Posted Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:53 pm GMT by philrmonic
1st hand of a tourney with 5k players and small buy-in. I got dealt Q  4 and then 2 's were flopped incl. A another player went all in on the 1st round of betting...
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Posted Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:50 pm GMT by shorn7
Yes. U don't have the nit draw and doubling up right now assures you absolutely bupkus in a 5k person event. There will be some that will say you should call because then you can bully the table, but this early I don't think that is important enough a reason.
Posted Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:37 am GMT by Kearsed
I'd fold as well
Posted Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:48 am GMT by MrDarling
fold preflop
Posted Thu Dec 21, 2006 4:28 am GMT by crack
fold and fold preflop.
Posted Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:31 am GMT by jimmer
It depends on your priorities. In my experience with small buy-ins and a lot of players, it's not worth playing inless you get to the last 20'ish.
I personally don't want to sit in this type of torny for a few hours then get knocked out before the bubble or in the lower money. Therefore I would want to increase my stack pretty quickly.
If the buy-in (in relation to my bankroll) was very small, and my key reason for playing is to make money, I would play this hand.
If I was looking to gain experience at tornys I would definatly fold pre-flop.
I can't think of nothing worse, than sitting in torny with a cheap buy-in, then coming away 3hours later with a $20 profit. It's just not worth getting out of bed for.
Posted Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:04 am GMT by philrmonic
thx all
Posted Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:37 am GMT by BeerWench13
| MrDarling wrote: | | fold preflop |
I agree unless you were BB and were able to check. I would probably lay this down also. There is still the K-high flush that beats you if you do hit your flush.
| jimmer wrote: | | I can't think of nothing worse, than sitting in torny with a cheap buy-in, then coming away 3hours later with a $20 profit. It's just not worth getting out of bed for. |
What about the cheap entertainment for 3 hours?
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