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  1. wheely wheely is offline

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    Nov 27th, 2005 (11/27/2005 9:07pm)

    Please let me know if there are other thread's on this and I'll just read them...

    Just wondering what everyone's experience with these has been...are they worth giving a shot?

    Thanks
  2. apestyles apestyles is offline Moderator

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    Nov 27th, 2005 (11/27/2005 10:23pm) in reply to wheely

    IMO they are very tough... Usually there are 6-7 multi-table rocks in them and they are hard to beat. I went on a run in them a while ago but i got very lucky. Also, I had to reverse my usual sng style to counteract the fact that they were all playing super tight. I got pretty loose aggressive in the beginning to try to accumulate chips because most of those guys wont play anything but AK and 1010 and up so u can take a little bit off of them there. That said, its very risky and not easy, many excellent players have gone broke or swung very hard in those tourneys.
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  3. wheely wheely is offline

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    Nov 27th, 2005 (11/27/2005 10:31pm) in reply to apestyles

    ty ape, I've won several entries to the 2nd step higher...just getting ready to use them. Anyone else have thoughts on these? thanks
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  4. wheely wheely is offline

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    Nov 27th, 2005 (11/27/2005 11:21pm) in reply to wheely

    I just won my entry to the 3rd level ($500 buy in)...these look promising!
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  5. MileHighKid MileHighKid is offline

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    Nov 28th, 2005 (11/28/2005 11:38am) in reply to wheely

    They are tough but beatable. I've won straight through to step 5 before and then other times felt like ground hog day playing the same step over and over. Step 4 is pretty easy to win if you can get there. There are so many places that pay and 2 move on to step 5 that most people are just trying to lose once it gets down to 5 people and collect a nice pay day if they had started at step 1. I think getting to step 4 is the toughest part.

    When you get to step 5 play aggressive. Most people turtle up and play extremely tight. You'll notice the people that have been there before because they are raising many pots and picking up the blinds and chasing limpers out. For a pro this has got to be pretty easy pickings to buy in at $5k and take it down. If you notice this don't be afraid to play back at these people for a reraise just to let them know you're not going to be pushed off your hand. People get very conservative so the best play is to suck it up and play aggressive. Otherwise what happens is that you have 8 people in the game still when the blinds are like 100-200 and it becomes a crap shoot.
  6. cmitch cmitch is offline

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    Nov 28th, 2005 (11/28/2005 12:01pm) in reply to MileHighKid

    I think they just changed the format. Does anyone know when this happened?

    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=black vAlign=top rowSpan=2>STEP HIGHER - RELAUNCH
    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR bgColor=#ffffff><TD vAlign=top><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR bgColor=#ffffff><TD vAlign=top><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>We have just made it even easier for you to get to the big cash! Our Step Higher tournaments now only have 4 Steps.

    These STEPS are available as Single-table Sit & Go tournaments under the “Steps” tab in the lobby.


    </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

    Each tournament is limited to 10 players. The first rank gets a freeroll into the next step. If you do not quite make it to first place, you might get the chance to try again on the same level, or you will be looped back to a previous step. If you fail to make it, you drop out and have to start again from the beginning.

    The detailed structure is as follows:

    STEP HIGHER 1:

    <TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=5 bgColor=#ff0000 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=black align=middle>Rank 1</TD><TD class=black align=middle>Rank 2-6</TD><TD class=black align=middle>Rank 7</TD><TD class=black align=middle>Rank 8-10</TD></TR><TR><TD class=black align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>Freeroll into Step 2</TD><TD class=black align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>Try again Step 1</TD><TD class=black align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>$25 Cash</TD><TD class=black align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>Drop Out</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
    STEP HIGHER 2:
    <TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=5 bgColor=#ffcc00 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=black align=middle><SPAN class=style1>Rank 1</SPAN></TD><TD class=black align=middle><SPAN class=style1>Rank 2-4</SPAN></TD><TD class=black align=middle><SPAN class=style1>Rank 5-8</SPAN></TD><TD class=black align=middle><SPAN class=style1>Rank 9</SPAN></TD><TD class=black align=middle><SPAN class=style1>Rank 10 </SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD class=black align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>Freeroll into Step 3 </TD><TD class=black align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>Try again Step 2 </TD><TD class=black align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>Loop back to Step 1</TD><TD class=black align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>$3 Cash</TD><TD class=black align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>Drop Out</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
    STEP HIGHER 3:
    <TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=5 bgColor=#339966 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=black align=middle>Rank 1-2</TD><TD class=black align=middle>Rank 3-8</TD><TD class=black align=middle>Rank 9</TD><TD class=black align=middle>Rank 10 </TD></TR><TR><TD class=black align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>Freeroll into Step 4 </TD><TD class=black align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>Loop back to Step 2 </TD><TD class=black align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>Loop back to Step 1</TD><TD class=black align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>$7 Cash</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
    STEP HIGHER 4:
    <TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=5 bgColor=#4a97aa border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=black align=middle>Rank 1</TD><TD class=black align=middle>Rank 2</TD><TD class=black align=middle>Rank 3</TD><TD class=black align=middle>Rank 4</TD><TD class=black align=middle>Rank 5</TD></TR><TR><TD class=black align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>$10,000 Cash </TD><TD class=black align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>$5,000 Cash</TD><TD class=black align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>$3,000 Cash</TD><TD class=black align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>$1,500 Cash</TD><TD class=black align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>$500 Cash</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

    </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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