An Irish poker player managed to snag a six-figure victory plus a well-deserved title of WPT Champion from a humble $33 investment.
Daniel Smyth from Ireland entered a WPT satellite for a $33 buy-in and turned that into a $320 ticket. The Irishman then parleyed that $320 into a $3,200 WPT Knockout Championship seat and then went all the way to win the event for $208,803, an extra $204,588 worth[...] Read more » Daniel Smyth Turns $33 into $428,391 at WPTWOC Event
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This victories of Daniel Smyth from Ireland is very important because passed through two satellites, and if he failed to qualify, wouldn't have earned that first place in a big tournament with a lot of money. Good job for him.
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Well done. So poker dreams are still allive . This big eventa with allot of satelites are great chance for players with not so big bankrools to take a shot. We see stories like this all time, so why not try it.
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wow,what a great win for this player!to pass few stages,to win satellite with 33 $ buy in,after that he won on 320 $ and on end he played for 3200 $ and won that also!his play on main tournament was just bonus and he even won on that and we can see how good is when you play with bounties!half of his money he got from other players!
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Congratulations to Daniel Smyth , this is a poker success story , playing sat with only $33 and getting in the end the expensive ticket , play this KO event and win it , being awarded more than $400.000 in first prize money and bounties . A real awesome achievement , a very nice example for many players with not so big bankroll to chase their dreams and make them reality
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Try to do the same if you can, because it is not easy, but skills can make you to earn significant amounts of money when goddess of fortune helps with something extra. I have great respect for those who are small players and win a big tournament.
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Big congratulations to Daniel Smyth..,Its a very hard way to do all that play a few satelits and wins tickets for next level of stage and after that win on the main event thats the story for itslef.. But story like this will always stimilating for other players to try the same thing. Soon we will heard for another player who did similiar thing...
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So this proves that playing sats can have a great value , especially if you adapt your gameplay to the specific need of a sat tourney , particularly if you are good with this kind of tourneys . Play them , sacrificing a very small part of your bankroll , then go and play the ticket on a series event , like this WPT series nowadays on PartyPoker , and win a lot of money for a reeal awesome payday
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Another great story winning big from small satelites. Today literaly everyone has chance to bink some big tourney score. Satelites can be very cheap as litlle as 1 dollar. It,s still not easy, but you get chance for win big for litlle investment.
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The idea of playing satellites is excellent. Time to win a bigger amount of money can come at any time, if luck and skills are on your side. I have not played high level poker and do not have notable results, but maybe will have a better satisfaction with poker in future.
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He also won this $15K seat for thr tournament of champions , to play there for free and win some extra money , adding an extra value to these series , an extra motivation to seek the first position . He will play there , wishing him good luck and win more money So... in the last hand , shoving 87s 14 big blinds , on HU , is a standard procedure ??? i am not sure ... It seems a little loose to me ... or maybe I play very tight ??? Who knows ...
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In many cases there is a situation when boredom occurs and after that players which remained at heads up. can raise many blinds with small cards. It's not absurd, but even if he have a suite, can risk it at that important moment... in that way.
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la perseverancia y el estudio hace que los sueños se hagan realidad el poker es un juego bastante bueno pero se neccesita disciplina para llegar lejos felicictaciones al ganador por su dedicacion.
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geseco12, we must to speak in english language because bankrollmob site use only that. I don't understand why u write here like this. You haven't seen this before to understand what's going on. There is possibility to be malicious.
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He is not only one who has seriously won with satellite qualifications, but he will not be the last either. Important thing is that he succeeded and you can turn have remarkable performance... if insist on qualifying tournaments to invest less.
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When i wrote the comment you spoke Quechua, Aymara or Spanish but now it's fine. I don't speak English very well and i only know how to write with google translate, but main rule in this site doesn't allow anything else. Good luck with your games.
. This big eventa with allot of satelites are great chance for players with not so big bankrools to take a shot. We see stories like this all time, so why not try it.
