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Marky_Crash needs no introduction to most NewsRoom readers, as the PlayerMod and Pokah regular (7135 posts and counting) is a regular at both the tables and the message boards, crushing his opponents and encouraging discussion in equal measures.
It's his success at the tables, though, that's the focus here, as he's off to Valencia, Spain to take part in that leg of the Poker Race Trophy competition, hoping to land himself a seat in the $500,000 Guaranteed finals to be held in November in Austria. We caught up with him to get his thoughts about poker, his chances in Spain, and a host of other topics:
"I've been playing poker for just over 18 months now and play mostly online. I've only played a few times live so far at the local casino and at last year's WSOP but hope to start playing a lot more live poker soon.
I play a large mix of stakes/games, mostly Omaha hi/lo cash games but also NL HE cash games and some sit n go games and recently a lot of O8 multi table tournaments. Stakes vary from .25 PL to $5 PL and $1/$2 to $5/$10 limit and $1 - $2 NL HE; for multi table tourneys I mostly play $20 and upwards.
I found it fairly easy to get motivated for the SnG leaderboard for the trip to Spain as 1st place was guaranteed a seat and I think this is a very good promotion PokerRoom is running with a very nice prize at the end of the road. I'm trying very hard to get my seat in Austria and obviously a trip to Valencia and the WTCC has to be good. The blog for Brazil made it all look very appealing.
I'm planning to try just as hard for the Czech leaderboard and the others as I want as many chance as possible of getting a seat in the Austrian final and there are a nice bunch of regulars who play them so they are usually fun games anyway.
I played last year's WSOP OH8 event which I qualified for through PokerRoom. This was my first big event and although I didn't cash I was happy with my performance. It was a tough table I had with Johnny Chan and Marcel Luske and I was pretty card dead, however I got Chan's chips all in twice and had him drawing almost dead but both times he managed to sneak a split pot on the river. Then I made a move on Luske and had the best hand but he had amassed a tower of chips and could afford to call slightly behind to try and bust me which he did.
A typical poker day for me would be to wake up around midday, have some breakfast and several coffees and catch up on any happenings in the forum, check my emails, etc. Then a long stint at the tables with a movie on in the background.
If I get off to a great start for the day then I will usually knock off early and go out for a meal or a few drinks; if not then I usually grind it out and play as long as needed. I know a lot of people advise a break from the tables if things aren't going great but I usually work rightly or wrongly in reverse to that and hate to leave a session down for the day and this seems to work for me personally.
Away from the poker tables I like a round of golf but haven't played anywhere near as much as I'd like to have recently as poker has took up a lot of my time; hopefully this summer I can fit a good few games in."
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen Billy McKloski reporting here for PokerRoom.com and we’re off! Off to the races that is! Our next stop on the WTCC circuit is Valencia in sunny Spain and what a promising start so far with line up looking like this:
DoggyP75 from Finland, arrumador from Portugal, Grinch1974 from Finland, moesgusta from Switzerland, from the UK we have swinney, jockdave and Marky_Crash and last but not least Tamariz from Spain who probably won’t be jetlagged then I guess.
More to come so stay tuned!
Sunday wow! What a day… a day which will be long remember by this gang of PokerRoom.com players that’s for sure. After a long and grueling tournament the night before this was the ultimate wind down for the players.
Again the whole of the PokerRoom.com players and staff were treated like royalty at the race track thanks to Eurosport and the WTCC. Chauffer driven transportation to the event and back was welcomed by all. Upon arrival we were taken back to our very own private VIP viewing section where the gang could just kick back, relax, eat and drink to their hearts content and take in the excitement of the race.
Just as the race was due to get underway the entire gang was treated to walk the ‘Green Mile’ no no no Tom Hanks would not be making an appearance today, it’s when the cars are being placed into their starting positions. Then as the teams are frantically busy heating tires up and cooling drivers down we got the chance to be right there on the track poking our noses into all sorts of places and getting some pretty cool photos with the team, the drivers and of course the pit girls!
And just between us during the races we even managed to sneak the players up onto the podium to get some great shots! But shhhh…don’t tell anyone ok?
After which Player 4erkess was treated to a once in life time ride of his life. Marcelo the leading car driver took him out for the first lap of the race. 4erkess came back a little white and shaken but with the biggest grin we’ve ever seen on him just stuttering just “amazing, it was amazing!!!” That’s right folks “AMAZING!” You just can’t buy this kind of experience unless you play on PokerRoom.com that is.
If that wasn’t enough then it was time to hit the after party. These guys at the WTCC sure aren’t shy about throwing a buck or two around to make sure everyone has a good time. An open bar, a gourmet buffet, some pretty top notch celebrities to spot and some wild antics thrown in on the dance floor for good measure made this one hell of a night to remember. Who knows maybe next time you’ll be the one joining us at the bar? Of course that is if you can beat this gang who at the end of the night vowed they would reunite in Valencia!
Heads up always a tense time and this was no exception. With hands folded again and again and again, we were starting to wonder if we'd ever get to see a showdown. Sure enough we did though and what a showdown. The blinds were 1000/2000. Check had Kh8s, 4erkess was holding 5h Ah. Check raised to 5000 back and fore with the calls and calls again business, before Check goes all in. And the board? Well that would surprise us all. Ac 10c 3h to start with followed by 3d and to finnish with? Well why not a 9s. So the Aces have and a new King is crowned. Lucky old 4erkess will win a place at the final in Vienna with a shot of earning some serious cash. Well done 4erkess Well done!
So we say goodbye to another player this time its holdemsurfer from Austria. His cards were KsQh, alas though Old Check was hanging on to KcJc which when combined with 10c, Qd, 10s, As and 2d was enough to send him packing…
Time for a quick break here, blinds are going upto 400-800 soon and here's the chip count for now:
CheckNorris 14300
holdemsurfer 3500
4erkess 6200
Kozyrd 15900
We’re losing them thick and fast now people. Bowarrior had As8h and Kozyrd was guarding tightly his Jc10d. What happened next? Dear dear me only in Poker people….Ad, 7d, Kh, Kd, 3d….wow tough break there man…
Well we just lost another one folks. This time it’s our friend Let4ik from Latvia. He was up against holdemsurfer. Now Let4ik was holding onto 7s2c and holdemsurfer had 10h10c. The cards were dealt and crowd went wild when 4d, 7h, 9c. A bit of banter, some more bets and 6d came up soon followed by Ah. AH better luck next Let4ik and learn to listen to those instincts a lesson we could all learn from.
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