So Close and Yet So Far...

#1 21st June 2006, 4:48 AM

Well, I thought I was going to qualify after playing for almost 5 hours but alas I fell short. I know this isn't much of an achievement but it's the farthest I've ever gone in one of these tournaments. 27 players qualify and I ended up with 46th place.

#2 21st June 2006, 5:00 AM

9000 bloody entrants....holy crap.

well done on placing so high - shame you didnt qualify

#3 21st June 2006, 5:39 AM

Thats amazing to get that far, well done ! Sorry you didn't qualify, still amazing to get that deep.

#4 21st June 2006, 5:49 PM

Way to go Man. I have never placed so well in one of those freerolls. I had only seen one person I know make it to round 2 and they lost pretty quickly.

#5 21st June 2006, 5:55 PM

Wasn't it top 40 qualify at one point? I remember makeing it to round 2 about a year ago, I didnt place in it though. Sure is a rush to make it that far though.

#6 21st June 2006, 6:10 PM

How many players play in the round 2 game? I've never understood why 9,000+ people would register for a game where you'd have to play for 5 hours and not get a monetary prize at the end of it. Nice going, but you'd have cashed in on 95% of sites with a similar performance, surely?

#7 21st June 2006, 6:14 PM

I've actually qualified in two of those at Pokerstars where I got about 20th place (once I made top 27 I just didn't care), although the fields weren't quite as huge. They were something like 6k and 8k. That was after a lot of attempts though... it's not exactly the most fun or rewarding poker you'll ever play, and even making it into the top 100 is quite the achievement.

And then, it's funny, I actually got FIRST (not that I won anything special for it) in one of those, on a Limit Stud Freeroll. I never ever play Stud, it was the first I'd played it on PS, and I generally didn't feel like I knew what I was doing, so it was really odd.

#8 21st June 2006, 7:44 PM

That really sucks 46th place, well better luck next time! I hope you get that win sometime soon... It is a lot of fun to have your first big win, I hope to do that very soon.

#9 21st June 2006, 7:49 PM

I feel your pain...I've come very close a couple times also. 30th was my best . . .After 5 hours and coming so close I wanted to smash my computer into a million tiny pieces...

#10 22nd June 2006, 11:06 AM

Not even 9000, but 9383 entrants... Oh my...
You did get SO CLOSE. I think that's the result I could only dream of.
Anyways, there's no reason to feel sorry. Think of it as a real achievement. If you could do THAT once, you can do that once again or even more. Have a good sleep, concentrate on victory and go get them, Tiger

#11 22nd June 2006, 11:29 AM

Top 3%. Nice work. If you had been playing in a regular tournament you would have been deep in the money.

#12 22nd June 2006, 8:16 PM

This is what I don't understand about Stars. Not to get off topic or anything...but it's one of the nicest sites on the web and doesn't have any 1 rounder free rolls. A couple 100 or $40 ones would be nice everyday. They could still keep the 2 rounders and I think it might drive a lot of people to the site. . especially newcomers. Either that or they could put a limit on the players who enter the free rolls to less than 6k. lol

#13 22nd June 2006, 10:28 PM

OMG....and if you DID place, you get the privilege of continuing to play in hopes of making money! Well, you deserve major kudos for playing amazingly high in such an HUGE field.

#14 22nd June 2006, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by wsorbust

This is what I don't understand about Stars. Not to get off topic or anything...but it's one of the nicest sites on the web and doesn't have any 1 rounder free rolls. A couple 100 or $40 ones would be nice everyday. They could still keep the 2 rounders and I think it might drive a lot of people to the site. . especially newcomers. Either that or they could put a limit on the players who enter the free rolls to less than 6k. lol

Well they dont need to - simple as that. You see how quick the SnG's fill up, the income they get must be huge so why do they need to snag Johnny No Cash?

#15 22nd June 2006, 11:36 PM

In business there's always room for improvement and more money to be made. Esp. with all the competition out there.

#16 23rd June 2006, 1:12 PM

your from halifax? your quite near me i think

#17 23rd June 2006, 2:44 PM

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Originally Posted by woodsy44

your from halifax? your quite near me i think

Nope. I'm from Halifax, Massachusetts USA.

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