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WBCOOP EVENT-30 NLHE was the last tournament of WBCOOP series that was awarding TLB points and SCOOP tickets for highest finishers. Daleroxxu (Dale Philip), stated on his Twitter feed, that he needed to cash in this tournament in order to play in the main event, so Pokerstars Pro Adrienne Rowsome ''talonchick'' even offered her ticket. Of course that is not allowed, all Dale needed to do was do his best and he did - he finished 21st! This was the first cash for Dale Philip this year in WBCOOP series. Congratulations to him and everyone else who cashed in this tournament!
WBCOOP EVENT-29 NLHE [6-MAX]
This tournament had many registered players - 619. Because it was the second last tournament, players were registering to it. Pokerstars Pro player Sjlot from Belgium was playing as well, she finished 418th.
It took nearly 7 hours for a tournament to finish and SonicMan555 from United Kingdom prove that he is a champion of No Limit Hold'em [6-Max].
Congratulations to him and other players who won the tickets!
Today, we will look at WBCOOP EVENTS NUMBER 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20, who were the winners, what were the tournament structures and more. Due to a ticket restriction and my choice, I have played in two of the tournaments. I will discuss more about this later on.
WBCOOP EVENT NUMBER-16 TRIPLE STUD
260 players wanted to take place in this tournament, as well as Celina Lin Pokerstars Team Pro member.
Every 3 minutes the game type was changed and every 9 minutes the blinds were increased. So it looked like a very fast tournament if you were not familiar with this type of game.
Celina Lin, has not reached the money, she finished in 146th place. It took more than five hours for a tournament to conclude, players got used to see same opponents over and over (of course those who did not bust). So it was a very good chance to analyse your opponents, because you had to play with them for a long time.
These players finished in a TOP 4:
- 1st. Sinbad612 (Germany) - SCOOP 162$ Ticket
- 2nd. Das Ferzb (Belarus) - SCOOP 109$ Ticket
- 3rd. Rszunimagu (Belarus) - SCOOP 55$ Ticket
- 4th. Unik22 (Belarus) - SCOOP 55$ Ticket
WBCOOP EVENT NUMBER-17 HEADS-UP NLHE
This tournament had 546 entrants who were interested in playing Heads-Up poker. It was very interesting that no Pokerstars Pro players wanted to take a part in it. 1500 chips starting stack every round, only one elimination and you were gone. Blinds were increasing every 8 minutes, so you did not need to rush much.
I will start of by telling how I did in this tournament. I could not miss it, because I am always playing better in Heads-Up tournaments. The less people are on a table, the better I play, it has to do something with my people reading abilities.
When I started, I was one of those lucky players who had no opponent, so I waited for the first round to finish.
The second round I was playing against an opponent who was quite tough, it was obvious that he did not have a lot of experience, but it took me some time to eliminate him. Also, I was quite lucky, because in one of the hands I had A5 when my opponent had AJ, but I was lucky to catch a 5 and survive.
When proceeded to round 3, another surprise was waiting for me. My opponent was disconnected, I waited for a minute in case he had a short internet connection problem, then started collecting the blinds. In a minute or two he was back, I asked him what was the problem, but he did not respond and we continued playing. He was a better player than my previous opponent (much better) I needed to do my best, and use a completely different strategy than I have used with my previous opponent. After a long match, I was the one two win, we said bye to each other and then I proceeded to the next round.
Round 4, this opponent was nothing like any of my two previous opponents. He was using a very interesting smart-maniac strategy. I liked how we was putting a pressure on me, he was a very good player and knew what he was doing. Too bad that when I was a short stack, my AJ did not hold against KQ, my opponent caught a King, and I was eliminated only one round away from winning a SCOOP ticket.
I finished 84th, when 63 players received the tickets. Of course it was not a good feeling, but at least I did my best.
