Fitz EOM game

Norwich Fan Rob

I assume this is on tonight, unless i find out its not, i will be there.
Who else is going, maybe we could get another last longer going since i missed the last one.

El Stuntman

do you know if there's any satellites on beforehand Rob?

300 smackers to play is a bit rich for me but if I could luckbox my way in that'd be ideal

ocallagh

I'm gonna head in to this I think. Count me in for the last longer


El Stuntman - They do have satellites. They have an MTT around 5pm I think. (not sure on that - ring them to confirm).. and they have STTs from about 6pm onwards. Also if you feel lucky you can play a one handed blind Omaha STT for 30.

El Stuntman

ocallagh wrote:

a one handed blind Omaha STT for 30.

this sounds completely bonkers!!!

is this what I think it is i.e. a 10 way coinflip?

5starpool

El Stuntman wrote:

this sounds completely bonkers!!!

is this what I think it is i.e. a 10 way coinflip?

There is a lot of skill involved I'll have you know!!!

The funniest thing I saw in a long time happened last month when one guy was sitting to take his seat at one of these and ended up leaving the table when it was explained to him as he 'didn't know how to play Omaha'. Even when it was explained again to him that you just turn over your cards in sequence he still didn't want to play, but he would have played a 1 handed holdem hand. Strange indeed.

This time last week I was probably not going. This time Yesterday I was definitely going. Now I am 50/50, but I don't think I have missed one in a year. A combination of early morning and wanting to see football tomorrow evening and having some work to do tomorrow night is making me think I shouldn't go, but I still want to. Hmmm, head or heart. I'll decide around 8pm tonight. If I am going I am in for the last longest anyhow.

El Stuntman - The freeroll with €15 rebuys starts at 4.30 and sats start around 5 or so, whenever they have enough names basically. One handers start around 8.20 or so, and the thing won't get going until around 8.55 normally.

Hitman Actual

I'm on a really tight BR at the moment 'til I sell some shares next month, so I cant really justify spending the full 270.:( But I only work a couple of minutes from the Fitz now, so I might stroll down and take a gamble on the freeroll.

El Stuntman, there are 10-handed (€30) and 6-handed (€50) sats beforehand. If you decide to play these, I definately think there is more play, and hence more value, in the €50 sats.

El Stuntman

5starpool wrote:

There is a lot of skill involved I'll have you know!!!

This time last week I was probably not going. This time Yesterday I was definitely going. Now I am 50/50, but I don't think I have missed one in a year. A combination of early morning and wanting to see football tomorrow evening and having some work to do tomorrow night is making me think I shouldn't go, but I still want to. Hmmm, head or heart. I'll decide around 8pm tonight. If I am going I am in for the last longest anyhow.

El Stuntman - The freeroll with €15 rebuys starts at 4.30 and sats start around 5 or so, whenever they have enough names basically. One handers start around 8.20 or so, and the thing won't get going until around 8.55 normally.

cheers for the info Dom, I think a one-handed satellite is just about perfect for my level of Omaha skillz....who dreamt up this wonderful concept?

now all I have to do is convince the wife that I should be let out!!

Norwich Fan Rob

5starpool wrote:

There is a lot of skill involved I'll have you know!!!

This time last week I was probably not going. This time Yesterday I was definitely going. Now I am 50/50, but I don't think I have missed one in a year. A combination of early morning and wanting to see football tomorrow evening and having some work to do tomorrow night is making me think I shouldn't go, but I still want to. Hmmm, head or heart. I'll decide around 8pm tonight. If I am going I am in for the last longest anyhow.

See u later on then Dom !!!!

Gholimoli

oh how i would love to go to this.
girlfriends are deffo deffo deffo -EV .

El Stuntman

Gholimoli wrote:

oh how i would love to go to this.
girlfriends are deffo deffo deffo -EV .

THEY TURN INTO WIVES...BE WARNED GHOLI!!!!!

5starpool

Gholimoli wrote:

oh how i would love to go to this.
girlfriends are deffo deffo deffo -EV .

