Did you read the original post I replied to? Evidently not. What happened to jazz by the bay? Look believe it or not, your prerogative, but a person with a million chips will never buy, as you say. Then they lose it all. You either come back daily and play 1K bankroll builder, or you can convieniently buy your way in. As far as I can tell there are no ads here. So unless someone is paying the bills out of a big fat bank account for all of us to play, they are going to go broke doing this.
Losing streaks happen. If you have a general poker strategy and a general tournament strategy and a bubble strategy and a final table strategy, shouldn’t you have a strategy for dealing with hot streaks and cold streaks? I think you should but how many do?
A good bankroll management strategy will do… if you stick to it.
When you hit a cold streak, drop down to lower stakes and grind it out. If you hit a really hot streak, move up in stakes and ride it… but always within your general bank management strategy.
I’ve hit cold streaks that have lasted over a month, but never went broke over one. I move down in stakes. I lose less when I’m losing and win more when I’m winning. It takes a little discipline, but there’s nothing magic about it.
If you want to hear a similar story from real life, look up Archie Karas and “The Run.” He went on a 2 1/2 year hot streak, turning a $10,000 loan into $40 million, which he then lost over about a 3 week period. Did the casinos conspire to rig the games against him? No, he discovered the deadly combination of a run of bad luck coupled with really poor bank management.
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great input sunpower…its true about managing your chips…when I was winning it was lights out…every tourney I won or placed in top 4 say 8 out 10 tournies…also during the time my losing streak started I was always in the top 5/7 for most of the tourney time which Is not a good sign as sustaining to be there is tough but its a good position to be in as you are one hand away from top spot.when I say losing streak means I lost in about 30 tourneys coming between 6th and 10th to me that is the same as coming last as you don’t win chips just some points…So from the MMT points table point of view I fell from 3rd to 20th last I checked as it takes only your top 20 best performance so even if you win 14 chips and come 7th to 10th 10 times it means nothing if your minimum top 20 win is 15000 points.
I’m stressing on the point managing chips for final table…the high ranked players get the AA,KK,QQ and we get 23 ,24,26,39,j4,28…so soon blinded out…this happens so often and I can give you the name of the players who wil get these hands just before the final table…this is not some kind of myth but a reality…sometimes I make it in top 3 as two of them play with so much ego they kill each other which is beneficial to me…its rare to even get a playing hand even if I go 3 rounds which normally would involve 36 to 40 hands…I cant bank manage here…correct bank management would be if you lose a million get out of there its not your day but sitting around and donating the rest of your millions is bad management of chips…because its free chips you tend to be easier on yourself and you go for it and get hammered…im not saying the site is rigged but if you are not hitting cards just avoid the big tables and bet in prospective…just like the rings often in 10/15 minutes ive maede 400k to 600k I just get up.using the same policy while losing is what one must do but we don’t we looking to recover and more…but you are right its truly how you control your stack and bank,exit strategy is most important but most don’t know when to quit.after all its a game and we cant get emotional about it but we do…that’s the effect of poker money or free chips…
the combination of these 2 comments make me think you don’t use push/fold poker when shortstacked. standard push/fold strategy will get starting once you get to 15BB’s or less. according to your story you mention that you often get blinded out. also you mentioned 3 round and 36-40 hands (which is actually 4 orbits).
so lets count the worst case scenario: say this all starts when you get 15BB’s, lets also say there are antes, and that all those hands in the meantime aren’t worth to shove. so you lost 4BB’s 4SB’s and 36 antes. say all antes are 1 BB each orbit. so we have lost 10BB’s before being able to shove. which is really bad, but we do still have 5BB’s left, which means you can’t get blinded out if you use proper push/fold strategy. besides of all this, know that this is really the absolute most horrible worst case i just mentioned. lets say that even with much bad luck you will probably lose about 5BB’s before being able to shove it, because of the odds of getting a hand but also because the more you lose the more you are able to be shoving with, not to forget that position also widens your shoving ranges.
long story short: i think practicing good push/fold strategy will help you a lot in the late stages of a tournament (or in fact every time you get shortstacked).
hope this helps.
