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Caribbean Poker Classic 2008; final remarks

Monday, December 29th, 2008 | Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 | No Comments

This article is a part of the Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 series. Follow the link to read more about how I got to go on the trip in the first place.

As you may remember my friend Artur qualified online for the main tournament of the Caribbean Poker Classic 2008. The tournament had a 2500$ + 200$ buyin and a total of 114 players registered. Artur debated for some time whether to play the tournament or sell the seat to someone else and use the money to play in the 1000$ + 100$ tournamen and cover the roughly 700$ losses he had suffered so far on the trip. In the end he decided to play the main tournament…afterall chances like this don’t come around too often.

Here’s the prize distribution for the top 10 finishes:

1. 91200$
2. 47000$
3. 27600$
4. 20400$
5. 16600$
6. 13800$
7. 11100$
8. 8500$
9. 5500$
10. 4400$

Once again this prize pool distribution clearly demonstrates that you need to finish in the top 5 in tournaments to win big. Keep this in mind in your next tournament if you find yourself playing it safe around the bubble to finish in the money and perhaps only win back double your buyin. In order to win big, you need to take risks.

 Artur in the main tournament of the Caribbean Poker Classic 2008

I might as well start out by revealing that Artur did not cash out in the main tournament. After about 2 hours of play he was all in with AQ against a smaller stack on a Q108 flop. His opponent had AJ. River was an ugly K. 2 hours later Artur was knocked out with 77 against AQ all in preflop. The player with AQ went on to finish in second place, so at least he put the chips to good use:-).

Later on that evening we got slightly drunk and decided to play a 25$ SNG with the regular gang (Stef, Abby, Bruce (online manager of Littlewoods gaming and a few others who’s names I forgot)). The tournament floor managers also decided to join which was great fun. After Bruce was eliminated we decided to make it a rebuy SNG to get him back in the game (playing against Bruce was like stealing candy from a child…lol). Artur and I ended up taking first and second prize and split the money between us.

I was back with a 130$ bankroll!! 10 minutes later it was down to 105$ when I busted out of a SNG with A10 against AA…don’t play poker when you are drunk. 1 hour later I was broke again. Blackjack is apparently not my game. On a positive note Artur was on fire on the blackjack tables and combined with his previous cash table winnings he was almost back to break even for the trip.

Lining up for the speed climb competition

The following day we chilled on the ship; working out in the fitness centre and conquering the impressive climbing wall. Artur, Steffani and I made a 50$ bet on who could make it all the way to the top on the hardest route. Despite of my gruelling gym session earlier that day I pulled myself together and won the bet…sweet! I also won the following speed climb competition which basically completed my week:-)

 Artur in the casino after demonstrating his roulette skills…notice how happy he is!

Later that day we checked out the poker rooms. I decided the night before that I was done gambling with my own money on the trip, and since there were no 25$ SNG’s running I let Artur do the gambling. He decided to spend 100$ in total and gave me the rest of his money for safekeeping. He busted out of a 70$ SNG which left him with 30$ for the rest of the evening. Then something amazing happened.

He dragged me to the roulette tables trying to convince me that roulette is a skill game. Throughout the trip I had watched him lose on the roulette tables, so needless to say I wasn’t convinced that this attempt would be any different. He kissed the wooden cross he has hanging around his neck, made the sign of the cross then proceeded to place 30$ on number 24 and then pulled me away as if to leave the table. BANG! number 24 comes up paying 35:1. I stared at Artur in disbelief. His comment: “roulette is a skill game”.

Later that same evening we got really drunk and he repeated the feat with 25$ on number 24 while chatting up a dealer. Combined with blackjack winnings he ended up winning around 2500$ that evening bringing his grand total to +3000$ for the trip!! Simply amazing.

The Corvette Convertible team

Back in Miami the following day we had some breakfast with Bruce and some other people we met on the ship (Tony Cascarino, ex. pro soccer player and Michael Greco, English actor who played Beppe in Eastenders) then rented a Corvette Convertible (sweet ass car by the way) and cruised around the South Beach area. It was a great end to an even greater trip. I would definitely recommend all poker players reading this blog to try to qualify for the Caribbean Poker Classic 2009.

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Caribbean Poker Classic 2008; cash game nightmare

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 | Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 | 6 Comments

This article is a part of the Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 series. Follow the link to read more about how I got to go on the trip in the first place.

