I want to make the Final Table of the Main Event just to stun everyone with my ability to snap 3bet fold, snap 4bet fold, and snap bet fold. If you know you're folding. JUST ****ING FOLD. 95% of the time before I make any bet I know what I'm doing when I'm raised. I've already made my decision and know how I will play the hand out in a decision tree in my head.
This Maahs dude, I want to like him since he's from the Midwest. And I'm sure he's a fine dude. But taking 30 seconds every preflop decision with J4o etc....on purpose. When he KNOWS he's folding was exhausting to watch. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
I want to make the Final Table of the Main Event just to stun everyone with my ability to snap 3bet fold, snap 4bet fold, and snap bet fold. If you know you're folding. JUST ****ING FOLD. 95% of the time before I make any bet I know what I'm doing when I'm raised. I've already made my decision and know how I will play the hand out in a decision tree in my head.
This Maahs dude, I want to like him since he's from the Midwest. And I'm sure he's a fine dude. But taking 30 seconds every preflop decision with J4o etc....on purpose. When he KNOWS he's folding was exhausting to watch.
Exactly part of the reason why modern poker drives me insane, both watching and playing.
The tanking, the Hollywood, the trying to make hero plays on every hand, etc...it's beyond ridiculous. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BDj23:
You'd think in an age where 90% of us are former online players, Hollywooding wouldn't be an issue
It's soooo bad...even at the casino, like I'll go fuck around at a 1/2 table or something just to get back in a groove and all this shit is prevalent there too. I'm like JFC... [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
I want to make the Final Table of the Main Event just to stun everyone with my ability to snap 3bet fold, snap 4bet fold, and snap bet fold. If you know you're folding. JUST ****ING FOLD. 95% of the time before I make any bet I know what I'm doing when I'm raised. I've already made my decision and know how I will play the hand out in a decision tree in my head.
This Maahs dude, I want to like him since he's from the Midwest. And I'm sure he's a fine dude. But taking 30 seconds every preflop decision with J4o etc....on purpose. When he KNOWS he's folding was exhausting to watch.
The QQ fold actually wasn't too terrible from an ICM standpoint.
ICM creates some counter-intuitive super tight folds on money bubbles/final table ladders. There are spots on SNG bubbles where you should fold KK to any shove from the bigstack. IE - 4-person bubble - two micro-stacks. I wouldn't fold because fuck you I have KK. But still - I was making a mistake in the short run.
The AJ fold with top pair/top kicker made Baby Jesus cry though. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Jerm:
Exactly part of the reason why modern poker drives me insane, both watching and playing.
The tanking, the Hollywood, the trying to make hero plays on every hand, etc...it's beyond ridiculous.
Maahs is gone now - he was the big tanker at the FT.
But yeah to me this is still why 27 players down to 9 is the best poker of the year and the final table is always kind of anti-climactic. Players know they can't just wait around for someone else to bust. They have to make plays to chip up to make the final table. But at the same time - any hand they get involved in could be the difference between a nice payday and life changing money. [Reply]
I wish they did two set of main event one for the unknown card players and one for the well known players top five each table meet for the final or top four and two wild cards like who wouldn't want to see phil ivey or phil hellmuth play in the final? [Reply]
Originally Posted by big nasty kcnut:
I wish they did two set of main event one for the unknown card players and one for the well known players top five each table meet for the final or top four and two wild cards like who wouldn't want to see phil ivey or phil hellmuth play in the final?
They already have tournaments kind of like that, but they aren't called the Main Event and aren't on ESPN. Poker Go probably has what you are looking for.
To piggy back on your post though, I really think the WSOP, WPT, EPT whatever should make a beginners tournament where if you have over a certain amount in lifetime cashes you can't play. It would be great for the poker ecosystem too. The seniors tournament is almost like that. That is the softest tournament $1,000 tournament in the world. [Reply]