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What would you do with this live tourney schedule? What would you do with this live tourney schedule?

01-18-2017 , 01:59 AM


Just wanna hear random thoughts on this schedule. What would you do? Rolled / Unrolled. What to avoid. Random thoughts.
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01-18-2017 , 03:11 AM
That picture doesn't tell us the rake or the tournament structure, so not sure what thoughts you are looking for.

Personally, even without knowing the above, I probably wouldn't bother with any of those, except maybe the 5th Sunday tournament depending on the above and if I lived real close to the casino. I don't think most casinos daily tournaments are such good value and, personally, if I'm going to go to a casino to play poker, I'm going to play cash games over a $40 tournament. But that's me and some people may like to play tournaments and not cash games.
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01-18-2017 , 03:33 AM
I'd play the PLO despite it being likely stupidly deep stacked for at least 20 minutes
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01-18-2017 , 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Dick Tracy


Just wanna hear random thoughts on this schedule. What would you do? Rolled / Unrolled. What to avoid. Random thoughts.
As someone else stated you have not given us enough information about the tournaments and as they also alluded to you have not given us enough information about yourself.

If you are someone concerned about proper rolling, you should play tournaments that fit within your bankroll management.

If you are someone who does not, or does not need to, care about being properly rolled, you should still have a budget so you don't play more than you can afford from a life roll perspective.

As in cash games, you should look for the tournaments that give you the greatest edge if you are concerned about such things.

Personally, I am someone who likes a lot of chips with long levels so I would be inclined to play those type of tournaments. However, if the structure sucks, I will pass.
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01-18-2017 , 12:52 PM
It's also a kind of LOL schedule when half the tournaments are exactly the same
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01-18-2017 , 03:59 PM
Tournaments come down to rake, structure, starting stack and average field size. And of course your travel and potential for decent cash games as well.

Casino Noon 'daily' tournaments are generally junk M-F. There are a few places that offer up guarantees which can be nice if you can pick up the occasional overlay.

I don't mind any of the Sunday tournaments shown, but would like to see 30 minute levels for all. I didn't know they were allowing the re-entry in the $120, may be a change for 2017.

To spur on the posts it may be wise to tell the folks that the ...
Sunday $120 draws about 80 or more
Sunday $240 draws over 100 (up to 140?)
Sunday $400 draws over 180 (up to 260) ... not bad to win $20k in 11 hours!!

This casino also offers a 'Tournament of Champions' with quarterly and annual free rolls to players who cash high or 'frequent' these tournaments.

OP .. See you the 29th. This should be a HUGE tournament with no football or other series going on to take away the players!! I know this didn't really answer your question but if I was more active at Firekeepers (Battle Creek, MI) I would avoid most of those tournaments and play cash!! Any decent player should be able to crack the top 30% of all those fields consistently, but then the smaller chip/BI events become a crap shoot once you reach Level 7-10 IMO. GL
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01-18-2017 , 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by answer20
Tournaments come down to rake, structure, starting stack and average field size. And of course your travel and potential for decent cash games as well.

Casino Noon 'daily' tournaments are generally junk M-F. There are a few places that offer up guarantees which can be nice if you can pick up the occasional overlay.

I don't mind any of the Sunday tournaments shown, but would like to see 30 minute levels for all. I didn't know they were allowing the re-entry in the $120, may be a change for 2017.

To spur on the posts it may be wise to tell the folks that the ...
Sunday $120 draws about 80 or more
Sunday $240 draws over 100 (up to 140?)
Sunday $400 draws over 180 (up to 260) ... not bad to win $20k in 11 hours!!

This casino also offers a 'Tournament of Champions' with quarterly and annual free rolls to players who cash high or 'frequent' these tournaments.

OP .. See you the 29th. This should be a HUGE tournament with no football or other series going on to take away the players!! I know this didn't really answer your question but if I was more active at Firekeepers (Battle Creek, MI) I would avoid most of those tournaments and play cash!! Any decent player should be able to crack the top 30% of all those fields consistently, but then the smaller chip/BI events become a crap shoot once you reach Level 7-10 IMO. GL
How do you know where this is? I googled using search terms related to the Sunday $400 and it seemed like this type of tournament is held at a few casinos.
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01-18-2017 , 08:36 PM
Tbh OP you are better off just multi-tabling MTT's online
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01-19-2017 , 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Alternate Identity
How do you know where this is? I googled using search terms related to the Sunday $400 and it seemed like this type of tournament is held at a few casinos.
OP gave off a tell ... GL
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01-19-2017 , 12:51 PM
I'd put it back in the rack so someone else can look at it.

Live low-stakes tournaments are a bad way to make money. Absolutely avoid them if your intention is to "grind up a roll." Best case scenario, depending on the rake and structure which are likely pretty bad, you are looking at a few dollars an hour with a lot of variance.

It's hard to have an edge when you are playing with 5 big blinds and every decision is just shove or fold preflop. Granted most people playing live low stakes tournaments still get this hilariously wrong and do stuff like limp/fold or call half their stack pre. But for pure profit it's still not worth it.

Now, if you just enjoy playing tournaments, the $60 Friday tournament looks interesting. Assuming the blind structure isn't wildly different from usual you should get quite a bit of bang for your buck on that one.
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