Fitz tonight

ocallagh

Anyone interested? 60+60+60 IO qualifier as far as I know.

carfax

ocallagh wrote:

Anyone interested? 60+60+60 IO qualifier as far as I know.

Think its a half 8 start but I don't think I'm going to get a pass into this.....By all reports last week was a really good tournament.

Flushdraw

SE tonight is the €100 DC.. If it gets the usual 90+ runners, thats a nice payout. If i was you though Niall, i'd go the Fitz..

BigCityBanker

Flushdraw wrote:

SE tonight is the €100 DC.. If it gets the usual 90+ runners, thats a nice payout. If i was you though Niall, i'd go the Fitz..

I was gonna tell him this but he would only skew the fish to poker player ratio :rolleyes:

Glowingmind

I'll mostly be heading to the SE, as i've not played this new fangled €100 DC yet. Hopefully the RNG in the SE will be working a bit better than my last few visits

5starpool

The Sat in the Fitz was a really good one last week. 3x30 mins, 20 mins to 1k-2k, then 30 mins.

3500 starting and first rebuy, 4k for topup. 48m runners last week and almost 2 tickets, probably more this week I'd guess, although I won't be one of them.

Edit: 8pm scheduled start.

MickL

Yea 8.00 start will be a reall good tourney id expect minimum 2 tickets this week?!?!

Goodluck2me

5starpool wrote:

48m runners .

thought you get more than 2 tickets out of that....

5starpool

m means maybe in this context obviously. How could it be anything else? They weren't sure at the time, that's all, honest.

LuckyLloyd

Bah.

Goodluck2me

5starpool wrote:

m means maybe in this context obviously. How could it be anything else? They weren't sure at the time, that's all, honest.

ok take your mod hat off! im not serious...

ocallagh

63 runners, 2 tickets and 1100 for 3rd. Managed to blow a monster CL (170k of the 500k in play) at the start of the FT to be back in the pack, but managed to scrape it together and win a ticket (outright this time)!!!!!

3 handed was very cagey. We did a deal 4 handed which saw 3rd and 4th get 550, so it was a 3k bubble. I had 150k vs 250k vs 100k, and with blinds at 4k 8k luck was certainly going to play a role in deciding the bubble. The other two thankfully clashed and the big stack won, KJ vs AT. Felt sorry for the lad who went out in 3rd, from Northen Ireland and was a very good player. He was very aggressive and deserved a ticket.

kpnuts

ocallagh wrote:

63 runners, 2 tickets and 1100 for 3rd. Managed to blow a monster CL (170k of the 500k in play) at the start of the FT to be back in the pack, but managed to scrape it together and win a ticket (outright this time)!!!!!

3 handed was very cagey. We did a deal 4 handed which saw 3rd and 4th get 550, so it was a 3k bubble. I had 150k vs 250k vs 100k, and with blinds at 4k 8k luck was certainly going to play a role in deciding the bubble. The other two thankfully clashed and the big stack won, KJ vs AT. Felt sorry for the lad who went out in 3rd, from Northen Ireland and was a very good player. He was very aggressive and deserved a ticket.

nice one NiallO

RichieLawlor

Good Shot Niall, All that hanging about in tournaments is obviously the way to go:D

ocallagh

RichieLawlor wrote:

Good Shot Niall, All that hanging about in tournaments is obviously the way to go:D

lmao! waterford was an extreme example!:D

LuckyLloyd

Great Result Niall!! Who was the other ticket winner?

BigCityBanker

Well done Niall.

You have now joined the elite club of qualifiers which includes such players as Mick The Lip, Chief Brody..

phantom_lord

well done!

Solksjaer

ocallagh wrote:

63 runners, 2 tickets and 1100 for 3rd. Managed to blow a monster CL (170k of the 500k in play) at the start of the FT to be back in the pack, but managed to scrape it together and win a ticket (outright this time)!!!!!

3 handed was very cagey. We did a deal 4 handed which saw 3rd and 4th get 550, so it was a 3k bubble. I had 150k vs 250k vs 100k, and with blinds at 4k 8k luck was certainly going to play a role in deciding the bubble. The other two thankfully clashed and the big stack won, KJ vs AT. Felt sorry for the lad who went out in 3rd, from Northen Ireland and was a very good player. He was very aggressive and deserved a ticket.

