Double or Nothing Sit and Go’s on Stars

I don’t know how long they have been offering them, but Poker Stars has an intriguing new Sit and Go option.  They call them Double or Nothing, the top 5 players out of 10 will win double their buy in, instead of the top three dividing based on rank.

I received a whopping $5 from Poker Stars for an account I opened but never used (I’ve been playing Full Tilt mostly), and I’ve decided to see how far I can build that $5 by only playing these Double or Nothings, after 3 tourneys I’m 2-1 with a net profit of .55

Let’s see how it goes! If you want to see my Sharkscope stats the username is 7deuce.net

Oh and I’d love to see some comments on what you all think about these new Sit and Goes…

Golden Arch Poker Star Ratings…

I am very confused, Golden Arch has this system of rating players using stars.

Up to three Bronze stars = a pretty decent player

Up to three Silver Stars= a good player

Up to three Gold Stars= a really good player.

Here is why I’m confused, I’ve sharkscoped just about every player play against in the sit and goes and most of the 3 gold star players I’ve checked have horrible stats.  One tonight has a -13% ROI and one 3 bronze star player is labele a Fish with a -29% ROI

It seems to me either these guys are crushing the cash games enough to counteract their horrible Tourny play, or the Star System is very very flawed.

Has any one else noticed this?

After Day One as a Sponsored Player…

Well, so far so good, Golden Arch deposited into my account (and never asked for any banking information or anything else that would signal a scam)

My first day of play was the opposite of my usual, I don’t usually play cash games, I am more of a Sit and Go Player, but my agreement says I have to play both at one time. My tourny places tonight were pretty crappy, my best of 5 was a third place finish, but my cash game was pretty good, took $50 and made it $170, so not a bad day.

I am required to put in 20 hours a week at the table, so lets see how it goes…

Great new links

I know its been a while since I posted, but I found some great poker comics that I had to share…  Check out the links section