Fastest Finger First

[slapdash]

I'm feeling quite pleased with myself.

I checked my email at about 5.55pm yesterday and I had an email from 32red
about various Grand National related events, and advertizing a competition
where they would put a question on their "Message of the day" at 6pm, and
the first three correct answers they received would win entry (worth $55)
into a $100,000 guaranteed MTT on Sunday, and the next few would win $5.

Guessing that the question might be "Who won last year's Grand National?"
and bringing to bear my encyclopaedic knowledge of horse racing, I prepared
an email saying "Hedgehunter", and sat reloading their message of the day for
a couple of minutes. I was right.

Got an email today saying I'm in.

Bad news is it's a rebuy. I'm not rebuying for $50 if I get knocked out, but
I'll probably make sure I have $50 in my account for a possible add-on,
depending on how things are going and what the prize structure is.

[stereoman]

Lucky you. I usually fall asleep at around 5pm on a Thursday and wake up at around 5:20pm! I'm never the quickest to answer but occasionally get the $5 runner-up prize.

....not many sites offering cash for questions these days (I think Tribeca stopped the quizzes a while back).

[The Quiet Man]

Nice one Slapdash!!

I've managed to get the $5 once and blew it within 10 minutes!

[slapdash]

I've just got to the end of the rebuy period with about 4000 chips (started
with 1500). I told myself I'd add on if I had between 2 and 3 times the
starting stack, so I've "invested" (wasted?) $50 on another 1500 chips. 547
left of an original 830 players, with money down to 130th.

[Valiant23]

Mind if I watch?


Tough titties if you do, cos I am anyway.


I found a certain rtb147 as well...

[slapdash]

Out in 215th.

[Mr Intensity]

I found a certain rtb147 as well...

He's still there

[slick mick]

Just won one of these myself for this Sunday. Any advice/comments from slapdash and Ross the Boss would be most welcome.

[Hedonist]

I won $5 as a runner up on the question of the day.

[rednutt]

I was very fast and still got nothing.

[slapdash]

Originally Posted by slick mick

Just won one of these myself for this Sunday. Any advice/comments from slapdash and Ross the Boss would be most welcome.

Well done!

Well, although I didn't get into the money, I enjoyed it a lot. There didn't
seem to be anything to be frightened of as far as the standard went,
although there were very few "all-in muppets" (though there were a few:
I doubled up against one early on ... I think he spent about $500 on
rebuys!).

Although it's a rebuy, there was a lot less of the "who cares if I lose my
chips, I can always buy some more" attitude that I've seen in cheaper
rebuys, possibly because a lot of players qualified through cheap
satellites.

Rebuys end after an hour, and then everybody has the chance to get an
add-on for $50. I'd advise you to decide what you're going to do about
rebuys and add-ons beforehand and stick to it. I had $50 in my account,
intending to add-on if I was doing reasonably well at the break (which I
was). I lost that, but don't regret it. I had below average luck after the
break, and feel that I could well have made the money if I'd had slightly
better luck.

I've enjoyed the few higher buy-in tournaments that I've played a lot more
than the cheap ones I usually play (apart from the PL Parties, of course).
It all seems a lot less random.

Now Paul can tell you what it was like for somebody who actually did well ...

[slapdash]

Originally Posted by rednutt

I was very fast and still got nothing.

Well, your email had to get all the way from Scotland!

[slick mick]

Cheers Slapdash I've got $75 in 32red from quiz of the day so might be the right time to use it.

[Hedonist]

Made it at last!!!!!!!!!


Have just received the following email from 32Red:


As one of the first 3 correct answers we have received this week, you
have won a seat at this Sunday's $100,000 Guarantee, worth $55!

The tournament takes place on Sunday at 8.30pm GMT (9.30pm CET). The buy-in will be credited to your account on Sunday afternoon, and from there all you will need to do is register for the tournament in the
Multi Table Tournament Special section in time for the start of the
tournament.

All I have to do now is win it

[stereoman]

I can't believe I was one of the three fastest today....all i wanted was the $5 (I work on Sunday nights. ).

Someone offer me a good deal and you can play the $100,000 on Sunday night. No messing this time like last time around (only finished 5th out of 24 in the Sunday semi-final for a seat in the Betfred Million on Easter Sunday....shows you how good I am. ).