{"id":64034,"date":"2018-05-01T10:10:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T10:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=64034"},"modified":"2020-02-21T15:26:40","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T15:26:40","slug":"marc-lavergne-wins-3200-from-a-free-satellite-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/marc-lavergne-wins-3200-from-a-free-satellite-ticket.html","title":{"rendered":"Marc Lavergne wins $32,000 from a free satellite ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marc Lavergne<\/strong> checked his partypoker account a couple of weeks ago and discovered that he\u2019d received a free $11 satellite ticket<\/strong> as part of our random ticket drops. He went on to turn that free $11 ticket into a $32,000 score, here\u2019s his story.<\/p>\n

Marc is a 33-year-old from Ottawa, Ontario in Canada and part of our Canadian Facebook Community forum<\/strong><\/a>. A proud father of two and entrepreneur by day (Marc has been running Top Notch Moving Services for five years), he is a budding poker player by night.<\/p>\n

Like many, Marc started playing poker after the poker boom of 2003 and after watching the cult classic Rounders<\/em>. Marc started playing mostly freerolls before taking the plunge and making a deposit. He then began entering micro-stakes tournaments because he never had the bankroll to play in the bigger buy-in games. That has now all changed.<\/p>\n

The road to a free $32,000<\/h1>\n
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Marc in action at the Playground Poker Club<\/p><\/div>\n

After receiving the free $11 satellite ticket, Marc bought into the $11 buy-in Power Series Mega Satellite<\/strong> and managed to win a $109 ticket. Marc then entered a $109 buy-in satellite and grinded his way to the money where he received a $1,050 ticket for his effort. As these tickets have a seven-day expiry date on them, Marc jumped straight into the $1,050 Big Tuesday Bounty Hunter tournament and it turned out to be a great decision on his part.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though I won a free satellite ticket to the $1,050 from a FREE ticket, I respected the high roller buy in and played my heart out. There were many many beasts and wizards. Every player I searched up had average buy in’s of $200 or more with over $250 000 scores,\u201d said Marc, \u201cI didn’t let that get to my head and just played my game. I played ABC poker until I made it in the money and already locked up $1000 in bounties. At that moment on, I was super happy to make some cold hard cash from a free satellite ticket and didn’t have any regrets no matter what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rubbing shoulders with Team partypoker<\/h2>\n
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Marc clashed with Roberto Romanello and almost sent him to the rail<\/p><\/div>\n

After a mixture of solid play and a little bit of luck, Marc found himself deep in the money and came close to eliminating Team partypoker\u2019s Roberto \u201cWelshWizard\u201d Romanello<\/strong><\/a>. Roberto opened from the button, the small blind called and Marc three-bet all-in from the big blind while holding a pair of aces. Roberto called the all-in with pocket eights, Marc\u2019s aces held and his stack was boosted to 1.5 million, a top 10 stack, while Roberto was left nursing a tiny stack of 23,000 chips.<\/p>\n

Marc eventually found himself heads-up with almost even stacks so suggested to his opponent that they may want to make a deal. His opponent politely declined and the one-on-one battle began. Marc gained the upper hand and led by 13 million to five million, but his opponent turned the tables on him when Marc\u2019s eights lost to ace-ten courtesy of a ten on the flop.<\/p>\n

Mission accomplished: $32,000 for free<\/h3>\n

Not one to give up, Marc battled back and was almost level with his opponent again, so at the scheduled break, Marc again asked about a possible deal. His opponent agreed to look at the numbers and eventually agreed upon a 49\/51 split and they got to keep their own bounties.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt that moment it started to sink in that I won $32,000 USD for FREE.\u201d<\/p>\n

A much-needed new car is now on the cards for Marc, plus a little investment into his business, but he also plans to \u201cnever play micro tournaments again!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am proud to be part of the partypoker community on Facebook. This group is a great place to talk with other poker players, analyse different scenarios and get constructive criticism. It is also a great place to learn about new events or upcoming new promotions. Above all, the admin team does a fantastic job answering any questions or concerns from anyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cPartypoker has a great software and smaller fields with amazing guarantees. I would truly recommend anyone to take a shot and try out the fantastic tournaments with amazing structures. Thank you partypoker for the generous offers, gifts and stellar customer service!\u201d<\/p>\n

Congratulations to Marc for turning a free $11 satellite ticket into $32,000!<\/p>\n

Ready to join the party?<\/h3>\n

If you\u2019re ready to jump into the action, then click here to download partypoker and get started<\/strong>!<\/a><\/p>\n

If you already have an account with us, click here to open partypoker and hit the tables!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marc Lavergne checked his partypoker account a couple of weeks ago and discovered that he\u2019d received a free $11 satellite ticket as part of our random ticket drops. He went on to turn that free $11 ticket into a $32,000 score, here\u2019s his story. Marc is a 33-year-old from Ottawa, Ontario in Canada and part<\/p>\n

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