Trying to stick to the forum rules and do this right The staking thread should be closed by the mods soon.

Original staking thread

Thanks again to everyone who invested for the stake/shipping promptly and GL to all of us. The nature of MTT's is that you "kiss a lot of frogs" before you get a big payday but I will be doing everything I can to maximise our outcome.

Part of that is that I don't post on or read forums, use messenger etc while I'm playing, so I won't be posting hands while I'm playing, but if there's anything interesting I'll try and give HH's and details here after play finishes.

so you wont be posting place or chipcounts on breaks?

Hi Skittles

If it was live play, I would definitely update every break.

I have tremendous respect for you as a regular investor on these forums so I'll be guided by you on this.

Posting place/chipcount isn't too much trouble I'd agree so I'll do it.

I appreciate that you guys cumulatively have as much invested as me so I'm happy to do what you want.

All the best

Steve

It's NP either way, i want you to maximize your EV. i just wanted to know which thread to subscribe to and refresh tomorrow if i am away from my comp. do whatever is best for you and makes you comfortable. it's totally fine either way. purely looking at this from a selfish point of view. go ahead and focus and GL!!!!

this....I'll be following along using ctrl+F on Stars anyway.

Sounds good guys. Like you I want to do what maximises EV.

I will post ITT as soon as anything of major importance comes up (ITM, out, etc) and post chip count and position at breaks as long as it's not interfering with: making notes, checking up on players, working out how to play the next level, getting drinks, stretching, calming down, revving myself up etc that I need to get done first.

7400 chips.

Had an interesting start with AKQJs AAQ9s JT98ss, AAxxs and AAxxr in the first 12 hands. All except 1 OOP and horrible flops, the one IP AAQ9s I got donked into on a J9x flop and folded.

Stack: largest 25960, smallest 710, average 8331
Your current position is 212 out of 369

7400 again. Have been as low as 5600 and up to 8K. Reasonably comfortable with who's doing what.

Stack: largest 44146, smallest 1548, average 10166
Your current position is 226 out of 345

6845 Was up to 10500 then massacred a couple of hands
On the bright side still here and getting my focus back.

Stack: largest 44146, smallest 1548, average 10166
Your current position is 226 out of 345

7550. Was as low as 3500.

Stack: largest 93047, smallest 1935, average 23684
Your current position is 145 out of 152

Couple of hands. Table dynamics played a big part and although I was reasonably sure I was ahead the 2nd one had me sweating!!

PokerStars Game #50075202807: Tournament #2010090054, $2000+$100 USD Omaha Pot Limit - Level IX (80/160) - 2010/09/24 1:18:58 WET [2010/09/23 20:18:58 ET]
Table '2010090054 37' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: SeniorTomato (7990 in chips)
Seat 2: Donald (21005 in chips)
Seat 3: df1986 (1985 in chips)
Seat 5: steamer (5605 in chips)
Seat 6: cdbr3799 (12960 in chips)
cdbr3799: posts small blind 80
SeniorTomato: posts big blind 160
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to steamer [4d 4s Kd Ks]
Donald: raises 160 to 320
df1986: raises 880 to 1200
steamer: raises 2960 to 4160
cdbr3799: folds
SeniorTomato: folds
Donald: folds
df1986: calls 785 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (2175) returned to steamer
*** FLOP *** [5c 7h 7c]
*** TURN *** [5c 7h 7c] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [5c 7h 7c Qd] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
df1986: shows [Ah 2d Ad 6s] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
steamer: shows [4d 4s Kd Ks] (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
df1986 collected 4530 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4530 | Rake 0
Board [5c 7h 7c Qd Ts]
Seat 1: SeniorTomato (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Donald folded before Flop
Seat 3: df1986 showed [Ah 2d Ad 6s] and won (4530) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 5: steamer (button) showed [4d 4s Kd Ks] and lost with two pair, Kings and Sevens
Seat 6: cdbr3799 (small blind) folded before Flop


PokerStars Game #50075900728: Tournament #2010090054, $2000+$100 USD Omaha Pot Limit - Level X (100/200) - 2010/09/24 1:36:21 WET [2010/09/23 20:36:21 ET]
Table '2010090054 13' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Renaud (9188 in chips)
Seat 2: villepn (15730 in chips)
Seat 3: BonScott80 (5082 in chips)
Seat 4: theNorfman (11126 in chips)
Seat 5: steamer (3400 in chips)
Seat 6: Bad_Fidel (46087 in chips)
steamer: posts small blind 100
Bad_Fidel: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to steamer [9d 9c Jc As]
Renaud: folds
villepn: folds
BonScott80: folds
theNorfman: folds
steamer: calls 100
Bad_Fidel: checks
*** FLOP *** [Tc Jd 8c]
steamer: checks
Bad_Fidel: bets 280
steamer: calls 280
*** TURN *** [Tc Jd 8c] [4c]
steamer: checks
Bad_Fidel: bets 700
steamer: calls 700
*** RIVER *** [Tc Jd 8c 4c] [8s]
steamer: checks
Bad_Fidel: bets 2360
steamer: calls 2220 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (140) returned to Bad_Fidel
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Bad_Fidel: shows [Qh 2s 5d 5c] (two pair, Eights and Fives)
steamer: shows [9d 9c Jc As] (a flush, Jack high)
steamer collected 6800 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6800 | Rake 0
Board [Tc Jd 8c 4c 8s]
Seat 1: Renaud folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: villepn folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: BonScott80 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: theNorfman (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: steamer (small blind) showed [9d 9c Jc As] and won (6800) with a flush, Jack high
Seat 6: Bad_Fidel (big blind) showed [Qh 2s 5d 5c] and lost with two pair, Eights and Fives

Busto in about 137. Here's the hand.

Thanks to all for investing and thegosu for his cheers from the rail

Overall prepared OK, played (I think) not too badly, sorry we didn't get a result.

PokerStars Game #50077273758: Tournament #2010090054, $2000+$100 USD Omaha Pot Limit - Level XII (150/300) - 2010/09/24 2:15:23 WET [2010/09/23 21:15:23 ET]
Table '2010090054 18' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: gordo16 (32811 in chips)
Seat 2: PickyTooth (22450 in chips)
Seat 3: GodlikeRoy (30573 in chips)
Seat 4: Shatkhi (45592 in chips)
Seat 5: ChadBrownPRO (30984 in chips)
Seat 6: steamer (8850 in chips)
GodlikeRoy: posts small blind 150
Shatkhi: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to steamer [8h 7d 9d Ts]
ChadBrownPRO: folds
steamer: raises 600 to 900
gordo16: folds
PickyTooth: folds
GodlikeRoy: folds
Shatkhi: raises 1950 to 2850
steamer: calls 1950
*** FLOP *** [4c Jc 7s]
Shatkhi: bets 5850
steamer: raises 150 to 6000 and is all-in
Shatkhi: calls 150
*** TURN *** [4c Jc 7s] [Ac]
*** RIVER *** [4c Jc 7s Ac] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Shatkhi: shows [Ks Kc 9s 8c] (a flush, Ace high)
steamer: shows [8h 7d 9d Ts] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
Shatkhi collected 17850 from pot
steamer finished the tournament in 140th place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 17850 | Rake 0
Board [4c Jc 7s Ac 9c]
Seat 1: gordo16 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: PickyTooth (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: GodlikeRoy (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Shatkhi (big blind) showed [Ks Kc 9s 8c] and won (17850) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 5: ChadBrownPRO folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: steamer showed [8h 7d 9d Ts] and lost with a straight, Seven to Jack