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« on: May 25, 2007, 03:21:28 PM »

So it starts today, but last night Jen and I went to play the €50 rebuy, trying to see if we could get in the tournament cheaply. The club itself is pretty much brand new, (in fact they're still fitting it as we enter). The structure for the satellite was good, 2k chips and a 30 minute clock with 90 minutes for rebuys. 3k chips for a rebuy and 5k chips for the add-on. After the rebuy, the clock went down to 25 minutes but the dealers were all excellent and it didn't feel like a crapshoot. The actual structure itself was basically the same as the GUKPT, complete with running antes (for a satellite? I know!). I managed to knock out an early short stack with Q-Q against T-T before losing all my chips with 7-6 against Q-J on a K-T-8-9 board. After a rebuy and an add-on, it became a bit of a limpfest, 4 people limped, so I did two with on the button, and the blinds made up.

The flop came which was checked round, then on the turn was a beautiful , the small blind now bets 600, the big blind calls, the utg limper and one other limper both call. I re-raise to 3k, the big blind and the utg limper both call, the other two fold. The river is the two spades, a nice blank as I'm up against a flush draw and a two pair/one pair with a straight draw combination. They both check, I bet 3.5k, the big blind passes, and the utg limper calls with Two Diamonds.

Shortly afterwards the guy who had called me in the previous hand, re-raises my 1,050 open raise from 2nd position (with 9-9) to 2,700, he only has 8,000 back. I pass after convincing him to show, he shows 8-8, yuck. A few hands later, mid position open shoves for about 5k, (blinds 150/300/25) I look down and have 9-9 again, I've got about 16k at this point, average being about 14k, and I don't think he has a big hand, at most he has overcards, so I call and he shows 8-8. Hurrah! Got this one right, I house up and am up to 22k. A few hands later, the A-2 guy (who is a bit of a calling station) limps utg again, a new player also limps for 300 too, I look down and have Aces on the button. I pop it up to 1.5k, utg calls, other guy folds. Flop is 4-5-6 rainbow, he checks to me and I bet 3,500 into the 4,250 pot. He check/raises all-in for 6,025 more. I call and he shows 3-3, turn is a 6, but the river is a 2 and I lose a 22k pot which would've given me 2 and a half times the average stack. Instead I'm back down to 10k and the blinds go up to 200/400/50.

I limp utg+1 with 6-6, and the A-2 guy makes it 1,700 from mid position, passed round to me and I decide to make a play, with 3k in the pot, I think a push will take him off many pairs bigger than mine, and I think he can only call me with JJ+ or AK+, so I push for 10k and I get insta-called by Kings. Oops.

Jen however, despite playing only 3 hands in the first 3 levels struggled manfully on, but sickeningly she finished 9th, (7 seats, €190 for 8th) when her Kings were cracked by Jacks (who called for 3/4 of his stack) which 4-flushed. We drink lots of rum and decide it's better to lose in the sat than today in the main event which...crap...starts in 40 minutes. We best go!
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« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2007, 04:02:55 PM »

well good luck in it guys. does anyone know anywhere i can see updates of this tourney? thanks
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« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2007, 04:10:35 PM »

Yes, good luck to you guys! And if you see the better half of TeamPaul, mr Higgins, tell him good luck from me!

beware of the leprachaun.....
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« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2007, 04:22:26 PM »

Best of luck to my fellow updaters.... Bring this one home !
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« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2007, 04:24:27 PM »

Good luck to you both
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« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2007, 04:59:31 PM »

well good luck in it guys. does anyone know anywhere i can see updates of this tourney? thanks

If anyone is i imagine it'll be antesup.com
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« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2007, 01:20:26 AM »

cud be, but they are a joke compared to blonde....
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« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2007, 04:12:45 AM »

There's no internet at the club, so Antes up can't do live updates, and actually they do great updates imo, so I don't think it's fair to be so critical.

Well, Jen, Rookieitb and I are still in. Rookie may probably want to chirp and I'm sure Jen will add her own thoughts when she gets a minute. I started off slowly, missing a lot of draws and calling off about 2.5k on a board with Two Diamonds against A-K and A-Q and missed the river. (utg min-raised! I can't pass for 100!) Gradually I built my stack back up and began hitting hands and taking down pots, I hit a flush with three clubs against then after dinner flopped a couple of sets too. Everything was going good and I built up my stack to around 26k which was about average, though my table gradually got tougher and tougher. On the last level with 30 minutes to go and blinds at 400/800, utg raised to 3000. Connor Smythe (or it Smith? Anyway he won the Stars warm-up last weekend) pushes for 16k, I look down and have and push for 26k, utg passes, Connor flips and turns the Ace which leaves me with just 12k, if I win I'm up to 45k but it's not meant to be, I lose another 2.2k passing to a Eoin Olin (incredibly nice guy) re-raise who shows me before check/raising a limper all-in with on a three clubs board and I ended up on 12.1k. Blinds start at 500/1000 tomorrow and Lloyd, who won this event last year, reminds me he came back from 4 and a half big blinds last time. So I've probably got an hour at least. I'm already wearing my shovetastic hat...
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« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2007, 04:20:50 AM »

