Use of the Timebank

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Of course I use. Sometimes I need to think a little before making a decision.
 
I only use it when it's close to the bubble and I'm short stacked. I use it to slow my table down in hopes that people on other tables will get knocked out before I get blinded off.
 
IntenseHeat said:
I actually turn the automatic timebank feature off. I only activate it when I need it. I'd rather have my hand get folded if I'm away from the table so that I can have that time if and when I need it for a decision.
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I just started doing that too and I like it so much better. I have many distractions while playing sometimes and often have to do something in between hands. I would never have a time bank when I really needed it but now with auto time bank off my time bank does not get wasted and is there for when I really need it.
 
If there are antes from the start of a tournament, then any players who are away from the computer at the start will automatically run the time bank down before being sat out. Disconnected players will just be sat out and still have time bank available as far as I know.

Timebank is very useful if you've been pretty card dead but make it to the bubble. It pays to know where you are in the standings, who is below you, when the blinds increase etc so you can pick the right time to play it.

If you get past the bubble short stacked it's a useful way of getting a money jump as well. Usually players loosen up after the bubble and the numbers start dropping again quickly.

I honestly don't think anyone online needs a timebank to make a decision. In live poker a player might want to go through the action but mostly will be using the time to make the opponent sweat.
 
I always use the time bank and even more so when in a tournament I am about to get paid. I always try to at least get to the list of winners and that thanks to the time bank, after that and already charging, I return to fight again to get better positions and payments
 
Yea, i use that only in mtts. Hate the thing when i come back later from break and it expires
 
can throw someone off your scent if you delay your decision...
 
It is really useful for me, because sometimes it is needed to think more about some hand, especially in the crucial parts of one tournament or at the final table. It really helps for me when I am trying to steal the chips from other player with a bluff. Many people suppose when someone is using the timebank , he is having something very strong and easily fold their hand. That has been working for me in more than 50% in the times I am trying to bluff someone. Timebank is a useful thing in online poker.🙂
 
Some people use it to bore the table into submission.

It's a tool that is there to be used as you wish. I prefer to save it and use it to my advantage later in the game.
 
FaraonulAA said:
Do you use the timebank or you don't use it?
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Depends on street, position, chip stack, tourney buyin, my cards, relative stack, action, and number of tables I am playing
 
No. I do not use the time bank. I turn it off in settings so it doesn't trigger if I step away.
 
Time bank strategy

Using the time bank in MTT's is a useful tool in the way of letting short stacks bust out before the bubble or trying to get to the next level of pay out. However, if you wait until you're actually on the bubble, play usually goes to hand for hand play. Which defeats the whole purpose of this strategy. If and when I use this strategy, it is well before the bubble, or to get to that next level of pay out while short stacked. I have won higher pay outs because of this in my opinion.

Never surrender, play hard, and poker on dudes! :bike:
 
I sometimes will not be paying attention and use it but the only time I use it intentionally is if I’m trying to decide if someone is bluffing and it’s taking longer than it normally does.
 
When you have to make a great decision it is good to have a lot of timebank, but well that depends on each one
 
freestocks said:
No. I do not use the time bank. I turn it off in settings so it doesn't trigger if I step away.
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That doesn't always work. I've had my time bank depleted when sat out lmao
 
FaraonulAA said:
Do you use the timebank or you don't use it?
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I definitely use the timebank in many different situations. Sometimes you need to slow the game down and really think about your options or just throw off your opponents. Don't be afraid to use it, it will only help!
 
Thanks to timebank, you can think well or adjust the situation so that the enemy thinks that you are in doubt, and in the meantime you will have a strong hand. In General, timebank is a very important thing that can be used in different ways
 
I use timebank a lot in different situations..

One of the most common is to use it a lot when its bubble time..

Other moment i use it is when i know there is like 30 seconds left for the blind increase in sit and go , and the guy i want to have less chips i wait for the blind to increase.

In other situations probably i dont use it, i dont think more than 2 minutes
 
always, during 0,02 Sit and Go hiper turbo tournament. Its mandatory to win prizes.
 
Its very important to use your timebank right.The time you made descision is very imortant.Dont need to be fast always to make descisions
 
Yes, sometimes you need to think about what can be in the opponent’s hand, I’m not a regular player who earns poker and does everything automatically, I need to think about this or that decision, and for this I sometimes use a time bank. Sometimes I use it when I have, as I think, a better combination than the opponent, thereby luring him to raise or re-raise in order to win more chips
 
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