first Rush MTT

This is wicked.... I thought I would just screw around a bit.

In the $1 rebuy 10K guaranteed Rush MTT. My first Rush tourney. Damn this is nerve-racking. Did a late reg at level 2 and quickly shot up in chips. Trying to settle down a bit... oh crap... another all-in won...

So, after playing this for about 15 minutes (now 202 out of 1900), I am wondering a strategy question for Rush MTT's. Do you quick fold and get as many hands in as possible (oh crap... another backdoor flush win!), or do you take your time folding and let the other players donk out quick?

Oh yeah... one other thing...

What the frick is up with this 3-bet, 3-bet, shove behind crap? Gets expensive at high blinds.

Yeah, I know, welcome to RUSH poker. Hanging in 674/1011 just lost a big one...

And then the inevitable.... I got too aggressive after a big double up suckout:

full tilt poker Game #23525355060: $10,000 Rush Guar (Rebuy) (181684380), Table 496 - 170/340 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 00:17:42 ET - 2010/09/01
Seat 1: 007stricker (6,383)
Seat 2: timaxz21 (17,760)
Seat 3: FirstTouch (9,570)
Seat 4: kalgeo (24,713)
Seat 5: CeleRn (42,475)
Seat 6: arahel_jazz (28,430)
Seat 7: x66Shadow66x (38,841)
Seat 8: Hallonpaj (22,351)
Seat 9: MemoOU27 (15,395)
007stricker antes 25
timaxz21 antes 25
FirstTouch antes 25
kalgeo antes 25
CeleRn antes 25
arahel_jazz antes 25
x66Shadow66x antes 25
Hallonpaj antes 25
MemoOU27 antes 25
timaxz21 posts the small blind of 170
FirstTouch posts the big blind of 340
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to arahel_jazz [Ah Kh]
kalgeo calls 340
CeleRn folds
arahel_jazz raises to 1,360
x66Shadow66x folds
Hallonpaj folds
MemoOU27 folds
007stricker folds
timaxz21 folds
FirstTouch folds
kalgeo calls 1,020
*** FLOP *** [9h 5h 5d]
kalgeo checks
arahel_jazz bets 2,380
kalgeo calls 2,380
*** TURN *** [9h 5h 5d] [5c]
kalgeo checks
arahel_jazz bets 24,665, and is all in
kalgeo calls 20,948, and is all in
arahel_jazz shows [Ah Kh]
kalgeo shows [Tc Ts]
Uncalled bet of 3,717 returned to arahel_jazz
*** RIVER *** [9h 5h 5d 5c] [4d]
arahel_jazz shows three of a kind, Fives
kalgeo shows a full house, Fives full of Tens
kalgeo wins the pot (50,111) with a full house, Fives full of Tens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 50,111 | Rake 0
Board: [9h 5h 5d 5c 4d]
Seat 1: 007stricker (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: timaxz21 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: FirstTouch (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: kalgeo showed [Tc Ts] and won (50,111) with a full house, Fives full of Tens
Seat 5: CeleRn folded before the Flop
Seat 6: arahel_jazz showed [Ah Kh] and lost with three of a kind, Fives
Seat 7: x66Shadow66x folded before the Flop
Seat 8: Hallonpaj folded before the Flop
Seat 9: MemoOU27 folded before the Flop

Quick fold and get 25o hands an hour. dont waste time, the blinds shoot up fast.

I would imagine folding and trying to get more hands in would be better, but I've never actually played a RUSH MTT so I could be wrong. I just figure if you can see more hands you can find some clearly profitable spots and try to build a huge stack, which is more important than waiting for others to get knocked out.

Wish this tournament started sooner in the day, it sounds addicting

This is a very nice thread on Rush MTT strategy. There's another one I like, too...but can't remember where it is. If I find it, I'll post it.

https://www.cardschat.com/forum/tournament-poker-59/kcs-rush-strategy-180313/

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Found it.

https://www.cardschat.com/forum/tournament-poker-59/my-rush-strategy-c-murray-177566/