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Posted: Thu, 27 Dec 2007, 4:04pm Post subject: Ask char any question... |
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i rarely, if ever, get pms
Joined: 28 Apr 2005
Posts: 3902
WPP: 190
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| I'm bored, and I'm curious, and I'm an attention whore...... so ask away. I don't care if it's related to MTTs, life in general, personal stuff, whatevers. |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Dec 2007, 4:07pm Post subject: |
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OLD MAN RIVER
Joined: 14 Sep 2005
Posts: 3462
WPP: 71
Location: Canuckistan
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| If, heaven forbid, you get divorced, will your wife the doctor have to pay you alimony? |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Dec 2007, 4:10pm Post subject: |
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 28 Feb 2006
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WPP: 105
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| What reason, if any would a decent ring player have for playing MTT's and do you think that taking a Cash game background to MTT's would help or hurt? Is there something to look for in a player that would make him a better MTT player than cash? Do You see where I am going with this? |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Dec 2007, 4:11pm Post subject: |
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OLD MAN RIVER
Joined: 14 Sep 2005
Posts: 3462
WPP: 71
Location: Canuckistan
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| Also, how much has your house dropped in value since you bought it? |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Dec 2007, 4:15pm Post subject: |
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i rarely, if ever, get pms
Joined: 28 Apr 2005
Posts: 3902
WPP: 190
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| Warpe wrote: | | If, heaven forbid, you get divorced, will your wife the doctor have to pay you alimony? |
If it were to happen soon - it's doubtful. If I were to remain an unpracticing attorney and become a stay at home dad for years and years and then we were to divorce I might have a better argument for some alimony. Generally alimony is meant to support the spouse who has given up job potential for the good of the marriage/household/other spouse's job potential. Since I have a degree that should allow me to support myself just fine, alimony would be a tough sell. |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Dec 2007, 4:31pm Post subject: |
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i rarely, if ever, get pms
Joined: 28 Apr 2005
Posts: 3902
WPP: 190
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| Trainer_jyms wrote: | | What reason, if any would a decent ring player have for playing MTT's and do you think that taking a Cash game background to MTT's would help or hurt? Is there something to look for in a player that would make him a better MTT player than cash? Do You see where I am going with this? |
Sort of a hard question for me to answer since I consider myself to be a bad NL cash game player. Actually I think I might be a very good high stakes NL player (dunno cuz I've never played) but I try and play fancy too much at lower limits and become a spewtard. Anyhoo, with that as a background I'll still take a stab and try to answer.
I would think good cash players would have the patience and understanding of position and hand values which are super important for MTTs. What I would worry about cash players is: 1) that they might not understand how to play a short/medium stack optimally since they are used to playing 100 BBs deep (and many tourneys you don't even start out that deep); 2) they might not grasp how important it is to "change gears" and/or when to do it (i.e. my feeling is that good low/medium stakes cash players don't bluff much and would thus miss opportunities late in tourneys where bluffing gets you tons of value); and 3) they might not be able to handle the variance. Clearly to be a good cash player you need to have more winning sessions than you do losing ones - even the best MTT players are going to win only about 20% of the time, and that gets very mentally tough to deal with.
I think that my downfall in cash games (being spewtastic) might make me a better MTT player than cash - it's just a matter of picking the right spots to make those plays. |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Dec 2007, 4:34pm Post subject: |
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i rarely, if ever, get pms
Joined: 28 Apr 2005
Posts: 3902
WPP: 190
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| Warpe wrote: | | Also, how much has your house dropped in value since you bought it? |
I actually don't think that much. We specifically chose a neighborhood that has historically had incredible resale value/short time on market when property is tendered for sale because we knew that the housing market was in a downswing and that it was probably going to continue for a while.
We'll find out in like 4 years when we (probably) put it back on the market. |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Dec 2007, 4:49pm Post subject: |
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OLD MAN RIVER
Joined: 14 Sep 2005
Posts: 3462
WPP: 71
Location: Canuckistan
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| Trainer_jyms wrote: | | What reason, if any would a decent ring player have for playing MTT's and do you think that taking a Cash game background to MTT's would help or hurt? Is there something to look for in a player that would make him a better MTT player than cash? Do You see where I am going with this? |
Not to hijack, but...
TJ, I've just recently started dabbling in MTTs again (after the Gauntlet gave me back the bug- I'd like to put a few big cashes under my belt), and I find having played cash for a long time really helps. Patience is key, esp in the early stages, so knowing how to fold your way to glory really helps, as a lot of MTT/SNG players are action junkies and will takes hands too far. I don't always cash but if I do bust it's usually not far from the bubble, so I'm usually pwning at least 3/4 of the field anyway. Having kept up with the MTT and SNG forums even when I wasn't playing them helped a lot as well, of course (thanks Char, for one), so I do know when to switch gears, although I still need a lot of work (made a few stupid mistakes today, but not many considering).
