Re: Monster monthly Kings on the bubble
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Because there's still 1031 players left and only 31 have to go out, how short do you need to be to play a hand at all?
Seems like you could just stall your way to the seat . . . (they weren't playing hand for hand were they???). Given the size of the field, there's gotta be 31 other idiots who don't get this stuff out there and are short stacked . . . .
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You have to be almost down to less then 1.5 bb's to bother playing a hand at that point. They were dropping at a rate of about 1 player every 10-20 seconds. Many of these players who got knocked out weren't short stacks either, I am sure there were other big pair vs. big pair confrontations or huge stack stealing blinds (cause they could and should) vs medium stack with big pair confrontations.
This weekly and monthly monster qualifiers are not to be played as regular tournaments. They require a special strategy.
The weekly is a Foldament where you can literally fold your way in to the monthly if you steal a few blinds early on.
The monthly is a Stallament where you play poker for a while, build a stack and then keep an eye on the rate that people are dropping out while you stall and fold your way into the Grand Finale.
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