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A serious thread about online poker

On Full tilt, that is correct, there are no antes. Do they have antes on Stars?
 
sample size. variance. For a 180 man SNG, 400 played is a very small sample.

What is a good ROI at those? How long do they take? I can't see how they are all that profitable. Do they run higher than $12?
 
that is fluky.

The 180 man SNGS finish in an hour and a half !????

The 45 mans that I play never finish in an hour and a half. I guess the antes make a huge difference.

But wait... an hour and a half for a 180 man tournament? That just sounds impossible. How fast and often do the blinds go up?

I finally got HEM working and analyzed my play during this dreadful losing streak......

and....

As far as I can tell, there is nothing wrong. My numbers are right where they should be.

If they had a "luck" factor from 1 to 10, I think mine would be a 1.
 
nguboi said:
Yeah, the 180s are over very quick. As a matter of fact, they all run like clockwork usually. Blinds go up every 5 minutes. 1 hour into the tourny, there will ALWAYS be 24-17 players left, no more, no less, and 18 get paid. When there are 18 left, expect another 5-10 minutes to get to the FT, and 15-20 minutes MAX for their to be a winner.

I've seen games finish at probably 1 hour 20 minutes, and maybe the max 1 hour 45 minutes, but never 2 hours.

The blind structure is fast, 15/30 25/50 50/100 75/150 100/200 125/250(25) 150/300(25) 200/400(50) 300/600(50) 400/800(75) 500/1000(100) from this level to the next, is when the bubble breaks. 600/1200 (125) 800/1600 (150) 1/2K (200) 1.5K/3K(300) 2/4K (400) 2.5/5K (500) Very rarely does it go higher than this.

Fast structure, 1500 starting chips.
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Holy shit, those are SUPER TURBOs! I have zero interest in playing those.

Full tilt's games go 15/30 20/40 25/50 30/60 40/80 50/100 60/120 80/160 etc. every SIX minutes.
 
I found the small stakes cash gams excruciating-- Boring as hell, and just trading money back and forth while the house wins. I am a tournament only player.
 
calling with 5th pair !?

calling bluffs at the river in cash games was never my strong point. Do people river bluff more in cash games?
 
nguboi said:
^ Yeah, Timenshenko won that WPT for like 2+million, he is a sick online HU player too.

And to add to it, SHEESH, same said friend came in 10th in the sunday 500.. first was 92K. He caught a sick beat, I would of vomited.

He raised on button with QQ, which obv. looked like a steal, where a good player in the BB decided to re raise, and my friend shoved, said douchebag in the BB called with J8 o.. Flop brought Qc5c3c and the turn brought the fourth club, 9c and river blanked with a Ac the dude had the 8 of clubs and busted him!!!!!!!!!! If he won that pot he is Chipleader and at the FT. I would of punched a hole straight through my monitor. daaaaaaamn.

ughhh. How did you end up in the Ftop events on sunday jones?
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Took a bafflign bad beat for a hige pot. Then I got 11th out of 1900 in the 35K. Then I got 47th out of 1200 in the 28K. This after getting 7th out of 300 in the 18K and 9th in the 50-50 in recent weeks.

To say I am frustrated would be a dramatic understatement.

11th = $335 = BULLSHIT. 1st = $9300.

I got all in with KK against the fish at the table. Of course he had aces. This was for a huge pot. The board ended up being K 5 A 4 A or something like that.
 
Fjones, those beats were excruciating. You have come close many times. I hope that you win a multi very very soon.
 
Ah yes. I remember back when money was rolling in a bit more, we went to Bobby Flay's. The dinner was great but then I lost Credit card roulette for the $300 bill. :!
 
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Got 4th out of 150 in a $5 turbo. Only paid $75, but still, decent ROI and I played pretty good poker. I love being on the bubble with hardly any chips, and just shoving and shoving and people fold and fold and soon you've gone from 2K to 8K, without ever going to the flop. Then you win a genuine hand, then an agressive player pushes into your blind, and you call him with 88 and he shows 5s and all of a sudden you're nearly the chip leader. That was my game :). Went out cruelly; A9s v A9s; he hit a flush.
 
Infinite Jest said:
Got 4th out of 150 in a $5 turbo. Only paid $75, but still, decent ROI and I played pretty good poker. I love being on the bubble with hardly any chips, and just shoving and shoving and people fold and fold and soon you've gone from 2K to 8K, without ever going to the flop.
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I can't agree more. So true:)
 
Got a quick question for you poker gods.

How helpful is Pokertracker or Hold 'em manager for improving your game? Does it really help you zero in on and fix your leaks? Are they worth the money? What about for someone playing low limits like $1 SnGs?

Just want some feedback from people who use 'em...
Once I make $90 in poker profits (God knows how long that'll be...) I figure I might as well get it...

On another note... KK has been busted 3 times today by either AK or AQ. How do you stack off near the bubble knowing at best you're in for a coin flip? It's either that or the idiot who called a raise OOP w/ J9o and flops the nuts... and of course I can't get away from trip Ks. I just can't win...

Finally acquired enough FPP to get my $25 bonus on stars though! :)
 
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Fuck poker. this is a stupid game that is nothing but frustration. My advice for all the noobs out there is, find something else to do. Whatever frustrating things you think you have encountered in life, try playing high volume poker and you'll learn the meaning of the word frustration.
 
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