I've never made a deal at a final table and I never will.
I completely agree with your point!Out of curiousity what stakes do you play? I usually try to play out the final table but sometimes in the final 2 or 3 I like to make a deal if it's pretty fair to guarentee I get more than I would if I would have busted. Biggest one I made was a $16.50 6max hyper and we were final 2, 2nd was $1000 and 1st was $1400(rounded numbers a little) we were basically even in chips and chopped for basically $1200 each. High variance tourney and I was already happy with $1000 but guaranteeing $200 more was even better. Would you make a deal lets say in the final 3 of the Sunday million against 2 poker pros and all somewhat close to even in chips?
Out of curiousity what stakes do you play? I usually try to play out the final table but sometimes in the final 2 or 3 I like to make a deal if it's pretty fair to guarentee I get more than I would if I would have busted. Biggest one I made was a $16.50 6max hyper and we were final 2, 2nd was $1000 and 1st was $1400(rounded numbers a little) we were basically even in chips and chopped for basically $1200 each. High variance tourney and I was already happy with $1000 but guaranteeing $200 more was even better. Would you make a deal lets say in the final 3 of the Sunday million against 2 poker pros and all somewhat close to even in chips?
I play anywhere from $3.30 to $215 but mostly play in the range of $11-$33. The biggest final table I've made was an $11 deep stack. I was 2nd in chips with 5 left when everyone else wanted to make a deal, I said no. When we were 3 handed chipleader had a huge chip lead but wasn't using it. The 3rd place player was folding too often but ended up sucking out on me 2 in a row and I was done to 9 or 8bbs but I just played the situation and doubled up and eventually got heads up a 2 to 3 underdog. Chip leader played not to lose and I crushed him heads up. Saying no to deals will change the play of others. Live I play weekly tournaments at a local Casino when I'm in the city. I played 2 tournaments a week for 9 weeks $40 and $60 rebuys 90-110players made 9 final tables and the money 11 times but by not taking deals I was +$1160. As for the Sunday Million scenario, I wouldn't take a deal at that point it would feel like a freeroll. Especially since every time I've played the Sunday Million I've played for about 2hrs and then smash the self destruct button or one time I was second in chips at my table and button opens, I 3bet AA from the BB, makes a big 4bet and I shove and get called by QQ and he flops a Q. Oh my $11 deep stack win was $1200ish.