$2200 Sit-N-Go Series

I've been spending the majority of my poker play in Multi Table Tournaments (MTT). As the name suggests, there are multiple tables involved and there are 180 to 10,000 players entered.

With these larger fields comes a chance to win some serious money. While most of the money (50% or more) is reserved for the final table, 10-20% of the field wins something. Sometimes "making the money" will just get you your entry fee back, or a little more. These MTT's last from 4 hours to 20+ hours.

On the other hand, there are single table Sit-N-Go (SNG) tournaments. These are 9-player tournaments that start as soon as 9 players sign up. These tournaments pay 50% of the prize pool to 1st place, 30% to 2nd, and 20% to 3rd. SNG's are usually completed in less than 1-1/2 hours.

Winning an $11 MTT may pay $10,000 or more, while winning an $11 SNG pays $45.

While it's it's much easier to win a SNG than a large field MTT, the payoff is much smaller. On the other hand, it's not unusual to play many MTT's in a row without cashing once.

Since January 1st of 2006 I've played 530 MTTs and cashed 97 times. An "in the money" rate of 18.3%.

I've played in 525 single table SNG's since I started playing online, with an average buy-in of $39. My total profit over these 525 tournies is $2155, an average of $4.10 per tourney. This represents a 7% Return On Investment (ROI).

Over the next few weeks, I'm going to try to play at least 50 SNG tournies with entry fees of $22, $33, or $55 and see how I do. My goal is to cash in over 50% of the tournies and make a profit of $300.

I'll need to "step-up" my game to reach the $6.00 per tourney goal.

I'll post my results here.

The SNG Experiment

10-16-07 thru 10-22-07

1. $22 tourney, finished 5th, cashed $0, balance of -$22 (99 vs AA)
2. $55 tourney, finished 7th, cashed $0, balance of -$77
3 . $33 tourney, finished 3rd, cashed $54, balance of -$56
4. $22 tourney, finished 8th, cashed $0, balance of -$78 (AK vs QT)
5. $33 tourney, finished 2nd, cashed $81, balance of -$30
6. $22 tourney, finished 2nd, cashed $54, balance of +$2
7. $33 tourney, finished 3rd, cashed $54, balance of +$23
8. $22 tourney, finished 4th, cashed $0, balance of +$1 (AK vs JJ)
9. $33 tourney, finished 5th, cashed $0, balance of -$32 (66 vs JJ)
10. $33 tourney, finished 1st, cashed $135, balance of +$70
11. $33 tourney, finished 5th, cashed $0, balance of +$37 (AK vs QQ + A6)
12. $33 tourney, finished 6th, cashed $0, balance of +$4 (JJ vs AQ)

Results for Week #1: +$4.00 (cashed $378 in 5 of 12 tourneys with buy-ins of $374)
Overall Balance +$4.00


10-23-07 thru 10-29-07

13. $22 tourney, finished 1st, cashed $90, balance of +$72
14. $22 tourney, finished 2nd, cashed $54, balance of +$104
15. $22 tourney, finished 5th, cashed $0, balance of +$82
16. $22 tourney, finished 3rd, cashed $36, balance of +$96

Results for Week #2: +$92.00 (cashed $180 in 3 of 4 tourneys with buy-ins of $88)
Overall balance +$96.00 (cashed $558 in 8 of 16 tourneys with buy-ins of $462)


10-30-07 thru 11-05-07

17. $22 tourney, finished 1st, cashed $90, balance of +$164
18. $33 tourney, finished 1st, cashed $135, balance of +$266
19. $33 tourney, finished 9th, cashed $0, balance of +$233 (44 vs KQs)
20. $33 tourney, finished 7th, cashed $0, balance of +$200 (J5s vs 46s)
21. $33 tourney, finished 7th, cashed $0, balance of +$167 (333 vs AA after flop)
22. $22 tourney, finished 9th, cashed $0, balance of +$145 (AKs vs 77)
23. $33 tourney, finished 9th, cashed $0, balance of +$112 (KK vs 99)
24. $33 tourney, finished 1st, cashed $135, balance of +$214
25. $33 tourney, finished 6th, cashed $0, balance of +$181 (ATs vs AQ)
26. $33 tourney, finished 5th, cashed $0, balance of +$148 (99 vs KQ)

