***Official "What the hell am I doing here" HORSE thread***

[JoeDimaggio]

yeah your absolutely right The whole time I was watching the this I just kept thining, man if I was playing in this I would be playing so tight in the razz rounds to reduce variance and save my chips for another game. Everybody is basically getting their money in as a pure coinflip on 3rd due to the poor end structure.

[betgo]

Loose calldown:

PokerStars Game #12350060785: Tournament #70000021, $5000+$200 HORSE (Razz Limit) - Level XVIII (6000/12000) - 2007/09/30 - 00:50:32 (ET)
Table '70000021 18' 8-max
Seat 1: tj_trail (172238 in chips)
Seat 3: BUS02 (188456 in chips)
Seat 4: TwinkleStar (109443 in chips)
Seat 6: svesken (317331 in chips)
Seat 7: ROXY24 (143989 in chips)
Seat 8: Cordelia (211244 in chips)
svesken: posts the ante 1200
ROXY24: posts the ante 1200
Cordelia: posts the ante 1200
tj_trail: posts the ante 1200
BUS02: posts the ante 1200
TwinkleStar: posts the ante 1200
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to tj_trail [Kc]
Dealt to BUS02 [Ks]
Dealt to TwinkleStar [3s]
Dealt to svesken [3h]
Dealt to ROXY24 [3c]
Dealt to Cordelia [Kh]
BUS02: brings in for 1800
TwinkleStar: folds
svesken: raises 4200 to 6000
ROXY24: calls 6000
Cordelia: folds
tj_trail: folds
BUS02: folds
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to svesken [3h] [Tc]
Dealt to ROXY24 [3c] [Qh]
svesken: bets 6000
ROXY24: calls 6000
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to svesken [3h Tc] [Jd]
Dealt to ROXY24 [3c Qh] [Ah]
svesken: checks
ROXY24: bets 12000
svesken: calls 12000
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to svesken [3h Tc Jd] [9c]
Dealt to ROXY24 [3c Qh Ah] [5s]
svesken: checks
ROXY24: bets 12000
svesken: calls 12000
*** RIVER ***
svesken: checks
ROXY24: bets 12000
svesken: calls 12000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ROXY24: shows [4d 6d 3c Qh Ah 5s Jh] (Lo: 6,5,4,3,A)
svesken: mucks hand
ROXY24 collected 105000 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 105000 | Rake 0
Seat 1: tj_trail folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 3: BUS02 folded on the 3rd Street
Seat 4: TwinkleStar folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 6: svesken mucked
Seat 7: ROXY24 showed [4d 6d 3c Qh Ah 5s Jh] and won (105000) with Lo: 6,5,4,3,A
Seat 8: Cordelia folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)

[Silent A]

[ QUOTE ]
They seriously need to do something about the limit structures next year.

[/ QUOTE ]

Believe it or not, it was actually worse last year. There jumps were sometimes as high as 100%. Even at this stage in the tourney (I think there was a 10000 to 20000 jump going into the 3rd Razz, which is where they are now).

[Silent A]

[ QUOTE ]
yeah your absolutely right The whole time I was watching the this I just kept thining, man if I was playing in this I would be playing so tight in the razz rounds to reduce variance and save my chips for another game. Everybody is basically getting their money in as a pure coinflip on 3rd due to the poor end structure.

[/ QUOTE ]

At a minimum I think they should consider playing each game at each level for 6 minutes. H and O just get the blinds, R, S, and, E add the antes.

As it stands, the play is dominated by whatever game happens to come after a 50% level increase.

[buckslayer80]

Do we know anyone still left?

[Silent A]

Could be a long FT bubble.

No more short stacks left.

[Yuv]

[ QUOTE ]
Do we know anyone still left?

[/ QUOTE ]

I'm a pretty consistent railer and I don't know any of 'em. Kinda weird.

[xPeru]

Railing this has been expensive; I took a break when Andy Macleod bust (bizarre) to play some PLO and promptly lost my entire week's profits. A sick variance game.

[betgo]

Ace door card rules:
PokerStars Game #12350469130: Tournament #70000021, $5000+$200 HORSE (7 Card Stud Limit) - Level XIX (8000/16000) - 2007/09/30 - 01:23:38 (ET)
Table '70000021 18' 8-max
Seat 1: tj_trail (162638 in chips)
Seat 3: BUS02 (148056 in chips)
Seat 4: TwinkleStar (104643 in chips)
Seat 7: ROXY24 (182189 in chips)
Seat 8: Cordelia (275644 in chips)
ROXY24: posts the ante 1600
Cordelia: posts the ante 1600
tj_trail: posts the ante 1600
BUS02: posts the ante 1600
TwinkleStar: posts the ante 1600
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to tj_trail [As]
Dealt to BUS02 [Tc]
Dealt to TwinkleStar [6d]
Dealt to ROXY24 [8d]
Dealt to Cordelia [6c]
Cordelia: brings in for 2400
tj_trail: raises 5600 to 8000
BUS02: raises 8000 to 16000
TwinkleStar: folds
ROXY24: folds
Cordelia: folds
tj_trail: raises 8000 to 24000
BUS02: calls 8000
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to tj_trail [As] [8c]
Dealt to BUS02 [Tc] [2d]
tj_trail: bets 8000
BUS02: calls 8000
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to tj_trail [As 8c] [5h]
Dealt to BUS02 [Tc 2d] [4d]
tj_trail: bets 16000
BUS02: calls 16000
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to tj_trail [As 8c 5h] [9s]
Dealt to BUS02 [Tc 2d 4d] [2h]
BUS02: bets 16000
tj_trail: calls 16000
*** RIVER ***
BUS02: bets 16000
tj_trail: raises 16000 to 32000
BUS02: calls 16000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
tj_trail: shows [Jd Th As 8c 5h 9s 7d] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
BUS02: mucks hand
tj_trail collected 202400 from pot
BUS02 said, "WF"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 202400 | Rake 0
Seat 1: tj_trail showed [Jd Th As 8c 5h 9s 7d] and won (202400) with a straight, Seven to Jack
Seat 3: BUS02 mucked
Seat 4: TwinkleStar folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 7: ROXY24 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Cordelia folded on the 3rd Street

[Silent A]

According to http://geckopoker.blogspot.com/:

ROXY24 - P.J. Corvese http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/play...=r&n=55258

None of the other 8 are on the (long) list.