Way to contribute, you big gay!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by gabe
GIMME SOME FTR THONGS
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Way to contribute, you big gay!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by gabe
GIMME SOME FTR THONGS
well shit cheat, we are all wondering? how did you do?!Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Cheat
thats a great question that i would be glad to answer. I am the middle stack at the table of four guys left. On the button i get dealt a 74o. While not my favorite hand, i recognize the skills, so i lay into the blinds for about a third of my stack. folds all around. very next hand, i see AA. w00t! i bet the same amount, button calls, SB folds, BB (big stack) raises me AI. I think, for a second for drama, get a count of the pot, and the bet, and my stack, and push all my chips in. Button folds (thankfully) and we flip our cards. BB shows AK doesnt improve and I now have a little more than two thirds of the chips on the table. The guy who was in the small blind took a couple of orbits but finally pushed with an A8. I called him down with 10-7 and made a straight on the turn. That was it. I am headed to WSOP main event.
Oh ya, and I dont have any apparall afilliations either, so If x-man wants to kick in a thong or two I would be proud to rep FTR all over vegas.
w00t! I am really looking forward to this
Congratz man!
-'rilla
Even though you are annoying as fuck :D , congratulations. I hope you mkae it far, and FTR is shown on TV.Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Cheat
GOGO FTR rangers?
I suggest you geting an FTR sweatshirt. I love mine. Its the only sweatshirt I wear.
thanks man.Quote:
Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla
i just need a rippytide/radashack/spoupie/kingssuckorsomething/high roller mike-y man crash course on MTT's in the next few weeks, cause my skills are not where they are gonna need to be to push back at Phil Ivey, dig?
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! I have been wondering how you did today. Was any of my chat room advice from the other day useful?Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Cheat
... Thanks for the mention, especially after giving you MTT advice the other day! :cry:Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Cheat
Just kidding man, glad you made it. See you there.
Sweet! Congratulations, The_Cheat!Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Cheat
Send me a PM with the details of what FTR gear you want (logo color, item color, size). Any 5 items -- one for each day of the Main Event. Just promise you'll try to wear FTR gear every day that you're there.
Thanks!
edited to include you dog. thanks for the help. it helped a lot! I cam over the top of one of those big stacks i was telling you about, haha, he showed me his QQ as he folded it, and asked if I had aces. I showed 63 of hearts, and i think he honestly pooped in his pants. It was great. He tilted off his stack in about another hour or so. I felt bad... for a minute!Quote:
Originally Posted by michael1123
Thanks X-man. I am really good looking so i will probably be on TV!Quote:
Originally Posted by X-man
Vq- I want to be Teenage Mutant Ninja FTR'ers! Thats whaaaaaay cooler than FTR rangers. Rangers are lame.
Go FTR!
I just won the $12000 Empire WSOP TV Star tourny.... see you guys in Vegas!
I think this grin is breaking my face.
If anybody (michael1123, I'm looking at you) has ANY suggestions to PM to me, I'd really appreciate it. My biggest leak is the fact that I haven't played in many B&M places. Other than a week in Vegas in March, and home games.... well that's it.
Wow.
Thanks to everybody here who has helped with my game. All the help you've given has been very... well..... helpful.
Darkwing
Wow, awesome bro!
-'rilla
dude. w00t. youll have to come kick it with me and High-Roller-Mikey-Man in vegas. See you at the final table brothermanQuote:
Originally Posted by DWDuck
OMG holy damn cow look at you guys. I'm half tempted to take my whole BR out there and pop it into a satellite just 'cause all this FTR lovin' will be so damn cool!
(half, i said)
Why not get in one of those PokerStars $2+R subqualifiers?Quote:
Originally Posted by LeFou
Worth a shot, some dude got in WSOP for $6 on Stars (a rebuy and addon in the $2+R).
well you ARE the reigning FTR gauntlet champion. Winning that is like winning the WSOP tourny of champs i hearQuote:
Originally Posted by LeFou
Weeeeeeeee! We definitely need to have a little FTR party in Vegas.Quote:
Originally Posted by DWDuck
As far as advice goes, the main thing I think is to get as much live (in a casino preferably) play in as you can between now and then, since you want to make sure you feel comfortable enough to play your game, along with not shaking when you have big hands, etc.
