*** Official October Chat Thread: The Purple Goose ***

[Ryanj37]

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Question for those of you who stomped on/are stomping on FT NL100 on your way to greener pastures: What should my long-term winrate be? Realistically, what's the ceiling there? Assume a TAG-style game.

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Around 3-3.5PTBB/100 should be what your aiming for. If you can sustain higher then that you should be playing higher.

[BeatPurdue]

Bottomset, here is the hand where you folded AA pre-flop.

POKERSTARS GAME #12712846025: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2007/10/19 - 01:07:10 (ET)
Table 'Phaetusa II' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: luckyplayzz ($571.50 in chips)
Seat 2: theActor03 ($255.75 in chips)
Seat 3: MeNoNuts!! ($387.55 in chips)
Seat 4: dustinjoels ($141.35 in chips)
Seat 5: Fergie_3434 ($197.15 in chips)
Seat 6: BeatPurdue ($336.40 in chips)
Seat 7: Kryptonitely ($192 in chips)
Seat 8: tilted fish ($461.90 in chips)
Seat 9: bottomset ($197 in chips)
MeNoNuts!!: posts small blind $1
dustinjoels: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BeatPurdue [Tc Td]
Fergie_3434: folds
BeatPurdue: raises $6 to $8
Kryptonitely: folds
tilted fish: folds
bottomset has timed out
bottomset: folds
bottomset is sitting out
luckyplayzz: folds
theActor03: folds
MeNoNuts!!: calls $7
dustinjoels: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qs 5h Qd]
MeNoNuts!!: checks
BeatPurdue: bets $14
MeNoNuts!!: folds
BeatPurdue collected $17.10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***

[illini43]

On the sat topic again...

I used to play MTTs exclusively before I got into cash. One of the big reasons I switched to cash was the better $/hour as well as not having to block off 5-6 hours for a tournament session, which doesn't work too well when on a students schedule.

The turbo sats are usually the juiciest if you can pushbot well. Most players cannot correctly adjust to the super-fast increases in blinds and play way too tight when their stacks get smaller. This means players won't widen their calling range when a shortie pushes from LP, etc.

Sats are very very profitable if you have a decent understanding of how they work. People are also total morons when its close to the bubble. I can't tell you how many times I've seen two medium stacks who could easily fold in get AI with like 88 vs. AQ with a few to go before people get seats.

Personally, I think the low-level turbo rebuy sats are good ways to build t$ and w$ to buy into the larger sats if you are trying to qualify for something.

[CalledDownLight]

I have a very simple question. I need a new phone because my old one is broken as [censored]. My 2 year contract has just been renewed so I am eligible for some free phones. Should I get a free one or get an iphone. I'm pretty much not thinking of anything in between since the ones that are like $149 or whatever are not really any better than the free ones imo.

edit: iphone is $399 if that matters.

[TheProdigy]

Hey,

The Cingular 8525 is genuinely better than the Iphone, and has 3g support. It has many other features better than the Iphone as well. Touchscreen obv, and has a slide-out keyboard.

[effang]

why is everybody talking about steps and sats? isn't the wcoop over?

what's the big event everybody's trying to get into?

[rdrr]

Holy crap, people are SOOOOOO [censored] BAD AT SATELLITES IT'S PAINFUL.

PokerStars Game #12785660345: Tournament #64636589, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2007/10/22 - 18:52:57 (ET)
Table '64636589 2' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: achen (10475 in chips)
Seat 2: XbonezX (2900 in chips)
Seat 3: fred006 (16879 in chips)
Seat 5: tomjerry2007 (5732 in chips)
Seat 8: FouTight (3300 in chips)
Seat 9: dzsinn6 (9344 in chips)
achen: posts the ante 25
XbonezX: posts the ante 25
fred006: posts the ante 25
tomjerry2007: posts the ante 25
FouTight: posts the ante 25
dzsinn6: posts the ante 25
XbonezX: posts small blind 100
fred006: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to achen [7h Jc]
tomjerry2007: folds
FouTight: folds
dzsinn6: folds
achen: raises 400 to 600
omahaking_13 is connected
XbonezX: folds
fred006: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [7c Jd 6h]
fred006: checks
achen: bets 800
grandslamsal is connected
naiba is connected
fred006: raises 4200 to 5000
achen: raises 4850 to 9850 and is all-in
fred006: calls 4850
*** TURN *** [7c Jd 6h] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [7c Jd 6h Th] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
fred006: shows [5d 4d] (a straight, Three to Seven)
achen: shows [7h Jc] (two pair, Jacks and Sevens)
fred006 collected 21150 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 21150 | Rake 0
Board [7c Jd 6h Th 3d]
Seat 1: achen (button) showed [7h Jc] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Sevens
Seat 2: XbonezX (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: fred006 (big blind) showed [5d 4d] and won (21150) with a straight, Three to Seven
Seat 5: tomjerry2007 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: FouTight folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: dzsinn6 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[TheProdigy]

PCA

[illini43]

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why is everybody talking about steps and sats? isn't the wcoop over?

what's the big event everybody's trying to get into?

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Do you instantly close the news feed that pops up when you open up Stars?

[TheProdigy]

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why is everybody talking about steps and sats? isn't the wcoop over?

what's the big event everybody's trying to get into?

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Do you instantly close the news feed that pops up when you open up Stars?

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Someone doesn't?