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Can anyone post the HH please for those unable to rail?GG JC!

How much is 1st place paying for this? Over $200K?How many are left? Hoping to be able to sweat the FT when I get home in about 75 mins.

In as Dinhjo.Had to chuck a sickie so I could play this.

Gogogogo!I'm at work, can't rail, but GL & TID please!!!What are the payouts from here?

Just re working conditions etc - we don't quite get the same benefits in Australia. So if I'm making the same amount pre-tax playing poker, then I'll be fine. And in this position, there's very little chance for advancement or promotion. It's a pretty dead-end job, that, to be honest, I was kind of looking to move out of before considering poker.Would it be horrible to quit this job, give myself until Xmas to see how I enjoy playing poker, then decide whether to look at getting a job on '08? Or even enrolling to get some qualifications?

Thanks for all the responses so quickly...I guess my feelings are that if I were to qquit my job, go busto playing poker & be flat broke - it wouldn't be hard for me to find a similar job. They're advertised all over the place here. So it doesn't feel like it's *that* big of a risk.To answer a few questions - I play as Dinhjo on Stars & CD Poker mostly. Most of my winnings have beenn onCD Poker, before making a return to Stars in the last month or so.I play some small stakes 6-max, but am basically break-even over a small sample size. This is something I want to get better at.I don't l

Posted this on 2+2 as well, but figured I may as well get as many opinions as possible...Ok, not entirely sure where this should go, so mods, feel free to move if you like. I'm just posting here since it's where I most often post.OK, so basically the deal is this. I work as an Admin/Accts clerk at a car dealership. I get a below avg wage. I never completed high school, so essentially, I have no real qualifications, thus my long term earning potential is not exactly fantastic.I love poker. I've played it *seriously* since basically the start of the year. I'll post my 07 stats for the year at th

7th for $1300.Got played back at every time I raised. Had AQcc on the button, Jus (SB) predicatbly pushed, his 86o > my AQ.Left me with about 8 BBs. Shoved A$ into 99 & didn't improve.Oh well, not much you can do I guess. TY TB for the sweat

TY TB.Was CL coming in, but been a bit card dead since. Down to 5/8, but top 5 all within 100K.

Played for 1 hour last night after I got home from busting at the cas. Won $130 playing ~1 hour/100 hands of NL100 (6-Max)Won $75 playing ~1 hour/100 hands of NL50 (6-max)Had my $50 up to $190 in the NL50 game, then lost with KK after EP raised to $2, I re-raised to $7, he calls. Q high flop, he leads for $10, I make it $25 (thinking I'm way good here), he shoved another $60 on top & I obv call. He flips over AA. Damn cooler. Pretty huge pot for a 25c/50c game.**Edit - can anyone tell me if that's really donkish the way I played that hand. I'm a huge cash donk, but I'm trying to get better

FWIW - I like this thread too.I'll put in a progress update post when I hit the 750 tournies played mark, which should be in the next week.

Thought I'd try my hand at some 50c/$1 6 max on Stars.Down about $280 in about 400 hands. D'oh!

OK, this is an obv brag post.I've had an insane week. I have stayed clear of Stars for about 4 months, and had built up my game (quite successfully) on the IPoker network. I decided I should put down $100 on Stars last week.So first up, I chop the $10K Gtd, $30 on Stars for $2700. Good start. That was Tuesday night.Wednesday I went to my local Casino & had my 1st live win (55 runners, $70 tourney. $655 + entry to a $560 tourney).Friday night, 4th in a late night $109 FO for $1KToday I get up early as I have the day off from training (usually have basketball training Sunday mornings) - I en

Haven’t posted in a while – been really bogged down with end of year stuff at work (oh the joy).Actually had a couple of weeks on in mid-June (primarily to coach a bball tourney, but also to play some poker). Had a decent run of tourney wins in those 2 weeks, but the rest of June was fairly ordinary. Finished +$2.5K but my ROI was only 57%, when it had been over 170% the 3 months previous. I guess that was a ridiculously unachievable figure, though. Total profit for ’07 is currently at $14.5K (which isn’t worth as much to me as it was previously, due to the Aussie dollar getting stronger.  I’

Not quite - I think 1st is something like $200K (with part of it being paid in WPT & WSOP entries), and 18th-20th get $25K.Ghostlove,You have to qualify by making the final table of 3 consecutive tournaments. Only certain tournaments qualify. I got 2 in a row, but couldn't snag my 3rd .Imper1um is in. Ship the 1st place now .

You're allowed to brag after a day of "variance".BTW - I thought EM2 was, like, good? Doesn't he usually play higher? Or is he a donk?

As it was, I bet 5K, he pushed & I cringed & called.He had AK, no heart. Phew.

Like everyone above has said - it just depends on what you're good at.For example, everyone says MTTs are high variance but over 4 months (I know I know, small sample blah blah blah) my ROI has remained pretty consistent. My biggest downswing (keep in mind, I play at mid-low stakes. Mostly $20-$50 MTTs with the occasional jab at a $100) has been maybe $500. My ROI is about 125-130% & hasn't been below 100% since March.So for me... MTTs easily.

Yikes. Glad we never made a bet on the "no busto" thing. Although I am assuming this is on Bodog?Probably not the right time to ask this, but I always thought it was generally acknowledged that there was a higher variance in MTTs than in cash. Is this actually true? My cash game swings (when I take pot shots at them) are much more wild than anything I have in MTTs?

I'm on a slightly altered goal of making $2K/month from now until the end of the year. I think this should be achievable playing the MTTs I play.I think I've played poorly this month, and have just 1 win from 87 tournaments, but have profited $5200 with a ROI of 188%. I had some final tables in some of the "bigger" tournaments I play in, so that helps boost the ROI.I'm up to $11,400 total profit for the year. I have 2 weeks off of work in June, so hopefully that'll be an even better month for me.

Final 2 tables of $10 rebuy.I have ~45K, villain had ~33K. Blinds are 600/1200, no antes.I'm in the BB with 66. Villain has been very laggy recently, raising 3-4 times per orbit & he makes his standard raise to 3600 in MP. Everyone else folds & I flatcall in the BB.Flop is 4h 6h Kh.How do I proceed? There's 7800 in the pot already. Do I lead for 5K? Do I try a check-raise (knowing if I check to him, he's likely to bet with most anything)?There's basically no way I'm not going to end up with my entire stack in there, right? No way I'm getting away from a set vs an over-aggressive oppone

Final 5 of a $7 rebuy. 3K starting chips + 3k rebuys means there's a little more play in the FT than usual.Blinds are 5K/10K, no antes. I'm in the BB with 445K after posting (chips leader - next is ~360K). Shortie is on the button with 65K. He's been a shortie for a while & doesn't seem in any hurry to get his chips in. In fact, he folded to min-raises in his blinds.It folds to him on the button & he shoves. His range can't be too loose, IMO, since he's been patient while being the shortie. Everyone else has over 150K.The SB folds. What do I need to call? Should I be calling with basic

Yes, I absolutely find the MTTs I play currently much, much, much easier than those on Stars, FT etc. In fact, I've made more than $10,900 on my usual site (CD Poker) over the course of the year, but I'm a loser on other sites. I've basically limited myself to exclusive play on CD Poker now, though.The Million Dollar promotion is a freeroll for the 1st 20 people to qualify for the promotion by making the FT in 3 consecutive tournaments (there are restrictions on which tourneys qualify) or in the same tournament 3 times in a row.There's $1 million in total prizes to be given away (top 3 get a W

Go get 'em Zim.How much will you win when you get 1st?

How many runners for the big monthly?GL to all still alive & kicking!