Hey well done . I guess you won't be in the Syndicate now so. That's cool, (shall I call in he reserve force?) best of luck in the ME , hope you do well. I must play one of these Sats myself.

carfax

Congrats Niall, you're playing brilliant at the moment (not that you normally don't)........Putting some nice results together like this is going to be a big confidence booster going into the ME.......Hope you're not on my table (until the end)......

ianmc38

nice wan!

Hitman Actual

Well done Niall. Hitting form at just the right time, I hope, but don't peak too soon!

PiperT

WP Niall and well deserved.

MickL

WP Niall looked at the last 7 last night and tought you and peter had the tickets tied up

What ya think of the structure!!?

MrPillowTalk

WP Niall you mofo luckbox.

LuckyLloyd

MickL wrote:

WP Niall looked at the last 7 last night and tought you and peter had the tickets tied up

What ya think of the structure!!?

Did Peter Heslin get the second ticket??

MickL

Not to sure lylod dont think so Luke mentioned it to me later on in the night the Niall got one with Peter but think he mentioned a different surname,,

(It was late and i was sleepy lol)

HalfBaked

Sweet work Niall, best of luck in the ME.

bottom feeder

Nice one Nial, delighted for ya. WP mate!!

ocallagh

Cheers lads!

Peter went out 4th Lloyd, he was BB for 8k and went over the top of a 20k button raise for 85k. His opponent said "Lets gamble" and flipped over QT (No it wasn't me who called), Peter was not happy with the call because he had 92o!

I can't remember the name of the guy who came second. I know his surname was Silke and he was from Mayo, but his first name escapes me.

Mick the blind structure was very good. There was a lot of play in the tournament. Average stack at the break was 40BBs and with 30 minute clock we had plenty of room for manouvering. When we got to the final table the blinds were slightly high, but I think that was because it took us so long to get from 11 down to 9, we went through 3 whole levels trying to drop 1 player... and then of course we lose 2 at the same time!

The Clamper

nice 1 N

D

Goodluck2me

ocallagh wrote:

Cheers lads!

Peter went out 4th Lloyd, he was BB for 8k and went over the top of a 20k button raise for 85k. His opponent said "Lets gamble" and flipped over QT (No it wasn't me who called), Peter was not happy with the call because he had 92o!

I can't remember the name of the guy who came second. I know his surname was Silke and he was from Mayo, but his first name escapes me.

Mick the blind structure was very good. There was a lot of play in the tournament. Average stack at the break was 40BBs and with 30 minute clock we had plenty of room for manouvering. When we got to the final table the blinds were slightly high, but I think that was because it took us so long to get from 11 down to 9, we went through 3 whole levels trying to drop 1 player... and then of course we lose 2 at the same time!

what did you think of the guy who came third?

5starpool

goodluck2me wrote:

what did you think of the guy who came third?

That you Joe?

Daithio

goodluck2me wrote:

what did you think of the guy who came third?

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ocallagh wrote:

Felt sorry for the lad who went out in 3rd, from Northen Ireland and was a very good player. He was very aggressive and deserved a ticket.

ocallagh

Daithio wrote:

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5pin5

yes

LuckyLloyd

goodluck2me wrote:

what did you think of the guy who came third?

Joe - is he (one of) the guy (s) who took a horrendous beat from Alex Smith in the Fitz €500 last December??

Assuming that is the guy, I have played a bit with him the last few times I have been at the Fitz. Very impressive and agressive player IMO.

Goodluck2me

LuckyLloyd wrote:

Joe - is he (one of) the guy (s) who took a horrendous beat from Alex Smith in the Fitz €500 last December??

Assuming that is the guy, I have played a bit with him the last few times I have been at the Fitz. Very impressive and agressive player IMO.

yeah it was him, he has won the 150 FO, the 20 FO and cashed in a good few tournaments recently. he seems to be impressing, the jury was out as far as i was concerned but glad to hear he is actually playing well.
It was NOT me unfortunatly, his name is ruairi. he is from donegal too.

ocallagh

goodluck2me wrote:

yeah it was him, he has won the 150 FO, the 20 FO and cashed in a good few tournaments recently. he seems to be impressing, the jury was out as far as i was concerned but glad to hear he is actually playing well.
It was NOT me unfortunatly, his name is ruairi. he is from donegal too.

he's fearless and impressed me. Very aggressive style. Tough to play against as he just sticks his entire stack in the middle when he senses weakness. He doesn't care about the pot size which might make it easy to trap against tho

Goodluck2me

ocallagh wrote:

he's fearless and impressed me. Very aggressive style. Tough to play against as he just sticks his entire stack in the middle when he senses weakness. He doesn't care about the pot size which might make it easy to trap against tho

fearless i think is a great word to use to describe him, if you seen the games where he learned it was dog-eat-dog kind of style, certainly no waiting around. i think he does better in big buy in events where guys are a little more scared to get involved/knocked out i.e. where there is scared money. out of curiosity in the final hand AT v KJ who had what and who pushed? did ruari push AT/KJ?

