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Ended the way with 15k after peaking at 60k

Was really card dead for most of the day and had a thousand of shitty spots where I had just had to fold post flop

One hand I have A6 on flop of AA4 and get called down by queens and guy finds a river Q I folded river though and saved a bit

Then had QQ myself and 3bet guy cold calls with QT flop ten river ten for a few chips

Most lost of my stack on a hand where I have 33 on a board of A35 and board runs out in spades and I lose after getting quite a bit in on flop

Was down to 9k at 4/8 snipped 8T from LP and ran into AQ but I ran him down, then raise/folded twice to end the day with 15.6k

Hopefully can run it up on Saturday
 

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lol BETTING on the APPT main event is now available

You can bet on our man Ash Warner to make the final table at $6.50 or bust for $1.18

Lost of other players with that option, I dont make the cut though

New markets will open up as the event runs deeper

betting available at bet195
 

Happy Daze

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lol BETTING on the APPT main event is now available

You can bet on our man Ash Warner to make the final table at $6.50 or bust for $1.18

Lost of other players with that option, I dont make the cut though

New markets will open up as the event runs deeper

betting available at bet195

They've had betting for APL for about 18 months now for their bigger events. You can back yourself in to win a peak event at whatever odds.
 

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Busted 45min in

Picked up some good hands early but couldn't get any action

Had 20k with 67 in the BB flop 589 two hearts turn 4 of hearts all in I'm drawing dead v K7hh

LP opens to the min, SB flats I flat

Flop 589hh

Chks around - I could and probably should've lead here but thought OR was cbetting

Turn is 4h and SB leads, I'm guessing now but don't want to flat and have a tough river decision plus he can have a lot of calling hands that are worse, so I ship it and he snaps I'm drawing dead

Signed my death warrant the moment I called preflop though but players were weak enough for me to call profitably I think

GL ash
 
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Busted around 70th

Weird day was very cases dead early and was hamstrung with multiple 12bb stacks behind me not allowing me to do much

After about 3 hours they had all tripled or busted so I planned to open up a lot and go HAM but actually received a very favorable distribution of cards. Finally got back to starting stack food the day, then made a horrible river call with ace high vs a boat he almost always had, tried to bluff jonno, which didn't work then busted jamming 13bb with AQ and running into QQ
 

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lol BETTING on the APPT main event is now available

You can bet on our man Ash Warner to make the final table at $6.50 or bust for $1.18

Was this from the start? Doesn't this mean Ash could have placed a bet for $17k and scored a free buyin with 100% upside? Am I missing something?
 

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He won some sort of bracelet at a poker event and wore it around everywhere, when playing he would constantly berate other players for their play (despite being absolutely clueless) and if they spoke back would say, "what would you know, you haven't won a bracelet!!" before showing them the wrist-wear.
 

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He won some sort of bracelet at a poker event and wore it around everywhere, when playing he would constantly berate other players for their play (despite being absolutely clueless) and if they spoke back would say, "what would you know, you haven't won a bracelet!!" before showing them the wrist-wear.

rofl please tell me which one you think it is

Was this from the start? Doesn't this mean Ash could have placed a bet for $17k and scored a free buyin with 100% upside? Am I missing something?

As said above only after friday with chip stacks into consideration etc

Monsterdong was great value and if I had an account I wouldve backed him probs, not sure if 10th place would've paid though?

Played with Ash Mason in Sydney had him on my left most of the day nice guy but tough player
 

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^ ^ Bowdy whatisname, and its definitely him. Also called this woman I know a fat bitch (she was 7 and a half months pregnant at the time and is the nicest woman you could hope to meet) after she cracked his overpair with her QQ when she was short stacked and AIPF. I can't really speak for his NLH skills personally but I have played him in PLO and he is basically rubbish at it; I know one guy who has played with him in NLH and he apparently isn't good at it either, hence the bracelet thing is pretty funny (well it would be anyway but its much more comical because of his lack of da pokr skillz).
 

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^ ^ Bowdy whatisname, and its definitely him. Also called this woman I know a fat bitch (she was 7 and a half months pregnant at the time and is the nicest woman you could hope to meet) after she cracked his overpair with her QQ when she was short stacked and AIPF. I can't really speak for his NLH skills personally but I have played him in PLO and he is basically rubbish at it; I know one guy who has played with him in NLH and he apparently isn't good at it either, hence the bracelet thing is pretty funny (well it would be anyway but its much more comical because of his lack of da pokr skillz).

lol I thought it would be him

Had him on my starting table for day 1 and he looks pretty douchey

Seems to play the standard brand of breakeven/losing poker

Running well now though being 2/4 at the FT

He did spike a 2 outter on me though (he was the guy with the QQ hand v my trip aces)
 

Happy Daze

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lol I thought it would be him

Had him on my starting table for day 1 and he looks pretty douchey

Seems to play the standard brand of breakeven/losing poker

Running well now though being 2/4 at the FT

He did spike a 2 outter on me though (he was the guy with the QQ hand v my trip aces)

Yep I imagine he plays a lot of hands badly, I saw him stack off in PLO with a full stack on a full ring table on the flop with top pair one redraw no other draws after 2 players had potted and one other person yet to act behind him. I remember it well because I won the hand and he was complaining about how bad he runs which was pretty amusing at the time.
 
