**Sept MTT Thread**

[Debi]

So where are you guys this month? lol

No big cash for me in August and feeling a bit washed out so I have decided to mix a lot of $5 games in this month. Please tell me they all play like this at that level lol:

pokerstars Game #32394202920: Tournament #191369854, $5.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2009/09/03 13:35:17 ET
Table '191369854 197' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: FlopHorror (3540 in chips)
Seat 2: Y.S.o43 (2835 in chips)
Seat 3: buoya (4175 in chips)
Seat 4: dakota-xx (2730 in chips)
Seat 5: gotta419 (8355 in chips)
Seat 6: dzedze63 (2950 in chips)
Seat 7: LäckBobby (4870 in chips)
Seat 8: momoney0115 (7345 in chips)
Seat 9: twotimes35 (2200 in chips)
LäckBobby: posts small blind 25
momoney0115: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to dakota-xx [Jh Jd]
twotimes35: calls 50
FlopHorror: folds
Y.S.o43: folds
buoya: calls 50
dakota-xx: raises 150 to 200
gotta419: folds
dzedze63: calls 200
LäckBobby: folds
momoney0115: calls 150
twotimes35: calls 150
buoya: calls 150
*** FLOP *** [8d Qd 2d]
momoney0115: checks
twotimes35: checks
buoya: checks
dakota-xx: bets 500
dzedze63: calls 500
momoney0115: folds
twotimes35: folds
buoya: folds
*** TURN *** [8d Qd 2d] [6c]
dakota-xx: bets 750
dzedze63: calls 750
*** RIVER *** [8d Qd 2d 6c] [5h]
dakota-xx: checks
dzedze63: bets 1000
dakota-xx: raises 280 to 1280 and is all-in
dzedze63: folds
Uncalled bet (280) returned to dakota-xx
dakota-xx collected 5525 from pot
momoney0115 said, "lol what are you kidding me?"
dakota-xx: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5525 | Rake 0
Board [8d Qd 2d 6c 5h]
Seat 1: FlopHorror folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Y.S.o43 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: buoya folded on the Flop
Seat 4: dakota-xx collected (5525)
Seat 5: gotta419 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: dzedze63 (button) folded on the River
Seat 7: LäckBobby (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: momoney0115 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: twotimes35 folded on the Flop

 

[Dwilius]

I may be in this thread for the month, going to start playing several micro-donkaments a week...is it ok to call them donkaments in here? :icon_blac

 

[Debi]

I suppose so lol.

 

[LuckyChippy]

Anyone had any luck satteliting into a WCOOP? I've thrown about $10 at the little rebuys to #6 but no luck.

 

[cardplayer52]

So where are you guys this month? lol

No big cash for me in August and feeling a bit washed out so I have decided to mis a lot of $5 games in this month. Please tell me they all play like this at that level lol:

PokerStars Game #32394202920: Tournament #191369854, $5.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2009/09/03 13:35:17 ET
Table '191369854 197' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: FlopHorror (3540 in chips)
Seat 2: Y.S.o43 (2835 in chips)
Seat 3: buoya (4175 in chips)
Seat 4: dakota-xx (2730 in chips)
Seat 5: gotta419 (8355 in chips)
Seat 6: dzedze63 (2950 in chips)
Seat 7: LäckBobby (4870 in chips)
Seat 8: momoney0115 (7345 in chips)
Seat 9: twotimes35 (2200 in chips)
LäckBobby: posts small blind 25
momoney0115: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to dakota-xx [Jh Jd]
twotimes35: calls 50
FlopHorror: folds
Y.S.o43: folds
buoya: calls 50
dakota-xx: raises 150 to 200
gotta419: folds
dzedze63: calls 200
LäckBobby: folds
momoney0115: calls 150
twotimes35: calls 150
buoya: calls 150
*** FLOP *** [8d Qd 2d]
momoney0115: checks
twotimes35: checks
buoya: checks
dakota-xx: bets 500
dzedze63: calls 500
momoney0115: folds
twotimes35: folds
buoya: folds
*** TURN *** [8d Qd 2d] 6♣
dakota-xx: bets 750
dzedze63: calls 750
*** RIVER *** [8d Qd 2d 6c] 5♥
dakota-xx: checks
dzedze63: bets 1000
dakota-xx: raises 280 to 1280 and is all-in
dzedze63: folds
Uncalled bet (280) returned to dakota-xx
dakota-xx collected 5525 from pot
momoney0115 said, "lol what are you kidding me?"
dakota-xx: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5525 | Rake 0
Board [8d Qd 2d 6c 5h]
Seat 1: FlopHorror folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Y.S.o43 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: buoya folded on the Flop
Seat 4: dakota-xx collected (5525)
Seat 5: gotta419 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: dzedze63 (button) folded on the River
Seat 7: LäckBobby (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: momoney0115 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: twotimes35 folded on the Flop

