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Larimani
07-25-2005, 10:27 PM
Which site is best to practice deep stack tournaments (STTs or MTTs)?
Lloyd
07-25-2005, 10:39 PM
Play cash games. They are always running and you can buy-in for 100BBs usually.
Shorty35
07-25-2005, 10:41 PM
The stars $3 rebuys play like deep stack tourneys after the rebuy period.

I also understand that Full Tilt is planning a deep stack (possibly multi-day) tourney for the fall.
woodguy
07-25-2005, 10:46 PM
Stars $10 rebuy plays deep

Regards,
Woodguy
Larimani
07-25-2005, 10:49 PM
this is the structure a friend of mine needs practice for (he's won a seat to the VC Poker Cup through a qualifier).

Blind structure (http://vcpokercup.com/format2.htm)

Is stars rebuy similar to this?
yeau2
07-25-2005, 11:18 PM
Coming out of the break the blinds will be 100/200 and the average stack about 4000-5000. But the blinds (in most of their tournaments, like the rebuy one people are talking about) go up every 15 minutes. And antes are used.
Lloyd
07-25-2005, 11:42 PM
They didn't say the Stars rebuy tournies have deep structures. They said they *play* like deep stack tournies because of all the rebuys. The structure is the same as other Stars tournies. But if he's trying to get experience playing in deeper tournies then the beginning of the rebuys don't really apply because the play is much more aggressive. And the middle might not play the same because the blinds are still pretty big even with all of the chips in play.
LearnedfromTV
07-25-2005, 11:49 PM
More gametime than practice, but...

Pokerroom's Grand III tournament on August 6 and 7. $1000 buyin, lots of satellites. I think you get 5k in chips and blinds start 10-20 w/ 30 minute levels.

Too bad I'm in Vegas that weekend...
Larimani
07-26-2005, 12:15 AM
ok. cool. will let him know.
Larimani
07-26-2005, 12:16 AM
That does sound good... the VC poker cup is between August 1st and August 5th... but I think I might register for that tourney myself.

EDIT: $1K?? WHAT?? F THAT! /images/graemlins/grin.gif
LearnedfromTV
07-26-2005, 12:21 AM
If you buyin straight it's 1000+0 - they rake the satellites only. Of course, the average good player can probably win his way in for cheaper, if he wants to take the time.

Grand II had 516 players...first prize 129k.

Edited to say I probably have no business trying but I'm definitely going after Grand IV, whenever it happens.
niin
07-26-2005, 01:15 AM
Bugsy's Club has their 'WSOP warmup' tournaments that start with 10K chips and slow (for online) blind structure.
Seadood228
07-26-2005, 02:04 AM
The UB tourneys over $100 have the deepest stacks and slowest structures IMO. You start with 2500 chips and the levels last 15 minutes. Sounds quick but UB typically gets 80 hands/hour plus the blinds rise very gently ala FullTilt and Absolute.
daveymck
07-26-2005, 07:17 AM
The VC thing is 1 table sng winner takes all effort with 6 players I dont see how playing deep stack mtt's is going to help him develop a strategy for this.

Prob better off playing Stars or Maybe UB sng's imho ideally 6 handed ones (I think VC site has six max sng's but not sure of the structure).