Satellites

[PokerBarney]

Does anyone regularly use satellites to qualify for larger events?

This morning I came 2/49 for a seat in the Pacific (888.com) Poker $25K guaranteed freezeout that runs every Monday. It only cost me $5, while the buy in for the main event is $35+$3. Since it's a freezeout, I'm expecting 700+ players, but $5 is good value.

I'd like to spend more of my poker time playing in large guaranteed freezeouts, looking for $10K and upwards, ideally $50K, $100K and $500K, and if I can get into those cheaply through decent satellites, all the better. If you know of any good ones - post them here?

[BDaveG]

The Goalpoker satellites to the 100k qualifiers are usually about $3 to enter and only have about 20-30 runners. That takes you into a qualifier but the only drawback is these are at about 4am. I have done this twice and qualified for the 100k guaranteed both times, not bad value for a shot at a share of 100k

[the croc]

goalpoker also has the direct satellites for 1000 grp(1 in 10 get a seat)
or the last chance qualifier for $18+$2(1 in 6 get a seat)
qualified for tonights 100k from the 1000 grp so for me.

[Gizdalord]

Sorry guy if it is mean to post it here but i have a nice story of Pacificpoker and its satellites.
When i've realised that the money play contains freerolls i ran to my friend to tell him and we were meeting each week to play freerolss together( we were about 18) and once after maybe 2 weeks, we just turned out in 3rd place of 2000!! entrants and we've qualified to another satellite round of 5$ buy in. We had to wait about 6 hours to it. The game started at 03:00 +1gtm and we were so excited. And as the luck of the beginners we've wont that and we gained a seat to the 100k tourney Can u imagine the feeling of two absolute begginers. But really we did not know anything but raise fold call and all in. Nothing else. Absolute beginners with 2weeks of poker experience. it was awesome. We had to wait 3 days till the game. Hell of a 3 days. We bought cigars and whiskey etc. we were doin fine for 2 hours. played like 1010 or higher. Then we had something lhigh and got raised after betting half of our chip and we folded. After a few moths of poker 've realised that was a bluff. and we slowly got blinded out. We took a 2 hours long walk. Man that was a catastrophy at that time and now it is fun to remember and i a,m greatfull cuzz that was i think the moment that made me a poker player for sure :P

[Milou]

A quick word of warning!!

If you're playing a satellite, make sure you can play the tournament you'll qualify for Sounds obvious I know, but I've managed to get stung

On Friday I played a satelitte to the 100k qualifier on Goal Poker. About 2 mins before it starts I realised that the 100k qualifier I'm trying to get through started at 5am my time - and by now it was too late to un-register There was $15 dollars on offer for 3rd, so I figured I'd aim for that instead. Was doing quite nicely and with 5 left I figured I start to throw a few of my chips away - of course I keep winning Managed to qualify for the next stage and there I am at 5am. I was so tired I could barely manage to work out what hand I might have, let alone what anyone else was doing. Didn't do too badly but didn't qualify either