Stars $200 buy-in tonight
 

Do'nt play many online MTT's but this looks too juicy to ignore does anyone know how many hours or levels of play it takes to make the final table ?

thanks

Ross

Re: Stars $200 buy-in tonight
 

Obvious spam.

Re: Stars $200 buy-in tonight
 

If by tonight you mean 4:30EST.

It takes a long time to make the FT. The tournament should finish around midnight or 1AM I would suspect.

Re: Stars $200 buy-in tonight
 

but we in EU will happily venture into work bleary eyed [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Re: Stars $200 buy-in tonight
 

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but we in EU will happily venture into work bleary eyed [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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You live in Ireland yet you refer to your homeland as EU?

Re: Stars $200 buy-in tonight
 

This might be result-oriented.

Assume you have to go into work bleary-eyed.

Posit: You've FT'd the mil guaranteed. Which is a 5-figure payday.

I'm sure you can take a bleedin' day off!

Re: Stars $200 buy-in tonight
 

well, there's no official thread yet, so I guess I'll post this here. First hand of the tourney:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (8 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Button (t2500)
SB (t2500)
Hero (t2500)
UTG (t2500)
UTG+1 (t2500)
MP1 (t2500)
MP2 (t2500)
CO (t2500)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP2 calls t20, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls t20, SB completes, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t80</font>, MP2 folds, Button calls t60, SB calls t60.

Flop: (t260) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t180</font>, Button calls t180, SB folds.

Turn: (t620) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t500</font>, Button calls t500.

River: (t1620) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero?

Re: Stars $200 buy-in tonight
 

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well, there's no official thread yet, so I guess I'll post this here. First hand of the tourney:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (8 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Button (t2500)
SB (t2500)
Hero (t2500)
UTG (t2500)
UTG+1 (t2500)
MP1 (t2500)
MP2 (t2500)
CO (t2500)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP2 calls t20, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls t20, SB completes, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t80</font>, MP2 folds, Button calls t60, SB calls t60.

Flop: (t260) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t180</font>, Button calls t180, SB folds.

Turn: (t620) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t500</font>, Button calls t500.

River: (t1620) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero?

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I think your bets preflop and on the flop are too small, as played i bet 1000 on the river and probably be forced to call a push even though that would suck.

Re: Stars $200 buy-in tonight
 

First off -- Raise more preflop. Should be raising to like t120 or so here, IMO.

The rest looks good. I think you have two lines -- Bet 5-600 to induce a raise from worse hands (and call that raise), or bet 900-1100 and make a super thin fold to a raise. I like the first one better.

Might be worth posting that hand.