APL Millions Gold Coast
I have always wanted to do a PB&G. I used to spend a bit of time in these forums, mainly lurking, enjoying PB&Gs from the likes of 6bet me, Skuzlad and Meale.
The APL (Australian Poker League) Millions are coming up this August so I thought it would be a good time to do one. I’m currently planning on playing 8 events and a satellite before the series. Only planning on playing NLH at this point.
Goals:
1) Win as much $ as I can
2) Reach a final table
3) Document and share interesting hands
4) Win APL Millions
About Me:
I’m a Gold Coast local for nearly a decade. I often play a tournament or two in the local series that pop up every couple of months but I’m yet to win a tournament. My best is coming 6th out of 1021 for around $5.5k Australian (all monies will be in dollarydoos). I learnt poker in 2009 but became more interested in the game around 2018, playing online, and then played live for the first time in 2019. I was playing more cash than tournaments.
Lately between work and study I haven’t found much time for live cash games. I play sometimes on GG but mainly play the bounty sit and goes on GG.
I’ve got August off for my studies, so the timing is great for Millions.
My Schedule:
1) APL Millions Satellite – 3rd Aug, $60+$50 addon, 10 tickets guaranteed
2) Event 5: One-Shot – 10th Aug, $250
3) Event 13: 8-Max – 12th Aug, $350
4) Event 20: Freezeout – 13th Aug, $300
5) Event 24: 350 – 14th Aug, $350
6) Main Event: 17th or 18th Aug, $1,500, $3 Million Est.
7) Event 65: Mini High Roller – 22nd Aug, $450
8) Event 72: 2nd Chance Megastack – 24th Aug, $350
9) Event 75: Monster Stack – 25th Aug, $350
Good Luck to everyone going to the events and hopefully we get some interesting spots and deep runs for anyone who wants to follow along. Let’s go!!!
Good luck! Take it down!
Cheers! Im very short but just survived an allin QTs > KQs.
472 runners. Rego is shut. 59 paid and 42k up top for first.
We have 21bigs.
No cash. KJs < KQo, i had flush draw on turn. There was around 150 ppl oeft but the screen hadn't been updated in ages.
On to the main tomorrow. Big day. Hopefully i can get there early enough to not be a reserve again.
We are here for the main! They just announced its the biggest tournament in aussie history! Let's go! Good luck us! Big 12 hr day till bagging.
807 runners in this flight. 3 hands till bag and i have 20 bigs
3 hands to play and I'd love to double. 3rd last hand i have KTs in LJ. I fold. Im the short stack on this table by a bit. My last 2 hands wth be early position so if its not TT+ i guess im bagging 61k. Be like 15 bigs tomorrow �� still im in it. Probably like 700k+ for 1st! Not bad for 1500 buyin
Back for day 2. 3460 people started, 720 left. I imagine top 300ish get paid. I have 15 bigs and i got a pretty short stack table draw. Most are less than 20 bigs with one 45 big. Hopefully i get some good steal spots and some strong enough hands to battle. Lets go!!
Bubble popped. We have 10 bigs.
Busted 212th. I had 11 bigs and T9cc in BB. I called a min raise and jammed over a cbet on T94ssd. Villain called with AT and hit the A on the turn.
Last event. Monster stack. Just started and has 463 entries already. Shoukd be huge. Lets go!!
554 entries, 72 paid, $36k up top. I have a bit more than 1.5 average. Average stack is only 15 bigs
Busted about 20 before cash. That wraps my series. I'll do an update and i have a bunch of hands from my run in the main.
So I better wrap up. I unfortunately didn't win the millions. It was fun. I got sick on the first weekend and it kicked my ass hard for like a week. I took the week off work and just got better enough to play more.
Goals:
1) Win as much $ as I can, I suppose I did this. I got to play most of what I wanted to and ended up in profit. In for ~3,800 out for ~4,300 for +500.
2) Reach a final table, X
3) Document and share interesting hands, not as many as I thought. I was so exhausted from the sick to journal.
4) Win APL Millions, X
Do you think the APL million will go ahead in 2025 now that AUSTRAC are investigating its owner Entain for AML breaches?
