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Trip/Tournament Report: WSOP Circuit Event

2009-10-27T19:28:00.000-07:00

Trip/Tournament Report: WSOP Circuit Event -- Horseshoe Hammond

This from one of our long time and well respected forum Vets - lightning36.

Waaaay back when, I used to delight in going to Opening Day when the baseball season began. Growing up outside Chicago, this usually meant sitting in 40 degree weather watching the Cubs or White Sox lose. So, when I saw that the 2009-2010 WSOP Circuit was going to start at the Horseshoe Hammond, it seemed like a natural for me to go to the opening event -- a $345 NL tournament on October 16.

Harrah's allowed a three-hour preregistration the night before. I heard that 500-600 people chose that option. I got to the casino about two hours before the opening hand. I was surprised to see that there were 200-300 people in line ahead of me. It took 75 minutes for me to get to the front of the line. After I registered, I saw at least another 200-300 still waiting in line. Last year's opening tournament attracted over 1,100 entrants. It would be interesting to see how Harrah's would handle this large crowd.

The tournament began on time at noon. Most of the tables were set up in The Venue -- the small second floor concert hall in the complex. My table was in the regular poker room on the main floor. Starting chip stack: 10,000. Levels: 45 minutes! This was one heck of a structure for an inexpensive tournament. No matter what, I expected to get in a lot of poker for my money.

The worst part of the tournament was that Harrah's allowed alternates to come in for several hours. I believe that over 300 alternates came in, bringing the total up to 1,412. First place paid almost $80,000 -- not bad for a $345 buy in!

My table had solid players. Too solid, in fact. We kept passing about 40,000 chips back and forth for several hours. I got some big hands the first hour or so (A-A, K-K), but couldn't drum up much action. However, I limped in with 2-2 and hit my set on the flop. The guy to my left didn't believe my check raise, so he reraised me. Two hearts on the flop kept me from flat calling, so I reraised his reraise. He reluctantly folded. Too bad he only had top pair, top kicker, or I might have busted him.

I took a big hit when I flopped top two in an almost family pot. There was a realistic straight possibility on the board, so I didn't want to push as hard as I would have liked. I got rid of everyone but one seemingly tight player who apparently chased a flush to the river -- and hit it.

We kept seeing the average stack size going up as players were felted, but we just kept passing the chips back and forth. After 6+ hours we had only lost two players. Soon we were moved upstairs.

The last two hours I played were very frustrating. Sensing the need to make a move since my M kept dipping lower, I kept seeing rag-rag, paint-rag, and rag-rag. Our table was finally broken and I was moved to a new table where half the people had decent stacks. A guy to my left was calling almost all the all-ins, so I knew I couldn't bluff. I was hoping to go all in before the dinner break and either double up or go home, but the cards did not come. And I wasn't even hungry.

Right after the break, I had A-9sooted and pushed. One guy thought long and hard, but folded. I stayed alive. Another orbit or two later I was praying for a good hand. I was dealt A-Jos. A raise came from under the gun, and I pushed all in. Everyone else folded. The original raiser called -- putting almost half his stack at risk -- with Q-10hearts! Of course, you know how the story ends. The flop brought a Queen and two hearts. He faded the few outs on the flop and river. It was over. Just before 9:00 pm.

They announced that a new Harrah's Circuit record had been set with the 1412 players. They also gave players interesting news -- that they should be prepared to play until 3 or 4 am to complete the day. Looks like letting all those alternates in so late screwed up the expected timetable.

Although I ended the tournament sooner than I would have liked, working with 10,000 chips and 45-minute blinds was great. The banter at the table picked up after a few hours and was pleasant. I had a good time and can't wait for my next chance to get in a quality tournament.

Shark Poker Tour League Play & Weekend Events

2009-10-17T11:48:00.000-07:00

Poker Road and the
Shark Poker Tour

We are not on Poker Road Radio yet but
we are hoping we will be soon. (:

Full weekend schedule below.

Registration info posted at sharkpokertour.com

The top 9 (8 played) September League players played in a sit and
go last night for $50 and:

1st - one ticket to $40,000k Sniper (Value $130)
2nd - one ticket to $10,000k guar (Value $27.50)
3rd - one ticket to $10,000k guar (Value $27.50)

For October top 18 will play for $90,000
in guar tickets at Absolute Poker.

The result of September League Winners:

1: JUSTIN749, payout $20.00, and $40,000 ticket
2: VPSADIEVP, payout $17.50 and $10,000 ticket
3: JEPULATOR2, payout $12.50 and $10,000 ticket
4: NADI26
5: MR FRANK MO
6: VEX44
7: TMAC681,
8: BUSTALOT6

October League Play - Game Tonight
You can play from Abolute Poker & Ultimate Bet
with everyone playing to win six tickets to
Guaranteed tournaments totalling $90,000. This in addition
to the added money already on the table. Still tons of time
to get in top 9 or top 18 for October and play for those
guaranteed tickets. All 6 tickets will be given away
including one to the $132 buyin $40,000 k sniper.

League stats are posted in the forum
and you need to post your AP/UB screen name in
the forum so we can track you properly.

If you do not have an account at any of the
Poker Sites where we hold our events please
open them at www.sharkpokertour.com
We offer the best bonuses possible and
there will be future benefits when
playing in our events. Your support is
Appreciated!

LEAGUE GAME:

Tonight- Saturday- League Game
Shark Poker Tour League Game- $3- $40 added -
10/17/2009. 9 pm EST. password – six

OTHER EVENTS – for registration and password go to
www.sharkpokertour.com

Sunday - SPT freeroll $100 Freeroll –
Titan Poker - Sorry No US players 10/18/2009. 4 pm EST

Sunday - Shark Poker Tour $50 Freeroll
Ultimate Bet
10/18/2009 6 pm EST

Good Luck Everyone

September 2009 League Winners

2009-10-15T17:43:00.001-07:00

Congrats to the September league winners
who will play for $50 cash and 3 tickets to guaranteed
$60,000 tournaments with the winner getting a ticket to
the Sniper $40,000 k on AP. Value of ticket for this
is $130. 2nd and 3rd get tickets to $10,000 guar tourneys
Value $27.50 per ticket.
Friday, Oct 16, 2009 @ 9pm est on Absolute Poker
Tickets will be issued next week to the winners.

