Pokerstars gave me tourney creation permission!
 

Ok, who wants to play heads up? Today I was given the go to stage my own private matches. I'd like to play the best players here to improve my game. $20 would be a good price as its not about the money. Irie? ZeeJustin? strassa? Give me a shot to play the best.

Indy

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Welcome back indy...i thought you were gone for good!

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Nah,

I won't be held down. Thanks to all who fought for a worthy cause.

Indy

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Perhaps all of us voted to have you banned. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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I will challenge you!! You might want to make sure you beat me before going for bigger sharks

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Valenzuela,

when and where? How's tomorrow night at say, 7pm ET?

L8tr,

Indy

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Ok were on! 7pm is fine by me. How do private HU matches work though?? Im only playing for 20 bux ( and for pride [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img])btw. Please send me a PM with all details.

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PM on the way chamo. Vamos a tener u buen match! Te adivino que vas a fallar.

Indy

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Match is set up under IndyMatch for me vs Valenzuela. After I crush him, I will accept the next challenge.

Indy

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Pencil me in for 9pm tomorrow evening.

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bluefeet,

I would only like to play 1 match per night. Tues/Thurs/Sun are the days I get to play. 7ET Thursday night?

Indy

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What's is the process like to get the privilege to run private tournies at Stars?

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bluefeet,

I would only like to play 1 match per night. Tues/Thurs/Sun are the days I get to play. 7ET Thursday night?

Indy

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I want to play You on Thur. 11/3 @ 5:00PST

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If you're a frequent player on the site, just email support@pokerstars.com.

Indy

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5pm PST is 8pm ET right?

Indy

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What's is the process like to get the privilege to run private tournies at Stars?

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Just email PS support, telling them you'd like the privilege. It only took a day or two to get mine.

SB: You can feed Thursday
Indi: Give me Sunday night - one MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLION dullers!!


Ps. Not sure if you are aware of this, but you can create private tourneys no sooner than 1 hour in advance. Kind of a pain if you get a spontanious "play now?" request.

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Isnt this during the 2+2 heads up Trout match?

Indy

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5pm PST is 8pm ET right?

Indy

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Yes.

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If you're a frequent player on the site, just email support@pokerstars.com.

Indy

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I think I read having 600 FPPs is enough. It's not hard at all to get 600 FPPs.

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Im mentally prepared to PWN!!!!! In 210 minutes ,pride & 40 bux will be on the line.

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I'm curious. What's to prevent you from setting up a very low entry fee HU match (so that the rake is low) and than playing for whatever stakes you want? I know the amount in this case in trivial, but I wonder in general.

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I'm curious. What's to prevent you from setting up a very low entry fee HU match (so that the rake is low) and than playing for whatever stakes you want? I know the amount in this case in trivial, but I wonder in general.

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Trust.

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You need 2000 FPPs, which is a bit harder than 600 but is still like what, 400 $10+1s?

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If you're a frequent player on the site, just email support@pokerstars.com.

Indy

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I think I read having 600 FPPs is enough. It's not hard at all to get 600 FPPs.

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I do not have this ability yet (new to stars) but I thought they said I need 2000 points..?

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Just a quick comment on HU poker and stakes:

You can't really improve your HU game to any significant extent by playing for small stakes.

No matter how much you talk about pride, or "trying really hard" or any of that stuff... there's an enormous difference between calling your whole stack for $1000 and calling your whole stack for $20.

No matter what your bankroll is, $20 simply isn't that much money. What makes a great HU player great is that they can put their opponent to decisions for a lot of chips, and make tough calls for a lot of chips when the stakes really, really matter.

So if you want to play me or likely Strassa or Zee (I don't want to speak for them), it will have to be for enough money that it will hurt if you lose. Otherwise HU poker isn't very interesting, and not very difficult to keep close to a 50/50 proposition.

I play a lot of small stakes HU poker, and even the trout tourney from time to time because I like to learn how everybody tries to play HU. It helps me improve, and anybody can do the same thing.

But if you are going to start calling out people in posts on this forum, it's time to put some money up.

Irieguy

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So I'm down for thurs. night @ 5PM (PST) = 8PM(EST)
Yes, it the same time that Trout is happening; but I can multi-table [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Irieguy's point about the stakes being meaningful, while relevant, doesn't take into account that I only have $20 to my name...so I have to win the match [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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I consider myself one of the best HU players around today.

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I consider myself one of the best HU players around today.

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no [censored]?

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Skipper,

You're on for Thurs night. Irie, your point is valid. Thing is, there's two problems with your argument. #1: It is stupid to call out guys in this post for big $ when I know that you guys are better than the average player. #2: I make more money (I would imagine) and have a larger bankroll to screw with than most online poker players so it aint fair for me to demand a ton of dough from a bunch of college students.

Dude, face it. You are a good player but no poker god yourself. I've watched you carefully at the 50s on stars and you make lots of donk plays. Bottom line, last time we played we got all the money in when I was a big favorite and you drew out.

What stakes do you wanna play me for dude?

Indy

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Megabet,

Would you take slot to play me Sunday afternoon? Say 5pm ET?