Results for Week #3: +$52.00 (cashed $360 in 3 of 10 tourneys with buy-ins of $308)
Overall balance +$148 (cashed $918 in 11 of 26 tourneys with buy-ins of $770)


11-06-07 thru 11-12-07

27. $33 tourney, finished 2nd, cashed $81, balance of +$196
28. $55 tourney, finished 9th, cashed $0, balance of +$141 (KT vs AA after J6KT turn, river 6)
29. $22 tourney, finished 4th, cashed $0, balance of +$119
30. $33 tourney, finished 3rd, cashed $54, balance of +$140

Results for Week #4: -$8.00 (cashed $135 in 2 of 4 tourneys with buy-ins of $143)
Overall balance: +$140 (cashed $1053 in 13 of 30 tourneys with buy-ins of $913)


11-12-07 thru 11-19-07

31. $22 tourney, finished 3rd, cashed $36, balance of +$154
32.

Results for Week #5: +$14.00 (cashed $36 in 1 of 1 tourney with buy-ins of $22)
Overall balance: +$154 (cashed $1089 in 14 of 31 tourneys with buy-ins of $935)

WBCOOP results

Well, I lasted about 2-1/2 hours and busted out 336th when my QQ runs into AA. Looks like I'll have to find another way to get to the Bahamas. Details below.

2:00pm CDT

Tournament has started. We start with 10,000 chips and blinds of 25/50. There are 1337 participants.

2:09pm

Well, off to a rough start. On the 9th hand of the game, I raise with pocket tens. Guy goes all-in for 4175. He had lost most of his chips with JJ, calling raiser with a queen on the board. I figured his range of hands was quite large and would include many hands I had crushed. At worst, I figured, I was in for a coin flip situation.

I call and he flips over 33. I'm a huge favorite, but he catches one of the two remaining 3's on the flop, and I'm down to 5575. I'm 1308th of 1323 remaining.

PokerStars Game #12625019335: Tournament #63028692, Freeroll Hold'em No Limit - Level I (25/50) - 2007/10/14 - 15:07:34 (ET)
Table '63028692 88' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: OneTallCrowe (10225 in chips)
Seat 2: Hatchins_11 (7525 in chips)
Seat 3: rivertapped (9750 in chips)
Seat 4: omleny (4175 in chips)
Seat 5: PLHB (18400 in chips)
Seat 6: onasis16 (9925 in chips)
Seat 7: Raynor_88 (9925 in chips)
Seat 8: KevinMillar (10000 in chips)
Seat 9: CocoJr (9975 in chips)
omleny: posts small blind 25
PLHB: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rivertapped [Th Td]
onasis16: folds
Hatchins_11 said, "whatever doneky"
Raynor_88: folds
KevinMillar: folds
CocoJr: folds
OneTallCrowe: folds
Hatchins_11: folds
rivertapped: raises 150 to 200
omleny: raises 3975 to 4175 and is all-in
PLHB: folds
rivertapped: calls 3975
*** FLOP *** [3h 2h 4c]
omleny said, "omg"
*** TURN *** [3h 2h 4c] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [3h 2h 4c 9h] [Ad]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
omleny: shows [3c 3d] (three of a kind, Threes)
rivertapped: shows [Th Td] (a pair of Tens)
PLHB said, "lol"
omleny collected 8400 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8400 | Rake 0
Board [3h 2h 4c 9h Ad]
Seat 1: OneTallCrowe folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Hatchins_11 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: rivertapped (button) showed [Th Td] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 4: omleny (small blind) showed [3c 3d] and won (8400) with three of a kind, Threes
Seat 5: PLHB (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: onasis16 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Raynor_88 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: KevinMillar folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: CocoJr folded before Flop (didn't bet)

2:37pm

I get a strong hand with the Ace/Queen of hearts, flop a queen, and double up. Chip stack now 9450. I'm 569th of 1156 remaining.