Good Luck everyone:

NADI26
JEPULATOR2
JUSTIN749
VPSADIEVP
BUSTALOT6
TMAC68
MR FRANK MO
VEX44
RON1N

SharkPokerTour October Schedule

2009-09-30T22:43:00.000-07:00

Ok Sharks pay attention! Some Important info so please read.

We have 31 events for October. All no limit holdem. League prizes will include $90,000 in guaranteed tickets. We have 6 poker sites on this month and at one you have the chance to win tickets to two $50,000 guaranteed events. I expect Sharks to take home about $5,000 in prizes this month. Could be more with some Shark prowess in the guaranteeds!

Full schedule is posted here in the forum

For registration to all events go to http://www.sharkpokertour.com/ , scroll down to tourney section, and register.

If you open a new poker account please do so here or on the http://www.sharkpokertour.com/ website. Your support allows us to continue carrying all these events.

So here we go.

1) League Play at Absolute/Ultimate Bet Poker

10 league events at Absolute Poker/Ultimate Bet with $650 added. Also Top 9 will play for guaranteed tickets in a sng. Top 18 will play for guarranteed tickets in 2 table sng. Yep thats 2 tourneys for top 9 and the chance to win more than one ticket:

Top 9

1st - one ticket to $40,000k Sniper (Value $130)
2nd - one ticket to $10,000k guar (Value $27.50)
3rd - one ticket to $10,000k guar (Value $27.50)

Top 18

1st - one ticket to $10,000k guar (Value $27.50)
2nd- one ticket to $10,000k guar (Value $27.50)
3rd - one ticket to $10,000k guar (Value $27.50)

2) Power Poker - 2 $150 freerolls and a ticket to the $50,000
guaranteed (buyin $109) to the qualified winner of each.

To qualify for the $50,000 guaranteed ticket the winner must sign up a new Poker Poker account using the sharkpokertour Power Poker link above and use signup code SHARKTOUR (all caps)

3) Reefer Poker -5 freerolls and added totalling $350

4) Titan Poker - 2 freerolls totalling $150

5) Ultimate Bet - 5 freerolls totalling $300 including a Post to Play on Oct 25-
I will post the details soon but most of you know how this works.

6) Full Tilt Poker- 2 freerolls totalling $100.

7) September top 9 league winners will sit down for a $50 freeroll and:
1st - one ticket to $40,000k Sniper (Value $130)
2nd - one ticket to $10,000k guar (Value $27.50)
3rd - one ticket to $10,000k guar (Value $27.50)
at 9 pm eastern on Friday, October 16 on Absolute Poker.

Shark Poker Tour - New Webaite and $60,000 tickets

2009-09-24T12:19:00.000-07:00

I have a great suprise for eveyone. As you know,
the top 9 league winners will play in a $50 freeroll on AP.
I have just addd this:
The top 3 in the freeroll will also win additional prizes:
1st - Ticket to $40,000k guaranteed Sniper @ Absolute
2nd - Ticket to $10,000 guaranteed @ Absolute
3rd - Ticket to $10,000 guaranteed @ Absolute

This gives a chance for some of our Sharks to win some serious coin.
2 league events are left and they are posted below.
Look for an even bigger prize pool for October League.

Shark Poker Tour September 2009 Schedule

Have you checked out our newly "renovated" sharkpokertour website
yet.

All tournaments but freerolls can be played at
your choice of AP or UB
League winners freeroll will be played at AP.
All other freerolls will be played at UB.

Upcoming Events

1) Thursday - Shark's League Game $4-$80 added 09/24/2009 21:00
password - seven

2) Saturday -Shark Poker Tour League Game- $3- $40 added -
$1 BOUNTY -09/26/2009 21:00 password - eight

3) Sunday - Shark Poker Tour $50 Freeroll - Ultimate Bet Only
everyone welcome 09/27/2009 15:00 est password
will be posted at www.sharkpokertour.com

4) A $100 Post to Play Freeroll - Registration ends tonight (Thursday)
at 11:59 pm eastern.
Details Here
Good Luck Everyone - Have Fun and Make Some Money!!!!

Limit Holdem

2009-09-18T20:56:00.001-07:00

Some great advice for limit holdem players from one of my forum's most respected vets:

The Question:

i find i've been losing alot on limit holdem to alot of suck outs, and even thou im beat i have a bad nerve of calling. i know i should stop playing but i keep going back and losing even more, i don't know what to do or should i just avoid the limit cause i do not have the control to play rite on this type of game??? or should i just keep trying and learn to accept the beats and fold......what do you all think?

The Answer:

I think it is pretty fair to say I am one of the better limit players on this site and have played in some pretty big games, both live and on the net. I prefer limit to no limit but you do have to learn to live with the suckouts because after the flop, there is no way to protect your hand and people are more likely to call you down with an inside straight than then would in NL because it is not going to cost them very much and the return could be huge.

The first thing you need to do is start with quality hands and play positionally as well. I only play 6 tabled hands on the net as lower hands have more of a premium but hand selection is still key.

In an early position, you ONLY play big cards. Forget the suited connectors and all the other junk. You play pockets of QQ or higher and AK. When you get to middle position, you can play pretty much any pocket pair for a limp and play a high A (10,j,q or k). When you get to late position and are in on a limp, you can pretty much play like you would in no limit but with restrictions. When you play suited connectors in limit, you want everyone and their mother in that pot. The more likely all the large cards are out and the better chance you have of hitting your hand but still don't fall in love with it. When a flush hits the board and someone is pounding it that was in early position and you are sitting with 45, you need to let the hand go.

