Low Content 2-7 TD Tournament Hand

[Tom Bayes]

If you are wondering about the caliber of opposition in the 24h 2-7 Triple Draw tournaments, here's your answer, in hand history form.

Game # x - 2-7 Triple Draw Fixed Limit 25/50

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Game ended 2005-05-24 xx:xx:xx UTC

Players:
A (1100 in seat 1)
Tom_Bayes (2100 in seat 2)
C (625 in seat 3)
E (1525 in seat 5)
F (650 in seat 6)

Dealer: E
Small Blind: F (15)
Big Blind: A (25)

Tom_Bayes was dealt: 4h - 2d - 7d - 7h - Qs

Tom_Bayes Raise (50)
C Call (50)
E Fold
F Raise (60)
A Call (50)
Tom_Bayes Call (25)
C Call (25)

F changed 2 cards
A changed 4 cards
Tom_Bayes changed 2 cards: 4h - 2d - 7d - 5c - 3c from 4h - 2d - 7d -

(7h) - (Qs)
C changed 2 cards

F Bet (25)
A Call (25)
Tom_Bayes Raise (50)
C Call (50)
F Raise (50)
A Call (50)
Tom_Bayes Raise (50)
C Call (50)
F Call (25)
A Call (25)

F changed 2 cards
A changed 1 card
Tom_Bayes stood pat: 4h - 2d - 7d - 5c - 3c
C changed 2 cards

F Bet (50)
A Call (50)
Tom_Bayes Raise (100)
C Fold
F Call (50)
A Call (50)

F changed 2 cards
A changed 1 card
Tom_Bayes stood pat: 4h - 2d - 7d - 5c - 3c

F Bet (50)
A Fold
Tom_Bayes Raise (100)
F Call (50)

Tom_Bayes shows: 4h - 2d - 7d - 5c - 3c (7,5,4,3,2)
F didn't show: 8c - 5d - 5h - 3h - 6s (a pair of fives)

Tom_Bayes wins: 1200 (with 7,5,4,3,2)

[lucas9000]

you've said that the cash tables never run though, right? /images/graemlins/frown.gif /images/graemlins/confused.gif /images/graemlins/mad.gif

[timprov]

I was able to start a game up fairly quickly before one of the $1 tournaments a couple weeks ago. People coming in, sitting down, and asking me how the game is played.

[Tom Bayes]

Yeah, cash games rarely go. I ended up out of the money (18th/50) in today's TDL tournament. The 75432 against idiots happened very early (3rd hand of tourney) and gave me the chip lead. I got very little else, played much tighter than everyone else (not cold-calling to draw 3 and 4) and had a couple of strong one-card draws brick up. Once you are past the break, the blinds are so frigging high that one bad hand cripples you and the second one puts you out :{

The guy with the big chip lead when I went out is someone I've played before in draw tournaments-a very loose, very aggressive player. He is from the "chip lead or out" school of MTT play.

UPDATE: LAG finished 5th.

[randomstumbl]

I've played two of these tourneys, and I'm still amazed at how bad the players are. I'm pretty sure I've never lost with any 8 at showdown.

Really though, it hardly matters how bad the players are since it's nearly impossible to get more than 20 BB at any point during the tourney. So, it's a fun tournament and almost certainly +EV for anyone that can even come close to breaking even at .25/50, but I think everyone'll have fun bubbling in these things pretty often.

Additionally, I've never seen a cash game running that I didn't start. That sounds negative, but there's a huge upside. Almost everyone that sits down is just trying out the game for the first time. I've probably played there less than 2 hours and am up something like 100 BB at 1/2. The only losing session I had was when someone played 5 hands and quit.