tournament poker

November 10, 2008

  • Bubble Blow

    Last night was tournament night on Cake Poker with the weekly 100k event. This attracted a field of 839 players with the buy-in being $150+$12. The starting stacks are 5k and the blinds go up every 15 minutes with the blinds starting at 15-30.
    A total of 130 players got paid and there was circa 125k [...]

October 28, 2008

  • What a disaster

    Well Sunday night was the big 250k guaranteed on Cake Poker and the total prize money came in at over 300k and over 1000 players. So I logged on at 9.55pm expecting the usual 10pm start and was shocked to see me seated immediately at the table.
    Yes you guessed it, the tournament had started at [...]

October 20, 2008

  • Need to adjust

    I played in the 100k guaranteed event on Cake Poker last night, nothing good to report as I was knocked out after just over an hour and a half. The prize money was 127k and 845 players participated.
    After a couple of my early steals got picked off I managed to get my stack to around [...]

October 13, 2008

  • And We are Off

    Played my first tournament last night on Cake Poker, I would like to report some good news but unfortunately my 100k tournament lasted about 35minutes. With 5k starting stacks and 110 places being paid then there is a fair chance to get into the money. Total prize money was $110,000 so I was looking forward [...]