I WON ATLANTIC!!!

[IowaSkinsFan]

i'm in 4th, MTT on paradise, called Atlantic. 8 people left, 4 place paid. blinds small. Give me support!

[IowaSkinsFan]

Okay, what do you guys think of this hand... He was 23/9, preflop raising range is at least JJ+, AQ+, so take JJ out of your range. He has been relatively tight, hasn't been passive, he's bet with hands, no slowplay stuff, but hasn't shown a bluff.

GAME #1733249376 - TOURNAMENT ATLANTIC (NLH) - 100/200 NO LIMIT TEXAS HOLD'EM - 2006/09/25-19:18:48.6 (CST)
Table "Atlantic 3" (MTT) -- Seat 9 is the button
Seat 3: redgrape (9,000 in chips)
Seat 4: GiMeSome (6,278 in chips)
Seat 5: jojomolls (14,915 in chips)
Seat 6: Budda07 (4,202 in chips)
Seat 7: tonynevada77 (3,250 in chips)
Seat 8: raw444 (7,210 in chips)
Seat 9: Poker_Star (13,320 in chips)
Seat 10: eggman025 (16,825 in chips)
eggman025: Post Small Blind (100)
redgrape: Post Big Blind (200)
Dealing...
Dealt to redgrape [ As ]
Dealt to redgrape [ Ad ]
GiMeSome: Fold
Poker_Star said, "nice"
Poker_Star said, "egg"
eggman025 said, "t"
jojomolls: Fold
Budda07 : Fold
tonynevada77: Fold
raw444 : Call (200)
Poker_Star: Fold
eggman025: Call (100)
redgrape: Raise (500)
raw444 : Call (500)
eggman025: Fold
*** FLOP *** : [ 8s Js 9s ]
redgrape: Bet (800)
raw444 : Raise (6,510)
redgrape: Call (5,710)

[bode]

this is a tough spot. draw heavy board, but you probly got in with the best.

[IowaSkinsFan]

Where's chardrian when you need him? $3000 for first by the way! I'm chip leader.

[IowaSkinsFan]

I'm 1st, 3 people left. I'm a nice big chip leader.

[drmcboy]

you aren't seriously saying you thought about folding? with no spade we can talk.

GL

[IowaSkinsFan]

I won!!! $3,000!!! omfg!
the guy had QT on that AA hand by the way..

[swiggidy]

congrats skins

[jdubs]

nice job!

[mcatdog]

Nicely done. What's your bankroll at now that you're buying into $250 tournaments?

[fjuanl]

good job sir

[topsoyale]

Nicely done
Wish I had a few wins like that

[Sprayed]

Nicely done. What's your bankroll at now that you're buying into $250 tournaments?

I think he satellited into this.

Nice win, I was watching and you were putting a lot of pressure on those guys. They were calling you down with a lot of trash.

[IowaSkinsFan]

yeah i satellited in, it only cost me $15 bucks.
My roll is now at 5k, but im cashing 3k out because i'm staying at my old BR. I do a mix of 50 and 100NL.

[jimmy44]

Gratz for win!!!

Your wise to cashing out the 3k

[IowaSkinsFan]

Nicely done. What's your bankroll at now that you're buying into $250 tournaments?

I think he satellited into this.

Nice win, I was watching and you were putting a lot of pressure on those guys. They were calling you down with a lot of trash.

wait is that a compliment or a criticism?

I was proud of the way i played. I made some great reads. But i see what your saying (at least, i think i do). My image was terrible. I kind of pussyed out when they would call me on the flop sometimes.

I was suprised at how bad the players were. I swear this was a $10 3 table SNG.

It was pretty hilarious how straight forward my opponent headsup was! i was laughing at how many times i'd raise him, make a standard cont bet, see him fold. He'd over bet when he had a hand. he'd bet smallish when he was weak. It was always the case.

Thanks for watching and supporting me. Can you elaborate on anything you saw that could improve my game?

[Sprayed]

Nicely done. What's your bankroll at now that you're buying into $250 tournaments?

I think he satellited into this.

Nice win, I was watching and you were putting a lot of pressure on those guys. They were calling you down with a lot of trash.

wait is that a compliment or a criticism?