well played. clearly a busted flush draw. i especailly like the check on the river. that earned you an easy 1k there. the one thing though i dont like the check/raise. those 280 chips might be worth alot more to you incase he actually got it vs the extra 280 you win if called and ahead. also doesnt hurt to get a little info on him by seeing a showdown.

 

[Debi]

Yea - I understand about the check raise. I just thought at that point it was a fold or a raise - no point in leaving myself with 280 chips. I probably should have bet the river - though as it turned out I got 1000 extra chips by checking. Definitely a busted flush draw - just can't believe he put all that money in the pot and then folded with 500 chips left lol.

 

[Dwilius]

But there is a point to keeping 280, that's probably what is meant by chip ev, right? More important to ensure survival than possibly add 5% to your stack...especially since there aren't many hands that would call that you have beat (better hands or bluffs bet that river). I guess Adx that paired the board might call, doubt TT/99 would call along and then bet on the end.

 

[JohnnyFronts]

Will def be posting in this thread as well since MiniFTOPS is running this month. Might play a few WCOOP events as well, not sure.

 

[Lemlywinks]

No big August cash either, but meh can't really expect it.

Semptember on the other hand.... 1k cash here we go! I'm playing 25NL and $5~ MTTs but more cash. Still hope to get 1/2 MTTs in a day and end up with 30+ for September

Best o luck to the rest of ya

 

[cardplayer52]

Yea - I understand about the check raise. I just thought at that point it was a fold or a raise - no point in leaving myself with 280 chips. I probably should have bet the river - though as it turned out I got 1000 extra chips by checking. Definitely a busted flush draw - just can't believe he put all that money in the pot and then folded with 500 chips left lol.

the check on the river is IMO the best possible play. i think almost any hand that calls your bet either has you beat or will bet the river if you check. but there are way too many hands that will bluff the river that will never call a bet. i posted a hand on another forum where the pot was so big and i ended up broke because i raised allin for the small remainer of my chips intead of just calling. people pointed that out to me and i will not make that mistake again i hope. this is the whole point of ICM. the bigger stacks the value of each chip is less. in a smaller stack each chip is worth more. and this is a good eg clearly that 280 in chips will be worth more if thats all you got as opposed to it being added to a huge stack.

 

[Dwilius]

Failed to cash in a couple nlhe, but won a small HORSE dollarment tonight.

 

[Debi]

the check on the river is IMO the best possible play. i think almost any hand that calls your bet either has you beat or will bet the river if you check. but there are way too many hands that will bluff the river that will never call a bet. i posted a hand on another forum where the pot was so big and i ended up broke because i raised allin for the small remainer of my chips intead of just calling. people pointed that out to me and i will not make that mistake again i hope. this is the whole point of ICM. the bigger stacks the value of each chip is less. in a smaller stack each chip is worth more. and this is a good eg clearly that 280 in chips will be worth more if thats all you got as opposed to it being added to a huge stack.

Thanks for the feedback! I did manage a small cash in that tournament - wasn't much but have to hit the money once in awhile if you are playing tournaments, even for some small cashes. Once I changed my goal last month to final table instead of just cashing I found myself cashing a lot less often. So that is what I am struggling with at the moment.

