SS vs. InternetTexasHoldem.com tournament?

[bdk3clash]

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it would be too easy for SS.

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I know. That's why I want to do it. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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For cripes sake, I'll have to start advertising that forum!!

[JohnShaft]

I'd most likely be interested but only if it was No Limit.
After the last BOSS Tourney ("OMG! This is LIMIT?!?") I vowed never to play a Limit Tourney again.
Sure I'm a limit grinder like the rest of you, but in Tournies I prefer not to have to catch half a deck of cards in the first hour or be gone.

[bdk3clash]

A rep from AbsolutePoker e-mailed me and says that he thinks they can do this. He even mentioned possibly adding prize money.

This just might be a go. I'll continue to try to get this set up.

Does anyone have a creative name for this tournament? How about a suggested day of the week/time? It's too early to think of a specific date, I guess.

To recap, what's taking shape:

-No limit hold'em tournament, featuring 20 members of the 2+2 Small Stakes forum and 20 members of the InternetTexasHoldem.com forum.
-Hosted at AbsolutePoker, which provides a 20% initial deposit bonus and a $15 refer-a-friend bonus. (So $25 deposit + $5 depost bonus + $15 refer-a-friend bonus=$45)

All of this is still very, very tentative, of course.

How should the final score be calculated? If we can tweak the payouts, how should those go?

[ammbo]

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it would be too easy for SS.

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I know. That's why I want to do it. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I am that friend, and I will have to rally the troops to march upon 2+2! I know I can get 20 people, let's set a date, bdk.

I started a thread at ITH here, so follow along. We'll get the players, just set a date.

[Brian Clark]

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After spending 5 minutes on the InternetTexasHoldem forum, I imagine 2+2 is going to have to play with some sort of handicap.

Agreed. Look at some of the following advice:

(In response to a player raising a flop which 5 players have seen

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I don't know what it is recently, but anyone on a flush draw at my tables has been raising the flops. It has literally become automatic... he really only had 9 outs. He loses that more often than he wins, but yet he continues to raise. Baffling.

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Dealt AJ in MP. I call, SB calls, BB checks. Everyone else folded.
Flop is is 9TJ. SB bets, BB raises.

Replies:

"it is a fold"
"My gut instinct tells me that either you are beat"
"I think you have to fold here"


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No mention of serious pre-flop error, position, suitedness of board, never mind player/table reads.

There are a plethora of other posts like this, it would be too easy for SS.

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Keep thinking like that and you are already beat!

I look forward to this event and believe that ITH will pull an upset -- especially if it is a limit tournament.

[Bob T.]

If it is on a sunday, or monday, I would play.

Bob T.

[GuyOnTilt]

If it's limit, I'd play if you really needed an extra body.

GoT

[bdk3clash]

I / we need to decide if this is going to be limit or no-limit. Give me a preference and a reason.

I'm truly netural between the two.

[Bob T.]

NL, I like playing NL tournaments more, even if I can go out on the first hand with AA [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img].