Game #1 Thread

[Pascal]

Date: 7th October 2012
Time: 7.30 WET (UK time) - 2.30pm ET
Structure: 1.5k starting chips, 10 minute blinds
Late reg: 10 minutes

Welcome to the first game of the Gauntlet! Please make sure your Stars name is showing as registered on this page: Register

The game can be accessed through the Home Game group only.

Good luck everyone!

[crazzvette]

Logged in and registered , gl all till weeeee play .

[rong]

What's with all the e's? Does the key stick?

[jyms]

Mine do sometimes, but I doubt it's from the same thing as her's.

[OngBonga]

* immature laughter *

[Pascal]

What's with all the e's? Does the key stick?

Was it you or crazzvette managed to follow the simple instructions on how to join the Gauntlet without needing help?

[OngBonga]

Bahahahahaha.

And Dan, hurry up and join the side bet, I want your money.

[rong]

What? Joining? Why is this so complicated.

But more seriously, what's with random friends n Shit playing. I mean random droolers would be ok, but random high stakes players? I dont see a net benefit for me here. But I suppose we can't just plan the set up purely to benefit Shit players, and who knows, maybe I'll learn something.

Anywho, off to Barcelona tonight, back on Saturday so will sign up then for everything important.

[jyms]

No entry fee means tons of net benefit. Learn something, have fun and spend time with peeps on FTR and not necessarily in that order.

[Pascal]

Net benefit, eh? :P Think jyms nailed it

[donkbee]

1.5k starting chips? Can we make it 3k?

[jyms]

Yea, I don't see the need to rush the game too much. Give us a little room to play poker early. Particularly for a lot of us cash game players with so little knowledge of ICM

[Pascal]

We did look over the structure and 1.5k chips with 10 minute blinds seemed like the best option. Home Games have a lot of extra levels - here's a screenshot:



With 20 runners, and 1.5k chips each, that's 30k chips in play. Heads up will normally end when each person has about 15-20bb, we'll call it 15bb to be safe, which means the BB must be 1k so 30bb in play. That is level 17 or 170 minutes, or just under 3 hours. With 30 runners and 1.5k chips each - 45k chips in play, 1.5kbb or ~3.5 hours.

Running for 3.5 hours for UK players means starting at 7.30pm and finishing at 11pm, and given plenty of people will have work early on Monday I don't want it going much later than that. At the moment it looks like we were being optimistic to expect 30 people, although the newsletter going out in the next couple of days might increase attendance, and if turnout is regularly 15-20 people we'll increase the stacks a bit.

Week 2 is a 5k starting stack with 5 minute blinds so we'll see which one people prefer or maybe find something in the middle.

[OngBonga]

10k stacks imo
half hour blinds
Hell yeah

[Pascal]

No breaks

Gauntlet Iron Man special event imo

[donkbee]

We start with 50bb? Ugh... can we at least start at 10/20?

[crazzvette]

Was it you or crazzvette managed to follow the simple instructions on how to join the Gauntlet without needing help?

I didn't have any problems on following the instructions . In the sign up thread was very specific and simple enough . My favorite saying at my table and on my forum posts is " weeeeeeeeeeee " . It implies and means that i'm a happy go lucky kind of girl , k . LOL .

[bikes]

can someone screen shot the people registered? i wanna know if its worth it to get my ban lifted on stars to play.

[supa]

Was it you or crazzvette managed to follow the simple instructions on how to join the Gauntlet without needing help?

[crazzvette]

can someone screen shot the people registered? i wanna know if its worth it to get my ban lifted on stars to play.

Todays snapshot of 21 people who are listed in our FTR HomeGames , only 4 people so far that have registered for this game as well .

[joker131]

reged for game. long time to starting post, dont like 1500 chip starts, 2500 i think best helps u get into game, but if its 1500 so be it.

[spidyberge]

I would like to play in the Gauntlet if possiable.
I'll register for it and hopefully i'll get accepted.

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This event starts in less than 3 days.

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[jyms]

It's Turkey day here so there is a huge chance I don't make this. If I can slip away I might. Depends on the families plans and how many are there. I may just need some time away from them.

[GatorJH]

Still waiting on my approval for the poker club

[spidyberge]

Waiting as well.I'm hoping to be accepted but not sure till it does or doesn't happen.Either way,i still plan on participating in this great forum.

[OngBonga]

Here you go bikes.

[FTR_Calendar]

Less than 3 hours to go until this event starts!

[joker131]

GL ALL, be playing 4 other mtt,s so may be a bit long playing hands

[FTR_Calendar]

Less than one hour to go until this event starts! The password has now been released to Qualified Members!

[Pascal]

Yeah, ignore the password thing lads.

[Xianti]

It's Turkey day here so there is a huge chance I don't make this. If I can slip away I might. Depends on the families plans and how many are there. I may just need some time away from them.

Happy Thanksgiving, Jim. The actual holiday is tomorrow, isn't it?

[Pascal]

Fun playing with you jyms.

Can everyone make sure you have registered your Pokerstars name here:

http://www.flopturnriver.com/poker-league/register.php

Points distribution can be found here;

FTR Gauntlet - Online Poker League

[OngBonga]

So if we join and sit out the entire game, do we still get points?

[Pascal]

Theoretically yes, in practice if you register for more than 2 games and sit out the entire time you'll be banned.

[OngBonga]

congrats to baudib.

Enjoyed the game, nice to see three chatty tables. My favourite bit was hoopy getting slowrolled by joker. Nice one for that joker.

[baudib]

I don't think I ever got it in good, except against Xianti.

[Xianti]

I don't think I ever got it in good, except against Xianti.

grrrr... glad my chips went to good use, though. Congrats.

[givememyleg]

missed it due to hanging out with louis ck this weekend (by hanging out i had to pay and sat in the audience laughing at what he was saying) and traveling home. glad to see a decent turnout!

[donkbee]

I don't think I ever got it in good, except against Xianti.

haha nice

[Poker Orifice]

Can everyone make sure you have registered your Pokerstars name here:

http://www.flopturnriver.com/poker-league/register.php

Takes me to a page I don't have access to (& doesn't have a place for me to enter my sn)