Still building:

Poker Stars $2.00+$0.20 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t5/t5 Blinds + t80 - 8 players
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UTG+1: t2965 M = 4.56
Hero (MP1): t14455 M = 22.24
MP2: t15815 M = 24.33
CO: t1240 M = 1.91
BTN: t3875 M = 5.96
SB: t5010 M = 7.71
BB: t4000 M = 6.15
UTG: t2885 M = 4.44

Pre Flop: (t650) Hero is MP1 with A A
UTG raises to t75, 1 fold, Hero raises to t675, 5 folds, UTG raises to t2805 all in, Hero calls t2130

Flop: (t6260) 8 2 J (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: (t6260) T (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t6260) T (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t6260
Hero shows A A (two pair, Aces and Tens)
UTG shows K A (a pair of Tens)
Hero wins t6260

Gl with this. I am very experienced with ante ups and know first hand just how easy they are. I am sure you know this - but use your head for this one; we should never ever ever ever ever be folding pf to an unopened pot. Even on round 1, you're getting roughly 100:1 on a call. Even if the pot is raised, most players don't understand to size their bets according to the ante size, and just bring it up to $25-$30. Even raises up to $100 should be almost auto called.

Side note: then they get angry when you suck out on them and don't wonder why. What a halarious game

Hehe:

Poker Stars $2.00+$0.20 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t5/t5 Blinds + t150 - 9 players
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UTG+2: t8310 M = 6.11
Hero (MP1): t15645 M = 11.50
MP2: t13613 M = 10.01
CO: t2410 M = 1.77
BTN: t3780 M = 2.78
SB: t2165 M = 1.59
BB: t16695 M = 12.28
UTG: t23592 M = 17.35
UTG+1: t6035 M = 4.44

Pre Flop: (t1360) Hero is MP1 with 7 7
UTG calls t5, 2 folds, Hero raises to t1175, MP2 calls t1175, 5 folds

Flop: (t3715) 8 K 4 (2 players)
Hero bets t2000, MP2 calls t2000

Turn: (t7715) A (2 players)
Hero bets t4250, MP2 folds

MP2 shows Q Q

Final Pot: t7715
Hero wins t7715

Yeah, it's lol how bad people play them!

If I could only play 1 event this series, it would have been this. Stupid work

Erugh, didn't like calling and defs didn't like getting called behind!

Poker Stars $2.00+$0.20 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t5/t5 Blinds + t175 - 9 players
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CO: t7275 M = 4.59
Hero (BTN): t19145 M = 12.08
SB: t7983 M = 5.04
BB: t10220 M = 6.45
UTG: t10650 M = 6.72
UTG+1: t4000 M = 2.52
UTG+2: t13425 M = 8.47
MP1: t22552 M = 14.23
MP2: t4995 M = 3.15

Pre Flop: (t1585) Hero is BTN with K A
UTG raises to t10475 all in, 5 folds, Hero calls t10475, SB calls t7803 all in, 1 fold

Flop: (t30338) 9 T 4 (3 players - 2 are all in)

Turn: (t30338) 6 (3 players - 2 are all in)

River: (t30338) 5 (3 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: t30338
Hero shows K A (high card Ace)
SB shows K K (a pair of Kings)
UTG shows 3 3 (a pair of Threes)
UTG wins t5334
SB wins t25004

Sure:

Poker Stars $2.00+$0.20 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t5/t5 Blinds + t200 - 9 players
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UTG+2: t18755 M = 10.36
Hero (MP1): t8115 M = 4.48
MP2: t24624 M = 13.60
CO: t11260 M = 6.22
BTN: t4949 M = 2.73
SB: t4000 M = 2.21
BB: t6150 M = 3.40
UTG: t21947 M = 12.13
UTG+1: t4445 M = 2.46

Pre Flop: (t1810) Hero is MP1 with J A
UTG raises to t10, 2 folds, Hero raises to t7915 all in, 3 folds, SB calls t3795 all in, 2 folds

Flop: (t9415) 2 T 9 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Turn: (t9415) 7 (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: (t9415) Q (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: t9415
Hero shows J A (high card Ace)
SB shows T 9 (two pair, Tens and Nines)
SB wins t9415

Will keep plugging away, addon soon.

