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Originally Posted by stevelew1
Any opinions on the Saturday 11 am tournament 150.00 buy in?
Approximately how many players and if it’s a donk fest or legit players?
Thanks
It's a total donk fest. I've played it at least 25 times and recently played it twice after a year or so off from live poker and made the final table both times. The first time it had 86 runners and we chopped it 5 handed. The second time (last weekend) it only got 47 runners but something may have been going on at Foxwoods, or just a slow day.
The Mohegan tournaments really are a dream and even with the horrible structures and moderately high rake, and 10 handed (ugh) they can be extremely profitable for anyone who looks at a Nash chart and basic pre-flop hand opening structures.
In the first 3-5 levels, if you have 10 people at the table, 6 of them will be limping 70% of their range and raising the top 3%.
3-betting might as well be back in 2001 where if you have QQ and get 3-bet, you're only up against AA or KK. I see flat calls with AKs all the time, and got super nit rolled by some guy who had AQs and a 5bb stack. He just couldn't believe I was going all in with my stack size (which was 13bb, what????) and was just moaning and sweating and finally cry called.
Learn some short stack play and you have an instant edge over 70% of the field. Learn pre flop opening ranges and short stack strategy and you're in the top 10% of players in the pool.