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  • THE MTT RESULTS THREAD
    Think its about time this section of the forum got a bit more life in it. There are plenty of mtt players in our thp community so lets have it. This thread is for results in mtts and maybe a little bit about how the mtt went for you.. and anything u noticed that you should try to avoid/ work on next...
  • Calling & Mucking
  • Folding KK pre-flop
  • Decision in a hand
    Can't give you the HH, here it is though: Blinds 20/40, you are in MP/LP with 5,000 chips holding UTG has 1,800 chips and raises to 125, you call and the button calls. The blinds fold, pot is 435. Flop The original raiser UTG bets 300, you call and the button folds. Pot is 1,035. Turn...
  • pay him off if he's got it?
    PokerStars Game #10453143519: Tournament #52340046, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2007/06/15 - 19:24:17 (ET) Table '52340046 79' 9-max Seat #8 is the button Seat 1: dbur2 (4100 in chips) Seat 2: mch10s (2725 in chips) Seat 3: All in erico (3360 in chips) Seat 4: darou (3170 in...

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  • What does a typical sponsorship agreement look like?
    I have been asked how much I would ask for to be endorsed / sponsored for the Main Event by a new acquaintence that has a business he'd like to promote, and is also just interested in sponsoring me because we hit it off. He asks, "How much to endorse you?" My question is: Does anyone...
  • THP represent
    6/22 in a 180 SNG on stars... ensano...
  • guess what got showndown...
    just for fun take a guess... PokerStars Game #10453249887: Tournament #52958285, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2007/06/15 - 19:32:06 (ET) Table '52958285 10' 9-max Seat #8 is the button Seat 1: rubbishaka80 (3230 in chips) Seat 2: intonarumori (1390 in chips) Seat 3: BigJ41...
  • indestructable....
    i couldn't do anything to beat this guy heads up... we were heads up for 35 minutes... AI first try .... POKERSTARS GAME #10277822544: TOURNAMENT #52079081, $5.00+$0.50 HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL VII (100/200) - 2007/06/05 - 00:34:21 (ET) Table '52079081 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button Seat 2: CUbuffs818...
  • a chance in a million is still a chance right?
    well i'm going to do it... i'm going to buy directly in to the 270$ 150seats guaranteed stars WSOP tourney... i know it's going to be a long shot and i know there'll prob be 10k or soe people in it but i still think it'd be fun to at least give it a shot... on that note I am now buy all the W$...
  • do i take the free card here with a set?
    PokerStars Game #10190217549: Tournament #51640055, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2007/05/30 - 20:40:03 (ET) Table '51640055 11' 9-max Seat #3 is the button Seat 1: Shnanign (6392 in chips) Seat 2: armyonemom (3219 in chips) Seat 3: kshoe20 (6485 in chips) Seat 4: bocholis...
  • Worst call ever
    Its bubble time in a satelite event where everyone gets paid the same ammount. Binds are 500/1000 and I'm the big stack on the table with about 15k, smallest at the table has like 3k. 2nd highest on my table has 6k. The top 62 get paid the same and there are currently 3 people with less than 1bb remaining....
  • the untapped potential of the 180 player SNGs on stars...
    after rereading and old article on BTP about SNG stats... I got to thinking... basically they state that for a good player in the 9 player SNGs your ROI should be 35% and your ITM% should be 45-50%.... but looking at my MTT stats on officialpokerrankings.com after 168 MTTs my ROI was 60% and my...
  • Really Cool First SnG Hand
    Here's the first hand on a $1.20 one-table SnG I played tonight. It set me up to be the dominant chip leader until I lost half of my stack heads up to villian's two pair on a 9-6 offsuit hand. PokerStars Game #10176412493: Tournament #51577693, $1.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/05/29...
  • This Was Interesting
    Not a big win or anything but certainly worth reporting: I was in a single-table $1.20 buy-in NL SnG on PokerStars. Early in the tournament I was down to about 1,100 of the 1,500 starting stack and one player had been eliminated. Then, out of nowhere, spousal requirements materialized. No big deal,...
  • What should I do?
    *********** # 105 ************** PokerStars Game #10052156188: Tournament #50508180, $5+$0 Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (1000/2000) - 2007/05/22 - 16:17:48 (ET) Table '50508180 5' 9-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 1: Tania 24 (51208 in chips) Seat 3: finalhonor (72919 in chips) Seat 4: Brandonbilly...
  • ICM for dummies?
    I recently bumped into the all ICM concept. I understand the basic idea of it : You decision PF (especially considering push/fold situation) should be based on probable result compared to your share in the prize pool. However, how do you actually use it while playing in a 15 second decision game? Any...
