Came in 2nd in the crappiest way possible at local card room |
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Posted Thu May 26, 2005 11:28 pm GMT by srn1985
$50 buy in tournament at my local card room here in tallahassee, FL and there were about 63 people i believe. It comes to heads up against this old guy who had been getting a really hot streak of cards and really never bluffing, everytime he turned his cards it was flush-boat-two pait-flush or what not. Anyways I had about 28,000 in chips against his 60,000 and blinds are 8000/4000. He smooth calls and I go all in and he calls after a minute of thinking I flip over A 6 of spades and he flips over A 6 of clubs and well you know the rest. A club club on the flop and he hits that damn flush on the river. I got $437 for second place which isnt bad.
I played this tournament about 6 times before and won it the first time I ever played and cashed two other times I feel like I can almost always win there but thats how it goes. They are having a tournament of champions this weekend and since I won it before Januray 2005 I cant play in it so I am also mad about that.
I also got a speeding ticket while driving back home for 61mph in a 35mph zone but he lowered it for me to only 9 over.
It has been a bittersweet night :D
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Posted Fri May 27, 2005 7:15 am GMT by Blinden
let me get this right, a "tournament of champions" that a "tournament champion" can't play in?
was this tourny a freezout? because $50 with 63 people seems like second should get a bit more then $440, how many places paid?
Posted Fri May 27, 2005 10:14 am GMT by flafishy
| Blinden wrote: | let me get this right, a "tournament of champions" that a "tournament champion" can't play in?
was this tourny a freezout? because $50 with 63 people seems like second should get a bit more then $440, how many places paid? |
If the cardrooms in Northern Florida are anything like the ones here in South Florida, the house takes an ungodly rake. Something like 38%.
Posted Fri May 27, 2005 4:43 pm GMT by TheSalche
| flafishy wrote: |
If the cardrooms in Northern Florida are anything like the ones here in South Florida, the house takes an ungodly rake. Something like 38%. |
damn ... you better get all the free drinks you want with that kind of rake :D
Posted Fri May 27, 2005 6:46 pm GMT by CodeNull
heh, you get free nothing in FL, the few card rooms absolutely rape you around here.
Posted Fri May 27, 2005 6:51 pm GMT by Geno
| TheSalche wrote: |
damn ... you better get all the free drinks you want with that kind of rake :D |
And hot and cold running hookers.
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