Joined: May '08
Location: Netherlands
Age: 53 (M)
Posts: 6197
Was a really close job but did win a seat in $10K guarenteed Its really tourney i like starting 2500 chips levels at 15min I know its not big tourney for you guys its only $10K guarenteed but for my starting pokercareer its great! I hope i win some money again i let you now
Joined: May '08
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 15
I play satelites at full tilt as i am able to unregister from the tourny i won the seat on. Helpfull if something comes up and you just want to keep the tourny buy-in. Also they have 9 seat satelites with only first place gets the entry. I rarely come second or 3rd, i just win or lose as i play tight aggressive in SNGs, so these are ideal for me. Good luck in the tourny what would the buy in normally be?
Joined: May '08
Location: Netherlands
Age: 53 (M)
Posts: 6197
Just $20 + $2 so but thats big for me and last same tourney i saw was with 237 players payout first30. Starting chips are 2500 and levels 15min wow like that I'm really excited to play its on sunday pray for me
Joined: Feb '08
Location: Germany
Age: 41 (M)
Posts: 19
i played a 3+0,30$ just for fun, it was a sat to a sat of the FTOPS VI (or was it VII?) and i was tied for the first place, so i did get a 50+5$ ticket. played that and finished in the last 350 or so of ca 1500 and got my 300+25$ buy-in. it was a 1.500.000$ guaranteed, and matusow, cunningham, lindgren and 37 other fulltilt-pros took part (had jordan morgan at my table). i played a tight-agressive game, and managed to reach 10.000 chips of my 3000 startstack. 850 of 5.500 players left, place 700 was paid with 440$, first 290.000$. i just wanted to finish in the money, i was smallstacked, blinds 1k/2k, i picked up KK on the button, the guy under the gun raised to 7k, all folded, i went all-in, he called, showed 77, and of course a 7 came out, and i was out. so close to the money, would have had 20k then, enough to survive i think, but, thats poker.
p.s. erick lindgren was the host of this tourney, and he won his own tourney.
next tickets that i got, e.g. pot limit omaha (256$) and a HORSE-ticket, were deregistered by me, and i took this money for smaller tournaments, in which i at least got a k in realcash back.
Joined: May '08
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 15
did you mean the prize of the sattelite was a seat for a satellite to the main event? Because a seat at the main event is worth $10,000 isnt it? Which is a major win!
Joined: May '08
Location: Netherlands
Age: 53 (M)
Posts: 6197
No buy in was $2 + $0,20 and have a seat in $10K guarenteed as buyin of $20 +$0,20 But i'm very happy with it i'm just started with poker and take it very serious want to climb the bankroll very slow but with no big downswings. So far its goin ok I'm not trying to get $10K in 1 month like others just steady begin at $100 then with help of 1st deposit bonusses go to higher bankroll I like the game very much so far i think i can make it on the small limits didnt have a big downswing so far (3weeks playing only) I didnt ever tilt so far but must learn a lot
Joined: May '08
Location: Germany
Age: 42 (M)
Posts: 1118
most important is that you enjoyed your time in my oppinion.
for your tournament play you maybe need to find more/better spots to risk some. and of course to disguise your premium hands better.
or like the famous johnny chan would probably put it: "sometimes you got to gamble"
as soon as you are smallstacked its not a tuff decision anymore to gamble against you, you know? =/ and sometimes it can be very frustrating to wait like 1 or 2 hours for a premium hand just to get not paid or, even worse, get cracked by a donkey.
so good you got that shot for cheap by winning a satellite!
Joined: May '08
Location: Netherlands
Age: 53 (M)
Posts: 6197
I understand what your saying but this play suits me the best feel comvertable with it maybe i'm playing too tight but did play a lot smaller tourneys and lots went ok. This was tourney with 270 people and thats too much for me, like tourneys between 30and 100 people have good results. But it was a satelite and get it cheap so it was nice experience next time i'll beat those donkeys
