Has anyone ever tried...

[dalecooper]

...post blind and folding through an entire SnG? I wonder how close to the money you'd make it, on average, or how often you'd actually make the money (but probably just barely). Or a similar tactic: try to win one early pot to add a couple hundred chips, then post blind and fold the rest of the way.

This is of course against the entire point of PLAYING poker, except possibly the money-making part. I saw a guy sit out an entire SnG with me this morning and he made it to fifth place... not too bad. I don't know if that's an average result or not.

edit: actually he may make it higher than that. I assumed he would be blinded out in fifth, but he actually WON a three-way pot with J2 and tripled up. He has enough to live through two more orbits now.

further edit: he managed to double up two times after that but the increasing blinds caught him and he went out in fourth. If the game had been less tight and he caught the same lucky breaks, I can easily imagine him cruising into third.

[rubixstreub]

Hehe,

That's how I took my play money stack from $1000, to $25,000 in two weeks when I first started playing online.

I assumed the same technique would benefit me in the money games. Alas, unless you get some really aggressive idiots who aren't watching you, everyone tightens when there's only 5 people left and you'll be blinded below being a threat to anyone, and a large stack will easily take the worst flips for a chance to eliminate you if you try to make a move.

You're dead on, this tactic will easily get you all the 4th's and 5th's you could ever want, but forget about making any money.

[aleksandr]

Occasionally I've been known to have to go do something like that with a 3k or so chipstack on the bubble and get 3rd or second.

[Aquinas]

I played a 200$ buyin 5 player game--1 of the players disconnected 1st hand and never came back. He placed 3rd.

[Alibi]

Once I disconnected and finally got my comp back on to see me on the bubble with 3 all ins and I managed second.

[drmcboy]

what site lets them play their cards sitting out? PS if you're sitting out you get folded regardless, even if it's limped. Not sure on UB.

[ImMrFish]

I was biggest stack with 5 seated and blinds at 200/400 when the poker client froze up on me yesterday. Rebooted my computer and logged back on, and I was in third place with $700. I guess it could be worse...

[dalecooper]

what site lets them play their cards sitting out? PS if you're sitting out you get folded regardless, even if it's limped. Not sure on UB.

This was on Party, but it doesn't apply until you're all-in. In other words this guy folded every hand until he had 1 BB or less, then he was all in on his big and his hand got to play.

[drmcboy]

That sucks. PS you post that last blind, you're out, unless the table was dumb enough to fold to you.

[Aquinas]

Hollywood poker u play until someone raises--which makes for some funny hands when noone dares raise. Pacific is like party.

[dalecooper]

Hollywood Poker u play until someone raises--which makes for some funny hands when noone dares raise.

That applies to Party too, actually. If everyone limps pre-flop on your big and no one bets post-flop, you can show down a hand. But that happens just about never. Especially once players figure out the seat is dead money - they start raising and betting just to get access to it.

[dalecooper]

That sucks.

I don't understand why. It's the same as if the player opted to never play a hand until he had only 1 BB or less. Since he's missing the whole tournament he paid for, he should get something for his money; I don't mind letting his cards play in his absence, as long as the pot isn't raised, or he isn't going all in just to put in his BB.