If you are first man in, I don't care what two cards are in your hand, raise the pot. The whole point of limit is to pound people and make them pay for their cards, even if they suck out and catch you on the river, let them know when they are in a hand with you they are going to pay for it. It will make them think twice later before diving in with shit cards.

When you have it in limit, bet it. Check raise only with a monster and only when you know your opponent is going to bet. You can NEVER miss an opportunity to bet when you think you have the best. You also need to take notes on everyone you play (all internet sites have this feature online). If you don't have a tracking program, the one thing you need to pay particular attention to is how often they win with check raises and in what position. If you are going up against someone who wins 90% of their hands when they check raise the turn, you know to get out of the hand. On the other hand, maybe they are super aggresive and lose 70% of the time, that is the guy you come over top of. Some players like to play middle and bottom pair all the way down and hope to catch on the river. You need to watch all of this and take notes on every player on every hand. Trust me, it will make and save you a lot of money.

Finally, on calling on the river. Yes you should if you have been in the hand the whole way and you are heads up. Maybe he caught, maybe he didn't but you need to realize, that in most cases, all you have to do is win one of those hands every ten times and it pays for itself. If you called down a $10 river bet and won $100 in the pot, you are covered for the next $10 river bets you call down. Odds are, if you are playing solid cards, you are going to win 2 or 3 of those and it is the difference from a profitable session to a loser.

There of course is a lot more to it than what I have posted here but this gives you a jist of what to do. The best thing I have ever read on Limit as Jennifer Harmon's section in The Super System. It gives you rock solid advice on how to play the game and is a must read for anyone playing limit.

You will read a lot about people who don't like limit but I love it. To me, NL is more of a luck game than limit. A lot of people just push on a draw and win big hands that they would never get in limit and people think they are great poker players because they get lucky. I have probably lost about 80% of the hands I have played recently after being all in on the flop with far and away the best but someone else walked with the pot. They never would have gotten that much off of me in limit and eventually, I would have walked away a winner but not in NL.

You have to have a strong stomach to play limit as you will take some horrible beats but if you play solid cards, you can clean up on that game. When I play live, I play 5/10 and 10/20 limit and you should see some of these pots. There are donkeys playing at that level just like anything else and they just chase that one big pot. I will sacrifice one hand to beat them in 5 others. My stack grows and theirs just exists. Stick with the game, do some reading and play lower limits until you get the hang of it and eventually, you will come out on top.

Keeping Player Notes

2009-09-18T20:51:00.000-07:00

Here is an interesting post on player notes by one of our fourm members. Any comments?

I've noticed a tag" feature on a couple of sites. I guess tags are a good, quick way to see a sort of short-hand note about a player. I'd like to have the feature on AP.

I make -and revise- notes all the time. Detailed notes can give lots of good info about who's likely to be bluffing, chasing, etc. -and in what situations.

The only problem I've run into is that old notes can be very misleading. I've made some pretty harsh notes about some players -who may have been just starting out in poker at the time. Then after a gap of a few months I've come up against these players again and discovered that during that time they've developed into much better players than they had been. When that happens my notes are worse than useless -they're dangerous

Mobile Poker Play

2009-09-16T17:45:00.000-07:00

Are you the poker lovers who play day and night? On the way to work, at work and directly after work? Then it's probably time to try your luck on mobile poker. There are a number of sites that offer this service for those not able or want to wait to be near a computer. Severa sites are well advanced and offer customers the opportunity to play on their mobile. As long as you have coverage, you also have the option table, chatting and place your bets. It is best understood if you have a cell phone with really good picture, but if you are a real poker lover maybe things are going well anyway.

Just as online poker rooms offer the most as a mobile client to its customers to play for fun. Anyone who wants to play a bit casual for a while to play "for fun" where you can either play offline at any Cash-table or in a Sit & Go tournament against nine virtual players. If you after a while feel compelled to play for real, feel free to do it against anyone who is online, including those who sit at home and huddle in front of their computers.

Go Mobile Baby!

2009-09-16T17:30:00.000-07:00

Shark Poker Tour September 2009 Schedule

Prize pool estimated to be over
$2,000.

Everyone welcome. Join the shark poker tour by going to our website
and registering to get tournament passwords : http://www.sharkpokertour.com/

NEW - All events except for freerolls can be played at both AP and UB.

If you do not have an account open it here:

For Absolute Poker: 100% up to $500 matching bonus click here

For Ultimate Bet: 200% up to $1,200 matching bonus click here

All games are No Limit Hold Em and include

1) A $100 Post to Play Freeroll
For the $100 Post to Play Freeroll be sure and read the sticky in the Shark Tour Forum here:
This is a $100 freeroll that had about 20 players last month. Great opportunity to start building a bankroll and have a good time! Don't miss it!

2) An exclusive $50 league winners freeroll.

3) Four $50 everyone welcome freerolls

4) Four Cheap Chippie Tuesdays $1 buyin

5) League Games - Check the EIGHT LEAGUE GAMES in green
Prize pool should be well over $2,000 this month.
As well as your winnings in these added league tournaments,
the top 9 finishers this month will play in a SNG for $50 and the monthly will win Shark swagola.

Absolute Poker/Ultimate Bet Events

These events can be played at both poker sites with the exception of the league winners freeroll which will be at AP only.

Absolute Poker League Events - All league games are in Green below.