Roughly 5 short hours after my 7th place finish in the 400$ tournament, Artur and I were once again back on tourist duty. This time our proud ship had dropped its anchor just outside Charlotte Amalie, the capital of St. Thomas, one of the US virgin islands. Funny thing about St. Thomas is that it was a Danish colony from 1666 to 1917 where it was sold to the US together with Saint John and Saint Croix for 25000000$. Due to its Danish history, many of the street names in Charlotte Amalie were similar to street names in Copenhagen, which is were I live now.

After conferring with my trusted Lonely Planet we decided to spend the day on Magens Bay, voted one of the top 10 beaches in the world on several occasions. Turned out to be a great choice. We found a nice empty spot at the far end of the beach with nice snorkeling and a great view of rock faces densely covered with vegetation and Pelicans fishing the waters. On the way back to the ship Artur physically dragged me into Hooters because for some reason he enjoys watching babes in skimpy outfits. Crazy Dane! Below are some pictures from our St. Thomas excursion.

 Cool cash!

 Artur on Magens Bay

Rear view of a big ass fish…scared the hell out of me the first time I saw it.

Chilling

Best of Hooters

Scary poker contant below, parental advisory recommended!

I decided to spend some of my winnings from the tournament on some cash game action. The 1/2$ games in the poker room were pretty juicy. Straddling and restraddling was allowed which in some cases meant that the 1/2$ tables were more like 2/4$ or 4/8$ tables. In addition to this take semi drunk poker players with large egos and you get the general picture. Artur and I formulated our own little cash game project and I donated 120$ a head for starting capital. The plan was pretty simple….make money:-)

Only problem as I was soon to discover: I seriously suck at playing cash games. On top of this I was amazingly card dead. During my first 2,5 hour session my best two hands were 44 and AQ. The lack of playable hands turned me into a pathetic calling station. I was calling raises with QJ unsuited, K9 and an especially great call of 6xBB with 44 in early position. I raised once with AQ but folded after a raise and a re-raise behind me. I ended up busting out with a terribly played K9 (not my best moment). Luckily Artur doubled his stack to 250$ which meant I hadn’t lost any money. Thanks Artur!

Strongly motivated to do better on my part, we continued the cash game project the following night. Again I experienced massive card death. My only playable hand for 3 hours was pocket 7′s which I folded to a raise. Blinded down from 120$ to 51$ I experience a temporary brain meltdown which convinced me that going all in preflop in an unraised pot in middle position with 89 suited was a good idea. My mind was in tournament games and M values which is just plain old stupid when you are sitting in a cash game. I get called by KK and lose my stack. In a fit of rage I returned to our suite and tossed an orange as far as I could over the railings. That helped!. Kicking the chairs around on our balcony also helped a lot.

I wanted to revenge my bad play so I allocated a final 140$ to play some solid cash game. I play a bit better but lose half my stack in a bluffing attempt. Double up a bit later with KJ against 55 but end up losing it all in an awful anticlimax of my poker adventures. I receive AQ UTG and throw a 25$ chip into the middle. Unfortunately I had forgotten that you have to either announce a raise or throw in at least two chips. Throwing in a single chip counts as a call. I was bummed out to see several calls all around. The flop was Q63 and I end up all in against the button who had called preflop with Q6 due to great pot odds. With that hand my cash game adventures were over. Artur actually managed to make quite a nice profit that night but for good reasons he didn’t feel like continuing the cash game project with me. We decided that he could keep his winnings.

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Caribbean Poker Classic 2008; final table action in the 400$ +40$ buyin tournament

Sunday, December 7th, 2008 | Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 | 7 Comments

This article is a part of the Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 series. Follow the link to read more about how I got to go on the trip in the first place.

While waiting to participate in the final table of the 400$ tourney, the boat made it’s first stop on the route in San Juan, Puerto Rico. We really wanted to check out the El Yunque rain forest some 50 clicks from San Juan. Unfortunately the boat arrived in San Juan at 3pm and the sun set at 5pm so there wasn’t really time. I’m still amazed that it was possible to buy a horseback tour of the rain forest including one hour of swimming through the ship’s Excursion Centre. Perhaps artificial sun light was included in the price?

We instead opted for a tourist tour of the Condado beach area close to San Juan and the old town San Juan itself. For 20$ a head, the tour was reasonably priced, but pretty lame. However this could have had just as much to do with us being completely nackered from the previous night of poker (we actually slept through the first half of the tour). When we finally reached old town San Juan we ditched the bus and wondered around the narrow streets with my trusted Lonely Planet in close proximity for hands-on tourist support. Actually we should have just stated out hanging out in the old town San Juan area….it was pretty cool.