TOP 4
- 1st. JIenoHeCTB (Ukraine) - 215$ SCOOP Ticket
- 2nd. J.D. Daan (Ukraine) - 162$ SCOOP Ticket
- 3rd. jose743 (Colombia) - 55$ SCOOP Ticket
- 4th. SusharikSpy (Ukraine) - 55$ SCOOP Ticket
As we can see Ukrainians are doing very well in this year's WBCOOP series, best of luck to them and everyone else!
WBCOOP EVENT NUMBER-18 TURBO PLO
The tournament had 272 entrants, joined by Pokerstars Pro Bryan Huang (the one I eliminated in EVENT NUMBER-15).
3000 starting chips, 5 minutes blind interval, seemed like a fun, quick tournament. However, it was too quick for me, because I bust in 172th place, I was a 100th player to be eliminated. Not a terrible result, but I was pretty upset with the way I played, it was a long time since I have played Omaha, I used to play it way better this summer.
Just before I was eliminated, Bryan Huang was eliminated in a 175th place. Lithuanian player macijauskas who is from my home country finished 82th, he was already mentioned in my blog a while ago.
After a little more than 2 hours, what was not that long, the tournament was finished and these three players collected the biggest prizes:
TOP 3
- 1st. WesleyNoHand (Belgium) - 109$ SCOOP Ticket
- 2nd. asddde (Ukraine) - 55$ SCOOP Ticket
- 3rd. Schmitzer1 (Luxembourg) - 55$ SCOOP Ticket
Next tournament was WBCOOP EVENT NUMBER-19 PLHE [6-MAX]
292 entrants entered the tournament, and 15 minutes was the blind interval between every increase. No Pokerstars Pro player was interested to join in, so there was no possibility to win a 22$ SCOOP ticket bounty.
Some Lithuanians had pretty decent results in this tournament: honolulu.lt (81st), hansas16 (75th). macijauskas (12th).
But after more than 6 hours of play, these three players were the ones to appear in a TOP 3:
- 1st. Dart Serg (Russia) - 109$ SCOOP Ticket
- 2nd. KiraLasVegas (Russia) - 55$ SCOOP Ticket
- 3rd. beto1982 (Portugal) - 55$ SCOOP Ticket
Again Russians showing how unstoppable they are, but we will get to see the final Leaderboard at the end of WBCOOP and it will show the players and the countries that had the best results.
Last WBCOOP tournament we are going to review today is WBCOOP EVENT NUMBER-20 PLHE [TURBO]
374 players entered the tournament and once again no Pokerstars Pro members entered the tournament (cmon, bloggers don't bite ha ha). Some payers needed to adjust their strategy, because you could no longer just shove a big chip stack of yours and hope for the best. If you had a premium hand, you needed to make your opponents to raise you, so you could raise even more. 3,000 chips were the starting chip stacks, blinds were increasing every 5 minutes, so it was a quick and nice tournament. Once again, my previously mentioned Lithuanian macijauskas finished 12th, it shows what a good player he is.
After two and a half hours, the tournament was finished and here are the best 3 results:
- 1st. Rainmy (Venezuela) - 109$ SCOOP Ticket
- 2nd. Jack Wade (Germany) - 55$ SCOOP Ticket
- 3rd. 11Kenion89 (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - 55$ SCOOP Ticket
Congratulations to all the winners who also received a decent amount of the WBCOOP series Leaderboard points!
Tomorrow, we will review next tournaments.
Best of luck!
WeRnIS
The last and the largest - the Main WBCOOP event has finished. Over a thousand entrants have entered the tournament as well as Pokerstars Pro players such as talonchick and Daleroxxu. It took more than ten hours for a tournament to conclude and TIGER CENTE from India was the one to claim the champion title! Congratulations!
Just before the main even we had to finish WBCOOP tournament series with the last 3 tournaments. I have only played in one and did not cash out (lost with three pair against two pair, but third pair is not allowed poker). So, first of all let's see what tournaments were played, who were the winners and more.
