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Anyone still beating the Party $10+1?
I was doing really well in these before, following the advice on this forum, now I simply cannot sustain a win rate. I'm basically breaking even and its driving me nuts. Its nothing to do with my play though.
Every single one I play these days has 6+ players going into Level 4 and beyond. The last one I played had 6 players at level 8!! This used to happen occasionally but now it seems the norm. It happens no matter what time of day I play at too. Is anyone else seeing this or is it just some freak of luck that I'm constantly stuck at these tables? |
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Re: Anyone still beating the Party $10+1?
You aren't the only one. The typical 10+1er has really tightend up lately. Now, you have to outplay them instead of just being tight.
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Re: Anyone still beating the Party $10+1?
I haven't played them or seen my GF play them lately but if this is true (may or may not be true) and long term I would guess the Steps are sucking the really big fish out.
FWIW the 50's are softer than they've ever been. |
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Re: Anyone still beating the Party $10+1?
The 50s have been really soft lately, but last night was rediculous. I had people playing 80% of their hands!
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Re: Anyone still beating the Party $10+1?
I've been 8-tabling $10 and $20 SNGs after cashing out my Empire roll and my only observation thus far is, "how can a 50% ROI not be sustainable in these?". The bubble play is comically inept. I see players regularly folding their blinds (200/400) to short stacks (say, T650) or bluffing into dry pots when a short stack is all-in with four players left. They're all too willing to let me steal my way from short stack to first place without bothering to call me, and whenever I AM called, it's by some ridiculous hand like Q7s or JTo.
They're tighter, sure, but they're as easy (easier?) as ever. |
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Re: Anyone still beating the Party $10+1?
VanVeen:
Well, no offense but I played you the other night and your play was terrible. You were pushing all-in first in in the first and 2nd level.. to win what, 30 and 35 chips? You busted out when your AKo was called by KQ and you got outdrawn. Is that some sort of tactic of yours? Go all-in with a top-hand and hope to get called by a poor player with a lesser hand and then hope to double-up? |
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Re: Anyone still beating the Party $10+1?
Yeah, I absolutely hate being called by hands I dominate.
Why I'm pushing all-in there should be obvious: worse/dominated hands call often enough (ALL THE TIME) that the play has positive expectation, especially when one considers how easy it is to make the money after doubling early, i.e. I like having a big stack. My putative 'terrible play' has me at a ~55% ROI after 250 SNGs in two days. Thank you for the critique! |
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Re: Anyone still beating the Party $10+1?
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My putative 'terrible play' has me at a ~55% ROI after 250 SNGs in two days. Thank you for the critique! [/ QUOTE ] Why are you still in the $10 + $1's? Step up and trim some games. rJ |
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Re: Anyone still beating the Party $10+1?
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especially when one considers how easy it is to make the money after doubling early [/ QUOTE ] Doubling up early doesn't make as much difference as you think. Larger stacks only become an advantage when blinds are worth stealing anyway (lvl 4). |
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Re: Anyone still beating the Party $10+1?
Well, I like to double up early for a few reasons, some of them unrelated to my theoretical expectation in the actual SnG (re: my, er, 'attentional bandwidth' around the bubble when I'm 6-8 tabling).
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