Indy

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What stakes do you wanna play me for dude?

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If this goes down please let me know when because I would love to watch.

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I just think that I could learn some things from putting myself to these challenges. I don't claim to be better than Irie but I don't think that he is a monster favorite over me either. I know that I can tend to talk too much trash so I'm sorry if I came across as a bragger. I just see challenging the very best as the best way to improve my game. I would love to play someone like Sklansky/Fossilman but I'm sure they wouldn't do it for low stakes.

Indy

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Megabet,

Would you take slot to play me Sunday afternoon? Say 5pm ET?

Indy

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Yeah that could work. I'll show you some tricks [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Irie's point is that to get better you must play the high buyin HU matches against solid opponents. This doesn't maximize short term EV but in the long run it certainly could as you can learn how to beat a bigger and more profitable game.

Yugoslav

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Irie's point is that to get better you must play the high buyin HU matches against solid opponents. This doesn't maximize short term EV but in the long run it certainly could as you can learn how to beat a bigger and more profitable game.

Yugoslav

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ANY AMOUNT YOU CAN COUNT IN ANY GAME YOU CAN NAME [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]...You "F'ing" Bozo....We have already proven that you are scared of a HU match with the Dreaded Skipper [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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Megabet is on for Sunday. Let me do these 3 matches and see how they go...then I will try to set up some more.

Indy

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Skipper,

You're on for Thurs night. Irie, your point is valid. Thing is, there's two problems with your argument. #1: It is stupid to call out guys in this post for big $ when I know that you guys are better than the average player. #2: I make more money (I would imagine) and have a larger bankroll to screw with than most online poker players so it aint fair for me to demand a ton of dough from a bunch of college students.

Dude, face it. You are a good player but no poker god yourself. I've watched you carefully at the 50s on stars and you make lots of donk plays. Bottom line, last time we played we got all the money in when I was a big favorite and you drew out.

What stakes do you wanna play me for dude?

Indy

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Any stakes at all (minimum $500). But PM me instead of acting like a perpetual wanker. If I win, I won't tell anybody. If you win, you can post it all over town.

Irieguy

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Skipper,

You're on for Thurs night. Irie, your point is valid. Thing is, there's two problems with your argument. #1: It is stupid to call out guys in this post for big $ when I know that you guys are better than the average player. #2: I make more money (I would imagine) and have a larger bankroll to screw with than most online poker players so it aint fair for me to demand a ton of dough from a bunch of college students.

Dude, face it. You are a good player but no poker god yourself. I've watched you carefully at the 50s on stars and you make lots of donk plays. Bottom line, last time we played we got all the money in when I was a big favorite and you drew out.

What stakes do you wanna play me for dude?

Indy

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Any stakes at all (minimum $500). But PM me instead of acting like a perpetual wanker. If I win, I won't tell anybody. If you win, you can post it all over town.

Irieguy

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Thats a sneaky way of letting us know when you win as we'll hear the crickets from Indy's account for three weeks...banning aside.

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Irie's point is that to get better you must play the high buyin HU matches against solid opponents. This doesn't maximize short term EV but in the long run it certainly could as you can learn how to beat a bigger and more profitable game.

Yugoslav

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ANY AMOUNT YOU CAN COUNT IN ANY GAME YOU CAN NAME [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]...You "F'ing" Bozo....We have already proven that you are scared of a HU match with the Dreaded Skipper [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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It's not my fault you're asleep when I get back from work.

Stop being so old.

Yugoslav

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Skipper,

You're on for Thurs night. Irie, your point is valid. Thing is, there's two problems with your argument. #1: It is stupid to call out guys in this post for big $ when I know that you guys are better than the average player. #2: I make more money (I would imagine) and have a larger bankroll to screw with than most online poker players so it aint fair for me to demand a ton of dough from a bunch of college students.

Dude, face it. You are a good player but no poker god yourself. I've watched you carefully at the 50s on stars and you make lots of donk plays. Bottom line, last time we played we got all the money in when I was a big favorite and you drew out.

What stakes do you wanna play me for dude?

Indy

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Any stakes at all (minimum $500). But PM me instead of acting like a perpetual wanker. If I win, I won't tell anybody. If you win, you can post it all over town.

Irieguy

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jeez.

from reading the OP in this thread, i didn't think that the OP (like the two uses with two meanings?) intended this as a "calling out." i think he intended it purely as a fun thing to do that he thought would even be fun for high rollers and would help him learn. i doubt that zee or strassa do much playing low stakes for fun these days, but whatever, if they decide to, more power to em all.

the point is valid that playing for low stakes is not the same as playing for meaningful stakes, but at the same time, the stakes that are meaningful to different people are not the same. some people even find 20 bucks to be a worthwhile amount of money, but more accurately i think that while one person would feel comfortable playing say, up to an $x hu match, x might be lower than a trivial amount of money for someone else. not that this is all insightful or non-obvious, i just think it bears saying.

i think indy is trying to have some fun, have some silly hu matches, and get better. i think he can do all those things and even trash talk at the end if the players feel like doing that, in the way he's set this up.

c