Welcome to MTTland!

Welcome to MTTland!

MTTland... The Land of MTTs Duuuh

So for the record, when I'm saying MTT (Multi Table Tournament), I'm talking about MTT SNGs, not the scheduled Tournaments which have like a bajillion players and take like 8 hours to finish lol.

Since last sunday, I've fully transitioned to MTTs, mainly playing $2 180 manz. Ooooh yeaaa I'm so baller man, playing $2 games wow hehe, but I'm playing these stakes for 2 main reasons;

1. With Black Friday happening and online poker banned in USA, it was uncertain whether PokerStars was gonna be closing since their being sued, so I left in an amount which I was able to lose should that happen.

2. It is the cheapest way to learn these damn games!

So welcome to MTTland! A place full of shoving fun and totally tight as hell to get a min cash players! Here's a preview of what to expect...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 2.2 Tournament, 500/1000 Blinds 100 Ante (9 handed) 

UTG+1 (t4980) 

MP1 (t4769) 

MP2 (t21783) 

MP3 (t7850)

CO (t2752)

Button (t12789)

SB (t13345) 

Hero (BB) (t13230)

UTG (t18864) 

Hero's M: 5.51 

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6, 7 3 folds, MP2 calls t1000, 1 fold, CO bets t2652 (All-In), 2 folds, Hero calls t1652, 1 fold <--------------waaaaaaaaaaat??? lol

Flop: (t7704) 5, J, 7 (2 players, 1 all-in) Turn: (t7704) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in) River: (t7704) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in) Total pot: t7704

LOL. 5 to 1 snap fold!!!!! puyan has AA! Soul read looool

Here's how thingz have been going after week 1 (guess at what point in the graph I realized I was waaay to tight)

The Aftermath

Its been over a week since Black Friday now, and nothing has really changed so far for the American players, who's money is frozen on those poker sites..

What is made clear is that the players will get their money back... eventually... whenever that is. This is actually great news despite all the doom and gloom, because it was conceivable that the Department of Justice could have regarded the money being used on their sites as being illegally used, and therefore confiscate it.

But in the land of the free, we see the government stepping in and telling people what they can or cant do. Doesn't sound very free to me. So free that the online grinders that wish to continue to have the right to gamble if they want to, are leaving their friends and families, and their country. GL to you, those guys that decide to choose this path.

As poker players, we are always encouraged to look at things in the long run. Short term results mean nothing. In perspective, this can be a good thing. Online poker is one step closer to being legalized. With the publicity being advertised from these cases, there's no doubt that the legalisation of Internet Poker has to be on the agenda within the next 2 years. But yea... ouch 2 years...

But think about it. Once its legalized, its done. Being a poker pro in USA can be a possibility... forever onwards! Revenues can be taken to help the country (so they cant use the argument of not contributing to society), and an explosion of fish coming with a possible 2nd poker boom. Who knows? Poker is worldwide now, so there's no chance in hell its ever gonne die out. In fact, PokerStars traffic is still pretty decent without you guys, I believe it will survive! (Full Tilt has higher volume of American players, so I'm not so sure about them imo).

I'm one of a smaller percentage of Brits who actually likes Americans (sorry guys, truth hurts?), but man your politics suck. So much corporate power, injustice, and totally over capitalized. Where has the power of your constitution gone to protect the people's rights? I feel for you guys...




Win or lose Supernova?

So far this month, I've made about 4k VPPs outta the monthly 7500 VPPs needed to maintain my Supernova status. With the stakes I've been playing, there's no way I'm gonna make it. However, Pokerstars allows a 1 month grace period if you don't make it. So next month I'll still have it. But to what worth?

Being a MTT grinder means that you are less reliant on rakeback packages, and more on actual money won. Despite being breakeven for 3k STT games, I managed to make $3k on rakeback bonuses which was great. But to get these you really do have to either play a huuuuge volume of lower staked games, or higher stakes. Right now, I'm not doing either.

I do think tho, it is possible to get 7500 VPPs by grinding MTTs. But no doubt I'll have to be playing $12s to help me. I will need $1360 in rake to achieve the minimum requirements for the month. This will depend on how quickly I build my roll to get to those stakes. My bankroll management has always been quite conservative which is why I've never gone broke. It sounds like a cool challenge to me, so I'm looking forward to it.


A Royal Wedding

As a Brit, let me tell you that its weird having a monarchy. Most people in UK don't want one and don't understand why they're there. They have no power, and cost us a lot of money. But despite all this, it does seem to give foreigners a sense of history to our dwindling empire, which they love.

No doubt, I will find the wedding weird. But its a royal wedding! How often are we ever gonna see this? I dunno, I'm kind mixed about this, coz on the one hand its kinda cool, but on the other I kinda also don't really care. However, I will find it interesting none the less, and it'll be interesting on how the UK reacts to it in this modern day. Lets hope the entrance will be like this lol;

(Parady of this btw)



GS@TT everyone, may ur outs keep droppin'