1. Shark's Home Game- $4 -$80 added 09/03/2009 21:

2. Shark Poker Tour-$3 -$40 added - 09/05/09 21:00

3. Shark's Home Game- $4 - $80 added 09/10/2009 21:00

4. Shark Poker Tour- $3- $40 added - $1 BOUNTY - 09/12/2009 21:00

5. Shark's Home Game- $4-$80 added 09/17/2009 21:00

6. Shark Poker Tour- $3- $40 added - 09/19/2009 21:00

7. Shark's Home Game- $4-$80 added 09/24/2009 21:00

8. Shark Poker Tour- $3- $40 added - $1 BOUNTY -09/26/2009 21:00

Other Absolute Poker Events

1. Shark Poker Tour $50 Freeroll 09/18/2009 21:00 no password needed- automatic registration - This event can only be played at
Absolute Poker -August top 9 League players - congrats

Cheap Chippie Tuesdays That can be played at AP and UB

1. Shark Poker Tour- $1- $10 added 09/01/2009 21:00

2. Shark Poker Tour- $1- $10 added - 09/8/2009 21:00

3. Shark Poker Tour- $1- $10 added- 09/15/2009 21:00

4. Shark Poker Tour- $1- $10 added - 09/22/2009 21:00

5. Shark Poker Tour- $1- $10 added - 09/29/2009 21:00

Ultimate Bet Events - These can only be played at UB

1. Shark's Poker Tour $50 Freeroll - everyone welcome 09/06/2009 15:00 est

2. Shark Poker Tour $50 Freeroll - everyone welcome 09/13/2009 15:00 est

3. Shark Poker Tour $50 Freeroll - everyone welcome 09/20/2009 15:00 est

4. Shark Poker Tour $50 Freeroll - everyone welcome 09/27/2009 15:00 est

5. Shark Poker Tour $100 Freeroll - Post to Play 09/27/2009 21:00
Read this Sticky in the sharkpokertour forum:

Good Luck Everyone.

Poker Stars Huge Bonus Check Out PokerStars Net

2009-08-04T20:04:00.000-07:00

Poker Stars also known as pokerstars net and pokerstars com has just upped the ante by offering a new deposit bonus as of today. Its 100% up to $600. They used to offer 50% up to $50. If you do not havean account at Poker Stars it is time to get one. This is the largest Online Poker Site in the world and they have great events and a great reputation. I seriously adivse that you get your account now at PokerStars net. You do not have to make one deposit as you can make 3 deposits up to $600 total over 90 days and they will all be matched. Make sure you have maximized your bonus as much as possiblebefore you cash out as you will not get deposit bonuses after you cash out. No biggie.... just get as much as you can before cashing out. Bonus is paid out in increments of $10. This is a sweet deal!!! To open your Poker Stars account Click Here! use bonus code STARS600

Also:

Don't forget the Ultimate OFC. Two events with about $3,500 in added cash and prizes. Make sure you choose Shark Poker Tour as your forum of choice form the dropdown menu.
Click here to register . Registration ends at 3 eastern Wednesday.

Open your Ultimate Bet Poker account here and get deposit bonus of 110% up to $1,100.

Don't Forget Shark's Home/League Thursday night at Absolute Poker. $4 -$80 added 08/06/2009 21:00 password - one

Simply The Best Writing - Poker Articles and More

2009-07-25T09:04:00.000-07:00

Well the Shark Poker Tour Forum members are a talented bunch. Not only do we have a ton of amazing long-term poker players but we have a ton of talent in other areas too.

One of our long time forum members has just started a new website. Its all about writing. This is something he does very well as illustrated by some of his great posts in our poker forum.

The service he provides is of value to anyone that has a website and is looking for content for marketing and SEO copy purposes. He does resumes, articles, business plans and much more. Take a look and I think you will like what you see at Simply The Best Writing

This has been a labour of love for one of our Shark Poker Tour vets and I wish him all the best.

A Friends Bonus Sites.

2009-07-21T21:35:00.000-07:00

So a friend of mine offers bonuses at a bunch of international websites and as a favour to him I thought I would let you know about them. There is a code bonus titan poker, another site for a everest poker code bonus The well known site party poker with a bonuscode partypoker and finally poker 700 with code bonus poker770 .

Check them out.

Playwinpoker

2009-07-19T22:59:00.000-07:00

Live video cam and live chat. It might be worth checking out. Have you tried it? Something different

Anyways this is what they have to say:

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Can We Expect a Repeat?

2009-07-19T21:16:00.000-07:00

Can We Expect a Repeat?

As Chris Moneymaker pumped his fists high in the air after winning the 2003 WSOP, becoming the first legitimate online poker amateur to defeat a field overrun with professionals, the entire world took notice and asked a simple question: Will another professional ever win the poker tournament again? Of course, this was in no way a slight to the brilliant and oh-so dangerous pros of the world. It was just obvious that Moneymaker’s sudden shot to stardom and beyond would turn the world on its head.

People were not wrong. The year Chris won the Main Event the top prize was two-point-five million. The following year, the prize pool literally doubled to five million, meaning that the field had doubled, meaning that another extremely diverse and extremely large group of people wanted to follow in his footsteps. And to the people curious if another pro could ever win the tournament again, what about that? Well, since Chris’ victory, the field has been dominated by amateurs; Greg Raymer, Joseph Hachem, Jamie Gold, Jerry Yang and Peter Eastgate – all amateurs and all winners of the Main Event.

Poker, especially Texas Hold’em, has its fair share of wise sayings. One states that it’s better to be lucky than good. Another saying states that it takes more than luck to win. Which is true, or is it a combination of the two? Were these amateur players just luckier than everyone else, or, perhaps could it be that their online playing habits had honed their skills to a level above what professionals could handle? This is a question that only time will answer.

Most professional poker players have a way of getting their heads around the fact that a professional hasn’t won the world’s biggest poker tournament since 2001: Carlos Mortensen. They claim that it’s pure statistics, baby. The same principle that keeps every person from striking rich at land-based and online casinos has made it statistically improbable for a professional to go home with the bracelet: Odds.

With pros outnumbered 20 to 1, they’re automatically a 20:1 underdog to win. And if you think the odds are working against the poker pros on this one, wait until you hear the odds of any one individual winning. The year Jamie Gold won his title (2006), there were over 8,500 entrants. That means he went off—considering all things being equal—at 8500:1. But factor in that he was a staunch amateur, a blowhard, and a player that relied mostly on luck, taking the raw numbers out and playing oddsmaker, Gold was about 30000:1 to win in some circles! The odds of him repeating – you’d have no trouble finding a bookie to triple that number.

