I love PokerStars. One of my big goals in life is to play in the site's PokerStars Caribbean Adventure tournaments in the Bahamas some January.
Noticed the other day that PStars is running a thing called PCA Fantasy from Nov. 7-Dec. 12. OK, that's as good a way to satellite into my dreams as any. I played a 50-cent, 90-player sit-and-go Saturday, with the top 9 finishers getting a ticket to one of the 12 PCA Fantasy Final freerolls (two per Sunday). I played good (haven't been playing much lately, but I have been going deep and having decent success when I do play). I finished 4th, earned $3.64 (that'll buy 7 more satellite tries! lol), and got an FF ticket. I like that return on investment! One try, one ticket!
Late Saturday and early Sunday my results inother tournaments were nothing to write home about, play-success wise. Nevertheless, I decided to use my Fantasy Final ticket Sunday evening for the 7 pm (CT) game. Hey, who knows what the next Sundays will bring? Next Sunday's my birthday, then comes Thanksgiving weekend; so better take a shot while I can! A long shot, with 13,179 players enterred, top 2,000 paid, and winner alone getting the $15,780 package of a trip to play in Paradise!
I played good. Dang, I really did play good for about 3 1/2 hours. Started slow: 10,740th of 11,136 left and 8,478th/8,685 at two early points. Kept plugging and playing my game, which could be anything. Got lucky a couple times when I needed to. Reeled in a couple gamblers when I had the goods. Made the money with ease. Got up to 68th/730 left. With the blinds and antes rising fast I was still 173rd/257. And then, eight eliminations from a $3 jump in the payouts, this happened:
PokerStars Game #52717429720: Tournament #324632380, Freeroll Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (3000/6000) - 2010/11/14 23:33:13 ET
Table '324632380 294' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: CESAR1802 (77142 in chips)
Seat 2: Cudvin379s (148009 in chips)
Seat 3: akfoldem49 (233155 in chips)
Seat 4: cheveuxdor (20441 in chips)
Seat 5: Shamanalix (29102 in chips)
Seat 6: Acropolis616 (70036 in chips)
Seat 7: ganador63 (106674 in chips)
Seat 8: The Dimes (56061 in chips)
Seat 9: Guryan Chayk (53184 in chips)
CESAR1802: posts the ante 600
Cudvin379s: posts the ante 600
akfoldem49: posts the ante 600
cheveuxdor: posts the ante 600
Shamanalix: posts the ante 600
Acropolis616: posts the ante 600
ganador63: posts the ante 600
The Dimes: posts the ante 600
Guryan Chayk: posts the ante 600
The Dimes: posts small blind 3000
Guryan Chayk: posts big blind 6000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Shamanalix [As Kh]
CESAR1802: calls 6000
Cudvin379s: folds
akfoldem49: folds
cheveuxdor: folds
Shamanalix: raises 22502 to 28502 and is all-in
Acropolis616: raises 40934 to 69436 and is all-in
ganador63: folds
The Dimes: folds
Guryan Chayk: folds
CESAR1802: folds
Uncalled bet (40934) returned to Acropolis616
*** FLOP *** [8c 2h 4h]
*** TURN *** [8c 2h 4h] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [8c 2h 4h Jd] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Shamanalix: shows [As Kh] (high card Ace)
Acropolis616: shows [Ts 9s] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
Acropolis616 collected 77404 from pot
Shamanalix finished the tournament in 205th place and received $8.00.
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 77404 | Rake 0
Board [8c 2h 4h Jd 7c]
Seat 1: CESAR1802 folded before Flop
Seat 2: Cudvin379s folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: akfoldem49 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: cheveuxdor folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Shamanalix showed [As Kh] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 6: Acropolis616 showed [Ts 9s] and won (77404) with a straight, Seven to Jack
Seat 7: ganador63 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: The Dimes (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Guryan Chayk (big blind) folded before Flop
Runner-runner straight. That's poker. But now I won't be able to get to sleep for quite a while. Can't win them all, but that was really a bad time to lose one...
Sigh............................. And AAAARRRGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!
OK, I'll be back, satellites. I want another FF shot. The sirens of Atlantis are calling me, and I can never say no to beautiful women...