PokerStars Game #12625571157: Tournament #63028692, Freeroll Hold'em No Limit - Level III (100/200) - 2007/10/14 - 15:34:06 (ET)
Table '63028692 88' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: OneTallCrowe (12350 in chips)
Seat 2: Hatchins_11 (9350 in chips)
Seat 3: rivertapped (4675 in chips)
Seat 4: omleny (6775 in chips)
Seat 5: PLHB (20600 in chips)
Seat 6: onasis16 (7150 in chips)
Seat 7: Raynor_88 (12425 in chips)
Seat 8: KevinMillar (8550 in chips)
Seat 9: CocoJr (8025 in chips)
Raynor_88: posts small blind 100
KevinMillar: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rivertapped [Qh Ah]
CocoJr: folds
OneTallCrowe: folds
Hatchins_11: folds
rivertapped: raises 600 to 800
omleny: folds
PLHB: folds
onasis16: folds
Raynor_88: folds
KevinMillar: calls 600
*** FLOP *** [Tc Qc 3h]
KevinMillar: checks
rivertapped: bets 1300
KevinMillar: raises 1300 to 2600
rivertapped: raises 1275 to 3875 and is all-in
KevinMillar: calls 1275
*** TURN *** [Tc Qc 3h] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [Tc Qc 3h 6h] [2c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KevinMillar: shows [Qs Js] (a pair of Queens)
rivertapped: shows [Qh Ah] (a pair of Queens - Ace kicker)
rivertapped collected 9450 from pot
KevinMillar said, "lol"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9450 | Rake 0
Board [Tc Qc 3h 6h 2c]
Seat 1: OneTallCrowe folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Hatchins_11 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: rivertapped showed [Qh Ah] and won (9450) with a pair of Queens
Seat 4: omleny folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: PLHB folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: onasis16 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Raynor_88 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: KevinMillar (big blind) showed [Qs Js] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 9: CocoJr folded before Flop (didn't bet)


3:00pm

At the 1-hour break I have 11,550 and am 508th of 953 remaining.

3:22pm

I win a big pot on hand #90 with pocket rockets. Now 290th of 836 remaining with 17,375.

PokerStars Game #12626474179: Tournament #63028692, Freeroll Hold'em No Limit - Level V (200/400) - 2007/10/14 - 16:19:44 (ET)
Table '63028692 88' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: DrHogie (20110 in chips)
Seat 2: Hatchins_11 (5825 in chips)
Seat 3: rivertapped (9750 in chips)
Seat 4: omleny (20875 in chips)
Seat 5: PLHB (19225 in chips)
Seat 6: i am rebar (8975 in chips)
Seat 7: Raynor_88 (22050 in chips)
Seat 8: nabiscofigg (14310 in chips)
Seat 9: CocoJr (20950 in chips)
i am rebar: posts small blind 200
Raynor_88: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rivertapped [Ah Ac]
nabiscofigg: folds
CocoJr: folds
DrHogie: raises 800 to 1200
Hatchins_11: raises 4625 to 5825 and is all-in
rivertapped: calls 5825
omleny: folds
PLHB: folds
i am rebar: folds
Raynor_88: folds
DrHogie: folds
Hatchins_11 said, "nh"
*** FLOP *** [7h 6d 4d]
*** TURN *** [7h 6d 4d] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [7h 6d 4d 6h] [4h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hatchins_11: shows [8s 8c] (two pair, Eights and Sixes)
rivertapped: shows [Ah Ac] (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
rivertapped collected 13450 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 13450 | Rake 0
Board [7h 6d 4d 6h 4h]
Seat 1: DrHogie folded before Flop
Seat 2: Hatchins_11 showed [8s 8c] and lost with two pair, Eights and Sixes
Seat 3: rivertapped showed [Ah Ac] and won (13450) with two pair, Aces and Sixes
Seat 4: omleny folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: PLHB (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: i am rebar (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: Raynor_88 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: nabiscofigg folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: CocoJr folded before Flop (didn't bet)

