lakeoffire says

Keep up the good work.

03/15/08

s0stndrd says

nice work! with all the tourny action on UB, I think I'm going to have to open an account and put some $$$ to get amongst it! the bounty tournaments sound particularly juicy and lots of fun!

03/18/08

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I really enjoy playing in the bounty tournaments on UltimateBet. Those tourneys always seem to draw a lot of players and remind me of the glory days of UB where each NLHE tourney at my buy in level attracted 400-500 players.

I had a good tournament right from the start when I was dealt JJ on the first hand. One of the limpers called the raise and a Jack hit on the flop and the turn was a full house. My opponent called with a pair of fours and a straight draw all the way through the river.

I was happy, not only because I played more aggressively and well, but because I finished 17th and won 3 bounties. The tournament only has a $3 +.30 + $1 bounty buy in but also has a $3k guarantee. So my total take of $22.50 plus the 3 bounties netted me almost 6 times my outlay.

The great thing about bounty tournaments in my opinion is that it is easier to play a short stack when you get a hand bc people will call with a wider range of hands.

Hand #51673370-201 at 9:30PM-020 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 15/Mar/08 00:58:20

thequickster is at seat 0 with 20000.
drudown1 is at seat 1 with 14330.
dhknight111 is at seat 2 with 55715.
SluggerWV is at seat 3 with 10775.
pottsie is at seat 5 with 66935.
titanpbs is at seat 6 with 45080.
PhillyGreg is at seat 8 with 19205.
Koyote3 is at seat 9 with 52790.
The button is at seat 2.


SluggerWV posts ante (200).

pottsie posts the small blind of 1000.
titanpbs posts the big blind of 2000.

SluggerWV: Ac Ah


Pre-flop:

PhillyGreg folds. Koyote3 folds. thequickster
folds. drudown1 folds. dhknight111 folds.
SluggerWV goes all-in for 10575. pottsie folds.
titanpbs calls.

Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:

SluggerWV shows Ac Ah.
titanpbs shows 2h 2d.

River (board: 7c 6h Qc 8d 9h):

SluggerWV has Ac Ah Qc 8d 9h: a pair of aces.
titanpbs has 2h 2d Qc 8d 9h: a pair of deuces.
SluggerWV wins 23750 with a pair of aces.
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I made a couple of pushes when my stack was below ten bbs which failed. This one was the coup de grace:

Hand #51673370-232 at 9:30PM-020 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 15/Mar/08 01:21:12

Blade runner is at seat 0 with 13755.
drudown1 is at seat 1 with 42460.
dhknight111 is at seat 2 with 44615.
SluggerWV is at seat 3 with 24500.
POKRQWN1 is at seat 4 with 73365.
pottsie is at seat 5 with 59605.
titanpbs is at seat 6 with 21565.
RAT-Killer is at seat 7 with 54200.
PhillyGreg is at seat 8 with 39505.
Koyote3 is at seat 9 with 29420.
The button is at seat 8.

SluggerWV posts ante (300).

Blade runner posts the small blind of 1500.
drudown1 posts the big blind of 3000.

SluggerWV: Js Ac


Pre-flop:

dhknight111 folds. SluggerWV goes all-in for 24200.
POKRQWN1 folds. pottsie folds. titanpbs folds.
RAT-Killer folds. PhillyGreg folds. Koyote3 folds.
Blade runner goes all-in for 13455. drudown1 folds.
SluggerWV is returned 10745 (uncalled).

Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:

Blade runner shows Kd Ad.
SluggerWV shows Js Ac.


River (board: 2c 8c 3d As Th):

Showdown:

Blade runner has Kd Ad 8c As Th: a pair of aces.
SluggerWV has Js Ac 8c As Th: a pair of aces.
Blade runner wins 32910 with a pair of aces.

Thanks to Sicktight311 for railing me and congrats to him for final tabling the $4.40PL Omaha [turbo] on PokerStars held 03-14-2008. He finished 7th out of 463 and took home $70.38 for great work. Well done sir.
Sick is playing great poker and shares his thoughts and ideas on his blog. Be sure to check out his blog here: www.sicktight311.blogspot.com

Also check out his band here: www.myspace.com/flbmusic It is definetly worth it.

Have a great day everyone.