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Jbdrmaster
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Playing large (500+ ppl) mtt is my favorite format for playing nl hold'em. I've made it deep a decent amount of times with five final tables that ended with a win, second, third, 7th and 8th. Most of the time I find myself getting knocked out in late game, but before the real money starts. I have Dan Harrington on Hold'em Volume 2:The Endgame, but obviously I've missed something.
Some of my recent finishes:
29th out of 18875
15th out of 647
18th out of 779
65th out of 1376
19th out of 444
59th out of 1571
20th out of 1583
11th out of 180
36th out of 748
12th out of 929
31st out of 665
80th out of 1722
38th out of 418
15th out of 897
That's way to many missed opportunities to making final tables where a decent amount of money could be won. With my most recent 29th in miniftops event#1 I noticed/felt like I was one of the worst players at that point. It might have been because of lack of sleep (10hrs of poker and up the entire previous day) but that's how I felt. I never just try to scrape by to make it itm, and I have no problem putting my stack on the line on the bubble because who cares if you just make your money back after 5 hours of play. But there is a big difference between the itm bubble, and when getting close to the ft, or final two tables bubble.
For those of you who play and do well in large MTT how do you cope with endgame, low M situations? What kind of signs to do you look for when trying to find a player who's just going to try and fold their way to the final table? How light will you 3-bet the guy that's made a steal raise the past 4 rounds on your BB? Is there ever a time when calling a pfr is correct, or should I play raise/fold? Is there a trick to ignoring the fact that 240,00 is only 2 BB and not 240,000 chips (big number syndrome)? Are there any other books out there other than Harringtons that will provide some insight?
Kind of a random list of questions but I want to make more final tables! Any other bits of information are more than welcome.
~Thanks
Some of my recent finishes:
29th out of 18875
15th out of 647
18th out of 779
65th out of 1376
19th out of 444
59th out of 1571
20th out of 1583
11th out of 180
36th out of 748
12th out of 929
31st out of 665
80th out of 1722
38th out of 418
15th out of 897
That's way to many missed opportunities to making final tables where a decent amount of money could be won. With my most recent 29th in miniftops event#1 I noticed/felt like I was one of the worst players at that point. It might have been because of lack of sleep (10hrs of poker and up the entire previous day) but that's how I felt. I never just try to scrape by to make it itm, and I have no problem putting my stack on the line on the bubble because who cares if you just make your money back after 5 hours of play. But there is a big difference between the itm bubble, and when getting close to the ft, or final two tables bubble.
For those of you who play and do well in large MTT how do you cope with endgame, low M situations? What kind of signs to do you look for when trying to find a player who's just going to try and fold their way to the final table? How light will you 3-bet the guy that's made a steal raise the past 4 rounds on your BB? Is there ever a time when calling a pfr is correct, or should I play raise/fold? Is there a trick to ignoring the fact that 240,00 is only 2 BB and not 240,000 chips (big number syndrome)? Are there any other books out there other than Harringtons that will provide some insight?
Kind of a random list of questions but I want to make more final tables! Any other bits of information are more than welcome.
~Thanks