Other than that, some good advice is to read up on very deep stack poker, which is something I'm working on as well. Its a very different game from online MTTs, where you start with 1000-2500 (average on PS is 1500, which is a starting stack of 75 BB) chips and the blinds go up every 10-20 minutes. For the main event we'll be starting with 10k in chips (200xBB), and the blinds will go up every 2 hours. Hands are dealt slower in live games, but its around half the hands in the same amount of time, so it'll still be like an online MTT with 1 hour blinds, which is very different than we're use to. Patience, on the first day especially, will be a big factor I think, and will probably be the biggest problem I face as well.
Quote:
Originally Posted by michael1123
Dude wtf?
QQ UTG 2nd hand AI... go for it :)
lol yeah 200BB is a hell of a lot different then 75bb, probably gonna be hard to get used to. good luck though!
-Chris
Hey michael1123,
Thanks for the suggestions! I just read about the blind structure as well. That'll be different, but more comfortable for me at the start at least. I think it'll take me a bit of time to settle down there, so not being under any pressure at the start to stay ahead of the blinds will be nice.
If y'all wanna hook up while we're there, I'm game! I have no idea where I'm staying yet.... Empire isn't quite as organized as PokerStars I don't think.... so I have too book my own hotel and everything. Basically they just pay me $2000 in expenses sometime this month, and I take care of all the arrangements after that (except for signing me up which they take care of). Any hotel recommendations? The Rio is a little out of my BR I think. I'd like something close though....
That also means that I'm pretty sure I don't have to wear Empire gear. So... if an FTR hat somehow made it's way to my mailbox, I'd do my best to get it on TV!
Darkwing
You guys should try some BugsysClub MTTs. They have the same structure as WSOP (10k starting chips with 25/50 blinds).
Cool, thanks Dwarfman. Any idea what the blind escalation is for those tournaments?
Darkwing
Can't remember that, it's been ages since I played there.Quote:
Originally Posted by DWDuck
One day I will get in, one day..
I am InQuote:
Originally Posted by black666
Freewsop is putting me up at the rio for 9 nights.
35 more days.
we should all meet up for a drink or 2.
i would be more than happy to wear some ftr gear.
send me Visor.
peace
wwonka
I bet they have the same quality of players as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by dwarfman
Wow, cool. I actually bought that DD poker thing because you can set up your own blind structures, starting stacks, and all that, so I could try out some deep stack poker. The AI is pretty damn ridiculous at times, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by dwarfman
I'll check out that site sometimes, thanks.
Quote:
Originally Posted by wwonka
sweet mang. lets all hit a strip club or something. or at least a prime-rib buffet... I love vegas
god I cant wait, 07 is my year.
Man, that is sweet. I'll likely be holed up in the Alladin or something. When we get closer we can PM each other to find out exactly where we'll be.Quote:
Freewsop is putting me up at the rio for 9 nights.
Just ordered a set of chips yesterday.... gotta practice my chip tricks.
Darkwing
i wouldn't want a wsop seat, if there were cash prizes i'd take a cash winning position
Meh. A satellite for $100+10 with 90 players... if this is a cash game, I make about $2000 here. Since it was winner only though, I get a $12000 package (including $2000 expenses) to the biggest poker game there is.Quote:
i wouldn't want a wsop seat, if there were cash prizes i'd take a cash winning position
That's the neat thing about these qualifiers. Since there are so few paying positions, when you win one the ROI is huge.
Darkwing
mine cost me 110 also but there were only 32 people including myself.
the overlay was huge.
I have always (last 10 years) wanted to play in the ME of the wsop and now i am going.
peace
wwonka
Congrats everyone. 2010 is my year lots of time to pratice. Sine my birthday is on June 26th i get shafted dosent it start earlier than that date.
WOW! That is some crazy overlay. That was a live tourny wasn't it?Quote:
mine cost me 110 also but there were only 32 people including myself.
See ya there.
Darkwing
The main event isn't until July 7th.... I don't know what the rules are on when you have to be 21 by. I mean, in THEORY you shouldn't be in the qualifier until you're 21 right? :)Quote:
Congrats everyone. 2010 is my year lots of time to pratice. Sine my birthday is on June 26th i get shafted dosent it start earlier than that date.
Darkwing
everyone wish me luck; i just won a satellite to a satellite. If I can beat 70 people tomorrow night, I'm going you-know-where.
well i wish u all the luck in the world, hope u place at top places anyway :wink:
Make sure they know you're the Gauntlet Champion. Put em in there place.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeFou
-'rilla
i qualified this morning, i will be stayin at the rio for 9 nights as well,
well have to get together while were down there.
