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KDS63
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Silver Level
I haven't seen this discussed before, and I'm curious what folks think.
I've seen this occur in freerolls and in low stakes tourneys (mt-sngs and other mtts) -- up to $3.30. I don't know if it happens at higher levels because I'm too much of a pansy to play anything higher (still have low bankroll at a few sites, cadged together from freerolls).
Ok... so we're down to maybe 20-30 players to get out before the bubble.
Short and medium stacked players use all of their time each and every hand. If you have 2 or 3 of them at your table, each hand takes at least one full minute before you even get to see the flop -- and God forbid they actually play the hand and delay each bet.
I understand the strategy - you hope that by slowing down your own table folks at other tables have more opportunity to go all-in against each other and get you closer to the money.
My question is - is this actually valid? Isn't it more the case that by delaying you allow blinds to escalate and you in fact diminish your chances of making it ITM?
If it is valid, how far above the bubble position does it become valid? I've seen (rarely, admittedly) this take place 50-60 seats above the bubble.
Also, IMO, the onlhy time it's a worthy strategy is in one of the freerolls that pay a few seats with usable money -- for instance the 2700 player $100 freerolls at Fulltilt with min payout being $2.00. It's really not worth risking the escalated blinds when the min payout is a few dimes.
Any thoughts?
I've seen this occur in freerolls and in low stakes tourneys (mt-sngs and other mtts) -- up to $3.30. I don't know if it happens at higher levels because I'm too much of a pansy to play anything higher (still have low bankroll at a few sites, cadged together from freerolls).
Ok... so we're down to maybe 20-30 players to get out before the bubble.
Short and medium stacked players use all of their time each and every hand. If you have 2 or 3 of them at your table, each hand takes at least one full minute before you even get to see the flop -- and God forbid they actually play the hand and delay each bet.
I understand the strategy - you hope that by slowing down your own table folks at other tables have more opportunity to go all-in against each other and get you closer to the money.
My question is - is this actually valid? Isn't it more the case that by delaying you allow blinds to escalate and you in fact diminish your chances of making it ITM?
If it is valid, how far above the bubble position does it become valid? I've seen (rarely, admittedly) this take place 50-60 seats above the bubble.
Also, IMO, the onlhy time it's a worthy strategy is in one of the freerolls that pay a few seats with usable money -- for instance the 2700 player $100 freerolls at Fulltilt with min payout being $2.00. It's really not worth risking the escalated blinds when the min payout is a few dimes.
Any thoughts?