How cardschat made me money. :)

#1 3rd August 2008, 11:07 PM

I was just playing in a sgn $ 1.00 on ft. I decided to sit out a few minutes to post a reply to the Chris Furgeson thread and when I came back to my table I was playing with only 2 people left. Unfortunately, I only took second place money yet for sitting out for 5 minutes and playing only 2 mins. I'll take second everytime.

#2 4th August 2008, 12:52 AM

See. If they hadnt changed the rules for the passwords you wouldnt have been posting and would have gone out..

You should thank the mods. They had your best interests at heart

#3 4th August 2008, 1:33 AM

Congrats on the 2nd place finish. The SnG only lasted 2 minutes? Not a record, I'm sure, but damn that was quick!

#4 4th August 2008, 1:46 AM

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Originally Posted by MrSwissCheese

Congrats on the 2nd place finish. The SnG only lasted 2 minutes? Not a record, I'm sure, but damn that was quick!

I think those people on Betfair beat the record.

They sussed out if everyone in a S+G went all in on the first hand they all got paid, so naturally it was a free for all for a day..

No S+G went past the first hand for something like 5 hours

#5 4th August 2008, 2:30 AM

Actually the tourney lasted about 7 mins with me sitting out the first five. When i looked at my missed hands I had already lost about 6 hands going heads up.

#6 4th August 2008, 9:45 PM

to say you got lucky was an understatment. the normal sng will last at least 20 minutes even a turbo one at that.

#7 4th August 2008, 10:03 PM

ok i sat at a 6 man table and I was bb, i get dealt aa, everyone in front of me goes all in, only two places pay out, i folded, wouldn't have won but technically was it the right move, I mean really how good is my aa up against five other hands. I got second, played five hands, he kept going all in every time after when we were heads up ( can't blame him ) I got jj called and he hit his k3 hand.... anyway question is should i have called preflop? Congrats for your second win and kudos to your post and sitting out and getting second!

#8 5th August 2008, 1:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ncmtngirl79

ok i sat at a 6 man table and I was bb, i get dealt aa, everyone in front of me goes all in, only two places pay out, i folded, wouldn't have won but technically was it the right move, I mean really how good is my aa up against five other hands. I got second, played five hands, he kept going all in every time after when we were heads up ( can't blame him ) I got jj called and he hit his k3 hand.... anyway question is should i have called preflop? Congrats for your second win and kudos to your post and sitting out and getting second!

In a 6 man SnG where everyone else went all in this is an easy fold for me. I know you should never fold aces and in a tournament I would call, but here aces against 5 random hands will win rarely, not to mention you are guarenteed to be in the money if you fold.

#9 5th August 2008, 4:12 PM

I tend to watch videos or search the internet "despite what pros like Ferguson suggest" while I'm playing. Lately I've been reading and posting on CC I haven't won anything because of CC, but I did play fewer hands and I picked up some good tips. Thanks Mods

#10 5th August 2008, 5:47 PM

Obviously there are some advantages to having a little patience in these SNG's because you can often get into the money by not playing. On the turbo games though I've found the blinds rising so quickly I'm in a bad position stack wise if I don't win a couple of big early hands. Any advice on playing the turbos?

#11 5th August 2008, 5:58 PM

lol , i just tried what you did , but no luck was still 84 people left after 5 mins :P

#12 6th August 2008, 3:30 AM

I think you made a good move by folding aces. You had the best hand, but you are in underdog to win. Just to prove a point, here are some scenarios I ran in a poker calculator.

Scenario 1:
AA 44.6%
KK 18.7%
QQ 14%
JJ 11.8%
TT 10.5%

Scenario 2:
AA 45.3%
JT 15.9%
5h9h 18.8%
6-2 10%
K-7 10%

As you can see, in both scenarios Aces will only win less than half the time.

#13 6th August 2008, 6:40 AM

wow . well didnt u see how it all played out and you should know who won, so if ur aces would of help up u made the bad choice but your aces were dominated then u made a good choice but on the other hand you were guarranteed into the money so you could think of that as a positive but you could of also busted them all and took first.

#14 6th August 2008, 10:41 AM

That is brilliant - have you tried it since then

#15 6th August 2008, 5:29 PM

Take the secound place money to the next sit-n-go and go all in. Even if you lose your still ahead.

#16 7th August 2008, 4:51 PM

i have played many times at a sng and played with players that sits out all game and wait till everyone gets knocked out, i have not tried dooing that cause i always aim for the 1st prize and sometimes i get lucky but most not.

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