I normally stand between 1st to 5th on a final table but most times get weeded out as pathetic hands which you cant even bluff…like I said mostly I get those hands which are unplayable…at times the others take each other out…even times I have shoved a10,aq,ak…ive lost…or I get a kk,aa calling me…and worst of all in the last two weeks ive had AA and KK and lost after going all in…invariably even if I get a playable hand I’m out of position and get raised as someone is trying to make it to the top 5 and they are pushing even a so so hand I have no reason to risk ive I’m ahead…it all boilsd down to luck final table…shove or don’t you need cards to sustain to be in the money or consecutive folds by players on large BBs…whichever permutation combination ive tried ive just been beaten out of the money…
It’s all about the money. Who buys the chips!
sounds like if u win everything is ok when u lose it is fixed
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getting worse by the day…two pairs on flop and I bet 4000 donk calls with 34 suited and hits flush on river…few hands later set on flop…called with top pair Ace only for the turn and river to become a 5 card flush…I went all in on flop didn’t matter he bet his 5400 chips with top pair…two hands one hand I had the straight on flop got disconnected,2nd time I had boat got disconnected …both times my turn had not come…final one for the rings ive got 10J vs KK…flop is 1010 8 I’m all in got called an king on the river…how come I never give these beats to anyone how is it possible I’m on the receving end every single time…yesterday I tried to hit flush with turn and river to go and went all in on flop got called with top pair and I missed the flush…it seems someone is blocking me to move ahead on this site…its become ridiculously stupid…
So the saga of betting hammered continues…now don’t know how to call this a good bet or as stupid as they come…i flopped the straight A2345 went all in on the flop I had A2…he had pocket sixes…what are the odds of hitting a lower straight with two 2’s out there…well he hit a 2 on the turn…now this was in a 250k tourney about the 5th hand being played…yes and he was ranked very high…buyer of chips don’t know,but a benefit of the dealer for sure…i didn’t bet I went all in doesn’t he think I could have the straight? the call was instant…and I knew this guy will hit his straight because the site helps these kind of players making idiotic calls.
just now got off the rings…there was raise of 9k in the 1000/2000 blinds table…I reraised to all in as I had AA and thought he may bite so he did and another player called PGT who I think plays 20 hours a day or so but I know whatever time of the day I play hes sitting there for hours and plays 3 hands in an hour…he calls the all in as well of 135k…the flop is 910J…the worst hand hit a straight and to call 78 with apreflop bet of 135k…well…what can I say…
its pretty clear this site favours buyers of chips and high ranked players its beyond reasonable doubt…its now getting to be a joke…
[quote=“jazzbythebay, post:29, topic:6683”]
its pretty clear this site favours buyers of chips and high ranked players
[/quote]Iono Jazz, took 100k off PGT the other day… I think you just need a change of attitude.
ive changed my attitude…earlier I was petrified with huge calls from high ranked players and realized they are no different than the guys ranked 800k I play them the same way really don’t care at this point for any MMT ladder…im pretty clear its the same lot of players who win every time and simply that’s not possible…to say that some of them have a certain amount of skill set would be correct but what I would be more inclined to say is most of them have a more than necessary luck and blessed by the site…but few good players no doubt about that…i am not saying this in hindsight but if someone wins 9 out 10 hands every single time I wouldn’t say its skill based especially if hes limped in with trash and ive seen it in the 1/2k tables high ranked players limping in with complete garbage…I started doing the same now…and changed the way of playing…as I know I cant outluck them whatever I hold…
having been losing for three weeks and been playing for 10 years,but you may be right I may not be playing good poker…but suggest you read my posts from the beginning and tell me how would you have played those hands…i doubt any different from the way I played them…but will definitely look at your site…appreciate it,thank you.
