Hand_Cracker

Oh, and i need to re-introduce myself, I havent posted on this site since Party Poker was legal for americans haha.but I look for ward to becoming more active in the forum starting now youll be seeing a lot more of me!

May results- +$2000 mttsJune results-make $4,000+ between June 2nd and July 1st

FirstPlace - (Cake/$33/NLHE/353/1st/$1456)

in the position you described i would most likely raise too 8xBB instead of pushing. this way you are representing a lot of strength without putting your tournament life on the line when you might run into the bad luck like you did. if you get reraised, then you have a decision to make which should depend mostly on your reads. but if someone reraises a bet like that, its USUALLY an auto-fold.as for the percentage thing. if I have an M* of 9 or less i like to push to steal blinds. but if its bigger i usually just make a standard to large raise.M- is the number of total blinds+total antes in you

although i havent had the opportunity to play in one of these, since i dont have an extra 10 hours in my day(assuming i make the final table), i believe i might be abel to help a little.with more starting chips and a slower blind structure the better players will excel, as more skill is involved and less luck is. with this structure you have plenty of time to sit back and wait for big pairs and suited broadway cards, and of course playing slightly looser if you are in late position. if you double up beore the first break you are in GREAT shape. and although a bigger stack gives you room for a

23 fpp's !!!!!!(sw)

more likely

unless you have a crazy good read.you go broke.

playing by stereo type is going to lose you a lot of money.have fun with that.

how many players were left?

damn i feel dumb.i posted this on 2+2 as well, and forgot to post my hand in this thread because on 2+2 i posted it in the title.my badi had pocket 4's

its bound to happen at least once every 2 months.

i see it like this.if you have bills to pay and mouths to feed, and you are not a greatly experienced player. it is in your best interest to play cash games where the wins are more constant and dependable.if you have some extra cash to throw around(no matter the amount) and you like your poker games to be more exciting, tournaments are for you.if your looking for something in between, maybe you can play alittle bit of both, or single table tournaments.i like to play what keeps me most focused and is more fun for me overall, this happens to be tournaments.im done.

what?

Pstars $5+.25 SNG 9 players-stacks-(3 players omited)Button:1890SB(me):2940BB:2250Blinds are 50/100its folded around the table to the button who raises 3x BB, my initial thought is that he is on a steal, and i make the mistake of flat calling. The BB reraises to 800, and the btuton folds. now i think that the BB is making a move to chase out the button from stealing this is very possible since the BB has been the most active at the table(but somehow failed to build a bigger stack), so i Push for 2140 more on top of his reraise, putting him all-in. he calls and shows AKx. he hits an ace on the

agreed,why the hell are there 3 NLHE events!?i believe there shuold only be 3 Holdem events totalthe MEthe limt tournament,and a pot limit tournament.

Royal, you are joking, right? It's just a bunch of hold em events- it's no longer about the variety of games and the integrity of the game at all- it's more about, "How can we, and countless internet poker rooms, put as many butts in the seats as possible. " Is that what you think really proves who are the best poker players?i think truthfully that the best players(tournament wise) are determined by the player of the year awards, whether it be the card player award or the wsop award. i think thatwinning one of these awards is more prestegious than winning the ME.

i would wait until i had some suited connectors or any two broadway cards, or even Ax, x>4. and any Axs.and whenever you have the button, push push push.he will lay it down.but k2, no way.you got lucky.how did the rest of the tournament turn out?

that is going to be hard.keep focus and good luck.

my parents dont really care about it,but they dont want to support it in any way, my dad has a paypal account and said he wouldnt transfer me jack, sooooooooo o well.yeah i tried setting up a neteller account, and got to the part about them calling you, one problem, my phone service is out because of that damn hurricane that just passed over florida.so ill just have to wait until thats fixed and ill set it up myself.

Not yet, grasshopper.your really funny.seriously.

i think i visited the site before and it said somethign about having to take money from my bank account? maybe this was some other kind of online transfer service.thanks for the advice, ill check it out.

no...way.. :shock:

yeah, i would have to be 18 correct?annnnnnnnd im not.but if im wrong let me know, and ill just handle it myself.

basically, im a tourney man and im sick of Party's tournament structure,i have played on Poker Stars in the past and LOVE there structure.so i want to move my bankroll from Party to Poker Stars.would anyone be interested in doing this for me?PM me if you are, if everything goes good there will be alittle something in it for ya. thanks!