I can't play at all this week. 60 hours of work scheduled, on top of being a full time student. Looks like I'll try to use my Deep Stack ticket on Weds. And maybe even earn another ticket that week.

I was at a table right next to the table that hit the bad beat jackpot when it did hit last week. Therefore, I was close to hitting the bad beat.

In my opinion, being close to hitting is when you aren't drawing dead going into the river. If you have an out, you're talking over 2% for a nice chunk of the juice!

i agree. this isn't even subjective. if you aren't drawing dead going into the river and you have a call to make of less than 2% of the bbj, you have the pot odds to call. put the chips in!

Wait, for the 20 hours thing, when does the tournament run? is there a couple? i sort of want to grind 1/2 or something for a bit and try to donk the 220 tourney since im busto and need to get a roll going again.

If I had a BBJ eligible hand (4 10's or higher), I would not price someone out of the action who may help me get a piece of the jackpot (for example, someone with a straight flush draw). I am not even going to value bet. I would only check or call with 4 10's or higher, unless I knew for sure that another player could not also get 4 10's or higher (at the river, no possiblity of quads for another player, and no straight flush draw).

I even get pissed when people straddle, because that could conceivably cause someone to fold before the flop that might otherwise have a draw that would win the BBJ at my table.

20 hours between 16th-20th and get ticket on 21st good for 30 days.
same deal 23rd-27th. you can do both.

how often do the $220s run? is it for any $220 tournament or just certain ones?

Its $240 deepstack entries. They are only on Wednesdays and alternate from 12:30pm to 7:30pm. The 19th is 12:30pm.

sorry last question, good for 30 days? so they run in february as well?

They always run on wednesdays. Yes qualify this week and get ticket on friday the 21st and its good for 30 days from then so you can play In Febuary as long as its 30 days or less.
2 qualify periods left including this week and its over.

Hey guys, Im setting up shop over at the Tampa hardrock within the next few days. If you dont know who I am, check out my thread in the goals section. I was wondering if you guys could break down the promotions for the thr and give me a list of best cheap eats and cheapest places to stay in the area? Thanks guys!

I'm still stressing about getting the tournamenet ticket that I qualified for. Has anyone qualified, and then picked up their ticket over a week later?

Then you're just a freaking fool. If you've got such a strong hand that it could possibly getting a bbj hit, you've got too strong a hand to not value-bet and get chips in. If you get bad beat, good for you, but if not, at least you won chips in your hand.

Call 621-1302 and ask for the poker room and ask them your question.

Anyone there right now? how is 1/3? Should I wander over or wait and play derby tournaments tonight?

Do anything but step foot in Derby, the rake is out of control and management is incompetent. They are thieves and need to get taught a lesson.

I've just started going to THR. What are typically the best times of day to go, in your opinion (in table selection, competition levels, etc)?

If I have quad 10's or higher, and I believe that someone else has a draw to make quad 10's or higher, then I would check to make sure that that person has a chance to draw. Obviously, if I am letting them draw, we are talking about the flop and the turn, not the river.

Most of time, if I see that they have a draw for quad 10's or better (and I already have quad 10's or better), they will have a trips or a full house already (or maybe a draw for a flush), and they will be betting even if I check. Even if I let them draw for free and they miss quad 10's or better, they might make a higher hand than they had before the draw (which means it will be easier to take chips from them at the river).

This gets back to the discussion about pot odds. With the BBJ, the potential winnings are extremely large and I am willing to forgo some value bet calls to try and get it.

LOL Roger that has to be some of the worst line of thought I've heard in a while. Equating pot odds with some long shot jackpot.

I am only talking about a situation when I already have qaud 10's or better, and I have good reason to believe that someone else is drawing for same. The odds of someone making their draw in this situation are not as "long" as you suggest.

However, even if I knew someone else cannot draw for quad 10's or better, I have done pretty well checking quads in other situations. One time I made quad A's on the flop, and checked to the river, which enabled two others to make full houses, and they both called my all-in on the river (pot was $1300) Had I raised on the flop or the turn, they would have suspected that I had them beat. One other time I checked quad 7's on the river (before I checked a full house on the turn), and the other guy went all-in, and I won a pot of $1000.

The main reason this works so well, is that almost everyone thinks this is a stupid idea, and that I could not have possibly have quads.

As i was waiting on line for a comp voucher, Hoyt Corkins and a buddy of his were organizing a $1k full table SnG. Got to shake his hand and welcome him to the fishtank that is the THR.

hoyt corkins is a poker celeb now? :-x

Hoyt in the house. Not sure where he is, I'm at the only 5/10/20

lol at the guy getting mad for ppl straddling to push out the bbj potentials. Holy cow.