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Was this from the start? Doesn't this mean Ash could have placed a bet for $17k and scored a free buyin with 100% upside? Am I missing something?

It was after day 1, and only on selected players (so Joe Bloggs from Toowoomba doesn't get a market) only either the very famous guys (Hachem, Hinrichsen), the guy at the top of the leader board, and then some of the semi-notable players from there down (I was I think about 15th in chips, but second favourite out of those who had a market for their success or failure)

Also there is definately going to be caps on betting, probably something like $50 for new accounts and for those who have already put in significant action on the site betting sports might be able to bet a bit more.

Lol at me being as a big of a favourite over Jonno as I was when I think he had 90bb and me 105bb for day 2 though.

However, I really like there strategy of going about it. They are charging very little in overjuice relative to most exotic markets, and the betting aspect was the talk of a lot of tables. That, added to the $1.95 on line bets compared to $1.91 or $1.88 you get elsewhere when offered to the combo of pretty smart and pretty degen people is a winner.

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Reading some of the HH of the Bowdy guy seem a little wtf....

Examples

Then Joe Cabret moved all in for 403,000 from the small blind after Bowdy Tolhopf opened to 50,000 from the button. Tolhopf thought for a few moments before folding AJo face up.

The hand started with David Yan limping in from the button. Bowdy Tolhopf made the call from the small blind before Billy Argyros raised it up to 260,000 from the big blind. Yan thought for a moment before mucking his hand. Tolhopf looked down at his stack, before bumping it up to 560,000. Argyros then instantly moved all in for 805,000 and was called.
Argyros: AJo
Tolhopf: J9cc

Bowdy Tolhopf opened to 225,000 and was called by Billy Argyros before both players watched the flop come down
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Argyros reached for chips and bet out 225,000 and was almost beaten to the pot by a 600,000 raise by Tolhopf. Argyros thought about his decision, before finally announcing all in. The shove took Tolhopf by surprise, opting to muck his hand and exposing the
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^ ^ not surprised (obviously). Sometimes some of those random plays at the end of tournaments can come down to a mix of exhaustion and adrenalin, but from what I saw of him it wouldn't be that far off his normal standard play. Talked to a mate tonight who played with him recently and apparently he has toned down the attitude he had at the tables but hasn't really improved to any extent he could see (and he has played against him at different stages over the last 2 years).

Anyway, on the plus side he doesn't get another bracelet and with him and Agyros sharing second and first place it looks like the year 2007 is back in fashion, which means I can break out the old wardrobe and rewatch Jamie Gold's win at the WSOP ME to get some strategy tips for my future poker endeavours.
 

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it looks like the year 2007 is back in fashion, which means I can break out the old wardrobe and rewatch Jamie Gold's win at the WSOP ME to get some strategy tips for my future poker endeavours.

You too could have the poker room at the Tropicana named after you.
 
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lol at the 2007 thing

There was a hand where I think Bowdy jams the SB for about 15bb. Argyros is tanking in the BB and then mentions if I call I will call your hand.

Yep, because we still talk about putting people on individual hands rather than ranges
 

Happy Daze

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lol at the 2007 thing

There was a hand where I think Bowdy jams the SB for about 15bb. Argyros is tanking in the BB and then mentions if I call I will call your hand.

Yep, because we still talk about putting people on individual hands rather than ranges

I sat next to the Croc while his mate David Gorr took down the Mirrions in whatever year it was, was pretty funny sitting next to him and his mates and hearing them talk "strategy" - there at least one other guy there who has multiple scores on the Australian tournament circuit - so add me to the list of people a bit cyncial about these old skoolers. Nice blokes but wow - pretty much like you've quoted from the Croc and other similar variants in terms of talking about the game.

Interesting though, I wonder how Bowdy affords these 3k BIs with his chef's wage? His tag on Stars is Bowdz11 - he is up I am told but not hugely. Is interesting. Guess he won't have to dip into his secondary source of income for a while now anyway.

I do know one of Bowdy's mates (Steznutz) has had coaching from Matt Brown "Aussie Star", or whatever his tag is, who is rated one of the better online players in the country, not really sure of Bowdy has picked up any of the lessons his mate might have learned though.
 
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