealer: on_thg checks
Dealer: Dealing Flop: [6d 4c 7h]
Nekura2040: At least we're outplaying the people who aren't playing... /images/graemlins/smile.gif
Dealer: cnew27 bets 1975 and is all-in
Dealer: on_thg folds
Dealer: Slo Pok folds
Jackarama: well some of us /images/graemlins/wink.gif
Dealer: Game #1030412419: cnew27 wins pot (600)
Dealer: cnew27 shows [Q /images/graemlins/heart.gif 5 /images/graemlins/spade.gif] high card Queen
Nekura2040: lol
cnew27: MUAAAHAHAHAHAHAAA
________________

Granny Mae owns. 'Nuff said.

[ClaytonN]

Had dinner, had to be AFK, came back

Now ~3175 (45 out of 70)

[regisd]

aaaand i'm out before the first break!

my sweetie made it till shortly after the break.

good luck, folks!

[housenuts]

well i ended up 27th, which was the last place to pay money. i won $8.58 and $8.58 was transferred to the relief effort. so i guess i actually lost about $2 on the tournament but it's a good cause.

i eventually went out calling an all-in from another shortstack in the CO with AQ. he just had me covered and had KK. still trying to decide if i should have called there. i probably didn't need to.

[ClaytonN]

How much did you have respective to blinds?

[GrannyMae]

The amazing ZOO Tsunami Relief effort is proud to report the following results:

We had a total of 53 posters (WOW) who pooled funds that are separate from the funds derived from the Zoo Tsunami Relief Tournament.


Here is the list of contributors, in alphabetical order:

***stars username***gatts
***stars username*** carburetor
***stars username*** mojorising
***stars username*** nojel
***stars username***avatarkava
a500lbgorilla
adde
benholio
bookoficculus
busguy
byronkincaid
cbfair
codewarrior/tax goddesscrix
Drphysicelbooneb
eldiablo
ewile
gallopingael
googuy_1
granny
hudat
isaacW
JAque
jedi
JPNet
kdog
labrujita
lacky
lee jones
michael davis
mike haven
morgant
MRV via money he lost to Uudevil
nekura
nolofan34
pcINnm
phil van sexton
rustyjedi
simon diamond
sluke
spamuell
stripsqueez
TheMick7
TucoToroUudevil
vetman81
villafan
vindikation
wilsonkop
wsopwinner2005
www.bonuswhores.com (http://www.bonuswhores.com)


If I missed your name, please send me a PM. I think I got everyone listed, but with all the people involved, I might have missed a transposition. Also, I had $30 extra somehow, so I am certain at least one person was overlooked. The $30 is in the kitty, but I sure would love to recognize who donated it. All funds were kept separate so your donation is in the total, but I don’t want to miss posting your name as well.

Donations ranged from $10-$1,000. Several of these private donations were matched by Stars.

In addition to matching some of these funds, Stars matched 100% of the tournament proceeds.

Here are some honorable mentions of some folks that dug real deep and contributed $100 or more. This list, in no way, should detract from the folks that were not singled out. The disaster victims need every dime they can get, and there are people on the top list who made donations to the limits they could afford, and therefore should be as proud of themselves as those mentioned below. Also, several of you made a smaller contribution because you wanted to support the tournament, but had already done something on your own. I thank you for that gesture.

$100+ contributors (alphabetical order):

busguy
cbfair
crix
ElDiablo
goodguy_1
GrannyMae
Jaque
JPNet
Lee Jones
Michael Davis
Phil van sexton
Spamuell
Stripsqueeze
Tuco
Villifan
www.bonuswhores.com (http://www.bonuswhores.com)

I’d like to thank adde for getting the ball rolling and starting the donation fever. I’d like to thank Lee Jones for kicking in $500 from his pocket (not from stars, this was a gift for the Zoo Fund), and I would like to thank Spamuell for his AMAZING $340 donation.

I’d also like to thank Greg for planting the idea for this with his whore challenge, and I am told there have been significant donations made through that. Finally, thanks to AwesomeAli and the others that cross posted this tournament all over the web and to doc savage for emailing his database.

