The Round-Robin is a right ding-dong, well worth watching.
DantB10 went early, when he ran his Aces into Phil12UK's setted Queens, & GliterBabe, ul all Tourney, was next out. Earlier, his K-K had been busted by the short-stacked Sparce (who's had a great night on the Cash Tables, his Bankroll is now over £2k!), who had Sevens & binked.
With 4 left, it looks like this, with Blinds about to go 150-300. (It's beautifully structured, by the way).
Sharky, meanwhile, is tearing up the 8pm Main Event, with Phil12UK right there too. This is at the 9pm break.
Gibbo7719702.50PORKO17575BIGBIRD17325AKBLUF15490TP_SharksB14998.75JonDaGent13590reelspinne13510NColley13390shark_turf13077.50TP_Phil1212905 It's all being played in a wonderful spirit, too.
I had a plan this evening to really put 110% into the TP SNG, alongside hitting the 1k mark on my BR. After last night’s mistake in the SNG I felt I wanted to prove I could make a great come back. I had absolutely no hands this evening so had to rely on stealing and bluffing my way in and out of pots to avoid being blinded out. I feel I made all the correct decisions and finally moved all in on Sparce's BB with AJ, he thought about it and called with KQ, he rivered Q and that was that so came 4th. To be honest Id have probably called there too, as I had shoved a few of his BBs so well played sparticusJ
I found some cash games where I knew I could make moves and take down some nice pots in the time I had, rather than relying on grinding away as I would in a longer cash session. I played my usual game but just looked for a few more opportunities due to the limited time. Cash went well tonight, started the night being coolered for a full buy in QQ vs. KK, deep breath and move on.The evening progressed well built a nice stack in 80NL, and left after 2 hours with a nice profit.
I decided to leave Cash at 9pm and concentrate fully on the 8pm BH and the TP SNG.
The 8pm BH I went deep in tonight and came out 56th with 4 heads.So a small profit, sadly my a9 got crushed when I shoved UTG with 10 BBs, 5 handed. Of course the SB and BB had JJ and TT, I was praying for an A to hit for a huge pot, however it wasn’t meant to be as the JJ flopped a FH.
Reporting in For Phase 2, evening 2. I had a plan this evening to really put 110% into the TP SNG, alongside hitting the 1k mark on my BR. After last night’s mistake in the SNG I felt I wanted to prove I could make a great come back. I had absolutely no hands this evening so had to rely on stealing and bluffing my way in and out of pots to avoid being blinded out. I feel I made all the correct decisions and finally moved all in on Sparce's BB with AJ, he thought about it and called with KQ, he rivered Q and that was that so came 4 th . To be honest Id have probably called there too, as I had shoved a few of his BBs so well played sparticus J I found some cash games where I knew I could make moves and take down some nice pots in the time I had, rather than relying on grinding away as I would in a longer cash session. I played my usual game but just looked for a few more opportunities due to the limited time. Cash went well tonight, started the night being coolered for a full buy in QQ vs. KK, deep breath and move on. The evening progressed well built a nice stack in 80NL, and left after 2 hours with a nice profit. I decided to leave Cash at 9pm and concentrate fully on the 8pm BH and the TP SNG. The 8pm BH I went deep in tonight and came out 56 th with 4 heads. So a small profit, sadly my a9 got crushed when I shoved UTG with 10 BBs, 5 handed. Of course the SB and BB had JJ and TT, I was praying for an A to hit for a huge pot, however it wasn’t meant to be as the JJ flopped a FH. I also Played 3 HU SNGS @£42. Won 2 Lost 1 SNGS Profit £34.00 MTT Profit £29.21 CASH Profit £170.39 End BR £1018.10 Good night all...Phase 2 Day 2 has come to an end. Quite sad that tomorrow will possibly be my last night as a Total Player candidate. Well done to all the other guys tonight, I saw some great play on the tables, and thanks again for all the rail and support. NN TP_Sharksb. Posted by Sharksbite
Ok my night has finished and i am in a foul mood! hate losing and thats just what happened in the SNG. Thought i played ok in it. I did get lucky a few times, notably shoving 77 vs KK!! and then beating sharksbite with kq vs aj. Thought it was a bit of a gamble, but had a stack to back it up if it went wrong. I actually thought she played really well and showed the table how to play poker. I dont think she is out by a long way as she suggests in her post, she has done fantastically. Both me and james think we will be booted off too! lol! poor matt with his decision!
