Took First in an MTT

[HeavyP]

I just took first in a 20$ buy in, won 1200$. First time I've taken first in an MTT (229 people). Thanks everyone for the help.

[a500lbgorilla]

Wow, nice work!

Any details about the final table or your tourny?

-'rilla

[strangebird]

Nice job!!

Where was it?

[HeavyP]

It was at pacific Poker. Around bubble time I build my stack from middle (about 18th) to top 5 just by stealing blinds. From there I caught a few cards. I remember when it was down to 9 and I was chip leader (roughly 55000) chips, a lil more than double the next closest. I caught 2 4 offsuit in the small blind. I decided to put pressure on the blinds (that were at 1k and 2k) I raised to 4k and he re-rose me to 8k and I called, bad move out of positon. Flop comes T 4 7 rainbow, I check and he throws out a minimum bet. I choose just to call, whats the point of playing 2 4 if you're going to fold when you hit a pair? The turn is a 2, and he pushes all in for 18k more. I call. The river is a 2 giving me a full boat, and since pacific poker sucks it mucked his hand I didn't get to see what it was.

The following hand I get KT of hearts. The person before me raises to 6k and I call. The flop came A J 7, 2 hearts, including the ace. He leads out and bets 1/4th his stack for another 4k. I couldn't tell if this was the have to bet since he raised the flop, or what. I decided to push all in, essentially putting him all in. He took all the time and called with Pocket Queens. Turn was a rag, river was a queen giving me a straight. This built my stack to about 100k while the next closest was hovering around 25..

[Les_Worm]

How long did the tourney last?

[HeavyP]

3hours, give or take.

[elanto]

congratulations heavy p, hope you continue to win :P


-anto

[DavSimon]

Congratulations Heavy P, I just signed up for Pacific this weekend and played my first Tourney there ($20+2) I found the competition to be softer than Stars and on Par with Poker Room (admittedly 1 tourney is not a big sample) There were just over 300 people in my tourney, and I squeaked into the money then busted out on a bonehead call I made. Anyway ....how much do you play there and what do you think of the competition compared to other sites you play?

[HeavyP]

Pacific's interface and slow moving bothers me, also everyone stalls. Other then that it's cool, there are NO antes in the later rounds so people just sit around and get blinded out which makes aggressive players very happy. The play is definitley softer then stars, as well as at the 2/4 tables.

I'd prefer Pacific if they fixed a few things:
- The Interface (the cards are hard enough to tell what suit)
- Showing peoples all ins (You don't get to see what everyone has when all in)
- Cannot Multitable
- Everyone Stalls.

The positives are you get a nice bonus right away, and the MTT's don't have 24068204682408 people in them so it's easier to place well, requires more skill in my opinion.