Save the Cheerleader, Save the World
Join Date: Nov 2005
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It's not a dilemma for me. If everyone else wants to chop I don't want them pissed at me as the one guy who won't. They probably call you lighter - trying to bust you - which eats up some of your edge. Then they laugh when you bust 9th. Not worth it imo unless you really think you're some kind of serious pro at these things and can stomach the occasional painful early bustout for $2k less than you could have chopped for.
We had a kid who had a monster stack and refused to pay the bubble. He lost a couple pots, went on monkey tilt and ended up bubbling. I can't help but think that everyone being annoyed at him contributed to the tilt factor. When he got shortstacked someone asked if we wanted to pay the bubble now. NOPE - that ship has sailed. So satisfying when he busted.
One angle is to wait until the FT draw then decide if you want to chop. If the blinds are about to hit you and you have < 20BBs I guarantee your edge is not bigger than that. But if you start on the button that's a massive advantage. Then you can wait until the BB gets close (but not literally one hand away) and say "ok guys, I've had a change of heart, I'll chop if you want".
I don't do that - but I bet you could get away with it for a while.
I binked $7k at the Gardens $30k guaranteed last Friday night. Chopped as CL with 1.5M - everyone else was between 1.1M and 300k so no super shorties. Blinds were about to go up to 50k/75k + 75k ante - brutal - and it was already freaking 4:30am - and I'm old. Won a ~$5k race right before the final table. Skill.
Awesome win but it still ****ed up my whole weekend. Totally happy to just get out of there at that point. I was impressed with how many cash tables were still going at 4:30. I saw at least 10.
Last edited by suzzer99; 10-16-2019 at 04:37 PM.