Eurolinx Freeroll II

I'm back in Ottawa, and as promised, we will be holding another big freeroll at Eurolinx!

The tournament will be held next Sunday, August 27th, at 8:00p.m EST. The password is 'mystpoker'.

To find the tournament, open and log in to the Eurolinx software, click on the 'Real Money' and 'Tournaments' tab, and scroll down the list until you see 'Myst Poker Freeroll'. Notice that the start time says August 28th at 2:00, but don't pay any attention to that because it is in a European time zone. The actual start time is Sunday, August 27th, at 8:00p.m EST.

There were some software issues during the last freeroll, but those bugs have been fixed for a couple of months now. The prizepool has doubled this time, up to a whopping $1000! On top of that, there will be a $100 bounty on my head.

It costs nothing to enter, all you need is an account at Eurolinx. If you have not yet registered, please download the software from www.eurolinx.com and use the bonus code 'myst' when you register.

Also, the 100% deposit bonus up to $500 is still in effect, along with the 30% rakeback. If you play cash games without rakeback, you are basically throwing money away.

Here's what my own rakeback looks like this week:


Eurolinx Support (support@eurolinx.com)
To: marc6044@hotmail.com


Subject: Rake report LTK6308123106X

Dear Marc,

Rake report (Monday at top, total at bottom):

Week 33
$19,04
$0
$17,66
$47,33
$559,95
$382,08
$399,16
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$1425,22

Sincerely,

Frank


Notice I really only played 3 days this week, because I just got back from Vegas. If you were on the 30% rakeback deal, that's $427.57 you would be getting back.

If you have any questions, you can email me at marc6044@hotmail.com or just reply to this post.

Early Exit

Well, as you probably read in the Eurolinx blog, I was eliminated on Day 1 by just what I was worried about, set over set. An early position player raised, and I called the raise with pocket tens in the big blind. The flop came JT5 rainbow. What better flop could I have asked for? I checked, he bet, I called, planning to check raise all-in on the turn. The turn was an Ace. I checked, he pushed all-in, and I thought to myself, "Great, he has AK!". I call, and he flips over pocket jacks. The river pairs the 5, and gives us both a full house, but him a higher one. It felt like a truck had just hit me. I was so comfortable at my table, and had a great image.

In the first level, I made what was probably the best call of my life. I was down to around $7000 in chips. I'm in the small blind with pocket 3s and the blinds were $25/$50. It folds around to the very aggressive button, who yet again raises to $175. I call, as does the big blind. The flop comes A52 rainbow. I check, the big blind checks, and the button bets $250. I think to myself, "Okay, he might have an Ace, but even if he does, I still have 6 outs for my set and gutshot straight draw." I call, and the big blind folds. The turn is another 5, and I check. He reaches for chips, and bets $800. This really did not make sense. The 5 has to scare him, so it does not make sense to bet $800 with an Ace here. You would be pushing out the weaker hands, and getting called by the stronger hands. Also, if he has trip 5's, why not try to suck me in with a smaller bet? No logic in this bet whatsoever. I decided right here that he didn't have an Ace. The river was a 9. I figure if he touched that 9, he will check behind and pray that his 9 is good. I check, and now he fires out $2500! I didn't even have to think about it. I say out loud, "Either you have an extremely well played boat, or absolutely nothing, I call." I flip over my pocket 3's, and his jaw just drops. He could not believe I called him with that, and he just mucked his cards.

After that, nobody on the table dared to make a move on me, it was awesome! They were scared that I would call them down with absolutely anything, so anytime I called a raise from them and they missed the flop, they would give up and just check to me, and my bet would take down the pot. There was nothing better I could ask for.

And just like that, my Main Event was over. I'm not going to let this bother me though, there's always next year. I really loved the World Series, and next year I am planning on coming even earlier and playing every event that I can. At least 10 to 15 of them.

I haven't played any live games since the tournament, but I have been playing online a lot at Eurolinx and doing really well. We'll be holding another big freeroll on Eurolinx as soon as I get back to Ottawa, stay tuned for more information.