If she is any good looking I'll take her off your hands if you like for a wee while.

El Stuntman

5starpool wrote:

If she is any good looking I'll take her off your hands if you like for a wee while.

teach her poker

problem solved

Gholimoli

5starpool wrote:

If she is any good looking I'll take her off your hands if you like for a wee while.

man no problem i will even pay you so you can take her out for dinner 2nite .
deadly looks like i may be playing 2nite after all then hey Dom?

Gholimoli

El Stuntman wrote:

teach her poker

problem solved

did you read the other thread about the 5K prob bet and how scary that was and what would be the irish version of this.
teaching her poker would be my prob bet for 10K if any one is interested.

5starpool

Gholimoli wrote:

man no problem i will even pay you so you can take her out for dinner 2nite .
deadly looks like i may be playing 2nite after all then hey Dom?

I'll buy her a roast dinner with dessert afterwards at the break in the Fitz. Classy act I am.

Edit: Another thing, is she Irish? If so then don't come over here taking our women, it's hard enough to get one as it is!!!!

Bloody foreigners, almost as bad as those bloody students. Taking my poker money too. Bah.

/end rant

Gholimoli

5starpool wrote:

I'll buy her a roast dinner with dessert afterwards at the break in the Fitz. Classy act I am.

Edit: Another thing, is she Irish? If so then don't come over here taking our women, it's hard enough to get one as it is!!!!

Bloody foreigners, almost as bad as those bloody students. Taking my poker money too. Bah.

/end rant

LMAO ...
she is irish indeed.

MadsL

who won it?

I won a sat but decided not to play...money now was too tempting

Gholimoli

any reports on this.i assume the ppl who went deep on this are still in bed.

5starpool

I went out in about 24th or so at around 1.40. I never really got going properly, but early on I was always above average, but one loss and the blinds creeping took their toll. I will write a full report in my blog thingy at some stage today. I should have taken your missus out Gholi

califano

5starpool wrote:

I went out in about 24th or so at around 1.40. I never really got going properly, but early on I was always above average, but one loss and the blinds creeping took their toll. I will write a full report in my blog thingy at some stage today. I should have taken your missus out Gholi

Unlucky. How many played and how many places paid?.

Gholimoli

5starpool wrote:

I'll buy her a roast dinner with dessert afterwards at the break in the Fitz. Classy act I am.

Edit: Another thing, is she Irish? If so then don't come over here taking our women, it's hard enough to get one as it is!!!!

Bloody foreigners, almost as bad as those bloody students. Taking my poker money too. Bah.

/end rant

yeah that way we would both prob have gotten better results ...

5starpool

rounders123 wrote:

Unlucky. How many played and how many places paid?.

I think there was in the high 90's in terms of runners. The prizepool was not displayed when I left so I don't know how many prizes or who won it or whatever. The only boards player that I seen left when I finished was NTLBell, but I didn't visit the table downstairs at all.

Boardies seen there: Cardshark202 - Lost with quads on my table.
Norwich Fan Rob - Down to the cloth, made a good comeback, but seemed to be gone before me
OCALLAGH - No idea how Niall did.

I can't recall meeting any others from here last night.

Hitman Actual

5starpool wrote:

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Boardies seen there: Cardshark202 - Lost with quads on my table.

With quads or against!?!? Sounds like a real bad beat story, not the usual wishy-washy crap that's bandied about.

Norwich Fan Rob

there were 96 runners, i came 34th.
5 star and hawk eye were still in when i left, just saw 5 star got 24th.

went down from 5k to 450 early, then had about 11k with half the field left, so average, kept running into the same player at the table, who had a monster literally everytime i played a pot ! , total card rack.

went out when he hit a 4 flush with AK vs my pair.
66/AJ were the 2 best hands i saw all night.

Hawk Eye

Norwich Fan Rob wrote:

there were 96 runners, i came 34th.
5 star and hawk eye were still in when i left, just saw 5 star got 24th.

hmmm must have me mixed up with someone else as I didn't go to this last night.

