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I placed 3rd in the FTR freeroll tonight! Making the final table and getting a nice cash was good to help reenergize me for grinding through the micros.

PokerStars Tournament #103038991,
No Limit Hold'em Freeroll
228 players
$500.00 added to the prize pool by PokerStars.com
Total Prize Pool: $500.00
Tournament started - 2008/08/23 - 10:00:00 (ET)
Dear Keith_MM, You finished the tournament in 2nd place.A $87.50 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

followed that up in the second invitational freeroll the next day with
PokerStars Tournament #103038992, No Limit Hold'em Freeroll
304 players
$500.00 added to the prize pool by PokerStars.com
Total Prize Pool: $500.00 Tournament started - 2008/08/24 - 10:00:00 (ET)
Dear Keith_MM, You finished the tournament in 27th place.A $3.50 award has been credited to your Real Money account. Congratulations!Thank you for participating.

Well after playing pretty much all day long and loosing about 1/5 of my BR I decided to play a MTT. So I bought in to a $3+$0.30 along with 401 others. I decided I wanted to be ultra tight during the first round so I read

Quote:

soupie's Win MTT Poker

while keeping an eye on my table as not to miss any of the top 3 which I managed to catch a couple and doubled up 3 or 4 times. Reading this was perfect and I played like a rock.
At the first break I was running 15/10/44. I opened up all most all of the tables and let HEM work for me while I continued to play like a rock.
Made it ITM and figured hell this game plan is working well so I continued playing really tight. Next thing I knew I was sitting at the final table.
Now my original goal was to at least make 6th which would give me enough added to my BR that I could cash out of FT, $100 minimum, and transfere to PS to start my grind properly.
Well long story short I think I can truly say the only stupid hand I played was when I push over the top of a 3bet with my opened ended str8 draw. Well guess what that's the one that busted me out of the tourney!
Dealer: HarleyGuy13 finishes in 5th place and wins: $81.20 Razz

Goal accomplished +1! Made my day

I cashed my first and the only poker game with real money by making the final table :

PokerStars No Limit Hold'emBuy-In: $1.00/$0.10
2226 players

Dear Extremophile, You finished the tournament in 9th place. A $26.72 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

Small Town Live MTT tournament
$10 Buy-in +$5 Rebuy(1)/Addon

25 Players, I placed 2nd for $55.

I had a great time. It was fun playing as soon as the drunks donked their stacks off after the rebuy ended.
Met a lot of good people and impressed many by being friendly and knowledgeable about poker. Most of the people my age there were drunk and rude, so they were very pleasantly surprised.

How you go from a junker to the nuts:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG+1 ($3.50)
MP1 ($5)
MP2 ($4.16)
CO ($2.87)
Button ($2.59)
SB ($2.44)
BB ($1)
Hero (UTG) ($2.09)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A

, 10

Hero calls $0.02, 6 folds, BB raises to $0.06, Hero calls $0.04

Flop: ($0.13) 9

, 9

, 5

(2 players)
BB bets $0.09, Hero calls $0.09

Turn: ($0.31) 9

(2 players)
BB bets $0.18, Hero calls $0.18

River: ($0.67) 9

(2 players)
BB bets $0.20, Hero raises to $0.72, BB calls $0.47 (All-In)

Total pot: $2.01 | Rake: $0.10

Results:
BB mucked J

, K

(four of a kind, nines).
Hero had A

, 10

(four of a kind, nines).
Outcome: Hero won $1.91

For some reason, I don't think my implied odds were right...lol

Had my biggest winning session since quitting SNGs to focus on FRNL. I played really nicely and hit some great cards. Was a pretty short session, I was two tabling, played just 178 hands but finished up almost 3 BIs.

Very pleased!

