Figueira da Foz

Hello !

Como sabem, fui jogar o torneio knockout da Figueira da Foz este fim de semana e vou contar um bocado de tudo que se passou à volta do mesmo.

Primeiramente fui com o André "Powerpokerpt" , com o Canossa e respectiva família para baixo. Eles ficaram num Hotel e eu iria ficar em casa do Skyboy.
A viagem correu tranquilamente e chegamos a tempo de fazer a inscrição e jogar o torneio.

No torneio em si , começámos com 15k, a minha mesa era bastante tight deu para ir abrindo uns pots com mãos mais especulativas como J8s, visto que também não tive praticamente premiuns excepto umas QQ que fiz raise e cbet no flop e foldaram todos.
Portanto cheguei ao jantar com 20k com a média em 22k.

Depois do jantar as blinds foram subindo e quando estão em 600-1200 eu no Cut off com 23k faço raise com AJ e levo call das blinds. Bate A23 raimbow , o jogador da sb ( que eu já tinha jogado em torneios anteriores , e tinha alguma info adicional, sendo uma delas que eu tinha a certeza que ele tem uma ideia que eu sou super loose e que jogo quase any2cards ) checka e o Eman na BB tb checka. Eu aposto 1/3 do pot para induzir acção das blinds , visto que se apostar mais com a pouca stack que tenho para trás não vou tirar acção nenhuma de mãos que eu tou a ganhar. call da sb e fold da bb. Turn bate 5 , e ele checka. Aqui eu decidi checkar behind para tentar tirar mais valor no river ou induzir um bluff bet , river 7 ele check outra vez. Aqui apostei 1/2 do pot e levei call de A7o para top2 pair no river :S !

Mão seguinte vou all in com 66 e dobro contra J10o. Vou para as 17k.
As blinds sobem para 800-1600 e eu faço alguns re steals e shoves com KQs, K10, Q10, etc e levo sempre o pot sem showdown.

Até que vem a mão que perco mas que me poderia ter mandado para o top de fichas na altura.
Media ta em 34k. Eu vou all in de 23k MP com A10 de ouros, e levo 2 calls . QQ e 1010.
Board vem um poderoso nut straight KQJ raimbow. 9 no turn e J no river para me mandar para o rail :( ... Ficaria com cerca 73k muito acima da média. Mas Poker it's poker e la fui curtir a noite com os meus amigos João Cavaleiro, Maximo, Skyboy, etc e terminei a noite a aterrar em casa do Hencus.
Obrigado pela hospitalidade e os momentos hilariantes que este grande senhor propociona ! Lol

Depois tive que jogar o Sng Vip lá no casino, e com alguma malta a ver as minhas mãos e a comentar em directo + o speaker a ouvir se os ALL INS na mesa final que decorria no Knockout + musica ambiente do casino propocionou um SNG Vip muito especial e que acabaria por o ganhar a um pontinho do sr Skyboy ! Deveria ter feito side bet! :P

Depois vim para cima com o 47 , fred e pavlov!

Agradeço a todos a boa disposição e podem contar comigo para próximos torneios ao vivo que o bixinho live está a voltar ;) !

Abraços

Back in action !

Boas a todos!

Desde o meu dia de anos que não escrevo no blog e por isso vou tentar postar o máximo possivel este mês. Não andava com muita motivação para bloggar.

Como sabem tenho grindado na Lock Poker ( casa que me patrocina ) , contudo decidi há cerca de uma semana atrás voltar a grindar uns mtt's além dos hypers da lock.

Coloquei 500$ apenas para me ir entretendo na stars e já a cresci para valores acima dos 3k$. O objectivo agora é ir aumentando o máximo possivel esta banca jogando mtts, também dar as aulas na educapoker e ir grindando obviamente na lock.

Irei também este fim de semana à Figueira da Foz para matar saudades de torneios live. E espero fazer um óptimo resultado!

Para terminar quero dar os meus parabéns ao puto RuiNf que vi crescer no mundo do Poker e que está neste momento numa forma de classe mundial!

Abraços

Birthday :)

Hey!

Hoje faço 22 anos :) , ontem fui sair com uns amigos e festejar tanto os meus anos como a grande vitória do FcP!
Hoje o dia vai ser para a familia e para relaxar!

Abrcs e fiquem bem

Educapoker.pt

Boas!

Como sabem , o dia 2 do Scoop não correu como esperado e terminei a minha prestação em 16th... é sempre o vazio "morrer na praia" mas há coisas piores na vida :) .

Hoje, dia 16 de Maio, às 19.00h vou dar uma aula nível secundário na Pokerstars de Sit and gos. A aula será aberta a todos os registados na Educapoker. Portanto espero ver-vos por lá.

Ate logo! Abraços

Scoop 5$r 6-max

Boas malta!

Como sabem tenho andado um bocado desaparecido em combate devido às minhas ultimas aventuras... Desde a Dinamarca e Suécia à Queima das Fitas do Porto ( em que orgulhosamente fui todos os dias :P ).

Hoje comecei, finalmente, o grinding habitual na Lock Poker e enquanto estava a cuidar da minha avó que foi recentemente operada ao cerébro ( Parkinson ), estava a jogar e foi então que o André Coimbra me alertou do Scoop q estava mesmo a começar (ele sabe que eu adoro 6 max ), e então um bocado na desportiva registei me no 5$r 6 max , tal como mais 17000 pessoas (LOL)...
Só que o tempo foi passando... e passando.... e passando... e passado 13horas de jogo vejo me apurado para o dia 2 ( 12/18 ) e com 1k$ garantido.. Portanto amanhã estarei a lutar para o 1st prize de 32k$... Nice return ao mundo dos torneios...

