My $200,000 Guarantee WIN!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - Shawn Rice
Hello fellow UBers,
I have taken a small break and have not been playing as much lately because of some family medical problems. All seems to be much better now and thanks for the kind words from many of my friends.
Maybe a small break is just what I needed because I now have a strong desire to play poker like I have not had in a long time. As many of you know, UB puts me and a few other pros into the Ultimate Bet $200k guaranteed most every week with bounties on our heads. This makes it much tougher to win. You better not be bluffing too much too early because if someone knocks you out they win $200.
I just grinded away like I do most every Sunday and with like 70 players left I was the chip leader and I said to myself, “Damn I really have a good chance of winning this”. It is when I get close to the final few tables where I think I have a real advantage. Many people are looking to try and go up the pay scale and I am just looking to play situations where I can pick up as many chips as possible. I make the final table with under average chips but I felt totally ok with my stack because I was something like 40 times the big blind; and with the UB structure that Annie Duke help create I felt great about my position.
I did get lucky once. I was against a very aggressive player and I was in desperate mode. He picked up A3 suited and ran into A9 on a A78 flop. I get it all in and turn a 3, BINGO, I doubled up and made it to the final 3 and played what seems forever 3 handed. IMOLDPLZFOLD whom finished 3rd was very aggressive and I felt it was just a matter of time before he would run into a big hand and he finally did.
When it got to heads up, I had a very tiny chip lead and offered to chop. Second place was 27k and first was 46k. I had a lot of respect for FEEDMEMUNE’s game and therefore told him I would take 37k and offer him 36k. He agreed and we used the new chop system that UB now has at its final tables. The online UB Manager showed up immediately and I had my share in my account in no time.
More so than the money, I wanted the win. If I could get him to agree to the chop I would get that. I will be requesting the hand history for this tourney and will make a video for the public to see what I was thinking when I had to make the tougher decisions. I will post it on Pro Play Live where Annie and I have made videos along with many of today’s top poker players.
Looking back on this tourney, I think what helped me and what I did a little different is that I folded many close hands early. Say it was raised and I had a small pocket pair, I just decided I would not risk 10% of my stack to see the flop. I’d rather use my chips and being the agressor. I learned this from Loewa79 and Brsavage whom I think are the best at avoiding bad situations as far as calling your money off.
Thanks to everyone that watched and wished me well and congrats over the past week. I hope to make it happen again very soon.
Proud UB Team Member
Shawn Rice
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Tags: 200k guarenteed, Annie Duke, poker tournaments
December 24th, 2008 at 4:46 am
sounds good but what about the 60 minutes and whats been proven about the site, hell some of us have are accounts targetted here,,badbeat,,badbeat,,badbeat,,so something coming from a pro thats paid by the site and won a large tournament,,only makes me feel that there is something going on,,,ya and i know the site wont post this and they will ban me,,but its ok,,i have everyhand i ever played at this site,,with video,,so no 1 could say i was making things ur,,im happy that a pro on the ultimate bet team won a large tournament here,,great,,but ill play any of the bad river beats ive suffered here with u anytime off of a live shuffled deck,,what we need is the american pros to do is talk the US government to llet the highly regulated US gaming companys to come online,,i dont understand why the US pros dont do this,,that way the 60 minute news piece means nothing,,the US companys would control what happens on there site,,congrats on your win,,i just cant play here,,badbeat badbeat badbeat,,,congrats on your win
December 25th, 2008 at 9:24 am
lol to the post above..
congrats shawn!