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Playing your "A" Game in small Tournaments

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  1. rtrenton rtrenton is offline

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    Sep 10th, 2009 (9/10/2009 4:25pm)

    What is the smallest tournament that you can enter and still play your "A" game?

    I find that if the entry is too tiny, I lose motivation to play my best. After all, it's only a few bucks... Sadly those few bucks add up over time.
  2. Faccio Faccio is offline

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    Sep 10th, 2009 (9/10/2009 4:31pm) in reply to rtrenton

    Always gotta play your A-game man lol, sometimes it's fun just to fuk around though...
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    Sep 10th, 2009 (9/10/2009 4:38pm) in reply to rtrenton

    the 2 cubed and 3 turbo knock out are fun. I used to fool around in them but lately I have been taking them serious and it's really nice picking up a few hundo bucks for a mere $3 investment!

    But that's where I draw the line, I once played for hours and hours in the Daily $ and won a whole $3, won't do that again.
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    Sep 10th, 2009 (9/10/2009 4:44pm) in reply to rtrenton

    I find that getting over this is key to managing my bankroll. Sometimes dropping down is important to soften a downswing (by lowering risk and by playing against more fish!). If you don't respect the buy in because you've been playing 2-5x higher, you keep losing.

    Good players win because they play well, not because they win flips more. Remember that when you're 4 bet-shoving 55 in MP on the second orbit of that $3 freezeout. :)
     
  5. ApesAreFun ApesAreFun is offline Moderator/Euro Donk

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    Sep 10th, 2009 (9/10/2009 5:00pm) in reply to rhoegg

     
    Originally Posted by rhoegg View Post

    I find that getting over this is key to managing my bankroll. Sometimes dropping down is important to soften a downswing (by lowering risk and by playing against more fish!). If you don't respect the buy in because you've been playing 2-5x higher, you keep losing.

    Good players win because they play well, not because they win flips more. Remember that when you're 4 bet-shoving 63s in MP on the second orbit of that $3 freezeout. :)

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  6. Denty Denty is offline

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    Sep 10th, 2009 (9/10/2009 5:11pm) in reply to ApesAreFun

    $3 mtt is the minimum i can play legitimately. 1st and 2nd are generally over $1000 so i don't mind a chance at that, plus the end game will be donktastic so you can expect to regularly finish higher if you get a stack late. of course you should always have a suicide hotline number nearby for when you finish 22nd out of 3300 players after 6 hours work for $18
    ironically as i'm writing this i might have to make an exception for this 2.50+.25 tourney that started at 5pm. i'm strongly debating hopping in, 3k starting chips and 15 mins levels just sounds fun. someone stop me before i make a mistake that i don't realize until i lose in 3 hours for .47 profit
     
  7. rtrenton rtrenton is offline

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    Sep 10th, 2009 (9/10/2009 10:01pm) in reply to Denty

    It sure is frusterating to play several hours in a tournament and win $2 or $3. But you're right, if the top prize is large enough, I can still play fairly well.
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  8. Hateflops Hateflops is offline 7 over par. ship it!

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    Sep 10th, 2009 (9/10/2009 10:33pm) in reply to rhoegg

     
    Originally Posted by rhoegg View Post

    I find that getting over this is key to managing my bankroll. Sometimes dropping down is important to soften a downswing (by lowering risk and by playing against more fish!). If you don't respect the buy in because you've been playing 2-5x higher, you keep losing.

    Good players win because they play well, not because they win flips more. Remember that when you're 4 bet-shoving 55 in MP on the second orbit of that $3 freezeout. :)

    Wow killer new info thanks brah ;)
  9. cyrsvtf150 cyrsvtf150 is offline

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    Sep 10th, 2009 (9/10/2009 10:57pm) in reply to rtrenton

    I try to play my "A" game every tourney from my 1.10 90mans to both 1.10mtts on stars at 6 and 7, and everything in between usually i make the tables larger for say my 11$ 7pm MTT or any steps 2,3,4s etc im playing and any 5.50rebuys, 1r2a etc....

    Just try to play the best at each level, but I do usually give the buy in a liitle thought before acting because you do get diff players at all those levels, IMO... and then as I get deep in any MTT or MTT SNG I usually enlarge the table, esp FT's
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    Sep 10th, 2009 (9/10/2009 11:25pm) in reply to rtrenton

    i dont play toruanemts when i dont think i can play well. I just try to play more abc in stuff like 10 and 26 dollar freezeouts since people will puint stacks to you when u have the goods. if a tourney is too small for you to concentrate on and try dont play it.
     
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