  • Am I doing something wrong?
    I have noticed that I very often can get relatively deep into a MTT tournament, simply by stealing the blinds and winning lots of small to medium sized pots. But I never seem to make it into the money with a big stack. I've noticed recently that some of the "good" players play very aggressively...
  • FTOPS IV Thread!
    FTOPS IV is starting tomorrow and I will be playing in at least 5 events - possibly 6. I know a few of you are also planning on playing. I wanted to make this thread to post tournament results, interesting hands, and updates for this series of tournaments. Good luck everyone and see you at the Full...
  • my first BIG mtt bluff
    been sitting with villain for a long time on the table, and we had a small history of stabbing the pot with nothing. But never raising each other. I'm not necessary pleased with how I played this, but this time it worked. I didn't believe his min raise, so decided to min raise him. My plan was...
  • Tips for live MTT with quick blinds
    I finally found a place where I can play live poker. A small MTT - €10 buyin. Max 27 people. Blinds start 25/50 change every 15 min. starting stack is 2000. as you can imagine its about an orbit per level. How should one play this - Extra tight or extra loose? the play is like normal €10...
  • Building a roll with HU SnGs
    Does anyone build their roll by playing lots of HU SnG tourneys? I personally don't but I don't think it is a horrible idea. The fee on a SnG is nearly always 5% of the buy-in so to break even, your win rate needs to be 52.5% or 21 wins from every 40 games played. Since you know the swing on a...
  • do i really call 1/5 my stack hoping for a set?
    here i'm getting 3.125:1 on my money do I call here hoping to hit my set?... PokerStars Game #9895938302: Tournament #50210191, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2007/05/13 - 18:04:41 (ET) Table '50210191 7' 9-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 1: Lefty747 (2935 in chips) Seat 2:...
  • quality of $5 S&G players
    played the 18 players $5 S&G - seems to be my best game. Got to last 5 SS , started to steal here and there and managed to make it to HU with 2-1 lead. first hand I push AI on the flop with TP he called with 2P and catch runner runner flush to even up.. we play some then this happen : Full...
  • Nut str8 on a flush draw board
    I'm pretty sure this is standard but since my MTT game is lacking I just want to make sure : not that it matter, but the hand before villain limped UTG, I raised with 9's from MP. SS pushed and villain pushed. I decided to fold my 9's and he had 9's as well... any way : (btw, this is not a normal...
  • FTOPS satellite
    Seems pretty weak. Its a little annoying they are mostly turbo though. I played 4 so far : 2 X $3 rebuy and 2X $8 6max. In the $3 I finished 2nd first time around ($84 for my effort) in the second one I got to the first break chip leader - then played a couple of hands real bad and busted....
  • to call a push
    first lvl of a 4+40 180SNG....on stars i have a little over starting stack... have villian covered... in MP with QQ no hearts... folded to me so i raise... LP calls and SB calls... pot 340 flop A :heart: J :heart: 4 :spade: SB bets out min (20)... i hate when people min bet at me so...
  • good play or fish move episode 2....
    this happened day before yesterday and a freeroll tourney at a local bar... about 25 people 1st gets a 25$ gift certificate at the bar... 10 min into tourney so no reneral reads... stacks about 16 000 blinds 100/200 7 handed... in the CO with A5 hearts... everyone limps as do I and we see a family...
  • When the antes kick in...
    I play a somewhat different strategy than most people in MTTs. I play super loose passive preflop and aggressive postflop. I've been doing really well in large field MTTs and can usually get through about 4/5th of the field in most tournaments, BUT once the antes kick in I have a really hard time...
  • i love VC poker
    and here is why, my last 5 mtts i played there all rebuys i think finally did it today and i'm just soooo happy my br went from 90 to 400+ in just few days http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/jernejwu/ip5mtt.jpg
  • Another decent UB tourny result
    Deleted - should have posted to tourny thread Mods - feel free to delete this thread.
  • Butchered HU
    Satellite to the $50K on FT. only 30 people started , first get a ticket. got to FT as SS and managed to bully my way around to last 3. Where I continued to bully them , until they caught cards and nocked me down and start all over again. Got real lucky the last hand 3 handed. Just won a nice big...
  • FTOPS
    Is somebody of you playing the FTOPS on Full Tilt? I am really interested in playing the 500+35 Superstack-Event, so i am trying to make 400$ on sng´s. (give it a shot and invest the winnings of lower Buy-Ins in SnG´s with higher Buy-Ins). Friend of mine, said he would stake me wit 135$... I definatly...
