So Sept is done, and I guess I did ok. I still fell short in my $8k in 2 months target. To be on target I needed to make $3,934. I made $3,544. -10%. I blame a lack of playing time though, as I still had a good $62/hr in 57 total hours. What was disappointing was my MTT figures. A bunch of cashes, final tables, a 2nd, a win, but no major wins. Couldn't break 4 digits in any of them. The good thing was that I was a plus on all the categories, cash games, sit n gos, mtts, casino, and others. I guess extra $ for sportsbetting helped!
Do I think I'm going to hit my target, I dunno. I don't think I'm going to be able to play today, none next sunday for sure (Thanksgiving), and not too sure about the following sunday as well. Might have to play some bigger friday tournies instead then.
Good luck gambling in October, and a big FAWK YOU to all republicans who are backing this ban!
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Monday, September 18, 2006
Weekend Update
Big Sunday Tournament day was pretty much a disappointment
Results
1) PokerShare $25k $100 - Busted when Ace high flush chased a runner runner.
2) Paradise $40k $30R&A - Busted short of $. 1 Beginning rebuy, 1 addon.
3) PokerShare $5k $50 - Busted out 8th. JTs vs J9. I went allin with with 2 ragged flop and 2 diamonds on the board. Didn't improve.
4) Titan $3k $10 - Busted out 15th. Should have had my 2nd straight Final Table for that Titan Tournament promotion. AK vs AT, all in preflop. I was 14/15 but everyone was pretty close. 4 to a flush did me in. This pissed me off.
5) Mansion Poker Dome Final - Busted out 36th. No hands to talk about, I just never hit any flops.
6) Dream Poker Cash - I suck, lost $100. Never again will I play a Prima cash game, I promise this time. Only reason I did this time was for that $15k freeroll.
7) Pinnacle - $50 on the Giants +3. Eli pulls it off in the 4th qtr!
Good and bad results, was about -$115 on Sunday. With regards to my $8k 2 month target, I'm still slightly ahead. Actually doing pretty well considering all the days I haven't been playing. Only played 4/7 days this week. On a $36/hr rate. I still need a nice tourney win though.
Results
1) PokerShare $25k $100 - Busted when Ace high flush chased a runner runner.
2) Paradise $40k $30R&A - Busted short of $. 1 Beginning rebuy, 1 addon.
3) PokerShare $5k $50 - Busted out 8th. JTs vs J9. I went allin with with 2 ragged flop and 2 diamonds on the board. Didn't improve.
4) Titan $3k $10 - Busted out 15th. Should have had my 2nd straight Final Table for that Titan Tournament promotion. AK vs AT, all in preflop. I was 14/15 but everyone was pretty close. 4 to a flush did me in. This pissed me off.
5) Mansion Poker Dome Final - Busted out 36th. No hands to talk about, I just never hit any flops.
6) Dream Poker Cash - I suck, lost $100. Never again will I play a Prima cash game, I promise this time. Only reason I did this time was for that $15k freeroll.
7) Pinnacle - $50 on the Giants +3. Eli pulls it off in the 4th qtr!
Good and bad results, was about -$115 on Sunday. With regards to my $8k 2 month target, I'm still slightly ahead. Actually doing pretty well considering all the days I haven't been playing. Only played 4/7 days this week. On a $36/hr rate. I still need a nice tourney win though.
Saturday, September 16, 2006
1 Down 2 to Go
Titan Poker has a promo right now, if you Final Table 3 of their specified tournies in a row, you are entered into a $1million 20seat tourney with $25k guaranteed. Interesting promotion, though I think it may take a while for the 20 seats to fill up. Well I played my 1st one tonight, finished a nice 2nd for $400ish. It was only a $10 $2k guaranteed. I think I was the best player at the final table, I kept mixing it up. Would have had a commanding chip lead if dude had not decided to call my allin preflop with his KTs against my JJ. That put me at the low range of stacks, but I fought back up. The eventual winner was Mr. A Rag, I dunno how many times he got lucky with that. When it came to headsup he had a 3.5:1 advantage. My eventual outage was K8 vs AK. K8x on the flop, slowplayed it to the river. River produced an A. I'm out, oh well.
Also managed to qualify for the Mansion Poker Dome Final again this sunday. My PokerStars WCOOP qualifiers were a different story though. Busted out in 3 of them, including one rebuy one which I thought would be a cinch. I was doing pretty good, but then I realized it was a turbo one. I had a nice stack after the addon, but didn't realize how fast the blinds were moving up. Was playing 4 other tables at that time, and I just screwed it up. I don't think I'll be playing WCOOP this year. Not ready to directly buyin to the events, hopefully next year.
