Février-Mars 2010 et la réussite en Satellite!

Février: Mon gain sur le high roller me permet de jouer désormais à une limite supérieure en cash game (5/10). Je continue de jouer très peu mais la réussite est là. Tout va bien également en MTT ce qui facilite la tâche... 3ème du grand prix pour 1300$ le 13 février, 2eme du prime time n°1 le 22 février pour 3300$. Le 27 février, je me qualifie pour le PKR live 4 (Ma 4ème participation en 4 éditions)

Mars: le 6 Mars je termine 9eme du PKR master (plus gros prize pool de PKR) pour 1600$ et le 18 Mars j'empoche le package pour les WSOP à Las Vegas d'une valeur de 4000$. Ce package inclut l'event 54 a 1000$ et le reste pour le voyage et l'hôtel.

Cette dernière victoire me permet d'être une nouvelle fois interviewé par Antoine de PKR:

Vegas on a coin flip!

When a heads-up lasts forever, only a coin flip will do...

By PKR_Antoine on Sunday 21 Mar 2010 09:00

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French ace Waswini back under the spotlight!

After his recent success in qualifying for PKR Live IV, he last night booked his ticket to Vegas with victory over a 22-runner field in the WSOP Final Stage satellite. A true heads up poker battle took place between the Frenchman and 2008 WSOP Main Event qualifier Lesstax2pay which seemed destined to never end, but as it so often the case, a coin flip eventually decided the winner.

Congratulations on becoming the third name on the teamsheet for PKR's trip to the 2010 WSOP. How does it feel?

Awesome!! Not only is the package great, but for me it means going to Vegas for the first time. I was hoping to go this year and now I have booked my seat. Yesssss!

Like japete you managed to qualify for both PKR Live IV and the WSOP Experience. Why are you so good at satellites? Give us a tip for players who are trying hard to qualify...

I don't know! I am usually quite successful in satellites (indeed Waswini twice travelled to Macau courtesy of PKR satellites, and qualified for PKR Live I, II & III!). All I can tell is that you have to adapt your game to the number of tickets available. If there are several tickets, you can play like in a standard tournament and get involved in some pots here and there without risking too much of your stack. But if there's only one ticket, you have to play for the win, which means play aggressively and not scared.

Same question we asked to japete recently: Would you prefer a first place at PKR Live IV ($20K) or 20th place in WSOP Event #54 ($20K)?

Hard question! PKR's Community is so great that you really want to get to the top and a victory at PKR Live can help. But I still don't have any big performance in my live tournament CV, I want this to change!

You played a very patient game in the WSOP Final Stage, especially during the HU match, which lasted more than an hour, a great HU match to watch. What did you feel when the king hit the river on the final hand (A-K v 9-9 all-in pre flop)?

It was an intense HU game against Lesstax2pay, very hard mentally, with a lot of ups and downs. When the blinds got to 1250/2500 I decided to play more aggressively and we went all-in pre-flop with two nice hands. I was leading in chips at that time, but had I lost that pot, it would have been difficult to come back. So it was like a coin flip to Vegas! I couldn't watch the screen, I was calling the king very loud and it came!

What are your expectations in terms of poker success, this year?

A good live result. And why not? A huge live result!

Vegas is famed for many things - among them gambling, poker, nightlife, great food, unforgettable shows, stunning pools, beautiful people and the blazing sunshine. Which are you looking forward to the most, and what's the first thing you'll do when you arrive?

Parties! In Macau we partied a lot and I have to say poker came second to the parties...(but remember zlatan35 won the Main Event - lol) so it was a great trip in Asia. I am sure it will be even better in Vegas! I think I will play as much as I can, side events and satellites to maximise the chances to get a result. I am so looking forward to it!

Waswini, we wish you the very best of luck! Make sure you stay in touch and report back from Sin City!

Début 2010!

L'année 2010 commence plutôt bien pour moi car le 16 janvier je gagne le high roller de PKR, plus gros buy in du site (500$)). En l'emportant face a 109 adverses je bats mon record de gain pour une somme de 15260$... Cette belle victoire m'offre le droit d'être interviewé par Antoine de PKR. La voici:

Eurostar: waswini's MTT shark attack

He made his first deposit when his bankroll was already $14,000! French MTT shark waswini talks about his High Roller win and his Sharkscope's curve.

By PKR_Antoine on Thursday 21 Jan 2010 12:30

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A continental superstar shares some of the secrets of his success.

waswini at the APT Manila

MTT specialist, recent winner of the High Roller for over $15,000, waswini (Alias Marc, 23 from France) loves live tourneys as much as the online variety - he even qualified twice to the APT Macau through PKR satellites. This solid player only deposited once, $50 in 2008 (when his bankroll was already $14,000!) and since then he has only been cashing out. A lot. Check out his Sharkscope graph at the bottom to see what we mean...

Congratulations Marc, very nice result last Saturday in the High Roller, $15,260 first prize...What was your first reaction?
Overjoyed. A five digit results at last! First reaction was to tell my parents who have supported my choices since the beginning.

How was your journey to the final table?
I managed to get some chips early, so I have been able to develop my game. I remember an important hand that made me chipleader with 40 players left. Blinds 400/800, I raise on the button with K9 of spades and the big blind (xavi78) calls. Rainbow flop 3-10-5, xavi donk bets $2,400, I re-raise to $7,200 and he calls. Turn 3 - Xavi donk bets again to $6,400, I re-raise to $15,525 and he calls. River jack, xavi checks and I go all-in for $26,650 and xavi folds. I win a $50K pot and I am chipleader with a great confidence.