As for cash tonight, thought I showed what can be done. Comprehensively beat Yippee for his last 3 buy ins. I deffo have an edge there, and think it was a bit of a misplaced gamble on his behalf to throw out the challenge. Last thing he wants is to challenge me. Sure enough he went busto as was predicted and must be out the TP comp. Fortune this time does not favour the brave.
As for the main event busted out when my KK ran into AT all in pf. Wanted to repeat last nights performance to impress matt, but it wasnt to happen!
Also entered a couple of other tournies but nothing happened in them. Think i was slightly too movey in them.
Looking forward to tomorrow night now, I need a result in the tournies i think and am looking forward to it.
Tonights broll finished at 1975 though a random 20+2 has just popped up i didnt realise i was in. ohh just doubled up in it
Obviously the TP sng was the big one for the 'bragging rights' etc. I felt I played really well - squeezed in between Sparce constantly stealing and Nutter who has seen me play many times. My first break was a 3 way raised hand with Dan and Gliter - Dan AA, me QQ, Gliter JJ - flop Q high.........managed to get all Dan's money in the middle and I doubled through.
Ended up 3 handed with me, Sparce and Nutter and I was the shorty stack. I bode my time and allowed Sparce to keep on stealing with our blind battles..........then changed gears at just the right time, then finally got a hand when Sparce shoved and my KK held.
HU vs Nutter with a 4:1 chip lead suddenly. He limped and I had 4,5 which had made a straight by the turn. He tried to steal with the all in shove on river and I had won against these great players!!!!! Bragging rights for ME lol.
Cash went steady all night after losing a massive £200 pot early on with AQ vs 5,4 on Q54 flop.
Went deepish in Bounty Hunter as well and got 3 heads.
TOTAL
Cash +£23
MTT +£12
SNG +90
Profit for night £125 and up in all 3 disciplines. Very happy with that effort.
Well the less said about tonight the better, started with over 800 quid, ended, withhhh....hardly owt.
Started steady, was seven pounds up after 30 minutes.
lol
Had Aces cracked twice and kings once within the next half hour. I doubled twice in the BH and both times, the guy I beat had less than 200 left!!!!
I decided, this is probably the one and only chance Im gonna get to play the big boys!
So I did, and I lost.
I called one hundred and seventy nine pounds, with ace high, against happy wild! on the flop - he had the nuts! lol
I played Heads up NL200 and, yeh lost about 200 quid. (brown dog where were you????)
And this sums it all up....about 5 to 11 I enter a £50 NLHE sng....
It loads....Im playing a guy called goody lad....
They deal me 2 cards...
....Then 2 more! lol - Ive only gone n entered a PLO HU game! - and , I WON!!!!
I have 260 quid to go and have some fun with tomorrow, hopefully make misen a few bob, but as for TP, I guess I'm signing off as far as the competition goes.
Sorry to all my followers. And to my mentor, good luck to Phil and Ben, and the rest.
So the plan for tonight was to just play solidly and try grind out a small profit. I would have loved to have also won the SNG for he second time but i think phil deserved his win and got cards at the right time. The last hand annoyed me so much i couldn't focus much after it as i limped to him letting him hit absolutly anything. Well done phil and everyone else.
The 8pm i managed to make a small profit of around £20 and got my first cash in the main event was has aslo disapointed me so far. I played a couple of mtts towards the tail end of the night and got battered in everyone with pocket 10s i think to AK AK and A9 . No big deal though as thats part of MTT variance and you will take beats from time to time.
