FTOPS VIII

FTOPS VIII starts next Wednesday. It gets bigger and bigger with every series with no less than 24 event scheduled. Unfortunately living outside the US I can only play the ones that are the Friday's orSaturday's (my Saturday/Sunday oz time)

The Schedule is as follows.

1. Wed May 7th 21:00 $200 + $16 NL Hold 'em 6-max
2. Thu May 8th 14:00 $240 + $16 PLO - Knockout
3. Thu May 8th 21:00 'Mystery Tournament'
4. Fri May 9th 14:00 $200 + $16 Pot Limit Hold 'em
5. Fri May 9th 21:00 $200 + $16 Stud/8
6. Sat May 10th 14:00 $500 + $35 PL Omaha 6-max
7. Sat May 10th 16:30 $100 + $9 Rebuy
8. Sun May 11th 14:00 'Mystery Tournament'
9. Sun May 11th 18:00 $300 + $22 NL Hold 'em
10. Mon May 12th 14:00 $200 + $16 Pot Limit Omaha/8
11. Mon May 12th 21:00 $1000 + $60 NL Hold 'em
12. Tue May 13th 14:00 $200 + $16 NL Hold 'em 1 rebuy and 1 add-on
13. Tue May 13th 21:00 $500 + $35 HORSE
14. Tue May 13th 21:00 $200 + $16 NL Hold 'em Turbo
15. Wed May 14th 14:00 $200 + $16 HA (half PL Hold 'em, half PL Omaha)
16. Wed May 14th 21:00 $300 + $22 NL Hold 'em 6-max rebuy
17. Thu May 15th 14:00 'Mystery Tournament'
18. Thu May 15th 21:00 $300 + $22 Razz
19. Fri May 16th 14:00 $200 + $16 NL Hold 'em
20. Fri May 16th 21:00 $200 + $16 Limit Hold 'em
21. Sat May 17th 14:00 $2500 + $120 NL Holdem 2 day event
22. Sat May 17th 16:30 $100 + $9 PL Omaha Rebuy
23. Sun May 18th 14:00 $240 + $16 NL Hold 'em 6-max Knockout
24. Sun May 18th 18:00 $500 + $35 NL Hold 'em

This is quite restricted for me due to having a job and the timezone. With a lot of donkeys trying to qualify for different events I have found value before in the qualifiers. These can be converted to T$ now so there is an incentive to play these.

With the above games available to me. Im going to try my best to qualify for 7 and 19. I might take a few shots at some super sats for 21 but I would cash that in if I won a seat for sure.

'Mystery Tournaments' I find this a little strange. When do they release what they are ? I cant see any players signing up to a tournament they dont know the structure. If they already know what the tournaments will be then I dont understand why they are keeping them secret ? Heads up ? Knockout ?

Im not playing any Omaha events. I came second in a 45 tournament a while ago, ive read Jerry Hwangs book but I still cant beat the damn low level cash games. Ive tried full stack, short stack, tight aggro, loose passive. PL Omaha cash I break even or lose. I just cannot seem to win. I am aiming to improve my game by the time the next FTOPS comes around. I need to watch some CR videos. At the moment I suck.