What do you think about playing satellites?

[recerveau]

I was looking for a MTT to play but I hadn't one adapting to my bankroll right now, do you think is good to play satellites?

It sure is a good one! You’ll only have to adapt your game a little bit, because it’s not a race to first place (usually).

 

[moulan7]

Yes, I play a lot of sats and I believe it's a good way to go if you are a solid player. (not that I am, just saying xD)
Although I have some plans and considerations about sats, like:

-I always play them if the target tour is within my bankroll
-I don't take part in the tour if I lose the sat
-If I know I'll win a ticket I don't play any hand
-Many many times, even if you win a sat, you need to have in mind that you will probably enter the target tour at a later level of blinds. So plan accordingly
-I don't play more than one sat for the target tour, if I'm to pay close the price of the tour I prefer to go straight to the tour xD
-I prefer a decent chance to win a ticket so I play the ones that pay a good percentage of the field, like lets say 1/10

Those are some thoughts

 

[possle]

The question is: Why do you want to play a satellite?

Is the tournament outside your bankroll? Maybe it's a good poosibility to increase your bankroll faster if you cash in a big tournament you qualified with a satellite, which has a higher buy in then you usually play. BUT i think there are many players, who are hunting after tournaments with satellites which are to expensive to win "the big money". Thats not the right path i think. I would recommend to stay in your bankroll and try to build it up. So maybe it grows and soon you won't have to play this satellites anymore. You'll be able to pay the buy in easily. I think thats the better path.

 

[Pepepep10]

I play them, I don't really enter directly into bigger buy in tournaments so entering via satellites gives some excitement

 

[Vadim_King]

I think that this is a great opportunity to qualify for a major tournament, especially live, since recently I began to play such satellites

 

[TheDev]

I personally dont care for satellites because they tend to have very few positions that cash/advance to next stages. I feel like playing in satellites tend to be much more of a gamble than traditional tourneys.

My biggest reason though is the fact that you are having to place/win multiple tourneys to make money. Granted the cash will be much higher than you probably usually win but at a much smaller odds of getting there.

 

[kiso777]

today i play EPT Sochi satellite, took 79th place, there was simply not enough money for rebuy, this is very disappointing

 

[3gdata]

I personally don't like them. I think it's better to play the tourneys you can play regarding to your bankroll. It's usually too many steps in satellites, and the skill level you need to play in the main tourney is way different of the skill level you need to play in the 1st step. If the miracle comes and you somehow pass all the steps it's likely the sharks in the main tourney will beat you anyway. After that, all your time and diligence is just useless (and it's a very bad feeling when you pass all the steps and don't win anything in the main event, you know). So, I suppose it's better to play the tourneys you usually play, to increase your bankroll, to learn the strategy, and to try to play the higher buy-in tourneys after some time. Step by step, maybe you can finally play the tourney you want without playing satellites.

The question is: Why do you want to play a satellite?

Is the tournament outside your bankroll? Maybe it's a good poosibility to increase your bankroll faster if you cash in a big tournament you qualified with a satellite, which has a higher buy in then you usually play. BUT i think there are many players, who are hunting after tournaments with satellites which are to expensive to win "the big money". Thats not the right path i think. I would recommend to stay in your bankroll and try to build it up. So maybe it grows and soon you won't have to play this satellites anymore. You'll be able to pay the buy in easily. I think thats the better path.

I personally dont care for satellites because they tend to have very few positions that cash/advance to next stages. I feel like playing in satellites tend to be much more of a gamble than traditional tourneys.

My biggest reason though is the fact that you are having to place/win multiple tourneys to make money. Granted the cash will be much higher than you probably usually win but at a much smaller odds of getting there.

Totally agree.

 

[Hemified]

I like em myself, I think they are a good way to get in good tournaments for cheap.

 

[ejsch]

sat

im very cheap so i love playing sats. ican play a lot of hands for only a little money. even if i lose i still like to play thats the fun of poker.

 

[Poker Orifice]

I like playing satellites as there always seems to be a large number of entrants in them who don't seem to know how to adjust to satellite play. When Fulltilt was around, there were some really great satellites on that site. There were a bunch of players who were solely playing satties & able to do so for a living (even in micro/low stakes.. ie. $3 to $14 buyins). I wish some of today's sites would model their satellite formats after the way Fulltilt had done their's. ... sigh (I think partypoker would take off and take over Stars if they adopted a bunch of the stuff Fulltilt had... including their software).

