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Sorry to steal your thunder Mies, but I noticed a comment on your blog saying that you were the best grinder on the forums - and I see that as a challenge
I am actually starting from zero, but like Mies I have a couple of extra chances. I am chrome star, so I'll be playing the privilege freerolls, and I have 2 Weekly Round 2 tokens already. Other than that I'm starting from absolute zero.
I'll update my balance every day in the 1st post, and put some detail and discussion of what I've played.
You've got a head start on me Mies... but now it's on
16th June 2013: $14.50 8.84 fpp 220,058 play chips Chrome Star status 171/750 VPP for $10 bonus
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Nice one Buddy....hope U make loads of dollars...dont forget there are some extra tv freerolls this week ( passwords are all over the internet an hour or 2 before they start)
The comment of the best grinder, was given to me , no way in the world I would call myself here the best on this forum.... As I think there are better players around then me.... Anyway best of luck to U and will be following this thread with more then average interrest.
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I hadn't really thought of how long I was going to do it for, but now I've thought about it I've decided I'll run this thread until the end of the year. I intend to start making regular withdrawals at some point, and my aim is to have a comfortable bankroll by the end of the year... I don't have a specific $ amount in mind.
And while the competition side of things is only a bit of fun, I hope it will spur us both on to do better - I don't really want to "win", ideally we'll both do well
------------ Another close thing in the trivia freerolls... after a 153rd and 962nd yesterday, I've just busted out in 206th.... Confident I'll make it with 20 odd days left to go.
Trivia freeroll - 206/21392 - no prize BonusBonusBonus freeroll - 654/2108 - no prize BankrollMob freeroll - 1647/5216 - no prize
------------ Marbella Festival Satellite - 22/251 - no prize $100k Privilege freeroll - 2047/21240 - $0.24 Trivia freroll - 563/23333 - no prize BankrollMob freeroll - 1690/4917 - no prize
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Wish I hadn't bothered to stay up to play the last 3 tournies - AK beat by A10 in the BRM, KK beat by 55 in the PSO, and AQ beat by AJ in the Trivia (also called by A7 and 86) - all pre-flop all ins. I'll be hitting the freerolls and satellites again tomorrow, then Saturday and Sunday bring the weekly round 2's and other cool freeroll opportunites... I'll post any passwords I come across on here so y'all can join me if you want
BankrollMob freeroll - 2327/3988 - no prize Pokerschool Open Skill League freeroll - 2975/10000 - no prize Trivia freeroll - 7212/13491 - no prize
...and now to bed. Night all
------------ Pokerschool Open Skill League freeroll - 7596/10000 - no prize Trivia freeroll - 231/18110 - no prize BankrollMob freeroll - 526/4244 - no prize $100k Privilege freeroll 7268/13285 - no prize
So annoyed at YET ANOTHER close call in the Trivia freeroll. I am SO determined to make it, but keep losing in the make or break pots. Can't keep being like that....
Going to play the BRM freeroll that's on now, then head out for the night. I won't play it, but I'll post the password for the BonusBonusBonus freeroll that starts in an hour on here for anyone that wants to play it.
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I dont see results on the tv freeroll and the 100K freerolls...Those are the ones I prefer...not hard to reach the money at all, at those 2. wait for a hand ...it will come and there are so many idiots in there so U'll double up...dont call higher stack raises as U always seem to loose them the closer u go to the bubble... anyway good luck tonight pal.
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Today's Weekly Round 2 was over very quickly... Hopefully better luck in the one tomorrow.
Weekly Round 2 NLHE - 4108/6342 - no prize BankrollMob freeroll - 1820/4315 - no prize $100k Privilege freeroll - 8981/16686 - no prize
Upcoming tournies - (all times GMT/BRM time)
16:00 - Trivia freeroll - password "2004" 16:00 - BonusBonusBonus freeroll - * 17:00 - PokerSchool Open Skill Leauge - open to all 18:22 - Marbella Festival Sat - open to UK players 19:00 - $100k Privilege freeroll - open to ChromeStar+ or depositors with code 100k 19:00 - Trivia freeroll - * 19:00 - RakeTheRake freeroll - password "fr33jun3" 19:00 - BankrollMob freeroll - * 19:30 - VIP $5000 Weekly - open to ChromeStar+
All tournies marked * The password is not yet known - I'll post the password on here for the BBB freeroll in around 25 minutes.
