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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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  • where did I go wrong on this one
    Final post :) Tournie night was fun tonight. 600th ish of 3600 players, hate tournies :) Getting Hand History Information... ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hand #32973641-74 at Tue1140pmMDFW13-014 (No Limit tournament Hold'em) Powered by UltimateBet Started...
  • £6 mtt hand...
    209 registered blinds 400/800 36 players remain schuimpie has $14,530 medium man has $8,740 jesus god has $8,520 dealer. dange man has $4,910 small blind jonesyb has $15,840 big blind. mrcocktail has $1,350 jcmal5 has $22,720 DUNNY 28 has $23,460 jesseja777 has $36,054.90 jonesyb...
  • 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
    Looking back, I could have played this much better, regardless I still was not giving villain the pot odds he needed for a 4 outer and he still called off his entire stack. This hand crippled me. I was in 2nd place at the final table and there were 6 people left. This was a $20 MTT. I still walked away...
  • Flopped Quads twice within 20 hands - same tourney
    One the hard way QKo with a flop of KKK and the second time 99 with a flop of rag, 9, 9. Anyone know the odds of that occurring at the same table in a tourney within so many hands of eachother? ____ Multi-Table Tournament Table Name Hand ID Game Stakes MTT Table 3 10060613-11 Holdem...
  • How to play SNGS?
    Hey ive got a bonus pending at Stars so i figure ill have to play some SNGs to get it out as its almost impossible to get FPPS playing $10 NL. So whats the strategy in these things? (Ill probably be playing the $5+.5 to start with) Im thinking i should probably start relatively tight and try to get...
  • 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
    An aspect of my game that I've been working on as of late is changing gears. I've been picking spots to switch the style of game I'm playing, and confuse the hell out of opponents. Over time i've learned that if you simply play the same way throughout the whole tournament, good opponents will pick...
  • 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
    So I'm playing a 50 man sng and its down to 5 players. Out of nowhere the chip leader says he has to go and starts going all in every hand. I pick up AQ and go all in with him. He shows K2 and of course busts me out of the tourny. AWESOME
  • SNG play
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  • Bad Play?
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  • How do you play low pocket pairs in tourney poker?
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  • 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...
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  • cashed in an MTT for the first time!
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • First hand of SNG
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  • 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...
  • never a better use of the word "lol"
    now what made me laugh for about 3 minutes str8 , was the fact i had 24s , woulda floped first place out of 4 people , and last place still woulda rivered the monster. Getting Hand History Information... ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hand #31760404-1...
  • Easy Decision?
    Bear in mind that this is a 40 FPP satellite, not even for regular cash. PokerStars Game #4877680905: Tournament #24182096, 40FPP Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/05/09 - 00:30:00 (ET) Table '24182096 43' 9-max Seat #1 is the button Seat 1: jdub231 (1500 in chips) Seat 2: Turn_Prophet...
  • Two Pair, 3-flushed board
    Stars 40 FPP satellite, level 3 (blinds 25/50). MP limps (about 6k in chips). SB limps (about 15k in chips). Hero checks with J :spade: 7 :club: (about 5.5k in chips). Pot: 150 Flop: J :heart: 7 :heart: 3 :heart: SB checks. Hero bets 100. MP raises to 200. SB folds. Hero? (Turn is...
  • tonights MTT in 2 hands
    first the hand that recked my good start. now , my initiat thought when he called and checked the flop , as with my last 4-5 hands I had been seen simply raiseing pre , then fireing a big bullet at the flop - everyone would fold , if I check behind him hes gonna bet the turn regardless , ill come over...
  • 180-man SNG on stars
    Tried a couple of the $20 180 man SNG's on stars last night and got knocked out pretty quickly all 3 times. The first time I was crippled when my nut flush got cracked to a riverboat, and the second and third times it seemed as though I just could not get any cards at all and was knocked out 101 and...
  • Late mtt stage.
    Can I ask a question please? When your down to the last 11-15 players of an mtt (say 300 or more entrants) and the blinds/antes are crippling, what range of hands are u prepared to go all in on? I'm talking about when u got an average stack and everyone is trying to steal the blinds left, right and...
