Poker Stars Horse Tournaments Online
March 31, 2009
Well it’s deffinetely not going to plan this challenge i’ve set myself but suppose i still have loads of time, what a time to get a bad run of cards as soon as i started the challenge!!
Still pretty confident but will have to have a decent cash or two soon. Last might i played the $33 $4k gtd again on stars and finished 63rd very poor indeed, went bust on the stud round with AA in the hole 2 pair by 5th street only to get beaten by 777 when he hit the 7 on the end for a big pot.
I’m trying to decide if to play the $109 SCOOP horse event on poker stars this week as it’s a $250,000 gtd but if i do it as part of my own challenge it could see me almost out of it. But it could also see the challenge complete in one foul swoop!
I will have a think about that one.
Starting balance: $330
Tournaments Played: 8
Cashes: 3
Balance: $255.76
So far with 8 tournaments played i’m roughly $75 down which isn’t that bad really, only thing is i was expecing to be at least $50 up by now even with bad results. Still like i keep saying there is still time!
Thursday $4k gtd + another
March 29, 2009
Well i continued my personal challenge to get $330 to about $4000 for my wsope H.O.R.S.E seat and played my favorite $4k gtd on stars, top 24 paid and 144 players.
I managed to scrape a 23rd place finish after yet another session of awful beats and a couple of mistakes along the way, collected a massive $45.36. After that i entered a $11 $1000 gtd and really was NOT in the mood to play it just entered out of boredom, bust out somewhere early on as i knew i would!!
That was always a problem i’ve had, i enter tournaments and am not really interested in playing them at all. Must remember that to get to my target doing this is pretty stupid and has to stop!
Heres a quick run down so far.
Starting balance: $330
Tournaments Played: 7
Cashes: 3
Balance: $288.76
I’m expecting to hit some final tables soon as this shit luck can’t last that long in this game anyway, plus there is the Poker Stars Scoop in 2 weeks whre i’lk have to make sure i have the bankroll to at least enter the $109 game with a $250,000 gtd prize pool.
Cheers
Poker Stars $4k Gtd Horse Tournament
March 26, 2009
As my H.O.R.S.E challenge continues i entered the $4k gtd on stars last night for a buy in of $33, got off to my usual start and picked up chips nice and early. I was sat in 1st place for most of the tournament and felt no pressure at all, was enjoying it and playing well.
As we got down to about 100 players from 144 starters i was still sat in 1st with around 11k in chips, I then got 5 shocking beats in 7 hands and went on in 85th position and really annoyed, not with myself just in general!
So as it stands now here’s a horse challenge run down.
Starting balance: $330
Tournaments Played: 5
Cashes: 2
Balance: $287.40
Here’s the hand i went out on which to be honest is gutting and a big cooler, but hey shit happens right!
PokerStars Game #26357117861: Tournament #149949860, $30+$3 HORSE (7 Card Stud Limit) - Level IX (300/600) - 2009/03/25 21:34:50 WET [2009/03/25 17:34:50 ET]
Table ‘149949860 14′ 8-max
Seat 1: FLoppY_JeSS (2367 in chips)
Seat 2: Fireymama (4940 in chips)
Seat 3: Atila5 (7862 in chips)
Seat 4: just1pair (9687 in chips)
Seat 5: beanboy19 (3925 in chips)
Seat 6: WickedRiver (3909 in chips)
Seat 7: Mormoloco (5199 in chips)
Seat 8: macey1 (2432 in chips)
beanboy19: posts the ante 60
WickedRiver: posts the ante 60
Mormoloco: posts the ante 60
macey1: posts the ante 60
FLoppY_JeSS: posts the ante 60
Fireymama: posts the ante 60
Atila5: posts the ante 60
just1pair: posts the ante 60
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to FLoppY_JeSS [3c]
Dealt to Fireymama [Ac]
Dealt to Atila5 [Jh]
Dealt to just1pair [6h]
Dealt to beanboy19 [Qh]
Dealt to WickedRiver [2h]
Dealt to Mormoloco [9s]
Dealt to macey1 [8h 8d 8c]
WickedRiver: brings in for 90
Mormoloco: folds
macey1: raises 210 to 300
FLoppY_JeSS: folds
Fireymama: folds
Atila5: folds
just1pair: folds
beanboy19: calls 300
WickedRiver: folds
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to beanboy19 [Qh] [Js]
Dealt to macey1 [8h 8d 8c] [Kd]
macey1: bets 300
beanboy19: calls 300
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to beanboy19 [Qh Js] [5h]
Dealt to macey1 [8h 8d 8c Kd] [2c]
macey1: bets 600
beanboy19: calls 600
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to beanboy19 [Qh Js 5h] [9h]
Dealt to macey1 [8h 8d 8c Kd 2c] [4c]
macey1: bets 600
beanboy19: calls 600
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to macey1 [8h 8d 8c Kd 2c 4c] [Kc]
macey1: bets 572 and is all-in
beanboy19: calls 572
*** SHOW DOWN ***
macey1: shows [8h 8d 8c Kd 2c 4c Kc] (a full house, Eights full of Kings)
beanboy19: shows [5d 5c Qh Js 5h 9h 5s] (four of a kind, Fives)
beanboy19 collected 5314 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5314 | Rake 0
Seat 1: FLoppY_JeSS folded on the 3rd Street (didn’t bet)
Seat 2: Fireymama folded on the 3rd Street (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: Atila5 folded on the 3rd Street (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: just1pair folded on the 3rd Street (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: beanboy19 showed [5d 5c Qh Js 5h 9h 5s] and won (5314) with four of a kind, Fives
Seat 6: WickedRiver folded on the 3rd Street
Seat 7: Mormoloco folded on the 3rd Street (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: macey1 showed [8h 8d 8c Kd 2c 4c Kc] and lost with a full house, Eights full of Kings
30k Guaranteed Horse Torunament
March 25, 2009
As part of my poker challenge going from $330 to around $4000 for a wsope entry, I qualified va the step on Poker stars for just $7.50 i got a seat worth $215 to the $30k gtd which was a great boost to achieving my goal if i could cash in it.
