Posted Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:51 pm GMT by dave374000
Sorry for the overly exhuberant thread title, but I rarely if ever get to play those big Sunday tourneys. Last week at Party Poker was my first, and I paid the $215.
This week, however...
I won a Stars' $11 double shootout satellite (took three tries ... LOL).
Get my second Sunday big tourney in a row.
I know it's not a big deal to most of you online vets, but because I work Sundays I never get to play in them.
Sidenote: In last week's PP Million, I busted out in 80 minutes with trip 7s vs trip 8s.
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Posted Sun Aug 06, 2006 1:54 am GMT by LeafsFan1122
Good luck this week, Dave. Those doulbe shootouts are pretty soft, eh?
Posted Sun Aug 06, 2006 1:56 am GMT by xDiamond_CutteRx
| LeafsFan1122 wrote: | | Good luck this week, Dave. Those doulbe shootouts are pretty soft, eh? |
Actually, my experience has been quite the opposite, but it may just be crappy table draws on my part.
Posted Sun Aug 06, 2006 1:58 am GMT by LeafsFan1122
I've played 4. Made the money in 2 (never won the seat) but my dad plays these frequently and has won over 10 seats including 2 tonight.
Posted Sun Aug 06, 2006 10:27 am GMT by supafrey
I've played those dbl shootouts a fair bit lately.
I played and won my first one to the 215 a couple weeks back. Then I lost about 7-8 straight. Alot of strong players in them, from what I remember
Posted Sun Aug 06, 2006 1:16 pm GMT by dave374000
| LeafsFan1122 wrote: | | Good luck this week, Dave. Those doulbe shootouts are pretty soft, eh? |
I agree with Diamond Cutter and Suprafrey, they're not that easy.
I played three, qualified in one ... didn't make money in the other two.
Like he said, it depends on your table draw.
In the shootout where I won the satellite, the guy I played head's up on the first table was brutally tough - an excellent player. We were head's up for at least 45 minutes.
The final table was strange, because the guy with the overwhelming chip lead kept playing every pot ... which I thought was really stupid.
Once I got to third, I played ultra conservative, hoping some dummy would knock himself out.
At the final three, that chip leader had whittled his way down to third because of his wreckless play - and I knocked him out with a damn pair of 3s. Despite my ultra tight play, he honestly thought his A high would hold after I called an all-in after the flop.
Posted Sun Aug 06, 2006 1:18 pm GMT by LeafsFan1122
I'm very surprised to be hearing you guys say that the competition in those are hard. Obviously it's not easy getting the seat, as you have to win a cuple tables in a row, but the players...I've just seen them playing pretty horridly.
Posted Sun Aug 06, 2006 4:53 pm GMT by dave374000
I'm out. Finished 3386th ... what a monster performance. LOL. Disappointed I lost, but don't really regret this call. It was a race and I couldn't keep folding.
PokerStars Game #5821262397: Tournament #28499018, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2006/08/06 - 17:46:51 (ET)
Table '28499018 141' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: animalmother (1850 in chips)
Seat 2: rprp28 (1675 in chips)
Seat 3: ElTigr0 (5735 in chips)
Seat 4: pokertrip (2470 in chips)
Seat 5: danistheking (2235 in chips)
Seat 6: andyh133 (3900 in chips)
Seat 7: dave374000 (1515 in chips)
Seat 8: kazmer (3710 in chips)
Seat 9: AbusiveSmurf (1835 in chips)
ElTigr0: posts small blind 75
pokertrip: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to dave374000  
danistheking: folds
andyh133: folds
dave374000: calls 150
kazmer: folds
AbusiveSmurf: folds
animalmother: folds
rprp28: folds
ElTigr0: calls 75
pokertrip: raises 600 to 750
dave374000: raises 765 to 1515 and is all-in
ElTigr0: folds
pokertrip: calls 765
*** FLOP ***   
*** TURN *** 
*** RIVER *** 
andyh133 said, "nh"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pokertrip: shows   (a full house, Sevens full of Nines)
dave374000: shows (a pair of Nines)
pokertrip collected 3180 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3180 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: animalmother folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: rprp28 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: ElTigr0 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: pokertrip (big blind) showed and won (3180) with a full house, Sevens full of Nines
Seat 5: danistheking folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: andyh133 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: dave374000 showed and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 8: kazmer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: AbusiveSmurf folded before Flop (didn't bet)
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