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fundiver199
Legend
Loyaler
Normal play stop after just two minutes, which is normally no more than 2-3 hands, so BLAST is really just a slot machine dressed up as poker, and there is very little, you can do to generate edge.
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Guernica1974
Rock Star
Silver Level
blast
its only the 10cent blast that takes 2 min, the 5 dollar blast takes 6 min - not sure about higher buy-in, i only won tickets to the 5 dollar ones.
agree it is very short time - but guessing strategy has to depend on your hands given - basically if you have the biggest stack once the blast start you will have the highest probability to win! so if you win first hand - just delay game play etc.
its only the 10cent blast that takes 2 min, the 5 dollar blast takes 6 min - not sure about higher buy-in, i only won tickets to the 5 dollar ones.
agree it is very short time - but guessing strategy has to depend on your hands given - basically if you have the biggest stack once the blast start you will have the highest probability to win! so if you win first hand - just delay game play etc.
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fundiver199
Legend
Loyaler
Ok I did not know that. I have used my 5$ tickets for normal tournaments and only my 10c tickets, which you sometimes win directly at the daily spin, for BLAST. I really dont like this format at all. A normal Spin n Go is very fast already, but at least the ones at pokerstars do have a final heads up, that need to be played to the end, as in any other tournament.
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Guernica1974
Rock Star
Silver Level
ok i didnt know you could use the tickets you win for blast tournaments could be used on regular tournaments - thanks
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fundiver199
Legend
Loyaler
They are not really advertising it so much. If you click on the ticket, you won, it will show BLAST and satellites to even bigger MTTs than 5$. However if you go into the MTT lobby and find a 5$ event and click on "registrate", you will be given the choise of paying with your ticket.
dimon4ik89
Visionary
Platinum Level
I tried different strategies in blast tournaments. I achieved the best result when I played a good card. I tried to play aggressively, but I think this strategy will not lead to success in the Balsts. Aggressive style of play is well suited for spin and go tournaments or heads-up tournaments, but not for blasts. I think to achieve stability in this kind of tournaments is very difficult. Therefore, such tournaments can be considered only as entertainment. This is my personal opinion.
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fundiver199
Legend
Loyaler
Cutting out the final stages of play obviously reduce skill edge even further compared to normal Spin n Gos. So I agree, its questionable, if these events are even beatable in the long run, considering that the rake is very high compared to the amount of hands, you get to play in just 6 minutes.
That being said, if you are going to play them, a winner take all format does reward an aggressive style in the early stages, since there is no reward for leveling up and finishing second or third. You gotta win all the chips to win anything, so you kind of have to just go for it.
That being said, if you are going to play them, a winner take all format does reward an aggressive style in the early stages, since there is no reward for leveling up and finishing second or third. You gotta win all the chips to win anything, so you kind of have to just go for it.
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619Leafs
Legend
Bronze Level
In blast tournaments, its hard to win consistently. The way to maybe tip the odds is either be super aggressive with ace or king anything and go all-in to get any lead as possible. Or be super tight because in the end every dollar counts when blast ends especially if you spin a bigger prize amount.
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GrannySmit77
Rock Star
Silver Level
I agree, that's what I have been doing. Trying to build up a stack in the first 3 -4 hands and then hope for at least a second place pay, if there is one.