Jman's High Stakes Poker Trip Report (long)

[CheckRaise]

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Does anyone know the blinds for Day 3 (with the 500k+ buy-in)?

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Cardplayer.com put up an article a few minutes ago, it was 3k/6k NL with a 12k straddle.

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WTF, I thought they were gonna show some deep-stack poker.

Jman did you know the game was gonna be that big or were you under the impression that it was gonna be played with the normal 300/600 blinds?

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do the players still only get paid like $1200 an hour or something? what was it?

[stickdude]

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The author of the cardplayer article made an error - it was 300-600 with a 1200 straddle.

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The article states that the blinds were 3K-6K for Monday (Day 3).

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I'm guessing the 3k/6k blinds is what Daniel hinted at in his blog -

Today's lineup appears to be much tougher, with a special twist that I'm not sure I should mention in the blog. What this "twist" will do to the game remains to be seen, but it could potentially cause for some monster pots.

[coltranedog]

On Day 3, the blinds were 300-600- with a 1200 straddle. The twist may have been the straddle it may not have been. But that is besides the point- the blinds were 300-600 with a 1200 ante and a forced 500k buyin.

It was NOT 3000-6000 with 12k straddle.

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3000-6000 would be insane esp with the straddle

[Vega33]

TV poker doesn't sound like real poker to me if the players are playing based on peer pressure to play "exciting" poker. Poker is at heart a math/probability game, not a "I want to look cool so I'll raise with 75o" game.

[GeniusToad]

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TV poker doesn't sound like real poker to me if the players are playing based on peer pressure to play "exciting" poker. Poker is at heart a math/probability game, not a "I want to look cool so I'll raise with 75o" game.

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yeah. being deceptive against expert players is soooo -EV.

[Micturition Man]

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The author of the cardplayer article made an error - it was 300-600 with a 1200 straddle.

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The article states that the blinds were 3K-6K for Monday (Day 3).

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I'm guessing the 3k/6k blinds is what Daniel hinted at in his blog -

Today's lineup appears to be much tougher, with a special twist that I'm not sure I should mention in the blog. What this "twist" will do to the game remains to be seen, but it could potentially cause for some monster pots.

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He's talking about the straddle.

JFC people, they were not playing 3k/6k.

[El Diablo]

Jman,

Maybe you can use that 500k and buy a personality?

[HOWMANY]

So for the 500k day was the straddle on the button or something cool? There's no way that someone can post something about a "weird twist" and then nobody leaks what it was.