Edited for lloyd-proofing.

LuckyLloyd

goodluck2me wrote:

fearless i think is a great word to use to describe him, if you seen the games where he learned it was dog-eat-dog kind of style, certainly no waiting around. i think he doest better in bug buy in events where guys are a ilttle more scared to get involved. out of curiosity in the final hand AT v KJ who had what and who pushed? did ruari push AT/KJ?

whaaaaa?

Goodluck2me

LuckyLloyd wrote:

whaaaaa?

suitably edited.

LuckyLloyd

Scared money doesn't actually exist in the Fitz EOM of Fitz €500. Joe. 90% of people who sit in that tournament can afford to be there and lose. I don't agree with your analysis.

phantom_lord

yeah, that doesn't make any sense, plus the fact that players in higher buyin events are less likely to be the type to be pushed around.

LuckyLloyd

phantom_lord wrote:

yeah, that doesn't make any sense, plus the fact that players in higher buyin events are less likely to be the type to be pushed around.

Exactly.

ocallagh

goodluck2me wrote:

out of curiosity in the final hand AT v KJ who had what and who pushed? did ruari push AT/KJ?

Edited for lloyd-proofing.

He had been pushing on the button, quite a bit - hovering around 110k. In his final hand (AT vs KJ) he limped on the button with ATo. I was very weary when he limped or made a normal raise so I reluctantly made up the SB with A5. The BB made it 20k, and your friend pushed for 110k. The BB immediately called with KJ which was very loose IMO. King was first to hit and it stood up. The BB had been making very loose calls/pushes with any two picture cards. He called a 65k re-raise all in by Peter Heslin with QTo:eek:

cooker3

LuckyLloyd wrote:

Exactly.

Did Lloyd just agree with Phantom! :eek:

Goodluck2me

i disagree, how is there less scared money in a small buy in event to a big buy in one?? you makey no sensey! i.e. irish open there are also some players in the EMO game who need to cash thet cant all afford it, lloyd.

LuckyLloyd

goodluck2me wrote:

i disagree, how is there less scared money in a small buy in event to a big buy in one?? you makey no sensey! i.e. irish open there are also some players in the EMO game who need to cash thet cant all afford it, lloyd.

Joe, you are wrong. There is a bunch of regulars in the Fitz who play these events. They have money to gamble. Good poker players or degenerate gamblers who are running bad but decide to play such events outside their bankroll anyway don't play scared - they just play their normal game and you can't run those guys over. I'm not suggesting that there is scared money at lower buyins either - but there is certainly more complaints along the lines of "you raised my blind the last few times - just wait till I get a hand". lol. You will find more players you can run over.

If you played bigger events more often you would understand the point I am making.

ocallagh

I agree/disagree with both of you!

Lloyd, a lot of the players in the monkey game or the 270 are not as loose or as competent as you suggest. Their play is consistent throughout the tournament and this means you must play a selective aggressive game. Your 3-bet with K9 is much more likely to get AQ to fold in a larger buy in tournment. However, players in these games have much more experience and they are nowhere near as likely to let one player run over the table as the bubble approaches etc. An aggressive player at this stage must already have their stack in order to allow them to take a few 50-50's and 40-60's because their opponents in these games will gamble at this stage.

In smaller buyin tournaments, early on an aggressive player must avoid a mine field of unpredictable players. This means playing TAG. As the field thins in these tournaments, the bubble approaches, and the stack sizes decrease to an amount which will cost a player ALL their chips to call a raise - inexperienced players will freeze up in this situation in an attempt to cash, and this allows aggressive players to take HUGE advantage.

ocallagh

LuckyLloyd wrote:

If you played bigger events more often you would understand the point I am making.

Also I don't see the point of this. Joe has seen more hands than the two of us combined in a whole range of tournaments with varying buyins!