Early this week, I decided to play in the 25000 man "Battle Boris in the Bahamas" freeroll on PokerStars. I just played solidly and I even surprised myself when I made top 50 to qualify for round 2.
So today, I begin the 888 entrant round 2 without many expectations. I began losing 600 of my 1500 chips and feeling like shit (played pocket 10s horribly). Then I folded for 20 or so minutes and was blinded down to around 700 chips when I get a QQ and double up to 1400. Soon after in a span of 10 hands, I hit a great run of cards getting an AQ, 2 AKs, an AA and a JJ. After that great run, I found myself with around 7k chips.
After the first break, I notice this largestack guy raising and rereraising somewhere like 30% of his hands. I raise AQ suited from UTG and then he reraises me. I thought about folding but I knew I had him beat but didn't know if I should risk it. After a long period of thought, I decide to push all-in and he calls me with KQ. No suckout and I double up.
At the middle of the second hour of play, I find myself with around 12k in chips and pocket Aces in the big blind. CU raises to 3x, natually I 3 bet him to 3x his bet and he pushes all in. I call and then see that he has AK. Can you say eZ? After that hand I was rank 12 or so.
End of the 2nd hour with about 20k in chips. Guy with 10k raises to 3x and I 3x that with AK. He pushes all in and I have odds to call if he's got a pocket pair. So I call and he shows AJ, thankfully no suckout. At this point, I've made top 200 for a $5 payout and thought that was good enough.
Another very very big hand during the 3rd hour. I've made top 100 for $10 payout and there's around 75 people left. I have 80k and pocket aces in the big blind again. Middle position player with 100k raises to 3x, I 3x that, he goes all in, I call, he shows JJ. No suckout and I'm boosted all the way to rank 1.
Smooth cruising through top 50 and $25 payout, and I've still got rank 1 with 180k chips. The rest of the tournament is me folding most of my way into the top 9 (Final table doesn't actually play, all 9 get qualified for the Battle Boris grand final). Pocket 9s is officially my new luckiest hand. I knocked out some guy in 15th or so and the 10th place finisher with pocket 9s, both times hitting sets on the flop. And I felt bad for doing it to tenth place but I gave him a chance to make top 9. He was short stack and I negotiated with my table to keep folding around because the other table had 2 medium-short stacks that were being blinded out quickly. Guy doesn't want to listen and pushes with 66 and I call with 99 to set the flop.
Anyway, after all this mayhem, I manage to qualify for the Battle Boris grand final and win $25. There are currently 27 people qualified for it and I am so happy to be one of them (Open the tournament lobby, show players - Kim Tae Yeon). The 2 grand final tournaments are being held on November 16 and 6 people will go to the Bahamas to play heads up with Boris Becker for a seat in the PokerStars Carribean Adventure main event (This is the same event Elky won $2m in). Now that I've come so far, I really want to go all the way and win this.
Now if I do get to play Boris Becker in the Bahamas, I wouldn't be able to do so legally. I just turned 17 on October 6th and I learned poker playing @ Full Tilt high stakes playchip and low stakes cash with freeroll earnings (and $15 transfer from my friend). I recently dumped all my FTP playchips after going broke from $31 and hating my life. Hopefully, I'll be able to turn the $25 I won from this tournament into a sufficient bankroll. It definitely is going to be a lot easier because of the option of micro stakes.
This is the story of an aspiring professional poker player who is playing illegally as a minor.
im going to be pretty honest with you because youre an incredibly nice person, but youre probably as bad at poker as i am in wangan (based off of just reading this op).
BUT how about this, i help you a bit with poker and you answer some wangan questions for me . i play 200 and 400nl (cash games) for a living but i def know a decent amount enough to help you with your tournament game.
p.s. didnt know you were only 17, you come across as someone in college/graduated imo
And yeah, I know I'm probably really horrible but I've got the basic skills to survive deep in freerolls (done this multiple times on Full Tilt). I've only just turned 17 years old and I'm a somewhat academically giften Asian boy. PM me your AIM / MSN screenname
Phil Hellmuth is my hero >_>. His eruption during the latest WSOP main event episode against that guy who called his raise with 10 4 suited is hilarious
On October 20 2008 13:42 KimTaeYeon wrote: Phil Hellmuth is my hero >_>. His eruption during the latest WSOP main event episode against that guy who called his raise with 10 4 suited is hilarious
I never really followed poker but I took a liking to Hellmuth but after watching that I can say I'm not a fan of his anymore
On October 20 2008 15:16 lastprobeALIVE wrote: i dont see you in the tourny t.t edit: i used to like phil but that eruption showed that he is just a whiney bitch who thinks poker is everything.
The tournament isn't on the list right now Find tournament -> Tournament #115171408
Phil Hellmuth's bitchiness is exactly the the reason I like him. Not because I think it's good manner but because it creates drama and drama is generally good for TV viewers who know nothing about poker.
On October 20 2008 13:42 KimTaeYeon wrote: Phil Hellmuth is my hero >_>. His eruption during the latest WSOP main event episode against that guy who called his raise with 10 4 suited is hilarious
Everytime I watch Phil Hellmuth play it pisses me off. He acts like a kid and cries whenever he loses a hand.
Scotty Nyugen is a jackass too but he is a jackass with style. But my favorite players are like online players really. Durrr and Ziigmund.
On October 20 2008 23:34 KimTaeYeon wrote: I've seen Durrr and Zigmund play a lot @ FTP RailHeaven and yeah, they're great. But they can't compare to an 11 time bracelet winner o.o
durrr is by farrrrrrrrrrrr a better player than phil hellmuth btw
that's like saying stork can't compare to someone on bnet with a 10000-0 record :[ (i.e. the bracelets don't mean anything) (and yes stork is durrr and PH is some bnet random that is the level difference)
nothing its just kinda ironic some kid wasting his time writing about winning 25 bucks when he could be playing poker (his aspirations anyways) with it instead and making more
On October 21 2008 06:59 Rekrul wrote: nothing its just kinda ironic some kid wasting his time writing about winning 25 bucks when he could be playing poker (his aspirations anyways) with it instead and making more
FAN BOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
and by his user ID i have low hopes for him
good luck Kim Tae Yeon
Omg do you have high hopes for me?
I wrote about you for my first senior English essay and passed!!!!!!!
EPT
. i play 200 and 400nl (cash games) for a living but i def know a decent amount enough to help you with your tournament game.
