PS 200+15 strategy for a first timer

[MikeSmith]

I won a satellite to the 200+15 NL Hold em tourney on sunday at pokerstars and have never played it before. Anyone have any advice for me.

[TwistedEcho]

play tight, raise your good hands. Lots of the starting field sucks. Don't be scared because its lots of money so wuss out with AK (ie. calling where u should be raising etc). Most importantly, have fun

[ZeeJustin]

Take the $W. It sounds liek $215 is a lot of money to you.

[A_Junglen]

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Take the $W. It sounds liek $215 is a lot of money to you.

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Yea, unreg and take the $T. Play in 4 $50-5 MTTs or something if you still want a shot at good money.

[PhillyEdB]

Congrats! The 3r's are soft and a good way to help build your b/r through $T's. Unless you have over $x,xxx you should unregester. Use that money in sng's or lower buyin's. Have you played the $20 180 mans yet?

If your br is ok take a hot and play smart. In the begining it will be soft because alot of people qualify with small buyins and just taking a shot.

Good Luck!

[MikeSmith]

i have 2 4ths and a 5th in my last 3 180 tables, i love them!

[A_Junglen]

Ok..then play it. We had to make a lot of assumptions, but if your running well go for it

[Firefly]

Play the 215, but it's a freaking crapshoot.

[MikeSmith]

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Take the $W. It sounds liek $215 is a lot of money to you.

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To be perfectly honest im up like 2000(i know thats like 1 hand for you justin lol) in the last couple of weeks and i really am willing to lose this. I have hit a lot of FT's lately so i wanna take my shot at the big one. I was just posting to see if there is anything to different to expect from the norm. Sounds about the same but add in a few more tough players than im used to. This buy in has little value to me actually b/c i only put in like 20 bucks anyways, i will just treat it like any other tourney.

[prayformojo]

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Take the $W. It sounds liek $215 is a lot of money to you.

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To be perfectly honest im up like 2000(i know thats like 1 hand for you justin lol) in the last couple of weeks and i really am willing to lose this. I have hit a lot of FT's lately so i wanna take my shot at the big one.

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This is pretty much why I play the $215 when I play it. I grind out 5/10 SH limit, with some SnG and MTT action thrown in. When I've done well, I cash out but leave myself a bit of poker fun money. I don't think of this as part of my bankroll, because I have neither the total bankroll nor the inclination, nor perhaps the skill, to play $200 or higher MTTs on a regular basis with a real expectation of profit. It's just using some of my winnings to have a good time playing poker. If I'm lucky I'll learn something. If I'm very lucky I'll score some cash. With 9 tourneys under my belt, I've been "very lucky" once for a net profit of just over $50.00.