PokerStars Twitter Poker League

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22nd/1305 pretty good finish - 5 PokerStars Twitter Poker League points for JrMontana08 ;-)

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By the way I won $175 in a Sunday Challenge tournament on 888 Poker.. The satellites are awesome and they have so many tournaments which has +EV


888 Poker Challenges in progress

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Let's sum up how I was doing in the previous tourneys:

Monday: 2 x $20 buy-in $10,000 Guaranteed tournament

I didn't really feel confident in these tourneys but I was very excited. I tried to focus on the games. No TV, no music, nothing to bother me...

A little twist in the game: 
  • finish ITM in the tournaments and you’ll get seats to the following week’s Monday Twins Challenge tournaments
  • make the final table in both Monday Twins Challenge tournaments on the same day and you’ll get seats to ALL of the following month’s $50,000 Sunday Challenge tournaments
  • win one tournament and make the final table in the other on the same day and you’ll get $1,000 cash!
  • win one tournament and come 2nd in the other on the same day and you’ll get $2,500 cash!
  • win both Monday Twins Challenge tournaments on the same day and you’ll get $10,000 cash!

I posted on Twitter that I lost 2 key hands:
  • AK vs KQ - all in on K Q x flop
  • 66 vs AQ - all in preflop Q hit the flop
Tuesday: $100 buy-in $12,500 Guaranteed tournament

Pretty high buy-in for me - well I played a $215 Razz tourney a year ago lol. So, I wasn't too comfortable at this stake but I had good feelings though. But this hand happened: I re-raised on flop, I moved in on the turn and he hit.

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Wednesday: $25 buy-in $10,000 Guaranteed tournament
It was okay, I had to push with KJ on the button with 10 Big Blinds. Small Blind called me with A10. Unfortunately, I didn't hit.

Thursday: $12 buy-in $12,500 Guaranteed tournament
I played good in this tourney, I felt really confident. I made it through a few breaks but my all in with QQ wasn't enough versus AA versus AQ. I tried to make a play on the guy who had AQ which was okay.. but didn't expect anyone to wake up with that big hand.


Friday: $30 buy-in $15,000 Guaranteed tournament
This is the next tournament I'm going to play. I hope the remaining tournaments will be good for me.

Upcoming tournaments:
Saturday: $50 buy-in $25,000 Guaranteed tournament
Sunday: $75 buy-in $50,000 Guaranteed tournament

Interesting hands from the tournaments mentioned above:


Pacific Poker - $25+$2.50 | 10/20 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3: http://www.pokertracker.com

LP: 2,960.00
CO: 3,060.00
BTN: 2,970.00
Hero (SB): 2,980.00
BB: 3,000.00
UTG: 4,090.00
UTG+1: 1,940.00
MP: 3,000.00
MP+1: 3,000.00

Hero posts SB 10.00, BB posts BB 20.00

Pre Flop: (30.00) Hero has Q Q♥

fold, UTG+1 calls 20.00, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 100.00, fold, UTG+1 calls 80.00

Flop: (220.00, 2 players) 4 J♣ 3
Hero bets 180.00, UTG+1 raises to 1,840.00, Hero calls 1,660.00

Turn: (3900.00, 2 players) 2

River: (3900.00, 2 players) T♥

Hero shows Q Q♥ (One Pair, Queens) (PreFlop 85%, Flop 80%, Turn 36%)
UTG+1 shows J♥ 2♥ (Two Pair, Jacks and Twos) (PreFlop 15%, Flop 20%, Turn 64%)
UTG+1 wins 3,900.00


Pacific Poker - $12+$1.20 | 25/50 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3: http://www.pokertracker.com

BTN: 4,618.00
SB: 1,975.00
Hero (BB): 1,179.00
UTG: 1,763.00
UTG+1: 855.00
MP: 1,835.00
MP+1: 9,755.00
LP: 4,090.00
CO: 3,930.00

