Sup guys! This forum is dead! Guess that shows that drmcboy and fjuanl were American :'(
So... who's playing MTTs these days? Where are you playing? How are you finding the games?
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Sup guys! This forum is dead! Guess that shows that drmcboy and fjuanl were American :'(
So... who's playing MTTs these days? Where are you playing? How are you finding the games?
I try to play one or two on Lock Poker every Sunday. Mostly I stick to FR cash during the week, though.
Been really busy irl so havent had a long stretch of open time to play mtt's, hopefully things steady a bit and I'll post lots : )
Any word on when big game airs??
What tourneys do you play on Sundays? Do they get a decent field?
Yeah sometimes it's pretty annoying to fit MTTs in. Like if you get up late one day and you don't wanna play until super late, the day is pretty much shot.
No :( We should have heard something by now, so I really don't know what's going on. I sent a couple emails trying to find out when it might air in Canada, but they seem to be keeping their lips sealed. I guess we just have to keep waiting :mad:
Try to play a few on merge a few days a week :)
Starting to play more mtts but scheduling them sucks and variance sucks even worse. Although I already luckboxed huge so I cant complain. Mainly just mix in 90 mans or rods on fulltilt. I basically just view them as a lottery where i (hopefully) have an edge but might start playing more.
News (lack thereof) about big game sucks I wanna see what happens.
Any binks yet? What buy-ins do you play and how are the field sizes?
I don't know anything about you but I would find it hard to believe that you don't have an edge! MTT variance is definitely the worst but hopefully it's not too bad with 90 mans. I really love small field MTTs.
And yeah the lack of news for the Big Game is pretty tilting. I at least wish they would tell me something so that people stop asking me about it :P You can bet that I'll be posting/status updating/tweeting as soon as I hear any news!
I play a few MTT's most days on Stars. Between $1 and $30. Depends what games are about to start when I'm playing.
Variance is mind boggling on the 2kish player MTT's.
I really feel I'm due a bink. Finished 9th for $700ish a few weeks back. Keep getting in the money then getting riverstarred when down to the last 100ish.
Stars seems full of crazy Russians/Spanish who will happily get it all-in very weak. Sounds good, but you can't dodge that shizzle for 4-5hrs!
oh and what happening with the Big Game ...any news?
;)
Variance in MTTs is sickkkkk... that's why I mix in as many small field MTTs in my schedule as possible. I share a BR with dthorne and he recently had an 18k downswing. To give you an idea of how terrible that is, he was playing an average buy-in of $30.
For a lot of that downswing, he was playing huge field MTTs. We made the decision to cut out a lot of the large fields and substitute smaller fields (under 300 runners) and it's worked out really well.
Congrats on the 9th, hope you bink soon!!
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It looks like the Big Game is airing in Holland. Still no word about whether or not it will air in Canada. It should hit PokerStars TV soon but not sure when.
FWIW I played during week 2, which means that my shows should air in Holland next week. If any of you follow Jared Huggins, he should be airing the week after me.
The Big Game Is Back - Season 2 starts June 27, 12:00 ET on PokerStars.tv
Very soon indeed :)
Binked a tourney - seems I just needed to say I was due one...
Only a $3 MTT sadly. 1st for just under $300....
MTTs are evil though... I wouldn't if I were you :P
Made Day 2 of WSOP 45 but I have a short stack. 6 away from the money, time to push/fold my way to glory!
The bubble was over within 3 hands. Then I shoved on the button an orbit later and ran into JJ. That was the one and only time I went all-in in the tourney, and I'm pretty disappointed that I ran into a monster. GG in 270th.
Eh, sad but due to ftp going down looks like I will be playing alot more mtts than I expected mainly 2.50 and 8 180 mans since over half my roll is tied up. Sngs on stars just suck too much. O well mtt grind it is.
Also super stoked for big game. Been watching the first one, it's pretty funny. Hopefully you play(ed) better courtiebee.
I love 180s so much, I would definitely grind those if I had to rebuild my bankroll.
I've only watched one of Cannon's shows so far. I can't be bothered mostly cuz I know the end result already. Is he playing badly? I know he was lucksacking it a bit... like floating OOP and hitting turns and stuff.
He was a SUPER nice guy though, I really enjoyed meeting him!
I've watched the first 3 so far, and to be honest, he's played pretty OK. Thing is that some of his plays have been shall we say, "unconventional" which probably means not optimal, however, against 4 pros, 3 of which are agro as hell, and the 4th being DN, well, let's just say that I think he's taken ~3/4 of his pots so far without show down. Now that's being shown respect by the pros. Two odd hands in P3 I think it was where Tony G laid down 3rd nuts to a river bet and one where he played a massive spew which turned into a good bluff when he fired a third barrel on the river.
He also comes accross really well on the TV, so good to hear that it's genuine :)
I'm so looking forward to next week to see your effort! Have you seen your own episodes by the way?
No I haven't seen my shows. I'm a bit nervous about seeing them cuz I'm not sure what table talk will come through. I hope I didn't say anything too embarassing ;)
Made Day 2 of the WSOP ladies event. 22bb eff (avg stack) and twenty away from the money... hopefully I get the chance to take advantage of the bubble. Good seat draw one time?
