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slycbnew
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After playing a live donkament this weekend and busting out before the money, I decided I hadn't beat my head against a wall enough, so I played MTT's all day today to self-induce psychotic episodes.
Here's the last bust out, itm, 14 players left, my M is around 13.
poker stars, $33 Buy-in (500/1,000 blinds, 100 ante) NL Hold'em Tourney, 7 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker
MP1: 37,833 (37.8 bb)
MP2: 31,789 (31.8 bb)
BTN: 73,434 (73.4 bb)
SB: 35,924 (35.9 bb)
Hero (BB): 29,038 (29 bb)
MP3: 66,650 (66.7 bb)
CO: 19,670 (19.7 bb)
Pre-Flop: Hero is BB with Kc Ks
2 folds, MP1 raises to 2,500, MP2 folds, BTN calls 2,500, SB folds, Hero raises to 11,000, MP1 folds, BTN calls 8,500
Flop: (25,700) 6d Tc 2d (2 players)
Hero bets 17,938 and is all-in, BTN calls 17,938
Turn: (61,576) Qh (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: (61,576) 5d (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Results: 61,576 pot
Hero showed Kc Ks (a pair of Kings) and lost (-29,038 net)
BTN showed 8d Ad (a flush, Ace high) and won 61,576 (32,538 net)
Here's the last bust out, itm, 14 players left, my M is around 13.
poker stars, $33 Buy-in (500/1,000 blinds, 100 ante) NL Hold'em Tourney, 7 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker
MP1: 37,833 (37.8 bb)
MP2: 31,789 (31.8 bb)
BTN: 73,434 (73.4 bb)
SB: 35,924 (35.9 bb)
Hero (BB): 29,038 (29 bb)
MP3: 66,650 (66.7 bb)
CO: 19,670 (19.7 bb)
Pre-Flop: Hero is BB with Kc Ks
2 folds, MP1 raises to 2,500, MP2 folds, BTN calls 2,500, SB folds, Hero raises to 11,000, MP1 folds, BTN calls 8,500
Flop: (25,700) 6d Tc 2d (2 players)
Hero bets 17,938 and is all-in, BTN calls 17,938
Turn: (61,576) Qh (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: (61,576) 5d (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Results: 61,576 pot
Hero showed Kc Ks (a pair of Kings) and lost (-29,038 net)
BTN showed 8d Ad (a flush, Ace high) and won 61,576 (32,538 net)
icemonkey9
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lol ... wow you too bud? Mine is like 46% which is just beyond weird. Last month over 13k hands = 56% ... of course I've only played 3k hands in August.
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Dwilius
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pokerstars competing with Full Tilt, 50% bonus on up to $600 reload...and you can deposit in three steps over 90 days, so just have to make sure to get something in this week. Yay, free monies. 
eNTy
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Pokerstars competing with Full Tilt, 50% bonus on up to $600 reload...and you can deposit in three steps over 90 days, so just have to make sure to get something in this week. Yay, free monies.
link plz
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WVHillbilly
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i dunno if i should go for this stars bonus
i dont want bonus curse on my stars acct
How's it going clearing your FT bonus?
kleitches
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Makes sense.
vanquish
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i'll probs be done tonight or tomorrow
dunno if i should try to stick around FT a bit or just go back to mass-collecting VPPs on stars so i can have SN and clear my bonuses before year ends
kleitches
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i'll probs be done tonight or tomorrow
dunno if i should try to stick around FT a bit or just go back to mass-collecting VPPs on stars so i can have SN and clear my bonuses before year ends
FT = Rigged
Stars = Awesome
Easy choice imo
WVHillbilly
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i'll probs be done tonight or tomorrow
dunno if i should try to stick around FT a bit or just go back to mass-collecting VPPs on stars so i can have SN and clear my bonuses before year ends
You have RB on FTP? If no, easy move back to Stars. Even with RB I guess if you can hit SN you're probably better off at Stars? Pretty close though.
vanquish
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yea i have RB on FT
i'd be pretty close to hitting SN on stars, but it feels like the games are softer on FT and they run faster
so its like, would i rather just get straight RB on FT and occasionally deal with their stupid software issues etc, but have softer games, or move back to tougher stars, and get higher RB but be forced to clear bonuses and really grind out hands to get that money (and the games are tougher there anyhoo)
what would u recommend
Jurn8
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what is FTPs RB like compared to PS.
What does the ironman stuff and mid year bonuses make your total rakeback at FTP?
WVHillbilly
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yea i have RB on FT
i'd be pretty close to hitting SN on stars, but it feels like the games are softer on FT and they run faster
so its like, would i rather just get straight RB on FT and occasionally deal with their stupid software issues etc, but have softer games, or move back to tougher stars, and get higher RB but be forced to clear bonuses and really grind out hands to get that money (and the games are tougher there anyhoo)
what would u recommend
Honestly I like FTs software better than Stars, so if your wr is better AND you get more hands/hr AND you get 27% for me it's a no-brainer.
Jake, I'm only familiar with Stars rewards through other posts I've read but I think SN bonuses work out to around 30% maybe a little more depending on what milestones you hit.
As far as how much the Iron Man bonuses add (mid-year/end-of-year and IM points) it would really depend on the stakes you're playing. If you play 50nl and get the full $1200 IM bonuses + another $1200 with IM points it's a pretty significant percentage. If you play 200nl, not so much.
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Suited Frenzy
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HaHa...
This is 1 of those $0.30 sats, I decided to just lolDONKament it & went all-in 1st hand to find myself dominated to a 3 outer.
Honestly, sometimes these things are so funnnnnnnnnnnn
Full Tilt, 15/30 blinds NL Hold'em Tourney, 9 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker
SB: 1,500 (50 bb)
Hero (BB): 1,500 (50 bb)
UTG+1: 1,500 (50 bb)
UTG+2: 1,500 (50 bb)
MP1: 1,500 (50 bb)
MP2: 1,500 (50 bb)
MP3: 1,500 (50 bb)
CO: 1,500 (50 bb)
BTN: 1,500 (50 bb)
Pre-Flop: Hero is BB with T
7
2 folds, MP1 calls 30, MP2 calls 30, MP3 folds, CO calls 30, 2 folds, Hero raises to 1,500 and is all-in, MP1 calls 1,470 and is all-in, 2 folds
Flop: (3,075) 5
6
7
(2 players, 2 are all-in)
Turn: (3,075) 4
(2 players, 2 are all-in)
River: (3,075) 7
(2 players, 2 are all-in)
Results: 3,075 pot
Hero showed T
7
(three of a kind, Sevens) and won 3,075 (1,575 net)
MP1 showed K
T
(a pair of Sevens) and lost (-1,500 net)
This is 1 of those $0.30 sats, I decided to just lolDONKament it & went all-in 1st hand to find myself dominated to a 3 outer.
Honestly, sometimes these things are so funnnnnnnnnnnn
Full Tilt, 15/30 blinds NL Hold'em Tourney, 9 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker
SB: 1,500 (50 bb)
Hero (BB): 1,500 (50 bb)
UTG+1: 1,500 (50 bb)
UTG+2: 1,500 (50 bb)
MP1: 1,500 (50 bb)
MP2: 1,500 (50 bb)
MP3: 1,500 (50 bb)
CO: 1,500 (50 bb)
BTN: 1,500 (50 bb)
Pre-Flop: Hero is BB with T
2 folds, MP1 calls 30, MP2 calls 30, MP3 folds, CO calls 30, 2 folds, Hero raises to 1,500 and is all-in, MP1 calls 1,470 and is all-in, 2 folds
Flop: (3,075) 5
Turn: (3,075) 4
River: (3,075) 7
Results: 3,075 pot
Hero showed T
MP1 showed K
WVHillbilly
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More on RB + Bonuses at FTP:
This is based on my experience that 100 FTPs = ~$12 MGR.
If you rake $1500/month, get Iron each month, and buy $600 bonuses with your IM points in Jan/July (so you can clear them concurrently with the end/mid year bonuses) your actual RB number would work out to ~38.5% if my math is correct.
Here is how I figured it:
RB each month on $1500 at 27% is $405 x 10 months when RB is unaffected by bonus clearing = $4050
RB in months when clearing the bonuses brought with IM points is 27% of $900 MGR x 2 months = $486 (mid/end bonuses do not affect RB)
Total bonus $$ = $2400
Total of Bonus + RB = $6936
Total MGR = $18000
$18000/$6936 = .385444
This is based on my experience that 100 FTPs = ~$12 MGR.
If you rake $1500/month, get Iron each month, and buy $600 bonuses with your IM points in Jan/July (so you can clear them concurrently with the end/mid year bonuses) your actual RB number would work out to ~38.5% if my math is correct.
Here is how I figured it:
RB each month on $1500 at 27% is $405 x 10 months when RB is unaffected by bonus clearing = $4050
RB in months when clearing the bonuses brought with IM points is 27% of $900 MGR x 2 months = $486 (mid/end bonuses do not affect RB)
Total bonus $$ = $2400
Total of Bonus + RB = $6936
Total MGR = $18000
$18000/$6936 = .385444