Poker Stars $2.00+$0.20 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t5/t5 Blinds + t250 - 9 players
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BB: t30125 M = 13.33
Hero (UTG): t3710 M = 1.64
UTG+1: t24019 M = 10.63
UTG+2: t18880 M = 8.35
MP1: t4344 M = 1.92
MP2: t2000 M = 0.88
CO: t4000 M = 1.77
BTN: t21327 M = 9.44
SB: t3840 M = 1.70

Pre Flop: (t2260) Hero is UTG with 7 7
Hero raises to t3460 all in, UTG+1 calls t3460, 1 fold, MP1 raises to t4094 all in, 4 folds, BB calls t4089, UTG+1 calls t634

Flop: (t17997) 9 Q 2 (4 players - 2 are all in)
BB checks, UTG+1 bets t3125, BB calls t3125

Turn: (t24247) T (4 players - 2 are all in)
BB checks, UTG+1 bets t16550 all in, BB calls t16550

River: (t57347) K (4 players - 3 are all in)

Final Pot: t57347
BB shows K Q (two pair, Kings and Queens)
Hero shows 7 7 (a pair of Sevens)
UTG+1 shows K K (three of a kind, Kings)
MP1 shows A 6 (high card Ace)
UTG+1 wins t39350
UTG+1 wins t1902
UTG+1 wins t16095

do you think it's wise using rebuys at this point? these are not big blinds, with ~10 ante stack, you last roughly 1 round. Isn't this just throwing money away?

What would you do, fold pairs and nit to the addon, or quit the tourney? Not sure what you're suggesting here - all the equity in these kinds of rebuys comes from making the addon.

In any case, up to 20k now, just below average.

I guess it depends how much the addon is at this point, I don't know. I was assuming it's roughly the same as a rebuy. If that's the case, then at the point where the rebuy stack reaches ~10 antes I would prob just leave the tourney if bust and return all unused rebuys.
It's hard to come back and you might end up spending a lot more just for a mincash. -EV imo however if the addon is a few times more than it can be worth it.

The addon is 10k. Often if the rebuy period is 90 or 120 mins, the addon is 30k.

Poker Stars $2.00+$0.20 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t5/t5 Blinds + t450 - 9 players
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UTG+2: t9631 M = 2.37
Hero (MP1): t18355 M = 4.52
MP2: t61360 M = 15.11
CO: t30240 M = 7.45
BTN: t23085 M = 5.69
SB: t7475 M = 1.84
BB: t22415 M = 5.52
UTG: t54464 M = 13.41
UTG+1: t21220 M = 5.23

Pre Flop: (t4060) Hero is MP1 with A Q
UTG calls t5, UTG+1 calls t5, 1 fold, Hero raises to t17905 all in, 3 folds, SB calls t7020 all in, 3 folds

Flop: (t18115) T T 3 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Turn: (t18115) 7 (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: (t18115) 2 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: t18115
Hero shows A Q (a pair of Tens - Ace kicker)
SB shows 8 K (a pair of Tens)
Hero wins t18115

If you meant the rebuy is 10k and addon is 30k then absolutely I would never quit until the antes reach ~1000 and you bust. So if that's the case forget what I said, what you did was standard. 30k addon is nice yes, and I definitely wouldn't nit up. Shoving pairs and face cards is the way to go, we want to build a big stack.

Rebuys were 2k, addon 10k.

Sigh, flipaments.

