Re: HPT Sept 08 thread

Wetdog · Wetdog on Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:18 am

I'll be going up somewhere from the 24th on. I'm taking the time off from work, so I'm gonna give it a go. I was in a federal jury pool in April and couldn't make it then.

So are the SNGs pretty close to bar poker luckfests?

Stallion · Stallion on Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:02 am

The sng's are just pushfests. I played in an $80 last time around and got lucky when I flopped a set vs. an overpair AI pre-flop; shouldn't have cashed. 10 minute blinds which makes it jam or fold pretty quick.

PoWdA · PoWdA on Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:31 pm

Wetdog wrote:I'll be going up somewhere from the 24th on. I'm taking the time off from work, so I'm gonna give it a go. I was in a federal jury pool in April and couldn't make it then.

So are the SNGs pretty close to bar poker luckfests?

They are worse. I mean way worse. It doesn't matter if you are Phil Ivey or my 4 year old little brother, you both have about the same chance of cashing.

If you aren't getting nailed with the deck good luck.

Scrupboy · Scrupboy on Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:40 pm

I downloaded some of the information from the HPT website. At the bottom of the format it indicates that you could trade in 5 satellite wins for a ME seat. I wonder if this means they are giving certificates to the qualifiers instead of cash as they did in April. Maybe they just take your information down and if you win 5 satellites you can buy straight into the ME. Anyone hear anything about this?

Mondogarage · Mondogarage on Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:53 pm

Scrupboy wrote:I downloaded some of the information from the HPT website. At the bottom of the format it indicates that you could trade in 5 satellite wins for a ME seat. I wonder if this means they are giving certificates to the qualifiers instead of cash as they did in April. Maybe they just take your information down and if you win 5 satellites you can buy straight into the ME. Anyone hear anything about this?

I don't *know* the answer, but given Colo's buy-in limit rules, I suspect it would have to be the former, because under state law, you can't buy in to a tournament beyond $500. The state law doesn't contain an exception for winning five satellites. So if they're letting that happen, I suspect it would have to be that you get certs to the qualifiers. Or maybe they're not doing the "win five sats, you're in the ME" thing after all.

Mondogarage · Mondogarage on Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:04 pm

Okay, I'm probably not going...not after the brutality of the last couple of days. Ugh. I don't care that the buy-ins are so different...running like ass is running like ass.

Final decision after tonight's random luckboxery or lack thereof....

PoWdA · PoWdA on Tue Sep 23, 2008 5:53 pm

As of now it is up in the air as to wether or not I go.

I ended up not going last week due to sheer laziness and thsi weekend I am moving (finally). I am hoping to be done by Sunday so I can take a shot at qualifying.

Scrupboy · Scrupboy on Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:02 pm

PoWdA wrote:As of now it is up in the air as to wether or not I go.

I ended up not going last week due to sheer laziness and thsi weekend I am moving (finally). I am hoping to be done by Sunday so I can take a shot at qualifying.

Where are you moving? Is it because of your dumbass neighbor?

PoWdA · PoWdA on Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:21 pm

Scrupboy wrote:
PoWdA wrote:As of now it is up in the air as to wether or not I go.

I ended up not going last week due to sheer laziness and thsi weekend I am moving (finally). I am hoping to be done by Sunday so I can take a shot at qualifying.

Where are you moving? Is it because of your dumbass neighbor?

Yeah I am moving to wheat ridge near 38th and garrison. Yes it is because of my asshat neigbor. It sucks, but I can't have my family there anymore.

Mondogarage · Mondogarage on Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:41 pm

Well, good luck to everyone going. I decided tonight not to go. I swear, if someone calls my reshove with J8 off and hits, just on the bubble....or calls my 4 bet shove (with QQ on button) with A9 and hits A on the river, for a stack big enough to take me to $$$ in a $40k guarantee...or runner runner flushes me TWO from the money in a 500 player tournament....

If that happened to me up at GG, I'd be more likely to throw them through a glass door, instead of just smashing my mouse enough to break it. I simply can't take the horrible beat by a horrible player three spots before the $340 qualifier bubble. It's so bad, I'm correctly predicting the river that beats me just about every time now.

Oh yeah, the above still stands, even though I just finished taking down the Bodog $10+1 turbo MTT for a $429 payday. It doesn't change my mega killadonk emotional state Evil or Very Mad

Wetdog · Wetdog on Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:48 am

I was supposed to start my vacation today, but a work project with a short time horizon kept me on the office. Evil or Very Mad

Hopefully I can get away Friday afternoon and get all of next week off. So, I'll be trying for a pushfest ticket some time during that time.

Scrupboy · Scrupboy on Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:58 am

No real excuse here. The wife has suddenly taken a dislike to my poker playing to which I haven't even played in the last month. I doubt if I'll be playing the HPT this year. Such a waste of talent! Crying or Very sad

Good luck to all playing and <hush> I may try to sneak into a $340 qualifier next week.

Wetdog · Wetdog on Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:46 pm

Scrupboy wrote:No real excuse here. The wife has suddenly taken a dislike to my poker playing ...

In the software business we say that there was a change in requirements by our primary user. Laughing

PoWdA · PoWdA on Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:00 am

I'm going to try to head up tonight. Actually I am planning on being there around 4:30. Hopefully there are seats.

Mondogarage · Mondogarage on Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:27 am

PoWdA wrote:I'm going to try to head up tonight. Actually I am planning on being there around 4:30. Hopefully there are seats.

Good luck, take a seat down!