  • Online MTTs, semi-short.
    I've been having a situation come up lately late in a large MTT. I have a semi-short stack, around 6-10xBB. An average stack is around 15-20x BB. At this stage I feel like you can no longer steal, without moving all in. So what is a good moving in range and good reraising/calling range for a loose...
  • Hand from tonight's Sunday million
    Watching Kompis and Ciso, this just went down at Kompis' table. I laughed. PokerStars Game #9556384132: Tournament #47718900, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (400/800) - 2007/04/22 - 18:14:50 (ET) Table '47718900 335' 9-max Seat #1 is the button Seat 1: Gator615 (17144 in chips) Seat 2:...
  • Are we ever going to change MTT structure?
    Having watched loads of big MTT on TV and the net, it seems that once it down to the FT it is usually Lotto. Sure, you can still few pot with aggressiveness and identifying weakness, but generally its AI PF and let the card do their thing. Seems like there is very little poker going on on FT. Thought?
  • AWESOME TOURNAMENT
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  • How often do you expect to cash? in top 3?
    I have started looking at playing some MTTs between my normal grind, grind, grind sessions of NL cash games. Having played about ten tournaments and cashed in about half of them, I started to wonder --- How often should I expect to be able cash in MTTs? AND How often should I expect to be...
  • MTTs - to rebuy or not to rebuy, that is the question
    Does anyone have any thoughts on when it makes sense to rebuy in an MTT? I really have no clue on how to analyze the pros/cons of rebuying. Do some of you think it's best to avoid rebuy tourneys altogether? Thanks.
  • My second live MTT
    Just came back from my second live MTT. A freeroll (though we decided to all add €10 to the prize pot). Almost 80 players and I finished a cool 10th. Just before FT (Only 5 got paid) Played extremely tight. Dbl'd up twice pretty early to around 12K when the blinds where around 75-150 . Once with...
  • Bluff to cover WSOP
    From egr: Harrah’s has signed a non-binding letter of intent to form a digital publishing alliance with Bluff Media for online and radio coverage of all World Series of Poker-branded (WSOP) events on a global basis. Under the terms of the proposed deal, Bluff will operate the worldseriesofpoker.com...
  • MTT - AI early on?
    Ok, I'll admit, this is more of a bad beat, but I also wanted your opinion about the play of this hand. Maybe I didn't need to risk all my chips with it. First history, this is a private MTT. I've been moved to a new table where only 4 players are alive. The rest are ghosts. 1 big stack and the...
  • Seeking calendar of multi-day brick-n-mortar poker tournamen
    Does anyone know of a website/webpage that gives a calendar of the multi-day brick-n-mortar poker tournaments? If so, link please. The closest I have come so far is: http://www.pokerplayernewspaper.com/tournamentscalendar.php But this one only lists daily tournaments as far as I can make out....
  • 3rd tournament results
    So i played my third tournament and i really think my game is improving. The only issue im having is my all in moments I'm just choosing the wrong time to move. Last night we started with 2k chips and i was up about 1500 to 2k in chips. I get dealt J 10 suited and bet 200 pre-flop. and had 3 callers....
  • Hand for thoughts
    $50k guaranteed on BD last night. Start with 3k in chips. We are in the first level of the second hour ($30/$60 blinds) and I have a short stack of $1760 (average is around 4k at this point). But, I still have a relatively healthy M (almost 20), so I don't need to go crazy yet. I get Ac9d in the...
  • Foxwoods Poker Classic - Qualifying
    http://www.foxwoods.com/OurWonders/Gaming/Poker/DailyTournaments/DailySchedule.aspx (scroll down to the last page for info) I think I am going to test the waters with bringing 2 buyins for the Act I SnG and seeing how I do. I play quite a few SnG's so I think I might actually do well in these....
  • Another tourny hand
    $50k on BD last night. 200 players remain out of 640. 63 get paid. I have around $4k in chips which is well below average ($9200). Blinds are $150/$300, so I have an M of around 9. Table has been really active so far, with most pots being raised PF. AdAc UTG. I decide to limp with the idea...
  • Is this a call?
    Loose table and I have a big stack after flopping quads and having 3 players push to me. Hand #40545471-14 at Tue545pmBeAPro-051 (No Limit tournament Hold'em) Started at 13/Mar/07 18:04:02 ketamonkey is at seat 0 with 6805. Never_Ending_ is at seat 1 with 1485. BassBitch is at...