San Cristobal fort seen from the ship

Artur with Condado beach in the background 

Colonial houses at night, old town San Juan

Ahh Starbucks

Now for a recollection of the final table action. I came a bit early to note down the starting stacks of all my opponents:

• Position 1: 38100 chips. The solid Danish (of course:-)) player capable of making moves who was sitting at the first table I played on in the tournament
• Position 2: 71500 chips. Really lucky Swedish player who stayed alive in the tournament through two river 2-outers within 15 minutes
• Position 3: 53000 chips. Danish player, so probably solid
• Position 4: 52200 chips.
• Position 5: 24800 chips.Amatay, nice English player…..check out his blog in our blogroll section
• Position 6: 23000 chips. Lucky Finnish player but capable of making moves
• Position 7: 38600 chips. Me, solid Danish player capable of making insanely complicated moves…should be playing on the pro tour
• Position 8: 61500 chips. English woman playing ABC poker and having the run of her life
• Position 9: 26400 chips.

Blinds were 1000/2000 and antes 200 giving me an M of roughly 8.

During the first hour or so I took down a few pots uncontested with preflop raises and then lost the blinds I had won after a preflop raise in late position with KJ suited. The Dane in position 1 reraised me all in, and I had to fold. For the rest of the trip I was not overly fond of this guy. A bit later I was dealt AJ in middle position and the Finnish player in position 6 went all in for about 20000 chips. Fairly confident I was ahead of most of his handrange I opted to call to signal strength - hoping for the players behind me to fold - and decided to re-evaluate the situation if someone behind went all in. Player 3 thought for a long time and eventually folded AQ, or so he said. The Finnish player showed J10 and I was 70% favorite to win the hand and increase my stack to 60000 chips. Unfortunately the Finne caught a 10 on the flop, and with no ace to me I was left shortstacked with roughly 20000 chips. I am in doubt whether I would have called a reraise from player 3 in the given situation. What do you guys think?

About 15 minutes later the blinds were 2000/4000 and antes 400. I look down at 98 suited in small blind position with 15000 chips behind me and decide to push no matter what. The Dane in position 1 makes it 9200, I push, he calls and shows KQ. The flop is KQ8 which leaves me as a huge underdog. No help on the turn and river, and I finish the tournament in 7th place. The English woman in position 8 ended up beating the Dane in position 3 heads up. I don’t think he was too unhappy though; as I heard he took 500$ of his winnings onto some cash Omaha table and left a couple of hours later with 6000$!

In hindsight I am pretty happy with my game in the tournament, but still can’t believe that 10 came on the flop…..

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Caribbean Poker Classic 2008; securing a final table seat in the 400$ +40$ buyin tournament

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 | Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 | 2 Comments

This article is a part of the Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 series. Follow the link to read more about how I got to go on the trip in the first place.

I left you last time with a picture of Artur and I sitting at the same table in the 400$ tournament. Since this is were my story starts again I will include the picture once more (a good picture can never be shown to often right? )

Notice the guy scratching his face to the right of Artur? We talked to him in the casino the night before the tournament and it turned out he was also from Denmark. As the conversation progressed we learned that he was in fact the same guy Artur had beaten head’s up in the online satellite to the main event of the Caribbean Poker Classic 2008. In the final hand they were all in preflop, Artur with 99 and the Danish guy with JJ. The flop was 8910 and Artur ended up winning the hand and the 2700$ entry to the main event. It seemed like the hand had left a mental scar on our Danish friend. I trust it was a great satisfaction for him to bust Artur out of the tournament…here’s how it went down:

As I recall I was in late position and looked down at 55. Artur being shortstacked pushed all in and the Danish guy also pushed all in. The action was folded to me and I decided to fold and hope for Artur to double up. In the showdown the Danish player showed AA and Artur flipped over 55!!! What are the odds of that happening? Knowing Artur was almost drawing dead I couldn’t help smiling a bit at the whole situation…revenge is sweet.