  • another too tight hand.
    Second verse, same as the first... Just like last night...is this a 'too tight' fold? With so many limpers, I think someone has an A... http://www.pokerhand.org/?323924
  • 72max people tournament at golf club
    My dads golf club is having a nl texas holdem tournament on June 8th with a maxof 72 people with 6 people getting paid. I have no clue to the stack size and blind structure. I expect the majority of the players will be bad, and expect them to either play tight (doubt it) or loose calling stations, chasing...
  • bankroll for $20 + $2 9 man sngs.
    i am toying with the idea of moving up to them from $10's. what sort of bankroll is fairly standard for these for these games? also, i am now thinking of depositing on party as the $20 sngs on vc/doyles dont fill up as fast as i would like. anyone play the $20 sngs on vc/doyles room? also...
  • Questionable play?
    Early in the Stars 8:10 5$ mtt. I'm not so sure about my call on the river seeing as how he could easily have a FH. Your thoughts? PokerStars Game #4773088934: Tournament #23515478, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/04/28 - 20:20:18 (ET) Table '23515478 83' 9-max Seat #6 is the...
  • 600 Man MTT
    They say the 3rd time is a charm and they might be right. Doyles Room has $30 freeroll. Top prize as you can imagine is not allot. If memory serves correctly it is right around $8 for first and top 27 get paid. I played in two other of these events in the past and this time I finally finished in the...
  • SnG hands
    Two table $10 SnG. PokerStars Game #4761586871: Tournament #23809053, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/04/27 - 17:23:40 (ET) Table '23809053 2' 9-max Seat #5 is the button Seat 1: alexandr666 (1585 in chips) Seat 2: Johny4455 (1305 in chips) Seat 3: ChipOhoi (1545 in chips)...
  • Am I a maniac...?
    MTT, DeepStacks. What do you think? I have a tight image and haven't been raising or re-raising much at all. My thought was either he has monster or a marginal hand that I can make him lay down. PokerStars Game #4711992751: Tournament #23113820, $30+$3 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/04/22...
  • Some people in tournaments make me laugh...
    Here is the scenario. Sorry I do not have a hand history, but I will do my best to explain what happened last night. Now please tell me, in all honesty if I am a "donkey" as these people said, or if yourself, and any person who has any concept of the game would have made the same call. Blinds...
  • My statistics for Heads-Up games. Tell me what you think
    Anyone who can dissect this for me would be greatly appreciated. These are my stats for Heads up games on DR over the past week. Note these are probably 50% $5 and 25% $10 and 25% $20. Just remember, it's heads-up so stats are going to be higer than they would for anything else obviously. STT...
  • if u still think u need a good hand in SNG ..
    well i admit first hand i got lucky, but basicly had no other option but to push also up to this point i had huge problems with inet i timed out and got disconected few times so i had to hurry up to prevent to get blinded out. But this shows was Snoo said some time ago that most players would be...
  • Final table A Q offsuit vs BB
    Did my first live tournament the other day and made the final table. I think I played correctly but had one hand that I keep thinking about and would appreciate input on. Nine players at the table, the blinds are 2k and 4k. I have about 29k, I'm in 4th position, first 3 players fold. I raise it...
  • My First Win
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  • WWYD?
    I'm a fairly new player, but I've been playing a lot of tournaments on Party Poker, and have managed to win a bit of cash on the Freerolls. Sorry I don't have the actual hand history, but I'm wondering how you would have played this hand... It's a no-limit MTT about 15 hands in. Starting stack is...
  • BOO YAAAA!!!
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  • SnG hand...thoughts/advice?
    $11 6 handed SnG on party. 5 players remain, blinds are 20/40. Villain is 'ok'... Hero has 1700 chips. Villain has 2650 chips. Hero is dealt A4 :spade: in MP, UTG calls, hero calls, button folds, SB folds, BB (villain) checks. flop 3 :spade: Q :diamond: K :spade: Villain checks, UTG bets...
