Any reports from last nights Fitz EOM game?

Hitman Actual

As the title suggests.

fixer

smurph cashed, making her shortstack last to 5th or 6th. Denise was about to go out in 4th and Zeke Tuit was chip leader when I left.

5starpool

They were down to the last 10 tables when I exited.........

Iceman78

Sounds like you a good game last night 5star!!

ianmc38

5starpool wrote:

They were down to the last 10 tables when I exited.........

Lol

ollyk1

Don't feel too bad for the ultra-turbo-blind one handed Omaha King!! It yet again only cost him €30 to play!!!

TrueDub

Arrived 17:00
Played 4 satellites - 2 ten-handed, 2 six-handed, total cost €160
Best hand was QQ, beaten on the river by David Hickson's JJ
Home by 21:00

Bumped into 5StarPool on a PS Omaha table at 23:00

5starpool

TrueDub wrote:

Arrived 17:00
Played 4 satellites - 2 ten-handed, 2 six-handed, total cost €160
Best hand was QQ, beaten on the river by David Hickson's JJ
Home by 21:00

Bumped into 5StarPool on a PS Omaha table at 23:00

Should have just bit the bullet and paid in if you were prepared to spend that much on sats tbh.

On last nights game, I refused to listen to the little voice telling me not to put all my chips in preflop with AKs. If I opened up to it I knew he had AA. And I know I knew he had AA, and I still called. Go figure.

BigDragon

After my first hand which I'll post in main forum i was down to 2.5k and by the end of the level i was on 7k. By end of level 2 I had 700 chips after walking QQ into a well played AA. By the break I had 6k. After that I never had more than 10k till i busted to a numpty as they went to 3 tables. (Gholimoli went at the exact same time!)

Well done smurph.

TrueDub

5starpool wrote:

Should have just bit the bullet and paid in if you were prepared to spend that much on sats tbh.

Dont think I didn't tell myself that as I left. I'm not around for the next one, but I think in June I'll play in two or three sats and if I don't win a seat I'll just buy in. Sod it, the bank can wait for the mortgage payment!

ionapaul

I don't think I'll bother with the STTs anymore, baring the single hand blind omaha one, as they are such crapshoots and I don't enjoy them. Plus they get very expensive once you are playing more than two...

Hitman Actual

ionapaul wrote:

I don't think I'll bother with the STTs anymore, baring the single hand blind omaha one, as they are such crapshoots and I don't enjoy them. Plus they get very expensive once you are playing more than two...

What, and there's a lot of skill to the omaha one handed games!

I've said this before about the STTs: you only figure to win one in nine, so there's no value in playing them. You're as well off buying in direct if you can. The freeroll is better value, though.

ionapaul

There must be SOME sort of skill involved in that one handed omaha, how else do you decipher Dom's back-to-back victories

ollyk1

The problem with the sats is you end up doing a headsup deal or something unless you have the BR to take €135 coin flips. So whats the bloody point?

If people wanted to have a game either in their homes or in the Fitz i.e. a proper STT night I'd be on for that on a night other than the night of the EOM game. Say some Saturday head into the Fitz and have a self deal STT with 3000 chips and 25 min blind level where the winner gets a buyin to the EOM game. At least there would be some skill involved.

I've stopped playing the sats myself but I do play the freeroll on the day of the game as its a better standard of freeroll and the FT of the freeroll can have serious quality on some occasions.

5starpool

I'm not sharing my strategy.

I won about 300 one night at the end of play in the Fitz. 5 of us for 50 quid each, I got quad 2's. Then someone wanted one more so I gave him some action, and won that too. Nice money when you can get it. Made my already winning night very nice indeed. I have been known to be on the losing side occassionally though

Hitman Actual

ollyk1 wrote:

If people wanted to have a game either in their homes or in the Fitz i.e. a proper STT night I'd be on for that on a night other than the night of the EOM game. Say some Saturday head into the Fitz and have a self deal STT with 3000 chips and 25 min blind level where the winner gets a buyin to the EOM game. At least there would be some skill involved.

Fair enough, but if you do this with players of the same general skill level, then you still only stand to win one in nine! Now if you get a good structured STT with some of the players who always play those thursday Sats, that would be a different story...

ionapaul

ollyk1 wrote:

...but I do play the freeroll on the day of the game as its a better standard of freeroll and the FT of the freeroll can have serious quality on some occasions

Serious quality...? I thought I saw you on the FT yesterday? Does not compute...



Man oh man I crack myself up

ollyk1

ionapaul wrote:

Serious quality...? I thought I saw you on the FT yesterday? Does not compute...



Man oh man I crack myself up

I was talking about the other players!!

ollyk1

lenny_leonard wrote:

Fair enough, but if you do this with players of the same general skill level, then you still only stand to win one in nine! Now if you get a good structured STT with some of the players who always play those thursday Sats, that would be a different story...

