Yea you cant let a bad beat judge the way you play, i would have done the same thing... sometimes it just doesnt work out for you!
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Yea you cant let a bad beat judge the way you play, i would have done the same thing... sometimes it just doesnt work out for you!
I just finished playing five sng's over on carbon and I made a profit.
To get a coupon for the fury freerolls on carbon you have to play five sng's in one day so that's why I play five sng's.
That's good to know. I just found out I had one when I showed up for the freeroll there today. (I don't play there much) If I place in the first one I'll try to earn some more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe
i dont get why you dont think that a freeroll is not a freeroll? you dont need to purchase anything
Its not really freeroll because you have to purchase a tournament coupon with your po points, I think I used the term points-roll at some point in a past entry.Quote:
Originally Posted by jczecho2
I just played the freeroll fury over on carbon and I did not do very well.
I finished 752 out of 954. I just wasn't on my game today I guess. My last hand I had a pair of sevens and I went all in. Two opponents called and one of them beat me.
What got me into trouble earlier in the tournament were two different hands where I was in one of the blinds and I caught something that I thought was pretty good but I still got beat.
I'd go all in any day of the week with pocket AA, if it gets cracked, so be it.
I just finished the freeroll fury over on carbon and I did better than last night.
219 out of 910 and the top 151 get paid so I got pretty close to making it into the money.
On my last hand I was at about five big blinds so I was in all in or fold mode for some time at this point. I had ace-nine suited in early position. One opponent calls and this opponent has a bigger stack than mine but I don't remember how much bigger. The opponent had a pair of jacks and he also caught a jack on the flop but I caught two of my suite, its the green suite on the carbon poker four color deck, but I lost. My opponent made a full house. I played a pretty good tournament this time around.
I'm going to watch the rest of the redwings game now.
Nice play...unlucky on that last hand...Had similar story in yesterdays sit&go at PS caught straight from river but busted just before the bubble cause someone had full from flop...that was quite a slow-play from my opponents but sometimes you get unlucky...:)
I just read your thread for the first time... as far as beats like aces or kings all in preflop... yes, they are bad beats... yes you got your money in good. However, keep in mind that a single hand is but a battle and the tourney is a war. Aces and kings are just a pair, the five cards on the board can do a world of hurt on a pair. A pair is the second weakest hand. Now if you're short stacked and the blinds are significant, yes getting your chips all in is good. However, early in a tournament or with a decent stack size, getting all in on simply a pair is not the best idea preflop. Now this doesn't mean go to limping aces, just it's no sense risking your whole stack on a pair. Aces will get cracked by kings 19 times out of 100. etc. Get smaller chipups rather than double ups and stay alive in the tournament.
I generally go all in if I have about ten big blinds or less unless I have a pair of aces.Quote:
Originally Posted by xwabba
I love playing the $1.10 double or nothing sng over at carbon. Today I played five of those to earn my ticket into the freeroll fury. I won four out of five.
I would have to say that's a mistake that'll lose you many opportunities. Unless you're just playing cards and not poker. If you're purely playing the cards dealt, then I guess that'd be an appropriate action. However, if you pay attention to the table opponents nad their plays, it's not a good idea. Make a 2.5preflop bet when you're going to play a hand. Keep track of hand ranges for the rest of the table and their raising ranges. Then you'll have a chance to escape a lot of hands that you're dominated by also. 5-6 BBs is a VERY workable area. I feel extremely comfortable in that area. Just a couple days ago I didn't raise above 8bbs for 2 hours of tournament play, then came back and won it once I started getting what I needed and the right reads.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe
I just finished playing the freeroll fury on carbon and I made it into the money for the first time playing this tournament.
Has anyone noticed a difference in the competition and amount of entries for this particular tournament in regards day of the week?
In other words has this tournament been easier or harder during the week vs during the weekend?
Anyways, I finished 121 out of 969, and the first 171 get paid. I made it up a few pay grades so I'm happy with my performance.
On my last hand I had king ten suited and I had less than ten big blinds so I went all in. I was in later position, I don't think I was on the button, but I think the opponent that called was on the big blind and he had a much bigger stack than I did. He had ace eight offsuite and he caught an ace so I lost.
I just finished the freeroll fury on carbon and I made it into the money.
I finished 162 out of 1047.
I didn't make it as deep as I did last night but I'm okay with that.
On my last hand I had less than five big blinds and I had been at about ten big blinds for a big part of the tournament by this point.
I just finished the freeroll fury on carbon and I busted out of the tournament within the first half hour.
I had a healthy stack close to the 3k that you start out with and I raised preflop with a pair of kings to three big blinds.
I was in early position and the person one or two seats to my left, who had a slightly smaller stack than I, shoved all in.
It was then folded around to me.
I called.