Also managed to qualify for the Mansion Poker Dome Final again this sunday. My PokerStars WCOOP qualifiers were a different story though. Busted out in 3 of them, including one rebuy one which I thought would be a cinch. I was doing pretty good, but then I realized it was a turbo one. I had a nice stack after the addon, but didn't realize how fast the blinds were moving up. Was playing 4 other tables at that time, and I just screwed it up. I don't think I'll be playing WCOOP this year. Not ready to directly buyin to the events, hopefully next year.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Duck, Duck, Duck, Goose!
Actually it was more like, Bubble, Bubble, Bubble, Win! for me last night.
Bubbles
1) WPTOnline Canadian Poker Open satellite (stt). Top 2 move to the next stage, 3rd gets $ back. I came 3rd. No biggie, went in with short stack, outkicked with Qx.
2) Bluffers League (small mtt). Top 3 pay. Came in 5th. Big hand, AK lost to KJ when KJ flopped broadway. Next hand pushed with QJ, called with 98s. Flopped an 8.
3) Poker Savvy Freeroll (small mtt). Top 3 pay. Came in 5th. KQ vs K2s. Buddy calls my pf raise, Q high + 2 hearts on the table. He pushes, I call. River Heart. GG
Wins
1) Poker in Canada WPT Niagara satellite (stt). Won, moved on to stage 3 ($210). I had 1 suckout TT vs QQ. Most of the other times my better hands held up.
I should have cashed in those mtts though, was playing well enough to.
Bubbles
1) WPTOnline Canadian Poker Open satellite (stt). Top 2 move to the next stage, 3rd gets $ back. I came 3rd. No biggie, went in with short stack, outkicked with Qx.
2) Bluffers League (small mtt). Top 3 pay. Came in 5th. Big hand, AK lost to KJ when KJ flopped broadway. Next hand pushed with QJ, called with 98s. Flopped an 8.
3) Poker Savvy Freeroll (small mtt). Top 3 pay. Came in 5th. KQ vs K2s. Buddy calls my pf raise, Q high + 2 hearts on the table. He pushes, I call. River Heart. GG
Wins
1) Poker in Canada WPT Niagara satellite (stt). Won, moved on to stage 3 ($210). I had 1 suckout TT vs QQ. Most of the other times my better hands held up.
I should have cashed in those mtts though, was playing well enough to.
Monday, September 11, 2006
The Good and the Bad
Here is my weekend recap
Good
MTT play: Played in 6 mtts over the weekend and cashed in on 4 of them.
- Empire $20k - 200ish/2500. Bottom of the $
- PokerShare: $10 rebuy. Finished 11th. $80
- Mansion Poker Dome Final: Finished 7th. $144. Top 2 would have gotten seats.
- Stars WCOOP sat (limit): Busted midway
- Paradise WPT Qualifier - won rebuy mtt
- Paradise WPT Final - Finished 90th
I started to get into rebuy tournies, and so far im 2for2. Not going to try out the big ones yet as I don't think I've played enough yet, but I'm liking them now. I think the key is to pickout the crazy rebuyers. Those who are going to always rebuy, and for some reason only rebuy the 1 buyin. I think I knocked out the same guy 5 times to build up my stack. Was calling and pushing him with garbage where I knew I would still have the edge. Ace rags, or if I made a pair on the flop I would still push him as I knew he would call with nothing.
I also played a couple home games on saturday at a friends BBQ. Won both of those! :)
Bad
So I've gone pretty deep in my mtts lately, problem is I'm not winning. Making good decisions and picking my spots. Dissappointed in my mansion result, considering the field I should have won a spot on the show. Crippled myself early, then got back up, then back down with TPTK when I tried isolating the opener, and last to act pushed with his set. Odds forced me to call. One of the eventual seat winners was a donkey. He was my doubleupper. Though he was also the one who decided to call with his 66 underpair with 5 overcards and I was playing like I had paired my Ace.
With the Paradise event, I just couldn't hit any flops. The only big hand I would have won is with TT. EP standard raise, I call in MP, LP big raise, EP push, I fold, LP call. AA vs KK. T on the flop. I eventually went out AKs vs TT. 2 hearts on the flop, but I couldn't hit either the turn or the river. Goodbye. I think this tourney started too late, 10pm on a Sunday night.
The PokerShare rebuy tourney I felt I should have won as well. Was playing good, but the blinds just got too high. Was a turbo game. Lost 1/2 my stack with TT vs AK (weird, I lost on both sides of this scenario). That left me with 2M. Tried to steal with someone who just had me covered, didn't work.
Conclusion
I'm planning to play some Real $ events this week. My plan is too only Sat into "Live events" and buy directly into $ events to save time. Other than big $ events, $500+. I'll still play Pokerstars Double Shootouts though, I think they are still worthwhile. I decided not to play the Stars 1mil this week just due to the start time of the Paradise WPT. 4pm was my Pokerdome and 10pm for the WPT event. I'd be playing all day and would be worn out at 10. Will definately be playing more Rebuy events as well. Try it out, I used to hate them, but they are growing on me.
