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Originally Posted by DoGGz
if anything those graphs just confirm what I already thought: lots of HS regs are awful at turbos.
dont' get me wrong, this is certainly true...a lot of high stakes regs def suck at a lot of different aspects of poker
but the problem here is, when it comes to turbos...there's only so much you can do 'wrong'. you only have 10-15bb usually..a.nd these top 200 regs generally are gonna have an idea of what theyr'e doing with these stacks. sure, maybe theyr'e calling slightly too wide here or shoving too wide there. but these are minute minute mistakes. and when you only ahve 10bb to start the hand, that's really a tiny tiny mistake. if you're playing perfectly you're only capitalizing on this tiny edge. remember, the rake is 10% too, that's a big number to get over when your edge is so small
remember, if we have the top 200 regs who are not making money in turbos...and tourneys like the 109c turbo and 200 turbos barely get more than 200 people...where is this supposed 'edge'. sure, not every reg is playing ever day...but a lot of them are
and you say that these people just are bad, adn that's why they're losing...well then who is winning in these tourneys? are there 1 or 2 magical players that are playing them correctly and winning all the time and all the money? i def don't know of any
these high stakes turbos are often the equivalent of flipping a coin vs your friend. heads i win, tails you win...we bet $100 each flip...but every time we flip it we have to pay $10 to stars...someone runs hot for 10 flips and seems to be up, but int he long run it evens out...and sure, u may think you have an edge (cause you know, the heads side is heavier, so tails comes 50.1% of the time vs the 49.9% of heads), but only 1 person is winning int he long run (hint: it's not me or you)