So managed to crawl to one million chips and disregard the aspect of chip management and play my cards…came across a rather strange player named MJBM something like that in the rings…my first hand i was all in full stack 125k with AK suited,he called with 47 and he had 47 on flop.thrice he lost his stack and all three times he went all in with 30-40k with complete crap and won all 3 times one hand was 37,104 forgot the 3rd and 3 callers no one hit…eventually he lost 500k as he called everything and chased…this same player the day before chased 175k with me i had AA and i bet 50k on flop he called he had 10J and J on flop then i bet 100k he called next card 9 then q so he hit a straight…very next hand preflop raise was 12k he called,the player who raised hit a set on flop and went all in 190k chips …mr.MJBM calls 190k with open ended and hits…to me so far by far the luckiest player ive ever seen on this site…
finally i was left with 280k chips after winning one small tourney today went to the rings…got QQ raised got AA against me lost 125k…next hand flop was jj10 i had 78…turn was a 9…i hit my straight went all in got called he had a boat on the flop…nothing i can say here but this guy again won like hands in a row and he called any two cards…rank-981,000…
think i better reconsider how to play another way…
Well, apparently you can now report people who play in a way that you just don’t think s right. From the Community Playbook:
Poor Gamesmanship
Players are frequently reported for playing strategies that reflect very poor gamesmanship. This may include strategies that disrupt the natural flow of the game and are frustrating for fellow players, such as “bingo” play. Penalties for poor gamesmanship are at the sole discretion of Replay Poker staff.
Seriously? After reading this, and some other gems, have to say I felt a little ill. Apparently the right not to be offended has grown to encompass playing styles you may not like. (Generic “you”, not you as in Jazz). Man, if I could mute or ban everything that offended me, what a wonderful world it would be. Since I cant though, I’ve developed this really cool thing that maybe others should give a try - a sense of self not shaken to the core or frightened by every thought or sound or action different from my own.
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Gamesmanship: the art of winning games by using various ploys and tactics to gain a psychological advantage.
So, by definition, “poor gamesmanship” would be NOT employing such tactics.
It amazes, (and yes, amuses) me that they can’t even say “Replay Rules.” Instead, they say, “Community Playbook!” Since these ARE the site’s rules, why not just call them the rules, or does that sound too authoritative/fascist?
Egad.
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So I wonder how long it will take to encompass replay reps losing before it is considered bingo play. There is no set way to play poker, everyone has different styles and some just go with gut instinct such as myself. In my opinion, the different styles of play is what makes poker such an intruiging and fun game to play. To all the people that think they have the right to tell others how to play their own game, get a life. Its a free game, no ones car payment is on the line so lighten up.
[quote=“1Warlock, post:35, topic:6683”]
This may include strategies that disrupt the natural flow of the game and are frustrating for fellow players
[/quote]So can I report Replay for such offences ? 
my guess is, uhhhh… no !
You’ve got to be kidding me, that quote is hypocritical on so many levels …
Last time I checked, frustrating your opponents, was a strategy… 
( I guess good thing I checked today 
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Just let us play poker and cut up at the tables if we so choose. Trying to over regulate a game that is for amusement and in some cases for practice is just absurd. We all understand the need for social consideration at the tables. But, if what warlock wrote is true, it sounds like replay is imploding and would have to look no further than the nearest mirror for the reason why. It is already a bit sketchy seeing site employees competing for prizes and tourneys. We are suppose to accept that they now have the advantage of dictating the customers play? So, who has an advantage in that situation?
I agree 100% that over regulation is counter productive.
On the other hand, i don’t have a problem with the volunteers (mods and reps) playing poker. They are, after all, players who volunteer in order to help out, not employees who happen to play poker.
I honestly believe that neither mods nor reps would take advantage of their positions in order to gain an advantage. I know that this wouldn’t be tolerated if it did happen. In borderline circumstances, players are given the benefit of the doubt as a matter of policy.
I was a mod. I’ve looked under the hood, so I am not guessing about this. The volunteers act according to a strict set of guidelines, and Wordy1 makes sure nobody abuses the system. No, they aren’t perfect, but when a mistake is made, it get’s corrected.
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I dont have that much of an issue with the reps/mods playing at tables when taken in the context of them as players. Its when you combine that with
Players are frequently reported for playing strategies that reflect very poor gamesmanship. This may include strategies that disrupt the natural flow of the game and are frustrating for fellow players, such as “bingo” play. Penalties for poor gamesmanship are at the sole discretion of Replay Poker staff.
I do have a problem with the both of them combined. I do believe that most of the staff are honorable people and wouldnt abuse the issue. I know for a fact that when people are given the opportunity to abuse or “game” the system, eventually someone will.
Poor gamesmanship should be clearly defined and posted somewhere public as to not have to involve someones discretion.
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