During the following hours I played 4 or 5 key hands at the new table to secure my seat at the final table:

• I had about 10000 chips and the blinds were 300/600 with 100 antes when I picked QK clubs in middle position. I put in a raise of 2000 and got reraised 1200 by the Danish guy. I called. The flop was 857, one club. I checked and the Danish player checked behind me. At this point I began to suspect that he hadn’t hit the flop. The turn was 9 of clubs giving me a flush and a gutshot straight draw. I bet 2000 trying to make it look like a value bet, and at the same time deciding to push all in if I was reraised. The Danish played folded after some consideration and later revealed that he was trying to put pressure on me with two high cards.
• Raised to 1400 with 77 only to be reraised all in by a short stack player with 5000 chips left. In hindsight I probably should have folded instead of risking 1/3 of my stack, but I ended up calling and he showed QQ which held up. Back to square one.
• In middle position with A10 (M around 5-6) I got a raise in front of me. I pushed all in (again in hindsight I probably should have folded this one and waited for a better spot, A10 is a borderline push if you are first to act, but not good enough if you have a raise in front of you) and was called by AQ. I picked up a flush on the river with my 10 and won the hand. Remember you have to be lucky two or three times in a tournament when you are behind….this was one of my lucky hands.
• I was down to about 7500 chips with blinds 400/800 and antes 100 when I looked down at 98 unsuited. I decided to push all in and got called by AK. A 9 on the flop saved me….this was the second lucky hand.
• I raised in late position with AK and the big blind went all in. I instant called and he showed Q10. I won the hand.
• I called a small stack all in with Q9 suited in late position. A guy from Sweden who had me covered also called from the big blind position. The flop was Q23, and I decided to go all the way with the hand if necessary. I checked hoping for a bet from the Swede, but he checked behind me. The turn was a 9 and in my eagerness over hitting two pairs I bet 9000, which in hindsight was probably too much since the Swede folded. Perhaps I could have made him bet if I had checked the turn. He was semi-aggressive and I had seen him play some strange hands earlier. The short stack who went all in preflop showed A3, and I won the hand. The Swede commented that he had me out kicked with a better Q, so his check on the flop might have been an attempt to trap me. I an now thinking that I definitely should have checked the turn.

The Q9 hand left me with 38600 chips and shortly after we were 9 left in the tournament. The final table was to be played the following night which gave me a whole day of anticipation:-)

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Caribbean Poker Classic 2008; success in the 400$ +40$ buyin tournament

Saturday, November 29th, 2008 | Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 | 4 Comments

This article is a part of the Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 series. Follow the link to read more about how I got to go on the trip in the first place.

Tournament stats:
• Buyin: 400$ + 40$
• Starting players: 97
• Starting stack: 4000
• 1st 12800$
   2nd 6400$ 
   3rd 4900$
   4th 3750$
   5th 3000$
   6th 2250$
   7th 1900$
   8th 1500$
   9th 1130$

We both decided to play the 400$ tournament; me paying the full buyin and Artur paying the difference from the 300$ + 30$ tournament he had already registered for online. The tournament started at 9 pm so until then there was plenty of time to explore the ship and check out activities such as casino, fitness centre, surf machine and enormous free buffets (see the pictures below for samples of the good life aboard a cruise ship).

One of the pool areas

The Flowrider

Ahh that’s life

Artur the human spider

Kicking ass on the Casino Poker table

Freedom of the seas at night

As for the tournament I was placed at a table with players that appeared mainly tight/conservative with one or two more active players who raised about 2 times pr. round (too early to say whether they were tight/conservative players being dealt good hands, or more loose/aggressive players). I recognized one of my opponents from my previous tournament where I had him pegged as a solid player capable of playing his opponent as well as his hands. Needless to say I did not want to enter into too many pots with him without having the goods; especially because he had position on me.

On a more curious side note many players on the trip asked about my nick on Interpoker. I have a nick there, but have never played limits more than 0,25$/0,50$ since I mostly play tournaments and in fact not that many on Interpoker. Many of the players on the trip belonged to the 5$/10$ and 10$/20$ limits and I had the feeling they would not take me seriously if I disclosed my small stakes nick. My standard answer to their questions therefore was that I mostly played tournaments and usually not on the Cryptologic network, which is actually more or less the truth.

