New England Poker Classic Report (Part I)
Made it up to Foxwoods on Saturday Afternoon to play some events in the New England Poker Classic. It really wasnt as bad of a drive as I thought it would be. We made it in about 4-5 hours. Not much traffic at all. I actually drove the entire way. On this trip, I'm accompanied by 2 other md-poker.com poker players. Alex928gts and RunRRunR.
We get to Foxwoods, check in to the room, and then head straight to the Casino for some poker. We decided to play some ACTs and some SnG Satellites. The Acts are kinda like step games to make it to the $5000 Main Event later in the week. An ACT1 is a $60 buy-in Single Table event and the top 3 finishers win entries into the Act2 which is a $150 Buy-In Single table event. The top 3 finishers in an ACT2 win Buy-Ins to the ACT3 which is a Multi-Table Tournament. The ACT3 finishers win as many $5000 seats as possible and the rest of the prize pool if paid in vouchers for another Act3.
The 3 of decided to buy-in directly to the Act2. Alex and RunR are in the same Act 2 and Alex busted out and Joe finished in the top 3 and got his seat. Then I busted out on the bubble in my Act2. Due to the time, they escalated the blind levels from 15 minutes to 10 minutes to 7minutes. long so that the ACT2 would be finished in time for the ACT3 starting at 5:30. I wasnt feeling that at all. Had I known it was going to go down like that, I would have waited for a later one. Enogh of the Acts for me. Alex buys in to another Act 2 and wins his seat.
I then decided to try some of the Single table $60+$15 buy-in satellites. Event pays $600 to the winner. Everybody else walks away empty handed. At the table, we alsoe decided to pitch in an extra $20/piece as a side pot to pay 2nd place finisher. I busted out in 4th place in this one. The remaining 3 chop the $600+$200 with a $500, $200, $100 pay out for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Well, I go out in 4th. Now, I'm steaming. I cant go out like this. lol So, I buy-in to another one and take 1st place. BAM!!! 600 Smackeroos!
Thats it for me for the night. I grabbed some dinner at a nice Southern Soul Restaraunt called Amy Ruths. The original location is in Harlem, New York. I highly recommend this place if you ever visit Foxwoods. I had the Rev. Al Sharpton (Chicken and Waffles). Delicious.
I'll report on today's $500 + $65 Event in my next post/report. Be on the look out.
Big Syd
We get to Foxwoods, check in to the room, and then head straight to the Casino for some poker. We decided to play some ACTs and some SnG Satellites. The Acts are kinda like step games to make it to the $5000 Main Event later in the week. An ACT1 is a $60 buy-in Single Table event and the top 3 finishers win entries into the Act2 which is a $150 Buy-In Single table event. The top 3 finishers in an ACT2 win Buy-Ins to the ACT3 which is a Multi-Table Tournament. The ACT3 finishers win as many $5000 seats as possible and the rest of the prize pool if paid in vouchers for another Act3.
The 3 of decided to buy-in directly to the Act2. Alex and RunR are in the same Act 2 and Alex busted out and Joe finished in the top 3 and got his seat. Then I busted out on the bubble in my Act2. Due to the time, they escalated the blind levels from 15 minutes to 10 minutes to 7minutes. long so that the ACT2 would be finished in time for the ACT3 starting at 5:30. I wasnt feeling that at all. Had I known it was going to go down like that, I would have waited for a later one. Enogh of the Acts for me. Alex buys in to another Act 2 and wins his seat.
I then decided to try some of the Single table $60+$15 buy-in satellites. Event pays $600 to the winner. Everybody else walks away empty handed. At the table, we alsoe decided to pitch in an extra $20/piece as a side pot to pay 2nd place finisher. I busted out in 4th place in this one. The remaining 3 chop the $600+$200 with a $500, $200, $100 pay out for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Well, I go out in 4th. Now, I'm steaming. I cant go out like this. lol So, I buy-in to another one and take 1st place. BAM!!! 600 Smackeroos!
Thats it for me for the night. I grabbed some dinner at a nice Southern Soul Restaraunt called Amy Ruths. The original location is in Harlem, New York. I highly recommend this place if you ever visit Foxwoods. I had the Rev. Al Sharpton (Chicken and Waffles). Delicious.
I'll report on today's $500 + $65 Event in my next post/report. Be on the look out.
Big Syd
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