32Red's Casinomeister's Freeroll

[Pinababy69]

15th isn't too bad Cheekymonkey, better than me, lol.

 

[GrandMaster]

I was thinking the exact same thing GrandMaster. I don't think there are 100 people who post here on a daily basis. I guess CM forum member just means if they have made one post, that's sufficient?

I am looking at the current chip leader markbarr. There is a markbarr here, registered 2 hours before the tournament. Clyde1967 also at the final table, registered on 9 february, hankanator on the 10th, bkdixon on the 11th. I think there should be a better qualification than merely being a member.

Anyway, I finished 13th. I am normally pretty good at staying out of hands I have no business to be in, and I did well when I had good cards. Four times people went all in against me with silly hands. I was as high as 5th place out 20 or so, with over 6000 chips, then the next time someone went all in pre-flop when I had a QKs, he had a pair of aces and beat me. I never recoverd from that. My computer crashed less than a minute before the end of the first 5 minute break, which cost me 300 chips before I could rejoin.

 

[mcapel]

Registering to play

I registered on the forum, purely for entry into the poker tournament.

Have also spent the last hour reading posts (after being kicked out at 28th place) and can honestly say casinomeister have gained another fan of these forums - so much interesting stuff !!!

A freeroll is beneficial to members of casinomeister, but also beneficial for casinomeister to gain more members.

Finished 28th by the way.

 

[Pinababy69]

I am looking at the current chip leader markbarr. There is a markbarr here, registered 2 hours before the tournament. Clyde1967 also at the final table, registered on 9 february, hankanator on the 10th, bkdixon on the 11th.

See, that just isn't right. It seems pretty obvious that the only reason they signed up at the forum here is to play in the freeroll. I agree with you Grandmaster.

I wouldn't have been one of those people who went all in against you with a "silly" hand was I? I hope not, told ya I'm not the best poker player. I don't think I went all in on any hand prior to the flop though.

 

[paul1]

I am looking at the current chip leader markbarr. There is a markbarr here, registered 2 hours before the tournament. Clyde1967 also at the final table, registered on 9 february, hankanator on the 10th, bkdixon on the 11th.

lol Sounds kinda suspicious to me.

I wouldn't doubt if there's an announcement over on bonuswhores. The word gets around amongst them folk. "Free money" or a good promo, those guys are ON IT in a flash.

Oh well, fine job anyway, Grand Master, CheekyMonkey, PinaBaby. You'll get 'em next time!

 

[paul1]

Pisser is that the first three hands that were dealt me, I didn't have a clue where the buttons were for call, check, etc.

Hey Pinababy, what did you think you were at Woodbine and there's a parimutuel clerk you can tell what you want to do? You're on your own at the poker table, amongst those sharks.

46th ain't bad for a first go-around. You'll get 'em next time. I'm rooting for you.

 

[nafanny29]

I am looking at the current chip leader markbarr. There is a markbarr here, registered 2 hours before the tournament. Clyde1967 also at the final table, registered on 9 february, hankanator on the 10th, bkdixon on the 11th. I think there should be a better qualification than merely being a member.

Opps, bkdixon is my best mate and I told him to register for the site/tourney. He only went and won it

 

[chuchu59]

I registered on the forum, purely for entry into the poker tournament.

Have also spent the last hour reading posts (after being kicked out at 28th place) and can honestly say casinomeister have gained another fan of these forums - so much interesting stuff !!!

A freeroll is beneficial to members of casinomeister, but also beneficial for casinomeister to gain more members.

Finished 28th by the way.

Welcome to the forum, Mcapel. I think none of the casinomeister members mind having new members join as this would make the forum an even better place. However,if anybody joins just for the sake of the freeroll and then does not contribute nor visit this site, I am sorry to say that I feel they are just advantage members.

 

[Zoozie]

I was out in hand #3 (or was it #4?). My 76s gets cheap flop+turn and I hit the
flush on turn. Unfortunately someone with T8s also had the flush.
I liked there was only 100 signed up, I am tired of the freerolls with 1000's of
players. If 200 sign up and they indeed are geniune CM members, then the
chat might make up for that, but if half+ are 'fakes' I will not participate in the
future. The prizes are really low compared to what you can find elsewhere so I
obvious only played it for the fun of it hoping to meet some of the members from here.