There are simply too many factors involved in a poker tournament to consider; too many probabilities. If you’re waiting on the edge of your seat for a professional to win, you can look for even money on that. However, if you’re waiting to see one of the recent amateur winners to take the bracelet again in the near future, I hope you aren’t holding your breath. No one’s that lucky. But we’ll see how it goes this summer when the 2009 edition of the WSOP is dealt out.

Full Tilt Poker 5th year Anniversary

2009-07-10T17:06:00.000-07:00

ok everyone here is whats going on at Full Tilt Poker. Full Tilt Poker launched five years ago with one goal: Provide the best online poker experience in the world. Join us from July 9th through July 19th to celebrate FIVE years of Full Tilt Poker.

There has never been a better time to Learn, Chat and Play with the Pros. We’re giving away more than $1,000,000 in added prize money, extra Full Tilt Points and birthday-sized bonuses for pro knockouts.

Dont have Full Tilt Poker? Then support the Shark Poker Tour by downloading it Here!
Register for Free and Win Big
Celebrate FIVE years of Full Tilt Poker by turning a free tournament entry into cold hard cash. Take your seat in The $20K Freeroll at 17:05 ET on July 9th.

Don’t wait to join, this tournament will fill up fast. Click on the link below to go directly to The $20K Freeroll tournament lobby.

FIVE days of 5X Happy Hours
From July 14th through July 19th all of our regularly scheduled Happy Hour periods will award 5X Full Tilt Points.

Look for the symbol next to your favorite games in the Full Tilt Poker lobby and start earning 5X Full Tilt Points.

$5K Every 5 Hours
Turn your Full Tilt Points into cash. Play for your share of $5,000 in guaranteed prize money every five hours for just five Full Tilt Points.

$5K Every 5 Hours guaranteed tournaments run from Tuesday, July 14th at 00:05 ET through Sunday, July 19th at 20:05 ET.

5X Bust-Out Bounty
Knock out any Team Full Tilt member from a real-money scheduled tournament or Sit & Go with more than 30 players to receive FIVE times your tournament buy-in as a reward.

5X Bust-Out Bounties will be awarded from 00:00 ET on Tuesday, July 14th to 23:59 ET on Sunday, July 19th.

Tournaments with registered Team Full Tilt members will be highlighted red in the Tournaments Lobby

Birthday Money Sunday
To end FIVE with a bang, we’ve increased the guaranteed prize money in our July 19th Big Money Sunday tournaments by $700,000.

Three Tournaments – More than $2 Million Guaranteed
Play in our Birthday Money Sunday tournaments to win your share of more than $2 million in guaranteed prize money:

14:00 ET: Start your Sunday with The Sunday Brawl; we’ve punched up the guaranteed prize money from $350K to $500K
18:00 ET: Don’t miss the $1,000,000 Guarantee with birthday-sized guaranteed prize money – up from $1 million to $1.5 million!
19:05 ET: To top off Birthday Money Sunday we’ve increased the guaranteed prize pool in The Sunday Mulligan to $250K

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Full Tilt - Low Risk High Reward Poker Tournaments

2009-06-28T12:11:00.000-07:00

When I want a break for the grind of the cash tables do this:
This is a forum post form last year but I am just back doing it again.

Actually in March and April I am a busy guy and my job tends to burn me out a bit. That's a time, among other times, that I go for my low risk/low stress Full Tilt SNG strategy. Here is how it works.

At Full Tilt they have these 18 person $8 turbo sng's. Top 5 get a $24
tournament token and 6th gets 14 bucks. I play a bunch of these and then use the tokens to play in $24 18 man tourneys. Again top 5 players get a $75 token and 6th get around $55 bucks. Once I finish in the top 5 and get the $75 token its time to dance.

In the 45 player multi's I won about 1,180(1st) one night and 776(2nd) the next night. So i won about $2,500 in a week.

I like this strategy as you can play in fairly good tournaments for little investment. I figure most shark players are good enough to do very well in these 18 man tourney. Getting in the top 5 is not that tough and even if you are only doing it 50% of the time it you will get a $75 token for 24 bucks and maybe even less. Worst case scenario is your getting some reasonable action for a pretty good price.
I also find these 18 man tourneys quite relaxing after grinding the cash games for a while and if you go in the 45 man tourney the field is small enough that you have an ok chance to get in the money. Anyways try it out and let us know how you do.

If you look below there are quite a few firsts (and yes some losses)
because if you get in the top 6 you are in the "money" and all those players get a first. Not to bad for the confidence either. "oh look another first!"

Try this out at Full Tilt.

Shark Poker Tour League Play

2009-06-18T22:02:00.000-07:00

Written by awesome forum member and da leauge stat man Ed - aka bpm2b

The hottest poker tour on the net, the Shark Poker Tour, has been around for a few years now. To remain the hottest tour on the net the SPT this year started its Player Of the Year race where members of the Tour can earn valuable POY points each month at select events.

This tour showcases some of the best players on the net, and some of the up and coming greats. We have had members qualify for WPT events, major online events and other live and online events.

The Shark Poker Tour POY race has only been running for just over four months. In that very short time the total prize pool from all POY events that has been paid out is just under $8300. That is about a average of $1800 a month going out to our members from buyins and money added to the prize pool. We are looking at in our first year of the Player Of the Year paying out over $23,000.

There have been over 130 members on the Tour who have earned POY points and many more that have not. We have had 25 different players score the almighty win that is so hard to do in Multi Table Tournaments. Some of those 25 winners have gone and won two events so far this year a few of them have done and won three. With the caliber of players on the Shark Poker Tour, winning just one event is hard enough.

In addition to the Player Of the Year race, the Shark Poker Tour also runs a Player Of the Month challenge. In those same events that players score those valuable POY points at the same time they earn POM points. Over a long period of time a consistent player will be in the top of the POY standings, but we also like to showcase who is the best for that one month.

