There was a death in the family and so I am in Dayton Ohio. This prevents me from playing in today's wptfan series of poker (SOP) Main Event.
There were 15 events in the series, and Jacksup (matt matros) and Peter Feldman (Nordberg) have played in most of the events, along with some other good players... I have played in seven events, cashed 5 times total, and won three of them. For whatever reason, I've dominated the series. I played in the seven card stud high/low event on wednesday night and, despite only have played the game for about 40 minutes on pokerstars once, won the event.
The fact that I am not playing is notable only because I am the SOP current points leader (by a lot, I have 450 pts and the #2 guy has less than 300) and cashing the main event (which I would have had a fairly good chance of doing, better than average, anyway) would have locked up the overall points lead, which is worth a few hundred bucks.
I've learned that knowing how to play and win tournaments is a very valuable skill, and is certainly why I won the stud event. All I know about that game is what are good starting hands, and if you have a board lock, raise like the dickens. Everything else was tournament strategy.
When we got to heads up play, I had 30k in chips to the other guy's 11K. His strategy was to play every hand to showdown and see if luck would be with him. It worked very well, and quickly i was down to 1.5k in chips to his 40K. I got lucky a few times, got back to 8K, and then I was able to sit back and crush. It was over pretty quickly. Because he played nearly every hand out, when ever I had a good hand, I could extract a lot of value for it.
Anyway, there's maybe one or two guys who can catch me if they win the main event today, otherwise first place money is mine. (Mine! I tell you, mine!)
It's not so much about winning the money, cause it's not enough to really notice, but more about the prestige of winning the series (even more so having played in less than half the events).
We'll know by the end of the day. As long as I finish in the top three, I make some money. I am a near lock to finish in the top 2 (I think the current #3 would have to win it and the #2 would have to finish in 2nd) for me to finish 3rd. It also depends on how many people end up playing. if there is a smaller turnout, less than 50 people, I might already have 1st won.)
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