PokerStars WSOP Steps

I wish I had known about these PokerStars step tournaments to the WSOP a bit earlier. I just started playing them this morning. Step 2 and step 3 were a complete breeze. It was like a total freeroll with just waiting till others got eliminated then gambling with nothing to lose in order to move on.

I'm on step #4 right now which is a $215 buy-in (I started at $27 buy in for step 2). I'm on a little into this one and the difference is like night and day. Play is a lot tighter once hitting Level 4. In this tournament top 2 go on to level 5, third returns to this step, 4th and 5th drop down a step and 6th goes all the way back to step 6.. which kind of sucks for those with bigger bankrolls but I don't mind all that much - still think with it being such a low rebate though they should just toss it in as cash somewhere but anyways I realize why they don't.

Step 1 seems silly to even bother with.

Anywyas anyone with a lot of time on there hand, I don't think it will be hard for $27 per restart to get to the step 4 often.

I'm 20 minutes into step 4 and not much at all is happenng one guy has 1800 chips and most everyone else has around there starting stack of 1500.. still if I had more time I would play these until I got a seat, or ran out of time - the dead money should get distrubuted rather quick back here giving the better players a chance to keep trying over and over again.

Anyone else playing these? I imagine level 5 must be very tough though as I don't see a lot of fish buying in for $700.

Its to bad I couldn't just collect 46 level 4 tickets and trade them in for a Main Event seat if it cost me more than $4K to win that many level 4 tickets i'd be shocked.

I was feeling good about this too. Then I had this hand here and then a few hands later tried making a few chips off the SB raise by pushing back with K high but he had a real hand.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (6 handed)

CO (villian) (t875)
Button (t1765)
SB (t4040)
Hero (t2395)
UTG (t2825)
MP (t1600)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Ad, Qh.
2 folds, CO (villian) raises to t875, 2 folds, Hero calls t775.

Flop: (t1800) 7s, 9d, Td (2 players)

Turn: (t1800) Jh (2 players)

River: (t1800) 7c (2 players)

Final Pot: t1800

Results below:
Hero has Ad Qh (one pair, sevens).
villian has As Jd (two pair, jacks and sevens).
Outcome: villian wins t1800.

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Oh well back to step 2

LOL had to edit this its getting ridiculous now

my $27 trip so far:

Step 2 > win on to step 3
Step 3 > win on to step 4
Step 4 > sent back to step 2
Step 2 > win on to step 3
Step 3 > win on to stop 4
Step 4 > sent back to step 3
Step 3 > win on to step 4
Step 4 > set back to step 3
Step 3 > win on to step 4

I'll just keep updating the post . I'm up to set 4 for the fourth time now all from same $27 buy-in

lol, gl Jim =D