Monkey Staking II

[mondatoo]

If you never said in advance then it seems really bad form to play horse games off a stake for NL 180mans,imho

[Ironside]

think it was mentioned on the thread he would take shots at other games including sats into the warm up during quiet times when he couldnt get enough games going

[DaveShoelace]

*** I will play no other tournaments on stars during this challenge and therefore my results will be easily traceable on OPR ***
Any reason why you are playing others? not that i care, i think its better as you could get a huge score, just wondered..

I played a few other tournaments at the weekend because the 180 sngs do not fill up until early evening. On Sunday i signed up for both $10 and $20 at 10am when i first turned on computer - when i reached the first break in the $10 rebuy sat for the warm up at 12:55pm there were just 2 people registered for the $20. The first tourney started around 4:30pm

In the evenings i've been coming home from work and missing the first round of $10 and $20 sngs. i've been relying on public transport since my recent move but will be getting a car this weekend, the $10 mtt's are ideal because of the late registration and even though i've been cashing in a few of them will probably not bother with them once i can register for the earlier $10 & $20 sngs.

It was addressed early on and in fairness, none of us complained largely because he had a 1st and a 3rd in the HORSE tournies. In retrospect he shouldnt have done it, but we all should have took issue with it sooner.

[MC]

Ok, I'll shut up now...

[matt674]

maybe the break did do me good? 

PokerStars Tournament #258947107, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00 USD
180 players
Total Prize Pool: $1800.00 USD
Tournament started 2010/04/02 17:04:55 WET [2010/04/02 12:04:55 ET]

Dear matt674,
You finished the tournament in 1st place. A USD 540.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
You earned 269.77 tournament leader points in this tournament. For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

[Ironside]

wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

how many share holders are left and how much am i worth now?

[Ironside]

ps i am counting on you to pay for my vegas trip

[Newportlad]

Congrats Matt.

Are you able to continue this now on a regular basis?

[matt674]

hopefully, this first month i'm probably not going to play as many tourneys as i used to - going to ease myself into it gently

hoping to play one session at weekend and once or twice during the week - all depends on tourney availability too, in the 6 hours since i've been up the $20 180 has just 6 runners and the $10 has 43. Have just taken down a $10 satellite into the warm up for $215. Will see if i get chance to play tomorrow, if not then i'll use the $T for normal buy ins - all counts towards the profit figure

[matt674]

took 7 hours for $10 to fill and $20 still only has 20 runners registered - unfortunately couldn't repeat yesterday's run in the $10

might try again this evening when they fill quicker

[matt674]

evening session not going as well - out of first batch of two and onto the final batch of two for the day, going ok in $10 with double up inside first few levels but not the same in $20

PokerStars Game #42136094871: Tournament #259328161, $20+$2 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2010/04/03 19:53:29 WET [2010/04/03 14:53:29 ET]
Table '259328161 2' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: DrAce82 (1340 in chips)
Seat 2: ae0066 (2140 in chips)
Seat 3: CdnJoal (3210 in chips)
Seat 4: otitov (2290 in chips)
Seat 5: Marco4you (1070 in chips)
Seat 6: LioneeR (1430 in chips)
Seat 7: LeBila (900 in chips)
Seat 8: matt674 (1310 in chips)
Seat 9: 3aHocKanycmy (1280 in chips)
3aHocKanycmy: posts small blind 15
DrAce82: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to matt674 [As ]
ae0066: folds
CdnJoal: folds
otitov: raises 120 to 150
Marco4you: calls 150
LioneeR: folds
LeBila: folds
matt674: calls 150
3aHocKanycmy: folds
DrAce82: folds
*** FLOP *** [ ]
otitov: checks
Marco4you: checks
matt674: bets 330
otitov: folds
Marco4you: raises 590 to 920 and is all-in
matt674: calls 590
*** TURN *** [ ] []
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Marco4you: shows [ ] (a flush, Queen high)
matt674: shows [As ] (a pair of Queens)
Marco4you collected 2335 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2335 | Rake 0
Board [ ]
Seat 1: DrAce82 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: ae0066 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: CdnJoal folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: otitov folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Marco4you showed [ ] and won (2335) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 6: LioneeR folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: LeBila folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: matt674 (button) showed [As ] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 9: 3aHocKanycmy (small blind) folded before Flop

thinking now maybe preflop reraise would have been better option

[matt674]

down to last tourney for the day and off to a good start - well until we get one of stars' "random" action flops......

PokerStars Game #42138467021: Tournament #259324768, $10+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2010/04/03 20:42:31 WET [2010/04/03 15:42:31 ET]
Table '259324768 7' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: DYKSTER (3655 in chips)
Seat 2: funywiteshss (2370 in chips)
Seat 3: dubv85 (2070 in chips)
Seat 4: matt674 (5213 in chips)
Seat 5: gcDanno (3010 in chips)
Seat 6: grigy197 (3405 in chips)
Seat 7: Tammi-1 (6005 in chips)
Seat 8: m04940 (6725 in chips)
Seat 9: philpaga (1800 in chips)
dubv85: posts small blind 75
matt674: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to matt674 [ ]
gcDanno: folds
grigy197: folds
Tammi-1: folds
m04940: folds
philpaga: folds
DYKSTER: folds
funywiteshss: folds
dubv85: calls 75
matt674: checks
*** FLOP *** [ ]
dubv85: checks
matt674: bets 300
dubv85: raises 300 to 600
matt674: raises 1050 to 1650
dubv85: raises 270 to 1920 and is all-in
matt674: calls 270
*** TURN *** [ ] []
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dubv85: shows [ ] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
matt674: shows [ ] (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
dubv85 collected 4140 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4140 | Rake 0
Board [ ]
Seat 1: DYKSTER folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: funywiteshss (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: dubv85 (small blind) showed [ ] and won (4140) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 4: matt674 (big blind) showed [ ] and lost with two pair, Queens and Jacks
Seat 5: gcDanno folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: grigy197 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Tammi-1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: m04940 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: philpaga folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[matt674]

How do i not hit a royal on the river? rigged i tell ya!!