  • speaking of top sets....
    both of these were in the same FL tourney... POKERSTARS GAME #8821652411: TOURNAMENT #44301132, $15.00+$1.50 HOLD'EM LIMIT - LEVEL III (50/100) - 2007/03/09 - 19:39:58 (ET) Table '44301132 5' 9-max Seat #2 is the button Seat 1: karpfen 69 (1967 in chips) Seat 2: Ensano (2770 in chips) Seat 3:...
  • Sunday Million!
    Gotta love turbo sats. ;) How many runners we got from THP?
  • First out
    Live tournament, 108 player 3rd hand, blinds are 25/50, I am sitting in the big blind with J7o, 3 runners all call. Flop comes JJ9, its on me but every one plays out of turn and quickly checks, I say seeing you all played out of turn and checked I bet $100. Every one folds except a middle position player...
  • $22 Deep Stack MTT on Stars
    entered this one tonight after taking second place in the $4 180 man SnG. 520 players started... 5000 in chips, 30 minute blind levels and 6 handed tables. been running for over 6 hours now... 21 players left. i got about 85K... the setup of this deep stacked tourny is great...
  • Down to Last 100 in the $55k
    I'm above average in chips in the $11 rebuy on Stars right now. Bad news is Rizen is still in. Rail if ya feel like it, I'll be updating.
  • Stars $15 10pm tourney - bad call or bad beat?
    Last night I played the $15 10pm tourney on stars. Struggled all night with just below avg stack. Break came and went. Finally caught some cards and doubled up 2 hands in a row knocking 2 loose players out. Now I'm double the average with ~300 players left and in the top 20. I sit for a while then start...
  • Routes to the WSOP
    Last night I played in a $16 double shootout on stars. I like these tourneys, I think they are very +EV if you have half an idea how to win a sit n go. After winning the first table i got onto the final table where 9th of the 10 at the table, got $61 and 2nd - 8th got $72 with the winner getting a $650...
  • Open Pushing
    Recently I was top 30 in chips in a free roll with like 80 left. It was getting late late and I had to work early so I was not feeling like I really wanted to make it all the way to the end unless luck dictated it. I get dealt JJ UTG and pushed. called by A10, rivers an A and I'm cripled, next...
  • mmmmm, hot chocolate and an early night.
    Have a look at this. It's a (wait for it)....$1 freezeout torny. There are 152 entrants, top 10 get paid. I've already decided before hand, that I'm going to play tight until the last 20 then push to double up a few times. I was looking to go very deep as it was only $46 for first, therefore I wasn't...
  • SUNDAY TOURNEYS
    ITS that time again folks sunday is here and the big prizes are up for grabs once more. I don't think i will foray into the million on stars as its the $500 one today. I WILL BE PLAYING: £40k gtd on cryptologic 350k gtd Sunday warm up on stars Full tilt 400k gtd i will probably play...
  • All-in opinions please.
    Live MT tournament NL blinds $500/$1000 I have been playing a tight game and have shown down strong hands. Two other runners had about the same amount of chips $8000 odd, both were loose, one more passive than the other. Middle position the more passive calls, Hero is on the button with 89s and raises...
  • bad strech
    Man up until two weeks ago, I was doing great in the tournaments i played whether sit and go or multi. And for the past two weeks I have been loosing every way possible, and most tournaments end with me loosing to a serious underdog, two three outs and such. I have no idea what to do to get back on track....
  • Good call here
    I was really proud of this call I just made in this tourney. Was this a somewhat easy call here? Ballsy move because the 3 people involved in the pot all were top 50 in chips outta 600+ left. After this call I was 4th in chips...it put my tourney life on the line and i had a very healthy chip stack. Full...
  • Close your eyes, point the gun, and hope for the best.
    I'm really stuck with this hand. I'm playing an online $10, 10 seater satellite. The top 3 players qualify, there are 4 players left. Players A and B seem to be very competent players. They have been making all the right moves in the right places. Player C looks pretty average. I've been playing...
  • Satellite close to the bubble situation
    Hi all, this hand happened last night while playing the FTOSP ME satellite. I think it was about 15 people to the prize (which is the same for all) background info - was actually was actually down to 5XBB few hands before. And finally stole twice with good hands to get me back up to 10XBB My...
  • FTOPS POKER SERIES THP THREAD
    OKay, ftops is coming soon and i thought it would be nice to have a thread dedicated to the members of thp who are going to fly the flag. I will personally be trying to play the majority of them, i think craig and ciso will be in a few too. Post anything related to ftops u want
  • retarded questions
    i've just started playing micro stakes holdem online and i would like to try playing in a tournament. can someone please explain what i need to know. what exactly is sit and go. why are the buy ins x$+x$. thx
  • sng hand
    What do you guys think of this play? I'll let you know what I was thinking after I get some feedback PokerStars Game #8510639247: Tournament #43357396, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2007/02/18 - 21:29:36 (ET) Table '43357396 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 1: JWD_51 (1685...
