BRAGGING THREAD

Ok, I have to brag on tonight's game a little or I will just bust! 9 seat SnG and I am following along just holding my own... but I make it to the final 2 head to head... he has about $12000 and I have about $1200... uh oh David and Goliath, this guy has smooshed everyone else and holds the bigger hammer.

We play back and forth and I get down to about $200 and getting tired of the cat and mouse... so I go ALL-IN... and win the hand... ok, not supposed to be over yet, so we go back and forth again, only this time I keep gaining on him and he is getting nervous, changes his playing style, gets more aggressive and I come even with him, pass him, and long story short... 1st Place for the Katt!

Prize was just for Poker Points and I got 70 and he got 30, but what a fun experience... and of course I can use those PPs to get into more competions and I think I will aim for the WSOP, I mean if I am gonna dream I might as well dream big!

katt 8)

What a fantastic comeback Katt.  You will probably have heard the saying "chip and a chair" -  none so true in this case. 

That is a truly fantastic achievement.  Sometimes it isn't about the prize it's about skill and I think you showed a lot of skill here.

Big big congratulations Katt.  I'm really, really pleased for you.

blue

Last night I played another $20 buyin and finished 9th again  8p ( $136 )

Then today I played few more ( lost two ) and finished in 30th place ( $96.91) at one, and drum rolls plz.........  won NL $27 buy in, $5 knock out ( had total of 10 knockouts )

Now that is a brilliant win.  Big congrats Zuga.  What an awesome result and congrats on the other two as well.

blue

Zuga Rules!  !! Sounds like you are a terror at the tables! You keep this up and you might be givin' up your day job!  $$

katt

:`o :`o Very nice zuga !! !! :-bd When you write your book on Winning at Poker,can I have an autographed edition  !! :)

Last few days i had ups as downs ( and all arounds :P ), but today I managed to come 3rd out of 1296 entrants.

I had a real chance to win this one, as I was the chip leader at final table, but it was a wild west with every1 going all in... Still a good result :)

Our fearless leader strikes again.Congrats zuga...you rock!!

Fantastic job Zuga.  You're doing brilliantly.  I'm loving all these wonderful screenshots. 

Thanks and please keep your wins coming!

blue

Zuga you are on a roll! And it ain't a sesame seed roll either! I want to watch you in a tournament sometime, it could be a real learning experience! Gooooooooddddddd Job!

katt

Not a big brag, but a medium one.

Missed the $1 biggie tourney tonight.  Played a $5.50 entry sit n go NL holdem.  10 players.

Was a nice game.  No stupid players.  Took second place for $15.  I was happy.

My faith is restored!  (at least for a little while)  ;) ;) ;)

medtrans

Very nice result Medtrans.  Glad your faith is restored..a little.

blue

gratz again zuga and well done Medtrans

Oh my i have missed all the bragging our fearless leader Zuga has been doing!!! I am so damn proud to know ya! Great job and nice to see it kept in the family!

Congrats to you too medtrans!

Lips

Yes.  Whenever you can cash in a tourney it is a big plus because it is very hard to do.  I often wonder how the same people are always at the final table in WSP and other big tourneys.  But lately I am noticing some new faces too.

 

I still believe a lot is luck and luck must be on your side, but then again...a lot of the same people are always there.

 

Would appreciate comments on how much you think luck figures in.

 

medtrans

Hi Meds,

I do think luck comes into play for sure. Perfect example of that is bad beats or someone who plays a horrible hand and raises a 2 7 off suit and you are sitting on AK and lose.

Sometimes some of the most difficult players for me are the newbies because they are just learning the game and make calls you would never consider and end up winning.

Lips

Hi Meds,

 

I do think luck comes into play for sure. Perfect example of that is bad beats or someone who plays a horrible hand and raises a 2 7 off suit and you are sitting on AK and lose.

 

Sometimes some of the most difficult players for me are the newbies because they are just learning the game and make calls you would never consider and end up winning.

 

Lips

I could not have said this any better than lips did... I agree entirely!

katt

My best result in some time.... 2nd after going into heads up with a 5 to 1 chip lead.... :/ talk about bad beats..