The net donation from the above contributions was a grand total of $4,948.29

Of this $4,948.29,
$1,200.00 went to “Doctors Without Borders”
$3,748.29 went to ICRC “International Committee of the Red Cross”

But we are not done!

Here are the proceeds derived from the tourney itself. 100% of these proceeds were doubled by Poker Stars, and this amount was also sent to the ICRC.


245 players registered for a total prize pool of $2,450 plus $245 that stars is kicking back for the entry fee (and doubling it). 245 players on a password protected, private tournament is awesome.

Here is the order of finish, and the corresponding donation. If the donation amount is more than half of what the spot paid, it represents the player donating more than the requirement (THANKS). I know that most of you did private donations on your own as well.

However, I am sorry to say that the people who have no figure by their name did not transfer me anything. This may be due to conflicting instructions, they may have done a direct transfer, or they forgot. I’m going to have faith and say they took care of it on their own, but I can’t include their owed money in our total. If you are a 2+2 poster and you don’t see your transfer, I encourage you to post here that you got it taken care of. At this point, if you forgot, please transfer to Stars directly.

The conflicting instructions was beyond my control. I tried to do what I was told, but there were several messages that kept changing the procedure. In NO WAY am I suggesting that the players with no figure by their name did not pay. I apologize for this frustrating snafu at the end. I was promised a list by Tuesday of direct transfers if there were any, and I will post it when they send it to me. However, I am afraid the 10th place finisher keen is not going to pay. I went and chased him and he ignored me in chat boxes, but I hope he proves me wrong.

1 NiceGuyEddie 375
2 kfellmy 428.75
3 vetman81 150
4 Spartacuss 100
5 Death Donkey 75
6 Zorac 60
7 byrdman318 74.75
8 B00T 33.33
9 nacarno 22
10 keendawgal
11 Gambit 727 29.4
12 Ribs77 15
13 Jackarama 15
14 Nekura2040 38.4
15 on_thg 15
16 Peca277 18.4
17 naslund
18 tylerK 29.4
19 ghansenlady 17.15
20 donutz 17.15
21 busguy 17.15
22 NewBombTurk 17.5
23 Gator MBA
24 Aquasces
25 Grisgra 20
26 QueenAmidala 17.15
27 ziggityzance
1585.53


Therefore, Total Tourney proceeds = $1585.53(player transfers) + $245 (fee rebate)
Then, we multiply this by 2 for the Stars match, and the adjusted total is
$3661.06 all going to ICRC as well

What a great job 2+2 members!

(Sorry, some more thanks coming)
Thanks to Stars for stepping up and matching the tourney proceeds and some of the private donations. Thanks to Stars for providing fantastic support to me throughout this event. This has been more work for the support staff and Lee than most of you realize, but they have been amazing. We also need to thank Lee for supplying all the great prizes for final table players.

Thanks to the 2+2 mods that stuck this post and allowed this tournament and money drive to grow to the levels it did, and thanks to all who helped me at the tourney today.

While it has been a bit of work, I speak for all of us when I say it was an honor to have taken a few days out of our lives to help offset the worst misery I hope we ever see. The world has given a lot, but it still is not enough. Keep digging deep and finding other ways to help how you can, but for now, be very proud of what we accomplished in 4 days.

I hope I did not miss any names or forget to pass along any thanks that were earned, but will rectify that in the morning if it becomes apparent.

Grand Total of Funds Generated for the Tsunami Relief Effort through the Zoo, with the help of Poker Stars:

<font color="red">$8,659.35</font>

Here’s to hoping we made a small difference.

[Jason Strasser]

never works for me

[Tosh]

You invented it though, noone can take that away from you.

[housenuts]

i just got a PM from someone saying i didn't transfer half my winnings which isn't true. i just want to ensure it was received.

ziggityzance

[GrannyMae]

ziggity,

we got it.

the conflicting instructions from admin caused some confusion, but you are all accounted for.

thanks for playing and thx for the donation!!