I was a little worried to see my opponent show aces but that didn't happen.
My opponent had a pair of sevens and caught a seven on the flop.
So I lost.
I was left with about three hundred and I didn't make it that far after that.
I'm guessing that most of us here would of probably not re-raised with a pair of sevens in the given situation, but would any of you folded if you were in my shoes.
who was the bigger donkey here, me or the opponent?
I just finished a tournament on carbon and I cashed. Before this I had only cashed at the sngs and the freerolls.
It was a $1.10 buy with re-entries and a late registration period, with a $1k gtd. I joined the game late and I think there was more than an hour left on late registration period. I re-entered once so I bought in for $2.10 but I only won $2.09 so I almost broke even.
I have played in a couple of these bigger tournaments before so is was a pretty big deal for me.
I entered the tournament with about ten big blinds and I actually spent most of the tournament with less than ten big blinds but I got really close to making a little money.
For the last hand I was in middle position with a pair of tens and I had less than five big blinds so at this point I'm pretty much shoving no matter what. This other guy shove all in with about 12 to 13 bb's and he had entered the tournament a little latter than I had. He had pretty much folded or shoved the entire time so I kind of knew he had a wide range of hands that he was shoving with.
So I had no trouble shoving against him. If we were on the bubble then maybe I would of folded but probably not.
Another opponent, who was in later position, shoved with a much bigger stack than both of us.
So it was three us all in.
The opponent in earlier position had a pair of sixes so I was right about what hands he could of had.
The other opponent had ace queen offsuite.
He caught an ace so I lost.
I just played the $250 gtd tournament on carbon. It was a $1.10 buy. I got knocked out after the rebuy time expired so I didn't win.
I basically got blinded out I don't remember if I really even played a hand.
I think in the near future I will have to experiment more with this late entry strategy.
I played a $1.10 sng on carbon, it was the double or nothing variety and I won. I was going to play five sng's to earn another coupon to the freeroll fury but I don't have enough time to do so.
Going to check out the poker client now to see what's going on.
I am going to start posting my bankroll with the hopes of motivating myself to do better so I don't have to publicly shame myself by posting bad results.
So my carbon bankroll is $21.54 and I have 157.6 vip points.
I want to build my bankroll up to $30 by the end of this month.
I have to get 500 vip points in one month in order to get into the first tier of the vip club but I don't think thats going to happen any time soon because I just don't play that much, I would like to. I would probably be able to earn 500 vip points by july maybe but in one month?
I play on pokerstars. Unfortunately I do not have their own contribution, I focus on the game freeroll if I win it paid.
Why would you be upset about this result? You called essentially what he had and had the better handQuote:
Originally Posted by Joe
i know your pain last night my A's got cracked by a QJ dude called 3 all ins with QJ pokerowned players are awesome he would have been left with 2000 late into the tourney
I'm upset because I got knocked out of the tournament. My first thought was to fold because he's got a bigger stack so he might be just trying to bully everyone with his big stack and then he would get lucky on the flop and beat me or he could of had a pair of aces and he still would of beat me. I could of followed my instinct and folded but I went with conventional wisdom and called.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dominator3
On the other hand I was right, I had the better hand so I'm kind of happy about that.
But I got greedy and it would of been very difficult to fold that hand so I needed a reason to call.
If I were in the same situation I would like to think that I would fold, but I would probably do the same thing over again.
Thank you for your interest and comments.
My current carbon bankroll is $22.11 with 160 vip points.
I actually won more than that but its in the form of tournament coupons instead of cash.
At about 11:30 pm earlier tonight I finished my first $1.10 double or nothing sng and I registered for another one.
Once I started playing the second sng I realized that I wouldn't have enough time to play five sng's to earn a freeroll fury tournament coupon.
So I registered for three of the cheaper sng's that you can win tournament coupons from cause I figured that if I win both double or nothings then that would cover the cost of entering the coupon tournaments.
I have a pretty good record with the $1.10 double or nothings, but I haven't been so great with the cheap coupon tournaments.
I played the freeroll fury and I bombed it.
I don't play so well when I'm hungry, tired, or eating.
I was eating dinner during the freeroll fury.
Anyways, I won or placed in the money in each of the five sng's that I played today.
I just finished the freeroll fury and I did pretty good.
I finished 55th out of 820 which I think is the highest I have placed in this tournament.
I think I had about ten big blinds or less for most of the second hour of the tournament.
I did alright.
I made it pretty deep into the tournament so I'm happy with that.
I of course wanted to do better, but it didn't go that way.
My current carbon bankroll is $25.58 with 162.3 vip points.
ye PO freerolls are pretty sweet! Great way to build a roll from scratch!
I just finished playing the $250 gtd deep tournament on carbon.
It cost $1.10 to buy in and I late registered for it.
