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Jeff Boski
Poker Pro
Silver Level
Thank you, Good luck!
Debi
Forum Admin
Administrator
azforlife
Legend
Bronze Level
How would you target playing differently when playing big buy-in tournaments (relatively speakin)
I feel like I punt way too much in life changing scores but small buy-in & playing super nitty in YUUUGe (trump voice) buyin tournaments
I feel like I punt way too much in life changing scores but small buy-in & playing super nitty in YUUUGe (trump voice) buyin tournaments
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Teddy3027
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Great advise Jeff, btw love the Sunglassess(all of them), Many player including myself will play differently depending on their opponent(looser with loose players) opening holes in their game, knowing this and controlling it is very important. In magic we use to ask ourselves which player is controll and which one is beatdown, even if each player is playing the exact same deck you needed to know your role in that match. As a poker player one needs to ask yourself a similar question, who is trapped and who is trapping and play your role accordingly.
Thanks Teddy
jirasuonna
Visionary
Silver Level
I am posting this on all the Ask Me Anything forum to try to see if there is a consensus or difference of opinion among the pros answering questions on CardsChat.
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I have been looking for information about considerations for re-buys, add-ons, late registration. Almost all comments in forums seem to be in favor of add-ons, with logic like "Why would you give your opponents an advantage over you?"
I will preface this with my bias. I don't like the idea of any of them and would prefer if none of them existed. If I had my way every tournament would be a freeze-out, but that based on a style preference. I feel that you can apply a little more pressure if the villain can't re-buy ad nauseum.
I understand that re-buys and add-ons help the casino meet guarantees. (It is frustrating when you think you have found a bargain tournament, and re-buys are filling out that guarantee without increasing the prize pool.)
I understand that in live tournaments re-buys, and add-ons make sense because you have to travel to the casino and getting knocked out and going home empty handed sucks.
I play exclusively online. There is always another tournament.
Re-buys only make sense to me if you are knocked out in the very early rounds. Any later than that and you are just buying into another tournament at a significant disadvantage. This amounts to late registration, which only makes sense to me if you think you have a monstrous edge, and it is worth your while to save a little time by not playing the early rounds.
Add-ons are a weird concept to me. You are effectively chopping your return on investment in half. If the add-on, significantly improves your odds of winning, I can see where it might make sense, however, the ones I have played don't usually have a huge amount of chips; usually x1-x2 the chips of the initial buy-in. A couple levels and it will be insignificant. For it to be useful you have increase it exponentially, if you are willing to play that way, it may be more useful to attack peoples' add-on with your short stack.
This got a little verbose. It seems that re-buys, add-ons, and late registration are -EV options, because they diminish your ROI. They are only useful with regard to time considerations, or if the tournament has some value to you other than pure monetary reward.
Am I being naive here? Is there a magic formula for determining when to get an add-on?Or should I just keep going for extreme long shots by refusing re-buys and add-ons?
Thanks!
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I have been looking for information about considerations for re-buys, add-ons, late registration. Almost all comments in forums seem to be in favor of add-ons, with logic like "Why would you give your opponents an advantage over you?"
I will preface this with my bias. I don't like the idea of any of them and would prefer if none of them existed. If I had my way every tournament would be a freeze-out, but that based on a style preference. I feel that you can apply a little more pressure if the villain can't re-buy ad nauseum.
I understand that re-buys and add-ons help the casino meet guarantees. (It is frustrating when you think you have found a bargain tournament, and re-buys are filling out that guarantee without increasing the prize pool.)
I understand that in live tournaments re-buys, and add-ons make sense because you have to travel to the casino and getting knocked out and going home empty handed sucks.
I play exclusively online. There is always another tournament.
Re-buys only make sense to me if you are knocked out in the very early rounds. Any later than that and you are just buying into another tournament at a significant disadvantage. This amounts to late registration, which only makes sense to me if you think you have a monstrous edge, and it is worth your while to save a little time by not playing the early rounds.
Add-ons are a weird concept to me. You are effectively chopping your return on investment in half. If the add-on, significantly improves your odds of winning, I can see where it might make sense, however, the ones I have played don't usually have a huge amount of chips; usually x1-x2 the chips of the initial buy-in. A couple levels and it will be insignificant. For it to be useful you have increase it exponentially, if you are willing to play that way, it may be more useful to attack peoples' add-on with your short stack.
This got a little verbose. It seems that re-buys, add-ons, and late registration are -EV options, because they diminish your ROI. They are only useful with regard to time considerations, or if the tournament has some value to you other than pure monetary reward.
Am I being naive here? Is there a magic formula for determining when to get an add-on?Or should I just keep going for extreme long shots by refusing re-buys and add-ons?
Thanks!
Evan Jarvis
Legend
Platinum Level
What are your favorite tournaments on America's Cardroom under $50?
I've heard you say on the stream you love the $15 40k and since trying it, man... you're right.
Would love to know any other gems that I'm missing out on!
Thanks Jeff!
I've heard you say on the stream you love the $15 40k and since trying it, man... you're right.
Would love to know any other gems that I'm missing out on!
Thanks Jeff!
Shumkoolie
Legend
Silver Level
Hi Jeff,
From watching your streams, you seem to place high importance to picking spots when your stack is getting shallow. Would you say that this is the one part of anyone's game that should be studied more because you (generally speaking) are short stacked in most MTTs that you'd play?
Thanks, and enjoy the work you put into your stream.
From watching your streams, you seem to place high importance to picking spots when your stack is getting shallow. Would you say that this is the one part of anyone's game that should be studied more because you (generally speaking) are short stacked in most MTTs that you'd play?
Thanks, and enjoy the work you put into your stream.
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moshie
Rock Star
Silver Level
In tournament play is it correct to not go bust on a potential draw?
Flop is 2 7 Q with 2 and 7 being hearts. Pot is four way and raised pre flop. I am in the big blind. I know I am a favorite against all hands except flopped sets and over pairs. I have AK hearts. Or do I get it in and live with the variance?