Turbo Poker, Luck or what?

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bubbastud44

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I've been playing online now for sometime and each and every time i play a turbo tourney, either the blinds eat me up or great quality starting hands flop second best everytime. Are these types of tourney's just luck or are their a set of basic strategies that i should (or everyone for that matter) be using? I think i've tried just about every different approach i could think of, is there any hope?
 
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Try the search feature, I swear I remember seeing a guide in the forums somewhere within the last week or two that seemed like it was pretty solid.
 
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Generally the slower a tournament's structure the more poker 'skill' it takes to win.

However, with turbos it could be argued that it is just a different skill-- specifically, an understanding of "Independent Chip Modeling (ICM)". Basically, as you are very quickly into situations where your decision is 'fold or shove' in a turbo, understanding the shove range better than your opponents is the key to success.
 
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I guess it depends on "what is turbo". 10 minutes is OK.
But on some sites there's so called "Extreme turbo" - like blinds increse in 2 rounds ;-) so i guess no skill can be involved in such turbos :)
 
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Turbos are more focused on preflop play and ICM understanding.
Thus, they are not merely "luck."
 
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Been doing $6 6 seat turbos on FT for a week.
doing great so far (9 wins, 3 2nds in 28 games). Basic tight early and
push like crazy as blinds increase.
 
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i disagree. they are pretty much luck. no way you can win a turbo without a few crazy calls and allins
 
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All I play is turbos, thats it ^^

I love them, fast paced, and amazing money makers :D
 
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I think turbos involve more luck than normal sng's, but they are definitely not only luck.
 
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I think turbos involve more luck than normal sng's, but they are definitely not only luck.

Yeah seriously. Otherwise some of us would be some lucky mofos.
 
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I think turbos are mostly luck but there has to be some skill that people develop to make money at them. I personally like tournys that have a long time between blind increases.
 
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I started out playing the 9 player turbos and was quite successful but then it started to be a pain everytime I would just be blinded down because of no cards. I like the regular non-turbos, and I am more of a MTT type person anyways...
as for luck in turbos, i think you have to be more lucky in those than you have to be in regular sit and goes but its not ALL luck
 
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