PokerStars

NL Hold'em Buy-In: 70.00/7.00 $77 NLHE

[6-Max, Turbo, $10K Gtd]

Prize: USD2449.86

228 players entered... took like 4 hours or so..

Excellent job and a very tasty win.

Big congrats.  Out of interest, what did the 1st place pay?

blue

After losing left and right in the past few weeks, today I came 4th ( dammit! ), playing $82 buyin NL Holdem ( 6 seats Hyper-Turbo ).

Im bit disappointed as I had the chip lead at final table...  >:(

Congrats Zuga!! It is still a nice return on your $82 investment even tho I'm sure after being chip leader at the final table and finishing 4th,it was a disappointment.One way to look at it is,it's money for MORE poker tourneys..LOL.

A very tasty win - congrats Zuga.  I see the poker pro came 2nd so your 4th is a fab result.

A great job indeed but I understand the frustration when you are the chip leader on the final table.

blue

Wonderful result Zuga.  I love to see these wins.

medtrans

I hear your frustration Zuga and while I understand it, I can't help but find your end result quite admirable! Final table and right behind the pro! Good job!

katt

Not a huge win ($1 buyin) $17.02 1st prize so not really a brag.

I was chip leader for some time and even onto the final table.  I did drop to 3rd at one point but fought back to whoop butt!  It was a great game and I was definitely on form.  Only 46 entrants though).  I really need to up the stakes more.

Not my usual username (I think I signed up to the bingo first). 

Congrats on the win Blue !! :-bd

well done

In the money is always good! Number 1 is even better! So, you can brag, yes, yes you can! Good  going!

Now off topic for a noob question (can't help myself  8'| ) ... I see the screen says, "Final Table Deal Making Possible" and I have never seen that before... what does that mean?

katt

Nice going blue!

Katt...I am thinking it means that if the final 2 make a deal they can split the 1st and 2nd place winnings?  Or 4 players can split evenly?  Not 100% sure though.

medtrans

Thanks everyone.

Katt - yes medtrans has it right.  There is a little box just above the chat box that gives you the option to make a deal.  There is a yes box and a no box. It shows how many have selected each box (in this case everyone had left it on no).  If there are say 4 of you left, they take the top 4 prizes and if everyone agrees to make a deal, the game is paused and the players left in decide how to split the money.  They can either go by chip count or position - not sure exactly how they work it out but it is down to the remaining players to decide how they want to do it.  I've seen it on the big money tables where the prizes are huge and it's definitely worth doing a deal on those.  At no point during the final table, did anyone select the yes box (except me when I was playing around with it).

blue

Thanks for the explanations... That would really be a hard thing to decide I think. At that point you are in the money no matter how it ends... but oh man...

katt

Thanks for the explanations... That would really be a hard thing to decide I think. At that point you are in the money no matter how it ends... but oh man...

 

 

katt

I'm not sure what I would do if it was a big paying tourney.

If we use Zuga's recent win as an example.  He was chip leader when he went to the final table and ended up being 4th.  It was a fantastic result but had everyone on the table made a deal at the point of entering the final table (assuming it was available), he would have been better off than he was.  On the other side of the coin, he could have gone on to win and scoop the first place prize which would have been more than he would have got if he did a deal.  It's a very tricky decision to make and I'm glad I wasn't faced with it tbh (even at that low level).

blue

Are you ready for my big brag?  I lost $100 at the slots today so decided to play some free poker.  Katt told me about BetOnline so I signed up.  They had a freeroll starting so thought I would join it and play while I watched the Badger game.

It was a $75 freeroll.  1500 players.  1000 chips stack.  There were rebuys and add on, but I didn't have any real money so I couldn't do those. 

Played for 3 hours and came in 10th place.  Prize you ask?  None other than a whopping $2.25.  LOL  That's like working for $.75 an hour.

Anyway it passed the time and now I can enter some real money tourneys, although they will have to be small ones.  :)

medtrans

 

I'm not sure what I would do if it was a big paying tourney.

