whiskers77
The art of purring
Loyaler
Oh, I can feel you, I had a similar situation when I played in the 888 live games in London. I also won a package to this and lasted till day 3.It is so... I was able to get chips the first ten hands and up to 73k when I found AQdd and shoved 12BB. The Big blind (table chip leader) called off with K3ss and the board ran out Qs5d5hJsAs to river the nut flush.
Oddly enough, I'm disappointed but happy with how I played and proud to make it this deep. I think I finishes 247 out of 1014 in a $25k...not too shabby for an amateur
I think I was around 30-60 places away from the money then I busted.
On the one hand, you think, just cool that you were able to participate and have this trip, on the other hand, you really think like usually,
when you bubble or do not come into the money. I think, on such an occasion even harder than online.
But do not worry or feel bad, you made this really, really good! And you got this special experience!
Luvepoker
Lost in the twilight zone
Community Guide
Great run Chris. You made us at Cardschat proud. You right to be proud at how it went for you getting so deep in a $25K event. I wish you a great rest of your trip and safe travels home.
CRStals
Project Moderator
Moderator
Thanks everyone!
I'm planning on a full blog with photos this week but I'll throw this out there. Since there was no time to ask questions for the podcast, if anyone does have one drop it here and I'll include it in my rundown
I'm planning on a full blog with photos this week but I'll throw this out there. Since there was no time to ask questions for the podcast, if anyone does have one drop it here and I'll include it in my rundown
ADRI7HO
On the road...
Loyaler
It must have been a great experience, and as I look at the pictures of the BahamasIt is so... I was able to get chips the first ten hands and up to 73k when I found AQdd and shoved 12BB. The Big blind (table chip leader) called off with K3ss and the board ran out Qs5d5hJsAs to river the nut flush.
Oddly enough, I'm disappointed but happy with how I played and proud to make it this deep. I think I finishes 247 out of 1014 in a $25k...not too shabby for an amateur
(it can be a beautiful place) it was worth it to participate in the tournament.Congrats again! 🤜🤛
Poker Orifice
Freeroller
So is there still a full blog with photos coming? I've been checking around and haven't seen or found anything yet & was hoping to check it out.
CRStals
Project Moderator
Moderator
Well I'm LONG overdue doing this but it's been crazy getting caught up since being back from the Bahamas so I'm going to detail my experience over the next few days along with some photos and videos I took. I want to be able to recall as much as possible from the time at the Baha Mar and share with you all just how insane of an experience this was - which I would highly HIGHLY encourage anyone who can try and qualify for the third edition to do so!!
Sunday Jan 29th
I woke up to snow falling in the greater Toronto area around 4:30am Given that I'm about an hour or so to the airport I wanted to make sure I had enough time to get there and not worry about security or getting behind snow plows on the road. After saying goodbye to my wife, I was able to get to Pearson just before 6:15am and made my way to terminal 3 where fellow Team Ontario membes Jenn Carter and Chad McVean were meeting me to pack our t-shirts better. After fumbling with everyone's luggage and getting bags checked, we passed security with relative ease and made our way to the gate. At this point I realized I only had US $20's on me so after attempting to exchange them for smaller bills with no luck, ended up buying $40 USD at an insane exchange rate. Note - NEVER exchange currency at the airport! After grabbing breakfast, Jonathan Newman and his crew showed up, as did Team pokerstars Pro Arlie Shaban. We opted for the later WestJet flight as other members of Team Ontario were flying out earlier. The flight was full, and I was seated next to a nice couple that I came to find out was another platinum pass winner! Sasan Mehrabian won his pass in Las Vegas and was considered a US winner despite the fact he lived in Toronto so that was cool getting seated next to him, and while we hadn't met him yet, Amir from Team Ontario was also on the flight and got to say hi to him.
An uneventful flight and we landed just after 1:00 in Nassau and after clearing customs and getting my bag we all boarded a bus to the hotel. 10mins later we were pulling into the Baha Mar and was just in awe of the size of the property. I'll post some photos later, but we were brought in, checked in - said hello to Felix Schnieders and thankfully my room was ready so I went up and got settled.
I explored the hotel for a while before heading down to the tournament area to scope out the lay of the land. I was amazed by the entrance to the conference center and how everything was set-up. The area was fairly quiet as the final table of the PCA was on, along with the women's event - SIDE NOTE - if you ever want to watch the most fun tournament ever, the women know how to have fun while playing! But I registered for my tournament iD's and got my seat for the PSPC, picked up my expense money which was a little unnerving walking into a room with visibility armed military guard with machine guns guarding it. I then got my swag and noted the position of quieter bathrooms before heading back to the hotel to meet up with people for the player's party. Before the party we met up with other members of Team Ontario - Todd, Erez and Daryl and their partners. The gang was all together for the first time! We chatted for a bit before I went back to the tournament area to watch & ended up railing the $1100 HORSE event that was heads up for the title. I recognized Benny Glaser right away but his opponent was unknown to me - learned later he is Scott Bohlman who cashed 5 times at the PCA including winning this HORSE event. I railed for about 90 mins before I went off to get
The party was crazy and definitely a great way to kick off the PSPC. Got to meet quite a few people that were there - got to talk briefly with Sam Grafton, James Hartigan, Joe Stapleton, Robbie Strazynski and his wife and saw Spraggy (he's REALLY tall) and Vanessa Kade to name a few. At the end I met Willie Elliot who handed me my platinum pass finally which was an awesome end to the day and really got me energized to play the PSPC the next day!