Hopefully all the emails of encouragement will help me out ...
"Good luck actyper!" - stupid spammers
Good
MTT play: Played in 6 mtts over the weekend and cashed in on 4 of them.
- Empire $20k - 200ish/2500. Bottom of the $
- PokerShare: $10 rebuy. Finished 11th. $80
- Mansion Poker Dome Final: Finished 7th. $144. Top 2 would have gotten seats.
- Stars WCOOP sat (limit): Busted midway
- Paradise WPT Qualifier - won rebuy mtt
- Paradise WPT Final - Finished 90th
I started to get into rebuy tournies, and so far im 2for2. Not going to try out the big ones yet as I don't think I've played enough yet, but I'm liking them now. I think the key is to pickout the crazy rebuyers. Those who are going to always rebuy, and for some reason only rebuy the 1 buyin. I think I knocked out the same guy 5 times to build up my stack. Was calling and pushing him with garbage where I knew I would still have the edge. Ace rags, or if I made a pair on the flop I would still push him as I knew he would call with nothing.
I also played a couple home games on saturday at a friends BBQ. Won both of those! :)
Bad
So I've gone pretty deep in my mtts lately, problem is I'm not winning. Making good decisions and picking my spots. Dissappointed in my mansion result, considering the field I should have won a spot on the show. Crippled myself early, then got back up, then back down with TPTK when I tried isolating the opener, and last to act pushed with his set. Odds forced me to call. One of the eventual seat winners was a donkey. He was my doubleupper. Though he was also the one who decided to call with his 66 underpair with 5 overcards and I was playing like I had paired my Ace.
With the Paradise event, I just couldn't hit any flops. The only big hand I would have won is with TT. EP standard raise, I call in MP, LP big raise, EP push, I fold, LP call. AA vs KK. T on the flop. I eventually went out AKs vs TT. 2 hearts on the flop, but I couldn't hit either the turn or the river. Goodbye. I think this tourney started too late, 10pm on a Sunday night.
The PokerShare rebuy tourney I felt I should have won as well. Was playing good, but the blinds just got too high. Was a turbo game. Lost 1/2 my stack with TT vs AK (weird, I lost on both sides of this scenario). That left me with 2M. Tried to steal with someone who just had me covered, didn't work.
Conclusion
I'm planning to play some Real $ events this week. My plan is too only Sat into "Live events" and buy directly into $ events to save time. Other than big $ events, $500+. I'll still play Pokerstars Double Shootouts though, I think they are still worthwhile. I decided not to play the Stars 1mil this week just due to the start time of the Paradise WPT. 4pm was my Pokerdome and 10pm for the WPT event. I'd be playing all day and would be worn out at 10. Will definately be playing more Rebuy events as well. Try it out, I used to hate them, but they are growing on me.
Hopefully all the emails of encouragement will help me out ...
"Good luck actyper!" - stupid spammers
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
RIP Steve Irwin
RIP Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter. Crikey thats some terrible news, I enjoyed watching his programing. I think that if I grew up in Australia, I'd be very much like him. I'm an animal lover, especially the dangerous and reptillian variety. At least he left the earth doing something he loved.
I shouldn't have played yesterday. 4-5hrs of pretty much wasted time. Finished at break even, +/-$5 or so. What a waste of time. Should have stuck to playing some new xbox game I picked up, Saints Row. Supposed to be some Grand Theft Auto clone/killer. Pretty cool so far, just finished stealing ho's from other pimps. My character doesn't really look like me though, not like Tiger Woods where I could make it pretty close.
I shouldn't have played yesterday. 4-5hrs of pretty much wasted time. Finished at break even, +/-$5 or so. What a waste of time. Should have stuck to playing some new xbox game I picked up, Saints Row. Supposed to be some Grand Theft Auto clone/killer. Pretty cool so far, just finished stealing ho's from other pimps. My character doesn't really look like me though, not like Tiger Woods where I could make it pretty close.
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Minor Day 2 & 3 + Ben's out!
Not much play the last 2 days, had stuff to do. About 2 hrs alltogether. -$43 in cash games, +$72 from 2 Titan Rios, and +$70 from InterCasino.
$351 Total
$393 Target
-11% to Target. Not playing hurts.
On a side note, get your hedges in for the Mansion bet. Ben Roethlisberger is going to miss the season opener! Unless you have faith in Charlie Batch. :)
$351 Total
$393 Target
-11% to Target. Not playing hurts.