How does it feel to reach and win the final table of this tournament full of stars?
It is a feeling of achievement, fulfilment, to reach the final table of such a big tournament even though I wasn't interested in finishing in sixth place. I really wanted to win it all. I wanted to win a major on PKR. I have had a lot of good cards on the final table and I have been lucky. Especially when I shoved with A-10 on a J-10-9 flop and got slow called by lemok with KQ. Destiny decided to bring a King and a Queen on the board. So I hit a runner runner winning straight, otherwise I would have finished third and, again, not in the spotlights.

You are a good MTT player and you also finished sixth at the Main Event at PKR Live III, what did you think Live III?
I love PKR Live. It’s always a fun weekend where you can put a face on avatars. The atmosphere and the level of poker are always great. I hope I will be there again for Live IV!

Are you proud of being part of the Fronk community?
Yes indeed, French players have reputation of a bad technique (I have to admit this is often the case) but a small core group of players manage to increase the skills of our nation, thanks to a certain French poker forum. We are winning a lot of tournaments and our community is often at the top. I don’t think this is luck and this is going to continue I am sure.

How long have you been pro?
I am not a big fan of the word “pro”, so I prefer to say I live from poker since October 2008.

Your best results online? And live?
Everything is listed above! Online best is this High Roller win, and live best was my sixth place at Live III for over $8,000.

What are your goals for 2010?
As for 2009, my goal this year is to take part in a maximum of live international events and perhaps heading to Las Vegas to get a big live result.

You only deposited once $50 in September 2008 and nothing else... Your total withdrawal is over $58K and you have a bankroll over $20K... Come on tell us your secret!
To be totally exact, I had to deposit $50 when my bankroll was already $14,000... This $50 deposit was just to be able to withdraw the $4K I wanted to withdraw. Because of the French laws, I wasn’t able to deposit with my card back in 2007, so I had to start with freerolls. Then I started playing on cash games and I have been able to play all limits of this site.

There is no secret, it’s simple, you have to give yourself the possibility to succeed without reading any poker books and play as you feel. Just cross your fingers and hope for some luck! :D

What do you think of your Sharkscope's curve?

_{The impact of a High Roller on a profit graph!
Graph used with permission from waswini}

Hmm well, I am proud of it, but I prefer my cash game curve lol.

Your favourite tournament on PKR?
I love the Grand Prix! I prefer six seaters and this one is daily, that’s all I need!

How do you deal with badbeats? Do you sometimes tilt?
I always try to stay calm and not to change anything in my strategy. If I feel I am 'playing angry', I immediately switch off my computer and do something else. Playing angry is the worst thing to do for a poker player.

So what do you like to do to unwind when you’re not playing poker?
I love all sports in general and I love partying. But I have to admit I am a geek because I am passionate for World of Warcraft lol.

Your favourite Pro poker players?
Negreanu is always making me laugh. In terms of quality, I think Elky is above them all at the moment.

Last but not least, what does waswini mean, where does it come from?
It is an ancestral Chinese word which means... noooo only joking; the explanation is rather ridiculous: I discovered poker five years ago, I was watching cable TV. Someone won a big tournament and his name was... Ram Vaswani. Later, I wanted to register on a poker site, I had to use my great imagination to come out with a username. So I used the same as the one I saw on TV, so to make it short my username is just a drivel. But I have decided to always use the same on all other poker rooms.

Many thanks for your time, well done Sir and best of luck for 2010.

résultat du PKR live 3

Le petit séjour à londres pour le PKR live 3 s'est plutôt bien passé car je bats mon record de gain en terminant a la 6eme place du main event pour 8040$ de gain. Une belle fierté pour moi d'enfin réussir sur ce tournoi que j'estime beaucoup.



Je termine l'année 2009 en partant en vacance pendant 1 mois avec mon meilleur ami en Australie pour des vacances pas du tout méritées, mais avec le sentiment du travail accompli...

Dépoussièrage!

Il est temps de passer un bon coup de balais sur mon blog!

Entre les superbes soirées et les délires, vous le savez tous, Macau a été le théâtre d'un énorme exploit de zlatan35. Il remporte le main event pour environ 270 000 euros de gains.
Allez voir son blog pour connaître son histoire: http://zlatan35.skyrock.com/
Pour ma part à l'opposé d'adrien ce fut un petit fiasco niveau poker, où je n'ai absolument rien fait même sur les sides events... Mais je garde tout de même un fantastique souvenir de ce voyage avec des soirées d'anthologies. De plus j'ai pu vivre de prêt le parcours du désormais numéro 1 au hall of fame et team PKR pro.

Par la suite j'ai continué mon parcours en retirant mes mois comme prévu. Sans pour autant faire de grosse performance en MTT, mais en assurant le nécessaire en Cash game (2/4 et 3/6)

Le 13 septembre 2009 je me qualifie pour le PKR live 3 pour un package de 1700$. Je serai donc au rendez-vous pour la 3eme fois en 3éditions de ce superbe week-end.

Direction Londres du 20 au 22 novembre! La suite au prochain numéro...euh... demain