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this is my first major tournament and would like to know if any of you have had experience playing in this. Any tips are welcomed!

ya friend from new orleans, John Rucker
 
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its a long tournament, so make sure there isn't anything that can pull you away from it.
 
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yeah, i remember playing in a 12,000 person prima poker network freeroll and playing for about 10 hours and coming in 6th, ...........and won $21 LOL


i also think there will be less people due to the day being easter sunday.

thanks for the advice, well appreciated
 
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Did you satellite in or are you paying the buyin??
 
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Last time i played it was my first time still havent played since i was out after 15 mins felt like a loser 7th person out i was dealt 88 flop was 8 A 7 turn came 7 and guy bet i went all in thought he had 7 he had AA and a higher full house just play your best and GL
 
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Don't let the tourney affect you because there is more riding on it, just play it cool.

There are a lot of good players in this tourney so generally respect re-raises and get out of there when you don't have the best of it.

Remember this quote and pin it on your wall!!! may sound obvious but you would be surprised how often people don't follow it....

'No limit hold em is about getting your chips in the middle when you have the best of it, and protecting them when you don't'

Oh and have fun!

G-man
 
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What is your Stars handle so we can keep watch you...
 
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i actually beat out 36 ppl to win this entry via SnG.


my pstars handle is johnruck, and i thank you guys for the support and tips!

being 21 yrs old, this $$ could be life changing, and i want to keep that idea in the back of my mind before i make my decisions during the tournament.


i think i fount a new favorite message board, glad i came across this site!
 
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i also just won a 9 person SnG for full tilts 400k guarenteed!
 
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Good luck. Just play _your_ game, and don't think about the money.
Dutch by any chance? :eek:)
 
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i am from america :)

i am German and Irish if that is what u were asking
 
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You can unregister and take the T$ if you want. Might be worth considering if you want to play more smaller buyin events with the money and cut down on variance.

If you want a shot at the big one though, good luck! There is plenty of dead money in the Sunday Mil. :)
 
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I've won my way into the Sunday Million about 7 times and have made the money in it about 3 times. My best was 88th for about 1400.00.

In my experiance this is a TIGHT tournament, in early to middle stages nothing fancy just A-game solid survival. Position, pot odds, premium starting hands and small/medium pocket pairs for cheap flops. As the earlier poster said give the check raise more respect than you might usually, most players are experianced and are check raising for value with a made hand, not to protect a draw.

This tournament is still TIGHT in late stages and you have to pay attention to your stack vs blind escalation, if you let your stack get too low the tall stacks will pick on you. If you're lucky enough to have a tall stack it's amazing how much respect you'll get, loosen up in late position and try a few tricks especially against short stacks avoiding chip leaders. When tall stacks are challenging each other and you've got the button with A/K seriously consider laying it down unless you have really good reads on the players.

Pretty much just play your A-Game, forget that the final table pay off is HUGE! If you're satisfied just making the money, I wouldn't fault you to adjust your playing style just for that, it's actually a pretty good pay off just to be in the money. But then again no guts no glory, bubble time is crunch time, it's a good time to take advantage of short stacks if your an experianced player you'll know what to do.

First time, just play solid, no tricks, watch, learn and enjoy the experiance. it's particulary frustrating to get knocked out early ..... I know the feeling. Usually when you do you will have a made hand and someone will draw out on you, when you analyze it you'll find your opponent had a very good drawing hand/pot odds situation. Like I said it's a tight tournament, theres a 25% chance that you'll get donked in the earlier stages but the play only gets better as the tournament progress's.

But this is just "my" experiance with the Sunday Million others may have a different view, just play your A-game and enjoy the experiance.

Good luck, the Sunday Million is my favorite tournament online, it's a blast, if I could afford it I'd play it every week. But I got to sattellite in like most other shallow pocket players. :)
 
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I've won my way into the Sunday Million about 7 times and have made the money in it about 3 times. My best was 88th for about 1400.00.

In my experiance this is a TIGHT tournament, in early to middle stages nothing fancy just A-game solid survival. Position, pot odds, premium starting hands and small/medium pocket pairs for cheap flops. As the earlier poster said give the check raise more respect than you might usually, most players are experianced and are check raising for value with a made hand, not to protect a draw.

This tournament is still TIGHT in late stages and you have to pay attention to your stack vs blind escalation, if you let your stack get too low the tall stacks will pick on you. If you're lucky enough to have a tall stack it's amazing how much respect you'll get, loosen up in late position and try a few tricks especially against short stacks avoiding chip leaders. When tall stacks are challenging each other and you've got the button with A/K seriously consider laying it down unless you have really good reads on the players.

Pretty much just play your A-Game, forget that the final table pay off is HUGE! If you're satisfied just making the money, I wouldn't fault you to adjust your playing style just for that, it's actually a pretty good pay off just to be in the money. But then again no guts no glory, bubble time is crunch time, it's a good time to take advantage of short stacks if your an experianced player you'll know what to do.

First time, just play solid, no tricks, watch, learn and enjoy the experiance. it's particulary frustrating to get knocked out early ..... I know the feeling. Usually when you do you will have a made hand and someone will draw out on you, when you analyze it you'll find your opponent had a very good drawing hand/pot odds situation. Like I said it's a tight tournament, theres a 25% chance that you'll get donked in the earlier stages but the play only gets better as the tournament progress's.

But this is just "my" experiance with the Sunday Million others may have a different view, just play your A-game and enjoy the experiance.

Good luck, the Sunday Million is my favorite tournament online, it's a blast, if I could afford it I'd play it every week. But I got to sattellite in like most other shallow pocket players. :)


thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to tell me that, it is well appreciated, and if i do happen to make the final table, the people who just showed me support will have a buyin paid for next week!


i am a very dangerous player with a large stack, so lets hope my chip stacks is large by late tournament.
 
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i am from america :)

i am German and Irish if that is what u were asking

I'm asking because, pronounced in Dutch, your name mean (translated back into English) John the ****** :)
 
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your kidding!

rucker means "The ******" In dutch?
 
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******, yes. Well, correctly spelled it's "Rukker", but in chat rooms/forums/mail it's popular to spell it as "Rucker". So literrally translated "John ******". =P
 
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i also just won a 9 person SnG for full tilts 400k guarenteed!


k i just busted out of the final stage satellite, i had 10/10 and tried stealing a blind. I was sb, BB had same amount of chips, abd everyone else folded. H ecalled my all in bet with 66!

so my 10/10 in sb was up against 66 in bb, river card came a 6! :p i wasnt to upset though
 
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Hardly a blind steal with pocket 10s. But too bad :p
 
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just chill and dont let the money cloud your judgement when making a big decision. try to cut down on the interruptions while playing. dont get ahead of yourself. remember that FTing it alone will be an 11+ hour journey
 
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