Hooloovoo Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 I always liked the steps/ladder variant of sit'n'gos, so i certainly didn't mind when Full Tilt introduced these. Full description here: http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/steps-tournaments Anyways, thought i would try them out. Going to start with 10 x $3.30, i.e. Step 1. Format will be 1-table (9-handed) sng turbo. Structure is as follows: Step 1 ($3.30): 1st & 2nd gets entry to Step 2. 3rd - 5th gets a new try at Step 1. Step 2 ($8.70): 1st & 2nd gets entry to Step 3. 3rd - 4th gets a new try at Step 2. 5th gets entry to Step 1. Step 3 ($26): 1st & 2nd gets entry to Step 4. 3rd - 4th gets a new try at Step 3. 5th gets entry to Step 2. Step 4 ($69): 1st & 2nd gets entry to Step 5. 3rd - 4th gets a new try at Step 4. 5th - 6th gets entry to Step 3. Step 5 ticket is worth $216, and the goal of the challenge is to win at least one of those. I will number the trials 1-10 and keep track of the ups & downs of each trial. Step 3 tickets and above can be used to buy into any tourney of that buy-in, so i consider any Step 5 ticket as "cash won". If i manage to win 1 or more Step 5 ticket i will decide what to do with them then. Trials ---------- 1) step 1 --> step 2 --> step 2 --> out 2) step 1 --> step 1 --> step 1 --> 9th 3) step 1 --> out 4) step 1 --> out 5) step 1 --> step 2 --> out 6) step 1 --> out 7) step 1 --> step 1 --> out 8) step 1 --> step 2 --> step 3 --> step 1 9) step 1 --> out 10) step 1 --> step 2 --> step 1 --> out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
averick Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge gl mate:ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba_SamPa Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge Good luck mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted April 21, 2010 Author Share Posted April 21, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge Thanks guys, won't probably be starting this until Monday though. A little piece of me still believes that i'm off to Prague tomorrow.... :\ DAMN ASH CLOUD :@ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted April 21, 2010 Author Share Posted April 21, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge Well, all bags are packed so i will be trying one now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted April 21, 2010 Author Share Posted April 21, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge It started as a crazy shove-fest and in 10 minutes 4 players was eliminated, which meant i was guaranteed a Step 1 ticket. Then it cooled down a bit, then more aggressive again (as expected). Anyways, finished top 2 for a Step 2 ticket :ok (Tournament ended when only 2 players left, which is good since both won top prize, otherwise it would have been a couple of minutes of meaningless shoving atc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge Good luck! I started at Step 3, and have been playing turbos, but whenever I dropped down to Step 1 I tried the super-turbos (start with 10 big blinds). Sounds as though it should be a crapshoot, but I seem to have done fairly well in those (played 8, got 3 Step 2 tickets, 4 Step 1 replays and one $0.60 consolation prize). Maybe I was just lucky, but there does seem to be some really awful play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhornet Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge I played a couple of Step 1 18 player games with normal blind levels. Top 4 get Step 2, and next six get replays (I think:unsure). On both occasions I got a Step 2 ticket (1-5 Step 3, 6 Step 2, 7-8 Step 1) Once I got to Step 3, the other time i got a replay and then lost out with a horrible suckout. The standard is awful. At Step 2 with 6 left, and two players with 2BB left a guy (sitting 3rd safely) called an all in from the big stack with AK, lost and the two mini stacks crept through to Step 3.:\ The 18 man games are really worth a try:ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted April 26, 2010 Author Share Posted April 26, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge trial 2: 3rd for a step 1 ticket (gaaah that was close) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted April 26, 2010 Author Share Posted April 26, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge Btw, i am back from a great weekend in sunny Prague. The girls are ugly but the beer is cheap :cheers Thanks for the good luck wishes guys. I aim to get through the ten step 1 trials in the next couple of days :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted April 26, 2010 Author Share Posted April 26, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge trial 3: 8th (AQ lost to AT hitting the straight) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted April 26, 2010 Author Share Posted April 26, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge trial 4: 7th (pushed as smallest stack with K9 on the btn and got called by small blind whose AK held up) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted April 26, 2010 Author Share Posted April 26, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge trial 5: Top 2 for a step 2 ticket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted April 28, 2010 Author Share Posted April 28, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge trial 6: 6th :eyes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted April 28, 2010 Author Share Posted April 28, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge trial 7: 4th for a step 1 ticket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge trial 8: top 2 for a step 2 ticket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge trial 9: out in 7th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge trial 10: top 2 for a step 2 ticket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge Ok quick summary so far. 4 step 2 tickets 2 step 1 tickets out in 4 My "guesstimate" would have been 3 step 2, 5 step 1 and out in 2. But the sample is really small of course. I will now use continue with the step 1 tickets until i'm out or gets step 2 tickets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge trial 2: 5th for step 1 ticket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge trial 2: out in 9th, AKs vs 77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge trial 7: out in 8th Enough for today. 4 step 2 tickets is somewhat less than i would have imagined but i'll just have to improve even more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge played a step 2 anyway. 4th for another step 2 ticket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted May 1, 2010 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge Playing a 18-entrants step 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted May 1, 2010 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge ... and a regular 1-table at the same time. Lots of folding in the beginning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted May 1, 2010 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge trial 5: Out in 14th in the 2-table when i got it all in with a flopped set, caller had a flush draw which got there :eyes trial 8: Top 2 for a step 3 ticket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted May 2, 2010 Author Share Posted May 2, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge Another 1-table and a 2-table Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted May 2, 2010 Author Share Posted May 2, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge Out in the 2-table Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted May 2, 2010 Author Share Posted May 2, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge 1-table, out in 5th for a step1 ticket :eyes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooloovoo Posted May 2, 2010 Author Share Posted May 2, 2010 Re: Hooloovoo Full Tilt Steps Challenge out from the step 1. Leaves me with a step 3 ticket, really disappointed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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