What to do....

roryc

Just had this hand at the start of an MTT (rebuy).... NOT A BAD BEAT


Holding Jh 5h in BB, I call a min raise as its near the start and the blinds are 30/60.

Anyway flop comes As 5c Ac

checked around to button who bets out 200 into pot of about 600. I call as does UTG. Everyone else folds.

Turn 5s

I check (right move??)

UTG bets 500

Button goes all in!



Call???

corblimey

Since I'm first here, I'll say call.

Worst case, he's got the case 5, and you split. I'd put him on a pair (probably painted, but maybe not). Either way, you can't lose. And it's a rebuy.

And now, forty posts calling me an idiot, and you telling me he had the ace to outdraw you. Oh wait, this is *not* a bad beat, so just the idiot posts then.

ocallagh

defo fold, UTG could easily have an A. Button could have anything.

Hectorjelly

Fold the flop. Fold the turn. Something tells me that you won this hand but 99% of the time you are in this situation you will be up against an ace.

roryc

As usual you are right, but as corblimey said it was a rebuy so I called. Stupid move and I was all ready to top up but..... I was up against Kings and a flush draw, both terrible moves in my opinion, but i think they were thinking the same (rebuy)! Oh yeh I won the hand!

Wouldn't have done it in a freezout, just checking to make sure it was right to fold 'normally'!

Cheers



Also the tourney just finished there. Got 1st!!! Won a seat into the 'WPT Borgota Poker Open' FEEDER worth $217. Anyone have any details on this?

Also, Ive never won any ticket like this on PPP before, there's no record of it in my cashier account. Should there be? How do I know when its on etc.

Any details on the above tournament would be helpful.

Cheers again

ocallagh

WPT for 217? count me in!!

i'd say it was a feeder to a bigger sat.

califano

yeah the prize is a $12,500 package. at least its a freezeout though.

roryc

sorry yeh, its a feeder! U sure its a freezeout rounders? How many packages are on offer?

Dave

I'm sure it'll depend on how many people play.

roryc

Also anyone know when its on? Bloke who got second thought it was on 3rd Sept. And presumably if I win the package I'm off to 'Borgota'... Where the fcuk is that??

mewso

Atlantic City isn't it?

Shortstack

You won't see anything in your account Rory but if you go to Borgata GF you will see that you are registered for the GF. It is unusual for VC/PPP to do a freezeout qualifier to a big event usually they are $198 re-buy affairs so this is great value, I may join you there!

BTW The Borgata is in Atlantic city and has a massive poker room.

Marq

Borgota is on the 16th of september. Same date as the first event of the EPT in Barcelona.

roryc

also day before slane........ sh1t

Davey Devil

Lol, please tell me your not going to Slane this year.

Fan of Eminem and the boyos?

califano

yeah its surprisingly a freezeout for sure. you dont have to go though, i think the money gets credited to your account and you can do with it what you want.

pokertroll

rounders123 wrote:

yeah its surprisingly a freezeout for sure. you dont have to go though, i think the money gets credited to your account and you can do with it what you want.

You would have to go if you won it. The expenses would be credited to your a/c ($2.5k) and PP would register for the tournament on your behalf.

roryc

Davey Devil wrote:

Lol, please tell me your not going to Slane this year.

Fan of Eminem and the boyos?

Yeh totally, I can so relate with them being from the ghetto of the northside....


Seriously though im not great fans of any of them but im a fan of slane and also beer anyway got a free ticket of my bro so I may aswell go.


anyway, i think there will be about 1 ticket for every 60 people, does this sound about right? How many people would be expected to enter??

Samba

roryc wrote:

How many people would be expected to enter??

How long is a piece of string?

roryc

yeh i know, just wondering how many 'usually' enter these big tourneys


hence the word 'expected'

Marq

Last year there were 302 entrants at Borgota. I would expect there to be a small increase in the numbers this year.