I finished in 67th just outside the money. I think the top 64 spots payed.
When I registered I started with ten big blinds and by the time I got knocked out of the tournament I actually had more than ten big blinds.
I was eliminated from the tournament a few spots out of the money and a couple of minutes after the rebuy period ended.
What happened was I was in the small blind with about 14 or 15 big blinds and two people called. On of the callers was in late position with about 100 big blinds. I had ace queen suited so I raised all in.
The opponent in late position called everyone else folded.
The opponent had ace-five off suited and he caught a five on the river.
I lost the hand.
Preflop I considered raising but then that would put me in the ten big blind range and I would probably have to out maneuver the opponent in late position that had a huge stack postflop.
I wish I would of paid more attention to my position in relation to how many people were left in the tournament and how close I was to the money.
If I would of realized how close I was I would of probably just limped in hoping for a good flop.
I was so close and I had about 14 big blinds.
I think if I would of limped or folded then I would of made the money easily.
I just finished playing the $250 gtd deep tournament on carbon.
I late registered again and I didn't make it into the money.
It cost $1.1 to buy in and I also rebuy-ed once so it actually cost me $2.2.
I didn't even get close to the money.
Late register is still open for the tournament.
The first time I busted out of the tournament I had a pair of jacks and I had about ten big blinds so I shoved all in and two or three people called and I got beat by the person holding king queen offsuite(this person also had a much bigger stack than I).
The second time I had a pair of tens and I had about six or seven big blinds so I shoved.
I got beat but I don't remember the details.
you have to have super patience to play those.... I've made final table several times an it pays good... remember... that tourney is gonna last 6 hours... or longer.... for a couple of hours only stay in when you know you're likely to win... and never go all in pre-flop with any donkeys
Last night I played one $1.1 sng of the double or nothing variety after midnight and I lost (on carbon).
I played five more of the same sng's today and I won each one.
For awhile there my bank roll had been taking a beating from my experiement with late registering at bigger tournaments.
My bankroll is now up to $26.46 and I am not sure what my vip points are because I used some of them to buy in to a sng.
I'm not going to be able to earn enough points to get to the first vip level and redeem the points for cash so I should probably use them before they expire.
I'm going to eat dinner in a little while and then I will grind out some more sng's on carbon, play me if you dare!
My poker user name on carbon is JosephHoodie.
good deal man its good to keep log of ur success and goals also gl on the felts man
I just played the $1k freeroll fury on carbon and I didn't go that great.
I finished 528 out of 1007.
I didn't even make it to the first break.
I played enough sng's today to get a ticket or coupon for the freeroll fury and my bankroll on carbon is $30.64.
One of my goals earlier in the month was to build my carbon bank roll up to at least $30 by the end of the month.
Now my goal is to win at least five dollars each week playing $1.1 double or nothing sngs on carbon.
My goal for the last week of freeroll fury is play in the freeroll fury on thursday and friday.
So I would have to earn another coupon before then.
good too keep a journal my dude. ittl keep ya on the right path!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last night I played the freeroll fury and I don't think I made it to the first break.
Today I played the freeroll fury and I made it a little deeper, 207 out of 1012 and I think the top 179 get paid so I know I got a lot closer than last night.
Next month's promotion on carbon poker looks interesting and it looks cheaper to qualify for the freerolls.
i just finished the po freeroll and i came in tenth place.
so i won $0.90 so far tonight.
after the po freeroll i late registered for one of the big tournaments with a $1.1 buy in on carbon.
when I registered there were 80 people left and 9 minutes left in late registration.
before late reg ended there were about 90 people who had joined late like I did but they didn't last very long.
I finished outside of the money in 77th and only the top 76 get paid.
i found the late registration for this particular tournament very appealing because at the time that I registered there was only a few minutes left in late registration and there were 80 people left with the top 76 paid. so if i won one or two all-in or fold hands then I could sneak into the money, but the late registration strategy hasn't worked out for me so far.
Hard to argue with your logic in that situation. Keep trying whenever you get a similar setup.
Last night I played the daily mission freeroll and I finished outside of the money but I think I finished alot higher than I did on sunday. Also over the weekend I lost a bunch of the $1.1 double or nothing sng's that I had been playing for so long. On sunday night though I went through an upswing and won most of my money back playing the same double or nothings. I think I just need to be more patient, especially during the freerolls.
My results for the daily mission last night was 66th place out of 243 total entries, and the top 45 spots get paid. Sunday night when I played the daily mission I don't think I even made it past the first break.
I expect to get better results in these daily mission freerolls because so far there have been alot less people playing the tournament.
I know that the prize pool for the daily mission is much smaller but its also a lot easier to earn a ticket into the freeroll so I would expect more people to enter the freeroll.