3:36pm

Sitting with 26,000

Stack: largest 104650, smallest 500, average 19376
Your current position is 154 out of 702
Time bank balance is 114 seconds
in 2 min blinds 400/800
For more information see Tournament Lobby

PokerStars Game #12626700783: Tournament #63028692, Freeroll Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (300/600) - 2007/10/14 - 16:31:33 (ET)
Table '63028692 20' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: QuasiPro (6250 in chips)
Seat 2: ImOnTilt106 (26425 in chips)
Seat 3: Blue123 (6275 in chips)
Seat 4: murrythecat (39619 in chips)
Seat 5: irongirl01 (14850 in chips)
Seat 6: rivertapped (17975 in chips)
Seat 7: WhipArtist (8400 in chips)
Seat 8: gcpwildbill (36450 in chips)
Seat 9: garage13 (11925 in chips)
irongirl01: posts small blind 300
rivertapped: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rivertapped [Ac Qs]
WhipArtist: folds
gcpwildbill: calls 600
garage13: folds
QuasiPro: folds
ImOnTilt106: folds
Blue123: folds
murrythecat: folds
irongirl01: folds
rivertapped: raises 1800 to 2400
gcpwildbill: calls 1800
*** FLOP *** [Ah As 3s]
rivertapped: bets 2400
gcpwildbill: raises 2400 to 4800
rivertapped: raises 4200 to 9000
gcpwildbill said, "all in or fold"
gcpwildbill: folds
rivertapped collected 14700 from pot
rivertapped: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 14700 | Rake 0
Board [Ah As 3s]
Seat 1: QuasiPro folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: ImOnTilt106 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Blue123 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: murrythecat (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: irongirl01 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: rivertapped (big blind) collected (14700)
Seat 7: WhipArtist folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: gcpwildbill folded on the Flop
Seat 9: garage13 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

3:41pm

Over half the field eliminated. I've got 27,475.

Stack: largest 109050, smallest 200, average 20760
Your current position is 164 out of 648
Time bank balance is 114 seconds
in 12 min blinds 400/800 ante 50

3:44pm

I hit my semi-bluff on the river and reach 42,600.

PokerStars Game #12626893021: Tournament #63028692, Freeroll Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (400/800) - 2007/10/14 - 16:41:48 (ET)
Table '63028692 20' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: QuasiPro (6650 in chips)
Seat 2: ImOnTilt106 (29125 in chips)
Seat 3: Blue123 (5375 in chips)
Seat 4: murrythecat (37819 in chips)
Seat 5: irongirl01 (12950 in chips)
Seat 6: rivertapped (27475 in chips)
Seat 7: WhipArtist (5600 in chips)
Seat 8: gcpwildbill (31650 in chips)
Seat 9: garage13 (11525 in chips)
QuasiPro: posts small blind 400
ImOnTilt106: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rivertapped [Ks As]
Blue123: folds
murrythecat: raises 1600 to 2400
irongirl01: folds
rivertapped: calls 2400
WhipArtist: folds
gcpwildbill: folds
garage13: calls 2400
QuasiPro: folds
ImOnTilt106: folds
*** FLOP *** [2h Js 5s]
murrythecat: checks
rivertapped: bets 9200
garage13: calls 9125 and is all-in
murrythecat: folds
*** TURN *** [2h Js 5s] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [2h Js 5s Kc] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
rivertapped: shows [Ks As] (a flush, Ace high)
garage13: shows [Ac Ad] (a pair of Aces)
ImOnTilt106 said, "gg"
rivertapped collected 26650 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 26650 | Rake 0
Board [2h Js 5s Kc Qs]
Seat 1: QuasiPro (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: ImOnTilt106 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Blue123 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: murrythecat folded on the Flop
Seat 5: irongirl01 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: rivertapped showed [Ks As] and won (26650) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 7: WhipArtist folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: gcpwildbill folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: garage13 (button) showed [Ac Ad] and lost with a pair of Aces