I'm not sure my figures on cash but i think i made around £80 as i played a super nitty game tonight hoping the elusive star would get me paid in pots where i had hands. Thats roughly the breakdown of my night as i'm pretty tired i won' work out the exactl breakdowns but i made around £193
My bankroll now stands at a heathly £1564 which i would have took a the end of tomorrow let alone tonight. I hope to do well in some MTTs tomorrow and not play like a one legged donkey in them as i feel i can/will get a decent result in one tomorrow.
Was another fun night though really enjpying this and i feel everyone wants this badly now so expect things to heat up.
I'm going to try and keep this as short as possible feel completely brain dead ( pretty normal then )!!!
Started off with a couple of cash games and the SNG. Cash wasn't really going for me, dropping around 2 Buy ins ( £100 ) and I felt I wasn't playing my A game. At this point after about 1 hour, I closed all cash games to concentrate on the SNG, was going along nicely at one point until I bluffed a missed draw into Nutters check ReRaise allin on the river.. Blah Blah.. Managed to claw myself back into the game until Sparce Binks a 7 on the turn to crush my KK vs his 77 chips were all in pre. Never really recovered from that and departed in 5th. The Sit and go format over the 2 days was superb it really suits my game playing that deep and I have the patience of a saint. Anyway after this I decided to play just tournaments some small Gtee's and BH's.. Cashed in 2 one of which was the main event finishing 37th..
The poker gods were not on my side tonight but managed to stay focused and see it through.
Started £697
Finished £694
Still playing at this point so might be in profit after tonight..
Evening all, im checking in earlier tonight as i have a severe case of 'man flu' as the missus calls it!
So tonight was my turn to play the round robin sit an go. My game plan was to sit tight and bide my time, as it was a perfect structure, but i found myself in situations i couldnt prevent! (as phil mentioned above)
Oh well, on another night i treble up, but thats how the cookie crumbles sometimes.
On the previous tp nights ive found myself frantically multitabling, trying to play as much as possible, but 2nite i decided to only play 2 tables at a time so i could focus on my oppos and the situations in more detail.
I entered the 7pm £150 guaranteed, and i managed to come second for £50.
Next up was the main event, the bounty hunter. I had a deep run in that also, eventually losing a 45k pot wiv kk aipf against the AA of the growler so i went out in 40th with around £35ish i think.
I also played a £250 guaranteed and managed to cash in that, which had a big field, think prize pool was about £400 odd. I came 10th for £10.
Stt wise i played 1 £40 husng and lost
Cash, i played around 40 mins on 100nl heads up and won £200.
So all together my bankroll now stands at £904.91
Another thoroughly enjoyable night!
Well played to the others. Right im off to try and get some sympathy off the other half and maybe a cuddle
Ok so I decided to play some cash, nothing seemed to go right I think I folded Aces 3 times tonight which is ridic for a 4 hour session. 2 were in big pots where I folded the river one I was clearly rivered by a flush and the other rivered by trip kings big SIGH there! Every little helps and all that!
I played 4 mtts went deepish in 3 didn't cash in the main tonight. But I final tabled the £1500 Bounty Hunter I ended up coming 5th but only won £66.
Bankroll at start of night = £397
Bankroll at end of the night = £421
A small profit on the night. Nothing spectacular but another deep run in an MTT which I have been consistent with on almost everynight. Pretty sure this is the end of the road for me. I think I've played well and proved that I am no mug when it comes to MTT's, afterall the main prize is a WSOP seat so what more do we need :-) If only it were that simple.
I have two great opponents in my group and both deserve to go through Sparce has crushed cash espesh HU and Naomi has done well in a mixture of fields. One more night to go. I'm not completely giving up but knowing my mentor wont be around tommorow night to see me play in the Round Robin SNG makes me feel tonight was the night!