  • First MTT win
    Actually, it was a mutli table SNG. Played on FT in a $50+$5 54 player 6-player SNG last night and toughed it out for first. Picked up a cool $999 for my efforts. I started out slow, but hung in there and played fairly aggressive (playing 6 player tables means playing more hands!). When the blinds...
  • just broke the bubble in the stars 3+RB
    2949 started 549 left first prize a nice 5891$US... sitting 100th overall in chips... LET'S DO THIS...
  • On teh bubble
    45-man Turbo $6+.50 SNG on pokerstars. This is just a quick question about bubbleplay - call and take a coinflip or fold and look for some fold-equity later on....? POKERSTARS GAME #8410320804: TOURNAMENT #42862717, $6.00+$0.50 HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL X (400/800) - 2007/02/12 - 18:46:00 (ET) Table...
  • Friday Night Tournies
    Hey all, probably going to be playing in some PS tournaments this evening, definitely the $3+rebuys and $11+rebuys. Anyone else got any tournament aspirations this evening?
  • Brags... finished first again...
    finished first out of 522... longest heads up ever...
  • Tuff way to bust out
    I guess the 8,000 re-raise didnt scare him too much, i guess he thought his K9 was good. By his actions it seems like he is on a busted flush draw on the river, i thought i was good here. Full Tilt Poker Game #1794258189: $16,000 Guarantee (12899032), Table 2 - 800/1600 Ante 200 - No Limit Hold'em...
  • when to defend blinds?
    MTT - just moved to new table. folded to the SB (10XBB) who min raise. You sit with 22XBB and look at A9o . Action?
  • Card Dead in a Tournament
    This post is really a continuation of my earlier post on MTT Patterns but is a new question so I started a new post. I've been trying to adapt to Webby's advice on middle-tournament play and am running into a problem with some regularity. That is being so card dead it is beyond belief. I've now...
  • 10/180 stars FT
    1/4 right now ... some fun hands PokerStars Game #8427023799: Tournament #42930687, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (600/1200) - 2007/02/13 - 19:04:16 (ET) Table '42930687 17' 9-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 1: Stag Man (20347 in chips) Seat 2: philyeags5 (24341 in chips) Seat 3: Malice_13...
  • what regular stars tourneys do you'se play in?
    just kinda wondering if anyone here has a regular kinda "schedule" for tourneys that they normally play? oh.... just broke the bubble in stars noon 20+2...
  • finally started playing MTT's
    Finally decided to devote some time to playing those bigger S&G's and MTT's (not cash bigger, players bigger) Played a $3 turbo last night. 217 started and I finished 24th. Am not crazy about this format. After the first break the blinds / stake rate is so low its push or fold game. luckily, most...
  • What do you guys look for?
    When choosing a torny, what do you guys look for as positives and negitives? Obviously, I'm assuming the entry fee is the key concern, however do you look at prize money/entry fee ratio's or amount of players etc. The reason I ask the question is I planned to enter a $10 freezeout torny last night....
  • is this a call?
    PokerStars Game #8390995282: Tournament #42107306, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2007/02/11 - 15:30:09 (ET) Table '42107306 323' 9-max Seat #2 is the button Seat 1: derPenner (19715 in chips) Seat 2: k@gg (21414 in chips) Seat 3: Tori22 (5186 in chips) Seat 4: Ensano (24463...
  • stars' 11+RB 55k guaranteed looks like it'll be short...
    looks like it'll be about 20% short... anyone interested?
  • Poker time $1000 freeroll
    I play in alot of freerolls usually $50 and $100 and sometimes make it into the money, overall i think i do quite well. I have registered with pokertime a few days ago and have noticed that they have a few $1000 freerolls on every day, the payout for the top 20 places is great. The only thing is ,its...
  • push, call or fold?
    this like just just happened in the 3+R sat to sun 1M... the call on the turn was to make a bet even if he checked the river... do you call push of fold here? PokerStars Game #8372327571: Tournament #42105712, $3+$0 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2007/02/10 - 14:02:32 (ET) Table '42105712...
  • how do you play strong hand early on?
    How should you play strong hand early on a tourney or S&G? Lets say you have a high pocket pair (9's-Q's), or AK in MP. How much do you raise? In low limits, a lot of players will call up to 10XBB raises in the first levels. So you raise 5XBB and get 2 callers and last to act. You missed...
