I'm gutted....but should I be? *Poker*

[Mighty Shrimper]

I just finished playing an online tournement which started at 8pm so went on for 6 hours. It cost me £2.40 to enter and out of 1563 players, I finished 2nd and won £595.

On the face of it, that sounds great I know but when it got down to the final 3 players, I was way out infront on 2million+ chips with the guy in 2nd on 350,000+ and the guy in 3rd on 97,000. Heads up, I was on 1,970,000 odd with the other guy on something like 450,000 and I came 2nd and im actualy gutted. 1st prize was £1,167 so it was a big difference.

Should I be gutted? I know ive won £595 but after being so far infront, I feel like ive lost money as stupid as that sounds.

 

[stevie_G_G_G]

I think i would be gutted initially but after spending the £595 on a nice holiday somewhere, would feel ok about it. Congrats mate

 

[Hotman]

You paid a couple of quid for an evenings entertainment, and actually made some money out of it.

shouldn't be gutted!

 

[phsend]

Well done mate - last time I played a 6 hour tourney - I came away with less than 100 dollars :(

Anyone here play on PKR?

I joined at the weekend and its really good, so far have played around ten, 6 player tourneys and won over half of them.

The last straw with Laddies was their recent upgrade that seems to me to be all short stacked turbos designed to get as much money out of the players as possible!

I like having 1500 and not 1000 chips.

I used to find the 5 player SNG's very profitable which you dont get on PKR but the play there seems weak, sometimes I don't think some of the players know where the raise button is!

 

[The General]

In short MS ... yes. Very gutted.

In poker you really need to maximise your wins and minimise your losses (that comes in playing each pot and making money at the end of the tournament!) However, alot depends on HOW you played when it got down to 3 handed play!? If you got unlucky and lost a couple of coin toss then fair do's, but if you were trying to get it won a.s.a.p and your opponent took advantage and beat you fair & square, then you should be dissapointed.

But as i tell Em, poker is all situational!

Kev

 

[pringlejon]

never played a 6 hour game but i know how frustrating it can be finishing second on a multi-table, there's always what-if's about your play but you win some you lose some, enjoy the winnings! i had a nice little $60 win and went out and bought myself some new footie boots and goalie gloves!

 

[MrB]

What's more frustrating is when you're heads up after 6 hours of play but you have a restaurant booking in about 20 minutes for your wife's birthday and you haven't even showered. The other guy could sense my desperation and wouldn't play a thing and in the end I had to stand up and walk away from the win.

Kev remembers that one as we were both on the final table.

Was I a great husband for walking away from the win or a bad one for spending 6 hours playing poker on my wife's birthday? We split up 3 weeks later so I guess it was the latter!

 

[The General]

What's more frustrating is when you're heads up after 6 hours of play but you have a restaurant booking in about 20 minutes for your wife's birthday and you haven't even showered. The other guy could sense my desperation and wouldn't play a thing and in the end I had to stand up and walk away from the win.

Kev remembers that one as we were both on the final table.

Was I a great husband for walking away from the win or a bad one for spending 6 hours playing poker on my wife's birthday? We split up 3 weeks later so I guess it was the latter!

Lolol. I do remember that. There was you telling me on MSN and how you really needed to go and get ready every 10 minutes for an hour ... but never did!

I have played a few 6/7 hours tournies and have come 1st & 2nd so know both feelings ( both live & online! ) but it all depends on how happy YOU were with your play. If you feel you could have done better, thats maybe why your were dissapointed. Had you got lucky at a certain stage and won a big pot ( say with 25 left and your AQ beats KK ) you should feel grateful for 2nd.

Kev

 

[class]

I took down the $1 freezeout on Saturday on Laddies ( 3 way split for 1st place), 4 and a half hours play and there were 619 runners.

Defining moment was calling an all in bet (for 90% of my stack) holding AK after the flop, and missing the flop completely, after reading my opponents all in bet as a bluff. :cool:

(He held AJ)

That happened in the first hour and I built a stack right through until the final 3 people and ending with making a deal. ($100 each)

 

[Jonny_Stokes]

In short MS ... yes. Very gutted.

In poker you really need to maximise your wins and minimise your losses (that comes in playing each pot and making money at the end of the tournament!) However, alot depends on HOW you played when it got down to 3 handed play!? If you got unlucky and lost a couple of coin toss then fair do's, but if you were trying to get it won a.s.a.p and your opponent took advantage and beat you fair & square, then you should be dissapointed.

But as i tell Em, poker is all situational!

Kev

What he said.

Thing is, I presume he must have got it all in twice, with at least one marginal hand. If you were losing coin flips, then hey, that's poker. However, unless the odds are unavoidably stacked in favour of calling an all-in bet, I still don't particularly like taking coin flips in heads-up situations.

That said, my most profitable mode of play is long MTTs, but I usually come third at best, so what do I know?

As long as you didn't play the heads up like a complete and utter ****, you've been a victim of the poker gods, and can learn from the experience. Enjoy the dosh and win it next time :)

 

[Jonny_Stokes]

Well done mate - last time I played a 6 hour tourney - I came away with less than 100 dollars :(

Anyone here play on PKR?

The last straw with Laddies was their recent upgrade that seems to me to be all short stacked turbos designed to get as much money out of the players as possible!

PKR is full of fish. I hate playing 3D tables, but the typical low stakes PKR player is just a graphics freak and their play is soft.

I think most people know what I think of the direction of Laddies poker...

 

[The General]

PKR is full of fish. I hate playing 3D tables, but the typical low stakes PKR player is just a graphics freak and their play is soft.

I think most people know what I think of the direction of Laddies poker...

Not. Very. Good.

At all.

Being polite, there!

 

[Jonny_Stokes]

Not. Very. Good.

At all.

Being polite, there!

That would be a relatively accurate summation. I'm sure a certain SZ Moderator will have similar thoughts, if from a marginally different perspective....

 

[phsend]

So has anyone else voted with their feet?

I can't see me going back to Ladbrokes Poker which is a shame as I used to reaaly like it before it went to hell.

I didn't think PKR would be for me but its fine. I quite like the option to make chicken noises to your opponents - really puts them into tilt.

 

[Mighty Shrimper]

I did it again! I played in a $5.50 $2,000 Gaurenteed tournement last night and finished 2nd again winning £255 but again, I was 1st going heads up with 500,000 odd and the other guy on 200,000 odd. Went on for an hour heads up and it got about level on chips. I had AK, he raised all in, I called, he had A3 and guess what, he hits the 3 on the flop and its game over.

 

[Gremlin]

I did it again! I played in a $5.50 $2,000 Gaurenteed tournement last night and finished 2nd again winning £255 but again, I was 1st going heads up with 500,000 odd and the other guy on 200,000 odd. Went on for an hour heads up and it got about level on chips. I had AK, he raised all in, I called, he had A3 and guess what, he hits the 3 on the flop and its game over.

Serious question from a poker virgin: what are the chances it's fixed?

 

[Jonny_Stokes]

Serious question from a poker virgin: what are the chances it's fixed?

Online random number generators? 0%. Absolutely, utterly, completely not fixed.

There was a case two years ago where an ex-employee with access to a a 'super account' won a ton of dosh because he could see everybody's cards, but from a site point of view, no chance. Sites make money on every hand on cash tables, and from every buy-in to STTs and MTTs, so why on earth would they 'fix' it? There's nothing to fix.