On a side note, get your hedges in for the Mansion bet. Ben Roethlisberger is going to miss the season opener! Unless you have faith in Charlie Batch. :)
Saturday, September 02, 2006
$8k Challenge Day 1
61 Days between Sep 1 and Oct 31, which translates into $131 profit per day to reach $8k.
Cash Games - Poker in Canada 5/10L, Sun 2/4L, 1/2NL
= +$17.
Summary: Pretty boring play, nothing exciting, was really concentrating on it.
SNG - Titan Rio $24
= -$24
Summary: Busted out 4th, committed myself with KQo
MTT - Empire $20k Guar, Stars $20 180, Stars DS $1mil sat
= +$269
Summary: Stars 180 busted out early with TT. Empire finished in 23rd. 2500 players. Could have done better but made some questionable laydowns. Had 88, and laid down to a BB allin protect. Eventually short stacked, went in on the button with A7o. I have to lay off the Arag in short stack situations. Won my Stars Double shootout pretty easily.
Day 1 Total = +$262 200% on target.
Cash Games - Poker in Canada 5/10L, Sun 2/4L, 1/2NL
= +$17.
Summary: Pretty boring play, nothing exciting, was really concentrating on it.
SNG - Titan Rio $24
= -$24
Summary: Busted out 4th, committed myself with KQo
MTT - Empire $20k Guar, Stars $20 180, Stars DS $1mil sat
= +$269
Summary: Stars 180 busted out early with TT. Empire finished in 23rd. 2500 players. Could have done better but made some questionable laydowns. Had 88, and laid down to a BB allin protect. Eventually short stacked, went in on the button with A7o. I have to lay off the Arag in short stack situations. Won my Stars Double shootout pretty easily.
Day 1 Total = +$262 200% on target.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
BJ Tournaments on UB = Good Times!
Last night, Onion, Sterling, and myself played the new Blackjack Tournies on UB. 7 seat SnG. Good fun, good times. Come join us in the PSO Chat, we'll probably play some more tonight.
Time to look into tournament strategies, haven't played too many.
Time to look into tournament strategies, haven't played too many.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Aussie Aussie Aussie Oye Oye Oye
Wife wants to take a vacation next year, sometime between Feb and April. A 2wk package through Australia, New Zealand, and Tahiti. Early estimation looks like it will be about $8k. Therefore...
** New Goal - $8k before I book. I'm guessing we book by November the latest if were going in Feb, so I'll set a 2 month time frame starting Sep 1. I'm planning most to make most of it via tourney play, so time to step it up.
btw, I was on tv last night but I missed it. Anybody download it or know a good torrent site to find it? WTF happened to that pokerbay place?
** New Goal - $8k before I book. I'm guessing we book by November the latest if were going in Feb, so I'll set a 2 month time frame starting Sep 1. I'm planning most to make most of it via tourney play, so time to step it up.
btw, I was on tv last night but I missed it. Anybody download it or know a good torrent site to find it? WTF happened to that pokerbay place?
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
WSOP: ME 1D - ESPN 9pm est Tonight!!
Tonight on ESPN 9pm est - World Series of Poker 2006 Main Event - Day 1D
Remember those Where's Waldo books? Here's your chance to look for me!
If you don't have ESPN, you can watch it free from your computer
Download TVU Player from download.com
Hints to find me
- Good looking Chinese guy
- 3 seats to the left of Robert Williamson III
- wearing Poker Stars hockey jersey
- Shades if i'm in the hand
Happy hunting!
EDIT: F*CK I'm so stupid, i thought it was on at 9pm, was actually 8pm. Day 2 is on at 9. If you downloaded it, please let me know, thanks.
Remember those Where's Waldo books? Here's your chance to look for me!
If you don't have ESPN, you can watch it free from your computer
Download TVU Player from download.com
Hints to find me
- Good looking Chinese guy
- 3 seats to the left of Robert Williamson III
- wearing Poker Stars hockey jersey
- Shades if i'm in the hand
Happy hunting!
EDIT: F*CK I'm so stupid, i thought it was on at 9pm, was actually 8pm. Day 2 is on at 9. If you downloaded it, please let me know, thanks.
Monday, August 28, 2006
Headsup: Unlucky or just sucky?
Not sure whats wrong with my headsup game. Lately I've been getting a lot of 2nds. Yesterday I got 3.
1) A dinky $380 freeroll with 38 players. Was bored. Was about 2:1 underdog when HU started. Got close to even until dude catches AK 3 times within 10 hands. Lost it all with a k high flop, KJ vs AK. Ended up with $70
2) WCOOP $530 satellite. 20+ players. This one I can take. Was 10:1 underdog! Ended up with $0
3) STT. I had this table absolutely figured out. Only lost $ when I got sucked out. Was 2:1 underdog entering HU. Went up about 3:2, and then all my $ went in PF, AK vs QJ. J on the flop. Fought back to close to 3:2 underdog, then lost it all 88 vs T8. Ended up with $15 (Party monster)
My winning % used to be huge headsup. I normally play pretty aggressive in the SB. The only cards I fold preflop is if I get a 2 or a 3 w/o an A or a K. I dunno if its variance, bad luck. I don't think I'm overly aggressive, I have my spidy senses when I think I'm being slowplayed. Oh well, I guess 2nd is better than "participant", but I think it feels better when you go out early.
