ILX POKER TOURNAMENT #7 (?) Sunday 1st Nov 2009 4pm ET/9pm GMT

No, it's still the same time as previous.

Aces. I have registered. Anyone else?

andre is in and maybe john s.

where are the others?

cool, got my loose/sloppy play out of the way earlier today -- busted in 8 hands

woah the final 3 struggle was pretty epic (96 hands!!)

the struggle with the final 2 was less so (1 hand)

GOD FUCKING DAMMIT I FORGOT ABOUT THIS AGAIN!!!!

set an alarm clock next week!

Man. I played a decent game and then pushed T5o into Goobs who for some reason called with KT. High standard all round, you guys.

is we playing today or am peoples valentining?

silence = dissent

have made other plans for tourney time, will catch you guys in a week

sorry i was chinese new yearing! see you guys next week yes

I was playing FIFA 2010 (fuck you, Bristol City). This weekend will probably work.

Question for Mark and Ken and anyone else with opinions on MTT SnGs: I played a few 45s and one 27 this weekend and cashed in 3 of 8, no wins. Do you guys pay any attention to % in the money, or is it all about ROI? If the former, is there a number you shoot for?

I just tighten up a bit before the bubble as there's no point in busting out one or two short of the money with marginal hands. Once you're in the money, though, you have to take calculated risks as the high paying places are so much more profitable than the mid-low ones.

I've won a couple of 45-man tourneys (but none with more players) and you have to play with balls, keep an eye on stack sizes and grab opportunities whenever you can.

In other words, it's all about ROI. Don't bust on the bubble, but don't play scared.

WmC, have you thought about doing a few heads up tourneys to improve that aspect of your game? I think you're maybe a bit conservative at times and it might help you loosen up.

I've thought about it -- it's a little daunting though, the prospect of getting all or nothing. The funny thing is, in Limit SnGs (STT) I'm pretty strong when we get down to 2- and 3-handed. I have as many wins as I have 2nds + 3rds combined. But you're right, I do tighten up a bit too much in NL -- still getting the lay of the land.

Today I was reading Shaun Deeb's Beginner's Guide to 180s and going "hmmmm" a lot.

wmc i thought you usually play pretty good when it gets to heads up actually.

although i'm no good usually. at the bubble it depending on how the other players play, i guess, usually tighten up and also encourage people to go at each other (and for a 3 places paid go harder at the player with the medium stack as they have the most to lose and tend to get softer)

Tonight, you guys?

i'm in.

Aye

yep

Only 10 mins you guys!

THE VERY FIRST HAND:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/biondino/wtf.jpg

And the best thing? I folded J5o, and would have quadrupled up...

And the two of us who got busted wound up finishing 1-2!

Good game, you guys!

Game today?

Suspect not for me - got a friend coming over. I also have a message that WmC won't be able to make it. Have fun if you do play, you guys!

oh oops i just got home and saw this.

can play tonight if on...

yep, i'm in if quorum

Me too.

Guess not, then.

Sorry, you guys! I should have mentioned this morning that I couldn't make it.

PWN CUP missing from the private tourney tab. Did we miss too many weeks and get dropped from the automatic scheduler?

I'm out for at least the next couple of weeks.

ill be in the US as of tonight! can prolly still play though in fact i'll be less hungry and also probably have a better net connection. will check what's up with the pwn cup too don't blame them if they had deleted it though!

greeting from las vegas!

god it has been fun. it's my final day i think it's just about right as i'm exhausted!!

played a couple of tourneys at the caesars palace a lot of fun but no winnings. turned to the student oriented casino "o'shea's" and found the going much easier and chopped between top two for $270.

Today I had the weirdest two hands - first hand, the ace was spade was exposed for one dude. I had QQ and guy immediately before me raised with a short stack (reckoned i stood a good chance with one A gone) and I put him all in, turned out we both had QQ. But sickeningly 4 clubs showed on the showdown and I won, felt a bit ill and think that I had used up all my luck

Very next hand, I was big blind (there's 50 ante and it's 100/200) everyone folded except chip leader small blind who flat called, i had 4 6 and flop was 7 5 10, he raised minimum and i called, turn was 8, he raised again and I went all in, he had 7 5 and I made the low straight, he called and the 7 came on the river.

I had no cause to complain given the immediately previous hand but it is a funny game isn't it? Walked out of Caesar's Palace into the sunshine, think it might be my last game of this trip (down $65 overall due to an ill adviced cash game while i was drunk and waiting in the queue for the cheap steak at Bill's). Reckon if I ever go again I'll have to go with someone else as all the ups and downs is really hard when you're on your own!

final flutter this morning at the oshea again before i left and chopped another at the top for $120, which left me annoyingly $5 down overall in the end. it has been fun though although definitely had enough for the time being now. i will miss the free drinks when i get back to a uk casino (i was knocking back long islands at the caesar's game)