IVE MADE MY FIRST THOUSAND! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY

Laughing

Biggest cash! $3.30+R

PokerStars Tournament #127699570, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $3.00/$0.30
5310 players
Total Prize Pool: $65325.00
Tournament started 2008/12/23 14:15:00 ET

Dear ification,

You finished the tournament in 3rd place.
A $3,886.84 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 636.07 tournament leader points in this tournament.
For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at
http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/

Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

I don't know if this really belongs here, but I just had to share as rarely have I had a hand come together like this lol. It's not just flopping the Absolute nuts. It's your opponents falling over themselves to get their money in Smile

Watching the instant HH I saw one of them was holding AdKd so thank thank God the Jd didn't appear - PStars doesn't have a BB Jackpot and my laptop would have been out the nearest window lol.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($2.33)
UTG ($0.96)
UTG+1 ($0.98)
MP1 ($3.52)
MP2 ($2)
CO ($2.02)
Button ($2)
Hero (SB) ($3.91)

Preflop: Hero is SB with

,

UTG raises to $0.06, 1 fold, MP1 raises to $0.18, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.17, 1 fold, UTG calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.58)

,

(3 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.78 (All-In), MP1 calls $0.78, Hero raises to $3.73 (All-In), MP1 calls $2.56 (All-In)

Turn: ($8.04)

(3 players, 3 all-in)

River: ($8.04)

(3 players, 3 all-in)

Total pot: $8.04

Woo. On a side note, I'm pretty much halfway to 5nl now. Double woo.

Man I was on a bad run of not getting to the final table and thats what I base my play on I don't base it on cashing only I had a 1-10 FT ratio before I started playing alot of ring games and then my play slipped and it went down to a 1-14 ratio but finally this week I hit two final tables in a row I came in 7th in one becuase I had to post fold it do to having a Christmas Party to go to I left in second place with 22 people left so I'm surprized I final tabled that one and the next tourney I played the next day I came in 4th place after getting a horrible beat lol had AA vs 57os and guy spiked 5 on flop and 7 on river of course and finished me 4th. but so far I am having decent success at MTT's I play adjust to table if the table is loose I play tight if table is tight I play suited connectors and un suited connectors added with AQ+ os and Ax s in position otherwise ATs+ and all pairs depending on situation. If the table is loose I play AK+ AQs+ and TT + and then adjust as table does.

Ever since a friend of mine took €15k in the Belgian open, tournaments have peaked my interest. But I have no experience with them apart from railing him, so I was entering some on Prima with VIP points. After 2 PL HE tourney busts, today I played a $5.50 NLHE and came in 34/600 for $14, and a $3.30 6-max NLHE and 28/800 for $10 (end sucked, busted on a 70/30).

Peanut money, but a pretty cool experience and I think I'm gonna play more of them.

YAY!

PokerStars Tournament #130891599, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $1.00/$0.20
18 players
Total Prize Pool: $18.00
Tournament started 2008/12/31 22:49:33 ET

Dear beefykf,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $7.20 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

PokerStars Tournament #131085516, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $0.25
90 players
Total Prize Pool: $22.50
Tournament started 2009/01/01 20:52:58 ET

Dear beefykf,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $6.20 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

loool beefykf

so dying to meet you in person

Just broke $150 last night after about 15k hands of 2NL, and am now BR'd for 5NL! Very Happy

I think I'm back from the 45 day cooler...

759 $25NL hands tonight for 27ptbb/100 and +$105. May just be a brief visit from the luckbox fairy, but I'll f-kin take it! Shocked

Carl who?

*Last edited by Sasquach991 on Tue, 06 Jan 2009, 9:13pm; edited 1 time in total*

I think I'm getting the hang of this. First ~40k hands were at 5NL 6 max. The rest are 10NL 6 max.
Completed my first operation. I have to come up with a new operation now.
Completed using PT for trial. Moving to HEM next.

I meant to add this too:
Thanks to all the folks here at FTR for making me think while playing and not just playing.

PokerStars Tournament #132210853, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $1.00/$0.20
9 players
Total Prize Pool: $9.00
Tournament started 2009/01/06 16:54:00 ET

Dear bluendgold10,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $4.50 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

I got into the last 99 of a hubbles holdem tournament on PokerStars, I advanced to the weekly round 2 2000 prize pool tournament, i went out, coundnt catch cards worth playing with at all. And i got to the last 50 in a hockey challenge round 1 on PokerStars, im in the semi final now, it plays in 5 days im pumped lol
William, (Willforrest) on PokerStars

Played a local cash game for the first time, the other night, and actually went home up $15 from my original $20.