So what are you waiting for? Join the hottest Poker Tour on the virtual felt, the Shark Poker Tour and show us that you can swim with the sharks or be the food for us chip tossing, Kool-Aid drinking sharks to eat.

2009-05-26T19:51:00.000-07:00

Hey Sharks

2 Events

Full Tilt Poker Online Forum Challenge -
Win your way to the WSOP.
Registration ends tommorrow for
Freeroll and buyin.

Registration deadline is Wed. May 27 at 3:00 eastern for
The Fulltilt Online Forum challenge.

Dont have a Full Tilt Account? Then get yours Here and support
the Shark Army!

Sign up now for the OFC event Here
Make sure you select Shark Poker Tour from the drop down menu

Shark Poker Tour $100 Freeroll

Read this Sticky

This is a great event to start builing your bankroll as it pays 9 places and there
is generally a small turnout. You must read the sticky ASAP as qualification
ends this Thursday.
- Qualification is ending Thursday so Read the Sticky Now
if you want to get in on this.

Cheers

SHARKIE

Shark Poker Tour May 2009 Schedule

2009-05-07T16:21:00.000-07:00

May Schedule. A ton of events and cash up for grabs.

14 events with prize pool estimated to be over $2,700.
All games are n/l Holdem except one for the Omaha lovers.
We got one Bounty too per popular demand.
All times posted are eastern. Absolute Poker games are listed
first followed by the Ultimate Bet games.

***For the 2 $100 Post to Play Freerolls be sure and read the sticky here: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=6466 -
These are $100 freerolls that had less than 20 players last month. Great opportunity to start building a bankroll and have a good time! Don't miss them!

***$50 league winners freeroll.

***2 $50 everyone welcome freerolls.

***Check the LEAGUE GAMES highlighted below – We are doing 8 this month.
Prize pool should be well over $2,000 this month.
As well as your winnings in these added league tournaments,
the top 9 finishers will play in a SNG for $50 and the top player will also win themselves Shark Swag!

All League play will be covered here:
viewforum.php?f=98
All league games are in highlighted below.

Absolute Poker Schedule

1. Shark's Home Game- $4 -$80 added 05/07/2009 21:00 password - one

2. Shark Poker Tour-$2 -$40 added - rebuy 05/09/2009 21:00 password - two

3. Shark's Home Game- $4 - $80 added 05/14/2009 21:00 password- three

4. Shark Poker Tour- $2- $40 added -rebuy 05/16/2009 21:00 password -four
OMAHA HI

5. Shark Poker Tour[Bounty[/color]- $#- $40 added -05/19/2009 21:00 password - bounty
$1 of buyins go to bounty. This is not a league game. Maybe next time.

6. Shark's Home Game- $4-$80 added 05/21/2009 21:00 password - five

7. Shark Poker Tour- $2- $40 added -rebuy 05/23/2009 21:00 password - six

8. Shark's Home Game- $4-$80 added 05/28/2009 21:00 password - seven

9. Shark Poker Tour $50 Freeroll 05/29/2009 21:00 no password – March top 9 League players listed here
viewtopic.php?f=98&t=7167&start=0

10. Shark Poker Tour- $2- $40 added -rebuy 05/30/2009 21:00 password - eight
Ultimate Bet Schdeule

1. Shark Poker Tour $50 Freeroll - everyone welcome 05/10/2009 15:00 est
password - to be announced -POSTPONED

2. Shark Poker Tour $100 Freeroll - Post to Play 05/17/2009 21:00 Read this Sticky: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=6466

3. Shark's Poker Tour $50 Freeroll - everyone welcome 05/24/2009 15:00 est
password - to be announced

4. Shark Poker Tour $100 Freeroll - Post to Play 05/31/2009 21:00 Read this Sticky: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=6466

Shark Poker Yout April Schedule

2009-04-16T22:11:00.000-07:00

Time for the April Schedule which is listed below. A ton of events and cash up for grabs.

All information can be found in the sharkpokertour forum

14 events with prize pool estimated to be over $2,700 including
about $1,000 that I am throwing in.
All games are n/l Holdem except one for the Omaha lovers.
All times posted are eastern. Absolute Poker games are listed
first followed by the Ultimate Bet games.

***For the 2 $100 Post to Play Freerolls - Details in forum
These are 100 freerolls that had less than 20 players last month. Great opportunity to start building a bankroll and have a good time! Don't miss them!

1)***$50 league winners freeroll.

2) ***2 $50 everyone welcome freerolls.

3) ***Check the LEAGUE GAMES – We are doing 9 this month.
Prize pool should be well over $2,000 this month.
As well as your winnings in these added league tournaments,
the top 9 finishers will play in a SNG for $50 and the top 3 will
also win themselves Shark Swag!

Absolute Poker Schedule

1. Shark's Home Game- $4 -$80 added 04/02/2009 21:00 password - one

2. Shark Poker Tour-$2 -$40 added - rebuy 04/04/2009 21:00 password - two

3. Shark's Home Game- $4 - $80 added 04/09/2009 21:00 password- three

4. Shark Poker Tour- $2- $40 added -rebuy 04/11/2009 21:00 password -four
OMAHA HI

5. Shark's Home Game- $4-$80 added 04/16/2009 21:00 password - five

6. Shark Poker Tour- $2- $40 added -rebuy 04/18/2009 21:00 password - six

7. Shark's Home Game- $4-$80 added 04/23/2009 21:00 password - seven

8. Shark Poker Tour- $2- $40 added -rebuy 04/25/2009 21:00 password - eight

9. Shark Poker Tour $50 Freeroll 04/25/2009 15:00 no password – March top 9 League players listed here

10. Shark's Home Game- $4-$80 added 04/30/2009 21:00 password - nine

Ultimate Bet Schdeule

1. Shark Poker Tour $50 Freeroll - everyone welcome 04/18/2009 15:00 est
password - jackhigh

2. Shark Poker Tour $100 Freeroll - Post to Play 04/19/2009 21:00
Check forum for details.

3. Shark's Poker Tour $50 Freeroll - everyone welcome 04/25/2009 15:00 est
password - to be announced

4. Shark Poker Tour $100 Freeroll - Post to Play 04/26/2009 21:00
Check forum for details.

Shark Poker League Play - Everyone Welcome

2009-04-09T18:39:00.000-07:00

Shark League - Player of the Year. Player of the month.

