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| Marconi Palace Event 3 Winner: Doctor Straight | 2011 08 11 10:42 am | Last night I won a $110 No Limit Holdem Tournament at the Marconi Poker Palace, beating a field of 80 players to take down Event 3 of the Marconi Poker Showdown. This was the first time I'd touched poker chips in about 4 weeks, having taken some time off the game after the Chip Chop closure of June. I wasn't sure what shape my tournament game would be in, but I was happy with the result. I took my friend Simon with me, catching a train home to Flemington then driving to Bossley Park from 7pm. We were seated at 7:40, the game had started on time and we were 10 minutes into the first level. Simon and I didn't recognize any players in the tournament. Marconi run their own game and aren't APL or NPL affiliated. They've been very successful in nurturing a group of regular players, there was a good cameraderie between the players last night, many of whom knew each other by name. The game had a second chance format in the first four levels (one rebuy only, but no add-on) but players played sensibly and I didn't see anyone playing wildly or exercising this option. I busted one player just before the break, but he simply left. There were still many people in the game after the half hour dinner break. Normally such a long dinner break would annoy me, but the food bars at Marconi club are excellent and Simon and I enjoyed a freshly made pizza and a couple of Peronis. It can actually be tricky to get a drink at the Marconi club, they have 3 pizza bars, 4 coffee and gelato bars and one drinks bar. These numbers might not be accurate, I didn't have time to walk around the entire club and I probably missed some gelato bars. I ran well in the game, getting better and better hands as the night progressed. I had a nice early suckout with AT beating AQ, and only one bad beat of the night close to the final table when my 99 was outdrawn by 55. The key hand of the tournament for me was when my nothing K6 just got better and better on a board of A3457. A player with A2 had no choice but to call my huge raise on the river and I was set for the final table after winning that massive pot. There was some nice disciplined hand-for-hand play enforced by the TDs before the final table. Another impressive feature of the game was that we were able to keep playing past the 2am official club closing time. And right at the end some chips were raced into 25,000 value plaques, I enjoy using plaques at the big end of a tournament. As a final nicety my first place included a trophy. The Marconi Poker Showdown series continues tonight with a $220 PLO tournament, dealers provided. There's a 15k start stack and a second chance format. The main event has a $1,100 buyin with a Friday day1A and Saturday day1B and Sunday final day 2. I can recommend without reservation these games. |
| Chip Chops cancelled in NSW | 2011 06 22 12:45 am | Today the NSW Office of Liquor Gaming and Racing (OLGR) issued a ruling which prohibits non-Casino cash games ("chip chops") in NSW. Non-casino chip chops become unlawful when any of the following apply (a) Operator/Venue takes a portion of the entry fee (b) Non-playing dealer (c) Payment is made by players to enter the venue. Penalties are up to $5500 first offence/$11000 second offence for the organisers and up to $5500 for the participants. I hope that Star City profit by this decision, and that after having already lost their AAPT event to Crown. Australia's premier live poker room enjoy their future "Big Game" Poker tournaments with a handful of runners. |
| Exciting leaked Shane Warne text | 2010 12 20 03:49 pm | In today's Shane Warne scandal (the one with him sexting the Melbourne mother of two) the tabloid newspapers have released a PDF of the 100 messages Warne sent. The following text got my heart racing: *** I'm on my way to crown now for a poker tournament wish I could kiss you... you would look hot in gym gear! X *** Whether or not you think Melbourne mother-of-two Adele Angeleri would look hot in gym gear, there's no disputing that Shane's on his way into Crown...and he's going to get some action. |
| Doctor Straight crushing 10/20 Limit Omaha at Crown | 2010 11 25 11:00 pm | I'm at the last night of my 6 night Melbourne trip, and paying a much needed visit to an internet cafe to catch up on emails. Crown results have been very swingy (to put it mildly) but I've found a good 10/20 Limit Omaha table. It'll get written up in Australian Poker Weekly over the next two or three weeks, for now, 10/20 LOH is my game. |
| Showdown etiquette: no-rolling | 2010 07 26 02:56 pm | I was no-rolled in a big cash pot recently. I held J9 and the final board was Q9872. I'd bet every street from the button with my second pair, and on the river I put out what I thought was a value bet of $35. One player folded but the player on my right check-raised me to $120. After a lot of thought, I considered that I was ahead in the hand and also that the two on the river didn't change anything. The player who check raised liked to bet out when he had a strong hand, so I thought it was unlikely he'd held a Queen or a straight. I made a crying call. "Queen" he said. "It's good" I grumbled, cursing my horrible call, but I held onto my cards. I still haven't seen his Queen. "Where's your Queen?" I asked. "Actually it's King high". I showed my pair of nines and the Cheat folded face down. Two hands later he's all-in in a big Omaha pot against another player. "Make sure you see his cards" I advised the other player, who soon has the rest of the Cheat's stack. I was happy to see the back of him. |
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