SB posts SB 25.00, Hero posts BB 50.00

Pre Flop: (75.00) Hero has Q♦ Q♥

fold, fold, MP raises to 131.00, fold, LP calls 131.00, fold, BTN calls 131.00, fold, Hero raises to 1,179.00, MP raises to 1,835.00, LP raises to 4,090.00, fold

Flop: (5005.00, 3 players) 6♦ 2 5

Turn: (5005.00, 3 players) 9

River: (5005.00, 3 players) K

Hero shows Q♦ Q♥ (One Pair, Queens) (PreFlop 10%, Flop 5%, Turn 2%)
MP shows A A♦ (One Pair, Aces) (PreFlop 84%, Flop 94%, Turn 98%)
LP shows A♠ Q♣ (High Card, Ace) (PreFlop 6%, Flop 1%, Turn 0%)
MP wins 3,693.00
MP wins 1,312.00


Pacific Poker - $100+$9 | 25/50 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3: http://www.pokertracker.com

LP: 7,897.00
CO: 2,775.00
BTN: 1,987.00
SB: 3,646.00
BB: 3,199.00
UTG: 3,670.00
UTG+1: 4,401.00
Hero (MP): 3,690.00
MP+1: 2,950.00

SB posts SB 25.00, BB posts BB 50.00

Pre Flop: (75.00) Hero has K♥ Q♥

fold, fold, Hero raises to 125.00, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 75.00

Flop: (275.00, 2 players) 7♦ T♣ Q♦
BB bets 137.00, Hero raises to 360.00, BB calls 223.00

Turn: (995.00, 2 players) 2♣
BB bets 497.00, Hero calls 497.00

River: (1989.00, 2 players) 7♣
BB bets 994.00, Hero calls 994.00

BB shows 9♠ 7♠ (Three of a Kind, Sevens) (PreFlop 37%, Flop 22%, Turn 11%)
Hero mucks K♥ Q♥ (Two Pair, Queens and Sevens) (PreFlop 63%, Flop 78%, Turn 89%)
BB wins 3,977.00

Pacific Poker - $25+$2.50 | 50/100 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3: http://www.pokertracker.com

MP+1: 4,985.00
LP: 3,165.00
CO: 2,295.00
Hero (BTN): 920.00
SB: 2,250.00
BB: 2,175.00
UTG: 4,975.00
UTG+1: 5,410.00
MP: 3,855.00

SB posts SB 50.00, BB posts BB 100.00

Pre Flop: (150.00) Hero has K♥ J♣

fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 920.00, SB raises to 2,250.00, fold

Flop: (1940.00, 2 players) 9♦ 6♣ Q♥

Turn: (1940.00, 2 players) 5♦

River: (1940.00, 2 players) 3♠

Hero shows
K♥ J♣ (High Card, King) (PreFlop 40%, Flop 32%, Turn 20%)
SB shows A♦ T♠ (High Card, Ace) (PreFlop 60%, Flop 68%, Turn 80%)
SB wins 1,940.00


Thanks for reading - Good Luck and Have fun!

888 Poker Challenges

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I recently won an Golden Ticket to every 888 Poker Challenge tournaments for a week.

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Here is my schedule for next week:

Monday: 2 x $20 buy-in $10,000 Guaranteed tournament
Tuesday: $100 buy-in $12,500 Guaranteed tournament
Wednesday: $25 buy-in $10,000 Guaranteed tournament
Thursday: $12 buy-in $12,500 Guaranteed tournament
Friday: $30 buy-in $15,000 Guaranteed tournament
Saturday: $50 buy-in $25,000 Guaranteed tournament
Sunday: $75 buy-in $50,000 Guaranteed tournament

I hope I'll have a few final table finishes. Let's make it happen!


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888 Poker $300 Guaranteed Super Turbo tournament WIN

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Hello everyone,

Finally, I won a smallish tournament - the $300 Guaranteed Super Turbo tournament. The buy-in was $3 and the starting stack was 500 chips with 10/20 blinds.

It was a really cool tourney. I didn't think about the money. I was just playing as good as I could.

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It was a much needed win. Good for my confidence and it was a nice experience too.

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