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Ok, so I started the $11 MTT on stars an hour ago, and because i wasmutli-tasking early in it, I had a lot of windows opened and closed the lobby for my space. About 45 minutes in, I realize I had no idea how many people registered, what the prizes were or even how many cash.All if had for information is the 'info' tab in the chat, which only shows me my place of the remaining players and the biggest, average and smallest stacks.Is this a bad thing to do, or a smart thing. Im not gonna know when we are close to ITM untill we are on the bubble and it starts going hand for hand...thought on this?

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Honestly to me it matters very little. If you are playing well you are donig well and well into th money, if you are not and hoping to squeak into the money then the tounrey is a lost cause already. GL and I hope you do well, play your game and hope for the best.

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agreed
Yeah, if like 100 cash, and I see there are as many as like 150 remaining, i tighten up WAY more than i should. I try to just not do anything really uncalled for(trying to resteal a button raise with J4o)PokerStars Game #9243781659: Tournament #46771725, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2007/04/04 - 04:23:24 (ET)Table '46771725 68' 9-max Seat #2 is the buttonSeat 1: biged666 (3365 in chips) Seat 2: Kismet28 (10450 in chips) Seat 3: ingle555 (1410 in chips) Seat 4: KevinJA8 (4290 in chips) Seat 5: paige711 (1945 in chips) Seat 6: timr1938 (1035 in chips) is sitting outSeat 7: cowboy1776 (3630 in chips) Seat 8: the_Brem (8280 in chips) Seat 9: noes15 (4670 in chips) ingle555: posts small blind 100KevinJA8: posts big blind 200*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to KevinJA8 [4c 8s]paige711: folds timr1938: folds cowboy1776: folds the_Brem: folds noes15: calls 200biged666: folds Kismet28: calls 200ingle555: calls 100KevinJA8: checks *** FLOP *** [5c 4s 4d]ingle555: checks KevinJA8: checks noes15: bets 600Kismet28: folds ingle555: folds KevinJA8: calls 600*** TURN *** [5c 4s 4d] [9d]KevinJA8: checks noes15: bets 600KevinJA8: raises 2890 to 3490 and is all-innoes15: calls 2890*** RIVER *** [5c 4s 4d 9d] [5d]*** SHOW DOWN ***KevinJA8: shows [4c 8s] (a full house, Fours full of Fives)noes15: shows [Td Ts] (two pair, Tens and Fives)KevinJA8 collected 8980 from pot*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 8980 | Rake 0 Board [5c 4s 4d 9d 5d]Seat 1: biged666 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 2: Kismet28 (button) folded on the FlopSeat 3: ingle555 (small blind) folded on the FlopSeat 4: KevinJA8 (big blind) showed [4c 8s] and won (8980) with a full house, Fours full of FivesSeat 5: paige711 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 6: timr1938 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 7: cowboy1776 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 8: the_Brem folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 9: noes15 showed [Td Ts] and lost with two pair, Tens and Fivesthat was neat
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2/151PokerStars Game #9243816821: Tournament #46771725, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2007/04/04 - 04:29:47 (ET)Table '46771725 68' 9-max Seat #5 is the buttonSeat 1: biged666 (3965 in chips) Seat 2: Kismet28 (11560 in chips) Seat 4: KevinJA8 (9380 in chips) Seat 5: paige711 (2125 in chips) Seat 6: timr1938 (535 in chips) is sitting outSeat 7: cowboy1776 (3330 in chips) Seat 8: the_Brem (7880 in chips) Seat 9: Gto702 (14640 in chips) timr1938: posts small blind 100cowboy1776: posts big blind 200*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to KevinJA8 [Ac Ad]biged666 said, "quite the lucky stiff"the_Brem: folds Gto702: calls 200biged666: folds Kismet28: folds the_Brem said, "he had best hand pre"Kismet28 said, "yep.. find some railbirds to tell it to on the way to wallmart"KevinJA8: raises 600 to 800paige711: folds timr1938: folds cowboy1776: folds Gto702: calls 600*** FLOP *** [Jd 4d 4s]KevinJA8 said, "best hand pre....lolololololololol"Gto702: bets 600KevinJA8: calls 600*** TURN *** [Jd 4d 4s] [Ts]Gto702: bets 3200KevinJA8: raises 4780 to 7980 and is all-inGto702: calls 4780*** RIVER *** [Jd 4d 4s Ts] [8h]*** SHOW DOWN ***Gto702: shows [Qc Td] (two pair, Tens and Fours)KevinJA8: shows [Ac Ad] (two pair, Aces and Fours)berrysauce is connected KevinJA8 collected 19060 from potbiged666 said, "uuuuuuuuuuuuuu"*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 19060 | Rake 0 Board [Jd 4d 4s Ts 8h]Seat 1: biged666 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 2: Kismet28 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 4: KevinJA8 showed [Ac Ad] and won (19060) with two pair, Aces and FoursSeat 5: paige711 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 6: timr1938 (small blind) folded before FlopSeat 7: cowboy1776 (big blind) folded before FlopSeat 8: the_Brem folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 9: Gto702 showed [Qc Td] and lost with two pair, Tens and FoursHe called pretty quick which scared me

