*Official* Party $200k Guaranteed Saturday Tournament

[DonButtons]

Oh yeah, im the new official thread dude...

Table 112, GL all...

[Blackjack]

ok - scratch my thread then. I'm in.

[CardSharpCook]

lol, I'm in like Flynn, Baby. table 132.

CSC

[David100]

table 66. gl all. hopefully this means i will not get moved table all the time??

David

[AceRat138]

Do you mean the 200K guaranteed that is at 267K?

[DonButtons]

[ QUOTE ]
ok - scratch my thread then. I'm in.

[/ QUOTE ]

ahh, didnt see your thread when i posted this one... /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Blackjack]

... yes he does. Use yer brain!

[AceRat138]

Sorry, A little slow on the uptake...I'm on table 12. Easy money /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[David100]

Out. AA to KJ

[Blackjack]

Least you can play the 109$ rebuy on stars later

[David100]

with the way my evening is going no way!!

[Blackjack]

Ouch.. crippled very early.

JJ in late position and 4 limpers at 10/20 blinds. I raised to 200 and the 2nd caller raised all in for 1200.

I think it's a pretty poor call. He shows QQ and I'm dying here.

[superbrawl]

count me in Table 75....gl all

[CardSharpCook]

ugh, that makes me sick. Just got taken out by a suited sucker. This game can be so frustrating.

CSC

[AceRat138]

Lost half my stack to trip twos...Had AK flop AK2.

[Blackjack]

GL all - I'm izzout

[AceRat138]

Superbrawl and myself the only two left from this forum?

[Blackjack]

Donbuttons still in.

[Double Eagle]

I'm ZeKGB and I'm in too. Just doubled up with JJ vs a turn semi-bluff that missed. Currently 3k at the break.

[DonButtons]

1607 at the break, table 82

funny chat talk from another table

newera13: wtf was that
bads33d: it was s00ted bro
bads33d: and c0nnected

[AceRat138]

Blah, 570 chips.

[dfan]

Since this is my first post, first I'll say Hello to everyone. I'm a 2+2 lurker who is playing in it. I have a little over 3000 in chips at the break. GL to the rest of you.

[Stipe_fan]

Table 100 with T3240

AK versus a loosey with A-10
2-2 made a set and took down another T1000

I hope that me and Mr.Buttons are not the only ones left, already!!

Get 'em Bads

Stipe

[AceRat138]

Trippled up. I am at 1500 now... (MT_Bannana on table #17)

[DeezNutz3]

on table 45...haven't had much, at 1140

[davidross]

Now down to 1050. My hot streak is over, I'm leading on every flop I play and behind on the river /images/graemlins/frown.gif

Won a big pot in the first 20 minutes to get to 2500 and haven't won one since. Took on a tilting short stack from the blinds with KQ. FLop K22 I checked he pushed and I called. He had A9. A rivered.

Knocked out of the 100 NL when my overpair ran into a set, the DS on Stars when my TPTK lost to a heart flush made on the turn. I had the Ah but no river saver. Been a dreadful week for tournaments and ring games. I can't wait for it to be over.

[davidross]

Can't win a race either. First hand with blinds at 50/100 I push over a limper from the button with JJ. BB calls with AQ. A flops.

[AceRat138]

Up to 3K. How is everyone else doing?

[dfan]

Thanks for the big welcome, guys.

(j/k)

[DonButtons]

hey there, welcome /images/graemlins/smile.gif


ohh yea, just lovely...

***** Hand History for Game 1836240248 *****
NL Hold'em Trny:10956488 Level:6 Blinds (75/150) - Saturday, April 02, 23:56:24 EDT 2005
Table $200K Guaranteed Saturday(286667) Table #57 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: bads33d ( $1432 )
Seat 2: doctordeee1 ( $3645 )
Seat 3: allin3199 ( $2875 )
Seat 4: gibert ( $7895 )
Seat 5: TMoney1984 ( $1950 )
Seat 6: MIrilius ( $3560 )
Seat 7: kb85021 ( $1105 )
Seat 8: dfwben ( $2845 )
Seat 9: Osccol ( $2435 )
Seat 10: jyonkovski21 ( $7750 )
Trny:10956488 Level:6
Blinds (75/150)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to bads33d [ 8h 6h ]
doctordeee1 calls [150].
allin3199 folds.
gibert folds.
TMoney1984 calls [150].
MIrilius folds.
kb85021 calls [150].
dfwben folds.
Osccol folds.
jyonkovski21 calls [75].
bads33d is all-In [1282]
doctordeee1 folds.
TMoney1984 folds.
kb85021 is all-In [955]
Stipe_fan: gl....bads
bads33d: LOL
jyonkovski21 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8d, 9d, Qs ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Tc ]
** Dealing River ** [ Kh ]
bads33d shows [ 8h, 6h ] a pair of eights.
kb85021 shows [ Qc, Jd ] a straight, nine to king.
bads33d wins 327 chips from side pot #1 with a pair of eights.
kb85021 wins 2660 chips from the main pot with a straight, nine to king.

