Stalling in tourneys?

[Adde]

(Heya Bob, thanks to your post I jumped into a tourney [which I seldom play nowadays] and got the stalling fever myself.)

Question: do people stall even when hand-for-hand is in play, or is it just that they have to think about their hands so much longer when the money is deep/er?

Given that the "We are waiting for hands..." message is shown after every hand, I would be surprised if people still think they'll get an edge by stalling, or am I missing something here?

Adde

[GrannyMae]

u are missing nada.

stallers at hand for hand are dingbats, or slow thinking bots.

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[benkath1]

I played a HU tourney on stars last night. I got a guy stalling at every decision in the 3rd round, but only when he had the chip lead. Most satisfying victory of the tourney. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Spartacus]

This is not necessarily so. What if you have 10k in the cutoff and some else (OP) has 15k UTG +1? If the blinds are going to jump from say 4k-8k to 6k-12k, then it gives you a strategic advantage if you can slow down the play so that OP gets hit with 6k-12k blinds rather than 4k-8k. OP may be able to fold out if the blinds pass him at the lower level. Stalling forces OP to get involved.

There is some merit to stalling in satellites. I don't like it when I am in OP's position, but I have used this strategy when it suits me.

[GrannyMae]

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This is not necessarily so. What if you have 10k in the cutoff and some else (OP) has 15k UTG +1? If the blinds are going to jump from say 4k-8k to 6k-12k, then it gives you a strategic advantage if you can slow down the play so that OP gets hit with 6k-12k blinds rather than 4k-8k. OP may be able to fold out if the blinds pass him at the lower level. Stalling forces OP to get involved.

There is some merit to stalling in satellites. I don't like it when I am in OP's position, but I have used this strategy when it suits me.

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my bad. in the exact situation you describe i guess it would be worth it. however, this is going to be a rare occurance.

[Spartacus]

If you play the $215 Sats on Stars on a regular basis, this is not so rare. Unfortunately many players are clueless about when you should stall and you often see stalling when it serves no purpose.

[Nepa]

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If you play the $215 Sats on Stars on a regular basis, this is not so rare. Unfortunately many players are clueless about when you should stall and you often see stalling when it serves no purpose.

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It often serves a purpose. i.e. It is hand for hand but you want the blinds to increase before the blinds come around to a short stack.

[Spartacus]

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It often serves a purpose.

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I know it does. The chip leader taking the full allotted time for each hand does not.

[Nepa]

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It often serves a purpose.

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I know it does. The chip leader taking the full allotted time for each hand does not.

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Agreed. I guess the chipleaders thinking is, if I play less hands I'll have a better shot of making the money. Notice I didn't say winning the tournament.

[William]

GREAT THREAD! Now we are all educated on the difficult subject of stalling in tourneys /images/graemlins/smirk.gif