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Pokerpops ponders poker
pokerpops:
Firstly - woop woop I"ve been selected to play for APAT in the Team Poker event at Luton.
I"m looking forward to this in a massive way. I"ve never played in a team format before and it will be really interesting to see how that impacts on the game flow and dynamics especially as we get towards the end of the tournament.
Secondly, these were my stated aims for 2013 on the poker front
Run seriously deep in a DTD Deepstack
Play some of the other tour events - GPS, GUKPT, UKIPT - and make the money so my Hendon Mob has an entry without the letters DTD on it
Play more APAT events
Continue to enjoy myself at the poker table
and finally, with an eye to the thought that lightning rarely strikes twice, let alone thrice and beyond...
Run deep (FT) any GP that DTD may run (hopefully there will be a Golden Chip reward attached again)
I"m adding two more to that list
To keep a more accurate record of my poker spend and winnings. I"m pretty sure that I was a net winner last year (with c£18k from the two GPs it"s likely), but how did I do in other games?
I don"t have a specific poker roll and play when and what I fancy. I won, or cashed in, some local games and had some decent sessions on the cash tables but in 2013 I want to know more precisely how I"ve done. Anyone know of a decent app to help with this?
The second is a biggie, and less likely to be achieved, but "ooooh Vegas Baby!" "WSOP ME Baby"
fandango:
--- Quote from: david3103 on December 28, 2012, 10:42:11 AM ---
The second is a biggie, and less likely to be achieved, but "ooooh Vegas Baby!" "WSOP ME Baby"
--- End quote ---
This is a must David!!.. I can"t begin to describe the atmosphere this event throws up.. I was lucky to experience this first hand ( small brag).. To this day I often have re- occurring flashbacks in my sleep, on so many memorable hands and how I should of played them etc.. The noise alone is something to behold chip rippling constant from start to finish etc.. This must go on every poker players bucket list!!
I think your best way to achieve this goal is to grind the step tournaments on Stars.. To give yourself maximum chance, my advice would be to have at least four or five levels going at the same time, say get to step 3, stop start another get to step 3 on that stop, start another so on.. Get four at same level and go from there.. Will keep you more focused, and if you go on a bad run you will still probably have a couple on the higher steps, go on a heater then maybe just maybe you will bink a seat.. Good luck on your quest I hope that you make it.. Would love to have a stake in this ;D
pokerpops:
DTD today for the £300 deepstack.
My updates will be few and far between - I realised whilst I was on St Kitts that my focus at the table is poor when I have my phone or iPad on the go. A lack of wifi in the card room out there meant I had no option and it seems pretty obvious really... Can"t understand why it took so long
So I will limit myself to an occasional tweet at the break and hope to be playing well enough to catch the attention of the updaters.
I"m looking forward to this. I was looking forward to it when it looked like being c500 runners, the fact that it is likely to be nearer 700 makes it even better.
There were 289 yesterday apparently, and I wouldn"t be at all surprised if they got 400 today.
Doors open at 1.30 and the tournament starts at 2... seems likely there will be a big queue at the desk. I am already registered and sorted which removes that issue and anticipate sitting two or three handed for the first 10 minutes again.
DTD for a Deepstack, it doesn"t get much better than this.
Fatcatstu:
GL today pops. You are due a deep run in one of these :p x
pokerpops:
Sigh
I"ve stuck some kind of report and a few hands in the staking thread.
Saturday just wasn"t my day - a misread or two, a lack of spots, a lack of mental alertness maybe.
Maybe I didn"t adjust my game sufficiently to suit the opposition. Whatever the cause, I failed to get even close to making Day2.
The place was buzzing though - the queues to buy in were immense and the field exceeded everyone"s expectations. It"s such a great place to be on weekends like that.
Yesterday they had four comps running simultaneously with buy ins from £10 to £300 and cash tables from .50/£1 to £5/£5 with stacks from £20 to who knows what...
I doubt I"ll be there again before March, but that"s a definite commitment since I"m told that the next Grand Prix will happen mid-March.
I understand there will be Golden Chips or similar again, and my breath is bated in anticipation of the official announcement as to buy in, structure and added value...
If you haven"t played a GP before, don"t bother, they are awful. Full of pub poker standard players who can"t fold and have bad personal hygiene. Best avoided IMO ;)
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