It's poker, Jim, but not as we know it

[slapdash]

Originally Posted by GazBlades

Just had another go, and came 3rd. I folded Kings with 3 left as the short stack was very short and the big stack had raised me (as he did every hand), but the lucky person doubled up a couple of times and I had to play my A9 against KJ (King came of course).

Ouch! Unlucky.

[GazBlades]

3rd time lucky!

PokerStars Tournament #91734943, No Limit Hold'em
Super Satellite
Buy-In: $75.00/$7.00
10 players
Total Prize Pool: $750.00
Target Tournament #89000000 Buy-In: $370.00
2 tickets to the target tournament

Tournament started - 2008/06/11 - 19:55:53 (ET)

Dear GazBlades,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
You qualified to play in Tournament #89000000 and are automatically registered for it.
See Tournament #89000000 Lobby for further details.

If you choose to unregister from this tournament your account will be credited
with 370.00 W$. W$ can be used to buy into any qualifying special PokerStars event.
Visit our web site at http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/ for more details.



Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

[slapdash]

Originally Posted by GazBlades

3rd time lucky!

Well done! Good luck on Sunday.

I still haven't given up on trying to join you, but I'm starting to wish I'd just bought in directly!

[slapdash]

There seems to be a KK theme to this. Gaz and I have both folded KK preflop (I'd have lost if I hadn't, and Gaz will never know). But also I've gone out twice now when all-in with KK preflop (once I'd walked into aces, the other time I was short-stacked and got called by 99 and there was a 9 on the flop).

[stooo V2]

Originally Posted by slapdash

There seems to be a KK theme to this. Gaz and I have both folded KK preflop (I'd have lost if I hadn't, and Gaz will never know). But also I've gone out twice now when all-in with KK preflop (once I'd walked into aces, the other time I was short-stacked and got called by 99 and there was a 9 on the flop).

They don't call it jokerstars for no reason fella.

[stooo V2]

I think i angered the poker gods.... three times ina row now I've bust out at lvl 2 on the bubble when sat with pocket aces....

[slapdash]

Ninth time lucky.

I was buying in at Step 2 for $27 a shot, and was doing rather better there than at Step 3A. I made 14 buy-ins to get my nine 3A entries, which cost me $378. I got one third place at Step 3A for $10, and once I got $1.50 for coming fourth at Step 1 after getting a fifth place at Step 2 and dropping down a level. So in total it cost me $366.50.

So I saved $3.50 on the $370 direct buy-in!
Got agonizingly close on my fifth attempt, when there were three left, and I was narrowly the short-stack. I got all-in pre-flop with AA v JJ, which would have crippled the other guy if I'd won, but there was a jack on the flop.

I eventually got through when I was in the last three with the shortest stack (I had about $4k, they both had about $5.5k) and they got all-in against each other. I can't remember the hands, but I thought at the time that they both made bizarrely reckless decisions: still, not complaining!

Oh, and I won a couple of big hands with KK towards the end, so I'll forgive the cowboys!

I'm hoping that the pain I've gone through to qualify will inspire me to give it my all on Sunday.

[GazBlades]

Originally Posted by slapdash

So I saved $3.50 on the $370 direct buy-in!

Well done Good luck for Sunday