Good job D'Wil on winning that tournament!

Only one tournament for me this weekend - that is the Pokerlistings freeroll at Pokerstars. They are giving away 106 WCOOP tickets and I expect the field to be under 1000.

I already have one $215 ticket that I will use on Sept 13th or 20th. Another one would be sweet - especially a $320, $530 or.....$1050! Gotta get to the top 6 for one of those. But 7th-106th is a $215 and I won't be unhappy with one of those either.

Other than that I will be with drunk Irish friends til Monday night. (and my husband who becomes Irish with them hehe)

 

[Dwilius]

Won a ticket in the dollar rebuy satellite to the 80k (T$55) on stars. These are a really good value for small bankrolls if you can find time to play at 2 eastern. Pokerstars adds 5 tickets to a field that only generated 18 others.

Near bubble, nerve racking deuces shove vs raiser that had been putting pressure on shortstacks. Probably should have waited for a spot to shove/steal (or already done so before blinds hit me), but was getting short and liked my odds of flipping with dead money that would secure the win.

relevant stacks
SB with 44346
BB with 30265
CO with 94490
BTN [Hero]with 10812

Blinds: 1500/3000
Site: Pokerstars
Dealt to BTN:2♥ 2♣
Sklansky group 7
Preflop:
3 players fold.
CO raises 3000 to 6000
Hero raises 4512 to 10512 [ all-in ]
2 players fold.
CO calls [4512]
Flop: J♦ K♣ 3♥
Turn: K♠
River: 9♥
Results:
titerephil shows a pair of Kings: A♥ 7♦
Hero shows two pair, Kings and Deuces: 2♥ 2♣ Hero collected 27624 from pot.

Hand that ended it, super shortstack on big blind spared when healthy stack shoves over limpers and gets KO'd by rags.

 

[arahel_jazz]

I'm having fun donking it up at the $2.20 Bounty tourneys on Carbon. 2 outright wins in 4 tries so far...

 

[Munchrs]

Whats the definition of micro here?

 

[Dwilius]

I think it was $25 and under when first thread was started. Don't know why its called micro tbh, micro makes sense for the cash game thread, but not here.

 

[Debi]

I only called it that cause that was how it started lol. I can take the micro out - cause we only have a small group of members who play MTT's.

Besides - some of mine this month definitely won't qualify as micro hehe.

 

[the lab man]

I like this thread

I satied into the Full tilt Mini Ftops Horse event on September 15th which happens to be my birthday...Cost 7.00- Prize pool $50,000

 

[Munchrs]

Considering FTOPS mini games what ones look like the best structure to you guys?

 

[Dwilius]

Well, it looks like they make it a little better for each increase in buyin. The $33 looks pretty good, superstack with 12, then 15, then 20 min levels.

 

[the lab man]

Satied into FT Mini tops #4...gonna withdraw this into T dollars and enter another $20.00 tourney


Event 1( nl Holdem) has huge field and very nice payouts

or

Event 3 (L omaha /8) has smaller field and smaller payout


These satellites are beatable

 

[Worak]

A micro MTT thread ? Great

I like this thread

I only called it that cause that was how it started lol. I can take the micro out - cause we only have a small group of members who play MTT's.

I like this thread and I'm definately playing micros .... and I found out I'm best at mtts, maybe through CC freeroll training ?
Last/this weeks results on FT added.... and I won the CC-bodog FR last week, cashed in the UB CC freeroll, too.

Funnily I completely sucked at the sats to the DD - but I think I can shrug that off.

 

[Jurn8]

Yo dudes, I hate donkaments but thinking of playing the mini ftops event #8 and #24 maybe event #1 aswell.

You guys can buy into these with your ftp points which is the only reason I am playing them!

 

[Falian]

I think the term donkament should only be used to describe tournaments with buyins <$5.

You simply cannot call >$5 tournaments donkaments when they require considerable skill to be profitable in any meaningful sense.

Most people that frequently use this term to describe MTT's are simply players that do not understand how tournament play differs from cash.

 

[jijiboss]

My best result until now, this month, on MTTs: