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5 posts were merged into an existing topic: The fairness debate

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It is true that you need some luck to win multi-table tournaments, but if you don’t make the final table it won’t make much difference.

So the more final tables you make, the more likely you are to have luck on the final table.

To make final tables you need a good strategy in the early parts of tournaments where the blinds are low. You also need to know exactly what stage of the tournament you are at and when the blinds are going up. Sometimes you need to take a chance before you get small stacked.

I often think that multi table tournaments are a bit like golf tournaments. You may need a bit of good luck to win, but if you are not within reach of the leaders at the start of the final day, that good luck isn’t going to do you any good.

Everybody has good luck and bad luck sometimes, but you need skill so that when the good luck is running in your favor you can win.

The theory that replay poker is somehow fixed in some way or fixed in favor of certain players is absurd. Remember that in a 50 player multi-table tournament, 49 players will be unlucky. One of them maybe you.

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You omit to say that the most important skills of all are bet sizing and folding.

Here is a question that will sort out the men from the boys (or the women from the girls).

You look at your cards in a MTT when you are UTG six-handed and you see AK unsuited. You put in a meaty raise (4BB) pre-flop and you are called by the big blind. You put in a sizable continuation bet of half of the pot when the flop completely misses you (Q 7 3 rainbow) and the big blind checks back to you. The big blind now flat calls. A jack comes on the turn. BB checks.

What do you do now? Answers on a postcard.

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A few weeks ago I brought my bankroll up to a personal best of around $200m. Then I lost one hand and for some reason it sent me on a tilting spree that saw me burn through just about everything I had. It wasn’t even that bad of a beat, but I couldn’t stop thinking about it. As I lost more I was stepping down the levels for bankroll management but just kept tilting more and losing. My luck was neither good nor bad I was just playing horribly without any control. Eventually I deactivated my account for a while to take a break. This is a good option to have available.

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I order a double scotch, neat. I slam it and shout “why is this glass empty???”

Then I shove while saying “All in mutha&$%#!” followed by my best Ric Flair imitation “Wooooooo!”

…

Did I get it?

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Give up and check. Probably fold river if they lead. There’s no draws available to get value from. Someone who flat calls a 4bb from UTG can easily have AQ or mid pairs that aren’t folding, depending on stack depths.

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Am I a bad player to lose 40 million in two hands, did it two days ago, do not know why I ended up there, am not I really, the 40 million I had fought for for 3 months, it’s a lesson! I’m not such a bad player, but why did I do it! Love this game !!

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If you sit and think about these questions for a while, especially the second one, you can answer your own questions.

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I dont now why did that bad thing,not me realy,i lost not with bad cards but why do that,was a rank 6 or what it was player,will never do that again! The game is beautiful!!

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Give us the link to the big loss hands.

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I will Hand #849650875
i cant find it right now,dont now how the replay save it! but here comes my biggest win

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Agree, sometimes it’s just my emotions get tbe better of me and I play with my heart and not my head

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wow
If you are partially right, then I might as well quit poker.
Very intuitive.
Thank you bigv64

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Thanks for the comment Sirtakis…not partially right…100% right!

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tout a fait d accort pour la pause il faut casser la loi des series
Translate:
totally okay for the break you have to break the law of the series

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I am there now been there for about 4 weeks.Seems like no matter what I do I get outdrawn so… I am going to start blasting Megadeth louder and smoking more weed.

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It happens and yes it gets frustrating but you do have to roll with it you can go from ice cold to blazing hot in the same tournament. One thing that is cool about Replay, you can always step back and try a different game. Omaha Hi-Lo or Seven Card Stud are great changes of pace and style strategy to bust you out of any funk you get in. I find it also helps your hold game in the long run to play other games.

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Thats a really good point re the chips sales, Ive noticed that the mid\high range ring tables get flooded with people after a sale who are playing well above thier bank roll & the variance goes through the roof! & this time around in the sale you could get 9 million chips for $100… took me years to get to that level. Just need to be more carefull & accept at some point you are going to be put all in with the ‘almost nuts’ & get sucked out on the river with thier ‘one outer’ as nobody folds. Keeps the bad players coming back tho so its the price of poker. Just need to be aware of it & check the profiles of your opponents.

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I had my worst down swing a few months ago that Ive ever had & thought I’d forgotten how to play poker! Went back & reviewed my hands & realised most of my big losses were on a very few hands were I got the money in when I was well ahead & got sucked out on the river. However I also noticed I’d gone into ‘auto pilot’ was limping, playing too tight, min raising, not 3 betting & calling far too much. had a word with myself went, down a few levels got my confidence back & am now back on track… till the next time lol.

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Hi Kondrad,

I am just going to talk about tournament play.

There are many theories of thought of how to play a tournament

I am going to talk about the main two.

Theory number one. Starting with the first hand dealt, you have one goal - to win the tournament. Every decision you make has that goal in mind.

Theory number two (and this is how I always play tournaments)
Starting with the first hand dealt your goal is to place in a money winning position. After you are there, your new goal is to place in the top three winning positions, because that is where most of the prize money is. Once you are one of the last three players left in the tournament, now your goal is to win the tournament. Always keep your eye on the ball. Sometimes you can throw away pocket aces or kings pre flop if you think that increases your chances of reaching your next goal.
Tournaments and ring games are apples and oranges.
No individual hand in a tournament means a thing if it does not increase your chances of getting to your next goal, and I don’t mean by winning or losing that individual pot. In a ring game you can add chips, in a tournament you cannot. Keep track of all the players at your table and how they react to short stacks, or large stacks. There are too many variables in tournaments to mention, just have patience and learn them one by one.
Keep a log of when you think you screwed up and how other players screwed up.
Have patience, keep learning, have fun.

Happy Holidays, David

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