PokerRoom $1000+0 Grand Tournament

[Simplistic]

if i had money on pokerroom i probably would have tried to qualify through a sat. should be a fun tourney. hell, two days?

[DonButtons]

[ QUOTE ]
Yeah, starting with 500BB seems a little excessive. I think they could have gotten away with starting at the 25/50 level and cut out that whole first hour. As they are, there is really no need to get involved with anything but premium hands for the first couple of hours.

[/ QUOTE ]

hmmm, seems like a flawed strategy for a 500xBB starting stack, you want to see more hands, and be the one cracking noobs AA with 76s and the works. Also, AA is not such a powerful hand in the beginning with such a huge starting stack in the beginning, unless the action is preflop.
I woudlnt want to play a large pot without a set after the flop.

[TheTimeIsUp]

Going on a cruise tomorrow, can't believe I am missing this!

[B Mando]

I am trying to qualify right now...I am going to play like....every sat tonite! I want in!!! gl to those who already in....you will have to post your handle tommorow so I can railbird ya for awhile if I cant get in. adios

[wAzZu24]

[ QUOTE ]
hmmm, seems like a flawed strategy for a 500xBB starting stack, you want to see more hands, and be the one cracking noobs AA with 76s and the works. Also, AA is not such a powerful hand in the beginning with such a huge starting stack in the beginning, unless the action is preflop.
I woudlnt want to play a large pot without a set after the flop.

[/ QUOTE ]

This is correct. If you arent in agreement with this you might want to read the thread started by D.S. on deep stack AA. I believe Paul P. made an interesting post there as well.

[GFunk911]

[ QUOTE ]
is the WSOP ME obscene then?

[/ QUOTE ]

Like a poster said, the WSOPME starts at 200BB and that's the deepest I've ever heard of a tourney starting. 2.5xDeepestStartingTourneyStack == obscene. I'm not complaining, in fact I love it, I just think if anything it's only an accident, they decided WE'LL START EVERYONE WITH 10K CHIPS and just sorta forgot about the blinds.

[Kirko Bara]

According to the moderator on Pokah (PokerRoom.com's own forum) it's not a mistake, and not an oversight, but if there are complaints they'll change the blind structure to Grand Tournament III.
Personally I think that it's great - since it's a two-day event why not use that fact by having huge starting stacks compared to the blinds and let the skill take its toll on the fish..?

The Quirky Kirko

[DonButtons]

if someone has big enough limits on poker room to send $1000
to my account, pm me, i will transfer with you via partypoker or empire in return...thanks

[NickDollar]

You can't directly send money on Pokerroom as far as I know. I wish they'd change that, one time I wanted to transfer $2,000 from account to account and I got into a big a hassle cuz I just lost it in a HU cash game from one account to the another. Silly young naive me, doing a chip dump like a dip chump.

Anyway, I'm in the tournament too! GL all! And I love the blind structure, the first ever two-day online event, I'm glad they are making it special in that regard. And if it bothers you, go watch TV the first hour, you'll lose about 1% of your stack!

[Rednax]

Who's in, what tables, what's your username?