And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming... |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Dec 2007, 4:55pm Post subject: |
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Full House
Joined: 17 Aug 2006
Posts: 814
WPP: 67
Location: Cheshire, UK
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| What is the inspiration behind the theme of your avatars? |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Dec 2007, 5:04pm Post subject: |
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i rarely, if ever, get pms
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my avatars are all mugshots.
I used to work as an assistant attorney general for the state of wisconsin. The vast majority of my workload consisted of defending the state from lawsuits filed by Wisconsin inmates. So I just sorta like my inmate avatars. |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Dec 2007, 6:08pm Post subject: |
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 04 Jul 2006
Posts: 3999
WPP: 81
Location: Pwnsylvania
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scale of 1-10, how much do you love me?
remember, I stayed up with you until 4am (had to work in 3hrs) in vent during you $150k win, so the bidding starts at 3.5 |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Dec 2007, 6:14pm Post subject: |
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i rarely, if ever, get pms
Joined: 28 Apr 2005
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well I love everyone lots - cuz u know what the world needs now is love sweet love... it's the only thing that there's just too little of.
So I was gonna give you an 11 because you helped propel me to victory, but then I found out you hated the wheeeeeeing, so it's down to a 9. |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Dec 2007, 6:33pm Post subject: |
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3-of-a-Kind
Joined: 16 Mar 2005
Posts: 64
WPP: 130
Location: maine
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1) what was your bankroll when you started your MTT career ?
2) what is your favorite tourney style to play ? (6max, rebuy , deepstack , turbo . . . )
3) when will we see more (if any) videos ?
4) when will we see a chardrian donkaments thread with vital/random HHs ?
5) how many MTTs do you play in a day ? week ?
^ i could OPR this , but what is your 'ideal' number ? |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Dec 2007, 6:48pm Post subject: |
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 04 Jul 2006
Posts: 3999
WPP: 81
Location: Pwnsylvania
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| chardrian wrote: | well I love everyone lots - cuz u know what the world needs now is love sweet love... it's the only thing that there's just too little of.
So I was gonna give you an 11 because you helped propel me to victory, but then I found out you hated the wheeeeeeing, so it's down to a 9. |
lol who ratted me out? |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Dec 2007, 7:29pm Post subject: |
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i rarely, if ever, get pms
Joined: 28 Apr 2005
Posts: 3902
WPP: 190
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| mojoNOgo wrote: | 1) what was your bankroll when you started your MTT career ?
2) what is your favorite tourney style to play ? (6max, rebuy , deepstack , turbo . . . )
3) when will we see more (if any) videos ?
4) when will we see a chardrian donkaments thread with vital/random HHs ?
5) how many MTTs do you play in a day ? week ?
^ i could OPR this , but what is your 'ideal' number ? |
1) I started with a sort of variable roll. When I first started playing I was in law school so I was mostly playing Limit cash and then playing MTTs for fun. Once I graduated and got a job I always knew that I could just redeposit if I needed to so I am probably best known for playing way above my roll and busting down to almost nothing and then right when I should be totally busto I win some random MTT and go on a tear. I did that at least 3 times including right before I won over 150k in August. Since then I have actually practiced good br management and have made 3k+ each month.
2) I like to be able to make moves which means both you and your opp need a deep stack. So rebuys and deepstacks are my favorite because they give you that opportunity.
3) I made a video for grinderschool which was started by ftr'ers. I have made another one but my computer sucks right now and for some reason I am having problems uploading it. So.... we'll see.
4) there is one - I just haven't been updating it often. I think I called it hand of the night or sumtin like that.
5) I generally play 8-12 a day when I am playing and 5ish days a week when I am playing fulltime. So about 40 a week. However, I am not going to be able to play fulltime again until March because I am studying to take the bar exam which is at the end of February and I really would like to pass. |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Dec 2007, 7:31pm Post subject: |
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i rarely, if ever, get pms
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| bigspenda73 wrote: | | chardrian wrote: | well I love everyone lots - cuz u know what the world needs now is love sweet love... it's the only thing that there's just too little of.
So I was gonna give you an 11 because you helped propel me to victory, but then I found out you hated the wheeeeeeing, so it's down to a 9. |
lol who ratted me out? |
I think it was you. |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Dec 2007, 8:13pm Post subject: |
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3-of-a-Kind
Joined: 16 Mar 2005
Posts: 64
WPP: 130
Location: maine
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1) when you play the rebuys , is it standard to dbl your stack (if option is there) and add-on ? does your stack size at break affect this ?