On the positive note, +€150 from gamebookers and +$75 from Party Casino.
1) A dinky $380 freeroll with 38 players. Was bored. Was about 2:1 underdog when HU started. Got close to even until dude catches AK 3 times within 10 hands. Lost it all with a k high flop, KJ vs AK. Ended up with $70
2) WCOOP $530 satellite. 20+ players. This one I can take. Was 10:1 underdog! Ended up with $0
3) STT. I had this table absolutely figured out. Only lost $ when I got sucked out. Was 2:1 underdog entering HU. Went up about 3:2, and then all my $ went in PF, AK vs QJ. J on the flop. Fought back to close to 3:2 underdog, then lost it all 88 vs T8. Ended up with $15 (Party monster)
My winning % used to be huge headsup. I normally play pretty aggressive in the SB. The only cards I fold preflop is if I get a 2 or a 3 w/o an A or a K. I dunno if its variance, bad luck. I don't think I'm overly aggressive, I have my spidy senses when I think I'm being slowplayed. Oh well, I guess 2nd is better than "participant", but I think it feels better when you go out early.
On the positive note, +€150 from gamebookers and +$75 from Party Casino.
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Pokerxfactor WSOP qualifier Hand History
Wanted to try out this pokerxfactor hand history playback. If your bored here is my wsop main event qualifier hand history. Please note, my vpip was pretty much non existant, I barely played any hands, so keep the speed at max!
Poker Stars 2006 WSOP qualifier
Please make any comments as well, watching it again I noticed a weird fold I made early.
Edit.. doh, I guess I can't share full mtts publically unless you signup. I think free registration is ok as well.
Poker Stars 2006 WSOP qualifier
Please make any comments as well, watching it again I noticed a weird fold I made early.
Edit.. doh, I guess I can't share full mtts publically unless you signup. I think free registration is ok as well.
Poker Misc Pics
My 1st year anniversary present from my wife
What I saw in Vegas (hint, look in the sky!)
Proof that I'm a poker degenerate. (Texas Holdem - My new free xbox 360 game, thanks Microsoft)
What I saw in Vegas (hint, look in the sky!)
Proof that I'm a poker degenerate. (Texas Holdem - My new free xbox 360 game, thanks Microsoft)
Monday, August 21, 2006
I'm so jealous
Congrats go out to hit21hit / Timex for taking home $330k, yes thats right, $330k for his Paradise Power Final Table showing. It was a $1million stt rewarded to Power leaderboard winners. Each player was guaranteed $10k, and the $1mil was choppable 3 handed. 3 handed, he had 27% of the chips and in 2nd place, but managed to negotiate $310k for himself. They played it out with the winner taking home the final $20k, which he won. This shows the power of building a bankroll through poker and casino whoring. Even as late as early this year, hit21hit was casino whoring. Built up his bankroll, started training and practicing his mtt play, and now look at him. Probably $400k in tourney winnings this year, P5 Triple Crown winner, and don't be surprised if he makes the top 10 by the end of the year.
In terms of my tourney play, it stinks. Played the FTOPS event#6, NL6handed - Deepstack. Was playing pretty solid, started building up my stack, until the last hand before the break. Sitting at 5700 chips, I find AQ utg, after just transferring to this new table. I should have just laid it down and taken my shit, instead I 4xbb and I get 2 callers. Flop comes Q53, and SB leads out with a almost pot bet. Now I decide to tango with this big stack and double his bet. Other guy folds, and then this guy pauses and reraises. I lay down TPTK, and he tells me he had 53 as they were joking about that hand before. I told him I had JJ.
A few hands later I find myself with AK in lp. Same big stack limper, I raise, BB calls, and limper calls. Flop comes KT9. Check, check, 3/4 bet. BB calls, limper folds. Fock this guy has QJ. But stubborn me bets the turn anyways, BB goes allin, and I call. QJ. Game over. That sucked, my gut was right and I didn't listen to it. Was confident before playing this event too, I love the short handed game.
In terms of my tourney play, it stinks. Played the FTOPS event#6, NL6handed - Deepstack. Was playing pretty solid, started building up my stack, until the last hand before the break. Sitting at 5700 chips, I find AQ utg, after just transferring to this new table. I should have just laid it down and taken my shit, instead I 4xbb and I get 2 callers. Flop comes Q53, and SB leads out with a almost pot bet. Now I decide to tango with this big stack and double his bet. Other guy folds, and then this guy pauses and reraises. I lay down TPTK, and he tells me he had 53 as they were joking about that hand before. I told him I had JJ.