Very true Lenny. I just would like to play a cheap decent strucutred sat for the EOM game. Maybe if they had a regular weekly sat game on PP or All-in it would be good. It would be nice to be able to win a ticket without having to blow my brains out in the weekly freeroll. I do agree with your points aboutnot playing the sats and I do stick with that.

On occasion I've been known to play a cash MTT as my own persobal sat for a bigger game and its one way of getting a decent game to try and play a bigger game.

ecksor

Played the freeroll, which had 3 tickets going. When it got down to 4 I was the short stack and they wanted to see how it would go before considering a deal (fair enough), then I went on a mini-rush picking up blinds with decent hands and they re-evaluated so I ended up getting into the game on a discount.

In the event itself, I flopped a set of twos early to bust a short stack and won a few small to medium size pots mostly with marginal enough hands in the event itself but did some serious donkeying off of chips to one player in particular and then was forced to lay down top pair a couple of times after making decent sized bets at the pot, so I didn't accumulate a lot of chips at any point. I think my high point was 13900. Had AK or AQ about 5 times altogether, the biggest pair I found was TT so I guess I could have had a nicer run of cards. My main puzzler for the evening was a guy who I thought was steaming moving all in (which was a big overbet considering the blinds) in front of me and me finding AK. I figured he was steaming a bit after the previous hand and overplaying whatever he had but also that he wasn't doing it with absolutely nothing and for some reason I thought there was an excellent chance that I was behind to a pair and I folded. Turned out he had 88 and the final board had two kings and an ace on it, so that would have been nice and nearly a double up. Good laydown or utter stupidity? I can't decide, but any opinions or insight appreciated.

Ended up going out in 20th when I pushed my short stack in with 9s after it had been folded to me in the CO and the BB had aces. Two off the money, so regretting a lot of the awful plays I made and that 10 hours of poker brought no return.

ollyk1

ecksor wrote:

Played the freeroll, which had 3 tickets going. When it got down to 4 I was the short stack and they wanted to see how it would go before considering a deal (fair enough), then I went on a mini-rush picking up blinds with decent hands and they re-evaluated so I ended up getting into the game on a discount.

In the event itself, I flopped a set of twos early to bust a short stack and won a few small to medium size pots mostly with marginal enough hands in the event itself but did some serious donkeying off of chips to one player in particular and then was forced to lay down top pair a couple of times after making decent sized bets at the pot, so I didn't accumulate a lot of chips at any point. I think my high point was 13900. Had AK or AQ about 5 times altogether, the biggest pair I found was TT so I guess I could have had a nicer run of cards. My main puzzler for the evening was a guy who I thought was steaming moving all in (which was a big overbet considering the blinds) in front of me and me finding AK. I figured he was steaming a bit after the previous hand and overplaying whatever he had but also that he wasn't doing it with absolutely nothing and for some reason I thought there was an excellent chance that I was behind to a pair and I folded. Turned out he had 88 and the final board had two kings and an ace on it, so that would have been nice and nearly a double up. Good laydown or utter stupidity? I can't decide, but any opinions or insight appreciated.

Ended up going out in 20th when I pushed my short stack in with 9s after it had been folded to me in the CO and the BB had aces. Two off the money, so regretting a lot of the awful plays I made and that 10 hours of poker brought no return.

You shouldda said you were on Boards Ecksor and I'd have argued for a deal in the freeroll from the off! I was the guy who kept you in the freeroll by trying to take you out in 5th with 64o. My reason for doing this was because If I won it I'd be able to almost guarantee myself a full ticket and if not I thought a deal would be done (as it was eventually done). Nice to put a face to the name as I've played with you twice before I think. Unlucky in the big game but as you need to make it to the FT to really make cash you needed to catch a double up you were just unlucky.

ecksor

Yeah, I figured that was you. I think the dealer was puzzled that I was sitting there so long pondering the call of your raise without looking at my cards. I was a bit surprised when I flipped over 85o and it was ahead ...

ollyk1

The others thought I was mad but I couldn't believe the SB didn't call too as we could have checked it down to take you out. I could have limped and called you if you pushed but just in case you might look at your cards and fold I had to raise so you'd be all-in and even if there was a 5% chance thats you look at your cards and fold it was worth it.

Then they started questioning my play and I wasn't going to say "well we all should have been calling" as thats not fair to you as a shortstack if they are that silly. Although I did smile when the guy in seat 9 eventually did say this when we were 4 handed. All I was thinking was "D'oh!"

So you knew who I was and didn't introduce yourself seems a lot of Boards peeps do this I know ye have me mentally noted as a fish but wheres the harm in introducing yourself?? Anyway nice playing with you Ecksor.

ecksor

Sorry, no, I mean that I figured out who you were from reading this thread. Someone referred to you as being called Olly yesterday. The SB you referred to is on boards too, but I only learned this the day before yesterday.

ollyk1

ecksor wrote:

Sorry, no, I mean that I figured out who you were from reading this thread. Someone referred to you as being called Olly yesterday. The SB you referred to is on boards too, but I only learned this the day before yesterday.