However it was a pretty shocking show and i finished a poor 154th from 198 players, no reason really except for some truly pathetic hands and a few shit beats, i can’t really complain as it cost little for me to play it but it’s a bit disheartening when i was looking forward to it, and to not enjoy it or even get to play properly was disappointing.
Only a couple of pro’s were in the game which were Chad Brown who won the World Championships of online Poker H.O.R.S.E event in 2006 plus cashes in the WSOP and many WSOP Circuit events. The other notable player was Ylon Schwartz a chess grand master and 4th place finisher in the 2008 WSOP main event plus 11 other wsop cashes.
Not much more to report on it as i didn’t hang around to watch as i was in a bit of a mood!
Starting balance: $330
Tournaments Played: 4
Cashes: 2
Balance: $320.40
Not too worry I’m playing my favorite $33 $4k gtd tonight so expect to cash in this one.
WSOP H.O.R.S.E Event Schedule
March 22, 2009
Live H.O.R.S.E Poker tournaments at the 2009 WSOP, Horse is fast becomeing the World most prestigious poker event anw othout a doub the $50k but in HORSE Tournament at the World Series Of Poker will become known as the new “Main Event” one dominated by the pro’s as it should be!
The 2009 WSOP feature s agood line up of Horse poker events and below id the schedule.
To anyone attending the WSOP 2009, we here at HorseTournaments.com wish you the very best of luck!
Tuesday 9th June - 5pm - $3000 H.O.R.S.E - No rebuys/addons - Event Number 21 - 3 Day Event.
Sunday 14th June - 5pm - $1500 H.O.R.S.E - No rebuys/addons - Event Number 31 - 3 Day Event.
Friday 26th June - 12pm - $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E
No rebuys/addons - Event Number 41 - 5 Day Event
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Play H.O.R.S.E Poker at Poker Stars
March 22, 2009
When it comes to playing horse Poker tournaments online your choices are a little more limited than when looking for hold’em, the number one place is obvious as it’s the largest poker site in the World. That said it’s not the only place to play so here’s a quick run down of the poker room and some of the best H.O.R.S.E Tournaments Online.
Poker Stars H.O.R.S.E Review.
It’s a name all poker players know and the largest poker site in the World, here is where you will find some of the best action for all poker variations. Not only is there plenty of HORSE Tournaments there is also cash games running around the clock!
H.O.R.S.E Tournament buyins start at around $3.30 and go up to a Monthly $215 which carried a guaranteed prize pool of $30k, you can qualify for the lager tournaments via satellites. One of the best tournaments is a $30+$3 held daily with a gtd prize pool of $4000 it attracts around 120 runners and pays the top 24 places.
The cash games for horse are busy and brings a welcome change from playing just hold’em or omaha, more and more players are venturing on to these tables which makes winning serious money achievable for anyone with a good knowledge of the H.O.R.S.E Poker variants.
Poker Stars deposit bonus is only small when compared to many other on line poker sites but there is good reason for this. They have the best player reward program and offer you player points which you can uredeem for cash, gifts and live tournament setas such as the WSOP or EPT events.
We highly recommend if you do not have a poker stars account that you open one today, for anyone who is looking to play H.O.R.S.E it’s an essential venue to ply your trade and learn more about the game that’s taking the World by storm.
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More Horse Tournaments
March 22, 2009
So session 2 of my own personal poker challenge to get to the WSOPE and i decided to play a $16.50 tournament on stars as there was nothing else that time of day. Failed to cash after a good steady start so $16.50 down for the session.
I did however decide to play some of the steps tournaments and wen’t from step 1 $7.50 buyin to step 4$215 buyin in no time all, i used the step 4 ticket to enter the $200+$15 tonight with a $30k gtd prize pool. This is one of the best onlin e H.O.R.S.E tournaments that’s held every month on Poker Stars.