  • avoiding early coinflips...
    this is a situation that came up in a sunday mil sat... hero MP with AKo... stack about 1300 blinds 15/30 UTG+1 calls, hero raises to 150, MP+2 calls, SB (maniac and has pushed 3 times already) pushes for 800, BB (another push happy) reraises to 1900 (efeectively covering me)... now back to me.. knowing...
  • few hands end of S&G - HU
    I got into this HU 5-1 favorite. I kept chipping away his chips and the guy kept coming back. Did I really play it badly or did he just have 9 lives. We played 100 hands HU - in which I had always a 3-1 lead until the last 2 hands. Few major hands follows : 3rd hand into HU : felt I had good lead...
  • Odd way to end a tourney
    Well i survived 832 people, only to have this situation come up when down to the last 3. Ive never seen anything like this before. PokerStars Game #8334115947: Tournament #42106719, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (10000/20000) - 2007/02/08 - 00:48:00 (ET) Table '42106719 91' 9-max Seat #2...
  • Turbo HU SnG's
    With my tourney winnings, ive started playing $55 and $33 heads up turbo SnG's. Ive done very well at the $55 SnG's, starting at a $450 BR and bringing it up to $1,500 in a day. Ive been making a spread sheet with wins, win%, net (wins-losses-rake), etc. My question is when will these stats start...
  • Who wins in this instance?
    Ok so I was playin poker over at my buddys house, And the hand was heads up with me and this other Gal. There was a pair on the board. There was also a jack, which the other person and I both had. So we both ended up with Jacks and 7's. She had a 4 in her hand and I had a 2 in mine, After a huge...
  • Need Insights into MTT Patterns
    As I've posted elsewhere I'm flexing my wings in some MTT SnGs. I need some insights into what I've been experiencing to see if it is normal or if I should be looking for leaks. In general I do pretty well and get relatively deep into the tournament but eventually get eliminated or crippled on an...
  • RakeTheRake Freeroll
    Anyone else playing in this? I am at a table where everyone is sitting out. Makes the blinds easy to steal :lol: Edit- Its on Full Tilt
  • Late S&G , playing an A
    Hi guys , I've got to example when a 9 people S&G got down to 3 handed. Blinds are high and I don't feel there is much poker left. Is this the right play. Hand 1 : blinds 120/240 Hero : 3040 - BB Villain 1 : 3500 - Button villain 2 : 6960 - SB Villain 1 raise to 600. villain...
  • Reading Hands in Low Buy-in MTTs
    I've always been impressed when I see a pro in a televised game call out their opponent's cards and really appreciate it when you get a peek into their reasoning process. And of course I try to work on this myself and have had some progress. However I've been playing a lot of low buy-in MTT SnGs...
  • What to do?
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  • $6 SnG's on party 36% ITM but losing $
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  • Early in STT...call or fold?
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  • The Art Of Bluffing
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  • Rebuys: Tight or Loose?
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  • Oopsie!
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  • First hand... bleh
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  • Dontcha Hate These
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  • Speed = EW
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  • PokerStars 2.5M, stage 1 freeroll
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  • Live MTT tourny, help!!!
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  • Yum Yum Baby
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  • MTT hand
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  • Another Disheartening finish on another disheartening night!
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  • 600+ MTT Freeroll-Long Ass Read
    As many people know, getting action points at Doyle's Room is about as easy as easy can be. I decided to burn a few off this Sunday and played a mirriade of games. I played in two Omaha MTTs. I thought I would be able to go deeper then I did in those but it wasn't to be. Out of 280 people who entered...
  • Bubble Problem
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  • First ever MTT played...finished 11th
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  • Betting at the sidepot in Tourny
    I am trying to improve my SNG skills, and this hand came up today. I know protocol is to check it down, but is that the correct play here? ***** Hand History for Game 4748409167 ***** 400/800 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 26135917) - Mon Jul 17 14:58:33 EDT 2006 Table Positive...
  • Painful bubble finish....correct play?
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  • What to expect
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  • time to move up sngs ?
    iv recently had a bit of a rush over the last couple of weeks and built up my roll to just over $400 at the $10+1 sngs at stars. so i was thinking of having a go at the $20 sngs, how would you guys go about this. i usually play 2 or 3 tables so was thinking playing 1 table at $20 and 2 at $10, or...
  • My Donktastic Finish on stars $20 MTT last night
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  • HU Play
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  • PartyPoker SnGs ... who plays em
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  • Standard Play?
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  • Hosting a tournament help
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  • My PartyPoker $1 Million gtd. experience...