After suffering a lot of variance (and constantly nagging about it) I took a couple of monts off and started again on June playing almost exclusively the 180 men $2.50 turbos (playing one wide field MTT here and there).
When playing only 180s I found out that everything that we are told by the instructors and experienced players is very ipmortant and should be followed stricktly: 180s 2.50 is my comfort zone. I never play with scared money, the players are very bad, there is room for error and experimentation. You lose cause you made a mistake or took a bad beat and easily fire another one cause it is cheap. I started with a few bucks and now I am up to 1300. It is also running well, don't get me wrong but I also improved my game a lot (especially my mid-end game). FT almost every day and lots of 1st and 2nd places. I don't even concider moving up stakes yet. Not until I am up to 3K and then mabe start playing the 3.30 rebuys :)
Got coolered, min cashed.
nh sir, gl builidng the roll.
I def agree that 180s are one of the best ways to improve your end game skills. If you just play huge fields all the time, you won't know what to do when you finally get to a final table or a final table bubble.
Hey Courtney I saw you on TV!!!!!!!!!
Yeah don't worry you were great! I laughed when you got the QQ on a A high flop and the commentator said something like "the loose cannon is afraid of the A" or something and I though (right before you made a bet, which I a was 100% you would do) little did he know....
Any way I saw the first two episodes and you were great. I mean what are you supposed to play T4o in EP? come on. Let those loose maniacs play hands like that (lol)
Go for the 200K! (you can do it!)
hahahaha right !
sup
Too bad this ended up a bad beat story Courtney....
luckily I have had lots of time to get over it! thanks for watching :)
Anyone playing the Main?
I haven't been playing much lately - can't seem to get motivated. Have played a bit of small-field priv./league stuff w good results but don't have patience for the rest of it (made the mistake of firing a few up today... sigh).
subscribing to this thread now. Who knows, might get motivated to play a couple sessions. Most of my current roll is on Titan & can't really stand that site but will probably play a handful on there tomorrow (mon.).
Titan has a couple of MTT's late in the day (micro buyins, $3rebuy & $5rebuy) at 20:00 & 20:30 that are available to Canadians.
20:00 $5rebuy 'Poker Night In Canada' ($100added) no pw, $'s added by Titan. min. 10entrants for them to run this one & so far it has only run one time (last week). Basically a deepstack sng. Guessing it'll run again tomorrow.
20:30 $3rebuy LATM $750 (available to Canucks). This one will prob get around 75entrants+
gl to all who play
Out of curiosity, why do you play on Titan?
And where in BC do you live?
This thread makes me depressed/miss online poker.
anyone else grinding sunday funday?
Hey G. MTTs aren't my main game so I only play on Sunday's. The Storm ($11) and other stuff around that level. I suck pretty hard and am usually very tired but generally only playing for giggles.
The Storm is fun and I run +EV at that because there are so many morons about I melt into the background.
Sundays are awesome cuz everything gets softer. On the other hand, everything is so much more tilting due to said morons :P
How long does the Storm usually take from start to finish? That field is so hudge...
yikes that sucks... 25k at final 2 tables is a really good stack :( I can't make any final tables either (except for one the other day when I busted 9th :cry:)
I chopped a capped 6-max tourney for ~$1,700, so I think I'm about breakeven today... maybe up a couple hundred.
^^^saw you in a 15$ 180 today. you folded getting like 6-1 on the river :D
I meant to push, today is retarded!!!
But I never start threads anyway!Quote:
Guess that shows that drmcboy and fjuanl were American :'(
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well the plan was to ship a bracelet/venetian deep stack but no luck there. Mostly I am working, heading out to closest casino - 2 hours away - in august for the weekend. I need to look into underground places here but I've been too lazy.
so start some?!Quote:
you were the hero that replied to like every single thread that was created though!
sup, i played in a donkament a few times
columbus, Ohio. supposedly we are building one although I'll believe it the day I walk in
Now that it's been declared cool, I'm sure more will post here -- I think everyone is ashamed to admit they play donkaments.
we're all delusional about the things we like :cry:
edit: or rather... I am delusional... (or crazy or both)
Not sure if I will play it this weekend, depends how many other tournies I am still in at the time it starts. gl in it :)
oh sunday, what would i do without you!!
haha! breakeven on sunday = win imo
A breakeven sunday is certainly above the median ;)
SUNDAY FUNDAY
My goal is to win one $35 180. I'm not asking for much am I??
Been playing the micro $1-$6 mtts on 888.com (including the rebuys). That site is so sick. 300-500 strong fields and always 1 hour late registration. I played a tourny late tonight (400 man), registered 50 mins late, played 2 orbits and got ITM (came 23rd in the end playing only 3 hands).
Just need AK to hold on a final table and I will bink huge.
nice, gl gingerwizard
sunday funday seems to be a misnomer imo
Fhhhhhhhhuuuuuuuuhhhhkkkkkk Sundays.
That is all.
+2... got raped... $9k downswing right now and not enjoying it :cry:
i played a few tourneys over the last week to remind myself that getting it in as favourite doesn't mean shit in the short term. And that getting through the first 4hrs of a tourney doesn't even guarantee minimum wage.
let me know when you're ready to delete this thread