 

[ternur]

There are 100 people registered. This seems quite a lot. Does anybody check that they are all genuine Casinomeister members?

There seemed to be a lot of new players, didn't see too many CM freeroll 'veterans' yesterday. I hope that I'm seen as a 'genuine member' in regards to these freerolls. I rarely post on the board, but I do enjoy the forum tournaments. I hope this is not held against me.

Finished 3rd btw. Thank you Meister for setting this up.

 

[maaster]

d\amn.. out in 5th place
at least i won something!!

my username on 32red is nasibal

just like me users have different usernames on 32poker then the casinomeisterforum... thats why i quess that some users are "untraceable"

Nice freeroll and nice players (always nice to chat along the game)

greets

 

[scrollock]

with the prize fund being much bigger than previous freerolls, this tourney was always going to be a target for those dirty filthy bonus whores, hopefully the meister knows who they are and kicks this kind of scum off this site.

hopefully 32red put up such a good fund as a sting operation to identify these people and are currently passing on their details amongst its MG friends.

 

[Casinomeister]

See, that just isn't right. It seems pretty obvious that the only reason they signed up at the forum here is to play in the freeroll. I agree with you Grandmaster.

This is just the first free roll of (hopefully) many. For upcoming competitions, we can organize these by perhaps for members with certain "reputation" points, etc. This shouldn't be a problem.

 

[scrollock]

This is just the first free roll of (hopefully) many. For upcoming competitions, we can organize these by perhaps for members with certain "reputation" points, etc. This shouldn't be a problem.

that a good idea, however it would only be a matter of time before the bonus whores organize themselves and engange in a mutual giving of thanks

 

[andyhinckley]

This is just the first free roll of (hopefully) many. For upcoming competitions, we can organize these by perhaps for members with certain "reputation" points, etc. This shouldn't be a problem.

A bit like last free rolls?

i liked the idea of lowish prizes leading to a bigger free roll at end of year to those that qualified.

Maybe have at least 83 posts
And at least 43 Reputation Points


Thats me sorted i hope!

And i registered for it but my pc crashed big time yesterday.. took me ages to sort it out... new cpu fan

 

[GrandMaster]

that a good idea, however it would only be a matter of time before the bonus whores organize themselves and engange in a mutual giving of thanks

Building up reputation takes time, and we could also give them negative reputation if there seems to be a problem.

I think that the tournaments should only be open to members who joined before the tournament was announced, or possibly even a week or month earlier.

 

[Pinababy69]

Hey Pinababy, what did you think you were at Woodbine and there's a parimutuel clerk you can tell what you want to do? You're on your own at the poker table, amongst those sharks.

Yes Paul, I thought someone may lend me a helping hand, but I guess chilvalry really is dead, lol.

CM, I like the idea of organizing according to posts, rep points, etc. As GrandMaster said, if anything strange starts happening, we can take away reputation as well. All in all, an enjoyable experience.

 

[winbig]

Building up reputation takes time, and we could also give them negative reputation if there seems to be a problem.

I think that the tournaments should only be open to members who joined before the tournament was announced, or possibly even a week or month earlier.

I totally agree....Maybe have a different thread (or webpage) where CM members have to "register" and post their CM handle so they can play. This way it'd be a quick reference as to how many posts they have, when they joined, rep points, etc...and send out the password to those that showed interest, instead of posting it here in the forum where anyone could see it.

I think the '05 freerolls were setup good with the points system. Maybe try that again, with a much bigger freeroll again in December for those that qualified?

Another suggestion would be to shorten the registration period on 32red itself. I noticed that there were about 20-30 no-shows for the tourney. Maybe if the signup period was about 4 hours before the tourney began, it would cut that number down quite a bit.

 

[Pinababy69]

I noticed that there were about 20-30 no-shows for the tourney.

So you mean that I finished 46th out of 70, instead of 46th out of 100?

Well, I guess Annie Duke has nothing to fear from me (yet, lol).

 

[paul1]

with the prize fund being much bigger than previous freerolls, this tourney was always going to be a target for those dirty filthy bonus whores, hopefully the meister knows who they are and kicks this kind of scum off this site.

hopefully 32red put up such a good fund as a sting operation to identify these people and are currently passing on their details amongst its MG friends.

lol I can't tell if this is tongue n cheek or what. Either way, it's still kind of funny. I've looked at the bonuswhores site. And in my opinion, the whole thing is self-defeating. As soon as a good deal comes along, they all post about it and JUMP ON IT. I think that is what happened with Bet365 a month ago. They offered a decent monthly, and probably got a GAZZILLION bonus whores. Then they started banning some of the players who "didn't play enough" and it caused a big stink.

