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Trentecaller
Rising Star
Silver Level
Btw, a tip for the players of these tourneys, you should when you're out scroll the hand history for big showdowns and note the players in it how they played it. You see a lot of regulars so now when I play them there are always a couple on which I have notes already 
KingCurtis
Legend
Silver Level
Do you happen to know the difference in level between the 4.40 and the 12? I'm around 55% ROI atm, but that was before your guide
There isnt much of a difference to be honest...the 26$ is where it changes, but only in aggressiveness towards the end..people steal and 3/4 bet a lot more in the 26$.
what BR? you never stated your amount just your roi.....
Btw, a tip for the players of these tourneys, you should when you're out scroll the hand history for big showdowns and note the players in it how they played it. You see a lot of regulars so now when I play them there are always a couple on which I have notes already
This is good I do this as well.
KingCurtis
Legend
Silver Level
gl id stay at the 4.40$ for a bit longer till your roll is over 1K$ about 1200$ to be exact..maybe try one or two here and there if you do well, which it seems you are glll...whats your sn?
medeiros13
Rock Star
Silver Level
For those who play on PS and are aware of the 180 man turbo SNG's on PS, do you think that KC's rush strategy can be applied to that tournament style too? I'm cashing in about half of these but never with a big enough stack to make a serious run....so I know I need to change something and remembered this thread.
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Lofwyr
Rock Star
Silver Level
I am having a lot of success with the PS 180's and 45's atm. Haven't watched KC's vids in a while, but from what I remember of the vids there is a lot of good stuff in them. Primarily the reinforcement of steal, steal, stea when you get late. The stuff on note taking and counting steals is good too and I don't use them enough really. I also need to start going over sets and noting big showdown hands for notes, that is excellent advice!
A lot of the big success in the larger fields will come from exploiting the bubble and phantom bubbles. There have been time I will shove 7-8 hands in a row with 4 ppl left because of table dynamics.
@trent: The "take a shot as a reward" advice is really good, too. It all comes down to good BRM to protect against swongs. You can also think of BRM as a function of average buy-in. If you play 1x$12 for every 5x$4.40 you have $36/6 tournaments for an average of $6 a play. At that average a "standard" bankroll would be around $600. I've become something of a bankroll nit, so I'm trying to stick with around 200 buyins. Currently trying to average around $4-5/game with ~$950 BR.
I wouldn't mind doing a sweat session or something along that lines one of these days. What software is useful for that sort of thing? I guess getting a headset would be helpful as well
A lot of the big success in the larger fields will come from exploiting the bubble and phantom bubbles. There have been time I will shove 7-8 hands in a row with 4 ppl left because of table dynamics.
@trent: The "take a shot as a reward" advice is really good, too. It all comes down to good BRM to protect against swongs. You can also think of BRM as a function of average buy-in. If you play 1x$12 for every 5x$4.40 you have $36/6 tournaments for an average of $6 a play. At that average a "standard" bankroll would be around $600. I've become something of a bankroll nit, so I'm trying to stick with around 200 buyins. Currently trying to average around $4-5/game with ~$950 BR.
I wouldn't mind doing a sweat session or something along that lines one of these days. What software is useful for that sort of thing? I guess getting a headset would be helpful as well
absoluthamm
<==Poker Face
Silver Level
I am having a lot of success with the PS 180's and 45's atm. Haven't watched KC's vids in a while, but from what I remember of the vids there is a lot of good stuff in them. Primarily the reinforcement of steal, steal, stea when you get late. The stuff on note taking and counting steals is good too and I don't use them enough really. I also need to start going over sets and noting big showdown hands for notes, that is excellent advice!
A lot of the big success in the larger fields will come from exploiting the bubble and phantom bubbles. There have been time I will shove 7-8 hands in a row with 4 ppl left because of table dynamics.
@trent: The "take a shot as a reward" advice is really good, too. It all comes down to good BRM to protect against swongs. You can also think of BRM as a function of average buy-in. If you play 1x$12 for every 5x$4.40 you have $36/6 tournaments for an average of $6 a play. At that average a "standard" bankroll would be around $600. I've become something of a bankroll nit, so I'm trying to stick with around 200 buyins. Currently trying to average around $4-5/game with ~$950 BR.
