Things looking up?
April was my first winning month of the year thanks to a couple of late tournament scores. I managed to bank a modest £650 despite sinking a fair bit into PokerStars' Step SNGs.
I came 3rd in a $10 rebuy tournament on ipoker the other day for a handy $500 and then after a marathon session last night, beginning at 1am and finishing a little before 9am, I came 7th in a $3 rebuy on PokerStars for a tasty $1,000.
The latter was a tournament of epic proportions. The rebuy period last 90 minutes so they could guarantee the $50,000 prize pool kindly donated by the 4000+ fish who take part. I don't think it's a healthy tournament to play regularly: one could play for 7 hours and barely make $30. That being said there are oodles of value in it and the money at the final table is pretty enticing - first place took home $6,500. Naturally I was gutted only to finish 7th for $1,000, but given that I was only in for $9 that's a pretty healthy return on investment.
As far as the PokerStars Steps tournaments go and my quest for a seat at the WSOP, things weren't looking all that rosy. I ploughed in another $1,000 into the venture this month and until a couple of hours ago I had nothing to show for it. Thankfully, I've just triumphed in a Step 5 so I now have another Step 6 ticket to add to my collection. I've got three of them, each being a 1 in 6 shot at WSOP qualification.
Money invested: $2674
Tickets accumulated: $7594
I'll probably put another $1500 in before calling it a day and making a sprint for the finish with however many Step 6 tickets I've managed to accumulate.
If I win a $12,000 seat, I doubt that'll I'll play in the event choosing, instead, to take the cash. If I wasn't down for the year I might take the gamble. What I would do, however, is reinvest a few thousand of in an attempt to win a second seat.
Here’s hoping for a huge month of May.
P.S. I twittered a couple of days ago about how I’ve turned into a total arsehole. I'll blog about it in due course, but suffice it to say, that I need to do some self-examining.
I came 3rd in a $10 rebuy tournament on ipoker the other day for a handy $500 and then after a marathon session last night, beginning at 1am and finishing a little before 9am, I came 7th in a $3 rebuy on PokerStars for a tasty $1,000.
The latter was a tournament of epic proportions. The rebuy period last 90 minutes so they could guarantee the $50,000 prize pool kindly donated by the 4000+ fish who take part. I don't think it's a healthy tournament to play regularly: one could play for 7 hours and barely make $30. That being said there are oodles of value in it and the money at the final table is pretty enticing - first place took home $6,500. Naturally I was gutted only to finish 7th for $1,000, but given that I was only in for $9 that's a pretty healthy return on investment.
As far as the PokerStars Steps tournaments go and my quest for a seat at the WSOP, things weren't looking all that rosy. I ploughed in another $1,000 into the venture this month and until a couple of hours ago I had nothing to show for it. Thankfully, I've just triumphed in a Step 5 so I now have another Step 6 ticket to add to my collection. I've got three of them, each being a 1 in 6 shot at WSOP qualification.
Money invested: $2674
Tickets accumulated: $7594
I'll probably put another $1500 in before calling it a day and making a sprint for the finish with however many Step 6 tickets I've managed to accumulate.
If I win a $12,000 seat, I doubt that'll I'll play in the event choosing, instead, to take the cash. If I wasn't down for the year I might take the gamble. What I would do, however, is reinvest a few thousand of in an attempt to win a second seat.
Here’s hoping for a huge month of May.
P.S. I twittered a couple of days ago about how I’ve turned into a total arsehole. I'll blog about it in due course, but suffice it to say, that I need to do some self-examining.
posted by Pinky @ 2:17 AM
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