WBCOOP EVENT-28 HORSE was a long tournament, so only the most experienced HORSE players claimed the best prizes! These 35 players were ahead of the others and I am very glad that my friend honolulu.lt finished third. Vokinruk from Russia was the one to take down the winner title, congratulations to him!
In today's post I am going to use a slightly different format than I have used in the previous WBCOOP related posts. Why? I have only played in one tournament from all six tournaments, because I had only three tickets left. So first off, you will see the summary of each event straight away and at the end we will see which countries scored the most TOP places in these events. We are going to take a look at the results of the WBCOOP EVENTS NUMBER 21-26.
WBCOOP EVENT NUMBER-21 NLHE [TURBO SHOOTOUT]
340 Entrants. No Late Registration. 5 minutes blind interval. Running time - 3:04 hours.
Pokerstars Pro players entered - none.
TOP 10
1st Marrakesz (Poland) - 162$ SCOOP Ticket
2nd-10th places - 33$ SCOOP Ticket
WBCOOP EVENT NUMBER-22 PLO [6-MAX]
347 Entrants. 60 minutes late registration. 15 minutes blind interval. Running time - 5:08 hours.
Pokerstars Pro players entered - none.
TOP 3
- 1st. Grann Winner (Argentina) - 109$ SCOOP Ticket
- 2rd. ProBlackBird (Sweden) - 55$ SCOOP Ticket
- 3rd. havocofsmeg (United Kingdom) - 55$ SCOOP Ticket
WBCOOP EVENT NUMBER-23 NLHE [BIG ANTE]
509 Entrants. 60 minutes late registration. 15 minutes blind interval. Running time - 7:26 hours.
Pokerstars Pro players entered - none.
TOP 3
- 1st. AnnoKano (United Kingdom) - 109$ SCOOP Ticket
- 2nd. Don Vitche (Brazil) - 55$ SCOOP Ticket
- 3rd. Bigbossman1 (Trinidad and Tobago) - 55$ SCOOP Ticket
WBCOOP EVENT NUMBER-24 NL OMAHA H/L [TURBO]
296 Entrants. 30 minutes late registration. 5 minutes blind interval. Running time - 2:33 hours.
Pokerstars Pro players entered: frosty012 (finished 205th).
TOP 3
- 1st. alneal (Ukraine) - 109$ SCOOP Ticket
- 2nd. kssikarwar (India) - 55$ SCOOP Ticket
- 3rd. JanisSoprano (Canada) - 55$ SCOOP Ticket
WBCOOP EVENT NUMBER-25 NLHE [Deep Stack]
589 Entrants. 120 minutes late registration. 20 minutes bling interval. Running time - 8:51 hours.
Pokerstars Pro players entered: frosty012 (finished 127th).
TOP 3
- 1st. dawhiteninja (United Kingdom) - 109$ SCOOP Ticket
- 2nd. BigBossman1 (Trinidad and Tobago) - 55$ SCOOP Ticket
- 3rd. kssikarwar (India) - 55$ SCOOP Ticket
WBCOOP EVENT NUMBER-26 PL OMAHA H/L [6-Max]
403 Entrants. 60 minutes late registration. 15 minutes blind interval. Running time - 6:14 hours.
Pokerstars Pro players entered: frosty012 (finished 158th).
TOP 3
- 1st. a1379 (India) - 109$ SCOOP Ticket
- 2nd. Ab.Denis (Russia) - 55$ SCOOP Ticket
- 3rd. Tararni (Poland) - 55$ SCOOP Ticket
From the results we can see that player BigBossman1 reached an impressive two final tables in such a short period of time and finished in a TOP 3 both times.
Also, frosty012 was the only Pokerstars Pro to show up. It's too bad that he did not succeed in winning anything. However, I like the way he plays poker, I believe I believe his losing streak should end soon.
It is nice to see Indian and Polish players getting some major results in WBCOOP.
To conclude my today's post, I would like to congratulate everyone who finished in these TOP places!
See you tomorrow!