  • MTT hand
    MTT, $30 DeepStacks. PokerStars Game #4711236778: Tournament #23113820, $30+$3 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/04/22 - 20:16:10 (ET) Table '23113820 39' 9-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 2: buschman22 (9120 in chips) Seat 3: McCaber16 (5140 in chips) Seat 4: jcope111 (11100 in chips)...
  • Wildest Hand I've Ever Seen
    This is the first hand of a $20 + $2 180-man SnG on Stars. I'm on the button with A :spade: A :club: . UTG raises to 60. Player 2 folds. Player 3 folds. Player 4 raises to 120. Player 5 folds. Player 6 raises to 500. Hero raises to 1500 and is all-in. SB folds. BB folds. UTG calls. Player...
  • MTT hand
    MTT, $30 DeepStacks. PokerStars Game #4711875392: Tournament #23113820, $30+$3 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/04/22 - 21:16:59 (ET) Table '23113820 39' 9-max Seat #1 is the button Seat 1: uncthomas (15925 in chips) Seat 2: buschman22 (17940 in chips) Seat 3: McCaber16 (4440 in...
  • MTT hand
    PokerStars Game #4638882952: Tournament #22780680, $30+$3 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2006/04/15 - 22:25:30 (ET) Table '22780680 40' 9-max Seat #7 is the button Seat 1: danaidan (15833 in chips) Seat 2: 2007Cobra (12825 in chips) Seat 3: stormie32 (29816 in chips) is sitting out Seat...
  • MTT hand
    MTT, $30 buy-in DeepStacks. PokerStars Game #4637393622: Tournament #22780680, $30+$3 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/04/15 - 20:04:43 (ET) Table '22780680 12' 9-max Seat #3 is the button Seat 1: jumbone1 (8875 in chips) Seat 2: McCaber16 (5620 in chips) Seat 3: XXGameXX (8427 in...
  • Harrington on Holdem and online SnG's
    Im reading Harrington's Volume I book and I love it so far. I just finished the section on pre-flop betting. It seems like he talks about play at online SnG's (online 1 table tourneys he calls them), but it seems to me his advice is a little too conservative here. Should I generally follow his...
  • Another SnG - Beat someone 15X my stack heads up
    Got down to the last two and we were even in chips. I go all in and he calls, Im down to 836 in chips vs. 12664 in chips. I cant believe it again, but i won another SnG that looked like I was doomed! Heres some info: PokerStars Game #4651752309: Tournament #23214752, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit...
  • Quite a SnG - beat someone heads up 10x my chip stack
    only $6 SnG, but its still a pretty cool story.. down to the last 3 people: me: ~1700 in chips Player 2: ~3300 in chips Player 3: ~15000 in chips I was just clinging onto life hoping player 2 gets knocked out and i get 2nd. He gets knocked out by a bad beat. Now that im in 2nd and hes got...
  • My first FT in a MTT
    167 people, $1 dollar entry Started off slow, and with about 115 people left, I won a huge hand. Pocket Kings vs pocket queens all in preflop. Brings me to about 8k, and in 2nd place. After this hand, I never left the top 5 in chip positions. Had alot of decent hands and steals, none of which...
  • Could I have done anything differently?
    PokerStars Game #4627192261: Tournament #22780602, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2006/04/14 - 21:08:18 (ET) Table '22780602 200' 9-max Seat #5 is the button Seat 1: JimBuster (9555 in chips) Seat 2: Cracked22 (5850 in chips) Seat 3: Cartman8888 (2945 in chips) Seat 4:...
  • Same thing
    MTT, $20 buy-in DeepStacks. PokerStars Game #4609232113: Tournament #22780432, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (800/1600) - 2006/04/13 - 00:44:06 (ET) Table '22780432 41' 9-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 1: DEDWING27 (62537 in chips) Seat 2: tagtrengfan (52789 in chips) Seat 3: jga1635 (44976...
  • Beggining of SnG
    This was the 4th hand or so of a 5$ 3-table tournament. I'm fairly certain I played this fine: PokerStars Game #4615904203: Tournament #23025524, Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/04/13 - 20:10:36 (ET) Table '23025524 2' 9-max Seat #3 is the button Seat 1: gmonkey2221 (1500 in chips) is...