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Ok, so I started the $11 MTT on stars an hour ago, and because i wasmutli-tasking early in it, I had a lot of windows opened and closed the lobby for my space. About 45 minutes in, I realize I had no idea how many people registered, what the prizes were or even how many cash.All if had for information is the 'info' tab in the chat, which only shows me my place of the remaining players and the biggest, average and smallest stacks.Is this a bad thing to do, or a smart thing. Im not gonna know when we are close to ITM untill we are on the bubble and it starts going hand for hand...thought on this?
what other info do u need? To me the tourney lobby is just an extra window that doesnt need to be openedEdit: I didnt read about the payouts...I think its important to know when the bubble is coming up to exploit other players who are jsut looking to cash
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what other info do u need? To me the tourney lobby is just an extra window that doesnt need to be openedEdit: I didnt read about the payouts...I think its important to know when the bubble is coming up to exploit other players who are jsut looking to cash
very true, im pretty sure at this point that 126 are gonna cash, if not i think like 90 will, thats generally how many cash on stars.
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very true, im pretty sure at this point that 126 are gonna cash, if not i think like 90 will, thats generally how many cash on stars.
Cant you just hit the view lobby button, top right corner of your screenOr do you not want to know?
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OK, I figured you knew. yes, but he's asking if knowing when the money starts will affect his play in a negative way?I guess just like about everything in poker it depends, lol.

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Update567 enered, 63 cash, Im at $12,862 at 2nd break During current Hold'em session you were dealt 145 hands and saw flop: - 12 out of 18 times while in big blind (66%) - 7 out of 16 times while in small blind (43%) - 14 out of 111 times in other positions (12%) - a total of 33 out of 145 (22%) Pots won at showdown - 8 of 14 (57%) Pots won without showdown - 16 Stack: largest 40917, smallest 612, average 11045 Your current position is 26 out of 77