WeRnIS
This WBCOOP event was a ninth tournament I have played in. Because I have lost a few tournaments before this one and have not won any tickets, I told myself that I would do my best, be very aggressive and take this tournament down! So let's see what actually happened.
WBCOOP EVENT-27 NLHE [TURBO] had a total of 429 players registered when the late registration (which was 30 minutes) was over.
I had some university homework to do, so I was a late arrival, registered when the blinds were 50/100. Pokerstars Pro player frosty012 was playing as well, but he was eliminated very quickly, he ended up finishing in a 376th place.
As I remember, my start of the game was not that great, but I always did my best, I constantly focused at my opponents actions. In other words, I did everything that was in my power. When I had less than an average stack in the early stage of the tournament I doubled up my chip stack with Jacks.
Quickly after that, I managed to play one of the hands very well by understanding what my opponent was doing, you should check it on Boomplayer:
www.Boomplayer.com
After this hand my good run started, when the blinds increased to 800/1600 I was lucky to have a better hand than my opponent (who shoved his stack and got dominated).
See the hand on Boomplayer: www.Boomplayer.com
I was playing very well all the time, was always very aggressive. When we reached the money and the blinds were 4,000/8,000, I picked up Aces and won the pot.
See more on Boomplayer: www.Boomplayer.com
When blinds increased to 6,000/12,000 and I was pretty deep in a tournament and had more than 246,000 chips, I picked up AJ off suit. I kept raising and raising, one player folded on a flop and another was ALL IN and was eliminated. I was already the tournament chip leader and after this hand, had nearly as twice as the player in a second place did.
See the hand on Boomplayer: www.Bomplayer.com
Later on when the blinds were 12,500/25,000, I picked up pocket nines. One player shoved more than 93,000 chips with 73 suited and I won the pot.
See the hand on Boomplayer: www.Boomplayer.com
After a short time, I got pocket Fours and a pastor (see picture below) from Poland shoved his 126,660 chips stack.
He had KJ off suit, he did not hit anything and was eliminated. I wished him luck in the rest of WBCOOP series, he was a very nice person and I am glad that I had an opportunity to play with him.
See the hand on Boomplayer: www.Boomplayer.com
Eventually I reached the final table. It was very easy to eliminate a few opponents and then a tough game started. I did some bluffing, was stealing the blinds as well. When it was only three of us left, in one of the hands I was dealt pocket threes. Big stack (player NewDrax) shoved his massive stack (that was his strategy) and I called. He turned over K5 off suit, did not hit anything and I took a half of his stack.
See the hand on Boomplayer: www.Boomplayer.com
Eventually NewDrax was eliminated by another player who was playing with us on a final table and then we were playing Heads-Up. I was a shortstack and noticed that Tibokart was stealing chips from me with any hands he had. He had an advantage bigger than 2:1 and the blinds were quite big (40,000/20,000), I called his ALL IN with A4 off suit. He had Q5, he did not hit neither a Queen or a Five, but he hit four spades and because he had one, he won the tournament. I was eliminated and ended up in a second place. At least it was a luck factor that got me eliminated. I'm proud that I did not make any major mistakes throughout the whole tournament.
See the hand on Boomplayer: www.Boomplayer.com
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2012 March 6th
Hey guys, I have some news for you. My 21st birthday was a few days ago, it was very awesome and special. And guess what? We have played poker during it!
Moreover, WBCOOP competition is coming to an end, and the voting has been stopped. I am in a lead, thank you guys so much. Many of you have shown such a big support, I am really proud to have friends like you!
Several days ago, I had my biggest Poker winning (55$ Red Space Open Ticket), decided to keep the tournament money and use it little by little, because Sunday Million 6th Anniversary is coming up! I want to thank everyone who voted for me, you are the best!
See you soon, cheers.
Ernest
Hey guys, I have some news for you. My 21st birthday was a few days ago, it was very awesome and special. And guess what? We have played poker during it!