 

[VictorOd]

I think it's profitable to play sats. For example, today I qualified to 5.50 Big Fish at 888poker for free via 2 freebuys. Earlier I qualified to bigger tournaments for free or for few cents.

 

[patativact]

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I really like it because it is a great opportunity to participate in bigger buy-in tournaments when our bank roll is small.

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[TheChosenDragon]

I like the concept, but I only play the freerolls. I'm a bit afraid that I would end up paying more for the tournement than when I would have directly registered.
But I really like the concept. Gives you the chance to play bigger tournements than your bankroll allows.

 

[Shawnt]

Satalites!?

Satellites are amazing to be able to play and win your way into other tournaments is amazing what else is amazing winning the satellite to into the satellite into another satellite who won the main event.lol gl in the satalites

 

[CallmeFloppy]

Satellites are a good opportunity to get into a bigger game.

I seldom find I have the patience to grind them though.

 

[YoloASAP]

Some Satellites can be great to play. for EXAMPLE: I bought into a Satellite today, it cost me $4.50. Only 7 people registered into it, no rebuys, no add-ons, and First and Second place received a ticket to a $5,000 Tournament. and that tournament only wound up with about 150 people in it, and I believe it was like 1-12 places paid. so first place could win almost 2 grand, for a 4.50 entry basically.
That was a good satellite to buy into, in my opinion. Some aren't as great though. Like if 100 people enroll, but only 1 ticket is given away or a bunch of rebuys, and add-ons. Just depends on all the specifics I suppose.

Good Luck on and off the tables,
ason

 

[paisley]

I agree, it really depends tournament for tournament on whether it's a good deal or not.
I usually do not play satellites that take hours and when you win the ticket you have to go straight into the main event. Too many hours in a row commitment for me.

 

[AAlexandru17]

Its a big thing You have opportunity to play to a bigger tournament and win bigger prize,Little buy-in to a bigger buy-in.

 

[Claudiunm]

I think a good opportunity to get access to tournaments that I would not be able to participate. One way to make poker more inclusive.

 

[JLit]

Depends, Usually a Waste of $

For me satellites have always been a double edge sword. The problem I see is that most of them cost a decent amount of your roll and all we can win is a "chance" at another MTT...meaning we need Variance to once again run with us.

Freeroll Satellites are great, along with extremely cheap ones. But when they start becoming more than 1% of your roll for a buy in, they can quickly cost you a ton of cash. I remember watching something about the "math behind satellites."

Basically, lets say The Buy-in for a Satellite is $100 + $10 ($110). It gets you into a Tournament that is $1,000 + $100 ($1,100). You would break even in this scenario if the tournament offered 1 GTD Seat per 10 Entries, but often Satellites will offer something like 1 Seat Every 12 Players, or just a flat "10 Seat GTD!!" Sounds juicy, I only have to be a top 10 player to get a seat for 10% of the price, only problem is with late registration there are now 150+ entrants... Now the math says if I played this tournament 10 times (which equals a total buy in of $1,100 overall) I would not necessarily win a seat at all. So maybe now in the long run I'm paying $1,300 for a $1,100 MTT...or worse!

Bottom line, I avoid satellites unless the math works out in the player's favor, its a free roll, or I'm wanting to take one little, very rare stab at getting into a very big event. But even after getting a ticket to a big MTT, the odds of that satellite buy in being profitable long run is less likely than building up your roll and just buying into the MTTs straight up when you can afford it. Doesn't seem like very many pros play satellites either..even those on the come up who can't afford the massive buy ins.:damnmate:

Thoughts?

 

[VictorOd]

Update. Last night qualified also to $33 Big Fish at 888 for 0 cents. What a day!
#PlaySatellites

 

[erce]

Hey.
In satellites very hard game ,a lot shooters ... in this tournament is impossible to go with confidence..satellite more like slots casino ,see A-? go of all of in . I don't play satellites.

i agree, but time to time you can try luck.
i mostly play satellites to sunday milion and sunday storm, or if there is big event

 

[HobokenNJ]

I've enjoyed a few freeroll satellites (actually way way more than a few). It's a good way to be able to play in tournaments I wouldn't otherwise pay to participate in.

Be sure to read Dara's book. See this thread for more info.

 

[betang]

I think it is a good opportunity. however, i also thing that high stackes tournaments will be even more difficult. So, you have to play very well to make it profitable.