  • I'm probably getting annoying...
    MTT, $20 buy-in DeepStacks. How much should I bet? Any suggestions for the rest of the hand? PokerStars Game #4606535900: Tournament #22780432, Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2006/04/12 - 20:56:19 (ET) Table '22780432 10' 9-max Seat #4 is the button Seat 1: CawfeKid (11550 in chips) Seat...
  • You know the drill
    MTT, $20 buy-in DeepStacks. PokerStars Game #4605909073: Tournament #22780432, Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/04/12 - 19:53:37 (ET) Table '22780432 33' 9-max Seat #2 is the button Seat 1: Johny4455 (10070 in chips) Seat 2: Pawkit Pair (6180 in chips) Seat 3: Mr.Haas (2015 in chips)...
  • SnG hand
    Should I make the call or not? Is there anything I should have done differently? PokerStars Game #4565309891: Tournament #22751668, Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2006/04/08 - 20:40:04 (ET) Table '22751668 2' 9-max Seat #3 is the button Seat 1: axe1424 (3030 in chips) Seat 2: Dekapitein...
  • MTT hand
    MTT, $20 buy-in DeepStacks. What now? Any comments on the rest of the hand? PokerStars Game #4605644981: Tournament #22780432, Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2006/04/12 - 19:26:23 (ET) Table '22780432 33' 9-max Seat #1 is the button Seat 1: Johny4455 (9220 in chips) Seat 2: Pawkit Pair...
  • SnG hand
    Note that the raiser only has 405 in chips left. PokerStars Game #4604854706: Tournament #22964262, Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/04/12 - 18:03:30 (ET) Table '22964262 2' 9-max Seat #7 is the button Seat 1: Johny4455 (1660 in chips) Seat 2: mataleo (495 in chips) Seat 3: bbnoregon...
  • Multi-table tournament
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  • Aces with bad kicker
    I recently made final table at a $40 buyin, 40 person tourney. First time ever in a casino tourney so makin final table was cool. Top 6 players in the money. I got to the final 2 tables as chip leader with about 29K in my stack. At this point my mindset is play tight to make the money. I set myself...
  • 4 AK Situations
    Ok, here are four tournament situations in which you pick up AK in the BB (suited or unsuited is probably irrelevant for this example, but we'll say suited just to put sugar on top). In every instance, assume the chip leader has about twice the amount of chips you do, and this is a fairly large...
  • Find me a Farm, Because I'm a Donkey
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  • Stars $5 sng hand.
    From my second ever game on Stars. Just deposited today. Glad I did too. This thread is just an excuse to post a hand from there really as I can now convert them easily. :lol: Going to play in the $5's for now. Just till I get the hang of things. Then move up to $10's as soon as possible. PokerStars...
  • Should I call?
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  • SnG hand
    Villain has played like a donk. Playing a horrible aggressive style so far. Do you think a call is justifiable? Doesn't look like he's very strong, scary board to be giving a free card away if he has a overpair or top pair. He could have a set, but let's ignore that. What do you put him on and do you...
  • any way to get any more chips here??
    Seat 4 is the button Total number of players : 6 Seat 2: nicthestick ( $490 ) Seat 4: Cindybelle1 ( $1590 ) Seat 6: blakleys ( $885 ) Seat 7: share_da_luv ( $2940 ) Seat 9: highvoltage_ ( $245 ) Seat 10: Ratlips ( $1850 ) Trny:19377677 Level:4 Blinds(50/100) ** Dealing down cards ** Dealt...
  • I'm such a luckbox
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  • SNG hand
    Hand #11241352-38 at TurboSnG-0010m (No Limit Hold'em Sit and Go) Powered by UltimateBet Started at 21/Jan/06 17:24:10 marie22222 is at seat 0 with 3845. Lionsfan is at seat 3 with 1945. shewants2win is at seat 4 with 2170. fishinganimal is at seat 5 with 1215. biggersal...