4:10pm

At the 2-hour mark and I have 40,400. Sitting 120th of 415 remaining. Blinds going to 500/1000/75.

Freerolls are typically fast paced and this one is no exception. We're averaging 80 hands per hour where normal tournies usually average about 60 hands per hour.

Stack: largest 161714, smallest 625, average 32216
Your current position is 120 out of 415
Time bank balance is 114 seconds

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 160 hands and saw flop:
- 12 out of 18 times while in big blind (66%)
- 2 out of 19 times while in small blind (10%)
- 15 out of 123 times in other positions (12%)
- a total of 29 out of 160 (18%)
Pots won at showdown - 5 of 6 (83%)
Pots won without showdown - 16

4:25pm

I try to steal the blind and Kevicool is having none of it.

PokerStars Game #12627694365: Tournament #63028692, Freeroll Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (500/1000) - 2007/10/14 - 17:24:03 (ET)
Table '63028692 92' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: BlackStar255 (56922 in chips)
Seat 2: robinse (26250 in chips)
Seat 3: Krae33 (54642 in chips)
Seat 4: Dangofett (35975 in chips)
Seat 5: Schukie (18100 in chips)
Seat 6: MayorHerb (101150 in chips)
Seat 7: OzmitaESP (41800 in chips)
Seat 8: rivertapped (38950 in chips)
Seat 9: Kevicool (62325 in chips)
BlackStar255: posts the ante 75
robinse: posts the ante 75
Krae33: posts the ante 75
Dangofett: posts the ante 75
Schukie: posts the ante 75
MayorHerb: posts the ante 75
OzmitaESP: posts the ante 75
rivertapped: posts the ante 75
Kevicool: posts the ante 75
BlackStar255: posts small blind 500
robinse: posts big blind 1000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rivertapped [7d Ah]
Krae33: folds
Dangofett: folds
Schukie: folds
MayorHerb: folds
OzmitaESP: folds
rivertapped: raises 2000 to 3000
Kevicool: raises 22000 to 25000
BlackStar255: folds
robinse: folds
rivertapped: folds
Kevicool collected 8175 from pot
Kevicool: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8175 | Rake 0
Seat 1: BlackStar255 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: robinse (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Krae33 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Dangofett folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Schukie folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: MayorHerb folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: OzmitaESP folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: rivertapped folded before Flop
Seat 9: Kevicool (button) collected (8175)

4:32pm

I risk all my chips with QQ and run into AA. Busted in 336th place.

