Carbon Summer Championships
These finished quite some time ago but I`ve been meaning to write up my results and here they are.
This was a month long series of games and 250 players would get a shot at the $15k jackpot at the end of the series. I didn`t really feel rolled enough to play all the events but I figured I could make a decent run on the leaderboard with a third to a half of the games.
First up for me was the FL Badugi a game I fancied my chances at and indeed proved reasonably successful at. I finished 14th/252 and my campaign was under way. The next game was the NLHE Turbo and wasn`t on my original list of games. However as I`d cashed in the previous nights game I decided to play. I had poor cards and a worse connection for most of the first hour but manged a slight recovery finishing in a respectable if not inspiring 113th/460. Not a great result but valuable points for later.
Next up was the PL 5 Card Draw another game I expected to do well in. I made a couple of errors throughout the game (although one did save me from elimination as it turned out) and never really managed to get any momentum going. Even so I finished 36th/232 an annoying six places shy of the money.
Then we had the Intercontinental Cup. No Americans in this one and subsequently a much shorter field. I played pretty well throughout and made my first final table of the series. I finished 9th/105 when as a shortstack my QQ was snapped by 99.
PLHE was next and I again managed a solid 67th/276. The next game for me was another I thought I would do well in,7 card stud. Unfortunately I was carddead throughout and finished a disappointing 110th/240. The next game was even worse and I wasn`t even going to play at first. PLOM8b is not a good game imo. As a FL game it`s great but it really doesn`t work in PL format. It certainly didn`t for me and I finished 193rd/251.
The next game gave me the chance to play a game I love but rarely get the chance to play, A-5 Triple Draw. Again I expected to do well, perhaps even win but in the end I only managed 47th/163. Not particularly my fault, I was outdrawn after standing pat with a very solid hand and was crippled after that. Amusingly I did make some profit from this game as Jazzer payed me a coaching fee after I`d given him a few tips and he cashed for $130.
The PLOM Second Chance was next on the menu and I played my usual tight omaha game to take 28th/216 without having to re-buy.
The NLHE Shootout was not on my initial list but as I was running ok and I wasn`t going to be able to play the HORSE game the next day I opted to play. I thought I might have done well Indeed I might have done had I not been still embroiled in the FTL HORSE MTT. We went on to take 1st,3rd and 4th in that and pretty much seal up the league. It really screwed up my Summer Champs game though and I crashed out 83rd/186.
Next up was the HORSE and although it was a game I knew I stood a great chance in I had guests and looked like missing it. Circumstances changed though and their unexpected and early departure saw me join 188 other hopefuls at the tables. I played solidly and well and went on to my second final table of the series finishing 7th/189.
The good run in the limit format continued the following evening as I finished a very reasonable 28th/227. Actually I probably should have done much better as I was in or around the top three for most of the game.
It was bounty time next and a game I really wasn`t looking forward to. That might have been why I ended up 103rd/281. Next up was Razz and I really wasn`t holding out too much hope as I`ve been running terribly in Razz of late. True to form I continued to hit brick after brick and finished a lousy 136th/179.
I was intending on missing the NLHE Rebuy but in the end decided to give it a whirl. I rebought once when my JJ ran into KK and I took the add-on at break managing a decent points position 97th/286.
The next game was the big one $20k GTD and I was freerolling. I had a coupon I`d won in a freeroll to cover the $60 entry and I`m glad I did. I felt full of energy and was buzzing to play when I first sat down. Within minutes though I knew my heart and mind wasn`t in it, or on it, or even remotely near it. I knew I was beat when I decided to call and just didn`t care. I don`t seem to have the number of players that entered but I know I was the 35th one out.
The disappointing result in the Main Event left me in 119th on the leaderboard where I`d expected to be inside the top 100. Only 231 of the qualifiers turned up and the field began witha staggered chip stack total relating to points scored throughout the series. Top stack was an online mate of mine Marjan with 6262 chips. The low stack had 1207 and I began with 2513. I just played pretty much ABC poker for the majority of the game. I was pretty short-stacked and looking like being eliminated but managed to double up on two consequetive hands and went from zero to hero challenging for the lead. I couldn`t maintain the pace though and ended up finishing 16th/231 for a nice little cash of $150.
All in all I thoroughly enjoyed the series although the starting times were far too late for most Europeans. I was pleasantly surprised by just how well I did throughout. If I had played all the games and managed the same average I would have been in, or close to the top 10 players in the series. With the final game I made a nice enough little profit but it could have been much better if I`d managed to convert a final table into a top 3 position rather than 9th and 7th.