PokerStars Game #42139407806: Tournament #259324768, $10+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2010/04/03 21:03:02 WET [2010/04/03 16:03:02 ET]
Table '259324768 7' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: funywiteshss (3020 in chips)
Seat 3: dubv85 (3140 in chips)
Seat 4: matt674 (3468 in chips)
Seat 5: gcDanno (2510 in chips)
Seat 6: grigy197 (2430 in chips)
Seat 7: Tammi-1 (12310 in chips)
Seat 8: m04940 (7375 in chips)
Seat 9: anteup22 (1230 in chips)
Tammi-1: posts small blind 100
m04940: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to matt674 [ ]
anteup22: folds
funywiteshss: folds
dubv85: folds
matt674: raises 500 to 700
gcDanno: folds
grigy197: raises 1300 to 2000
Tammi-1: folds
m04940: folds
matt674: raises 1300 to 3300
grigy197: calls 430 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (870) returned to matt674
*** FLOP *** [ ]
*** TURN *** [ ] []
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
matt674: shows [ ] (a pair of Aces)
grigy197: shows [ ] (three of a kind, Queens)
grigy197 collected 5160 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5160 | Rake 0
Board [ ]
Seat 2: funywiteshss folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: dubv85 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: matt674 showed [ ] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 5: gcDanno folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: grigy197 (button) showed [ ] and won (5160) with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 7: Tammi-1 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: m04940 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: anteup22 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[matt674]

any pair or any suited ace and my 5bb are in there - could have guessed chip leading calling station would come along for the ride

still ended the day in profit again though so not all bad

PokerStars Game #42139609738: Tournament #259324768, $10+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2010/04/03 21:06:52 WET [2010/04/03 16:06:52 ET]
Table '259324768 7' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: fukovsky (4876 in chips)
Seat 2: funywiteshss (3520 in chips)
Seat 3: dubv85 (2840 in chips)
Seat 4: matt674 (1138 in chips)
Seat 5: gcDanno (2510 in chips)
Seat 6: grigy197 (3930 in chips)
Seat 7: Tammi-1 (12010 in chips)
Seat 8: m04940 (6975 in chips)
Seat 9: anteup22 (2560 in chips)
matt674: posts small blind 100
gcDanno: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to matt674 [ ]
grigy197: calls 200
Tammi-1: calls 200
m04940: folds
anteup22: folds
fukovsky: folds
funywiteshss: folds
dubv85: folds
matt674: raises 938 to 1138 and is all-in
gcDanno: folds
grigy197: folds
Tammi-1: calls 938
*** FLOP *** [ ]
*** TURN *** [ ] []
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
matt674: shows [ ] (a pair of Sixes)
Tammi-1: shows [ ] (two pair, Kings and Tens)
Tammi-1 collected 2676 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2676 | Rake 0
Board [ ]
Seat 1: fukovsky folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: funywiteshss folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: dubv85 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: matt674 (small blind) showed [ ] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 5: gcDanno (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: grigy197 folded before Flop
Seat 7: Tammi-1 showed [ ] and won (2676) with two pair, Kings and Tens
Seat 8: m04940 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: anteup22 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[matt674]

today's $10 into the warm up - 79 runners with 10 seats and 2 minor cash prizes. Currently sitting 7th of 16 left and nothing has happened on either table for about 15-20 mins, there are only 2 stacks that have less than 10bb.

So do we call or fold?

PokerStars Game #42171730040: Tournament #257518470, $10+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (500/1000) - 2010/04/04 15:21:43 WET [2010/04/04 10:21:43 ET]
Table '257518470 2' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: dlna09 (17158 in chips)
Seat 2: BLACKLUIS (22544 in chips)
Seat 3: prince1970 (42644 in chips)
Seat 4: EdisonEdinho (24420 in chips)
Seat 5: prapavedi (18578 in chips)
Seat 6: matt674 (24970 in chips)
Seat 7: Kunstt (19945 in chips)
Seat 9: u5qj7hj (28629 in chips)
dlna09: posts the ante 100
BLACKLUIS: posts the ante 100
prince1970: posts the ante 100
EdisonEdinho: posts the ante 100
prapavedi: posts the ante 100
matt674: posts the ante 100
Kunstt: posts the ante 100
u5qj7hj: posts the ante 100
dlna09: posts small blind 500
BLACKLUIS: posts big blind 1000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to matt674 [ ]
prince1970: folds
EdisonEdinho: folds
prapavedi: folds
matt674: raises 2500 to 3500
Kunstt: folds
u5qj7hj: raises 25029 to 28529 and is all-in
dlna09: folds
BLACKLUIS: folds
matt674: