lurbz 2 Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 (pins genius medal on Mercury69 )POTY Link to post Share on other sites
flintsword 4 Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 Very nice! Well done and enjoy it. and lol at take the cash. I'd bet anyone playing $1.60 sats is not playing these as their exclusive game! When u say u scored 50% in Cyprus, what do u mean by that?I got knocked out by Antonio Esfandiari half way through Day 2 in the WPT Cyprus Merit event 2009 and my final position in the field was in the top half of the players, so about 50%. Learned a lot and in three hours I will put what I learned there and by reading posts here on FCP into practice ... in Day 1B of the WPT Paris.I am really, really, really looking forward to it. Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,312 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 I got knocked out by Antonio Esfandiari half way through Day 2 in the WPT Cyprus Merit event 2009 and my final position in the field was in the top half of the players, so about 50%. Learned a lot and in three hours I will put what I learned there and by reading posts here on FCP into practice ... in Day 1B of the WPT Paris.I am really, really, really looking forward to it.Good Luck flintsword Link to post Share on other sites
KingJames 11 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 get it Link to post Share on other sites
flintsword 4 Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 UPDATE: Day 1BWell, I managed to survive Day 1B w $52,400 chips (the average for Day 1B is $53,195) after 11 hours of play. Day 1A had 140 players whittled down to 70.Day 1B had 172 players whittled down to 97.Total players = 302. Average of Day 1B was $53,195 & the average for Day 1A must have been lower.Tomorrow it is Day 2 and the fight begins seriously. The WPT has this weird uptick on their Day 2 blinds that means that I have to get aggressive Last hand of the day some poor guy at my table pushed his AA into a flop of 4 2 A, ... his opponent had a set of fours ... and the river brought the case 4 .As they say in Paris: "C'est la vie" ... but the guy with the aces was asking staff to open the window ... he wanted to jump I had a few interesting hands but these French players are all reraising weasels ... so it is hard to reliably get a range for them. That said, my better hands usually brought home the goods. Pretty steady I peaked at $60,000.The rooms are like saunas (no air conditioning) and guess what ... the Aviation Club actually served champagne half way through the day. I felt like offering to buy a few extra bottles and chipping in. Needless to say I passed on the champagne. Yah, yah, party pooper, but I can buy my own champagne when I am not playing a room full of carnivorous poker pros .It is 2am so good night. Update tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,312 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 go get em on Day 2 Link to post Share on other sites
KingJames 11 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 glgl, Flintsword Link to post Share on other sites
TwstdWrstr 10 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 gl Flint! Link to post Share on other sites
flintsword 4 Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 gl Flint!Thanks TwstdWrstr, KingJames, & thanks Bob ... Day 2 starts in a few hours and the blinds (round 8) are at 400/800, antes 100, for the next 80 minutes (90 minute rounds but we played 10 minutes of round 8 already).Even with an average stack of $52,400 every round costs 2,200 so I have to make some progress in the first round when my "M" is 23 and credible ... next round (Round 9) the blinds are 500/1,000, w antes of 100, or 2,500 a cycle. When a cycle costs you 5% of your stack tight play just is not going to do it.I figure that unless I get my stack to $100,000 by the end of round 9 I will be in danger. Round 10 is 600/1,200, w antes of 200, or 3,800 a cycle To be in an identical position to the start of Day 2 I would need $90,500 by the beginning of round 10.So basically there is no screwing around playing tight on Day 2 ... it is up or out day Link to post Share on other sites
KingJames 11 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Just let it come to you, don't worry about the average stack or trying to get to X-chip stack. Just make good decisions, stay calm/patient and pay attention. glgl Link to post Share on other sites
rcgs59 15 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 glglglglgl tid Link to post Share on other sites
Tehtoe 3 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 lol you are by no means in danger with 50k at 600/1200 even. gl. Link to post Share on other sites
TwstdWrstr 10 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Well I see one Yves still in action, hoping that is you going to day three! Link to post Share on other sites
DiamondDixie 12 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 That's got to be him, I found this by googling his name... http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/20...g=Yves%20FargesLooks like 36 get paid so he's more than 1/2 way there! Go Go Go and good luck for an early double up - don't nit up! Link to post Share on other sites
flintsword 4 Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 That's got to be him, I found this by googling his name... http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/20...g=Yves%20FargesLooks like 36 get paid so he's more than 1/2 way there! Go Go Go and good luck for an early double up - don't nit up!Diamond Dixie found the link from the WPT Cyprus ... nice! and yes I have managed to make it to Day 3 I put a couple of the hands in my Blog but seriously these French players are the most aggressive weasels I have ever seen (except for Antonio Esfandiari, king raising weasel in my last WPT ... )So I did a lot of folding but stayed active so that I would get some action on my good hands, contrary to the saying ... "All good things come to he who waits" and I got into a few pots. In one flop I paid to see holding 9 9, I reraised all-in, in position, with a set of nines. One of the EP bettors (Diego Zeiter I think) must have thought I was trying to steal on the 9 3 Q flop since he had A Q. It was a good double up. I called an UTG raise from a relatively loose player w AQs only to see the flop come Q 9 9 so out of position I checked trapping with the pot at $11,000. The guy plunks down $20,000. After a little thought I just could not put this guy on a nine and called with my A Q and he turned over KQ crippling him.It was a great day and in two hours I am off to the Aviation Club de Paris for Day 3.There are 61 players left (there were 312 players at the start) and I am ranked about 49 (according to a friend). Last night I bagged my stack of $81,600 and the average stack is $153,442 so I am not in an ideal situation but the blinds are 1,000/2,000 antes 300 so my M = 13 ... not too bad at all IMHO The money starts at 36 players and I fully intend to use any players trying to squeak into the money to build my stack. I pretty well have to double up so it might as well be early with a good hand than timidly trying to grab spot 36 downstream.I got into this tournament via PartyPoker from a $1.60 rebuy so even if I bubble out, it has been a great tournament. I would like to make a final table so no craziness, just calm good poker with an aggressive edge.Thanks for the comment guys ...... last note ... at the end of last day some short stack at my table goes all in w 6 7 but the BB wakes up with A A ... the board goes 7 7 A Q 7 for quad sevens and AA guy is asking the staff to open a window to jump. Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,312 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 good luck and I hope the deck smacks you in the face big time Link to post Share on other sites
KingJames 11 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 oh my, gogogo Link to post Share on other sites
rcgs59 15 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 http://www.worldpokertour.com/Live_Updates/Live.aspxhttp://www.worldpokertour.com/Live_Updates...ng_List.aspx?q=looks like he still in but chip counts don't look like they have been updated in a whileglglglgl Link to post Share on other sites
rcgs59 15 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 looks like he made the money Link to post Share on other sites
flintsword 4 Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 looks like he made the money Quite right! 25th good for 16,600 Euros ... not bad for a $1.60 rebuy on PartyPoker I started out Day 3 at the same table as the pink-haired French player, Guillaume Darcourt on my right, ready to play. 61 players in Day 3 so it was going to be a long day.I busted two players to drive my stack from 81,600 to 250,000 and then they send me to a table where I seemed to get a subscription to every off-suit, low, uncoordinated hand imaginable, staying alive by occasionally raising with crap as the token tight player with cobwebs on his chips.I made the money easily and was on my way to the next level when I got involved in a hand where I was forced to fold an overpair to an obvious str8 or two pair (he showed the str8) so I read that right and dodged the bullet. It crippled my stack and later six-handed with an M of 7 I went all-in with AQs only to get snapped off by AK in the blinds.I collected my bricks of Euros and am heading off for some champagne.I will be a spectator the rest of the tournament happy as the proverbial clam with my best result in a World Poker Tour Event and my first WPT cash thanks in no small part to the FCP posters & PokerVT.Thank you all for the virtual rail ! Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,312 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Well done Flintsword, have fun the rest of your trip. Link to post Share on other sites
troyomac 0 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Congrats man, enjoy the champagne! Link to post Share on other sites
Mercury69 3 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Fantastic job, Flinty!!!16.6K euros = 23K Cdn/USD, more or less...A fine investment indeed. Link to post Share on other sites
BlkJakShelak 0 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Cheers & Congratulations Link to post Share on other sites
rcgs59 15 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 congrats and wtg Yves Farges Eliminated in 25th Place (€16,665)Level 17: 2,500-5,000, 500 anteYves Farges of Canada has been eliminated on the very last hand before the break. He got his money in with ace-queen and ran into the ace-king of Matthew Waxman.Sorted In: Yves Farges, Matt Waxman, Aviation Club de France, Grand Prix de Paris, Season X, Tournaments09:54 PM, 09/08/11Farges Takes On DarcourtLevel 13: 1,000-2,000, 300 anteGuillaume Darcourt opens with a raise to 5,000 from early position and Yves Farges, next to act, makes the call.The flop comes down 3heartAheart3club, Darcourt checks, Farges quickly bets 6,500 and Darcourt does not look comfortable. He nods, looks at Farges but ultimately folds. Link to post Share on other sites
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