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03-27-2013 , 04:20 AM

KasperS

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Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 9

Ashton Griffin just tweeted this an hour ago:

"Playing in this 100k 1 vs 1 pot limit omaha tourney in April. Should get about 8-12 players. I'm a big favorite to be the rustiest player."

Does anybody know where, when exactly, who, etc.?

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03-27-2013 , 08:23 AM

Doorbread

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guessing it's starrs superstar showdown

gl ash

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03-27-2013 , 08:27 AM

RaiseWanMiryon

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Lol flipaments.

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03-27-2013 , 08:56 AM

leconnaisseur

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PLO isn't meant for tourneys IMO

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03-27-2013 , 09:10 AM

DickFuld

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Stars contacted me a while back regarding a 100k HU PLO event similar to the NL one they recently ran (I haven't played HS PLO in over a year so not sure why) so I'm sure it's this.

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03-27-2013 , 09:23 AM

DickFuld

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Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,113

Yep here is the email:

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Dear Players,

I am writing this mail to everyone who has played in our highest PLO games during 2012 because I would like to hear from you regarding a possible All-Star Showdown for PLO. For those of you who don’t know, the All-Star Showdown is a Cash-Game style tournament where the participants play Heads-Up matches over four simultaneous tables. It is rake free, and players have to reveal their real names.

We just recently finished the Hold’em version of this tournament (http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/prom...star-showdown/) and felt that we learned a lot from that experience. The PLO version will be very similar, but we will try to avoid having players at the tables for 17 hours stretches as we did last time around.

So, for now we have a couple of questions. Would you be interested in playing in such a tournament with $100K buyin, and secondly, would April 2013 be a good period for it?

Best Regards
XXXXX
Poker Room Management

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03-27-2013 , 09:34 AM

ralph cifaretto

adept

Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 770

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Originally Posted by RaineTech

Stars contacted me a while back regarding a 100k HU PLO event similar to the NL one they recently ran (I haven't played HS PLO in over a year so not sure why) so I'm sure it's this.

If it is

Railed the NL showdown HARD. PLO 1 would be dreamy.

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03-27-2013 , 09:45 AM

SW_Kaizer

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Originally Posted by leconnaisseur

PLO isn't meant for tourneys IMO

this will be like watching a Zynga play money table where people go allin every hand

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03-27-2013 , 09:49 AM

Fordham

old hand

Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,913

should be good

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03-27-2013 , 09:59 AM

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ralph cifaretto

adept

Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 770

Have PM'd Vanilla Thunder and shorshi.

If competitors are 2p2'ers, would be briliant if they posted in the thread.

Now all we need is for Pokerstars to announce the tournie and Steve to introduce the cast to us.

Who's in (do we think)?

Ashman
Gandalf
Sauce123?
Blopp/skervoy?
odds?

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03-27-2013 , 10:06 AM

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nl5warrior

centurion

Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 192

it's a "tournament" in the true sense of the word, the NL one was first to win 20 buyins and if nobody won after 3000 hands the blindes doubled and then it became first to 10 buyins, maybe when someone is on the verge of winning the dynamics change but other than that it's like a deep stacked cash game (they often got to 200bb deep)

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03-27-2013 , 11:32 AM

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bazaro

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Originally Posted by SW_Kaizer

this will be like watching a Zynga play money table where people go allin every hand

nah, if the last challenge is a good indicator of what this one will be like, its going to be really intense/fun to watch

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03-27-2013 , 11:38 AM

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snapehead

grinder

Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 470

urubu one time

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03-27-2013 , 11:46 AM

#14

nba_guru

grinder

Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 450

I have a very high bb when it comes to PLO(30/bb over 100k hands) and Im capable of exploiting any opponent once i know his tendencies. So if any runners are looking for a solid horse, Im your man

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03-27-2013 , 11:51 AM

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MicroDonky1

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Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 427

Graphs or it didn't happen

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03-27-2013 , 12:36 PM

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Brilliant27

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This will be sick

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03-27-2013 , 02:19 PM

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shorshi

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Originally Posted by ralph cifaretto

Have PM'd Vanilla Thunder and shorshi.
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cheers man

unfortunatelly i won't be able to help VT with any coverage/etc. at all, since i'm flying to australia on friday for one year. Not gonna have much time for any poker stuff at all

I hope (for you guys) that VT will do another awesome coverage, he's a beast.

Have fun!
shorshi

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03-28-2013 , 11:37 AM

#18

shorshi

adept

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surprised this doesnt get more attention/speculations

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03-28-2013 , 11:59 AM

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ralph cifaretto

adept

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Originally Posted by shorshi

surprised this doesnt get more attention/speculations

well, it hasnt officially been announced yet (so it doesnt even exist yet).

though i was not very receptive to the original showdown, railing the 1st 1 was so much fun i can't wait.

i have a feeling the plo is going to be either very very good (they'll have got the format right) or terrible. either way its going to be fun.

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03-28-2013 , 12:00 PM

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guitarhero27

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its stars or tilt but has to be stars.

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03-28-2013 , 12:00 PM

#21

Omahaha

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Originally Posted by leconnaisseur

PLO isn't meant for tourneys IMO

I would argue that nl hold em is one of the the poorest forms of mtt maybe a little above razz.

Has less skill than plo or plo8 imo.

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03-28-2013 , 12:18 PM

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Doorbread

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Originally Posted by leconnaisseur

PLO isn't meant for tourneys IMO

this is true but because of the format it wont have the dynamic of 6m/fr tournaments. it will be a lot of hands before they're less than 100bb deep, so should make for some great railing.

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03-28-2013 , 12:56 PM

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nl5warrior

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Originally Posted by Doorbread

this is true but because of the format it wont have the dynamic of 6m/fr tournaments. it will be a lot of hands before they're less than 100bb deep, so should make for some great railing.

they're never below 100bb except the very end