As far as i can remeber i don ‘t think i’ve played it before due to the time it starts, about midnight in the UK.
Still it could be a great boost to the bakroll if manage to pull a final table off and a win would see the job done in no time.
Round up after session :
Staring balance: $330
Balance at start of session 2: $344.40
Tournaments played 3
Cashes 2
Closing balance: $327.90
I’ll take my $7.50 steps entry in to account on session 3, the WSOPE europe lol gonna need to sort myself out but it’s very early days!!
My Poker Challenge
March 20, 2009
Yesterday saw the start of my assault on H.O.R.S.E Tournaments with the ultimate goal of earning enough revenue from the tournaments alone for mt WSOPE entry of around $3500, I’ve started with just $330 in my stars account and want to build on it from there, wish me luck!!
So it was day 1 of my challenge and i decided to play my favorite which is the $4k Gtd with a buyin of $30+$3 and 120 runners, all was going to plan and i sat top 10 for ages, i lost a couple of big pots in Hold’em one was my fault the other just unlucky. As we approached the money (top 24 were paid) i was sitting 22nd and ended up finishing a marvelous 24th for $44 a huge $11 profit!!
Not excatly the start i was looking for but it could have been worse i suppose. I also entered the $10+$1 $1000 gtd a bit later on, this time 192 runners and top 32 were paid. I finished 27th in that one again for a monster pay day of $14.40 hmmm so a $3.40 profit, at this rate the WSOPE is a long way off :-).
So here’s a round up of session 1:
Starting balance $330
Tournaments Played 2
Cashes 2
Closing Balance $344.40
Fingers crossed for some slightly better results next time i sit down, which is now as i’m playing the $16.50 tournament with a $2000 gtd prize pool, maybe i’m saving myself for the bigger pay days, but at least i’m cashing 100% so far..lol
My Poker Stars Name is: macey1
Razz Poker Strategy
March 18, 2009
4 Razz Poker Tips
Razz Poker is very different than most other poker games. The most notable difference is that in razz you are trying to get the lowest hand which is a distinct contrast to the most popular poker game texas hold’em. Razz is also much simpler and less complex than the other poker games and playing a very simple style can result in a lot of success. Here are four razz poker tips to help you turn a profit at the razz tables.
Tip #1 - Use the knowledge of the other players up cards.
In razz you can learn a lot about your relative hand strength by looking at your opponents up cards. By seeing 4 of the 7 cards your opponents are dealt you can determine what the best possible hand they could have is and bet accordingly. The up cards will also tell you which cards are already out of the deck and cannot be dealt to you. You can use this added knowledge to help calculate the odds of you making your hand and you can use these calculations to decide whether to call bets on the later streets. Also, in razz it is a good thing if another player has an up card that you have in your hand because you do not want to be dealt the same value of card twice as this will not help your hand.
Tip #2 – Steal antes when the opportunity presents itself.
In razz there are certain situations where stealing antes is a very good move. For example when you are to the right of the player who had to bring in for the round and the action has folded to you, you should definitely raise with any hand in the hopes of stealing the ante. Another smart time to try to steal the antes is when you have the lowest up card at the table and the majority of your opponents have very bad up cards. The chances are these players will not have a playable hand and will be think you are ahead because of your strong up card.
Tip #3 – Don’t slow play often.
Slow playing very rarely pays off in razz. The bets are so small that your opponent will likely call you with a decent hand anyways so you should bet and try to build the pot for the later rounds. Slow playing may be good when you have a very strong hand that is somewhat disguised by your up cards and your opponent has very good up cards. In this case you can be fairly certain that your opponent will bet, so you can slow play him and check raise him when he bets or on one of the later streets.
Tip #4 – Fold when you know you’ve lost.
Even though the bets are often small relative to the pot on the later streets in razz you should still fold when you know you’re behind. For example if you had 4 to a wheel but completely missed on the river and ended up with a poor hand you should fold when your opponent bets at you. If you know you’ve lost the hand it’s a lost cause to invest any more chips.
Poker Stars Spring Poker Championships
March 18, 2009
The Worlds largest online poker room has announced a very special series of online events and a welcome addition to any player of h.o.r.s.e. The Spring Championships of online Poker!
SCOOP as it’s better known offer 3 gtd prize pool horse events all taking place on the 5th of April 2009 at 2.30pm ET. There is something to suit all budgets starting from $109 for the lower buyin with a guaranteed prize pool of $250,000, the middle event features a buy in of $1,050,00 and is an impressive $750 GTd whist the daddy of them all has a gtd prize pool of $1,500,000 but comes at a price of $10,300 to enter.
You can qualify online via satellites which is a great idea for those looking to get in to the bigger games for a lower cost.
This promises to be the highlight of the Online Horse poker World and if you have not got a pokerstars account but play horse or are looking to start then there is no better time than right now to join.
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I for one am in the $109 entry and looking to qualify to the other two as soon as possible, i am really looking forward to this and it’s probably your best chance to make an online name for yourself playing the World most exclusive and highly regarded poker game.