Question about live single tourney satellite

**SmileyLSU** · 04-27-2007 06:50 AM

Hey guys,
I am playing in a live single tourney super-satellite tomorrow to try and win an entry into a satellite for the New Orleans WSOP circuit main event. 1st place gets the $500 + $50 satellite, 2nd & 3rd get another entry into the super-satellite. The structure for this tournament is very different from any I have ever played. I prefer deep stack tourneys. In this tourney, everyone (10 top table) starts with 200 chips. The blinds go up every 15 minutes. 5/15, 10/25, 25/50, 50/100...and they continue to double from there. I tried to play them last week and I could barely scrape 2 3rd place entries, and then I bubbled out in 4th. 2 out of 3 times I ended up all-in in the blind. I was just curious if y'all had any advice at how to approach a tourney like this? Thanks so much!

**JeffreyGB** · 04-27-2007 07:12 AM

Sadly, live STT tournaments tend to suck balls. They end up being much more of a crapshoot than what we are used to online, because casinos can't justify giving them a good structure. Your casino is better than most in that 2nd and 3rd get something, so give them brownie points there (but take them away because the structure isn't bad - it's rediculously horrid).

As far as actual advice for the playing, treat it like it's not much different than an online turbo. Your M is still your M. It just has very different numbers than you're used to using. 200 @ 5/15, for instance, means you start with 10 M. Sucky, and more so because you can't start to take stuff down like you usually do when you're at 10 M because everyone is loose. Basically, you're looking for hands to double up and people to steal from asap. At level 2 you're in push-fold mode, and not finding a hand to push for more than an orbit is likely to make it very hard to win.

04-27-2007 06:50 AM #1
SmileyLSU View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message Join Date Aug 2006 Posts 29	Question about live single tourney satellite Hey guys, I am playing in a live single tourney super-satellite tomorrow to try and win an entry into a satellite for the New Orleans WSOP circuit main event. 1st place gets the $500 + $50 satellite, 2nd & 3rd get another entry into the super-satellite. The structure for this tournament is very different from any I have ever played. I prefer deep stack tourneys. In this tourney, everyone (10 top table) starts with 200 chips. The blinds go up every 15 minutes. 5/15, 10/25, 25/50, 50/100...and they continue to double from there. I tried to play them last week and I could barely scrape 2 3rd place entries, and then I bubbled out in 4th. 2 out of 3 times I ended up all-in in the blind. I was just curious if y'all had any advice at how to approach a tourney like this? Thanks so much!

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04-27-2007 07:12 AM #2
JeffreyGB View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message Visit Homepage Join Date Dec 2004 Posts 3,341 Location Jenks, OK	Sadly, live STT tournaments tend to suck balls. They end up being much more of a crapshoot than what we are used to online, because casinos can't justify giving them a good structure. Your casino is better than most in that 2nd and 3rd get something, so give them brownie points there (but take them away because the structure isn't bad - it's rediculously horrid). As far as actual advice for the playing, treat it like it's not much different than an online turbo. Your M is still your M. It just has very different numbers than you're used to using. 200 @ 5/15, for instance, means you start with 10 M. Sucky, and more so because you can't start to take stuff down like you usually do when you're at 10 M because everyone is loose. Basically, you're looking for hands to double up and people to steal from asap. At level 2 you're in push-fold mode, and not finding a hand to push for more than an orbit is likely to make it very hard to win.
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