El Stuntman

Hawk Eye wrote:

hmmm must have me mixed up with someone else as I didn't go to this last night.

your evil twin brother?

ocallagh

Left home at 8.40. Walked into the Fitz, handed in 270. I think I might have played 1 hand of poker. Got ALL of my chps in with a sh1t hand, got back in my car and went home. 45 minute round trip or something like that.

Gholimoli

ocallagh wrote:

Left home at 8.40. Walked into the Fitz, handed in 270. I think I might have played 1 hand of poker. Got ALL of my chps in with a sh1t hand, got back in my car and went home. 45 minute round trip or something like that.

sounds like you meant business Niall.

ollyk1

ocallagh wrote:

Left home at 8.40. Walked into the Fitz, handed in 270. I think I might have played 1 hand of poker. Got ALL of my chps in with a sh1t hand, got back in my car and went home. 45 minute round trip or something like that.

D'oh! Hard luck Niall.

Ollieboy

ocallagh wrote:

Left home at 8.40. Walked into the Fitz, handed in 270. I think I might have played 1 hand of poker. Got ALL of my chps in with a sh1t hand, got back in my car and went home. 45 minute round trip or something like that.

your not still upset about Wednesday?lol.

By the way, the old man says sorry, he realised the next day what he done and felt like a right fool, he couldn't believe he bet into a empty side pot.

ntlbell

Ollieboy wrote:

your not still upset about Wednesday?lol.

By the way, the old man says sorry, he realised the next day what he done and felt like a right fool, he couldn't believe he bet into a empty side pot.

So that's where you get it from

ocallagh

Ollieboy wrote:

your not still upset about Wednesday?lol.

By the way, the old man says sorry, he realised the next day what he done and felt like a right fool, he couldn't believe he bet into a empty side pot.

lol- no worries! I thought your dad played extremely well for his first game of poker! Is he going to play in Vegas?

I was thinking about it, in poker you are trying to get chips. By playing the hand the way he did he finished the hand about 20k richer! 20k at that stage was a lot of change.. 283k chips in play and the average stack was about 50k. so it was actually very +EV for him. I've seen guys argue it before online that they couldn't care less about 1 player on the bread line getting knocked out. They want chips.. And if it means bluffing a lad out of it from the side pot then so be it!! Going for the win etc. I think doing it with a hand that has no chance of beating the all-in is stupid, but he did have the nut high!!

5starpool

lenny_leonard wrote:

With quads or against!?!? Sounds like a real bad beat story, not the usual wishy-washy crap that's bandied about.

I'll let Reggie tell his own tale of woe

Ollieboy

ocallagh wrote:

lol- no worries! I thought your dad played extremely well for his first game of poker! Is he going to play in Vegas?

I was thinking about it, in poker you are trying to get chips. By playing the hand the way he did he finished the hand about 20k richer! 20k at that stage was a lot of change.. 283k chips in play and the average stack was about 50k. so it was actually very +EV for him. I've seen guys argue it before online that they couldn't care less about 1 player on the bread line getting knocked out. They want chips.. And if it means bluffing a lad out of it from the side pot then so be it!! Going for the win etc. I think doing it with a hand that has no chance of beating the all-in is stupid, but he did have the nut high!!

lol, yeh I was thinking the same, he end up winnng money out of the pot, 20k so the move had its advantage, but its not a play I'll make.

Yes he'll be playing in Vegas, on the $1 tables far away from you....lol

Norwich Fan Rob

Anyone know the result?

Samson

rounders123 wrote:

Unlucky. How many played and how many places paid?.

90 something played.
Last 18 got paid.
€8000 first
€4300 second
Can't recall 3rd to 9th
€450 10th
€300 11th to 18th

Goodluck2me

Hawk Eye wrote:

hmmm must have me mixed up with someone else as I didn't go to this last night.

i heard you won....

cardshark202

I lost a huge pot which may have put me 2nd in chips, or at least with a very big stack when I called a re-raise all in with JJ v AK. AK held up. Down to 7BBs and pushed UTG+1 with Q9s, AK guy min-raised, I hit quads and lost.