 

If we use Zuga's recent win as an example.  He was chip leader when he went to the final table and ended up being 4th.  It was a fantastic result but had everyone on the table made a deal at the point of entering the final table (assuming it was available), he would have been better off than he was.  On the other side of the coin, he could have gone on to win and scoop the first place prize which would have been more than he would have got if he did a deal.  It's a very tricky decision to make and I'm glad I wasn't faced with it tbh (even at that low level).

 

blue

That is correct. As soon as we reached the final table there was an option to discuss the potential deal and call for chat operator.

But neither of us even considered discussing the deal, especially not me coz of my chip lead. If we had made a deal then yes i would of made at least double what I eventually made coming 4th.

But at this point I was going for a big payday and a glory :P , so even if some1 suggested splitting the prize i would of passed it.

I made around 8 final tables so far ( 6 were big cashouts ) and few times i was the short stack and never considered splitting the cash. If you are there you may as well go for the top prize.

Medtrans - you came 10th out of 1500 and that's a great result.  You now have some cash to win some more cash and so on.  Great job and well done.

Zuga - I agree with you totally about wanting to go for that first spot especially when you are chip leader or even when you are not.  It definitely is a tough call.

blue

Good job medtrans! Glad I sent you over there! $2.25 is a good size bankroll considering I have been playing on about the same amount for quite a while now without going broke...

I'm with you Zuga, I don't think I could make the deal... I would want that top spot and the chance to see if I could get it... Deal or No Deal... No Deal... Just Deal the cards... LOL

katt

Well thank you very much..i will sleep well tonight :)

You're the CHAMP! Woo Hoo! That is a win to remember! LOL LOL LOL

katt

Nice going all :-bd We must be on a roll..I came in 5th and won $5.80 We in the  $$ LOL

I agree with everyone...that would be tuff to decide....deal or no deal.I would need extra time for that one :P :P :-X

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Ah the PKR 10c Giveaway. 

Congrats Soixante - the celebration alone is worth it.

Nice going all :-bd We must be on a roll..I came in 5th and won $5.80 We in the  $$ LOL

 

I agree with everyone...that would be tuff to decide....deal or no deal.I would need extra time for that one :P :P :-X

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Congrats Rosebud.  I think we are all definitely on a roll.

Well done both.

blue

That be us!! LOL

Played $100 freeroll at BetOnline tonight.  NL Holdem.  2091 players.

Finished 8th.  $3.00.  Can't quit my day job yet.

medtrans

You sure had to kick a bunch of butt to take 8th with that many people playing! Good job!

katt

Great job medtrans and congrats on finishing in the dough.  8th is a decent finish 

Well done.

blue

There hasn't been a post in this thread for a while so I will share a little brag... It was a $500 GTD at Bovada with 251 players. I did finish in the money (not much, but not on the dang bubble!) Here is the screenie (sorry it is hard to read in the red):

katt

Congratulations Player 0064 Katt.  Money won in a freeroll is a great achievement and 26th out of 251 is a very good result.  Well done and keep those wins coming.

blue

Thanks blue! Actually was a paid tourney $3+$.30 so my winnings almost doubled my investment. Was up and down in the SnG's today. So, this win was really nice. I love the Player 0064 ... That made me giggle.

katt

Thanks blue! Actually was a paid tourney $3+$.30 so my winnings almost doubled my investment.

Ah sorry Katt - I didn't realise it was a paid tourney.  :-[

blue

Thanks blue! Actually was a paid tourney $3+$.30 so my winnings almost doubled my investment.

 

Ah sorry Katt - I didn't realise it was a paid tourney.  :-[

 

blue

LOL I just didn't want to over brag! LOL LOL

katt

Thanks blue! Actually was a paid tourney $3+$.30 so my winnings almost doubled my investment.

 

Ah sorry Katt - I didn't realise it was a paid tourney.  :-[

 

blue

 

LOL I just didn't want to over brag! LOL LOL

 

katt

LOL

It's great that you are buying into tourneys Katt.  You really have come a very long way.  I'm proud of ya.

blue