$100 added tournie

[CaptainSandy]

[QUOTE=CaptainSandy;476453]How's about this for the very first hand of the $100 qualifier, he took 5 players out with A,2 - all were all-in preflop.
Shortly afterwards I was heads up with him but I had 3000 chips to his 12000.
That's 4 attempts this week and 4 second places.
QUOTE]

Phew, just got my voucher on the 6th attempt...this time in my heads up I had 1,800 chips to his 13,200 - so never give up, lol.

[Ausangel]

woop...well done Capt good luck

[TheTexan]

Just won my ticket, whohoo.

[CaptainSandy]

Never spotted anyone there on Sunday.
Another free $2.77 for me, woop.

[jimggoldwing]

I got home too late to register/play... will try to give it a go this Sunday...

[DukeOfDeath]

I can't complain because of all the freebies like Outlaws vouchers and such, but I again feel like the PokerPoints tourneys are super expensive. 50 PP for a $2.77? I realize that you could win more than $2.77, but still just seems steep to me.

My two cents (or my 2 PP) worth.

[jimggoldwing]

to be clear, Duke... it's 50PP to try and win a voucher... you can't even enter the main tournament without a voucher. So the 50PP's sits you at a 10-seater where only the winner earns a voucher... as stated by several on this thread already (self included), you can indeed get through, just being aware though that the level of play is VERY bingo-ish. I didn't win on my first pass --- if memory serves me correctly, my voucher cost me 3 entries (150pp's).

That all being said... the payoff here seems much better (IMHO) as compared to some of the other PP tournies (e.g., the $10 PP freeroll, etc.). At the same time, I only have a voucher... haven't played a tourney, so I haven't won a dime on this one yet!

Good luck if you decide to join the merryment!

Cheers!

[CaptainSandy]

It's only 25PP to try and win a voucher.

PPs do not cost anything so how is a $2.77 for an outlay of nothing a poor return?

edit - also remember in week 2 this 'free' entry tournie returned me $21

[jimggoldwing]

right ---- I was mistaken --- 25pp... thank you

I'm with you, Cap... I think it's a reasonable outlay for the PP's

[DukeOfDeath]

Yeah this is definitely better than the other PP tourneys, but my original statement was including those too. 25PP a person for a 10 seater makes the voucher worth 250 PP and $100 guaranteed but what about 100 players? So basically the 25 PP can be turned into a lot, but straight up value it's about 250 PP for a buck. And since every 10 PP is a dollar contributed to rake or tourney fees it's like we get 4% back with this deal.

So I'm not complaining. It's better than nothing. And you're right, Sandy, PP aren't worth anything if you don't use them. I just feel like the pricing could be a little more reasonable. No biggie, though

[jimggoldwing]

How frustrating.... was in the tournament for 57 minutes... 3 minutes to break... then this hand... to be honest, I don't blame him for the play at all --- he'd been very loose the entire tournament... I'd been playing a bit tight, certainly picking my spots, and was maintaining a top 10 position... sure, I'd like the hand back... I certainly would wish for a different river, as well, though...

Everleaf Gaming Game #306509053
***** Hand history for game #306509053 *****
Blinds 150/300 NL Hold'em - 2011/09/11 - 20:26:50
Table 7
Seat 4
Total number of players: 8
Seat 2: ennio3 ( 15245 Chips )
Seat 3: ROMACS ( 580 Chips )
Seat 4: ArthurSeaton ( 720 Chips )
Seat 5: tonycon ( 210 Chips )
Seat 7: ilcantello ( 595 Chips )
Seat 8: AMICI ( 2910 Chips )
Seat 9: clutch123 ( 375 Chips )
Seat 10: jimggoldwing ( 7975 Chips )
tonycon: posts 150 Chips]
ilcantello: posts 300 Chips]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to jimggoldwing ]
AMICI folds
clutch123 folds
jimggoldwing 300 Chips]
ennio3 900 Chips]
ROMACS folds
ArthurSeaton folds
tonycon folds
ilcantello folds
jimggoldwing 600 Chips]
** Dealing Flop ** ]
jimggoldwing checks
ennio3: 2,250 Chips]
jimggoldwing 7,075 Chips]
ennio3 4,825 Chips]
** Dealing Turn ** ]
** Dealing River ** ]
ennio3 shows ] a flush, ace high
jimggoldwing shows ] a flush, ace high
ennio3 wins 16400 chips from main pot with a flush, ace high ] with kicker [ Q ]

[TheTexan]

Missed you Jim, saw Nash early. Managed to get to the final table to bust out in 9th, so not too bad.

GL all.

[jimggoldwing]

Yes, Tex, you and I never hit the same table... in addition to Nash, Tracey was also there in this one as well... congrats on the final table and cashing out on this one!

[DukeOfDeath]

tried the qualifier. an hour and a half of play to bubble 2nd place. some donk goes all in 1st hand with 9 7 off and tripled up. he had me 4:1 chips going into heads up but I got him down to only about 7 BBs then this happened:

Everleaf Gaming Game #307327713
***** Hand history for game #307327713 *****
Blinds 300/600 NL Hold'em - 2011/09/14 - 03:54:37
Table 1
Seat 2
Total number of players: 2
Seat 2: DukeOfDeath ( 10666 Chips )
Seat 6: Bemyatm ( 4334 Chips )
DukeOfDeath: posts 300 Chips]
Bemyatm: posts 600 Chips]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to DukeOfDeath ]
DukeOfDeath 900 Chips]
Bemyatm 3,734 Chips]
DukeOfDeath 3,134 Chips]
** Dealing Flop ** ]
** Dealing Turn ** ]
** Dealing River ** ]
DukeOfDeath shows ] two pairs, tens and sixes
Bemyatm shows ] three of a kind, tens
Bemyatm wins 8668 chips from main pot with three of a kind, tens ]

Blinds went up again and it was just too much. I committed myself to an open ender on the flop and he showed up with top pair and I didn't pull through.

I guess it's a great way to make money if you don't really have that much in your account, but it's a lot of time and effort just to get in the tourney and 3 times more IN the tourney to maybe not even get anything for it. Plus if you have a 75 PP or so for a few buy ins, you likely already have a bankroll anyway. It's like a longer more laborious freeroll with a better payout at the end.

I'm glad that some of you are having success, but I'd just prefer a regular game.

Congrats, cap'n and better luck next time jim.