Moving on the action here’s a list of the hands I played during the first three hours of the tournament:
• Raised 3xBB in late position with A4 suited and got one caller behind. Flop was 10 5 4 none of my suit. I bet half the pot to signal strength but got another call. At this point I was pretty sure my opponent had something, so was happy to see the hand go check check to the river. He showed 10 3 for a great preflop call. This hand cost me a good portion of my starting stack.
• Raised again to 600 (3xBB) with AQ and 2700 chips left in my stack after my raise. The solid player who I mentioned before moved me all in and I folded coming to the conclusion that I didn’t want to put the tournament at risk in a situation where I might be 50/50 to win the hand at best.
• I was dealt JJ and moved all in on a raise in front of me. The initial raiser called with AK and I survived a Q10x flop to double up.
• I reraised a raise from the UTG position with AA hoping he would see my move as an attempt to steal the pot (I had reraised him earlier with AK and taken down the pot preflop) and move all in. He unfortunately folded.

My status after the first three hours of poker was a 9000 chip stack with 200/400 blinds and 50 antes. My friend Artur was not doing quite as well despite of his early chip lead on his table. He was down to about 2500 chips and needed to make a move soon. Coincidence would have it that my table was broken up after the break and I was moved to Artur’s table. In my next article you will hear about how I secured my place on the final table and how Artur got busted out in a sad yet amusing hand.

Artur and I on the same poker table

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Caribbean Poker Classic 2008; First day of poker tournaments

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 | Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 | No Comments

Bet you’re dying to know how I did in my first poker tournament on the cruise. Well I’ll keep you in suspense for a couple of paragraphs. Our first encounter with the Freedom of the Seas cruise ship deserves some words along the way.
My story actually starts with our cab driver Muhammed who drove us to ship. In general cab drivers are really friendly in the US and my friend Artur has developed a great tactic on how to get them started talking. He does “snus”, which is small packets of tobacco that you place under your upper lip, and the first thing he does when meeting a new taxi driver is to ask whether they want a shot. It works like a charm and every time opens an avalanche of conversational topics.
Muhammed got started when Artur sighed loudly in the cab. “Are you an old man or what?” Muhammed asked. Artur replied that we had been out drinking yesterday and that it was hot outside, hence the sigh. The comment about drinking really got Muhammed fired up and he began to give my friend a long moral lesson on why drinking and smoking and not doing any exercise would reduce his performance with women. To my great amusement the entire 20 minute cab ride was centred on my friend and how he should do better in life. After criticising my friend’s pictures of the scenery we passed along the way Muhammed went into overdrive when we told him we were going to play poker on the boat. Stories of people loosing their homes and crying in his cab came flying out and the verbal abuse of my friend first stopped when a X-mas song started playing on the radio. This seemed to distract Muhammed who started to complain about the song instead: “La la la la la la la la la…what the fuck is this la la la la”. We left our best taxi driver yet with a good tip and then proceeded to checking in on the ship.
I will upload pictures of the ship later, but it is safe to say that we have never seen anything like it ever before. It’s 100% luxury through and through.

Ready for action

I decided to play tight and conserve my chips up to the 1,5 hour mark, if necessary make a single rebuy, and finally purchase the 100$ add on.

Me taking notes at the table

 
• QJ suited, called in position, folded to one of the many raises by Jason
• AJ suited, called in position, folded to one of the many raises by Jason
• 10 10, reraised Jason all in and he called with 8 2 off suited. I won the hand
 

 
• Reraised Jason all in from the big blind with A2, he called with J7, and I won with high card.
• AA, raised to 800 (app 3x BB), everyone folded.
• QQ, raised to 800 (app 3x BB), everyone folded.
• AK, raised to 900 (app 3x BB), everyone folded.
• Reraised a preflop raise all in with QQ and got called by AJ. Winning this hand would give me a very healthy stack of 10000+. Unfortunately my opponent caught an Ace on the flop, and I was down to around 2500 chips with large blinds (my M was around 4)
• I pushed all in with A3 and was called by A6, which ended my tournament as number 70 out of 97 after playing 4 hours.
 

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Caribbean Poker Classic 2008; Miami update

Saturday, November 15th, 2008 | Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 | 1 Comment

This article is a part of the Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 series. Follow the link to read more about how I got to go on the trip in the first place.

Walking around in Miami at night is a bit of a culture chock from what I’m used to in Denmark.
Is not every day I get approached by gangsta wannabees first wanting to sell me rap music and then following my polite no start whispering “cocaine” in my ears.
I think it is safe to say that Miami is a melting pot of many different cultures for better and worse.
But hey, who cares….today I got to drive a 200+ horsepower Ford Mustang on semi abandoned island roads, and I don’t even have a drivers licence
What a great way to have your first driving lesson.

