I won "big" at PKR!

Recently I've discovered an interesting tournament style at PKR. It is called "Double Thru", and the first half of the players double their money, while the rest get nothing. I started to play those kind of tournaments two days ago with $5.5 buy in, at 10 players tables.

The first two tournaments I was the first to get out :( with very unlucky bad beats... like losing on the river with 80% chances to win and so on. Yesterday I've finally make it! I won one of these tournaments and won $10.

After the first hands I was down, on the last place. I was very upset and with the first ace I've pushed all-in and won a big pot. I kept playing and get to the first place, and I even eliminate two opponents. After the first 5 players were out, all of the remaining were in the prize pool with $10 each. So almost everybody pushed all-in the next hand, and I won with an AK. I was lucky to get an A8 the very next hand and won the all-in with the last remaining player, finishing number 1!

This is the mail I've got for wining this tournament :P

LOL, "Fame won't change me"!

Winning on PKR low stakes

Yesterday I sit down at PKR tables again after a time I haven't play poker at all. I decided to play aggressive since last time I tried to wait for good hands to hit I lost. So I joined a table with $10 (a table with big blinds of $0.10) and started to tease the opponents betting or raising very often.

After winning some $8 I left that table and joined another one where players didn't know I want to be very aggressive. After a few hands I went down about half of my stack than make $4 rebuy. I kept playing and still lost some dollars till I went all-in with AK off suit against QQ. I hit a lucky straight on the turn and doubled my stack.

I played about an hour and won like $8, just like Mc Donalds employees :)

With the PKR points earned I bought some extra chip tricks, in fact I managed to learn all the PKR chip tricks. Below is one of them ;)

Slaying Anubis

First of all, Happy New Year 2009!

Yesterday I have entered the Pyramids. I got the key to the Pyramids long time ago from a Tomb Rider Leader that I killed in Alexandria. Now I reinstalled the Voyage Century after my computer crash and looking into my inventory I found that key and I thought it would be cool to go there and kill a few times the ferocious Anubis.

After some easy battles I managed to kill several times Anubis, but he didn't drop anything but his head :) and a Male Exploration Armor that is obviously worthless for me. I was expecting some jewelry, like the Courage Badge, but since now with no luck.

Not anyoane was able to defeat Anubis, as the picture below shows... After entering the second time the Pyramids I found a poor Chevalier laying dead on the floor.

What happened lately

I haven't posted on the blog for a long time, so I'll try to resume the latest news. First of all, I have to mention that the Wrath Of The Lich King took me a lot of time, and I still have to play a lot to reach 80. I'm 75 at the moment, so I'm half way to 80.

In the meanwhile, I have discovered another very cool game, this time a browser game. It is called The West and I like it very much. You have your own character and try to develop it be able to do better jobs and fight better in duels. I like the duels a lot, because I can take money from my opponents and get the well deserved reputation :)

That's all for now, but I'll try to keep you updated more often. And Happy Holidays!

Club PKR

This week I managed to achieve member status in Club PKR, a recent addition to the poker game I play. There are some cool benefits for being a member of this elitist club.

I already started to play the free tournament tickets I've been granted. I was about to get in the top 20 in one of the tourneys, but an unlucky river got me out of the game. I still have some tickets to play, and I hope next time I'll get more lucky.

Oh! And here's a new chip trick I recently learned while I was a sorceress... The Snake Charmer :)

Quite busy lately

I've been quite busy lately, and didn't have much time to write on this little blog. The most notable thing that happened during this time is the launch of Deal Or No Deal at PKR. My favorite poker room launched a very cool game, that can be played directly from the poker client. It is a 3D version of the TV show Deal Or No Deal with Noel Edmonds. I like the game, and even managed to win a few bucks there :)

If you want to try it for yourself, download PKR using this link and install the game. After automatically getting the latest updates you will be able to play the game, and feel the thrill of being in the middle of a TV show! You should also use the bonus code wen when registering, to get a nice 100% up to $600 bonus at your first deposit.

I have respecced to Arcane/Fire

I was getting bored of my Frost specialization, and I decided to make a change. It is the second time I change my talents, so it was very cheap. Since I've been Fire and then Frost, the obvious option was to go Arcane. After trying a few different talent combinations, I decided to get "Slow" too, and have only a few talents in the Fire tree, like Pyroblast.

What I like about this new talent combination is the possibility of having huge crits with improved criticals, +30% spell damage activated, Pyroblast and ignition. And the instant Pyroblast once every 3 minutes rocks too. I scored a 4k critical on a mob, and considering the ignition and the fire damage over time the total damage of the spell was almost 6k. This is the most powerful hit I ever scored.

I think I'll keep this talents until the expansion, when I'll probably go back to Fire talents for easier questing.