I read some of the threads over there, and it is obvious that many of them are merely children, (under 25), and they are so obsessed with whining about bonuses, that they fail to understand that if they just tried half as hard to improve their skill in the game of poker, they'd be way better off.

But anyway, it's a force to be reconded with. If one of them posts about a good bonus offer, there's probably going to be a huge BLOCK of players jumping on it and they could just defeat themselves by doing so. As for myself, I like money like anyone else. But if I discovered a truly good deal, I think I'd keep it under my hat.

 

[paul1]

Well, I guess Annie Duke has nothing to fear from me (yet, lol).

Yes, not yet anyway. That's the spirit Pinababy. I hope you enjoy yourself with it. Poker is a lot of fun, as is obvious with its recent explosive growth in popularity.

Get a couple good books. It's really money well spent. And it's just a fascinating subject that you can never stop learning about.

 

[paul1]

Yes, not yet anyway. That's the spirit Pinababy. I hope you enjoy yourself with it. Poker is a lot of fun, as is obvious with its recent explosive growth in popularity.

Get a couple good books. It's really money well spent. And it's just a fascinating subject that you can never stop learning about.

On further thought, I'd just like to comment that, in my opinion only, it would be better if newbies stuck with limit poker rather than no-limit. That's just my opinion, and I realize that no-limit poker seems to be the rage obviously because of television. But even five years or so ago, it was rare to find no-limit games, certainly not as abundant as they are now.

To each his own, but I personally enjoy limit, and would recommend to a beginner to learn limit first. Just my humble opinion.

 

[GrandMaster]

lol I can't tell if this is tongue n cheek or what. Either way, it's still kind of funny. I've looked at the bonuswhores site. And in my opinion, the whole thing is self-defeating. As soon as a good deal comes along, they all post about it and JUMP ON IT. I think that is what happened with Bet365 a month ago. They offered a decent monthly, and probably got a GAZZILLION bonus whores. Then they started banning some of the players who "didn't play enough" and it caused a big stink.

I read some of the threads over there, and it is obvious that many of them are merely children, (under 25), and they are so obsessed with whining about bonuses, that they fail to understand that if they just tried half as hard to improve their skill in the game of poker, they'd be way better off.

But anyway, it's a force to be reconded with. If one of them posts about a good bonus offer, there's probably going to be a huge BLOCK of players jumping on it and they could just defeat themselves by doing so. As for myself, I like money like anyone else. But if I discovered a truly good deal, I think I'd keep it under my hat.

There is a difference between a monthly match bonus available to everyone and tournament with a fixed prize pot. In the latter case it is indeed not in your interest to let more people know about it.

In a tournament with 100 players and $320 prize pot, the expected win, ignoring the differences in skill, is only $3.20. Even if you are a good poker player, I don't think your expectation would be more than 10 times that, $32.
Playing poker for 3 hours for a very uncertain expected win of $32 is not exactly lucrative, so I am a bit surprised that there was so much outside interest in it.

 

[chuchu59]

So you mean that I finished 46th out of 70, instead of 46th out of 100?

Well, I guess Annie Duke has nothing to fear from me (yet, lol).

Nope Pinababy, you fared better than that. I was fifteen minutes late(6:15 am on a Sunday) and crashed out 10 minutes later to finish 78th. I think there should be at least 90 players.

 

[chuchu59]

There is a difference between a monthly match bonus available to everyone and tournament with a fixed prize pot. In the latter case it is indeed not in your interest to let more people know about it.

In a tournament with 100 players and $320 prize pot, the expected win, ignoring the differences in skill, is only $3.20. Even if you are a good poker player, I don't think your expectation would be more than 10 times that, $32.
Playing poker for 3 hours for a very uncertain expected win of $32 is not exactly lucrative, so I am a bit surprised that there was so much outside interest in it.

Well, in some parts of rural China, for example,the first prize of $160 is equivalent to a month's wages and the second prize a week's wages. If they have access to some computers owned by the companies they work for, they have all the time in the world to try to get the prizes. Alternatively, there may be some juniors who have spare time to earn some pocket money.