Tournament review – A new poker site

December 19, 2008

1000$ guranteed 5$ nl holdem rebuy tournament at aced poker

Starting chips 2000
Players registered 81

A new us friendly poker site has been launched, and i wanted to tjeck it out to see if it was something i could recommend.

The first thing i notice is that you cant rebuy right away. You have to be at 0 to rebuy, and you rarely see those rules in a rebuy tournament. I guess i prefer it the other way becuse its an easy edge on the players who dont rebuy.
For a second I dont pay attention enough to the game, and get myself in a situation where i try and bluff a shortstack. When he reraises me im pot commited with my 2 overcards, but he shows trips, so ive lost half my stack.

With k-j on the button, i make a pot raise to 225. Flop comes 6-10-3 and there is 500 in the pot so i push my stack. Opponent folds, and i take down a pot.

Then a bit later i look at 4-4. Blinds are now 100-50 and there is one caller and i also limb. One more calls and then the button makes it 300. The first limber now goes allin with 1800 and i sure that im beat. There must be atleast an overpair and two high cards or something like that and i fold. Button calls and shows Q-A suited but the other guy shows K-2 off. I would have hit trips and won, but 9 out of 10 times, you are way behind in this situation.

Not long after I get A-Q suited in the big blind. With 3 limbers in the pot, i move all in. To my surprise I get a call from 10-8 suited, and he hits trips on the flop. I now make a rebuy, and im back to 2000 in chips.

Blinds now get raised and with my new “earned” chips im ready to get involved in the battle again. First mission will be winning with q-9 suited. One player has limped, and I follow in hes footsteps. 2 more players join us to see a flop that comes Qs-7s-2h. Now to my defense, im writing at the same time im playing, and sometimes there is not much time left, so quick action is required. The first limber makes a 600 bet, and i push my stack. The next player moves all in with 6000 instantly, and then the original raiser also calls. The 6000 all in shown A-7 off (middle pair, no draw!!!) and the other player shows Q-10.
The the best situation to be in, but with a 9 on the river, iim all the sudden on the top with 6000.

We now go to break shortly after, and after the addon i have 7700 in chips.
Blinds are 250-125.

After the break my cards just go totally cold, and its not untill 30 minutes in, that i get a small steal with A-8s
I then get jacks twice but with no action, and A-Q with no action.

Then 15min before the next break with 600-300 blinds and 7000 in chips, i look at AA.
I have been writing though, when i see it my turn, so i quickly just make a click raise. A player had limped before me, and is the only one that calls. Flop comes j-8-8 and i bet half the pot. He moves all in, and i call. He shows 8-5 suited and has hit miracle trips. Too bad i dident know how much time i had, i would have made a bigger raise, but then again. Its just really unlucky to loose to that crappy a hand.

Im out finishing 34th

The software is ok, but really nothing special and there are not many players online. I dont see why anybody would want to play there, when you can play the pros at full tilt poker which is also us friendly and have a 1000% more games to choose from. Aced is running on the merge pokernetwork like alot of other small rooms but this network seems to stand still. I wouldent recommend this room unless you like a poker room with a small field of players.

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