****Astronomical August Spider Chat Thread****

[switch0723]

kleitches looks like johnny lodden though so his point is invalid. Please come at least 3rd to make it cool

 

[Debi]

Oh lol - I was watching you and didn't realize it. I played in it too (never again!!). When it got down to about 4 tables I went to watch a guy I had played with. You beat his 33 with 58 - he flopped trips and you hit 2 pair - then both ended up with FH's. Yours was bigger lol.

Still watching - just didn't know that was you. Good luck!

 

[slycbnew]

Thanks!

That guy's very good, i like his style.

 

[S93]

GL Sly! im railing . TID

 

[switch0723]

THIS IS MIND NUMBINGLY BORING.

i'm not even playing and the tourny is tilting me more than all your horrific avatars

 

[Deltafrost]

take it down slyce!

just hit moneys in the 2.20 6max. imma ship it 4 realz

 

[S93]

Nice double up

 

[Jurn8]

Its 6am and Im ready to take advantage of drunk americans!!

 

[Jurn8]

lol this hasnt started cool, AA<K8, Straight<Straight and had my squeeze shoved on lol

 

[S93]

15hour 11$ tourney is just ridic.

 

[cAPSLOCK]

Nice cash man.

 

[Jurn8]

this was a bad idea getting up at 6am for poker!

 

[slycbnew]

Thanks everyone for your support and railing!

I took fourth (missed switch's target by one spot, i'm so embarassed - AK<AQ kinda crippled me) for $879. This was only my fifth MTT final table online, so I'm actually pretty happy about it - and I haven't really played MTT's since February.

Since it took over 15 hours for me to bust out in fourth, that was probably my last deep stack MTT for an $11 buyin ($58/hr)...

But thanks again everyone, I was going to fall asleep at the keyboard without your support.

 

[Jurn8]

failed experiment getting up at 6am! worst session in a very long time

 

[Lemlywinks]

failed experiment staying up and playing some

 

[Jurn8]

lol! I think cashout + bonus doomswitch

 

[blankoblanco]

congrats sly! very solid cash and i commend you for playing that tourney so long without going nuts (or falling asleep)

 

[Debi]

Thanks everyone for your support and railing!

I took fourth (missed switch's target by one spot, i'm so embarassed - AK<AQ kinda crippled me) for $879. This was only my fifth MTT final table online, so I'm actually pretty happy about it - and I haven't really played MTT's since February.

Since it took over 15 hours for me to bust out in fourth, that was probably my last deep stack MTT for an $11 buyin ($58/hr)...

But thanks again everyone, I was going to fall asleep at the keyboard without your support.

Great job!! It is not the deep stack that was so bad - it was the 30 minute blind levels. That is just insane and I will never play one of those again.

They have some good double stacks with 10 minute blind levels - try some of those.

 

[BelgoSuisse]

BTW, there's an interesting article in this month 2p2 magazine about deep stack tournament structures:

Are Deep Stacks Good for Poker Tournaments?
by Matt Savage

Matt Savage is the world’s most recognized Tournament Director and has been involved with almost 400 televised events including the world series of poker, World Poker Tour, and many others. Matt is a founder of the Tournament Directors Association, the first inductee into the Poker Managers Hall of Fame, and actor in the movie Lucky You

 

[Jurn8]

belgo do you play tourneys much? or just tear up 200nl FR?

 

[Debi]

He is afraid of running into me at a tournament table so I think he avoids them.

That is a good article and describes that tournament last night perfectly lol.

 

[eNTy]

i haven't woken up before noon in like 3 months ?
6 am is a time to go to bed not wake up

 

[BelgoSuisse]

belgo do you play tourneys much? or just tear up 200nl FR?

i don't enjoy MTTs. I played a couple of sunday warmups earlier this year, but i don't really find it that much fun. And I really prefer being able to play exactly the time i want to play and not have to play until the tournament ends.

Well, i did play 6 turbo SNGs yesterday night and it was ok, i can do that for the 40 minutes i took to get them over with, but it's not really interesting where you're used to playing 100bb+ deep.

 

[Jurn8]

fair enough, do you think you well ever play MTTs consistently?

Enty I likes to wake up early get more done!

 

[BelgoSuisse]

The thing is, I see playing large field MTTs essentially as gambling. You might be gambling with favorable odds because you're better than average, but it's still primarily gambling as you'll never reach the long term. And I'm not a gambler.