A few hands later I find myself with AK in lp. Same big stack limper, I raise, BB calls, and limper calls. Flop comes KT9. Check, check, 3/4 bet. BB calls, limper folds. Fock this guy has QJ. But stubborn me bets the turn anyways, BB goes allin, and I call. QJ. Game over. That sucked, my gut was right and I didn't listen to it. Was confident before playing this event too, I love the short handed game.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
WPT Niagara Satellites
World Poker Tour North American Poker Championships (WPT Niagara Fallsview) Oct 25 - October 25 - 28
Finals: October 29
Tournament fee: $10,300
WPT Canadian Poker Open Championship
October 22 - 24
Finals: October 30
Tournament fee: $2,700.00
Both Championships will be held at Fallsview Casino Resort.
To register for either WPT Championship: call 1-866-5-POKER-5 or visit our Poker Room.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Dates
October 22 - 30, 2006. Final table taping October 30.
Times
All Tournaments and Satellites begin at Noon. Satellites continue on demand until Midnight (last start).
Location
Fallsview – Main Event, Avalon Ballroom / Satellites, Poker Room.
Maximum
No maximum number of entrants for Main Event.
Age
19 years of age, valid Government issued photo ID required.
Taxes
None.
Gratuities
A maximum 3% of prize pool will be deducted for Dealer gratuities.
Payment
Cash, Chips, Satellites, Credit Cards, Bank Draft, Casino Credit.
Chips
20,000 in starting Tournament chips for the Main Event, varies for each Satellite.
Levels
90 minutes for Main Event, varies for each Satellite.
Blind Structure
All Tournaments and Satellites will use the same blind structure; lengths of blind levels will vary.
Here are the current online and live sites that offer satellites. This post will be continously updated.
Poker in Canada - SnG step qualifiers. Starting at $1.60. 4 stages. Very weak players, fast blind structure.
WPT Online - low limit step qualifiers. Start at £4. WPT Online is also the only site with Canadian Poker Championships qualifiers as well! This is the subevent for the NAPC.
Doyle's Room - rebuy tournies. Start at $3 or so. Golden Palace Poker as well.
Paradise Poker - Rebuy tournies. $5 - $50. They have the odd rare freezeout qualifier. Direct qualifier is either a $200 or a $500 freezeout mtt.
Full Tilt Poker - Winner's Choice Tournaments. $24, $69 sats.
Ultimate Bet - $300 super satellites or $100 satellite for land based event
Poker Room - Conquer Canada Win a seat for both events!!! $100 sng sat, or $50 mtt to get into weekely $650 mtt.
Titan Poker - WPT Choice satellites. Various SnGs and MTTs. 3 steps.
For live satellites here are the options:
Satellites at Fallsview Casino
2 step satellites
Step 1 - $90 STT: 1st place = $640 sat. 2nd place = replay step 1
- 800 starting chips, 10 min blinds. start at 25/25 = TURBO!!!
-Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
Step 2 - $640 2TT: 1st = Seat ($10.3k) 2nd = $1200 sat 3rd = replay step 2 2000 starting, 20 min blinds. Fridays only.
or
$160 stt - 1st = $1200 sat 2nd replay step 1. $1000 starting 15min blind
- Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday
$1200 stt - 1st = seat, 2nd = replay 2500 starting 30 min blinds.
- saturday only
There are also Canadian Poker Championship (subevent) satellites at Fallsview.
WPT Niagara Satellite Blind Structures
or
Labatt Blue Chip Tournament
- visit your local bar to obtain labatt blue poker chips. Winners of each local event will play in the regional events. Info on the site is pretty vague, better just to visit a participating bar, down a blue, get a chip or 2, and show up that date.
Finals: October 29
Tournament fee: $10,300
WPT Canadian Poker Open Championship
October 22 - 24
Finals: October 30
Tournament fee: $2,700.00
Both Championships will be held at Fallsview Casino Resort.
To register for either WPT Championship: call 1-866-5-POKER-5 or visit our Poker Room.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Dates
October 22 - 30, 2006. Final table taping October 30.
Times
All Tournaments and Satellites begin at Noon. Satellites continue on demand until Midnight (last start).
Location
Fallsview – Main Event, Avalon Ballroom / Satellites, Poker Room.
Maximum
No maximum number of entrants for Main Event.
Age
19 years of age, valid Government issued photo ID required.
Taxes
None.
Gratuities
A maximum 3% of prize pool will be deducted for Dealer gratuities.
Payment
Cash, Chips, Satellites, Credit Cards, Bank Draft, Casino Credit.
Chips
20,000 in starting Tournament chips for the Main Event, varies for each Satellite.
