Paradise $100 4-table

[cjmewett]

Anyone playing this tonight?

What should I expect from a smaller field? More aggression? Less agression, seeing as you can afford to wait on hands more? Maybe no differences at all from a normal field?

[b0000000000m]

I've played a few of these. (And have done pretty well). No difference, really, at least to my sub-WCP eye.

[cjmewett]

Doesn't seem like much difference in play so far. Same crazy and (it seems to me) too-loose play in the early stages, esp. pre-flop.

Ten eliminated already, 32 mins in. Haven't picked up any hands yet -- right now I'll be pleased if I get two cards higher than 5.

T1535, 18/29.

[cjmewett]

That didn't last long: pocket 9s UTG, raised to 200 (BB 50). UTG+1 goes all in for 750 more. All folds back around to me. ~1300, 750 to call.

I rationalized that I could be a small favorite here, that maybe he was trying to shut out other callers with AK/AQ/AJ or a middle pair. I call, he rolls AKo.

FLOP A K K and I'm crippled under 600.

[cjmewett]

And that's that...

KQo in the CO, all in for 550 or somesuch (50 BB still). Genius in the BB calls with A8c, I'm done.

Fun while it lasted.

[sloth469]

This is what you should expect of almost every Paradise tournament including the $100K. The play there is ridiculously loose that you get a great Return but variance is huge. I usually stick with stars because when you have KK and push A2s usually folds, not so in paradise.

-sloth