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Hi tournament lovers !

Today I’m going to show you a complete summary about the Spring Championship of Online Poker 2010 that I played on PokerStars. I played in 5 events in total, each time at the low limits as my bankroll isn’t ready yet for bigger buy-ins. I had won 5 tickets to play at these SCOOP Events by winning them at the World Blogger Championship of Online Poker earlier this year as you’ve read before. I had different tickets: one of $33, two of $22, one of $16.50 and one of $11. So I really couldn’t choice which event I played and I had to look at the buy-in.

So the first event I’ve played was Event (L-2)  $22 No Limit Hold’em. I was a little bit unsure at the beginning of the tournament because everybody started very deep stacked with a starting stack of 10000 and blinds at 25/50. After some unlucky beats (full boat over full boat e.g.) , I was very quick down to 10 BB. But I managed to hang in there by some winning all-ins with  QQ or 77, both pairs that I got a lot that day. So when more than half of the field was out and we were closer to the money I got a feeling that I had a shot for cashing. I still got around 10 BB like the hole tournament long so I couldn’t maintain a winning streak and had only one move, to shove when I got a hand. So I did with Ace-Queen suited in the cut off and I got called by pocket Eights. I lost the race and I went out in 7469th place out of 26200 entrants.

My second Event was the SCOOP (L-8)  $11 NLHE with 18353 entrants.  I played very good, playing smallball poker and I got some good hands and sexy rivers at the right times, combined with well-timed agression and bluffed at the right moments. I build a good stack and was at one time in the top-100 which was nice for such big tournament. But this Event started very late and after more than 6 hours of playing  the sun already came up. I was extremely tired and I couldn’t get any hand so I blinded away in the money. So I decided to play very agressive and shove with any pair or big Ace. So I did with my Eights but got called by Nines and I couldn’t suckout. I should have really went to sleep in stead of playing like that and just sit-out and see te next morning how far I came. Oh well, it was an experience. I went out in 683th place with $50.25 in the bag. those Events are not well-timed for the European players and it’s really not fair!!!

The next stop was at Event (L-15) $16.50 NLHE with 11206 players. I just had a successful poker evening with friends behind me so I was ready to gamble. I called a raise with QT of Spades and I flopped a monster with an open ended straight flush draw. The guy had flopped top set so he called my reraise-shove and I wasn’t lucky because I missed my monsterdraw and went out in 9111th place. The following Event was (L-20) $22 NLHE again with this time 21481 entrants. I was card dead for a long time and I couldn’t get any action when I got a hand or I flopped something finally. It was really frustrating for me and I couldn’t build a stack and was constantly on a rollercoaster with my stack.  Than I woke up with Jacks and my raise got repopped by the big stack bully and I shoved with my Jacks, being absolutely sure I had the best hand against his loose character. He called with pocket Sixes and I laughed out loud when the flop came 9-6-6. Well, I guess that’s poker, baby ! I went out with nothing in 14.3l75th place.

My last ticket was the biggest one that I spend in Event (L-29) $33 8-Game with 3138 entrants. I really love this 8-Game. the second time I played it after I also cashed in the WBCOOP with this game of poker so I was confident going in. So there are 8 different games of poker as you hear in the name: start with  Limit Triple Draw 2-7, than Limit Hold’em, Limit Omaha H/L, Limit Razz, Limit Stud, Limit Stud H/L, NL Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha and back to the first one. The key is to play your best games strong + active and lay low at your weaker games and only draw to the nuts. So I did successfully and worked myself into the money again. I was busted out in the Triple Draw 2-7 where I was unlucky to draw an Ace at the end when I held 3-4-5-7 . But well, I really love the variation in this game and of course my $48.95 earnings for finishing in 411th place.

So this SCOOP 2010 have been quite good for me as I earned around $100 with my two cashes combined and I didn’t bought any buy-in myself. I’ve also got more big stack tournaments experience now which can only be good for the future. Next time I’ll present you the numbers 10,9 and 8 of my Most Famous Poker Players top-100 list. There are two more grown-up men and one guy nominated as one of the top-10 hottest guys on earth ! See you than, especially all the ladies out there !

Cheers,

J.M.

Hi there poker world !

Today I ‘ll inform you a little bit about the upcoming Spring Championship  of Online Poker for 2010 at PokerStars. Yours truly is of course in as well. You may remember that I’ve won 4 tournament tickets to play during the SCOOP 2010. I’ve won those during the WBCOOP earlier this year, as you could see at my site. I’ve a $11, $16.50, $22 and $ 33 tournament ticket so I can play at different stakes and levels. Hopefully I can cash at least once which will be a big benefit for my bankroll. Ok, I see you thinking. Of course I should say that I can WIN one, but my luck during coin flips at PokerStars hasn’t been of the highest calibre. Anyway I’m sticking to my smallball poker game plan! We’ll see…

Here are some facts and stats about the upcoming SCOOP, starting at May 2 and ending with the Main Event at May 16 :There is a total Guarenteed Prize Pool of $45,000,000 between the 38 Events. The lowest buy-in is $11 and the highest buy-in is $10,300.

This serie of tournaments is composed of many different poker variants, such as Hold’em, Omaha and Stud, and there are also the mixed games such as Horse and 8-Game. An other good thing about the SCOOP is definately the fact that every event have three different buy-in levels: Low, Medium and High. So really anyone can experience this event and maybe become a SCOOP-champion.

One event I’ll probably play is the 8-game. I’ve only played it once before at the WBCOOP and I immediately cashed. What a miracle it was because I didn’t even know than how every game should be played ! Maybe it’s perfect for me and it was a lot of fun also. There exists also a mix form, as they’ll never stop inventing new games. How can we learn a game for god sakes?!? The first time I’ve heard this 8 game Mix I didn’t think it had something to do with poker but this is How to play 8 Game Mix !

Hopefully I’ll see you at the SCOOP tables and beat your Aces !! I’ll report about my results and experiences during the SCOOP between the last names of my Most Famous Poker Player top-100.

Cheers,

J.M.