First Swiss Poker Masters 2008

Hi all,

My Pokerweekend was a great experience! I play at the First Swiss Poker Masters 2008!
Hosted by PokerStars and SwissPokerLounch!

I start at Day 1B, Buy-In 580 SFr with Starting Stack 10`000, Blindlevel 45min!
In the Field a few WSOP & EPT Players; Vito Branciforte, Flavio Decataldo, Markus Feuerle,
Doung "Jungah Nguyen

The first Table I was playing at was comfortable, a few familiar faces, friendly jokes and easy playing!
In BB you can see a flop with a check, 3 x BB bet`s or raises! After 3 blindlevel I must change the
Table. I sit down with 14`500 in chips (average) and now there was a different way to play.

At this Table was the first, second and third Chipleader! (Flavio Decataldo, Markus Feuerle 2 WSOP-Player).
I never can watch a flop by simply check at the BB, because one of the 3 Bigstacks rais every Time 3-5 times the BB. Any median hand how need help from the Board you can forget, the next bet was normaly to high for my stack!

At the Breaktime, after the sixth level, I was back at 13`000 Chips ( I play only the best hands). After the Break the game was the same; pression pression pression! Al this Time came 6 People to our Table and bring their Chips and go with nothing. But now it was my Time to go, I lost with A 8 suited (best Hand in a houre and a Stack with 6`800) against A K from Andreas Fluri.

Bummer, but I learn a lot! A pal of me made it ITM and was awarded as the best Women at the Tournament!

	Martin "Maerz"	Frei	25'000.00
2	Rasim "raise"	Demiri	20'045.00
3	Markus	Feurle	15'444.00
4	Flavio	Decataldo	11'583.00
5	Besim	Hot	10'300.00
6	Marco	Orlandi	9'009.00
7	Özden	Erdinc	6'435.00
8	Daniel	Brunner	4'505.00
9	Johann	Schamne	2'705.00
10	Cyrill	Ziegler	2'320.00
11	Stefan "Oban23"	Oberholzer	1'675.00
12	Matthias	Prisi	1'675.00
13	Francisco	Velasquez	1'545.00
14	Michael	Kunz	1'545.00
15	Vito	Branciforte	1'415.00
16	René	Klausner	1'415.00
17	Kari	Schuler	1'290.00
18	Heinz	Fürst	1'290.00
19	Michel	Fankhauser	1'160.00
20	Michael	Wider	1'160.00
21	Ut	Quach	1'030.00
22"	Doung "Jungah	Nguyen	1'030.00
23	Daniel	Vogel	1'030.00
24	Felix	Karli	1'030.00
25	Daniel	Garrido	1'030.00
26	Trudi	Tabiadon	1'030.00
27	Ivan	Gadza	1'030.00

Nachfolgend einige Impressionen:

Final Hand

Markus Feurle (r), Flavio Decataldo

Der Sieger Pokal für Martin "Maerz" Frei

Finaltisch!

In der Lounge.

v.l. Rino, Rasim, Martin, Markus, Al