OVER $4,200 Paid out on February and March. Small buyins and low fieds with money added. Games twice a week.

Check it out in our forum here:

In addtion to the regular monthly added payouts etc.
this months POY(league) prize is a free entry in to a $50 9 player sit and go and great Shark Swag! More and more cash and swag prizes as we move on. Read on.....

Ok Sharks so as we told you that there were some new things coming to Shark Poker Tour and this is one that has been in the works for over a month now. It is finally here. The Shark Poker Tour Player Of the Year. So its time to see who is the best of the best. This is how it will work. Select events on the monthly Shark schedule will be worth POY points. Here is the break down of points

1st - 50 points
2nd - 46 points
and then a 2 point drop down to 18th place which will be 14 points. Now you take that and if there are 40 players or less you x1 which leaves the points as they stand. If there are 41 or more players then you use x1.25 which could mean you earn 62.5 POY points for a win. After each POY event we will post the standings which will look like the pic below. So bring your A or EH game to the tables.

If your screen name is not listed in THIS thread then you will get no points.

This months prizes and schedule and prizes are posted here.

Shark Poker Tour Events This Week -We win OFC!

2009-02-10T21:26:00.000-08:00

3 upcoming Events including $400 freeroll for winning the Fulltilt OFC - see
Event 3 below.

Event 1 Absolute Poker

$100 Post to Play Freeroll this weekend. Registration on the forum closes
Wednesday at midnight eastern. Be sure and read the sticky here:
http://www.sharkpokertour.com/PHPbb2/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=6466

Event 2 Absolute Poker

LEAGUE GAMES - click link to open your poker account at Absolute Poker

AP- Cereus Poker - Shark's Home Game- $4 - $80 added 02/12/2009 21:00 password- three

AP - Cereus Poker - Shark Poker Tour- $2- $40 added -rebuy 02/13/2009 21:00 password -four

The top 9 finishers in this month's league will
play in a SNG for $50 and the top 3 will also win
themselves Shark Swag! All League play will be covered here.
http://www.sharkpokertour.com/PHPbb2/viewforum.php?f=98

Event 3 Absolute Poker

OFC - Fulltilt $400 free roll

Do you need a Full Tilt Poker Account and $600 bonus? Click Here

Well as you all remember we rocked in the Fulltilt OFC buyin with
Acefishing taking down 1st, Gar getting 5th and Tgeer getting 22nd
making us the #1 Forum.

For this great showing we won a $400 freeroll which is scheduled below. This tournament is for all those that registered under our banner for the OFC. .This is the second player win for us (Gar won the Absolute buyin)in the last few months and our second forum Freeroll win. So if your not playing under our banner for these I suggest you start with this month's Fulltilt OFC here: viewtopic.php?f=97&t=6897

Here are $400 freeroll details:

Tournament name: Shark Poker Tour OFC $400 Freeroll Tournament date: 02/15/09. Time: 15:00 eastern. Money added $400 nl holdem top 9 paid. The list of players that are eligible to register are those that registered for our foum for the Fulltilt OFC in January and are listed here: http://www.sharkpokertour.com/PHPbb2/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=7008

Poker Rocks!!! at the Shark Poker Tour

Shark Poker Tour League Has Begun

2009-02-06T14:25:00.000-08:00

So the Shark Poker Tour League started last night and continues again tonight. In addtion to the regular payouts there will be ongoing prizes for this league including monthly, quaterly , and of course Player of the Year awards. This month the top 9 will play in a $50 exclusive freeroll and the top 3 will win great Shark Swag ( as well of bragging rights) .

All league play is covered here.
http://www.sharkpokertour.com/PHPbb2/viewforum.php?f=98
For this month you must post your Absolute Poker Screen name to be eligible for prizes.

So here is the weekend lineup

1. Shark Poker Tour-$2 -$40 added - rebuy 02/06/2009 21:00 password - two
This is a league game and counts for points.

2. Shark Poker Tour $50 freeroll 02/07/2009 15:00 password - sharks

Here is a recap of last night's league kindly provided by our individual leaguecoordinator forum member and all-round great guy (: bpm2b :

The 2009 Shark Poker Tour Player Of the Year race got underway last night at Absolute Poker and saw 49 entrants kicking things off. With only the top 18 players earning points towards POY standings and only the top 9 players cashing, the play at the tables was stepped up a notch. Once the points bubble was popped the play at the tables was fierce. Players were definitely bringing their A / EH game to the tables trying to earn as many points as they possibly could, and to let everyone know that they were gunning to be the top Shark in the waters.
The money bubble finally popped and the final table was set. Gar812 had a very dominate 3:1 chip lead over 2nd place in chips going into the final table and he continued to build on that chip lead. Short stacks started making moves but it seemed each time Gar812 was there to scoop the pot up playing a solid game. Down to four players left and Gar812 was still rolling along playing a great short handed big stack poker game. Reelcrazy11 was sitting quietly in 2nd in chips and making his moves and getting the money in the pot at the best possible times.
The final table was loaded with talent and some very tough vets were sitting there but in the end it came down to two Shark Poker Tour vets to fight it out for the win, Gar812 and Reelcrazy11. Gar812 had a pretty good chip lead but Reelcrazy11 was only two double ups away from taking that lead from Gar812, and that’s just what happened. Gar812 went on a run of cold cards and when it was all said and done, Reelcrazy11 scooped up the final pot and took the win, earning him 62.5 POY points and the top spot on the leader board.
The next stop on the Shark Poker Tour POY race is 6 February 2009 at Absolute Poker and has a $2.20 buy-in with $40 added to the prize pool.

