PokerStars Sunday $250K guaranteed
 

Qualified this morning...table 209.

GL to all 2+2ers...

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I am at table 7 GL

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bought in at last second, table 196

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I'm in. Only big hand was KK which folded around and I get 45 chips. /cry.

Nick

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Absolutely card dead so far. Best hand I've seen is AJ, which I had to fold preflop.

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FUNNY hand, ive got 1750 stack.
I get AJs on the button with 25/50 blinds and LP raises to 150.

I call and its heads up.

Flop 345 2 clubs

He checks I bet 200 he calls

turn 9o

He checks I bet 405 he calls

River 4o

He checks I push 1k, he calls and tables A6o.

Funniest double up ever.

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Wish I had that luck.

My AK meets up with AA and has a party. I push my last 290 chips an orbit later with A4, that gets beat by a Q9 that makes a straight.

Not doing so well in these so far.

Nick

3225 first break
 

Some painfully tight play after that AJ double up including folding AJs to a min raise in position, folding 99 vs a 9x push, folding KQ in position with no one entering pot, etc.

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12360 at 1st break, not a bad 1st hour

David

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I'm in. 945 at 1st break. Lost half my stack early when my AA got cracked, then doubled back to about even with J10 in the SB that flopped top pair. Have to do better 2nd hour.

Good luck to all 2+2ers.

Doug

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Just over 2500 after the first break. Picked up TT in the SB, called a MP raise, pushed on a QJ9 flop, fold fold.

I'm going to need some cards pretty soon, though...

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I'm out. JJ ran into AA.

GL to everyone still in.

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I just became chipleader. Gulp. Come watch me blow it... [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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I'm out about 1100th. Couldn't get anything going. Pushed my last 3K with 55 and made a straight but I got called by AQs and he made a flush. Maybe next week [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Good luck to 2+2ers!

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Blegh!

Out just before 2nd break. My 7's up against 99, both unimproved.

Best of luck to cferejohn. Expect to see you still on top when I check back later.

Doug

Edit PS: Ha! Just noticed this thread was for Stars, not Party, where I was playing. No wonder I did so poorly. I didn't even know where I was. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

11630 second break
 

After losing KJ vs 66 all in, I pushed last 5500 with 44 on button, called by AQ and caught a 4 to double up.

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that was misleading... 66 was a SS and I lost like 2500.

2nd break, 3rd place...
 

624 remaining. Now I'm in 3rd. See, I told you I'd blow it...

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lol, keep it up

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Lots of time left.

I'm getting my tickets now to watch you at the final table.

Doug

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still in aftert 2nd break, at ~ 12000

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[ QUOTE ]
Lots of time left.

I'm getting my tickets now to watch you at the final table.

Doug

[/ QUOTE ]

OK, but don't expect a refund if i don't make it...

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my favorite player is still in from party poker...plghh...

he's crazy, every tournament he enters, he makes the final table, wow...

ok, hes 5th overall in chips, and he's playing 4 party poker 15/30 games, haha...too good..

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[ QUOTE ]
624 remaining. Now I'm in 3rd. See, I told you I'd blow it...

[/ QUOTE ]

Sigh. Told you I'd blow it. Pushed 18K with 1K/2K blinds with AQ, got called by AK. Left me w/ 3K that I pushed UTG with 9Js, lost to A9o. Sigh. That sucked.

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cmon man, AQ...muck that next time with so many chips...

17k 4th break
 

was up to 30k early but lost it all when I became card dead, got JJ once and lost to KK. Aww well, still in the monery though.

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In the money now with ~30K

out 160ish
 

Big hand that got me was pushing A7 on button and getting called by A8 in SB

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33rd out of 134. 52k in chips. Now's the fun part.

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Saw you go out...nice tourney...

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Tks. Wish I didn't have to push with such a weak hand(A2o), but the blinds were so big I had to try a steal on the button. A spade on the river would have been nice.

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Not to hijack this thread or anything, but I'm interested in getting into the MTT segment, how do you guys normally enter these? Buy in? $27 SNGS? $13 2 table SNGs? the FFP tourney? $11 rebuy, what do you find is the best way to enter these 215 and 500 Sunday tourneys...I tried an SNG with no luck and then an $11 rebuy with no luck.

Just wanted to hear everyone's thoughts on the easiest ways to get into these bigger tourneys. Thanks.

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I like the $11 re-buy turbo satellite because it's fast. Last week I qualified on one of these and then just on a lark last night tried the 500FPP satellite and qualified again so I have $215 Tourney dollars in the bank. But I doubt if I'll do the 500 FPP Satellite anymore becuase it took forever, like 4 or 5 hours, way too long.

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Do you feel you have a better chance of getting a seat in the turbo sat. then at a 1 or 2 table SNG?

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I think the general consensus is the MTT sats are easier because you can limp in (more than one winner)
~Justin Rollo

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I would have to say the Turbo Satellite. I usually play $20 and $30 sngs so winning the $20 wouldn't even do it.

I like the Turbos because they are fast and they give out 20 to 30 seats depending on how many entries and rebuys.

Of course there is an art to these Turbos but after you play a few you'll figure it out.

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what exactly is the art?

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You just have to be careful to not let yourself get too short stacked when you start getting close to the bubble. When you go all in you want to have enough chips to have folding equity.

Then you got to be able to figure out when you have enough chips that you can just fold into the money.

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Anybody watching the deal discussion. It's the stupidest thing ever. One wants to split it 50-50 approx 75k each and the other wants to play out 80k for 1st 70 for 2nd. They can't agree. The difference between both proposals are 5k, but i guess they're going to play it out. Someone will be disappointed with 56k when they could have had 70 or 75.

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The dumbest deal discussion I saw was the shortest stack kept saying he deserved more money cause his chips were worth more.