Posted by Editor | Filed under FTOPS, Me in online tourneys
Sunday was a big day for me on Full Tilt. I hosted the longest Pro Chat ever conducted on Full Tilt, 10 hours from the moment I answered the first comment to the time I entered my response to the 351st comment. My transcript of the chat runs 27,000 words (mostly mine) – which is one-third the length of THE PROFESSOR, THE BANKER, AND THE SUICIDE KING.
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(2 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under FTOPS, Me in online tourneys
I will be updating this post throughout the day as I try to host a Pro Chat for 10 hours and break Craig Marquis’s Pro Chat record.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under FTOPS, Me in online tourneys
![measleep FTOPS XVII – This Sunday I’m Going for A[nother] Record #1129](/poker-blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/measleep.jpg "measleep")
[Please note - based on subsequently received information, I edited this post on Friday, August 13 - this is the edited version]
This Sunday, August 15 at 1400 ET, I am hosting FTOPS Event #32. It’s a biggie: $240 + $16 NLHE-6max-KO, with a $1,000,000 Guarantee, with first prize guaranteed at over $191,000. I will also be hosting a pro chat at that time.
I have decided the occasion is right for me to try and set a Full Tilt Poker record.
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(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under FTOPS, Me in online tourneys
I am really in for it now.
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(3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under FTOPS, Me in online tourneys
When I play on Full Tilt, I find myself occasionally deal with (losing) players claiming the site is rigged: “I’ve lost three times today with aces.” “I saw you suck out twice in ten hands in the Ferguson last night Craig.” Etc. Etc. Etc. After spending more than three years demanding – and never receiving – documentation, I may have found a reason to agree with them.
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(1 votes, average: 1.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Allen Cunningham, FTOPS
Allen Cunningham hosted the FTOPS XV Main Event last Sunday, so I tuned in for his Pro Chat. Like Erik Seidel, Cunningham is smart and witty, but his reluctance to become a public figure has kept his personality carefully hidden. I know Allen a little, not well, and was curious how he would appear in the Chat.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under FTOPS, Gavin Smith
I made sure to watch Gavin Smith’s Pro Chat on February 15. As I’ve written before, ANYTHING can come out of Gavin Smith’s mouth. I expected nothing less in the Pro Chat and was not disappointed.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Dr Fill Good, FTOPS, yuvee04
FTOPS XV is now officially in the books. It was a rare winning series for me, not that I am particularly happy about it. For me, the lingering memory will be busting out of the Main Event after flopping a set, only to lose to a player who flopped a higher set and made quads on the river out of what I thought was my can’t-miss full house. But there were some good moments, and two of my friends, Dr Fill Good and yuvee04, won events.
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(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under FTOPS, Marissa, Phil Ivey
[This is the conclusion of my cyber-adventures during the first event of FTOPS XV. I have plenty to report on OTHER FTOPS events, but I’m focusing first on the initial event because (a) a lot of interesting things happened, and (b) I still had high hopes for FTOPS, undimmed by actual results.]
THE “F” IN FTOPS IS FOR “FRANTIC”
Just before the first break they finally closed off entries. A total of 5,645 players entered, creating a prize pool of $1,129,200. This is impressive because it’s a Wednesday night. It’s also impressive because it’s an EVENING on Wednesday, meaning that Full Tilt’s growing international contingent of players are largely not present. In contrast, a Sunday afternoon tournament will get a large number of U.S. players (where it’s afternoon), and still draw lots of players from Europe (where it’s evening). The tournament pays 720 places, with first place bringing in $193,093.20.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Erik Seidel, FTOPS, Phil Ivey
[This is the continuation of my account of Event #1, from Wednesday, February 10. In the first two parts, I provided the traditional “media coverage” angle, letting you know who did what and how. Because I recognize that information is available from other web sites that cover FTOPS, plus in the results themselves, I wanted to contrast that with my more personal view. Specifically, I want to share my perspective on the challenges of playing in and covering an online poker tournament – especially one in which I have an expensive and futile history.]
For once I am off to a good start in FTOPS, winning one of my first satellites into the opening event, the $200 + $16 NLHE hosted by Erik Seidel, with a guaranteed prize pool of at least $1 million.
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