is tournament success this arbitrary??

[Gene2x]

Regarding no one raising: If you want to see raising, play at PP. Their tournaments, especially low buy-in, R + A, and free rolls are full of action. That's why one of their tournaments that started with 2,500 people can be down to 500 in a couple of hours.

[McMelchior]

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i've probably played 60-70 no-limit tournaments online, and yes a bias towards the lower entry fees.

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It's a very good idea to keep detailed track of your tournament-buy-ins - and your results.

60 - 70 tournaments - and especially when it's micro-buy-in tournaments - is a very sparse foundation to conclude anyting on. Most of the regular posters here (including yours truly) play this many tournaments every month - at least.

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i have nominated you for "troll of the year"

[/ QUOTE ]Guess I now have earned an nomination as well, right?

Keep plugging.

Best,

McMelchior (Johan)

Lemme tellya somethin' 'bout luck ....

Don't let it get into your head, whether good or bad. I just had the most lucky turns of cards I've ever seen in a single MTT and it still wasn't good enough to get to the money. This was out of this world.

- Bad beat early in MTT on the short stack; all in 77 v AJo, flop ace, turn blank, river 7, still alive

- Short time later, still short stack, all in JJ v AQ, flop ace, turn J, still alive

- Mid-tourney about 90 minute point, JJ again, not pressured to go all in but think I have the best of it, so I push and get TT v AJo, flop comes QAA, turn is a blank and T on the river, still alive

- Late tourney medium short stack, still need more than a double for the money, again think I have the best of it and push JJ v AKo, again Ace flop and J turn, still alive

But alas it's feast or famine as with two or three exceptions, those are the only starting hands I see. The big stacks are aggressive and getting in the pot first and I am powerless to do anything with my medium hands. I end up limping to the exit seeing 74o and 72o for 3/4 of the final orbit.

Moral of the story, keep it in your head that luck means nothing. You can make a cash with bad luck. You can not make a cash with good luck. Sure good luck can't hurt in the right spots, but you'll get enough of both that it will even out.

Not possible, what hand could have beat quad tens?

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Not possible, what hand could have beat quad tens?

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Running JJ, QQ, KK, AA with matching pocket pair??

[JustPlayingSmart]

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Not possible, what hand could have beat quad tens?

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Running JJ, QQ, KK, AA with matching pocket pair??

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Don't forget runner runner royal.

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bear in mind, this is online at my site. B&M (or home) no limit tournaments have been alot more difficult.

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What site is this?

vis-a-vis sample sizes, it was basically an observation more than stating anything definitive or trying to prove anything.

i have seldom seen alot of aggression pre-flop (or the correct raise amount as per harrington) in low buy-in no limit. although i have no doubt there'd be more aggressive people at higher levels. although probably still enough people who don't what they're doing.

i have played probably 1500 hours of low limit, and there i seldom see people with the big pre-flop raises (more often than no-limit though, that's for sure).

i did very well today (2 SNG's and 1 tournament). i think i'm playing more like harrington suggests (i.e. very tight) and the cards are running very hot (trust me, i've been on the other side of it where i wanted to cry after being busted 8 times in row)

it seems like the worst players are the weak-tight. they just seem to fade away into oblivion and you can often get them off o.k. hands with a very small bet. aggressive players on the hand always make me nervous even if they aren't that good.

[nath]

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Not possible, what hand could have beat quad tens?

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AA with runner-runner AA.
I'll post the hand as soon as I can get a converter to work, not just for a bad beat post, but because I'm curious what people think of my line.