hh thank you for your response the reason I asked was I was wondering if the change in the jackpot from only 1st and 1st paid to the upto 6th and 6th made a difference in how people played. Obviously with the old system players had no option but to go full out as only winning would do, but now the incentive is to 1st get to both final tables then go for it. If indeed this is the case then effectively players could be not playing optimally as a ladder or two whilst waiting for the bubble to burst can be far more profitable than say 5th/5th especially in the main event. Just my thoughts although I accept that the new way makes it slightly easier to gain part of the jackpot. Well played again its nice to see someone who helps others out on the forum do well. Posted by a00rock
I think it's structured in a way that doesn't make desperately trying to scrape a jackpot profitable though.
For instance 6th and 6th = £50, 6th and 5th = £75.
£50-£75 is nothing compared to what finishing top 3 in a ME would be so it wouldn't make sense to play really bad/weak poker just to try to FT but mess up any chances of winning it.
I think it's structured in a way that doesn't make desperately trying to scrape a jackpot profitable though. For instance 6th and 6th = £50, 6th and 5th = £75. £50-£75 is nothing compared to what finishing top 3 in a ME would be so it wouldn't make sense to play really bad/weak poker just to try to FT but mess up any chances of winning it. Posted by Lambert180
I think it's structured in a way that doesn't make desperately trying to scrape a jackpot profitable though. For instance 6th and 6th = £50, 6th and 5th = £75. £50-£75 is nothing compared to what finishing top 3 in a ME would be so it wouldn't make sense to play really bad/weak poker just to try to FT but mess up any chances of winning it. Posted by Lambert180
Yeah Harry! Play better! You're such a dissapointment.
Aussie- yeah I had 2 consecutive Wednesday near misses recently, 9th and 8th one week followed by 7th and 4th the next (got Thewy to thank for that 7th place finish!). Nice to finally make it, though my exit was a tad harsh and had KK held it was for a tournament leading stack. a00rock- thank you very much! It was a bit of a combo really. I was getting generally poor cards on the main bubble, and it didn't help that one of the more aggro Sky players (Luvbwfc) was in position on me. I tried to steal where I could, but when you m/r it with K10 etc and get jammed on, what can you do? The odd time I did pick up premium I got no action. When the shortstack disconnected and only had a few orbits left before he busted, I certainly wasn't going to do anything stupid. Would never fold premium obviously but I would kick myself if I got eliminated on the bubble with something marginal when someone was away and almost out. Was a similar story for the mini, tried to pick up pots where possible. There was a guy, probably not too experienced, doing huge open raises (like 5x), unfortunately I could never pick up something to go to war when he did that, and he had a huge stack compared to the rest of the table so my fold equity vs him was questionable. Again, thanks for all the nice comments. Ps...Gazza, when can I claim my rub? Posted by hhyftrftdr
Well done Harry! Funny you mention going out of the main with KK, Someone with a very similar name to yours knocked me out of the mini that night when I had KK and got it in against 2 players with AK and AQ only to lose to trip A's ... ;-). Funnily enough, I think the AQ hand is the guy you were talking about because he was doing some crazy big raises and I had the same problem as you.
In Response to Re: Jackpot winner? : Well done Harry! Funny you mention going out of the main with KK, Someone with a very similar name to yours knocked me out of the mini that night when I had KK and got it in against 2 players with AK and AQ only to lose to trip A's ... ;-). Funnily enough, I think the AQ hand is the guy you were talking about because he was doing some crazy big raises and I had the same problem as you. Posted by FlashFlush
I was running like Jesus at one point in both the main and mini so I'm not surprised the A fell! Though to be fair, our big raising friend entered the pot with, shock horror, a big raise, and I'm there with AK and about 11bb, happy days. Then you snapped my shove off behind me with KK! Poker karma caught up with me on the FT, sigh.
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For instance 6th and 6th = £50, 6th and 5th = £75.
£50-£75 is nothing compared to what finishing top 3 in a ME would be so it wouldn't make sense to play really bad/weak poker just to try to FT but mess up any chances of winning it.
Yeah Harry! Play better! You're such a dissapointment.