Moreover, WBCOOP competition is coming to an end, and the voting has been stopped. I am in a lead, thank you guys so much. Many of you have shown such a big support, I am really proud to have friends like you!
Several days ago, I had my biggest Poker winning (55$ Red Space Open Ticket), decided to keep the tournament money and use it little by little, because Sunday Million 6th Anniversary is coming up! I want to thank everyone who voted for me, you are the best!
See you soon, cheers.
Ernest
2012 February 5th
Straight Flush!
Today I had my first ever Straight Flush Diamonds 4 to 8 while playing No Limit Texas Holdem (0.05/0.10) !
I was waiting for it for a long time, feels great!
Sorry, have no picture :)
I was waiting for it for a long time, feels great!
Sorry, have no picture :)
2012 January 12th
Back to United Kingdom!
I am back to United Kingdom after my Christmas Holidays spent in Lithuania.
It was great, had a chance to play poker with some of my friends, will definately do that again when I will be back on summer!
It is nice to see my friends once again :)
It was great, had a chance to play poker with some of my friends, will definately do that again when I will be back on summer!
It is nice to see my friends once again :)
2011 December 5th
Sunday Storm
As you can see, I was playing in a Sunday Storm satellite tournament and won a seat in a Sunday Storm Main event! Good luck for me on Sunday!
Will leave United Kingdom soon and will go back to Lithuania for summer holidays. Will teach some of my friend to play poker ha ha!
Will leave United Kingdom soon and will go back to Lithuania for summer holidays. Will teach some of my friend to play poker ha ha!
2011 November 21st
Royal Flush!
Today was a big day for me, I was playing in Tambaugh's Freeroll and had my first ever Royal Flush!
2011 November 7th
The start of my Poker Career
Hello, name is Ernest.
I am originally from Lithuanian, currently living in United Kingdom.
I became interested in Poker in 2011 October. My friend taught me on how to play poker. At some point understood, that there is skill involved and proceeded with forums, books, videos. At that time I was doing one of my businesses (I always do), so invested some money in poker.
I always knew that PokerStars is the best online poker software, it is so easy to use, I like many things in it!
So, I invested 20 dollars in poker. At first tried some low limit SnGs and Nano limit cash games. One of small turning points were starting to play Short stack strategy, which I had no previous knowledge of and pretty much created my own rules. Since the beginning I really enjoyed bluffing, but that is the art I use in special occasions only. Soon I understood, that I still need to improve, I could easily notice what mistakes I make, so I have tried not to repeat them.
It is very good if you learn from your own mistakes. My first cash out was not for some silly stuff, but for poker books. Books help you a lot, you just need to find a time to read them.
At some point I found out about the largest Lithuanian Poker Community Pokeriokarta.com , at that time it did not have a lot of information for the beginners, but a lot of Lithuanian pros/regular players were there.
Thank you for reading my introduction, more posts to come!
I am originally from Lithuanian, currently living in United Kingdom.
I became interested in Poker in 2011 October. My friend taught me on how to play poker. At some point understood, that there is skill involved and proceeded with forums, books, videos. At that time I was doing one of my businesses (I always do), so invested some money in poker.
I always knew that PokerStars is the best online poker software, it is so easy to use, I like many things in it!
So, I invested 20 dollars in poker. At first tried some low limit SnGs and Nano limit cash games. One of small turning points were starting to play Short stack strategy, which I had no previous knowledge of and pretty much created my own rules. Since the beginning I really enjoyed bluffing, but that is the art I use in special occasions only. Soon I understood, that I still need to improve, I could easily notice what mistakes I make, so I have tried not to repeat them.
It is very good if you learn from your own mistakes. My first cash out was not for some silly stuff, but for poker books. Books help you a lot, you just need to find a time to read them.
At some point I found out about the largest Lithuanian Poker Community Pokeriokarta.com , at that time it did not have a lot of information for the beginners, but a lot of Lithuanian pros/regular players were there.
Thank you for reading my introduction, more posts to come!