2) besides the FTR forum , what resources have you benefitted the most from ? (mtt related)
3) whats a life lesson you had to learn the hard way ?
4) does fieldsize affect your game selection ? payout structure ? or is buy-in what decides the game ?
5) ever busted a pro ?
- ps , thanks for this  i wish i had more philosphical Qs for ya and fwiw i ate up your grinderschool vid . |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Dec 2007, 10:09pm Post subject: |
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3-of-a-Kind
Joined: 08 Feb 2007
Posts: 67
WPP: 216
Location: Athens, GA
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| when will the powers that be finally cave to popular demand and instill a playoff system for college football? |
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Posted: Fri, 28 Dec 2007, 1:46am Post subject: |
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i rarely, if ever, get pms
Joined: 28 Apr 2005
Posts: 3902
WPP: 190
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| mojoNOgo wrote: | 1) when you play the rebuys , is it standard to dbl your stack (if option is there) and add-on ? does your stack size at break affect this ?
2) besides the FTR forum , what resources have you benefitted the most from ? (mtt related)
3) whats a life lesson you had to learn the hard way ?
4) does fieldsize affect your game selection ? payout structure ? or is buy-in what decides the game ?
5) ever busted a pro ?
- ps , thanks for this i wish i had more philosphical Qs for ya and fwiw i ate up your grinderschool vid . |
1) yes always rebuy. I think it was Rizen who told me that mathematically u might not need to add-on if you have a stack that would be an average stack when the money bubble bursts (it came up because I had over 60k at the end of the rebuy hour in rebuy madness last week and wondered whether this was the one and only time where it was actually ok not to add-on - I added on anyways). So yeah always add-on.
2) just playing lots and lots. oh vent is nice too.
3) don't ever bike down a steep, gravelly, dusty road in buttfuck Guatemala that hairpins at the bottom on a bike with no brakes.
4) I like to play a mixture of tourneys everynight. Some are big fields, others are smaller. If you just stick with big fields the times in between final tables can start to eat away at u, which is why I like to throw some of the 200-400 entrants tourneys in there as well.
5) yes - haven't played much live, but I've busted lots o' online pros.
p.s. yeah I had fun doing the video and then I recorded myself going over my $10 Tilt rebuy history but I can't upload it. |
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Posted: Fri, 28 Dec 2007, 2:08am Post subject: |
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i rarely, if ever, get pms
Joined: 28 Apr 2005
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WPP: 190
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| iolzizlyi wrote: | | when will the powers that be finally cave to popular demand and instill a playoff system for college football? |
I think we're stuck for like at least 5 more years and even then the best we can hope for is top 4. |
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Posted: Fri, 28 Dec 2007, 7:09am Post subject: |
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Full House
Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Posts: 1313
WPP: 46
Location: Gainesville
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| How has mid-level ($3r to, say, $50+5 daily) donkament play strategy changed in the past year? What are the average player doing more and less of? |
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Posted: Fri, 28 Dec 2007, 7:43am Post subject: |
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Flush
Joined: 24 Sep 2006
Posts: 490
WPP: 41
Location: Huddersfield, England
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| Hi chard, how's it going? |
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Posted: Fri, 28 Dec 2007, 2:49pm Post subject: |
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i rarely, if ever, get pms
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Posts: 3902
WPP: 190
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| Deanglow wrote: | | How has mid-level ($3r to, say, $50+5 daily) donkament play strategy changed in the past year? What are the average player doing more and less of? |
Some of it can actually depend tourney to tourney and site to site. At this point I am only playing on Tilt and Stars.
These are all generalizations so take em with a grain of salt:
1) the stars' rebuys ($3-$10) are still much more push happy during the rebuy hour than on Tilt.
2) The play on Tilt is still much more conducive to soupie's classic guide style of tight is right early and then start becoming an aggro maniac late. Stars is now much more of a play technically correct preflop and little to no room for maneuverability postflop. I think a lot of this is due to the blind structures at each site. Anyhoo, just know that at stars people play back a lot more preflop (lots more 3 betting/pushing) than at Tilt.
3) I think the average player has gotten a lot better at playing preflop (repopping likely steal attempts, using the squeeze, etc.). I think the average player still sucks at playing postflop (not knowing when a c-bet is a bad play, not knowing when to let go of a hand).
4) I think the two most important skills to concentrate on are to label your opponents and then to purposefully adjust your game to their style (e.g. never bluffing stations, using tricky plays only against players that understand them, etc.). |
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