European Championships, The Vic European Championships, The Vic - 1k NLH

[David_Capon]

are you going to be in Luton next week? let me know when I'll buy you a sharpener

I will bring a pencil along then

David

[Jo]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


TIKAY OUT!!

Tikay KQ vs Jim Britton with 99

Board came T J x x x

Official comment from the man himself :   "Poo!"

[TightEnd]

OFFICIAL ........... it is now a crapshoot.

The blinds are 3k,6k with a 400 running ante.

The average chip stack is now 60k ... that's 10 times the big blind

it's those running ante's again....a really questionable structure for a 1k comp I think

David...

[TightEnd]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


TIKAY OUT!!

Tikay KQ vs Jim Britton with 99

Board came T J x x x

Official comment from the man himself : "Poo!"

great effort!

hard luck

which event is his playing next?

[ariston]

Seems a shame that these 1k buy in affairs usually end up being crapshoots. Which method do you all prefer? Sit and wait for a hand or go into hyperraise mode and hope that when you get called you get lucky? I always tend to get very aggresive at this stage because if you wait too long you usually get sheriffed by a big stack when you eventually find a hand. Thoughts please.....

[Jo]

Not sure if I can get much more news from Tikay with his battery dying

Sorry folks - if I do hear anything I will of course post it

I am with you ariston - gotta take your shot when it gets to crapshoot stage

[TightEnd]

If I'm not charlie bigstack and in the last 15 and it's a crapshoot I've tended to sit and wait for a genuine hand for as long as possible until I reach 6-8bb (below 6-8bb and it's just take a shot time)...using the theory that others will panic before you and you can limp into the /final table. I don't think this strategy is optimal from a  making perspective though so in future I intend to go for it earlier and use the attitude that two double ups will lead to a big payday and there are so many comps of this size these days that there's always another one around the corner.

[The Lemon]

Can you find out a chip count for Jim Kerrigan for me please.

[Jo]

Lemon,

I have texted but got no reply .... Tikay may be busy with other stuff

If I do hear anything will let you know

[David_Capon]

Well when crapshoot comes it depends on a lot of factors.

The most important being table position.  if you want to steal, the best time is generally to be on or close to the botton.  I tend to push With A7+ pocket pairs and Kq-KJ. This may change though depending on a variety of factors including the type of player you are stealing from, if they are tight or loose, as well as your own table image.  If your table image is tight you can steal a lot more.  Just make sure you dont show your shit cards to wind people up.

As long as a huge stack is not on bb, sometimes a min raise utg looks like a monster and it is folded around.

Another equally important condition is your chip stack.  If you are huge chip stack leader and approaching the bubble raise a lot as people play scared on the bubble.

Never be afraid to push against the big stack, he does not want to double you up as much as you dont want to go out.

As regards to calling,  you have to be tighter than you would be to pushing.  I often Fold KQs (infact I never even play this hand in a tourny except when sh or stealing) to a push, simply because it is a little behind to hands which are likely to push, including A2 etc, or a big dog when they actually have a hand.

David

[David_Capon]

bad luck Tikay!  but well done!

David

[Jo]

Final now!!
Chandra Khajuria went out on the bubble receiving 1,750


Jim Kerrigan just took a beat and is down to 22.5K
Sonny Osman has come back from nowhere to 220k when Dave Smith (who is now out) went all in with A7, Sonny raised with AK, and Stuart Nash had a long dwell up before passing AQ.  Board came QQxxx
John Gale has about 112k
Stuart Nash 35k
Micky Wenick 74k
Jim Britton 65k


More updates hopefully to follow as Tikay is going to plug in the laptop at the Vic, so you should hear more news soon!

Well done Tikay and bad luck to not get the lot.

J
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[PhilShaw]

was the structure the same as the 750 last time? TOOOO FAAAASSSST.... any details pls

[Ironside]

well if remember right the 750 last time only finished before the start of that days event because the final 3 chopped it up

[The Lemon]

Thanks for the update Jo. Jim can still come back from that