Ah fair enough. I wasn't having a go at you tbh Ecksor its more of a pet peeve thing arising from an incident a few weeks ago.

I was in a game a few weeks back and some guy asked me if I was on boards and what other players playing the tournie were on boards but wouldn't give his name or say who he was so I told him to Fúck off and stop asking me for info. I'm always happy to meet people as its a social game but if you're a lurker monkey who just wants to put faces to names and don't want to offer anything either by posting on boards or introducing yourself during live play don't expect much from me. End of rant. ;p

cardshark202

ecksor wrote:

Yeah, I figured that was you. I think the dealer was puzzled that I was sitting there so long pondering the call of your raise without looking at my cards. I was a bit surprised when I flipped over 85o and it was ahead ...

Me. Was saving myself from playing anymore of those bloody satellites but then I just bought it anyway. Never got going in the end and got knocked out when John O'Callaghan(i think) tried to stop and go me but my 92c had flopped a club draw and seeing as I figured I was being stop and go'd I called but bottom pair held up.:(
Luckily cash game went slightly better.

rx8

Hi Gang,
Well I made the money, yepee yahoo. €1,300 for 6th excellent. God I was shattered yesterday. By the time the Final table came around I was wrecked. Had the table of death up to and after the break. Oh lets see, Andy Black to my left, to left of him Charlie Harvey (With about 26K when the afterage stack was about 10K) then to my right Dave Masters (3rd in big 1K City West Game) and to right of him Scott Gray, just to top it off. I was probably one of the shortest stack with 8K. Robbing blinds did not even come into play after break survival was number one. Sorry if I didn't immediately recognise anyone else at my table but It was like the average Final Table line outs of most big tournaments in Ireland, without me of course. One pot I kind of remember from that stage is antes were 200 400 and I was big blind, Andy Black makes it 2,200 utg, folded around to me and I look down at AdQd so I call. Flop comes A rag rag, I go all in for about 6K. He folds, showing pocket kings, phew, I knew I needed help. Table got split after Andy Black went all in on a board showing AKQ on it, he was up against Charlie Harvey, chip leader, who after a long long while called with a K. Andy Black had Q 10, it think. No help and he was knocked out. Got moved around to other tables, and I seemed to relax a bit more, and went into stealing mode, also got great flops for the cards I was holding. We were down to last 18 and I was at a table with Mick (who works in Fitz) and Denise, couple of others. Mick was chip leader, then me at table. Blinds were 1500 3000 (I think ) and mick makes it 16K to go. I look down at pocket QQ's and call. folded to everyone else. Flop is K Q 10 rainbow. Mick bets 20K, decision to me. I have flopped a set on a very very dangerous Board. If he has AK AQ pair of AA's i have to put him on a decision and go all in. IF he has KK or AJ im dead in water. I push all in and he calls, KQ in his had, so I take down a massive pot. Up to over 100K at this stage.

I should have gone into sleep mode but oh now, got involved in two stupid pots and pissed away 40K, then anted out for a few rounds. Stake back down to 53K for final table.

Zeik Tuite was monster chip leader at the Final Table. Blinds were 2K 4K and he nearly always made it 15K to go, putting shorter stacks on a decision immediately. A few people get knocked out and we were down to 6. I had taken the decision that i was not seeing a raise, All in or nothing, at this stage.

So here is the hand that knocked me out. Blinds are now 2.5k 5K and Zeik small blind, im big blind. No one else plays. He completes blinds and checks to me. I look down at 6s7s so i check. Board comes down A 4 5 rainbow. Zeik bets 10K, now I know if he had an Ace he would have raised preflop, because I am connecting with cards, so I call. Turn is a beautiful 3 yepee straight for me. He checks and i bet 25K, he calls. Now on reflection maybe an all in bet could have killed the hand but I wanted chips. River card is a 3 and Zeik bets 25K and I go all in, called immediately and he turns over 3, 5 for a house. I depart in 6th, exhausted, but happy, thought I played good poker but was a little bit unlucky with final hand. He probably would have called an all in bet on the turn, because he had so much chips.

Met Fixer for the first time and got a few nods from players that I think post here. Anyway great to get so far in Tournament and gained valuable experience playing with a table so full of Professional Card Players.

Going to Drogheda on Sunday so might see a few Boardsies there

Hitman Actual

rx8 wrote:

Hi Gang,
Well I made the money, yepee yahoo. €1,300 for 6th excellent. ....

Going to Drogheda on Sunday so might see a few Boardsies there

Very well done, Smurph, you deserve it after City West last week!