Hi all I'm going to try and keep this as short as possible feel completely brain dead ( pretty normal then )!!! Started off with a couple of cash games and the SNG. Cash wasn't really going for me, dropping around 2 Buy ins ( £100 ) and I felt I wasn't playing my A game. At this point after about 1 hour, I closed all cash games to concentrate on the SNG, was going along nicely at one point until I bluffed a missed draw into Nutters check ReRaise allin on the river.. Blah Blah.. Managed to claw myself back into the game until Sparce Binks a 7 on the turn to crush my KK vs his 77 chips were all in pre. Never really recovered from that and departed in 5th. The Sit and go format over the 2 days was superb it really suits my game playing that deep and I have the patience of a saint. Anyway after this I decided to play just tournaments some small Gtee's and BH's.. Cashed in 2 one of which was the main event finishing 37th.. The poker gods were not on my side tonight but managed to stay focused and see it through. Started £697 Finished £694 Still playing at this point so might be in profit after tonight.. Hope the gods were shining on everyone else. good luck all for tomorrow.. A tired GB. Posted by TP_GliterB[/QUOTE
More patience than any saint, having said that I dont know too many saints. Having said that if anyone remembers the first video clips that got played on skypoker during breaks from the open, due remember TK giving his number 1 tip for poker ? PATIENCE PATIENCE PATIENCE he said.
This is a comp to win entry into the best structured tourament in the world patience is required.
Evening all, im checking in earlier tonight as i have a severe case of 'man flu' as the missus calls it! So tonight was my turn to play the round robin sit an go. My game plan was to sit tight and bide my time, as it was a perfect structure, but i found myself in situations i couldnt prevent! (as phil mentioned above) Oh well, on another night i treble up, but thats how the cookie crumbles sometimes. On the previous tp nights ive found myself frantically multitabling, trying to play as much as possible, but 2nite i decided to only play 2 tables at a time so i could focus on my oppos and the situations in more detail. I entered the 7pm £150 guaranteed, and i managed to come second for £50. Next up was the main event, the bounty hunter. I had a deep run in that also, eventually losing a 45k pot wiv kk aipf against the AA of the growler so i went out in 40th with around £35ish i think. I also played a £250 guaranteed and managed to cash in that, which had a big field, think prize pool was about £400 odd. I came 10th for £10. Stt wise i played 1 £40 husng and lost Cash, i played around 40 mins on 100nl heads up and won £200. So all together my bankroll now stands at £904.91 Another thoroughly enjoyable night! Well played to the others. Right im off to try and get some sympathy off the other half and maybe a cuddle Dan Posted by TP_Dantb
Dan 10/10 for modesty mate, to put it slightly more blatently Dan cashed in EVERY mtt he entered tonight !!
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5.30pm Monday - good luck to all the PT-ers tonight. May you all run good. And some run gooder.
I'm PTP-ing, so won't be able to fully Rail, but I'll try & drop by.
For the Ra-TRa-Railing crew, don't forget, 7pm tonight, to watch Leg 2 of the SNG Round-Robin. Fireworks have been ordered.
Your last chance to impress me before the next cut!
Enjoy your poker, run well, and come find me if you need me. I'll be on MSN and lurking across the site as per usual.
Happy hunting all
Matt
The Round-Robin is a right ding-dong, well worth watching.
DantB10 went early, when he ran his Aces into Phil12UK's setted Queens, & GliterBabe, ul all Tourney, was next out. Earlier, his K-K had been busted by the short-stacked Sparce (who's had a great night on the Cash Tables, his Bankroll is now over £2k!), who had Sevens & binked.
With 4 left, it looks like this, with Blinds about to go 150-300. (It's beautifully structured, by the way).
TP_Phil129262.50 TP_Nutter9067.50 TP_SharksB5850 TP_Sparce58205TP_GliterB06TP_Dantb
Sharky, meanwhile, is tearing up the 8pm Main Event, with Phil12UK right there too. This is at the 9pm break.
Gibbo7719702.50 PORKO17575 BIGBIRD17325 AKBLUF15490 TP_SharksB14998.75 JonDaGent13590 reelspinne13510 NColley13390 shark_turf13077.50 TP_Phil1212905
It's all being played in a wonderful spirit, too.