------------ Came really close to cashing in the RakeTheRake freeroll... finished like, 100th out of 9222 with top 45 making the money.
I doubled up early in the ChromeStar freeroll, but soon went hand-dry after that and ended up busting out 66 vs QQ a few hundred people from the money.
I finished 15th in the Marbella satellite, with the top 9 going through to the final...
Everything else on the list, I played - but not a lot interesting happened.
I'm playing a $100k Privilege freeroll and a $0.10, $50 added tourney now. Weekly Round 2 later, along with all the Trivia and BRM freerolls, should be a busy little session...
------------ Out of the Privilege freeroll. All in with 33 preflop - called by A7, 89 and Q10 - all off suite.
Within a matter of moments, out of the $0.10 tourney too. All in preflop with JJ - called by A4.
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GL for your challenge! You have a nice run for the weekly round 2 entrys. It was interesting to see how many days your challenge will go on. You play a lot of freerolls, gl for the next games!
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Played a few of the $0.10 1 table satellites to the World Record Attempt tourney. Won one, and unregistered to take the $1 tourney dollars... should really have won a couple more at least but got HORRENDOUS luck once reaching HU. Still, made a lil' bit of profit there.
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Horrible luck today. Literally NOTHING going my way.
Got donked out of the BRM freeroll Q6 vs my AQ with about 20 people to go before the cash. (I've convinced the guy who knocked me out to come and join us at the forums, so look out for unna7ural soon )
Just out of Weekly Round 2 a couple of hundred from cash... AQ in BB, one limper - I shove - calls with AA. Ace on the flop, and I'm out.
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Seems like my break helped.
Been messing around on play money a bit today to get some of the frustrations out of my system... won quite a lot of chips, and decided that accumulating a few Milllion and looking to sell them could be a good idea.
Anyway... playing a $100k Privilege freeroll now. 109 players remaining, winning $1.40 at the moment. Pretty much bang on the average, so should be good for a few more raises in cash... maybe even a nice 3 figure payout
------------ So sick....
PokerStars Hand #99871030330: Tournament #733092193, Freeroll Hold'em No Limit - Level XXI (3000/6000) - 2013/06/11 5:10:01 WET [2013/06/11 0:10:01 ET] Table '733092193 339' 9-max Seat #2 is the button Seat 1: VASCAINO297 (143033 in chips) Seat 2: THE_MICESTER (97984 in chips) Seat 3: Nick4227 (97941 in chips) Seat 4: A10star (74433 in chips) Seat 5: yout85 (151847 in chips) Seat 6: luasete (38467 in chips) Seat 7: jhonymaxii (24123 in chips) Seat 8: Stairway2Rad (89493 in chips) Seat 9: JolDem013 (102454 in chips) VASCAINO297: posts the ante 1200 THE_MICESTER: posts the ante 1200 Nick4227: posts the ante 1200 A10star: posts the ante 1200 yout85: posts the ante 1200 luasete: posts the ante 1200 jhonymaxii: posts the ante 1200 Stairway2Rad: posts the ante 1200 JolDem013: posts the ante 1200 Nick4227: posts small blind 3000 A10star: posts big blind 6000 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to yout85 [Qh Qc] yout85: raises 18000 to 24000 luasete: folds jhonymaxii: folds Stairway2Rad: folds JolDem013: folds VASCAINO297: calls 24000 THE_MICESTER: folds Nick4227: folds A10star: folds *** FLOP *** [8h Jd 5h] yout85: bets 42000 VASCAINO297: raises 75833 to 117833 and is all-in yout85: calls 75833 *** TURN *** [8h Jd 5h] *** RIVER *** [8h Jd 5h 2h] *** SHOW DOWN *** yout85: shows [Qh Qc] (a pair of Queens) VASCAINO297: shows [Jc Jh] (three of a kind, Jacks) VASCAINO297 collected 303466 from pot *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 303466 | Rake 0 Board [8h Jd 5h 2h 6s] Seat 1: VASCAINO297 showed [Jc Jh] and won (303466) with three of a kind, Jacks Seat 2: THE_MICESTER (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 3: Nick4227 (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 4: A10star (big blind) folded before Flop Seat 5: yout85 showed [Qh Qc] and lost with a pair of Queens Seat 6: luasete folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: jhonymaxii folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 8: Stairway2Rad folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 9: JolDem013 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