Homer is such a luckbox. I had to grind my way up, making it 600 to play 2nd to act with Ah two hearts and getting called from the BB and Buttpn. The Flop was , and when the BB checked i put out a feeler bet to see where i was, 1025. The button smooth calls and the BB then makes it 4k. I have 22k approx and they both have me covered. I flat call the raise and hope for a blank turn. But, alas, the button then shoves and the BB shoves too, i pretty much beat them both into the pot, and am happyto see them both drawing dead with and . A cheeky 66k pot to me Smiley
I had no other real hands but position raises and continuation bets got me up to 88k until i get involved in a bluff involving a 6.5k turn bet with on a K 10 5 5 board, the guy, i must say, deserved an oscar for the time he took to put the rest of his chips in. He took so long that i basically folded before his chips went over the line i was so bored. I have finished the day with 73,400 so am happy with that.

PS, i have the easiest BB ever to steal too.............. (just dont tell her i said that!) Wink
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« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2007, 04:30:04 AM »

Homer is such a luckbox.

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« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2007, 04:32:48 AM »

I am Average in every way.  What a lengthy day, broken by the ray of sunshine represented by re-raising Ian Woodley at every possible opportunity (with the goods, every time, of course).  Matt joined our table and it was generally fun listening to the two of them bicker... I won't regale you with any boring hands (for I have no drama to report), just my Quote of the month:

Ian Woodley:  "[general nattering about previous hand]...and that didn't work.  I might start just talking a pile of crap..."
Matt Tyler:  "You know I can hear your thoughts..."

Oh OK I will just say that I am very pro this tournament - what a great structure and a lot of fun.  Just have to wait and see what happens tomorrow...
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« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2007, 04:32:59 AM »

ah so your the guy in the hat in the one seat then??
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« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2007, 05:40:43 AM »

Pos   Name    Chips   Table   Seat
1   Robert Bright   95900   6   4
2   Frank McCartney   73400   11   7
3   Ben Turnstill   73400   10   1
4   Eugene Hanratty   63800   7   4
5   Ciaran Burke   61500   11   8
6   Thomas Nolan   57700   7   7
7   Barry Hand   51300   14   7
8   Darragh Thomas   49500   4   2
9   Brian Donnelly   48000   1   3
10   Jay O'Toole   45200   4   4
11   Kevin Fitzpatrick   43100   14   5
12   Brendan McKenna   43100   7   1
13   Eoin Olin   42600   6   9
14   Chris Cooke   40300   10   5
15   Stewart Dobbin   39500   7   2
16   Adrian O'Donaghue   39000   14   4
17   Eamon O'Reilly   39000   4   6
18   Oscar Fred   38300   14   3
19   Conor Smyth   38300   6   5
20   Steven Reeves   37500   14   8
21   Lloyd O'Farrell   37400   7   9
22   Gerry O'Farrell   37100   1   2
23   Frank McCormack   35900   4   9
24   Sean Donaldson   34700   10   2
25   Nick Naughton   34500   11   3
26   Kevin O'Leary   33300   4   5
27   David Maudlin   31400   4   7
28   Matt Tyler   30700   10   9
29   Morgan McGlew   28600   11   5
30   Jim Reid   28200   14   6
31   Jen Mason   28000   10   3
32   Martin O'Rafferty   27900   10   4
33   Mick Doran   27200   10   7
34   Des Higgins   26500   6   1
35   Patrick McFadden   26300   11   1
36   Mal Dawson   26000   14   2
37   Aengus Cox   25800   1   5
38   Henone Gracilla   25400   7   6
39   John Casey   24500   14   9
40   Ian Woodley   23700   1   1
41   Dominick Hever   22700   6   3
42   Marty Smyth   22100   1   9
43   John Keown   22000   11   2
44   Niall McNamara   21200   1   4
45   Sean Paul Fagan   19400   1   7
46   Willie Robinson   18800   4   8
47   David Lynsky   18400   6   2
48   Verrillo Giovanni   18200   7   8
49   Barry O'Neill   17100   4   1
50   Jim Cotter   16900   6   7
51   Rob Taylor   15800   1   8
52   Tony Rafter   15500   4   3
53   Chris Hall   12100   6   8
54   John Lavin   11600   10   6
55   Sean McLean   11400   6   6
56   Mick Graydon   11300   7   3
57   Dave O'Callaghan   9300   11   4
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« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2007, 06:27:03 AM »

Wish i had come to Ireland instead of oversleeping and getting mugged in Barca, still a €2k freeze here tomorrow, gl to all those left in the GJP.
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« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2007, 07:56:51 AM »

Good luck to Rob Bright, a regular on the UK circuit who has had a luckless year, going very close in a couple of GUKPTs.
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