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  • Mentally preparing for a tourney
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  • Late satelite hand
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  • Late MTT
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  • my first online MTT
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  • 10K Guaranteed on Pacific Hand, Play along
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  • Late satelite hand #2
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  • SNG Check Up. Am I Any Good At These?
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  • 2 S&G hands - how wrong did I play them
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  • How to play freeroll?
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  • Question on taking out the short stack.
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  • WSOP $50K buy-in HORSE event...
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  • WSOP-Dealers Tourney
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  • hand in multi
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  • these hands kill me :)
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  • do you call?
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  • £6 mtt hand...
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  • MTT Hand - Was i wrong?
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  • why I prefere thinking opponents
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  • FT Sweat
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  • Final table hand - $20 MTT on Doyles Room
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  • Flopped Quads twice within 20 hands - same tourney
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  • How to play SNGS?
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  • 3.3 MTT
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  • MTT Hand Step By Step
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  • $10 deepstack stars mtt
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  • WSOP Freeroll
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  • Changing Gears
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  • Won my way into fulltilts 200k
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  • Decided to move to Poker Stars ..
    Been playing there for about a week now,so last night i decided to try one of those $4 180 man Sit-n-go's.Got up to 20,000 or so in chips then lost a hand due to a bad beat that put me at around 3,500 with 18 people left.Before i knew it i was back up to 20,000 in chips.Well,i ended up going on to finish...
  • WOW
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  • SNG play
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  • Bad Play?
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  • How do you play low pocket pairs in tourney poker?
    I fold low pairs most of the time unless i have a chip lead at the table. Im Just wondering how you guys play them.
  • Moving players in MTTs
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  • MTT hand
    I haven't been at the table very long. Villain seems to be playing solid poker, nothing out of the ordinary. I was really debating on what I should do here. Was my preflop raise a little too big? It made a big pot leading to the flop, something that I usually try to avoid with hands like JJ-QQ. Keeping...
  • Hey TxShadow
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  • Most rediculous things you've seen in tourneys...
    Lets start a thread with all the most outragous, dumb, funny things you've seen in tourny play. The craziest thing i've seen so far was in a 20 man tourny I played recently, we were down to 4 people, meaning we were all in the money. Blinds were 400/800 and i was in the BB with only 500 chips remaining....
  • cashed in an MTT for the first time!
    Hey guys, last night i played in a $1000 freeroll and cashed in 129 th for a big ole $2 bill! now that's not such a huge acomplishment except that is the first MTT cash that i have made, beating out more than 6000 players. i played several hands really well and was quite pleased to win some...
  • How I just busted out of my FIFTH Maui tourney..
    When I had 4 consecutive wins, was working on my fifth for the jackpot ($15k atleast, I think its almost double that) If anyone knows how to get a hand history for Titan poker, let me know, I looked all of the interface and couldnt find anything. Me: A :spade: A :club: Raise to 80. Blinds are...
  • There are just so many freerolls and which one do you pick??
    Ok, there are millions of freerolls every day and nite on every poker site out there!! So which one do u pick? So i have stop playing these dumb freerolls where there is $100 paid top 18 players or freerolls where there is 10 000+ players on a site with $1000 or even $200! So poker players tell...
  • Another PP play
    Again, a middle of the tourny, 9 people left out of 20. Blinds were 100/200 i was in middle position with 4300. I have 66 and its folded to me, I raise to 600 and all but the big blind folds. He has 5900 in chips. Flop comes out 7c 9 c 5 h. He bets 1200 I raise all in. Good move? I figure hes pretty...
  • Medium PP in the blinds
    I was in a MTT earlier and had this situation come up, and was wondering if I played it correctly. It was about the middle of the tournament blinds were 200/400 and I had about 7200 in chips. I was in the small blind with pocket 10's and the pot was raised to 1400 by MP2 who had 11500 in chips. I...
  • Dealing with the frustration.
    This is a post that I admit has to do with bad beats. I believe it belongs in this forum however, since what I am going to talk about has to do STRICTLY with tournament play, and what it takes to recover from a string of terrible situations. It is no secret that everybody will have bad days, bad weeks,...
  • Late MTT
    PokerStars Game #5082493851: Tournament #25061232, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (800/1600) - 2006/05/28 - 20:38:33 (ET) Table '25061232 23' 9-max Seat #8 is the button Seat 1: LeafsFan1122 (32692 in chips) Seat 2: Maine_Green (6405 in chips) Seat 3: cilldroichid (39067 in chips) Seat...