[DonButtons]

ok, came back from 327, to currently 2487 in chips, table 5 now...

[ZootMurph]

I've been card dead all tournament. And at loose calling tables, so every other steal attempt is called and the flop is bad enough for me to fold... Very discouraging.

Had Queens once, and AK flops. Great /images/graemlins/smile.gif Still somehow clinging to 2185 chips though.

[Double Eagle]

Hand that crippled me. He had exactly what I put him on. Does anyone fold here?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

UTG+2 (t1515)
Hero (t3665)
MP2 (t3044)
MP3 (t2470)
CO (t675)
Button (t3027)
SB (t3673)
BB (t4755)
UTG (t3370)
UTG+1 (t3483)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
UTG calls t150, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t500</font>, <font color="#666666">6 folds</font>, UTG calls t350.

Flop: (t1225) T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, K/images/graemlins/club.gif, Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero calls t2870.

Turn: (t4095) 7/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

River: (t4095) 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t4095

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
UTG has Js Kh (straight, king high).
Hero has Ac As (one pair, aces).
Outcome: UTG wins t4095. </font>

[Stipe_fan]

table 32 with T6930

I've some bad luck in the MTTs this past week like David. Semi-bluffs did not get them to lay it down and I did not draw out on them.

Good luck 2+2ers

stipe

[AceRat138]

Just eliminated...JQ. Flop J74. SB and Myself heads up. SB bets 200. I push. Calls with AA.

[tdizzle]

That sucked stipe. AA vs KK vs QQ. and losing to the QQ.

[gumpzilla]

[ QUOTE ]
Hand that crippled me. He had exactly what I put him on. Does anyone fold here?

[/ QUOTE ]

If you put him on a pair and the openender, he has nine outs (your As take away two of his outs), and you have a fair number of outs if he hits his straight, either to a better straight or to a boat if the A came (though if he trips up, you're screwed). Why would you fold in that case? It's hard to widen the range considerably - I'm not sure that most opponents would play a set this way (and you wouldn't be drawing dead against a set), KQ is the only realistic two pair I can think of - so I think your read is probably pretty good. This seems like a pretty clear cut call to me.

[Stipe_fan]

nutzrealbig is unbluffable, don

if he raises and you have a decent hand, lay it to him

also, let him bet, he is aggressive if you have a hand.

stipe

[DonButtons]

lol, i figured i can make him lay that down, but he's been tilting pretty bad the last 2 days...

i saw a couple of his step 5s yesterday while scouting them, and he was tilting nasty....

i figured i can make him lay down, his normal trash, i figured a stop and go would be appropiate as he raises with any 2 and i figure he would hit the flop like 1/3 of the time...

[dfan]

Thanks. I just thought I deserved at least a head nod -- after all I did give up my posting virginity to you guys. /images/graemlins/blush.gif

So DB, feeling pretty frisky with that all-in? /images/graemlins/smirk.gif

I'm hanging by a thread with 2900 chips. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Stipe_fan]

oh....okay, so you know him.

I thought I did not get you to read the board soon enough.

Currently on table 8 with T6000

Card dead but it is almost blind stealing time!

Stipe

[iMsoLucky0]

Haven't posted yet but I'm in. 33k chips on table 19. Catching some hands and playing well.

GL everyone.

[dfan]

I was down to to 2 BB (1900) had to go all-in with A5 and lucked out against a caller with A9. Now back to 13k. Chances of ITM looked dismal just 15 minutes ago, now it is almost certain (154 left, paying 140). yippee kayaiii kayayyy..

[Stipe_fan]

I am still hanging with T12,000 or so on table 8

Excuriatingly slow play, oh well.

The reward is worth the wait!!

Stipe

[dfan]

The slow down is sort of a pain. On the other hand I kind of enjoy the sweet $$$ fantasies that keep dancing in my head.

I assume they wait for the other hands to finish so there is no reward for slow-playing each hand at the bubble?

[Stipe_fan]

exactly, it makes it fair for all.

Some players start to slow play 30-40 out of the money. Now, that is asinine.

Good luck,

Stipe

[Stipe_fan]

what is your name on party, dfan??

[dfan]

Stipe, I just went out in the 100 to 120 slot. Folded to me on the button and I had about 4bb left, with K8o. Decided to push, hoping to double up and have a better chance of getting into the real money. SB folded, but BB called with A9. Not surprisingly he won the showdown.