  • MTT Hand
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  • Guess Villain's hand
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  • Advanced Math help
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  • Can't bluff a donk...
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  • Donking the Donk
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  • $5 MTT Bubble Hand
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  • 2006 - the year of the Loon??
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  • MTT hands
    $30 DeepStacks on PS. His overbet most likely means he doesn't have a flush. It's still early in the tourney so no reads. Maybe I should have re-raised on the flop? I don't think I need to risk my tournament so early and I'll still have over 200bb left if I fold. What do you put him on? PokerStars...
  • 6:30 ET PStars $5 Rebuy
    Who's coming with me???
  • For those of you who think higher stakes are easier ...
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  • No cards in MTT
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  • SNG question: check it down or bet?
    it's late in a single table SNGt, down to 5, get dealt 77 and raise a standard raise (3xBB, think blinds were 60/120) in EP. player in MP goes all-in for less than a re-raise, making it impossible to raise anyone else out of the pot. button calls, blinds fold and i call. flop is all unders to my PP,...
  • Looking out for my Peeps!
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  • Raise the turn?
    Read the subject: NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Level:2 Blinds(15/30) Seat 6 is the button Seat 2: ( $1630 ) Seat 3: ( $890 ) Seat 4: ( $775 ) Seat 5: ( $785 ) Seat 6: ( $755 ) Seat 7: villain ( $870 ) Seat 8: TheSalche ( $695 ) Seat 9: ( $725 ) Seat 10: ( $875 ) Trny:19096507...
  • Two Killer Omaha8 Hands
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  • Yes Baby, Another One!
    After a month+ hiatus from online Poker, I returned today to play in a couple tournaments. I first played a 20+2 3-table Hold'em tournament and placed 2nd. Not bad. Then I just now finished a 10+1 Omaha8 tournament... and took my second MTT win!!! And I was just playing for fun... Sorry I didn't...
  • Keep finishing 4th
    Hi there! After playing many SnG's now, I mostly keep finishing 4th and that is REALLY frustrating me. I easily get to top 5, but then I start to have problems. As an example I was in a game with 4 people left: player1: 7000chips Me: 2000 chips player3: 550chips player4: 350 chips The blinds...
  • Hungry ...
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  • To HurricaneHam
    too bad about bad luck but man 15% flops seen is my usual iin MTTs :D shame though would be nice if we could get to top togeather and show them some THP mastery :)
  • Playing the $5+R right now on Stars...
    First two hands I push with... KK vs AK - Ace hits the turn. AJ vs A5 - 5 hits the turn. Hopefully losing to two 3-outers within the first 5 minutes means it won't happen later!
  • Big Money Stars Tourny - Official Thread
    Post them here ladies.
  • Are You Gonna Do It Ham?
    31st of 102 left, Inside the money, just under half of chip leaders stack....... I think the way you're playing you can. Altho you do need to have a big hand hold up! NO 8!!! :lol: Good luck to you, you're going great. I'm slightly embarassed by my performance, 18 rebuys is unacceptable :oops:...
  • How To Win A Tournament
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  • Stick In There Ham!
    You will catch a big starting hand soon and double up, just be patient!
  • Should I call?
    Playing a small casino tourney, (134 players) about halfway through had 60k chips, blinds at 1k/2k, called seat 1's (small blind)4k all-in with Q :diamond: J :diamond: along with the big blind. 1 more player calls behind me. Flop comes A :diamond: 10 :club: 5 :diamond: . Big blind goes all-in for...
  • From a $200 Tourney on Sunday
    Early in the Tourney a player raised in 1st position of 9 players with 77 and got called and made some bad bluffs into cards that were all high cards. Took his starting stack from 2000 to 1000 just like that. I put a note on this player instantly on this player. The very next hand I am in the cutoff...
  • AA/KK/AKs EARLY
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  • Tough decision... I think
    No reads on Villain, has not shown down anything unsual. What do you put him on? PokerStars Game #3494810158: Tournament #16922140, Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2005/12/31 - 21:47:04 (ET) Table '16922140 180' Seat #1 is the button Seat 1: ieatchipsyum (11615 in chips) Seat 2: chipswanted...