Sunday Jan 29th
I woke up to snow falling in the greater Toronto area around 4:30am Given that I'm about an hour or so to the airport I wanted to make sure I had enough time to get there and not worry about security or getting behind snow plows on the road. After saying goodbye to my wife, I was able to get to Pearson just before 6:15am and made my way to terminal 3 where fellow Team Ontario membes Jenn Carter and Chad McVean were meeting me to pack our t-shirts better. After fumbling with everyone's luggage and getting bags checked, we passed security with relative ease and made our way to the gate. At this point I realized I only had US $20's on me so after attempting to exchange them for smaller bills with no luck, ended up buying $40 USD at an insane exchange rate. Note - NEVER exchange currency at the airport! After grabbing breakfast, Jonathan Newman and his crew showed up, as did Team pokerstars Pro Arlie Shaban. We opted for the later WestJet flight as other members of Team Ontario were flying out earlier. The flight was full, and I was seated next to a nice couple that I came to find out was another platinum pass winner! Sasan Mehrabian won his pass in Las Vegas and was considered a US winner despite the fact he lived in Toronto so that was cool getting seated next to him, and while we hadn't met him yet, Amir from Team Ontario was also on the flight and got to say hi to him.
An uneventful flight and we landed just after 1:00 in Nassau and after clearing customs and getting my bag we all boarded a bus to the hotel. 10mins later we were pulling into the Baha Mar and was just in awe of the size of the property. I'll post some photos later, but we were brought in, checked in - said hello to Felix Schnieders and thankfully my room was ready so I went up and got settled.
I explored the hotel for a while before heading down to the tournament area to scope out the lay of the land. I was amazed by the entrance to the conference center and how everything was set-up. The area was fairly quiet as the final table of the PCA was on, along with the women's event - SIDE NOTE - if you ever want to watch the most fun tournament ever, the women know how to have fun while playing! But I registered for my tournament iD's and got my seat for the PSPC, picked up my expense money which was a little unnerving walking into a room with visibility armed military guard with machine guns guarding it. I then got my swag and noted the position of quieter bathrooms before heading back to the hotel to meet up with people for the player's party. Before the party we met up with other members of Team Ontario - Todd, Erez and Daryl and their partners. The gang was all together for the first time! We chatted for a bit before I went back to the tournament area to watch & ended up railing the $1100 HORSE event that was heads up for the title. I recognized Benny Glaser right away but his opponent was unknown to me - learned later he is Scott Bohlman who cashed 5 times at the PCA including winning this HORSE event. I railed for about 90 mins before I went off to get
The party was crazy and definitely a great way to kick off the PSPC. Got to meet quite a few people that were there - got to talk briefly with Sam Grafton, James Hartigan, Joe Stapleton, Robbie Strazynski and his wife and saw Spraggy (he's REALLY tall) and Vanessa Kade to name a few. At the end I met Willie Elliot who handed me my platinum pass finally which was an awesome end to the day and really got me energized to play the PSPC the next day!
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mj22
Visionary
Wow Chris, this just the start and already excited what you might share later. Without the photos and until now everything looks great.
We know that this event is a very big and nice one as in opportunity and adventure, we only saw it through channels and videos by the organizers but not by someone like you we interact with each day. So, while reading this we can think of what it would feel like if we had the chance to be there someday. Visualizing scenarios in my head of what you wrote because of the details you gave.
Anyone would love to try this experience even without no one talking about it, so how about you sharing yours? This as you said definitely would encourage players.
Meeting with players and have to travel with them is really something nice and good you guys did because such trip can never be fun in going alone.
Willie Elliot is a great person you could ever meet from the PokerStars team. He was a great help and kindest to me in long-time emails about a reward for me.
Glad you had the best time and thanks for sharing it with us and for the tips! Cant wait for the rest of the blog.
We know that this event is a very big and nice one as in opportunity and adventure, we only saw it through channels and videos by the organizers but not by someone like you we interact with each day. So, while reading this we can think of what it would feel like if we had the chance to be there someday. Visualizing scenarios in my head of what you wrote because of the details you gave.
Anyone would love to try this experience even without no one talking about it, so how about you sharing yours? This as you said definitely would encourage players.
Meeting with players and have to travel with them is really something nice and good you guys did because such trip can never be fun in going alone.
Willie Elliot is a great person you could ever meet from the PokerStars team. He was a great help and kindest to me in long-time emails about a reward for me.
Glad you had the best time and thanks for sharing it with us and for the tips! Cant wait for the rest of the blog.