Sunday Hundred Grand Tourney on PokerStars for $11

[biffa85]

Pretty good explanation swine....

[Swinebag]

Pretty good explanation swine....

but.................??

[kinboshi]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-ratio

[Jon MW]

What time does this tournament start?

[The Codd]

8:30pm UK Time I think, or was it 8?  It was around then anyway

[Jon MW]

I"ll have a look at upcoming tournaments on PS around 7 to be on the safe side.

I"m not working on Monday so I thought I might give this tourney a bash.

[ThePiranha]

i came 6th in this comp about 6-7 months ago, and been playing it approx once every 2 weeks since, and no matter what i do i cant seem to cash in it anymore lol.

If you had 60k and got blinded down to 37k, i think that you need to look into your strategy in high blinded situations. If you have 37k and steal, you gain an extra 15% on your stack, gotta be worth doing surely? The most important point is that it is never about what hand you have, its about what hand they have. Its gotta be worth trying for the sake of $11?

[The Codd]

You can qualify for it for as little as $1 too

[The Codd]

If you had 60k and got blinded down to 37k, i think that you need to look into your strategy in high blinded situations. If you have 37k and steal, you gain an extra 15% on your stack, gotta be worth doing surely? The most important point is that it is never about what hand you have, its about what hand they have. Its gotta be worth trying for the sake of $11?

Whilst the extra chips are worth having, the trouble with this approach is that the extra 15% to your stack is still leaving you in a critical situation.  When you steal the blinds, I"m assuming you"re doing it with any two pretty much now as you"re getting desperate?  Well, why can"t you do that at 60k?  The blinds will be slightly lower and you have a better chance of pushing someone off a hand.  If you"re down at 37k, you stand a better chance of being called by a bigger stack or perhaps even the blinds as they may be getting the odds to call with any two.

This is one tourney you can"t afford to hang around for decent cards in.  The blinds are just crazy in relation to the chip stacks in the later stages, you just need to get in first and hope for the best. 

Obviously if you are lucky enough to pick up decent hands then it"s not a problem, but we don"t always get that lucky.

Just my POV

[Swinebag]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-ratio

great research!
when are effective M calculations really needed?

I know harrington mentions it for short handed tables, and I only really use it for 6 or 5 handed. If we are on stars do we multiply our basic M by 0.9? I dont bother tbh.

[texfitz]

so if the blinds were 50/100 and you had 150 chips would that be an M of 1 ? But if you had 600 chips that would be M&M which is sweet !!!

[lukybugur]

8:30pm UK Time I think, or was it 8?  It was around then anyway

More to the point, what time does it normally finish ... ? Or at least can someone tell me;

Approx what time it gets down to the payouts (1,200 players)?
Approx what time it gets down to the worthwhile payouts (200 players)?

I"m registered for tonight"s but don"t fancy a 4am stint (assuming I"m patient and good enough).

Thanks in advance.

[Swinebag]

8:30pm UK Time I think, or was it 8?  It was around then anyway

More to the point, what time does it normally finish ... ? Or at least can someone tell me;

Approx what time it gets down to the payouts (1,200 players)?
Approx what time it gets down to the worthwhile payouts (200 players)?

I"m registered for tonight"s but don"t fancy a 4am stint (assuming I"m patient and good enough).

Thanks in advance.
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about 2 hours to get to 3000 players (ITM)

about 4 - 5 hours to get into top 200.

never got further but it apparantly takes 8 - 9 hours to win, and it is definitely worth winning!

I"m having a stab tonight too. good luck!

[lukybugur]

Thanks Swine. Look out for lukybugur. There"s only 19,100 so far so I should see you at some point  

It has been amusing watchin the rate folk sign up for this - about 5 per second. It"ll be funny too watchin how fast they fall ...

[lukybugur]

WooHoo - doubled up first hand. 89o and flop comes 567 turn J, I push and get called by JTo. It"s as good as won!

rofl, the guy I took out on the first hand is the 83rd man out!