Tag Archives: flop

SCOOP 2012: naurits notches a win in Event $15-L ($27 FL Omaha Hi/Lo)

“This is takes forever,” said naurits, typing into the chat box in broken English.

Truer words were never spoken in a split-pot tournament. Omaha hi/lo isn’t a game of body blows and knockout punches, it’s all little kicks and jabs that build on each… Continue reading

Posted in Poker | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

SCOOP 2012: agahlol out races the pack winning Event #13-L ($27 NLHE Knockout Two-Day)

Watching the Discovery Channel’s Planet Earth or Frozen Planet there are scenes that 99% of humans would never get to experience firsthand. A threesome of wolves pacing along with a pack of musk oxen looking for a first-class meal for the evening, fin… Continue reading

Posted in Poker | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

SCOOP 2012: Shizzleness wins this, Event #12-H $2,100 PLO HU

Two things happened in today’s $2,100 PLO Heads-Up tournament.

The first thing involved Shizzleness, he won. It was a two-day process where he managed to survive eight heads-up matches, become the SCOOP Event #12-H champion and win $103,840.

The … Continue reading

Posted in Poker | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

SCOOP 2012: Krumpir is best of the best in Event 12-Medium, $215 PLO HU

When Day 2 of 2012 SCOOP Event 12-Medium, $215 Pot-Limit Omaha (Heads-Up) began, I knew it promised to be an entertaining series of matches. Day 1 had ended after 7 rounds of heads-up PLO action with just eight players remaining, four of them very well… Continue reading

Posted in Poker | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

SCOOP 2012: spirox21 super, seizes #9-H title ($2,100 NLHE Super KO)

Every poker tournament features your plain old, generic “knockouts,” from which all who survive — not just the one doing the knocking — benefit in some fashion. Then you have your “bounty” KO events where a little gets saved out of the prize pool as… Continue reading

Posted in Poker | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

SCOOP 2012: shurgar stays connected to win SCOOP Event #7-H $700 NL Heads-Up title

Some would say that heads-up is the purest form of poker. Mano-a-mano in a true test of poker skill, aggression and the ultimate in psychology. There’s nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.

Heads-up poker is also fascinating as anything can, and proba… Continue reading

Posted in Poker | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

SCOOP 2012: Viktor "Isildur1" Blom does it again in Event #3-H ($530R NLHE 6-Max)

How does one follow up winning a SCOOP title? Some would just be happy to not crash and burn in the next one, others would just like a cash or better yet a final table. But to follow it up with a second win a day after, no one could not fully expect to… Continue reading

Posted in Poker | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

ANZPT Perth Final Table: Levels 24-25 (blinds 25,000-50,000, ante 5,000)

9:05pm: Ten-minute break

8:50pm: The choir is finding some voice

In a limped pot, Anthony Marenko checked the flop of [8s][7s][3c] over to Mat Carlsson who tossed out 80,000. Marenko responded with a check-raise to 250,000 but Carlsson came back wit… Continue reading

Posted in Poker | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

ANZPT Perth Final Table: Levels 20-21 (blinds 10,000-20,000, ante 2,000)

4:15pm: Straight to the top

A huge pot has just gone the way of Anthony Marenko to leave John Shin hurting.

Marenko opened from early position and Shin made the call in the blinds to take a flop of [th][4c][kh]. Shin check-called for 60,000, before … Continue reading

Posted in Poker | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

ANZPT Perth Day 3: Levels 17-18 (blinds 5,000-10,000, ante 1,000)

4:40pm: Ten-minute break

4:35pm: Sweet sixteen

We’ve had three rapid eliminations to see our field reduced to the final 16 players.

First it was Danny Stewart who pushed the button with ace-jack, only for Daren Frunks to wake up with pocket kings in… Continue reading

Posted in Poker | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off