  • Four Days to go. . .
    Its now only 4 days until I leave for Bahamas! :lol: I better not choke this time :x Or if I do something stupid let it pay off for me like Aaron Kanter :wink:
  • FINAL TABLE!!
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  • I'm so f*cking pissed. (kicked out with AA)
    Here's the deal. I'm playing a tournament at B2B. I'm average stack right after the first break. (~4.5k) I then double up when I flop 543 when holding 76s. The VERY next hand I get AA. The blinds are 200/400 and I raise 1k. Right behind me a HUGE stack (21k) sits. He puts me all in and everyone folds....
  • What a Night
    PokerStars is finally showing me some love after i won 1$ mtt on 25th for 88$ today was even better 1st in 5$ LO8 for 461.26$ and 6th in 1$ NLH for 47.82$ can't complain at all :) final 3 of omaha was fun, was getting a bit short then started to play agressively, and had some lucky flops,...
  • Too Early?
    In a two table SnG down to 8 players. I'm sitting w/ ~800 in the SB (after posting) with blinds 50/100 and average stack is around 2800 and big stack is somewhere near 8000. I have ATo. UTG raises 3.5X, folds around to me. I go All-in Do you wait for a better spot or is this a decent...
  • Do you make the call?
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  • Another MTT hand...
    I wanted to know if I played the hand well or not. The smooth call on the flop was made to raise on the turn, which I did. His bet on the turn looked like a defensive one, showing weakness. I made the call on the river,but what did he have? PokerStars Game #3404822803: Tournament #16685831, Hold'em...
  • Back on the Map with a Big Win
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  • Some SnG Bankroll/ROI questions
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  • Doing Weird Stuff in a tournament
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  • Bodog.com Beginners Tournament and S&Gs: Thoughts???
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  • 1st Place! In spite of Webby's last post
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  • Report of the tourney in my town for belgian championship
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  • SnG Quiz
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  • MTT hand
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  • Final Table Blues
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  • Tourney in my town for belgian championship
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  • $3R to sunday 500k gtd on ps
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  • Wish Me Luck
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  • first live tourney
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  • Big Stack Problem.
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  • SnG Quiz-o Deuce-o
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  • getting to the final table
    three of the last five mtts, i have placed in the money... in all of them i was in the top 10 with either 2 or 3 tables left... i just havent made a final table yet, so i was wonderin if u guys could help me out
  • Was this a mistake??
    I was playing in a local tourny and the blinds went up quick. During the first level I,ve been playing pretty tight when i get Ac9c, I limp in as well as 3 others. The flop comes Ace rag rag with 2 diamonds. I raise 3 times the bb and 2 fold the last calls, which worrys me a little.The the turn comes...
  • What's your average placing?
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  • TH-P Tourney Of Champions
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  • TH-P Championship '05 Leaderboard - Final Standings
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  • Rebuy Tournaments
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  • TH-P Championship Main Event Thread (smacktalk encouraged)
    Tonight sees the Main Event of our TH-P.com Championship series, less than 4 hours to go and you're all in with a great chance because i am playing like crap at the moment :roll: As this is the main event the buy in is $30+$3 Tourney starts at 3pm EST, if you need the password then please PM me before...
  • For Ham:
    maybe we can chat in here? This is taking for EVER!! These guys only play AK sooted !!
  • TH-P Championship Event #8 Thread
    Wow! Seems like only 4 weeks ago it was Event #1! But here we are, the penultimate event in the TH-P Championship regular season. This is your last chance to win a bracelet (or anklet if your Ham) before i run over you all in the main event. (which is naturally most prestigious *cough*) So Tonight...
  • TH-P Championship Event #7 Thread
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  • First MTT, First Cash
    I've never really played any mtt's before, so I decided to try a cheap one to see how I liked it. 1513 entries and I busted 49th thanks to a somewhat boneheaded all-in reraise. I'll surely be trying these again, just for more money next time. Here is the hand that crippled me. Any thoughts? I should...
