Don't play $5 SnG @ UB on weekends?

[suited_ace]

I usually play these on weekdays, but this weekend I had some time to play, and so I did. Maybe it's just me, but the general level of play goes to freeroll-style.

Do you notice this as well or I just had bad luck?

[calf]

I would play as many as possible.

[nickianthony]

i play the UB $5.50's as well, and i don't notice too much of a difference on weekends. anyway, is it really a bad thing if the play gets softer?

[suited_ace]

Well, maybe it's me... Maybe I'm not playing so well. Anyways, with the bad mood I have now, it would be useless to continue playing, it's just a recipe for disaster.

[suited_ace]

Softer would be welcome. I think the word to describe it would be "maniacal". The impression I got was that everyone had just seen poker on tv and then went to UB to play "just like the pros".

The guy that really made me lose my cool tried a bluff (going all-in) at a dry side-pot while I held top 2 pair (KQ). The guy had a pair of 3s. Turn pairs the A and I'm the bubble boy.

Yeah, I know, it's just a bad beat, move on... But that has been the kind of play I've been seeing since yesterday night, these guys must be on crack or something. Anyway, they turn the game into something so boring, I'd rather watch paint dry than play against those guys.

[nickianthony]

by the way, have you tried the new turbos? i played a bunch of them last night, and i don't like them at all. the luck factor is unbelievable.

[suited_ace]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but turbos are a crap shoot, so I don't see why should I put my money on something that depends so much on luck.

[nickianthony]

yeah. i was thinking that maybe, the lower ROI from turbos could be counterbalanced by the shorter game times, resulting in a higher hourly rate overall. but no, as far as i can tell after playing a bunch last night, they really are just a crapshoot.

[mosch]

I'm going to have to disagree with you on this one.

I'm looking at the SNG structure for < $100 SNGS at stars and UB. Both start each player with 1500 in chips, and increase the blinds every 5 minutes.

ub: stars:
10/20 10/20
15/30 15/30
20/40 25/50
30/60 50/100
50/100 75/150
75/150 100/200
100/200 100/200+25
150/300 200/400+25
200/400 300/600+50
300/600 400/800+50
400/800 600/1200+75
600/1200 1000/2000+100
800/1600 1500/3000+150
1000/2000 2000/4000+200

I compared UB turbo tournaments to Stars turbo tournaments because I've played in a large number of stars turbo SNGs, and am a significant winner. Yes, my ROI is higher in the non-turbos, but non-turbos make me want to kill small furry animals, so the turbos work out better for me.

[microbet]

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I think the word to describe it would be "maniacal".

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I haven't played this particular game, but maniacal is soooo easy to crush.

[nickianthony]

hmm, i'm playing a couple SNGs right now and i'm seeing some crazy stuff. the board is Kd Ad 8h Qd and two people go all-in. one has A5o and the other has 66. unbelievable.

so maybe you're right about these weekend players...

[se2schul]

Ya, it's likely the excessive beer factor causing this.
I feel like I get sucked out all the time playing against these guys, since I notice that I go in as a big favorite, but lose when he calls with junk and gets lucky. It's a horrible feeling when it happens over and over, but this is of course how you make money. They can win with junk like that in game or two or ten, but certainly not over the long run.

[suited_ace]

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I haven't played this particular game, but maniacal is soooo easy to crush.

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This is probably a leak in my game: I just don't know how to play against a table full of total fish and/or total maniacs. If it's just one or two guys, no problem. But when everyone but me is playing almost at random, I just don't know what to do.

Maybe time will teach me. Or you guys could give me a hand...

[lastchance]

You push with AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AK, and call with those hands too for the first 3 levels. Then you start playing tight bubble play hoping their maniacal style allows you to ITM.

[suited_ace]

And basically you have ZERO folding equity, right?

[GtrHtr]

I commented on this a few weeks back in a rambling post. I find it much harder to win on the weekends than on the weekday (evenings). Nobody answered the mail on my post so until your post I had no feedback.

There are a few maniac's but many more seem tight in the early going - 8-2 or 7-3 tight vs insane seems the norm.

The change in structure since friday has effected the games as well and they seem even tougher to me and last about 20-25 minutes longer on avg with more time spent just prior to ITM than before. Once ITM it seems about normal.

[suited_ace]

I found the solution to the problem: outluck them. By a good margin. I was 2-tabling a SnG and a NL ring table, and I started a card run in both at the same time. Finished the SnG in 52 hands and went to multiply my initial buy-in at the ring game by 7.

I'm not playing the SnGs on weekends anymore, the ring games are FULL of fish, they're way more profitable.

[GtrHtr]

Which L and NL ring games on UB have the most fish on weekends? It may be time to dip my hand back there on the weekends if it is more cost effective.