Abraços e vou aterrar visto estar um bocadinho exausto :P

Comunicado Lock Poker

Lock is disappointed to announce that their new LockPRO ELITE team member, Jose "Girah" Macedo has been disqualified. Runner up Michael "bigguylegend22" Drummond, who earned over $90,000 in profit during the challenge, will take the prize. In audits of all participants' accounts at the close of the competition, violations of BPC rules as well as the Merge Gaming network rules were discovered. The violations with Girah's account included computers at multiple locations logging in and playing on his account. Lock's philosophy is built on player relationship and trust; any violation of fairness by any player is taken very seriously.

"Jose is young and he has made a big mistake here. We wanted to make sure that regardless of being a LockPRO he won this fair and square. After doing an audit of his account we have found that he broke some rules and that will not be tolerated by Lock," said Jennifer Larson CEO/Owner of Lock Poker. "We pride ourselves in standing for trust, legitimacy and loyalty. The truth is sometimes hard to stand by but it is the only way we can move forward. Although José won enough money from his own IP to have legitimately won the challenge, the unfortunate fact remains that breaking the rules is strictly disallowed. The fact remains Jose is an exceptional player and I firmly believe that mistakes only lead to greatness if learned from."

"I'm deeply sorry for having broken the rules," said José, "but I truly had no intention of circumventing the rules in any way. Though it is no excuse, I want to be fully transparent at this point to let the poker world know what has happened and why. The computer in question was my backer, who logged into my account to check my balance and ended up playing some $25/$50 PLO while I was asleep and lost some money. Though on the merit of my own legitimate play I had enough winnings to win the Bluff Challenge, in light of the way things appear, I fully support and respect Lock's decision to disqualify me and hand over the challenge to the second place winner. Once again, I truly regret that all of this has happened the way it has, and I hope that I can win back the generous support and understanding of the players who have believed in me so far. I will be issuing a more comprehensive explanation of what happened on my blog. Thank you."

LOCK

Lock is the world's most innovative online gaming brand. Lock launched their first masterpiece, Lock Poker, over two years ago and recently launched their ground breaking Casino. They exploded into poker industry by introducing the Bluff Online Poker challenge, becoming the first company to develop a Mac download casino and hiring Eric Rizen Lynch as their Poker Room Manager. Lock continues to bring a fresh perspective to this exciting industry and its mandate is to drive innovation through superior design and initiative. http://www.lockpoker.com & http://www.lockcasino.com

Bluff Pro Challenge

London, UK - May 1st, 2011 - Jose Girah Macedo - Online Poker Prodigy WINS the Bluff Pro Challenge

Lock is excited to announce that their new LockPRO ELITE team member. Jose "Girah" Macedo has taken the number one spot in the Bluff Pro Challenge! A total of 966 players were enlisted and they had 30 days to make the most profit. Jose will be featured on the cover of Bluff Magazine in July 2011 as well as representing Lock in several European live events. At the young age of 18 he is unable to represent Lock at the WSOP this year. He takes first prize with a profit of $104,824. bigguylegend22 came in second with a profit of $90,198 and third was taken by Sweeeeeeet with a profit of $44,120. Jose has already been signed to a LockPRO ELITE contract so the player that came in second will potentially have a shot at becoming a LockPRO.

Jose has also announced his Zero to Hero tournament series where he is giving away 30 hours in coaching to the top positions. Sign up under Jose and win free coaching with the online Poker Prodigy himself.

More details on the tournament please check his website http://www.lockpoker.com/zero-to-hero/ to download and play in this tournament series please use this link http://download.lockpoker.com/girah

"Jose taking down the BPC is a very exciting milestone for him and Lock," said Jennifer Larson CEO/Owner of Lock Poker. "He really brings to light that we have the ability to achieve anything we set our minds and hearts to. With the right mix of passion, determination, focus and intelligence anything is possible. I am very proud of Jose and incredibly happy to have him as part of the Lock Family."

"I'm really excited and happy to have won the BPC! I had a very good run at the Lock High stakes tables and now I can only hope to keep working and playing hard in order to improve and build on this achievement," said Jose Girah Macedo. "I will keep on playing anyone at any stakes up to $200/400 so if you want some action, come find me at the tables (that goes for you too Durrrr )."

LOCK

Lock is the world's most innovative online gaming brand. Lock launched their first masterpiece, Lock Poker, over two years ago and recently launched their ground breaking Casino. They exploded into poker industry by introducing the Bluff Online Poker challenge, becoming the first company to develop a Mac download casino and hiring Eric Rizen Lynch as their Poker Room Manager. Lock continues to bring a fresh perspective to this exciting industry and its mandate is to drive innovation through superior design and initiative. http://www.lockpoker.com & http://www.lockcasino.com

MERGE GAMING

Merge Gaming is the fresh new face in the online poker world, growing rapidly and providing a solid, secure, gaming platform for its partners. We are dedicated to providing users with the best possible online gaming experience, and providing our operators all the tools necessary to run a successful poker business. Merge Gaming accepts players worldwide and is focused on catering to all player groups through active promotions, game variety, quality software and security.