Poker Stars $2.00+$0.20 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t5/t5 Blinds + t600 - 9 players
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BB: t88621 M = 16.38
Hero (UTG): t27653 M = 5.11
UTG+1: t55053 M = 10.18
UTG+2: t35460 M = 6.55
MP1: t13896 M = 2.57
MP2: t48140 M = 8.90
CO: t21965 M = 4.06
BTN: t49479 M = 9.15
SB: t28541 M = 5.28

Pre Flop: (t5410) Hero is UTG with Q K
Hero raises to t27053 all in, 7 folds, BB calls t27048

Flop: (t59511) 2 3 3 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: (t59511) 7 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t59511) A (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t59511
BB shows 9 9 (two pair, Nines and Threes)
Hero shows Q K (a pair of Threes)
BB wins t59511

See now in this case about I would absolute not rebuy any more. even a double rebuy leaves you bleeding more than 1/8 of your stack every hand and you have no FE. Even if you make the addon you'll only have an extra 8-10 hands by that time\

edit* I'm also not sure about the shove with KQ, you have a lot of chips. a ~3k-4k raise accomplishes the same thing and you can get away from the flop after a cbet if you bink

I believe I was less than a minute from the addon, so didn't see dropping to 3550 and then getting another 10k to leave me with an M of like 3 as being a problem. It certainly seems better to me to spend the $6 and make the FO with 3M than to nit up for that $6 and guarantee not cashing.

I understand the concept you're trying to explain here, but I would disagree about not rebuying at this point. FWIW, I did exceed the agreed 8 rebuys for this event, but will obviously pay the additional rebuys out of my own pocket.

I would disagree that raising to 3 or 4k achieves the same thing - these players were not all idiots (one guy at my table had a 3rd place finish in the Million for example), so some will definitely peel if pot odds (which would've been between 1.7-1 and 2.8-1 if I raise 3-4k) and stacks allow for it, or worse still see it as an opportunity to make a 3bet which I cannot call. I think shoving with 5M here is fine and I can definitely get hands like weak Aces to fold to the jam who would have been far less likely to do so to a raise of half the current pot.

Just my opinion though, I'm not saying you're wrong, just that it's not the way I saw it at the time.

I assume it was a typo, but why on earth would I want to "get away from the flop after a cbet if you bink"? If I bink, that means I've hit - did you mean if I whiff/miss?

I did mean whiff yes

skipped todays events I presume?

Pretty much sums up my evening, sorry for the lack of updates, it's been highly tilting:

Poker Stars $8.00+$0.80 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t150/t300 Blinds + t40 - 9 players
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BTN: t6092 M = 7.52
SB: t4290 M = 5.30
BB: t2966 M = 3.66
UTG: t20563 M = 25.39
UTG+1: t4282 M = 5.29
Hero (UTG+2): t4895 M = 6.04
MP1: t14252 M = 17.60
MP2: t2330 M = 2.88
CO: t21972 M = 27.13

Pre Flop: (t810) Hero is UTG+2 with 8 8
2 folds, Hero raises to t4855 all in, MP1 raises to t14212 all in, 5 folds

Flop: (t10520) 8 6 J (2 players - 2 are all in)

Turn: (t10520) T (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: (t10520) Q (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: t10520
Hero shows 8 8 (three of a kind, Eights)
MP1 shows A K (a straight, Ten to Ace)
MP1 wins t10520

any updates for todays game?

Sorry, my fiancée is in the hospital, so I had to late reg the Triple Stud - ended up about 100 off the money - 681st from 4312 runners.

If anyone wants a refund due to me having to latereg this, then fine - FWIW the avg stack was 5005 when I entered with a 5k starting stack.

Doesn't seem like a problem to me. In a limit even, even a 90 min late reg should be still okay.
Still, a quick update is nice from time to time

Yeah, sorry about the lack of updates, I was planning to remove the event from the package and refund on it if I felt the latereg or my mental state affected my equity in the tourney, but as it was I think I played fine, just didn't make it this time.

Like I say though, anyone who wants a refund on their share of this event is welcome to it, just let me know.

Big weekend coming up, need to bink a few to have a chance on the leaderboard, will hopefully at least lock in some profits for eveyone1