Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Week 10 Results

Week 10 saw 10 players vying for a spot in next week's Top 9 Championship. Jack10offsut was coming off back-to-back victories and looking to retain the league lead. Despite being low on chips much of the way, he fought back for 3rd place and yet another cash. Goateedude came in second, and DadsWD claimed the bounty and moved into the Top 9 with the win. Congrats all!

The results:



The final Top 9:

jack10offsut(3) 176.83
potnets(1) 152.89
goateedude(1) 142.89
maddoggy44(1) 135.99
Shelties(1) 128.33
Rico11597(1) 120.34
Occhawk(1) 118.23
rusdog13 114.18
DadsWD(1) 113.12

Details for next week's Championship tournament will be posted shortly, and the password will be emailed to the Top 9 participants. Rico11597 - I need an email address for you. You can leave it as a comment here (it won't get published).

Thanks again to everyone for playing! Season 4 will be mixed games - stay tuned for details.

Game Day!

Tonight is the final regular season tournament for Season 3 - the Top 9 after tonight's tournament will compete in the Championship Tournament next week.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Week 9 Results

Despite everyone gunning for the $5 bounty, jack10offsut held on and became our first back-to-back winner, claiming his own bounty and moving into first place for the league in the process. Well done! xICEPICKx took down second, and maddoggy44 was third.

The results:



The updated Top 9:

jack10offsut(3) 163.57
potnets(1) 142.08
maddoggy44(1) 130.99
goateedude(1) 125.53
Shelties(1) 122.15
Occhawk(1) 112.98
Rico11597(1) 112.43
xICEPICKx 108.89
rusdog13 108.80

Going into our final regular tournament of Season 3, jack10offsut will once again be the bounty. The Championship Tournament for the Top 9 league finishers will be the following week.

Season 4 will be mixed games, and will start after a break of a couple of weeks. More games have been added to the mix, so stay tuned for the details.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Game Day!

Week 9 - just two more tournaments before the Top 9 Championship.

Current Top 9:

potnets(1) 130.25
jack10offsut(2) 127.34
goateedude(1) 117.71
Shelties(1) 114.11
maddoggy44(1) 112.19
Occhawk(1) 106.08
rusdog13 99.22
Rico11597(1) 98.99
StacyB98 85.53

Top 9 "Bubble":

xICEPICKx 84.74
DadsWD 80.06
EJ89 71.21
ImBetterDude 70.79
TwoDuxx2 69.60
dankimball 57.43

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Week 8 Results

Smallish turnout this week - summer doldrums no doubt.

Rico11597 built up a big lead throughout the tourney, but had to settle for third. Potnets staged a late comeback to land in second. The star of the night was jack10offsut, who took down the bounty as well as the tourney, AND becomes this season's first two-game winner. Congrats!

The results:



The updated Top 9 (lowest score for the season dropped):

potnets(1) 130.25
jack10offsut(2) 127.34
goateedude(1) 117.71
Shelties(1) 114.11
maddoggy44(1) 112.19
Occhawk(1) 106.08
rusdog13 99.22
Rico11597(1) 98.99
StacyB98 85.53

Bounty next week will be on jack10offsut.

Game Day!

Week 8 of Season 3 is tonight. Here is the current Top 9 heading into the last 3 regular season tournaments:

potnets(1) 108.79
goateedude(1) 108.57
maddoggy44(1) 100.46
Shelties(1) 100.40
Occhawk(1) 97.85
jack10offsut(1) 94.92
rusdog13 92.39
xICEPICKx 84.74
rico11597(1) 82.39

As you can see the race is very tight, and there are a number of people on the Top 9 bubble as well. Every point counts - be there!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

The Sunday Million

[The following was submitted by Shelties, winner of the week 3 Sunday Million ticket]

I thought I'd give an update on how the Sunday Million tournament went with the ticket that I won here in the MD Donkfest League.

This was my second Sunday Million, I won a ticket in the ITH League for the first one. But I didn't do well against the 12k+ player field (it was a 2.5 Million prize pool) finishing about 4400th in my first attempt. I was hoping to have a
better run this time.