See ya at the Tables

Shark Poker Tour February Events

2009-02-04T22:51:00.000-08:00

This month over $800 in tourneys including 6 freerolls
and a brand new LEAGUE (cash and other prizes)
that many of our games will count towards. First game
that counts for league is this Thursday's $80 added Home Game.

All games are listed below.

All games are n/l Holdem. All times posted are eastern.
Absolute Poker games are listed first followed by the
Ultimate Bet games.

Dont have Absolute Poker?

Then get your account and 100% deposit bonus HERE!

Dont have Ultimate Bet?

Then get your account and 100% deposit bonus HERE!

Two of the freerolls are $100 Post to Play Freerolls. Be sure and
read the sticky here: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=6466

New this month - LEAGUE GAMES - To start the league
we will do 6 league games this month at Absolute.
The top 9 finishers will play in a SNG for $50 and the
top 3 will also win themselves Shark Swag!

We will run ths league and a POY- Player of the Year will be crowned! All League play will be covered here. viewforum.php?f=98 All this months league games are in Green below.

Absolute Poker Schedule

1. Shark's Home Game- $4 -$80 added 02/05/2009 21:00
password - one

2. Shark Poker Tour-$2 -$40 added - rebuy 02/06/2009 21:00
password - two

3. Shark Poker Tour $50 freeroll 02/07/2009 15:00
password - sharks

4. Shark's Home Game- $4 - $80 added 02/12/2009 21:00
password- three

5. Shark Poker Tour- $2- $40 added -rebuy 02/13/2009 21:00
password -four

6. Shark's Home Game- $4-$80 added 02/19/2009 21:00
password - five

7. Shark Poker Tour- $2- $40 added -rebuy 02/20/2009 21:00
password - six

8. Shark Poker Tour $50 freeroll 02/21/2009 15:00
password - TBA

9. Shark's Home Game- $4- $80 added 02/26/2009 21:00
password - vegas

Ultimate Bet Schedule

1. Shark Poker Tour $50 Freeroll 14/02/2009 15:00
password - TBA

2. Shark Poker Tour $100 Freeroll - Post to Play 15/02/2009 21:00
Read this Sticky: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=6466

3. Shark Poker Tour $100 Freeroll - Post to Play 22/02/2009 21:00
Read this Sticky: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=6466

4. Shark's Poker Tour $50 Freeroll 28/02/2009 21:00
password - TBA

So there we have it. By the way our forum is rocking so drop by
and get involved. Great fun and great people.

Cheers

Shark

Shark Poker Tour - January 2009 events

2009-01-07T19:41:00.000-08:00

Hey Folks

There is a ton of action this month with the Shark Poker Tour.
Over $800 in freerolls and add-ons and a $5,000 OFC freeroll
this Saturday with registration ending Thursday, Jan 8 at
3:00 pm eastern.

OFC $5,000 Freeroll :
Ok this is a $5,000 freeroll and $2,000 in forum prizes at Reefer Poker
You must sign up by this Thurs January 8 at 3pm eastern and tourney is on Saturday January 10.
Lets have a good showing.
Don’t have Reefer Poker? Then get your account here. Go to OFC to signup. Click signup
for OFC Event #52 and choose Shark Poker Tour from drop down menu.

Shark Poker Tour Events
So here are the January 2009 events. Stay tuned as I may be adding more. 12 Events with over $800
in freerolls and added cash. Two events are Omahahahaha Hi/Lo.

You will notice two $100 Post To Play Freerolls for Forum Members
only. There is a sticky on these events here that is a Must Read

All tournament times are 9:00 eastern and all games are either at Absolute Poker or UltimateBet.
Support the Shark Tour and open your account here and take advantage of their generous deposit bonuses:

Dont have Absolute Poker? Then get your account and 100% deposit bonus HERE!

Dont have Ultimate Bet? Then get your account and 100% deposit bonus HERE!

Event #1. Absolute Shark's Home Game 01/08/09 9:00pm NLHE $4 buyin
$80 added - password – chips

2. Absolute Shark's $50 Added Game 01/10/09 9:00pm Omaha Hi/Lo $2 rebuy
$50 added - password – raise

3. Absolute Shark's Home Game 01/15/09 9:00pm NLHE $4 buyin
$80 added - password - fold

4. Ultimatebet Shark Poker Tour $50 Freeroll 1/16/09 9:00pm NLHE
Go ahead and tell your friends. Everyone is welcome for this one.
$50 freeroll - password - sharkforum

5. Absolute Shark's $50 Added Game 01/17/09 9:00pm NLHE $2 rebuy –
$50 added -password - call

6. Ultimate NEW POST TO PLAY FREEROLL - Shark's Post To Play -
$100 freeroll NLHE - 01/18/09 -9:00pm Read This Sticky to Play

7. Absolute Shark's Home Game 01/22/09 9:00pm NLHE $4 buyin
$80 added - password - ante

8. Absolute Shark's $50 Added Game 01/24/09 9:00pm Omaha Hi/Lo $2 rebuy
$50 added - password - split

9. Ultimatebet Shark Poker Tour $50 Freeroll 1/25/09 9:00pm NLHE
$50 freeroll - Entry Details to Come Soon

10. Absolute Shark's Home Game 01/29/09 9:00pm NLHE $4 buyin
$80 added - password - minbet

11. Absolute Shark's $50 Added Game 01/30/09 9:00pm NLHE $2 rebuy
$50 added - password - pot

12. Ultimate NEW POST TO PLAY FREEROLL - Shark's Post To Play -
$100 freeroll NLHE - 01/31/09 -9:00pm Entry Details To Come

Shark League Play.

You must sign up in forum by this Friday. We have a lot of fun with this and
There is great swag and cash up for grabs.
Check out our league forum here
And signup here

That’s all for now. Good luck everyone!

Cheers

Shark