Congrats Maxxscam!
Anybody have an idea how the big field is going to be this year?
I've heard that they are capping it at 6600, just a rumour though.Quote:
Originally Posted by arkana
That would be a prize pool of 66 million dollars :O
Congrats Maxxscam! Who did you qualify through?
Well done. See you there.
Darkwing
congrats on making it in.
can't wait to meet up.
peace
wwonka
You guys should try and meet up before the main event. I hear the Rhino is very welcoming.
-'rilla
the rhino sucks.
Crazyhorse 2 or OG's are much much better.
jmho
peace
wwonka
Yay, another FTR qualifier! I assume you're staying at the Rio for the main event? Would've been nice to have that in my package.Quote:
Originally Posted by maxxscam
I've finally taken care of my hotel and flight and all that. I'll be flying down on June 20th, and staying at the Rio until July 6th, and then I'll switch over to MGM Grand until July 15th, since that was included in my WSOP package on Party.
dude i cant wait. this trip is gonna be off the hook
Just booked my flights today.... I'll probably be at the Flamingo... Empire doesn't put me up at the Rio... sigh....
Getting close!
Darkwing
dude. can i just say that DWD was one of my fav TV shows back in the day. What with launchpad, and the little Power-Outage guy and all that. Its dope. Every time I see your AV i chuckle.
Haha, yeah. The "Lets get dangerous" slogan with a pic of 72o is a very nice touch.
yah when I was younger I really liked that show too, that and tailspin.
btw wwonka qualified online, I forget where, but I know it was online Iremember when he won...
I qualified thru Freewsop.com.
going to be good. waiting to find out my starting day.
peace
wwonka
26 more days till vegas
Yeah, I loved Darkwing Duck when I was younger... was there a cooler cartoon character?
Would it look too odd to have a huge fedora and a cape at WSOP? :)
Darkwing
"When you're in trouble just call DW"
hahah... please dont do that, I will lose all respect for you :?
hey the glasses worked for raymer...
Now that would probably be one of the funniest damn things I would ever see!! You would be a legend if you wore that getup! Everytime you turned your head you would be knocking off baseball caps of the opponents sitting next to you! HA! Tell me how funny it would be to have you sitting next to Phil Hellmuth and your fedora knocked off his hat! HA!Quote:
Originally Posted by DWDuck
Please do it!! :pray:
Who cares! Do it anyways that would be too good! Just think of all the camera lovin you will get. Not to mention the fact that it is very likely to distract anyone playing at your table with you!Quote:
Originally Posted by DWDuck
Then you should add a few catch lines to throw out from time to time...
IE Say you have the button just before the dealer starts to hand out the cards say something like *It's Danger time!*
You'd be an instant cult hero, DWD! DO IT!
It's actually harder to find a DWDuck costume than you might think....
I've got some great things to say if people ask me who I am though...
"I am the terror that flaps in the night!"
"I am the fast food that comes back to haunt you!"
"I am the neurosis that requires a $500 an hour shrink!"
"I am the special news bulletin that interrupts your favorite show!"
"I am the wierdo that sits next to you on the bus!"
"I am the wrong number that wakes you at 3 a.m.!"
"I am the bug that splatters on your winshield!"
"I am the termite that devours your floorboards!"
"I am the batteries that are not included!"
"I am the raspberry seed you can't floss out!"
"I am the fingernail that scrapes the blackboard of your soul."
"I am the low ratings that cancel your program."
"I am the smoke that smokes Smoked Oysters."
"I am the ten dollar service charge on all returned checks."
Other good ones for miscelaneous use:
"The jig is up, you jaded, jug-headed, jack-in-the-box"
"Suck gas, evildoer."
Hahaha.
Darkwing
Quote:
Originally Posted by DWDuck
lol at i am the batteries that are not included,
i qualified on interpoker
i might go down a week early as well, not sure where ill stay tho, maybe at the rio, we'll see
Darkwing do it.
Hey, how about all you WSOP-goers give us your real names so when we see you on tv we can know who you are?
You think the wsop will be on tv live? or will it take a couple weeks
It'll take months to edit.Quote:
Originally Posted by AcesInTheHole
-'rilla
the tv schedule is out already and it is scheduled to air in september.Quote:
Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla
peace
wwonka