For this one I waited until yesterday, the 7th, to play. I had planned to start loose and see plenty of cheap flops hoping to build early. Even with 15 min blinds and a 10k starting stack the blinds increase deceivingly fast. My table
was seven handed and the first level, 25/50, went fine. I was running 40/20 and finished up about 300. Not much, but there were no big pots played at my table in level 1 and at least I got started in the right direction. The second level I was doing ok until I picked up KQo in MP. I raised 3x first in and got called by an ultra-loose player on my immediate left. The flop was 72K rainbow. I ck-called the flop intending to lead the turn. I raised the turn and he called. The river put a flush and straight on the board which I wasn't worried about with the flop being what it was. I bet the river, he called and showed AA. I posted the hand here: http://www.internettexasholdem.com/poker-forum/hand-from-2nd-level-in-million-vt63934.html I didn't know it at the time but this was the beginning of my end. I lost 30% of my stack and though 7k-ish is still very workable I just couldn't get anything going. In level six I was getting short when I picked up JJ on the button. UTG limped, it folded to me. I raised 3.5x, he called. The board was 578 rainbow, the pot was 3200 so I shoved my last 3500. He called w/KJ and missed, I doubled and was back to 10.2k.
It was pretty ugly from there. In level 9 I was dealt 17 hands and saw a flop exactly zero times. I went out in the 3rd hour in level 10. In Level 10 the blinds were 500/1000 75a. There was a min raise from UTG, one caller and a shove from the CO. I shoved from the button with 78o. The first two folded, CO had AQ. The board was J6A8A and I was out. 7196 entered, I finished 2324. 1080 got paid so I wasn't even close.
I have to admit that it was a bizarre experience. The early hand with KQ really bugs me but overall I'm happy with my play the first 90 minutes, but the last 90 I was way off my game. I felt I missed a couple of opportunities late which may not have turned things around but could've been a start anyway. I was hoping for a better outcome but as each tourney is it was a learning experience. I'm certainly looking forward to playing it again should I get the chance. I'd like to thank you guys for the opportunity, it is very generous of you to set this all up.
See you at the tables,
Shelties

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Week 7 Results

Week 7 was our second Sunday Million ticket giveaway, and potnets managed to cling to the points lead despite another early exit. Occhawk was the tourney winner. Rusdog13 took out goateedude for the bounty and second place, and DadsWD came in third.

The results:



The updated Top 9 (lowest score for the season dropped):

potnets(1) 108.79
goateedude(1) 108.57
maddoggy44(1) 100.46
Shelties(1) 100.40
Occhawk(1) 97.85
jack10offsut(1) 94.92
rusdog13 92.39
xICEPICKx 84.74
rico11597(1) 82.39

The $5 bounty will be on Occhawk next week.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Game Day!

Week 7 tonight - with a Sunday Million ticket on the line! Don't miss this one!!

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Week 6 Results

At a time in the season when points are more important than ever, Week 6 saw the top 5 points leaders stumble. In a field of 16 here is how they fared:

potnets 16th
Shelties 15th
jack10offsut DNP
maddoggy44 11th
StacyB98 10th

This is good news for the rest of the field as it tightens things up considerably going into Week 7.

Goateedude was able to take full advantage of the opportunity, taking down the tournament and moving into second place overall and just a few points behind first. xICEPICKx came in second and ImBetterDude snared third. DadsWD took out maddoggy44 for the bounty.

The results:



The updated Top 9 (lowest score for the season dropped):

potnets(1) 103.05
goateedude(1) 99.88
Shelties(1) 92.49
maddoggy44(1) 90.82
jack10offsut(1) 88.24
StacyB98 80.53
rico11597(1) 75.93
xICEPICKx 70.38
rusdog13 70.00

The points leader after Week 7 receives a Sunday Million ticket from PokerStars, so next week's tournament will be very interesting. $5 bounty on goateedude.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Game Day!

Week 6 tonight. $5 bounty on maddoggy44.

2 reminders:

1) The points standings for the rest of the season will reflect the lowest score being dropped.
2) The points leader after Week 7 gets a Sunday Million ticket.