Stars 180 $4+0.40 typical bad run???
 

I was going to post this in MTT but thought better.

So I started to play some of these SNGs. I'm normally a micro ring player, but they looked like fun. I played 24 of them in the last two days:

best finish: 87th

12 times: I dominated pre-flop
5 times: I dominated on the flop

4 times: coin-flop / slight fav.

2 times: I was dominated pre-flop
1 time: I was dominated on the flop


And of these,
11 were the first hand I played
7 were the second hand
5 were the third hand
1 was the fifth hand

here they are:

99 < 55
AA < KK
AJ < AT
AK < TT
99 < 43
AK < AQ
JJ < TT (flop QJ3).
AQ < K3 (flop AK5)
AK < AA
44 < 88 (flop 24K)
AK < JT
AQ < KQ
KK < 99 (flop Q59)
77 < JJ
A9 < QQ (flop AT9)
AJ < 88
QQ < TT
KQ < QJ
TT < A5
KK < JJ
98 < AQ (on a flop 7TJ)
AK < KJ
66 < 55
AQ < KJ

I know 24 is nothing. Some of you must play thousands of these every week. And I guess I had this kind of run (and worse) at the cash games, but for some reason, those don't bother me as much. This is the equivalent of a 200 BB downswing for me. Just had to vent.

Re: Stars 180 $4+0.40 typical bad run???
 

I imagine the variance on these things must be huge.

Re: Stars 180 $4+0.40 typical bad run???
 

just today, i played 2 of these. i get a set on flop vs top pair + BD flush draw. They both hit (5%chance for them to win on flop)

Re: Stars 180 $4+0.40 typical bad run???
 

Yep, MTT variance is a jopke.

Re: Stars 180 $4+0.40 typical bad run???
 

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Yep, MTT variance is a jopke.

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Indeed! If I played again, I'd need a 2nd place just to get back to +.

Thanks. I'll stick to cash games for now.

Re: Stars 180 $4+0.40 typical bad run???
 

Glutton for punishment. I did one more.

This time I finished 41 thanks to AA holding up against AJ. I couldn't believe I won that.

I went out on KJ < AJ but I was crippled on AK < AJ of course. So it goes. But I'm amazed I lasted as long as I did.

Re: Stars 180 $4+0.40 typical bad run???
 

Maybe you're just a badplayer? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Seriously, 0 for 24 ITM in 4$ 180 is quite ridic.