Reporting in For Phase 2, evening 2.
I had a plan this evening to really put 110% into the TP SNG, alongside hitting the 1k mark on my BR. After last night’s mistake in the SNG I felt I wanted to prove I could make a great come back. I had absolutely no hands this evening so had to rely on stealing and bluffing my way in and out of pots to avoid being blinded out. I feel I made all the correct decisions and finally moved all in on Sparce's BB with AJ, he thought about it and called with KQ, he rivered Q and that was that so came 4th. To be honest Id have probably called there too, as I had shoved a few of his BBs so well played sparticusJ
I found some cash games where I knew I could make moves and take down some nice pots in the time I had, rather than relying on grinding away as I would in a longer cash session. I played my usual game but just looked for a few more opportunities due to the limited time. Cash went well tonight, started the night being coolered for a full buy in QQ vs. KK, deep breath and move on. The evening progressed well built a nice stack in 80NL, and left after 2 hours with a nice profit.
I decided to leave Cash at 9pm and concentrate fully on the 8pm BH and the TP SNG.
The 8pm BH I went deep in tonight and came out 56th with 4 heads. So a small profit, sadly my a9 got crushed when I shoved UTG with 10 BBs, 5 handed. Of course the SB and BB had JJ and TT, I was praying for an A to hit for a huge pot, however it wasn’t meant to be as the JJ flopped a FH.
I also Played 3 HU SNGS @£42. Won 2 Lost 1
SNGS Profit £34.00
MTT Profit £29.21
CASH Profit £170.39
End BR £1018.10
Good night all...Phase 2 Day 2 has come to an end. Quite sad that tomorrow will possibly be my last night as a Total Player candidate.
Well done to all the other guys tonight, I saw some great play on the tables, and thanks again for all the rail and support.
NN
TP_Sharksb.
Matt
So the plan for tonight was to just play solidly and try grind out a small profit. I would have loved to have also won the SNG for he second time but i think phil deserved his win and got cards at the right time. The last hand annoyed me so much i couldn't focus much after it as i limped to him letting him hit absolutly anything. Well done phil and everyone else.
The 8pm i managed to make a small profit of around £20 and got my first cash in the main event was has aslo disapointed me so far. I played a couple of mtts towards the tail end of the night and got battered in everyone with pocket 10s i think to AK AK and A9
I'm not sure my figures on cash but i think i made around £80 as i played a super nitty game tonight hoping the elusive star would get me paid in pots where i had hands. Thats roughly the breakdown of my night as i'm pretty tired i won' work out the exactl breakdowns but i made around £193
My bankroll now stands at a heathly £1564 which i would have took a the end of tomorrow let alone tonight. I hope to do well in some MTTs tomorrow and not play like a one legged donkey in them as i feel i can/will get a decent result in one tomorrow.
Was another fun night though really enjpying this and i feel everyone wants this badly now so expect things to heat up.
So tonight was my turn to play the round robin sit an go. My game plan was to sit tight and bide my time, as it was a perfect structure, but i found myself in situations i couldnt prevent! (as phil mentioned above)
Oh well, on another night i treble up, but thats how the cookie crumbles sometimes.
On the previous tp nights ive found myself frantically multitabling, trying to play as much as possible, but 2nite i decided to only play 2 tables at a time so i could focus on my oppos and the situations in more detail.
I entered the 7pm £150 guaranteed, and i managed to come second for £50.
Next up was the main event, the bounty hunter. I had a deep run in that also, eventually losing a 45k pot wiv kk aipf against the AA of the growler
I also played a £250 guaranteed and managed to cash in that, which had a big field, think prize pool was about £400 odd. I came 10th for £10.
Stt wise i played 1 £40 husng and lost
Cash, i played around 40 mins on 100nl heads up and won £200.
So all together my bankroll now stands at £904.91
Another thoroughly enjoyable night!
Well played to the others. Right im off to try and get some sympathy off the other half and maybe a cuddle
Dan
Night!
Matt