I bought in with $10, turned it into 123 but finished up 30something.... should have milked the profits instead of giving it all back!!!! Lesson Learned.

I won a tournament! My 3rd biggest cash ever. €1 entry, and €64 payout for first.
I have also learnt how to make profit at 2nl ring games now. Boy its hard work, but I can average almost +$1/hr I think. Just need to remember to play when I am awake, not asleep.

Won my first live MTT. I took a really bad hit to my chip stack at the start but didn't panic, just waited until I had some good cards and managed to double up.

After that I played some of the best tournament poker I've ever played, really focused and a lot more aggressive than usual. Made it to the final table as one of the short stacks. Everyone was so tight as they payed 7 of 72 and there were 9 left I made a real effort to blind steal as much as possible. Made the money, doubled up and managed to win the thing. Not much money won for first by most people's standard's, but it meant a lot to me.

I managed to pull off a 4th place finish in the NLHE Freeroll on PokerStars (out of 9000) which got me a ticket into this mornings Round 2 - giving me a shot at real money.

i won seat in $2000 freeroll and won 40 cents and grinded it up over $4 in 10 cent tourneys and sit&go's.I know this is penuts to most of you,but i done it with no way of putting money on PokerStars.I plan to move up when i get over $10

Have managed to finally play decent online poker. Not an easy thing when you're an old casino vet like me, and only played live until recently. Figuring out these forums too. Let's call that an accomplishment as well, for now. Still don't know how people play 20 tables.

small potatoes for this forum...i cashed in a [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-FullTilt.php]FTP[/url] freeroll over the weekend.... id been getting in the top 100 or so for a while..
did wonders for the ego even if nothing for the br

I won on Expekt 99$ i was second! (400$ added closed MT)
I won on Titan SnG 1$+1c 30person first 12$.
Closed MT second 56,50$.

I won 50$ on hungarian forum because i was the most activest user in January.

i won my first money prize yesterday!it didnt roll into the hundreds though!!more like cents!!i finished in the top hundred of the juno invitational on PokerStars .i was delighted with myself,70cents in the bank!!

but every great journey starts with the 1st step!hopefully ill never have to deposit money in2 my account!

I took 2nd in a 1$ rebuy tourney on Full Tilt with 304 people in it. It added $304 to my roll. It was my first 2nd in a tourney of that size.

HIt the $100 mark today. Up up and away!

Bankroll hits $600! I'm going to start 2-tabling 25NL on PStars until I get comfortable, or have to move down >.>

I am up $500; finally out of my slump.

congrats to all that are up.

PokerStars Tournament #141700762, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $3.00/$0.40
27 players
Total Prize Pool: $81.00
Tournament started 2009/02/17 22:43:35 ET

Dear CBat28,

You finished the tournament in 2nd place. A $21.60 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

Im done playing 10NL, my BR just hit 1k...cool Cool

My BR management is nitty, but w/e

Im starting 25NL tomorrow...gl me

Ever since I started lurking at FTR my game has taken a complete 180... I was down to like 15% of my original BR and now I'm right around where I started, actually making money and then dipping below the break even line due to varience. This place is awesome; now I'm just trying to get 10 posts so I can submit links so I can post HHs.
Smile

i mostly play tournaments .. my best result ever is 2nd place in 20000 sunday guarantee on merge network .... took 3700$ .... but when i think that i began the final heads up with 400000 and the last guy 200000 its a shame i didnt took 5500$ 1st place

i won a $4 satellite to a $40 satellite to $80 sniper tourney were payed 45 places came in 60th but had one bounty for $20 so after 3 tourneys and 12hrs of time made $16 yeah!!!!!!!

See sig
Almost ready for 25NL Applause

Cleared my deposit Bonus today and finally had a solid day at 10nl. Bankroll is on the ups!

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