Looking to step up my game and play in some "bigger" Live MTT's

Boise123 · #1 11-21-2007, 01:27 PM

The WSOP and WPT will both be in Tunica in January. I would take my shot at some satellites.

kickflip252 · #2 11-21-2007, 02:10 PM

what are the buy ins for the satellites do you think?

I'd love to play like a $50-100 mtt or sitngo, then parley it to a satellite entry... i'd rather not play a game with only one payout, unless there are mtt sats that earn more than one payout

LuckyLloyd · #3 11-21-2007, 02:20 PM

Best advice is put the $500 online - prolly best left on stars. And play the $55 50k guaranteed freezout tournament 9 times. $500 will not get you a good, well structured live game in the US I'm afraid. And it isn't actually enough for a decent sat I would have thought.

Sorry if this dashes your hopes btw.

Dawg24 · #4 11-21-2007, 02:32 PM

I am also in ATL and agree with LuckyLloyd...

Online is still your best bet...traveling with a $500 bankroll your expenses will be at least half of that...Play online or local games...local games especially that small of stakes will always be filled with fish..sharks are not wasting there time playing in a 20 person $100 tourney...

Good luck to ya...but the best advice as far as I can see is get on line and build a roll...or take a "shot" at 2 sunday millions...$215 each...

kickflip252 · #5 11-21-2007, 02:51 PM

Thanks for the advice, I appreciate it. I don't mind the travel expense though, fyi. The problem I have with the big online games is I play mostly on full tilt and I think I'm not loving their blind structures, level times, and starting chip stacks. Also, I'm on a mac, so I don't think i can play at stars or party. been playing ftp so long I havent looked.

Do you know any decent freezeout home tourney's in ATL, dawg? I'd love to get in on one of those regardless of whether or not I travel.

THAY3R · #6 11-21-2007, 03:23 PM

No offense but you sound like you're bad.

Read TOP and like HOH and play micros/small stakes online. If you become successful at that you will be +EV in pretty much any live tourney.

mappedout · #7 11-21-2007, 04:40 PM

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No offense but you sound like you're bad.

Read TOP and like HOH and play micros/small stakes online. If you become successful at that you will be +EV in pretty much any live tourney.

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^^This is always good advice for someone relatively new.

First of all get a Windows XP emulator for your mac, then you can launch XP inside of your MAC OS X and use any windows app u like.

Second play a few of the Deep Stack tournies on Poker Stars, they have 5000 chips to start, 30min blinds, and a good structure (muuuuuch slower than the normal 15min/3000chip/guaranteed tournies).

However having said that the normal structure for guranteed tournies on stars / double stack tournies on ftp are really pretty good IMO, however you wont be rolled properly to get going in any of these except maybe the $11@6p on PS...

As far as live tournies, all the local casinos are prolly not gonna have structures that are even close to online. For instance we have a local tourney at harrahs (kc) that is a $40 buyin with a cap of 40 ppl blinds 15min and 6 places paid and the worst part... 1500chips starting at 25/50... unless you goto some WSOP-C/WPT/big series you're not gonna find anything decent.

tedtodd · #8 11-21-2007, 07:42 PM

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No offense but you sound like you're bad.

Read TOP and like HOH and play micros/small stakes online. If you become successful at that you will be +EV in pretty much any live tourney.

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Yeah....your plan sounds terrible. Learn some BR mgmt, then put the money online and prove that you're a winning player before trying larger live tourneys.

Obv $500 is a big deal to you....it's ridiculously dumb to attempt to play a satellite into a bigger tourney. You're dead money- they'll eat you alive.

And....if $500 is a big deal- why not play <$20 buyin tourneys online. I've cashed for over $5k from a single $20 tourney. If $500 is big to you, then $5k will be huge to you.