wbcoop main event

Last night I came in 29th position at the WBCOOP main event. I won another 215$ SCOOP ticket, which was more than I hoped for - my goal was 55$ ticket. Anyway, it's a bitter sweat kind of feeling. I had great cards, many pocket pairs, four times AA (which held all four times), two KK, one, QQ, couple of AK , etc, but overall I played badly. Made many lose calls when I knew I should have folded. Played some speculative cards from an early position, made a few desperate moves, which could only be qualified as tilting, even though I had plenty of chips to stick around and wait for better spots. I honestly believe that if I played the game like the night before I could have reached the final table and be a contender for the overall winner prize and ending the Championship with some 6-10000$ worth of prizes. This way I won something over 1,000$ in prizes, which is much more than I hoped for. Also, I played in four events, and can't imagine what would have happened if I played them all... maybe I could have won extra few points and still have a chance to win overall title and 5,000$ live events package. This way, if my calculations are correct I'm 3rd overall.
In general, it's been a great ride and WBCOOP will be the event to remember.

WBCOOP one hand I'm proud of

Ok, so I was on the Bubble (two players before the ITM). I had an average stack. I was a small blind. The button was a bully with a large chip stack. He raised i had A8o and called a minraise.
The flop came 2 K 4 i checked and the BB bets half the pot and I know he's bluffing, cause he's been betting alot at the bubble trying to push ppl out of the pot, stealing the blinds and so on... so I raise - i'm pretty sure he's got air, but he calls. At this point i have about one third of the original stack remaining and thinking, if he had a K he would have pushed (maybe he can have 2 or a 4). The turn comes an 8 (I hit a pair). There are two hearts and two clubs on the board. I check again and he pushes all in. I think for a moment, close my eyes and call what turns out to be the bluff. The river comes a deuce and he shows 57s. I win and more than double - after
that hand I emerged as a big stack and never looked back...
Cheers

Tickets and how to cash them

Well, after I checked last year's winners of the WBCOOP I found out that just few of them managed to cash in the tournaments they had tickets for. I have 5 tickets and still a Main Event to play - hopefully that's where I'll get one more ticket - at least one 55$ SCOOP. With these, I hope to get into money once - come out with some 500$ from this whole affair would be spectacular push to my 150$ (something) bankroll. I don't intent to use these tickets before March (those that I won for Sunday Million). Anyway - it's a great thing for me, I'll be freerolling this spring with the high rollers thanks to PSTARS, probably get eaten alive, but who cares - not my money anyway.

One more thing - Staff of the Pokerstars are just terrific! I mean customer support - These women and men really go a long way to help you with any kind of problems. And they are so prompt. No wonder this site is No.1!
LOVE YOU STARS!!!!!!!!!

So, the next big thing - Sunday Million! David Tuckmann, here I come! Be gentle :D!

WBCOOP

Won the preliminary event - won two 215$ tickets to Sunday million and two SCOOP 215$ tickets! Still can't believe it! 800+ players... I won, yours truly :D

fifty 50 games at PStars

Played maybe fifteen of them, got into money in 13- that really was something! Waiting for WBCOOP 8 games mix... very nice prizes there, tickets for SCOOP (could use a few).
Since no one actually reads this, and I don't blame ppl, (also, I'm to lazy to try to connect or share this blog), I'll stick with it as a personal poker diary.
P.S. Watched that Water Boat (online poker comedian i guess) dude on Youtube - hilarious. Especially that story about his Swedish student who tried to master the art of tilting and eventually died from AIDS...

WBCOOP Preliminary

Played my first game at WBCOOP - NLH, first few hands and I got busted - I was a small blind and played HU aganst bb - folded to me - I was holding A9 made a small raise, got called and the flop was AAT i checked, so did the opponent, turn came 9 (dream card) I check and the opponent bets i just call, the river came Q and I check again, hoping BB has at least an Ace or has made a strait - he bets about one third of the pot, i raise the pot he reraises me all in I call - my trap worked! - turns out he had AT - got busted. Still can't believe it... well, better luck next time, hopefully...

To start off with a bad beat story

To start a blogg with a bad beat session from yesterday (that's when I wrote it on PSO blogg - today seems much better). The hands are in order as they come - one all in after another...

AA vs KK vs TT 1.10$ MTT shorthanded lost to T .... (beggining of the tourny)
AK vs QT 1.1$ sattelite to sunday 1/4 mill bubble if i win i get 11$ seat - lost - won 1$
KK run into AA and lost 1.40$ sng bounty  - remained in the game as a shortstack was in top five before
A4 vs KJ all four same suit - lost again same opponent same tourny as previous short stack and desperate
AJs vs AQs shortstack 1.10$ sng lost
JJ vs 55 1.40$ sng bounty - lost remained in the game from the leader to the middle stack
QK vs A5 same tourny - short stacked and lost to the leader
A5s VS KJs 1.20 sng lost shortstack near the bubble
A4 vs 88 opponent shortstack lost 1/4 of my stack 1.40$ bounty sng
88 vs AJ same tourny ITM lost shortstack one away from the final table
TT vs Aks 1.40$ bounty sng lost ITM (first all in in the whole of the 3hour tourny  - folded QQ preflop earlier on the bubble against the push by the chip leader- I would never have done this otherwise, but I was terrified that even if I had Aces I would lose)
AKs vs AQo Final table same tourny - lost and got busted
... and, first all in preflop I actually won AA vs JJ....

Some mistakes about the tourny facts could exist but they are unintentional, otherwise this is truly as they come...

Playing the final table 6 out of 9 remaining, and as I wrote this lost to the shortstack all in with A5s agaist my J10os - final update AQ vs opponents AT all in  - lost, finish 8th position.

Gonna watch the movie, some old horror with my favorite supporting actor Miguel Ferrer.

Lost 8$ in today's session, such a downfall from yesterday's 36$ winning session...
Good news, I just got my vpp bonus 10$... still a bitter taste... I played much better today than yesterday, but yesterday everything seemed to fall in to place  - although I played really bad on manny occasions. If I played like today, I  would have won ALOT more money. - missed just two value bets where I could have won more from the opponent, one succesfull bluff against me that I know of, pulled of three out of three big pot bluffs... Made mistake only twice that I can think of - called with KK post flop whith the A on board against two opponents, knowing one certainly has an Ace... Didn't lose much, but still...the other situation I made a mistake Im aware of is when I went all in from UTG+2 with A9 (15BB remmaining) just as I lost another showdown - was on tilt, but fortunately no one called and I collected the blinds and antes (not nearly enough to justify my push)
If I play any more games, I think I'm gonna be tilting and playing badly... (maybe FLH tourny - i dunno, at least no all in there)

Those who read, thanks, those who find it annoying, I can understand that... Know one thing, somedays are just better to stay off the poker....

Cheers...

P.S. To those conspiracy theory online poker is rigged people  - if this happened live i would start to question the integrity of the establishment- especially if it was a home game I'm new to. This way I know, it was simply the case of bad luck and nothing more... Still, love the way I played and handle myself during the bad beat...