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Old 06-21-2005, 08:08 PM
yoadrians yoadrians is offline
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Default Speed Freaks - HELP!

OK, so here's the deal. A couple friends and I are driving to Rockford, Ill., on Friday to compete in what's being billed as a 'World Series of Poker' qualifier. In all actuality, it's a glorified, 500-person speed tournament.

First, the details:
- $60 buy-in gets you 1,500 in tournament chips
- One rebuy during the first hour (if you are at 500 chips or below) for $30 gets you another 1,500 in tournament chips.
- After the first hour, there is a $30 add-on that gets you 1,500 more tournament chips.
- 500 players, 1 WSOP ticket and 19 - yes - 19 other places paid
- Blinds go up every 15 minutes and double - yes double - from 25/50, 50/100, 100/200, 200/400 and so on and so forth
- Each table starts the tournament either 11- or 12-handed. Again, 11- or 12-handed.

Probables:
- Probably a lot of TV players, meaning the kind of players who just watch poker on TV. They'll have the shades on and will take a lot of time staring you down, trying to get 'reads' on you, etc.

OK, now that you know the tournament structure, I'm looking for guidelines/advice on how to do well here. I mean, you have to figure that at 11 or 12 people per table, we're going to MAYBE average 20 hands per hour. Maybe. Which means that 45 minutes into the tournament - 15 hands in - we'll be at 200/400.

So, the questions:
- How to play the rebuy period?
- Do we advocate just flat-out 'pushing' any hand we get early, or playing normal style?
- Any other advice, words of wisdom, etc?

We're looking for help. My friends and I are all decent players - no donks here - and have some experience playing MTTs on Stars and Party. I also play about 50 SNGs per week at the $11 level at Stars and/or Party. BUT, none of us are all that familiar with speed tournaments.

So, again, I say:

"Speed Freaks - HELP!"
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Old 06-21-2005, 08:18 PM
TomHimself TomHimself is offline
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Default Re: Speed Freaks - HELP!

you have to play aggressively in rebuys and if only 1 seat is availible that makes it even more so. I would just try to get a huge stack, take some chances and hopefully you can be table captain
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Old 06-21-2005, 08:20 PM
yoadrians yoadrians is offline
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Default Re: Speed Freaks - HELP!

So, we're talking about pushing any small edge? Looking for 'race situations'??? Open push with 55 and hope AK calls???

This type of thing?
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Old 06-22-2005, 01:44 AM
jacki jacki is offline
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Default Re: Speed Freaks - HELP!

I'll be in this too, I'll give a specific example we've talked about.


Stack is 1425. you haven't rebought yet.

blinds are 50-100

You get 99-TT-JJ in early position. Raise to 300? 500? push?

What if blinds are 100-200?
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Old 06-22-2005, 02:26 AM
xtingshun xtingshun is offline
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Default Re: Speed Freaks - HELP!

I'm new here, and was checking things out (esp. in the tourney area) .. I've been playing in the casino since I was 21.. I'm 24 this year... So a fraction of expierence compared to some.. but i do play ALOT of small buy in tourneys... about 10 a week... and even though they are not labeled "speed tourneys" .. the idea is basically the same.. 1500-2000 in chips to start, blinds bump every 15 min.. double.

I've learned (thru time) ..that you cannot exactly play the game you want with such a fast paced blind structure... The biggest edge is going to be the luck factor... either in the race situations or in the catching cards part... You have to be aggressive early, and realize while there is a rebuy period .. people will play horrible , it's Dummy Insurance for the guy with K9, A2 , that wants to call you when you hold AK, KK, JJ ... etc... because, what the hell.. he can just rebuy... and for a shot at a seat , the rebuys will be flying!

After the rebuy period is over... the blinds will be alot easier to steal... as parting with those irreplacable chips gets tougher...

The key (IMO) is to be aggressive early, but get a good table image as well... Remember also... with 11-12 guys on the table... there will be more action, as there are more cards out.. but if you make smart decisions and get the edge that luck brings to a table in which you can't sit and wait for those perfect situations to tax the table, then you should put yourself in a place to be in contention for the seat...

Hope some of it helps... I love tournaments... and really have no other choice (in New Mexico ) but to play small buy in $10-30 tourneys... that have fast blind structures in order to fulfill the tournament want... and then get back to games that get raked!

And as far as a hand like 99-JJ ... PUSH IT, those are the hands that will make/break a quick tourney like that... and the coin flips have to go your way... Don't forget, luck will still be ever present in that sort of MTT.

Good luck!
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