Levels
90 minutes for Main Event, varies for each Satellite.
Blind Structure
All Tournaments and Satellites will use the same blind structure; lengths of blind levels will vary.
Here are the current online and live sites that offer satellites. This post will be continously updated.
Poker in Canada - SnG step qualifiers. Starting at $1.60. 4 stages. Very weak players, fast blind structure.
WPT Online - low limit step qualifiers. Start at £4. WPT Online is also the only site with Canadian Poker Championships qualifiers as well! This is the subevent for the NAPC.
Doyle's Room - rebuy tournies. Start at $3 or so. Golden Palace Poker as well.
Paradise Poker - Rebuy tournies. $5 - $50. They have the odd rare freezeout qualifier. Direct qualifier is either a $200 or a $500 freezeout mtt.
Full Tilt Poker - Winner's Choice Tournaments. $24, $69 sats.
Ultimate Bet - $300 super satellites or $100 satellite for land based event
Poker Room - Conquer Canada Win a seat for both events!!! $100 sng sat, or $50 mtt to get into weekely $650 mtt.
Titan Poker - WPT Choice satellites. Various SnGs and MTTs. 3 steps.
For live satellites here are the options:
Satellites at Fallsview Casino
2 step satellites
Step 1 - $90 STT: 1st place = $640 sat. 2nd place = replay step 1
- 800 starting chips, 10 min blinds. start at 25/25 = TURBO!!!
-Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
Step 2 - $640 2TT: 1st = Seat ($10.3k) 2nd = $1200 sat 3rd = replay step 2 2000 starting, 20 min blinds. Fridays only.
or
$160 stt - 1st = $1200 sat 2nd replay step 1. $1000 starting 15min blind
- Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday
$1200 stt - 1st = seat, 2nd = replay 2500 starting 30 min blinds.
- saturday only
There are also Canadian Poker Championship (subevent) satellites at Fallsview.
WPT Niagara Satellite Blind Structures
or
Labatt Blue Chip Tournament
- visit your local bar to obtain labatt blue poker chips. Winners of each local event will play in the regional events. Info on the site is pretty vague, better just to visit a participating bar, down a blue, get a chip or 2, and show up that date.
Monday, August 14, 2006
Up and Down Weekend
Up: - Qualified for Party Monster Monthly $1 million
- Qualified for another Party Monster Weekly
- Finished InterCasino monthly at $350
- Qualified for Full Tilt Online Poker Series Event $6 ($250k guar SH event)
- Finally got a nice payment from Gammon Empire
Down: - NL Cash games. Down about $100 overall. Worst beat was KK vs TT, when all $ went in after the turn. Rivered his 2outer T to take $200+ off of me.
- $55 Poker.com $10k guaranteed. 89 entries. Finished 40ish when QQ lost to KJ. $ went in preflop, flop KKx. Took a big hit when dude would not lay down his pocket 7s after heavy betting on all streets.
- $50 Titan $250k NFL qualifier. Rivered flush knocked me out. AQ vs A8s
- Failed on 3 Party monster qualifiers. $11 buyins
- Titan Rio, lost big against a T6s with my AK. It was sooooted so ok to call my big preflop raise.
Even: - 3/6 cash games. Bad results on Paradise, good results on UB and Poker Share.
- Qualified for another Party Monster Weekly
- Finished InterCasino monthly at $350
- Qualified for Full Tilt Online Poker Series Event $6 ($250k guar SH event)
- Finally got a nice payment from Gammon Empire
Down: - NL Cash games. Down about $100 overall. Worst beat was KK vs TT, when all $ went in after the turn. Rivered his 2outer T to take $200+ off of me.
- $55 Poker.com $10k guaranteed. 89 entries. Finished 40ish when QQ lost to KJ. $ went in preflop, flop KKx. Took a big hit when dude would not lay down his pocket 7s after heavy betting on all streets.
- $50 Titan $250k NFL qualifier. Rivered flush knocked me out. AQ vs A8s
- Failed on 3 Party monster qualifiers. $11 buyins
- Titan Rio, lost big against a T6s with my AK. It was sooooted so ok to call my big preflop raise.
Even: - 3/6 cash games. Bad results on Paradise, good results on UB and Poker Share.
Friday, August 11, 2006
Finally Caught my Monster
After 15 tries, finally qualifed for the Party Poker Weekly $100k Monster. I can't remember the last time I've done so poorly (result wise). I think I'm playing fine, its just I'm playing too many of these speed $5+1 were it can be luckfests. I actually won 2 times, but realized afterwards when trying to register for the monster that I had just won a regular sng. Might go back to $20 ones for this promo, as the low levels can get frustrating.
and congratulations to Jamie Gold for winning the 2006 World Series of Poker. $12 million, unlimited sponsorship, and a sick bracelet.
and congratulations to Jamie Gold for winning the 2006 World Series of Poker. $12 million, unlimited sponsorship, and a sick bracelet.