What really killed me though was I had just paid the sb, bb, then I was moved to a new table and was seated in the bb again! Man that sucked...

Pacific did the same thing at a critical stage to me earlier today, except there it was worse. I was on the bubble and it went sb, bb, move table to sb! #@%#$%$! I am going to complain about that. My stack had been average going into the money in a 30K tourney before the double blinding. After that I had barely enough to place in the bottom money group.

They shouldn't move players if it means paying 3 or four blinds in a row, IMO. Is this accepted procedure?

I don't know if I want to reveal my Party handle just yet. I've only been playing since mid-January, and you guys would probably laugh your asses off after you looked me up in your PT histories! /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

I see you are still alive, with only 76 left. Keep it up and gl!

[iMsoLucky0]

still in... 40k chips, table 4.

Anyone else still in?

[Stipe_fan]

thanks dfan.

Nobody will laugh at your PT stats. But, it is up to you if you want to reveal.

Yes, I need to catch a few hands or start to push and hope to win the blinds.

Thanks again,

Stipe

[Stipe_fan]

Out in 62nd place.

I tried to reaise three limpers. I thought the large stack might call me and chanced it with 33. I would have been up to 50K in chips but am out. The risk/reward was definitely there. I really wanted to make the final table and thought the push was worth it.

Back to the tables again on Tuesday.

Stipe

[iMsoLucky0]

5th break. 35k chips. Havne't really seen any hands at all. Lost every showdown but 1 for last 2 hours, but I'm still playing well and winning enough pots to keep my head above water.

Really looking to get top 3 here, hopefully I can pull it out.

[Mad Genius1]

What's your handle on Party? I'm bored and can't sleep so I'll go sweat you if you don't mind.

[crookedhat99]

What's your handle lucky?

[iMsoLucky0]

I'm Yahtzee0. Table 1 now up to 70k.

[iMsoLucky0]

Out in 24th. Got it allin with 55 vs AQ and she caught. Really thought it was going to be my tournament :-/ Oh well.

[dfan]

Congratulations Stipe and Lucky! I don't know whether you consider your finishes great, merely good, or even disappointing, but I do know that 1400 other players wished they had done as well.

BTW, can either of you (or anyone else) answer my question about whether it is acceptable/common for a site to move players when combining tables in such a way that the player ends up paying the blind for 3 or 4 consecutive hands? Or if this is an old question feel free to just steer me in the right direction. I just want to do my research before I complain to Pacific, and possibly Party, about this tomorrow, because it cost me oodles of real dollars when they sent me through sb, bb, sb, bb at 750/1500 today.

[crookedhat99]

It's really no use complaining about stuff like that to the websites. They basically have the right to put you on a boat and sell you, and although they want to please their customers, they would have to change their software to adhere to your complaint...and unfortunately i'll bet they're not up for that.

Also, they could argue that it is completely fair, as long as there is an equal chance of leaving one table utg and getting at another table on the button, which I think is the case.

gl in tournaments to come

[Stipe_fan]

I really don't consider my finish great. My goal, like most that post here, is to finish in the top 5 or so where they can a nice profit. FYIF, after winning the $650, I am net down in MTT about $70 for the week. So, I am not jumping for joy.

After I reassessed my play, the only mistake I made was the one that cost me all my chips. A fatal error since I was out when the smoke cleared. Otherwise, I played well tonight. I was able to push people when I needed to since my image was rock-like.

About complaining the way they break tables and place players. Don't bother. They can place you into the blinds 100 times in a row, if they so please. I am sure they use software to determine who gets placed where. Last night I was UTG and then placed in the between the button and the SB. I was dealt out of the hand but then did not post a blind for 18 or so hands.

We'll do it all again Tuesday night,

Stipe

[MrX]

[ QUOTE ]
After I reassessed my play, the only mistake I made was the one that cost me all my chips.


[/ QUOTE ]

This quote made me smile.

[dfan]

Ok, thanks for the info Stipe and Crooked. I would have thought that they would have had table-combining software that did a better job of optimizing position placement relative to the blinds. Just doesn't seem that hard to develop a scheme that at least rejected table moves resulting in repeating a blind immediately. Maybe it is more difficult than I think or they just haven't bothered to do it.

Entered 4 multitable tournaments this weekend and last- 1 mil. and 30k at Pacific and 200k and 250k at Party. ITM for the first three. Almost all profit since I won qualifiers for both Party events on the first try. Paid full entry to the Pacific Mil. but came in high enough to win $1100. Not bad for someone who has been playing poker for 2 1/2 months and new to MTT (have played maybe 100 SNG's though). Oh, sorry, did I just pat myself on the back? /images/graemlins/grin.gif