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06-01-05, 05:26 PM
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Having a blast at MTTs
I've been playing a lot of the $1 buy-ins (always with $500-$1000 added to the prize pool) and having a blast. I've been placing in the money about 1/3 of the time, so I'm actually ahead there. I really enjoy playing in these tournaments because I feel it gives me lots of hands to play (I need the hands for experience, and I ususally get at least 2 hours worth) with only 1 dollar on the line. I learn a lot about "going all in," and after the fist half hour or so you basically get rid of all the idiots who go all in with every hand. I don't like playing with play money because the betting is so ridiculous with those--who cares if they bust out, so they call everything.
This morning I played in a $5 + .50 ($500 added to prize pool), and have decided I will play this one a little bit more. Not as many people (normally 2400 people in a $1 or freeroll, about 500 in a $5 + .50) and the money is better. Of course, I got knocked out 20 players from the money when my pocket kings got beat by pocket jacks on the river, but I'm optimistic about this game. 
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06-01-05, 05:54 PM
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Or..... maybe TP realized no matter what people say, Brian is going to do exactly what Brian wants to do. He will post about it and even ask for advice now and then, but that's only to cause the drama that he lives for. I'll give him one thing though - he's damn good at that.
Sure, Brian says this: But Brian doesn't actually mean it. Well, not if your comments are something besides 100% support of his post, that is. For the record, I think MTTs are a lot of fun. I enjoy them very much, and I "spend" part of my cash game winnings entering big buy in tourneys now and then. You can get a lot of poker in for your money playing low buy-in MTTs, and if you play in the large ones, you've got a crack at a huge payday if you go deep. |
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#30
06-01-05, 05:54 PM
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What site is this, rob?
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06-01-05, 06:24 PM
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for the record
I could care less if you say something about me or how I play or anything in general. Just how you say it is really rude, I know whats comming next is awhile ago when I was a ass. Hey man im sorry let bygones be bygones, yes you are right Iam gonna do what I want with my money but I do take all the advice I get and use it. What I decide to do is what I decide to do.
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#32
06-01-05, 06:39 PM
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I didnt bother to read past the first couple of posts cuz frankly I get bored with the retorts towards brian. Brian, I have crap tons of fun with tournies and I think what your doing is great if your nerves suffer in cash games. Go get em.
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#33
06-01-05, 06:57 PM
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Pokerroom
I'm only on pokerroom right now. every day at 9 AM EST I play the $1 buy in tournament (with $500 added), later in the day they have same buy in with $1000 added, and on Saturday they have same buy in, but add $1500 to the pool I think. I played the $5 + .50 (500 added) last night around 9 PM my time, so about 3 AM EST.
I checked out party poker for about 10 minutes (didn't sign up or anything, just watched some high stakes games), but I really don't like the skins there. It was too hard for me to see what the other person was betting, etc. Maybe after I build my cash a little more I'll sign up there. When I do I'll be sure to get someone's user name for a referral. |
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06-01-05, 09:11 PM
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What I mean..
You might win 2-3 in a row and then go 6 months without winning. It can be very hard.
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06-01-05, 09:28 PM
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Well all this tournament talk made me wanna play some. So I did, just some cheap buy in SnGs. A 20 buck tourny, and a 30 buck tourny. I won em both
 (there are some pretty bad players there, and a few good ones)Net winning was 68 bucks on the 20 tourny, and 102 on the 30. Went fairly quick though, finished the first in 50 minutes, the second in a little over an hour.......plus I absolutely LOVE the HU experience. Normally online is mostly cash games, and home games are all tournaments -- but Ive been incorperating a few tournies as of late, some MTT some SnG |
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06-01-05, 09:49 PM
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I can't reply to this right now, so I'll put it quick:
For the most part, MTTs are -EV for most players. Placing deep (not just placing ITM) is very hard to do, so I don't see much variance at all. When talking about MTTs, people should talk less about variance and more about ROI, or, return on investment.
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06-01-05, 11:42 PM
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but for you to have a table image, wouldn't your opponents have to notice other players?
I don't think there is any reason at all to worry about "table image" in these tournaments,,, But MTTs are fun. Don't bother with the Headhunter tourney, unless you are willing to gamble early. To make a decent score in these you need a big stack early.
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