This was a month long series of games and 250 players would get a shot at the $15k jackpot at the end of the series. I didn`t really feel rolled enough to play all the events but I figured I could make a decent run on the leaderboard with a third to a half of the games.
First up for me was the FL Badugi a game I fancied my chances at and indeed proved reasonably successful at. I finished 14th/252 and my campaign was under way. The next game was the NLHE Turbo and wasn`t on my original list of games. However as I`d cashed in the previous nights game I decided to play. I had poor cards and a worse connection for most of the first hour but manged a slight recovery finishing in a respectable if not inspiring 113th/460. Not a great result but valuable points for later.
Next up was the PL 5 Card Draw another game I expected to do well in. I made a couple of errors throughout the game (although one did save me from elimination as it turned out) and never really managed to get any momentum going. Even so I finished 36th/232 an annoying six places shy of the money.
Then we had the Intercontinental Cup. No Americans in this one and subsequently a much shorter field. I played pretty well throughout and made my first final table of the series. I finished 9th/105 when as a shortstack my QQ was snapped by 99.
PLHE was next and I again managed a solid 67th/276. The next game for me was another I thought I would do well in,7 card stud. Unfortunately I was carddead throughout and finished a disappointing 110th/240. The next game was even worse and I wasn`t even going to play at first. PLOM8b is not a good game imo. As a FL game it`s great but it really doesn`t work in PL format. It certainly didn`t for me and I finished 193rd/251.
The next game gave me the chance to play a game I love but rarely get the chance to play, A-5 Triple Draw. Again I expected to do well, perhaps even win but in the end I only managed 47th/163. Not particularly my fault, I was outdrawn after standing pat with a very solid hand and was crippled after that. Amusingly I did make some profit from this game as Jazzer payed me a coaching fee after I`d given him a few tips and he cashed for $130.
The PLOM Second Chance was next on the menu and I played my usual tight omaha game to take 28th/216 without having to re-buy.
The NLHE Shootout was not on my initial list but as I was running ok and I wasn`t going to be able to play the HORSE game the next day I opted to play. I thought I might have done well Indeed I might have done had I not been still embroiled in the FTL HORSE MTT. We went on to take 1st,3rd and 4th in that and pretty much seal up the league. It really screwed up my Summer Champs game though and I crashed out 83rd/186.
Next up was the HORSE and although it was a game I knew I stood a great chance in I had guests and looked like missing it. Circumstances changed though and their unexpected and early departure saw me join 188 other hopefuls at the tables. I played solidly and well and went on to my second final table of the series finishing 7th/189.
The good run in the limit format continued the following evening as I finished a very reasonable 28th/227. Actually I probably should have done much better as I was in or around the top three for most of the game.
It was bounty time next and a game I really wasn`t looking forward to. That might have been why I ended up 103rd/281. Next up was Razz and I really wasn`t holding out too much hope as I`ve been running terribly in Razz of late. True to form I continued to hit brick after brick and finished a lousy 136th/179.
I was intending on missing the NLHE Rebuy but in the end decided to give it a whirl. I rebought once when my JJ ran into KK and I took the add-on at break managing a decent points position 97th/286.
The next game was the big one $20k GTD and I was freerolling. I had a coupon I`d won in a freeroll to cover the $60 entry and I`m glad I did. I felt full of energy and was buzzing to play when I first sat down. Within minutes though I knew my heart and mind wasn`t in it, or on it, or even remotely near it. I knew I was beat when I decided to call and just didn`t care. I don`t seem to have the number of players that entered but I know I was the 35th one out.
The disappointing result in the Main Event left me in 119th on the leaderboard where I`d expected to be inside the top 100. Only 231 of the qualifiers turned up and the field began witha staggered chip stack total relating to points scored throughout the series. Top stack was an online mate of mine Marjan with 6262 chips. The low stack had 1207 and I began with 2513. I just played pretty much ABC poker for the majority of the game. I was pretty short-stacked and looking like being eliminated but managed to double up on two consequetive hands and went from zero to hero challenging for the lead. I couldn`t maintain the pace though and ended up finishing 16th/231 for a nice little cash of $150.
All in all I thoroughly enjoyed the series although the starting times were far too late for most Europeans. I was pleasantly surprised by just how well I did throughout. If I had played all the games and managed the same average I would have been in, or close to the top 10 players in the series. With the final game I made a nice enough little profit but it could have been much better if I`d managed to convert a final table into a top 3 position rather than 9th and 7th.
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