PokerStars Game #12627813764: Tournament #63028692, Freeroll Hold'em No Limit - Level X (600/1200) - 2007/10/14 - 17:30:29 (ET)
Table '63028692 92' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: BlackStar255 (47272 in chips)
Seat 2: robinse (24475 in chips)
Seat 3: Krae33 (51092 in chips)
Seat 4: Dangofett (35800 in chips)
Seat 5: BurnleyMik (37078 in chips)
Seat 6: MayorHerb (132325 in chips)
Seat 7: OzmitaESP (41625 in chips)
Seat 8: rivertapped (33600 in chips)
Seat 9: Kevicool (69925 in chips)
BlackStar255: posts the ante 100
robinse: posts the ante 100
Krae33: posts the ante 100
Dangofett: posts the ante 100
BurnleyMik: posts the ante 100
MayorHerb: posts the ante 100
OzmitaESP: posts the ante 100
rivertapped: posts the ante 100
Kevicool: posts the ante 100
Krae33: posts small blind 600
Dangofett: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rivertapped [Qd Qs]
BurnleyMik: folds
MayorHerb: folds
OzmitaESP: folds
rivertapped: raises 2400 to 3600
Kevicool: folds
BlackStar255: folds
robinse: folds
Krae33: folds
Dangofett: raises 4800 to 8400
rivertapped: raises 25100 to 33500 and is all-in
Dangofett: calls 25100
*** FLOP *** [7d Jd Th]
*** TURN *** [7d Jd Th] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [7d Jd Th 8s] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Dangofett: shows [Ah Ad] (two pair, Aces and Eights)
rivertapped: shows [Qd Qs] (two pair, Queens and Eights)
Dangofett collected 68500 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 68500 | Rake 0
Board [7d Jd Th 8s 8d]
Seat 1: BlackStar255 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: robinse (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Krae33 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Dangofett (big blind) showed [Ah Ad] and won (68500) with two pair, Aces and Eights
Seat 5: BurnleyMik folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: MayorHerb folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: OzmitaESP folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: rivertapped showed [Qd Qs] and lost with two pair, Queens and Eights
Seat 9: Kevicool folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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  It's not every day or every week that PokerStars up the buy-in to the Sunday Million, but when it happens, it's huge. The Big Ones Package will give you a $530 Sunday Million ticket and a $1,050 Sunday Million ticket to use when you're feeling up to running with the big dogs.

• 7th place - Sunday Million Quarterly $1,050 Ticket
  
  The buy-in is bigger, the field is smaller, and the guarantee is always the same. The $1,050 PokerStars Sunday Million happens four times a year and this ticket will get you a free seat. The competition is tough but the potential payoff is huge.

• 8th place - Canon Rebel Digital SLR Camera
  
  Every good blogger knows the value of photos and every good photographer knows the value of a digital SLR camera. Throw away your point-and-shoot pocket camera and start taking some real photos with this Canon Rebel.

• 9th place - Luxury Poker Chip Set
  
  It's the type of chip set that will have chip-rifflers begging to play at your place. This luxury chip set gives you 600 top of the line clay chips, an amazing wooden case, and a two-deck card set to host your next home game.

• 10th place - Bubbler's Book Bonanza
  
  So, you bubbled the final table. It was a heck of an achievement to make it so far. Maybe you just need to read up on the game a little more? We'll help you out. Finish on the final table bubble and we'll give you every book in the PokerStars FPP store library. That's 33 books to keep your mind busy and get you over the hump in your game.

• 11th - 18th place - XBox 360 Elite
  
  Everybody needs a break from the tables every now and then. The XBox 360 Elite will give you that chance. With a XBox console, big hard drive, wireless controller, wired headset, and black finish, this is the perfect way to work off your tilt.

• 19th-27th place - 160gb iPod
  
  It's the latest generation of iPod with storage space bigger than some home computers. A huge 160gb of space lets you pack just about anything you want in your iPod and take it along with you. Perfect for the plane ride to Vegas or those tilty moments at the table.

• 28th-36th place - 80gb iPod
  
  When the guy next to you at the tables is talking too much during a long session, you sometimes need 80 gigs of iPod power to hold you until the guys busts out. Win this prize and you'll never have to worry about what you're listening to again.

• 37th-45th place - 8gb iPod nano
  
  The newest iPod nano is on the maket and it's yours if you place 37th-45th. It may be tiny but it has all the video capabilities you need to watch the latest shows and video podcasts.

• 46th-81st - Traveler's package
  
  Hitting the road? You're going to need the right equipment. The Traveler's Package contains a nice PokerStars duffle bag and a set-up of plastic PokerStars cards. No matter where you go, you'll be ready to play.

In addition, all bloggers who make the final table will have their blogs linked from the PokerStars Blog. You deserve some recognition for beating the field and we're happy to give it to you!