Poker Night
Last night, I played in an online poker tournament at site called Party Poker. It was $9 to enter, plus a $1 fee.
Initially, there were roughly 440 players. The game started at 7:30, and I was doing pretty well. After the first hour, I was in the top 10%. After the second hour, I actually had the ninth highest dollar total. After the third hour, I was still in the top 10. At that point, I asked the other folks at my table how the prize money was paid out. I only knew that the top 25 finishers placed in the money. Kiss of death right?
Turns out, the top 22 finishers got their entry fee paid for a $150 tournament, so no matter how high I placed, I wasn't walking away from my computer with more money than I started with. To make a long story short, I finished in 7th place. So, on Thursday afternoon, I'll be playing in a tournament with first prize of around $30,000. Now, that would be sweet!
Initially, there were roughly 440 players. The game started at 7:30, and I was doing pretty well. After the first hour, I was in the top 10%. After the second hour, I actually had the ninth highest dollar total. After the third hour, I was still in the top 10. At that point, I asked the other folks at my table how the prize money was paid out. I only knew that the top 25 finishers placed in the money. Kiss of death right?
Turns out, the top 22 finishers got their entry fee paid for a $150 tournament, so no matter how high I placed, I wasn't walking away from my computer with more money than I started with. To make a long story short, I finished in 7th place. So, on Thursday afternoon, I'll be playing in a tournament with first prize of around $30,000. Now, that would be sweet!
as written by David at 11:11 PM
1 Comments:
Cool! Don't tell your mom about the site (:
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