I was proud of the way i played. I made some great reads. But i see what your saying (at least, i think i do). My image was terrible. I kind of pussyed out when they would call me on the flop sometimes.

I was suprised at how bad the players were. I swear this was a $10 3 table SNG.

It was pretty hilarious how straight forward my opponent headsup was! i was laughing at how many times i'd raise him, make a standard cont bet, see him fold. He'd over bet when he had a hand. he'd bet smallish when he was weak. It was always the case.

Thanks for watching and supporting me. Can you elaborate on anything you saw that could improve my game?

Yea, I was complimenting you. I liked how you were constantly raising them when you had a decent stack. I think that they really didn't believe that you had hands at times and were calling you down. Like the AK hand. Not sure what villain had but it was pretty bad. I think you took most of his stack and he was left with 5k or something. All in all, your play looked good to me.

[biondino]

Fucking excellent. Seeing this kind of thread makes the rest of us realise that with just a bit of luck we can do wonderful things to our roll. Now, maybe I should start playing MTTs...

p.s. when playing MTT satellites and finishing in the money, MAKE SURE YOU CAN PLAY IN THE FUCKING TOURNEY YOU WON A TICKE TO. Idiot Biondino.

[DaNutsInYoEye]

yeah i satellited in, it only cost me $15 bucks.
My roll is now at 5k, but im cashing 3k out because i'm staying at my old BR. I do a mix of 50 and 100NL.

Just a suggestion, but you might want to consider keeping at least some of it in your BR. I wasn't able to make the push into playing higher stakes, and I know many other people are in the same boat, until I made a decent score from playing MTTs.

[chardrian]

Unless you need the money for other things, I would keep it all in your roll.

You can now play 100NL with no worries, can take cracks at 200NL if you feel up to it, can play some higher stakes MTTs, etc. As long as you don't do what I normally do and play otside my roll, a bigger roll should just help you get through those horrible downswings which are inevitable.

[baron_greenback]

p.s. when playing MTT satellites and finishing in the money, MAKE SURE YOU CAN PLAY IN THE FUCKING TOURNEY YOU WON A TICKE TO. Idiot Biondino.

Yeah, got to back that up. I've missed a satellite and also entry into a winner's tournament in the last couple of weeks

[LeFou]

You can now play 100NL with no worries, can take cracks at 200NL if you feel up to it, can play some higher stakes MTTs, etc.

Bad chard! Bad chard!

Play stakes you can beat. If you inherit a million dollars you don't go sit down with Ivey and Harman.

I agree that a little extra bankroll is fun and you should try the 100NL games, but you can't play it "with no worries" until you know your realistic winrate.

PS: congrats, skins.

[chardrian]

He's already doing a mix of 50 and 100 NL. I think with a 5k roll he can play 100NL with no worries for quite a while.

[donkbee]

You can now play 100NL with no worries, can take cracks at 200NL if you feel up to it, can play some higher stakes MTTs, etc.

Bad chard! Bad chard!

Play stakes you can beat. If you inherit a million dollars you don't go sit down with Ivey and Harman.

I agree that a little extra bankroll is fun and you should try the 100NL games, but you can't play it "with no worries" until you know your realistic winrate.

PS: congrats, skins.

The extra roll gives you a chance to see if you can beat higher stakes. I wouldn't be playing $55 SnGs right now if I hadn't won my MTT, but I now know that for me, they are beatable.

[LeFou]

He's already doing a mix of 50 and 100 NL. I think with a 5k roll he can play 100NL with no worries for quite a while.

ah, I sit corrected. I thought ISF was a li'l stakes guy

[thenonsequitur]

Play stakes you can beat. If you inherit a million dollars you don't go sit down with Ivey and Harman.

Well, not with Ivey anyway.

[IowaSkinsFan]

2k is enough for 100nl right?

[cobere]

Congrats, man! I'm still looking for my 1st 4-figure cash, so I can imagine how good you feel right now.

wp, nh, gg

[mcatdog]

2k is enough for 100nl right?

I don't think 2K is enough to play 100NL comfortably when you're not used to 100NL. If I were you I'd leave that money in your bankroll.

[thenonsequitur]

It's not like an all-or-nothing. You can take out like just 1.5k or 2k and both build you bankroll AND take out a nice cash bonus for yourself.