The Ford Mustang team:-) 

On a side note the drive to Key West today was really long, so when we finally arrived to our destination we only stayed there for about half an hour to enjoy a meal at Denny’s, and then we drove back again.
My friend and I have agreed to rent a supercar for a day if we win big on the cruise.

 
As for poker I only have one story to share with you. My friend is a master of doubling and tripling his money (no bankroll management here) and losing them all again in a blink of an eye. His actions at the tables yesterday were no exception.
The mission statement was clear: “If I could only double my money on Interpoker then I would have enough to register for the 330$ tournament on the boat”. The venue was Starbucks on Ocean Drive Southbeach Miami.
With his 140$ he opened two 1/2$ tables and quickly got up to around 250$…then a series of bad hands left him with less than 200$ and I went back to the hotel to sleep (partly because I was tired and partly because I hate seeing people losing). At this point Starbucks was also about to close; luckily it turned out that they never turn off their Wireless Internet, so my friend could continue playing outside. Bless you Starbucks!!
After some time, my friend came back and gave a recollection of his project.
Apparently he had managed to increase his roll to 317$, but then made the fatal decision to play a 20$ “all in lottery” heads up.
Basically you are automatically all in with your first hand in these heads ups, so they really are a lottery, and have nothing to do with poker.
After losing the 20$ all in lottery he decided to play a 50$ all in lottery still with the aim of reaching 330$.
After losing three 50$ all in lottery in a row he was back to square one and decided to go for broke on a 2/5$ table.
20 minutes later he had 347$, registered for the 330$ tournament on the boat and increased his remaining 17$ to 50$
Sometimes he makes me wonder whether bankroll management is really necessary…..

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Caribbean Poker Classic 2008; the pokerbankrollblog t-shirt

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 | Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 | 3 Comments

This article is a part of the Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 series. Follow the link to read more about how I got to go on the trip in the first place.

I’m really busy packing right now for my trip, so there’s only time for a short comment. I received the Poker Bankroll Blog T-shirt today which I will be wearing at the poker tables. I hope to get some good contacts to people that might be interested in writing articles for our blog.

Below are some pictures of the T-shirt in action. I am actually very pleased with the result….what do you think?

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Caribbean Poker Classic 2008; preliminary itinerary

Monday, November 3rd, 2008 | Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 | No Comments

This article is a part of the Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 series. Follow the link to read more about how I got to go on the trip in the first place.

I have made a preliminary itinerary for our Caribbean Poker Classic 2008 adventure. Needless to say I like to plan ahead:-)

Thursday November 13th
• Departure Copenhagen 07:05
• Arrival Miami 14:40

Friday November 14th
• Trip to The Everglades

Saturday November 15th
• Drive to Key West and the other Keys
• 20:00 Interpoker Cocktails on roof top terrace at the Miami Hilton Hotel

Sunday November 16th
• Ship departs from The Port of Miami
• 20:00-22:00 Cocktails with Interpoker staff
• 22:00 Super satellite to main event, buyin 250 +20$

Monday November 17th
• Destination Puerto Rico
• 24:00 Tournament, buyin 300 + 30$

Tuesday November 18th
• 15:00 arrival Puerto Rico
• Check out San Juan
• 23:00 departure Puerto Rico
• 20:00 Tournament, buyin 400+40$

Wednesday November 19th
• 08:00 Arrival Charlotte Amelie, St. Thomas
• Check out Magens Bay and Secret Harbour beaches 
• 16:00 Departure Charlotte Amelie, St. Thomas
• 20:00 Super satellite to main event, buyin 250 +20$

Thursday November 20th
• 08:00 Arrival Phillipsburg St. Maarten
• Snorkeling all day on Simpson Bay, Lay Bay, Cay Bay and Mullet Beach
• 17:00 Departure Phillipsburg St. Maarten
• 20:00 Tournament, buyin 500+50$

Friday November 21st
• Cruising
• 24:00 Main event, buyin 2500 + 200$

Saturday November 22nd
• Cruising
• 13:00 Tournament, buyin 1000 + 100$
• 24:00 Main event continues

Sunday November 23rd
• 07:00 Arrival Miami
• Check out Key Biscayne and possibly a round of golf in South Beach?

Monday November 24th
• 12:26 Departure Miami

Tuesday November 25th
• 09:10 Arrival Copenhagen hopefully sun tanned and rich

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