[31] Day 109 - 110

Submitted by: snoopy on Mon, 24/04/2006 - 5:29pm

Day 109 - How am I going to play 240 STTs in 24 hours I hear you ask.
My first thought was 4 batches of 60.

I had a dry run of 60 tournaments without a break in preperation for Saturdays Sega mega-drive. It took me 5 hours and 35 minutes from when I registered for tournament number one to when I concluded tournament number sixty. During the night, tournaments fill up faster than during the afternoon. It would take me longer than that to complete 60 tournaments justnow (10am) as it will on Saturday morning/afternoon.

So I think the way to go is 3 batches of 80 tournaments without interruption. In between batch one and two I'll have 15 minutes or so to stretch my legs, attend to bodily functions etc. and I'll have a similar break in between batches two and three. Even then it'll probably be a close shave, if it was too easy there wouldn't be much point though.  Cool

I can confirm that a batch of 60 without interruption is very difficult. Three back to back batches of 80 will be nigh-on impossible. That's exactly what I'm attempting though.

I won't be able to do it without your encouragement and you can do just that by pledging your support. With 40 people pledging 10p a tournament (£24) we can raise around £1000 towards Poker4Charity. If that happens, I'll be donating every single cent I make on the tables that day. At a modest 5% ROI that'll be an extra $720 for the cause. If I hit 8.5% then thats another $1,224 for the charity. The weekend games are a cinch, so this is very possible.

Day 109 Results : +$657 (+$16,990 total)
ROI : 8.5%
RDR : 64.2 (11 overs left)

The response thus far has been very encouraging. I only announced it late last night and already we've had many peeps pledging their support. Thanks very much to all of them.

We've had fun on this thread, it's been some ride.
Now is our chance to do some good. Who's with me?

If you like the thread, you'll love Saturday. I need all your help though. If you don't wish to publicly post your pledge, you can pm me.
It doesn't have to be 10p per tournament, every little helps.

Sofa  up for this  Cool

Day 110 - Sponsorship for Saturday has now passed the £400 mark! (Assuming I manage it) With even more coming in if I get a comma day with loadsa 1st place finishes. Big up to all y'all so far.

Still plenty time, we can do even better. Keep those pledges coming.

Off to the shops to get essential supplies of Red Bull and Microwaveable meals.
I also had better give the flat a once over for the folk coming round on Saturday night who've kindly volunteered to keep me awake in the last part by waving beer in my face. Only 3 or 4 folk up for coming along so far, the more the merrier, pm me if you're interested.

Day 110 Results : +$565.5 (+$17,555 total)
ROI : 8.7% (after 3,334 tournaments)
RDRR(I added another R to the acronym for no particular reason, I can do that) : 67.6 (10 overs left)

I've got a wee confession. Not for the first time in this mission I've forgotton what day it is.

I thought it was Friday today  and the 24hr thingy was tomorrow. That's why I only played 40, I thought I'd take it easy before the storm.

Just found out it's only Thursday while writing this. Brucey-bonus really, gives me extra time to prepare all the cosmic chi-force that'll be required.

Ummmmmmmmmmm