Hawk Eye

goodluck2me wrote:

i heard you won....

Ok I give in, your sources are spot on I did take the 8k first prize I'm just ridiculously modest:o

But if you look at this and the time of post #3 somebody must be hijacking my boards a/c;)

tricky D

it finished at 4:30 in the morning. 6 way split: iirc, 1 from Hull, 3 from north, 2 dubliners. ~3k each.

Hitman Actual

tricky D wrote:

it finished at 4:30 in the morning. 6 way split: iirc, 1 from Hull, 3 from north, 2 dubliners. ~3k each.

6-way split for 3K each in the EOM... Boooooooooooo.:(

Why did they bother playing in the first place.

Goodluck2me

its 1110% profit on their money, and if they are travellign from far im sure they were happy enough, although you have to wonder at the timing of it.

Hitman Actual

Well, first of all, I'm beered up and just in the door. I don't think there is one person on this forum who would make a 6-way deal in this game. Exceptions are mega-short stacks, and players who *really* need the money e.g. students in the middle of rag week. So I pose a drunk question... 4.30am in the Fitz, 6 players left, 8K for first, 1K for 6th... do you do a deal for 3K each, or do you want to win the game??? The integrity of the forum is at stake.

5starpool

Some people are very anti-deal, others are generally pro-deal.

I try to be somewhere in the middel, i.e. always open to a deal if it makes sense at the time given time, money, who is involved etc.

roryc

I did a five way split for 4K each in the Fitz EOM last year. It was 6am in the morning, and it had been five handed for over two hours, and we all had even stacks.

Also, it was the first time I had ever had the chance of winning more than a few hundred quid (I was a poor student...:))

Its easy to criticise, but when you have paid less than 300 to get in, and 3K is being offered, it can be hard to refuse...

ecksor

lenny_leonard wrote:

So I pose a drunk question... 4.30am in the Fitz, 6 players left, 8K for first, 1K for 6th... do you do a deal for 3K each, or do you want to win the game??? The integrity of the forum is at stake.

I'm definitely up for a deal if

(a) I'm not one of the better players at the table.
(b) I'm so tired I know I'm not thinking straight about my hands any more.

Other factors such as the utility of the money and chip positions might make me inclined to accept a deal in other circumstances. I don't know how any given poster's attitude reflects upon the integrity of the forum. Attitudes to deals are a personal thing and I find it hard to criticise anyone for the decisions they make in such a situation.

Here's an example: Until recently I was a player who made many final tables in small tournaments but never really got down to the business end (top 3) of a tournament. It is quite recent for me to have identified and solved the problems with my game that were causing this and so previously it would have been very foolish for me to refuse such a deal.

Hitman Actual

roryc wrote:

I did a five way split for 4K each in the Fitz EOM last year. It was 6am in the morning, and it had been five handed for over two hours, and we all had even stacks.

Also, it was the first time I had ever had the chance of winning more than a few hundred quid (I was a poor student...:))

Its easy to criticise, but when you have paid less than 300 to get in, and 3K is being offered, it can be hard to refuse...

Fair enough Rory, but would you have done a deal if you had a decent lead? I doubt it. I just cant believe that out of six players, not one of them had the balls to play for the win.

Hitman Actual

ecksor wrote:

I don't know how any given poster's attitude reflects upon the integrity of the forum. Attitudes to deals are a personal thing and I find it hard to criticise anyone for the decisions they make in such a situation.

Apologies, it was a drunk post (I'm taking over from Doc!). The integrity of the forum is definately NOT at stake.

I have no problems with doing deals that are in your own interest, and often when it gets to 3-handed in the Fitz, doing a deal makes a lot of sense. But 6-handed? I dont think so, but if I was a short stack I'd probably welcome a deal.