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From Zero To Hero
- 1-20-2010
In the world of poker it doesn’t take much to go from zero to hero. After playing real money hands and tournaments on Full Tilt Poker I accrued some of their Full Tilt Points. Full Tilt Points can be used as a sort of currency. Full Tilt even has a store where you can exchange points for merchandise. If you manage to earn 6,000,000 points you can get a free Mini Cooper. Perhaps you feel that your game could use some brush-up before you move up to the next level. Team Full Tilt member Howard Lederer has two no-limit hold’em poker books available for a more modest 3,000 points. For those of you who don’t want stuff but have a bunch of points, another possible option is to use them for tournament entries.
FullTiltPoker.com often runs small satellites where you can buy-in for just a few points. The bigger the satellite entry, the more points you have to spend. I wanted to see how profitable playing tournaments with my points could be so I sat down a little while ago and played three 600 point tournaments where the winner received a $26 token. It was a full nine player table and only the first place finisher won a token. I quickly went bust in my first two attempts but broke through on my third game. After a short heads-up battle I had a hard earned $26 token.
A quick browse through the sit & go tab and I found my next game. I sat down at an 18 player sit & go where the top 3 players won a $75 token and 4th place won $57. This game took much more effort and concentration but after picking my spots and battling I was one of the final four players. After almost 40 hands all four players were still alive and only one player had a sizable chip lead. Acting under the gun I shoved all-in for almost 15 big blinds and got called by the chipleader, much to my surprise another shortstack, who I had covered, called as well. My king jack offsuit was in bad shape against the chipleader’s pair of aces. The other shortstack who came along had a pair of tens. The board bricked out for both of us but as I had the shortstack covered I took 3rd place and happily took my $75 token.
After winning the $75 token I was feeling good. I’d only been playing about 90 minutes. I had a bit more gamble in me so I sat down with my token at a $70+5 super turbo tournament, each player starts with 300 chips. The play was fast and furious as expected with each player sitting with so few big blinds. I don’t recall the exact order of events but I finally busted in 3rd place which was good enough for a $126 cash. All in all, I started with just 1800 Full Tilt Points and turned my points into $126 in under two hours. Not a bad way to spend an afternoon.
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FullTiltPoker.com often runs small satellites where you can buy-in for just a few points. The bigger the satellite entry, the more points you have to spend. I wanted to see how profitable playing tournaments with my points could be so I sat down a little while ago and played three 600 point tournaments where the winner received a $26 token. It was a full nine player table and only the first place finisher won a token. I quickly went bust in my first two attempts but broke through on my third game. After a short heads-up battle I had a hard earned $26 token.
A quick browse through the sit & go tab and I found my next game. I sat down at an 18 player sit & go where the top 3 players won a $75 token and 4th place won $57. This game took much more effort and concentration but after picking my spots and battling I was one of the final four players. After almost 40 hands all four players were still alive and only one player had a sizable chip lead. Acting under the gun I shoved all-in for almost 15 big blinds and got called by the chipleader, much to my surprise another shortstack, who I had covered, called as well. My king jack offsuit was in bad shape against the chipleader’s pair of aces. The other shortstack who came along had a pair of tens. The board bricked out for both of us but as I had the shortstack covered I took 3rd place and happily took my $75 token.
After winning the $75 token I was feeling good. I’d only been playing about 90 minutes. I had a bit more gamble in me so I sat down with my token at a $70+5 super turbo tournament, each player starts with 300 chips. The play was fast and furious as expected with each player sitting with so few big blinds. I don’t recall the exact order of events but I finally busted in 3rd place which was good enough for a $126 cash. All in all, I started with just 1800 Full Tilt Points and turned my points into $126 in under two hours. Not a bad way to spend an afternoon.
Discuss this article in our forum