  • First hand of SNG
    This is the very first hand of an SNG, blinds are 20/40, I'm in the small blind: $5 - NL - 9 Seat - Extended 8934180-1 Holdem No Limit 20/40 Hand Start. GunslingerZ has $2,000 Mark G has $2,000 Missy9117 has $2,000 rochabe has $2,000 aintgotcrap has $2,000 Escort Woody has $2,000...
  • SnG Bankroll Question
    Hi, So now that i am getting comfartable playing in SnG's and am doing well (ITM in 5 of 9, 2 wins) I an looking for input on how much of a bankroll is generally believed to be enough for playing SnG's? just so you know, i am playing on a $10 sign-up bonus which is now almost $15. i have been...
  • My Recent Tournament
    okay, i done a 200 Freezeout the other night at a local casino and thought id share my experience with you guys and whether maybe you guys think i could have done somethings different to better my results. 100 runners, 30 min blinds , and 10,000 stack - so nice structure. Important hand no-1 7...
  • Thrill of victory/agony of defeat~
    Title says it all, i added a few notes, the site has a lousy hand history. first hand of $2500 freeroll for new members only: *** Export for: jay_bruce Game: Texas Holdem Game number: 807309893 *** Date: 5/27/2006 1:01:02 AM Game: 807309893: Table: Multi Table 41 Multiple Table Tournament...
  • Won another 180 man on stars last night.
    That tourney was simply insane! I managed to get up to around 70k chips with 30 people left. the next closest was at around 34..Then by the final table I had over 110k. The tournament changing hand occurred when, I was #1 with about 30k and #2 was in front of me with about 29k. I am in the BB he is...
  • Freaking River does it to me again..PS $2 tournament..
    PokerStars Game #5085142881: Tournament #25061262, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2006/05/29 - 00:40:17 (ET) Table '25061262 69' 9-max Seat #5 is the button Seat 1: tori200 (2318 in chips) Seat 2: rookie1962 (6305 in chips) Seat 3: Betelgeuse99 (7045 in chips) Seat 4:...
  • MTT Hand
    PokerStars Game #5051736513: Tournament #25061017, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2006/05/25 - 20:42:04 (ET) Table '25061017 113' 9-max Seat #7 is the button Seat 1: lojean (6930 in chips) Seat 2: booman22 (2590 in chips) Seat 4: LeafsFan1122 (4585 in chips) Seat 5: Silverback62...
  • stars 180 man sng
    here is how i busted out. probably the sickest beat ive had in a long while. 94% on flop 84% on turn. yuck yuck yuck *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to aelred ManleyMan: folds JpMoNe23: folds surgeon56: calls 150 smoothherman: folds EndymionTP: folds wolf j fly: folds SheddHunter: calls 75 aelred:...
  • my first tournaments: 1 ITM!; ITM AGAIN!!
    I played a couple of 5000+ player freerolls yesterday and today and went out about halfway through so i tried a $0.75 NL SNG and took second and a cool $2.25! now my bankroll is busting out at $11.65!! WooHoo!!!! :D:D:D 8) i know this is not a big acomplishment, but I'm excited and just had...
  • Early Tournament Risk-Taking
    I recently read a Cardplayer article (and I actually found it on their site, so I will post an excerpt from it below) that talked about early stages of a tournament and common mistakes that are made. This is not in reference to a SnG type tourny, but rather a large multi-table style tournament. One...
  • $3 rebuy satellite to Sundays million dollar guaranteed
    Didn't quite go as i liked,check out these hands.. The Wasp: posts small blind 10 ohiogary: posts big blind 20 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to ohiogary lgmca: folds Jeenyus22: folds tentstake: folds notcha fish: folds NjCriminal: raises 6280 to 6300 and is all-in trombonium: folds vamark1177:...
  • Won my first 180 man on stars
    Unfortunately it was a $4 one and not a $20. Still, it netted me ~$215 and took just over 3 hours to finish. I went into the final table about average and doubled up on the chip leader and then knocked the medium stack out the next hand. I had over a 2x chip lead of anyone else for the rest of the...
  • pushing with less
    Would you push all in with an extremly short stack of like maybe 2 or three BB with a less than steller hand Like facex off suit if there are 4-5 limpers in front of you and you knew none of them would reraise. I am thinking yes because if you do win your hand you could multiply your stack by 4-5 times...
  • What was my first mistake?
    Playing in a live two-table tournament. Down to 9 players, I have about $24,000 in chips (about 4 of us in this range, 2 mid-stack players and 3 truly short stacked players). The blinds are 800/1600. I am in the BB. Villian is UTG. He is known to hope to play any two suited cards, connectors or high...