I wouldn't mind doing a sweat session or something along that lines one of these days. What software is useful for that sort of thing? I guess getting a headset would be helpful as well
All you need for the sweat sessions is usually TeamViewer(which is just video capturing) and then MSN or AIM to talk, so no definite need for a headset or microphone.
Also, FINALLY someone who follows some good BRM. I like your style. I feel like damn near everyone lately will argue that it is the right thing to play a tournament with only 20 buy-ins for it...
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Lofwyr
Rock Star
Silver Level
Good to know. The headset would mostly be so I could converse without having to type such a conversation
As for BRM...I've seen too many good, winning players speak of 100+ buy-in swongs playing these 180's/45s to ignore. And I've had the wonderful experience of donking off a $3k bankroll by playing way over my limit before...though it was in cash poker at the time (and 6 years ago).
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Trentecaller
Rising Star
Silver Level
Is it an idea for the few that want it to record their runs and edit it to show the interesting hands so others can comment on the play? I play very bad at the early stages, when the blinds are up to 100-200 I have such an edge that I am currently still at an avg ROI of 80. If I'm getting better at the earlier stages I can smash that ROI up a lot. My BR is 805 now
Hordling
Rock Star
Silver Level
I believe or thought that they had suspended the checks (FTP) for the moment, due to problems.
Honestly I have a seperate checking account I have the withdraws go directly into. That has always worked for me, might give you another option if you can't get your money out.
Good luck.
Honestly I have a seperate checking account I have the withdraws go directly into. That has always worked for me, might give you another option if you can't get your money out.
Good luck.
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Trentecaller
Rising Star
Silver Level
I was up to a BR of 1050, decided to do a few $12 ones until I got back to 900, which I did and I haven't cashed in one of them, and then the $4.40 are turning their backs on me too. I would love to do see you do some, would it be possible to do a teamviewer session and see you play?
KingCurtis
Legend
Silver Level
At first I hated them, because I was so used to the 135 man structure, and knowing about when blinds would be when they would be and average stacks, etc..
But after a while I've adjusted and realize it's just more fish in the pond. And most of them come in short from registering late, which usually means they are shoving weak.
I'll try and talk more about it later...
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Ewaf
Rising Star
Bronze Level
I hope this isn't too much of a bump. I read your article and wathced your vids KC, and it's similar to what I'm playing now. I have had varied success, made final table twice but finished out of the money on most. How do you deal with the variance of these? Today I played it perfectly and was chip lead out of 300+ people all the way till the last 15, I was playing quite tight but stealing when the opportunity came. I got pocket rockets and shoved, hoping to just get the huge blinds (was 5k bb at this stage). Big stack who has played tight throughout called. He showed A 2 of spades. Flop comes, obviously he hit his ace high flush and I finished 11.
Just played some more games and got sucked out by donks every time. I had pocket Kings, I made it look like I was blind stealing, sure enough BB comes over the top and I shove. He calls, and shows pocket deuces. Like seriously, he shoved pocket 2s, and hits his trips on the last card. Last game I just played same thing happened except the guy had QQ, I had AA. He hit his queen on the flop.
This is making me pull my hair out, do you need a huge bankroll to deal with the downswings with these? Any help appreciated man.
Just played some more games and got sucked out by donks every time. I had pocket Kings, I made it look like I was blind stealing, sure enough BB comes over the top and I shove. He calls, and shows pocket deuces. Like seriously, he shoved pocket 2s, and hits his trips on the last card. Last game I just played same thing happened except the guy had QQ, I had AA. He hit his queen on the flop.
This is making me pull my hair out, do you need a huge bankroll to deal with the downswings with these? Any help appreciated man.
absoluthamm
<==Poker Face
Silver Level
You need a large bankroll for MTT's in general, not just the Rush ones. When it comes to MTT's, you need to keep in mind that you aren't going to cash but a small percentage of the time. Typically, people will generally say that you shouldn't use more than 2%(so 50BI's) of your bankroll on a tournament, but I know many who won't use more than 1%(So 100BI's). This is going to make up the difference for the losing games that you have in between your wins.