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  1. Murdoch25 Murdoch25 is offline

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    Nov 13th, 2010 (11/13/2010 5:46pm)

    has anybody won and got any advice on winning or getting a deep run in the pokerstars sunday 1/4 million, it's a big tourny and i imagine there will be a lot of crazies in it, it's going to be my first shot at it this sunday, any feedback appreciated
  2. BallOuttaControl BallOuttaControl is offline

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    Nov 13th, 2010 (11/13/2010 5:49pm) in reply to Murdoch25

    hmmmm,
    1/4 mill...shit i say get ya run good on, on a usain bolt type schit
  3. mcandrews3rd mcandrews3rd is offline

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    Nov 13th, 2010 (11/13/2010 6:19pm) in reply to BallOuttaControl

    win ur flips
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  4. VagabondV VagabondV is offline

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    Nov 13th, 2010 (11/13/2010 6:30pm) in reply to BallOuttaControl

    I haven't played much poker in a while, but I used to play this tournament a lot over the last couple years. No major deep runs or anything, but fair enough finishes for an amateur poker player I guess.

    Focus on chipping up here and there throughout the tournament since the levels are only 10 minutes long. It doesnt have to be big pots all the time, but just keep accumulating. However, I do recall a large number of times in this tournament getting paid off bigtime when I had a monster, so you should be able to get pretty solid value out of your quality hands.

    The second hour is where your chip stack really needs to grow with the ante's coming into play. You'll see a lot of stacks in the 10k-25k range during the middle of this hour and you'll want to start to separate yourself a little bit and be on the higher end of stacks at your table. You'll want to start 3-betting more where it makes sense to.

    Since it's your first time, I wouldnt get too hung up on anything further than the 1st or 2nd hours, but if you make it past that point, continue to monitor your stack relative to the blinds/antes and also in relation to those at your table.

    Good luck!
  5. StayCalm StayCalm is offline

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    Nov 13th, 2010 (11/13/2010 6:33pm) in reply to VagabondV

    I took 3rd once. Won a bunch of flips, couple suckouts, couple 60/40, couple 40/60s. Basically just run super hot and try to get it in good as much as possible, which isn't hard because everyone in that tourny is miserable.
  6. Murdoch25 Murdoch25 is offline

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    Nov 13th, 2010 (11/13/2010 6:48pm) in reply to StayCalm

    cheers guys, i consider myself above average player still with lots to learn about online poker i've just started to take online poker serious this year and i've looked at this a few times, but the number of players has always put me off, i think i could cash in it, would be good to take it to that next level, looking forward to it, thanks
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  7. sirjwab sirjwab is offline

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    Nov 13th, 2010 (11/13/2010 7:45pm) in reply to Murdoch25

    My buddy took 3rd, he ran like god would if god had legs
  8. Murdoch25 Murdoch25 is offline

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    Nov 14th, 2010 (11/14/2010 10:23pm) in reply to sirjwab

    ah well maybe next time, ko'd 9000
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  9. Nimby88 Nimby88 is offline

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    Nov 23rd, 2010 (11/23/2010 11:08am) in reply to Murdoch25

    Got 2nd in this Sunday it is really insane how good you have to run to make it. What is even funnier is how bad and scared money everyone is near the end. Im a mid stakes hu sng grinder, so i got pretty agressive push fold/ reshove range, works perfectly in this tournament. People are so scared to bust its hilarious ...
    But to illustrate how much of a lottery this is the guy who won was awfull he would open shove 30bb+ all the time with 85o / qjo and stuff. Hu he overshoved half of his hands while we were 80bb effecitve even stacks and he eventually sucked out with 8j against my at. But cant complain i guess i had a winning ticket in this lottery last sunday!
  10. Exterminate U Exterminate U is offline

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    Nov 23rd, 2010 (11/23/2010 4:04pm) in reply to Nimby88

    got 9th once, run good and abuse steal spots and weak players
  11. PersianSultan PersianSultan is offline

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    Nov 23rd, 2010 (11/23/2010 7:19pm) in reply to sirjwab

     
    Originally Posted by sirjwab View Post

    My buddy took 3rd, he ran like god would if god had legs

    sirjwab is dead on!! deepest i got was 25th and blinds are so huge that it all comes down to flips and not getting coolered, when you're down to 40-60 players you basically see no flops and its all flips so win those or cooler someone else and you'll final table with eeeeaaaase!
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