  • Too weak/scared here?
    villain just sat down at table, seems to be playin standardish bigstack poker PokerStars Game #3181466039: Tournament #15700700, Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2005/11/28 - 03:49:16 (ET) Table '15700700 6' Seat #1 is the button Seat 1: Sim Poker (1045 in chips) Seat 2: Sonny617 (2320 in...
  • To Webby:
    Win any tournaments lately and not tell us about it? And whats that website where you can find all the pokerstars tournament database stuff? -TheSalche *post count increase post*
  • TH-P Championship Event #6 Thread
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  • Pokerstars Carribbean Adventure
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  • Sunday pokerstars $700k report
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  • TH-P Championship Event #5 Thread
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  • Moving all in
    In NL Holdem tournaments, when you have strong hole cards, in what situations do you think it is best to move all in preflop versus just raising it 3-4xBB maybe. Obviously things like chip stack, position, blinds, number of players etc. will be a factor, but where do you draw the line?
  • Freerolls?
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  • TH-P Championship Event # 4 (Smack, Chat & Results)
    Still 10 minutes to go til tonights 7 card stud event, i'm excited, this should be one of the more intense events of the series. I know we have several very good stud players on site, so it should be a hard fought match. So far we have 12 registered. BigJii Me Jernej HurricanHam JohnnyCache Supa Racquet Sean...
  • TH-P Championship Event #3 Thread
    Event #3 Heads Up NLHE starts in about 35 mins :D Unfortunately i got to run out right now and prolly wont be back til about 45 mins or so after the Event starts. :cry: But i aint gonna unregister, i am gonna hope i get a round 1 bye and can be back in time for round 2. If you draw me in round...
  • Help me play against bad players
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  • SnG Questing
    So bad play on my part and bad beats on others' part has dropped my Pstars roll down from $210 to $65.80 ... the only solution I see to bring it back up to the top is by playing 6.50 turbos all day ... which I am going to do starting in a few minutes I'll be 3 tabling, trying to get them spread out...
  • Variance Strikes Hard
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  • TH-P Championship Event # 1 Thread
    5 Mins til we start! 12 players so far, Ima predict an all European final 2 8)
  • TH-P Championship Event # 2 Thread
    Today's Event is Event #2 $10+$1 Pot Limit Omaha event. Anyone who played in Event #1 yesterday will tell you how much fun it is playing with fellow forum members. (unless you're at supa's table :evil: ) This event kicks off @ 3pm EST and password is same as it was for last night's event. So...
  • time to move up ?
    having dumped $500 im my first couple of months of learning the basics of poker, it took me another couple of months to get my bankroll back up to $500 playing mainly $10 sngs i feel this is where i am suited most, plus i enjoy them alot more than ring games at the moment. well over the last couple of...
  • Stuck in BB with all-ins
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  • 2006 WSOP Schedule
    37th Annual World Series of Poker June 25 to August 10, 2006 Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino 3700 West Flamingo Road Las Vegas, NV 89103, US 702 777-7777 Toll-Free: 1-888-746-7153 $230 buy-in Super Satellites will take place daily at 3 p.m. $1060 buy-in Mega Super Satellites will take place...
  • WPF at Foxwoods
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  • Good Day/Bad Day
    I played in a $35 buy-in Live MTT Saturday that had about 75 players. It is just the format that kills players like me (tight-aggressive). They start you with $1300 in chips with blinds at $25/50 going up every 15 minutes. I actually played only 3 hands the entire tournament. One from the BB in an...
  • First Cash
    I played last night in a Freeroll on PP with 1400+ people. After being around average stack for the first hour or two I started putting the grind on and finished in 2nd. I never got AA or KK which was odd i thought for playing a ton of hands. Too bad it was only $125 and not a 2nd in the million guaranteed....
  • Omaha saved my roll
    I have been on another streak of "variance" it seems as of late. Lost $21 dollars from my bankroll this Sunday playing in $3 SNG's. I decided to make a switch. I had been playing Omaha on PS (play money) just to get a grip on the basics. I also just finished a good book on Omaha. I decided to try my...
  • At long last... MTT win
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