Fruit Machine Chat

APAT amature poker championship this weekend.

not to be this time.
Was pretty card dead to ducked and dived as best I could.
Got knocked out early Saturday evening, losing a big race followed by a 3 outer outdraw.
my win paid for all my entries and costs almost exactly.

An 8 way deal was done at the final with prizes between 10k and 30k agreed.

and live poker is definitely rigged.
The amount of sick outdraws I've seen recently confirm it.

The day 1's were basically deepstack satellites so the strategy was patience, keep track of average and survive. Day 2 is slightly different. 15,000 chips and 40 minute blinds is a lovely structure so it'll be a case of making a few moves early, see if I can build a bit of a stack. Avoid any massive...

I'm through to Day 2. back at 2pm on Saturday with a fresh 15k stack and a 40 minute clock. There's going to be a MASSIVE overlay on this event. £250,000 guarantee needed 5000 runners (including re-entries) current estimates are under 3000 That means less than 300 players go back Saturday to compete...

The next Grand Prix starts Monday There are 20 "Day 1s" 10 online and 10 live between 8th and 19th August. Guaranteed £250k prize pool. I'm personally not bothering with the online ones and am taking my first shot Saturday 13th in the club. best part of £80k 1st prize for £50 stake. great ...

watched the boxing, followed by UFC 132.

No competition.
MMA pisses all over boxing.

well played sir

I'm still not clear what the objection to completing the census is.

day 2 was dissapointingly short for me.
I raised with 8,8
BB shoved and didn't look like he wanted a call.
decided to flip with him to gather chips early.
mis-read
he had QQ and it held up.

ah well, keep grinding the Super50s

another 80 seats have been added to day 1e to get up to the 1600 players guaranteed.

Day 1a 296 played down to 70
Day 1b 258 played down to 60
Day 1c 287 played down to 64
Day 1d 282 played down to 70 (including me )

Friday has sold out

Anyone else playing this next week?
They're guaranteeing £80k which is equivalent to 1600 players.
1st prize in the £30k-£40k range for a £50 buy in.

I'm playing day 1d

http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/grandprix

going for my first ever round of golf, followed by the Super50 at Dusk Till Dawn.

hope to miss every second of the coverage and celebrations