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out in 42nd, KJ<QJPokerStars Game #9244160947: Tournament #46771725, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (400/800) - 2007/04/04 - 05:37:41 (ET)Table '46771725 69' 9-max Seat #6 is the buttonSeat 1: japaneezer (8155 in chips) Seat 2: barafranka (8130 in chips) Seat 3: specialas (15108 in chips) Seat 4: jetadore (16480 in chips) Seat 5: simoneb73 (5070 in chips) Seat 6: KevinJA8 (6522 in chips) Seat 7: vabbakadl (11620 in chips) Seat 8: blueboyroyal (10800 in chips) Seat 9: Rickydee4 (36194 in chips) japaneezer: posts the ante 50barafranka: posts the ante 50specialas: posts the ante 50jetadore: posts the ante 50simoneb73: posts the ante 50KevinJA8: posts the ante 50vabbakadl: posts the ante 50blueboyroyal: posts the ante 50Rickydee4: posts the ante 50vabbakadl: posts small blind 400blueboyroyal: posts big blind 800*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to KevinJA8 [Kc Jh]Rickydee4: folds japaneezer: folds barafranka: folds specialas: folds jetadore: raises 1600 to 2400simoneb73: folds KevinJA8: raises 4072 to 6472 and is all-invabbakadl: folds blueboyroyal: folds jetadore: calls 4072*** FLOP *** [8h Qh 5c]*** TURN *** [8h Qh 5c] [Qs]*** RIVER *** [8h Qh 5c Qs] [8c]*** SHOW DOWN ***jetadore: shows [Js Qd] (a full house, Queens full of Eights)KevinJA8: shows [Kc Jh] (two pair, Queens and Eights)jetadore collected 14594 from pot*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 14594 | Rake 0 Board [8h Qh 5c Qs 8c]Seat 1: japaneezer folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 2: barafranka folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 3: specialas folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 4: jetadore showed [Js Qd] and won (14594) with a full house, Queens full of EightsSeat 5: simoneb73 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 6: KevinJA8 (button) showed [Kc Jh] and lost with two pair, Queens and EightsSeat 7: vabbakadl (small blind) folded before FlopSeat 8: blueboyroyal (big blind) folded before FlopSeat 9: Rickydee4 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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out in 42nd, KJ<QJPokerStars Game #9244160947: Tournament #46771725, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (400/800) - 2007/04/04 - 05:37:41 (ET)Table '46771725 69' 9-max Seat #6 is the buttonSeat 1: japaneezer (8155 in chips) Seat 2: barafranka (8130 in chips) Seat 3: specialas (15108 in chips) Seat 4: jetadore (16480 in chips) Seat 5: simoneb73 (5070 in chips) Seat 6: KevinJA8 (6522 in chips) Seat 7: vabbakadl (11620 in chips) Seat 8: blueboyroyal (10800 in chips) Seat 9: Rickydee4 (36194 in chips) japaneezer: posts the ante 50barafranka: posts the ante 50specialas: posts the ante 50jetadore: posts the ante 50simoneb73: posts the ante 50KevinJA8: posts the ante 50vabbakadl: posts the ante 50blueboyroyal: posts the ante 50Rickydee4: posts the ante 50vabbakadl: posts small blind 400blueboyroyal: posts big blind 800*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to KevinJA8 [Kc Jh]Rickydee4: folds japaneezer: folds barafranka: folds specialas: folds jetadore: raises 1600 to 2400simoneb73: folds KevinJA8: raises 4072 to 6472 and is all-invabbakadl: folds blueboyroyal: folds jetadore: calls 4072*** FLOP *** [8h Qh 5c]*** TURN *** [8h Qh 5c] [Qs]*** RIVER *** [8h Qh 5c Qs] [8c]*** SHOW DOWN ***jetadore: shows [Js Qd] (a full house, Queens full of Eights)KevinJA8: shows [Kc Jh] (two pair, Queens and Eights)jetadore collected 14594 from pot*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 14594 | Rake 0 Board [8h Qh 5c Qs 8c]Seat 1: japaneezer folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 2: barafranka folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 3: specialas folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 4: jetadore showed [Js Qd] and won (14594) with a full house, Queens full of EightsSeat 5: simoneb73 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 6: KevinJA8 (button) showed [Kc Jh] and lost with two pair, Queens and EightsSeat 7: vabbakadl (small blind) folded before FlopSeat 8: blueboyroyal (big blind) folded before FlopSeat 9: Rickydee4 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
tough break..In the words of the great Mr.Michael Matusow: "ain't no justice in poker!"
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I consider it bad luck to look at the payout screen. Other than that, I don't really care that much. I don't think it makes a ton of difference. Usually, it's actually a good thing to know when the bubble is approaching too b/c people are playing tighter and that means you can steal blinds and gain some chips that way.

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