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Monster Hunter
Not much poker play lately. Went to Ottawa over the long weekend for a wedding. The only poker play I've done has been chasing the Party Poker Monster. Man I can't win a SNG. I think I'm 0fer7, with 2 headsup losses. I don't think I'm playing bad either, favourite (most of the time heavy) going in, loser coming out. Its been a while since I've gone 7 SNGs without a win. Mostly speed ones, I might go back to normal ones. I joined a holdem one by mistake, should have won that but I laid down a top pair + 4 high flush draw. Would have been good by the river, oh well.
On the Casino front, still doing the InterCasino reload. So far so good, can't believe the millionaires jackpot hasn't hit yet. 3.8 million. Dash Casino was in and out, i don't know how Omenic keeps winning those slots. Haven't hit a good scatter in a long time.
Doyle's room has also opened up qualifiers for the WPT Niagara.
On the Casino front, still doing the InterCasino reload. So far so good, can't believe the millionaires jackpot hasn't hit yet. 3.8 million. Dash Casino was in and out, i don't know how Omenic keeps winning those slots. Haven't hit a good scatter in a long time.
Doyle's room has also opened up qualifiers for the WPT Niagara.
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
WSOP: The dream is over
After an anxiety filled morning, I finally got started off with my event. Seated with 5 other internet qualifiers (at least) and a no show. No show turned out to be Robert Williamson III. Great guy, chatted it up with all of us. In fact the whole table was pretty good. Had one loose calling station get knocked out by the first break or so. Never had any hands to take advantage of him though. 3rd hand in the tourney I held KK, only to be halted by a flopped A. Played pretty much even poker up until the 2nd break. Then it was all downhill.
My flops weren't hitting, and just lost confidence in my preflop raising. Started trying to see cheap flops too often instead of taking control. This was a big weakness in my game, making $ when I can't find online dummies to donate. I'm sure I'll get more experienced as I play more quality tournies, but right now my aggression level isn't where I want it to be. I don't think I bluff reraised at all tonight, and after I stopped being the aggressor, by big hand raises were getting folded.
One hand that hurt during this downward spiral was cutoff 3x raise to 600, button (me) call with 88, sb raising to 1500, BB fold, cutoff call, I call. Flop 2d4h6h. SB checks, cutoff pushes. That was going to be my move. Both have me covered. At that point I had 5k left. The only hands I could have hoped he had were 33, 55, or 77, or AKQh. I decided he had be beat so i folded, SB called with TT, and cutoff showed QQ. Not sure why TT was played that way, but oh well. Harmless turn, river was the dreaded 8. Man I didn't want to see that.
Final hand for me was me reraising a weak raise with AQ. Turns out the dude was begging for a call as he flipped over KK. At this point I was down to about 2.5k at 150/300 25 ante. I folded 44 to a preflop raise a hand or two earlier. Maybe that was the better hand to push.
Oh well, learned a lot, experienced a lot, and hopefully I'll be able to use it next year or another tourney soon. Have to look at my whole tournament game over again. I can't rely on poor players to chip me up early so I can play my game. All in all, Vegas and the WSOP was a blast, but going to head home soon. Have to check what flights there are.
My flops weren't hitting, and just lost confidence in my preflop raising. Started trying to see cheap flops too often instead of taking control. This was a big weakness in my game, making $ when I can't find online dummies to donate. I'm sure I'll get more experienced as I play more quality tournies, but right now my aggression level isn't where I want it to be. I don't think I bluff reraised at all tonight, and after I stopped being the aggressor, by big hand raises were getting folded.
One hand that hurt during this downward spiral was cutoff 3x raise to 600, button (me) call with 88, sb raising to 1500, BB fold, cutoff call, I call. Flop 2d4h6h. SB checks, cutoff pushes. That was going to be my move. Both have me covered. At that point I had 5k left. The only hands I could have hoped he had were 33, 55, or 77, or AKQh. I decided he had be beat so i folded, SB called with TT, and cutoff showed QQ. Not sure why TT was played that way, but oh well. Harmless turn, river was the dreaded 8. Man I didn't want to see that.
Final hand for me was me reraising a weak raise with AQ. Turns out the dude was begging for a call as he flipped over KK. At this point I was down to about 2.5k at 150/300 25 ante. I folded 44 to a preflop raise a hand or two earlier. Maybe that was the better hand to push.
Oh well, learned a lot, experienced a lot, and hopefully I'll be able to use it next year or another tourney soon. Have to look at my whole tournament game over again. I can't rely on poor players to chip me up early so I can play my game. All in all, Vegas and the WSOP was a blast, but going to head home soon. Have to check what flights there are.
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