How cardschat made me money. :)

chapeltuno · Aug 3, 2008

I was just playing in a sgn $ 1.00 on ft. I decided to sit out a few minutes to post a reply to the Chris Furgeson thread and when I came back to my table I was playing with only 2 people left. Unfortunately, I only took second place money yet for sitting out for 5 minutes and playing only 2 mins. I'll take second everytime.

fcumred · Aug 3, 2008

See. If they hadnt changed the rules for the passwords you wouldnt have been posting and would have gone out..

You should thank the mods. They had your best interests at heart

MrSwissCheese · Aug 3, 2008

Congrats on the 2nd place finish. The SnG only lasted 2 minutes? Not a record, I'm sure, but damn that was quick!

fcumred · Aug 3, 2008

MrSwissCheese said:
Congrats on the 2nd place finish. The SnG only lasted 2 minutes? Not a record, I'm sure, but damn that was quick!

I think those people on Betfair beat the record.

They sussed out if everyone in a S+G went all in on the first hand they all got paid, so naturally it was a free for all for a day..

No S+G went past the first hand for something like 5 hours

chapeltuno · Aug 3, 2008

Actually the tourney lasted about 7 mins with me sitting out the first five. When i looked at my missed hands I had already lost about 6 hands going heads up.

matt6781 · Aug 4, 2008

7 minute sng

to say you got lucky was an understatment. the normal sng will last at least 20 minutes even a turbo one at that.

ncmtngirl79 · Aug 4, 2008

ok i sat at a 6 man table and I was bb, i get dealt aa, everyone in front of me goes all in, only two places pay out, i folded, wouldn't have won but technically was it the right move, I mean really how good is my aa up against five other hands. I got second, played five hands, he kept going all in every time after when we were heads up ( can't blame him ) I got jj called and he hit his k3 hand.... anyway question is should i have called preflop? Congrats for your second win and kudos to your post and sitting out and getting second!

North_Bank · Aug 5, 2008

ncmtngirl79 said:
ok i sat at a 6 man table and I was bb, i get dealt aa, everyone in front of me goes all in, only two places pay out, i folded, wouldn't have won but technically was it the right move, I mean really how good is my aa up against five other hands. I got second, played five hands, he kept going all in every time after when we were heads up ( can't blame him ) I got jj called and he hit his k3 hand.... anyway question is should i have called preflop? Congrats for your second win and kudos to your post and sitting out and getting second!

In a 6 man SnG where everyone else went all in this is an easy fold for me. I know you should never fold aces and in a tournament I would call, but here aces against 5 random hands will win rarely, not to mention you are guarenteed to be in the money if you fold.

OnTilt902 · Aug 5, 2008

I tend to watch videos or search the internet "despite what pros like Ferguson suggest" while I'm playing. Lately I've been reading and posting on CC

I haven't won anything because of CC, but I did play fewer hands and I picked up some good tips. Thanks Mods

LarryT503 · Aug 5, 2008

Obviously there are some advantages to having a little patience in these SNG's because you can often get into the money by not playing. On the turbo games though I've found the blinds rising so quickly I'm in a bad position stack wise if I don't win a couple of big early hands. Any advice on playing the turbos?

Ross Lambert · Aug 5, 2008

lol , i just tried what you did , but no luck was still 84 people left after 5 mins

mregister2 · Aug 5, 2008

I think you made a good move by folding aces. You had the best hand, but you are in underdog to win. Just to prove a point, here are some scenarios I ran in a poker calculator.

Scenario 1:
AA 44.6%
KK 18.7%
QQ 14%
JJ 11.8%
TT 10.5%

Scenario 2:
AA 45.3%
JT 15.9%
5h9h 18.8%
6-2 10%
K-7 10%

As you can see, in both scenarios Aces will only win less than half the time.

pimpinalovabkln · Aug 6, 2008

wow . well didnt u see how it all played out and you should know who won, so if ur aces would of help up u made the bad choice but your aces were dominated then u made a good choice but on the other hand you were guarranteed into the money so you could think of that as a positive but you could of also busted them all and took first.

LouiseW · Aug 6, 2008

That is brilliant - have you tried it since then

cracker · Aug 6, 2008

Take the secound place money to the next sit-n-go and go all in. Even if you lose your still ahead.

herlis · Aug 7, 2008

i have played many times at a sng and played with players that sits out all game and wait till everyone gets knocked out, i have not tried dooing that cause i always aim for the 1st prize and sometimes i get lucky but most not.