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Is there anything more annoying than the 6 hour MTT where you finish just outside the real money at 3 or 4 in the morning?
I don't know how you MTT grinders deal with the constant heartbreak of the near misses. I've had it happen 2 or 3 times in a week and I'm ready to throw my computer in the pool.
I normally play very light volume, but I've been playing alot more recently, as I'm practicing for a few upcoming live poker series I want to play and my wife and kids are away.
I can't tell you enough how much respect I have for what it takes mentally to be an online MTT pro, especially for kids in their teens and early 20s.
Amazing
LOL at thinking it's not as stressfull as any other job, if not more.
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When you make the final 3 tables of a 1000+ field mtt, and cash for like 5-6x your buyin it's one of the worst feelings ever, just because that first place prize of 300x the buyin was so close and you played so long and it was finally a reality. Definitely more emotionally draining than some of the stuff I deal with at work.
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Two weeks ago i am 5th out of 10th in the double duece and shove all in w 2.5 million w AK over the top of a standard opening raise of 250k from the chip leader. He turned over kings and I went out in 10th. That was one of the most frustrating poker moments Ive ever had, mostly because I made such a massive mistake for almost no reason other than I had been playing for 8 hours straight and wasn't thinking clearly.
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Sounds like a cooler. Doubt im folding AK to a 4 bet anyways 5 handed.
Originally Posted by calhoun137
Two weeks ago i am 5th out of 10th in the double duece and shove all in w 2.5 million w AK over the top of a standard opening raise of 250k from the chip leader. He turned over kings and I went out in 10th. That was one of the most frustrating poker moments Ive ever had, mostly because I made such a massive mistake for almost no reason other than I had been playing for 8 hours straight and wasn't thinking clearly.
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Joined: Sep 06Jul 29th, 2009 (7/29/2009 1:43pm) in reply to JAAAAA!!!!
Absolutely hate it, especially when you go out losing a race or being ahead (AK vs. JJ, AQ vs. KJ, etc...). Was just looking at a few of my close calls, and yeah they suck...
$11 turbo - 2,223 people, finish 25th for $47.
$26 FTP $14k GTD - 33rd for $53
And the one that killed me:
Mini-FTOPS $50 PLO 6 seater - $106k prize fund - 20th for $550 (got it in with AAK5ds vs. QJT8 - flop AK4, turn J, river 3) -
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andressoprano
whaddya think of my game?
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This is EXACTLY the reason I switched back to sng's. F***K thatOriginally Posted by JAAAAA!!!!
Is there anything more annoying than the 6 hour MTT where you finish just outside the real money at 3 or 4 in the morning?
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Joined: Apr 07Jul 29th, 2009 (7/29/2009 2:24pm) in reply to andressoprano
No u didn't...did you? If so, borrrrrrrrrrrrrring sir...cash>mtts>sngs.Originally Posted by andressoprano
This is EXACTLY the reason I switched back to sng's. F***K thatOriginally Posted by JAAAAA!!!!
Is there anything more annoying than the 6 hour MTT where you finish just outside the real money at 3 or 4 in the morning?
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andressoprano
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Boring>>>>>>>>>>> >getting deeper in make up lol.Originally Posted by bef99hwk
No u didn't...did you? If so, borrrrrrrrrrrrrring sir...cash>mtts>sngs.Originally Posted by andressoprano
This is EXACTLY the reason I switched back to sng's. F***K thatOriginally Posted by JAAAAA!!!!
Is there anything more annoying than the 6 hour MTT where you finish just outside the real money at 3 or 4 in the morning?
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Joined: Jul 09Jul 29th, 2009 (7/29/2009 2:28pm) in reply to calhoun137
this is the story of my life... i'm usually so burnt out from staring at the screen and plasma for 8 hours, and taking bong rips to make me forget the donkey life tilt associated with deep mtt's that i can barely think when the reeeal poker starts.. burns so bad to make a mistake that deep, but in the end it's all experienceOriginally Posted by calhoun137
Two weeks ago i am 5th out of 10th in the double duece and shove all in w 2.5 million w AK over the top of a standard opening raise of 250k from the chip leader. He turned over kings and I went out in 10th. That was one of the most frustrating poker moments Ive ever had, mostly because I made such a massive mistake for almost no reason other than I had been playing for 8 hours straight and wasn't thinking clearly.
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It is one of the worst feelings in teh world. That's why playing low volume in big field mtts just doesn't make sense. You have to give yourself as many opportunities as possible to get deep and eventually that big hand will hold up, you'll win that flip and you'll suck out on the final table and go on to crush.
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Originally Posted by TheVillageGrinder
It is one of the worst feelings in teh world.* That's why playing low volume in big field mtts just doesn't make sense.* You have to give yourself as many opportunities as possible to get deep and eventually that big hand will hold up, you'll win that flip and you'll suck out on the final table and go on to crush.
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It's seriously the reason I quit playing poker for months at a time. <STRIKE>If</STRIKE> When you string together a series of finishes like that (ones where you play for 5+ hours and end up with chump change) you feel like an absolute pile of poop. Couple this feeling with that fact that you either...
1. Have a full time job you have to wake up in the morning to go to
2. Are in a shit pile of makeup
3. Blew off going out with your friends/gf to stay home and play the MTT
...or all of the above, you start to question playing poker. It will definitely test your will to grind MTTs. -
andressoprano
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FYPOriginally Posted by ndahlhoff10
Volume and the wins will come. At least thats what I keep fooling myself with.
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I hate this as well.
One of the reasons why I like turbo MTTs is that at least they won't take so long. So, it is not as bad if I fall short of the big money. -
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+1 4sho
especially to the micro folk like myself... all the near big scores feel like a kick in the nads... feels to me like they could be huge br boosters and hurts to miss out on them.... such as:
$50 buy-in, MiniFTOPS Event #3 on FullTiltPoker. 05/07/2009, 14 place for 309.82
$150 buy-in, $65,000 Guarantee on FullTiltPoker. 02/18/2009, 11 place for 1,107.00... 1st was like 28k... -
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since this is basically a BB's thread now
sucked coming in 11th in cake $150/100k losing KK<QQ for the CL, for like $1100, 1st got 22K -
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Yep this is something we all have to deal with, but luckily variance evens out.
I have been fortunate enough to actually bink one of these donkaments and get an incredible return on my investment, so even though since them I have come in 14th, 18th, etc. I know that another big score is just a matter of time, my run good will come and if I can keep going deep then for everytime there is a dissapointing finish, there will be a rewarding finish just around the corner. Really this thought is the only way to motivate yourself to keep playing, because it is almost impossible to start a 5k person tourney and think you can actually run good/play good enough to win it, until you have actually done it. -
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Story of my poker life... I could pull up 25 of these but just grabbed the ones in my recent scores. -
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u have as many 1sts in ur profile as you do 10-12 combined..im not saying, im just sayinOriginally Posted by benwa1
Story of my fucking life... 10-12th place.
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My worst was a 9th place finish in the $110 super turbo mtt on FT. First place is something like 10k and I go out in 9th for like 900 or so. Sigh...
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if 14th place money was 1st place I would be sfrich
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I think every single MTT players feel that pain sometime.
Thats why i really hate the payouts a lot for large MTTs, dont know why they dont change the payouts to reward the top 27 more and top 5 a lot less so it was not so top heavy.
Would make it more worthwhile for people who regularily make the top 3 tables but hardly ever finish 1st-3rd.
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