Board 8 > Chris Poker Adventure topic (I am in a tournament online where first gets 1Mill)

(+) Yeah! (+)

Break time:

My Stack: 878,960

More than doubled up since last break, in large part due to A3 guy doing A3 guy things.

Shout out to my fiance for being my lucky token as she calls herself, she is really keeping me focused on playing well and it is really great to have someone in the room with me not to overthink anything. She told me to type this for the most part lol. Hi Ash ;)

Chip Lead: 1,116,193
Average: 355,944
People: 945 registered, 797 remaining

9 hours until auto in to day 2 tomorrow at 1.
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I'm confused by the registration structure but you're only 300k behind chip-lead RN and doing great.

God, getting paid off with AA is so satisfying. I always say "All's right with the world" when it happens for me.
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So two weird things: People can register for this until Level 18 is over.

Second: There are three "day 1s." Day 1a and 1b ar concluded and they are moved to day 2, tomorrow.

This is the third "Day 1" which will move onto day 2 either when there are only 8 left or, more likely, after 9 more hours of play.

169 moved on from the first two day 1s.

Right now 319 total people get paid, which is why I am treating day 2 as likely to be in the money.
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Okay so there's only 797 people remaining FROM THIS DAY

I think I get it.

That's really weird. The late registration part is pretty normal though. You get a bunch of idiots registering super late and only having like 12 big blinds to start with by that point smh
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What are the blinds looking like now?

Whats the max they go to day 1?

(Assuming its a tournament where they continually rise)
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So I have learned a trick or two.

Game Hand #80738630 - Tournament #11114289 - Holdem(No Limit) - Level 9 (2250.00/4500.00)- 2019/07/21 20:22:53 UTC
Table '131' 8-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: BaDnEwS216 (241534.00)
Seat 2: Rondog219 (318325.00)
Seat 3: Cishir (931340.00)
Seat 4: DennisDunaway (623185.00)
Seat 5: Ne01 (242317.00)
Seat 6: PosterNutbag (365263.00)
Seat 7: PIMP AV8R (238525.00)
Seat 8: bllah (192158.00)
BaDnEwS216 posts ante 675.00
Rondog219 posts ante 675.00
Cishir posts ante 675.00
DennisDunaway posts ante 675.00
Ne01 posts ante 675.00
PosterNutbag posts ante 675.00
PIMP AV8R posts ante 675.00
bllah posts ante 675.00
Rondog219 posts the small blind 2250.00
Cishir posts the big blind 4500.00
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Main pot 5400.00
Dealt to Cishir [5c 3c]
DennisDunaway folds
Ne01 folds
PosterNutbag raises 10000.00 to 10000.00
PIMP AV8R folds
bllah folds
BaDnEwS216 folds
Rondog219 folds
Cishir calls 5500.00
*** FLOP *** [4c 6s Tc]
Main pot 27650.00
Cishir checks
PosterNutbag bets 12212.00
Cishir calls 12212.00
*** TURN *** [4c 6s Tc] [2d]
Main pot 52074.00
Cishir checks
PosterNutbag bets 35022.00
Cishir calls 35022.00
*** RIVER *** [4c 6s Tc 2d] [Jd]
Main pot 122118.00
Cishir bets 122118.00
PosterNutbag calls 122118.00
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Main pot 366354.00
Cishir shows [5c 3c] (a straight, Six high [6s 5c 4c 3c 2d])
PosterNutbag mucks hand
Cishir collected 366354.00 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 366354.00
Board [4c 6s Tc 2d Jd]
Seat 1: BaDnEwS216 (button) folded on the Pre-Flop
Seat 2: Rondog219 (small blind) folded on the Pre-Flop
Seat 3: Cishir (big blind) showed [5c 3c] and won 366354.00 with a straight, Six high [6s 5c 4c 3c 2d]
Seat 4: DennisDunaway folded on the Pre-Flop and did not bet
Seat 5: Ne01 folded on the Pre-Flop and did not bet
Seat 6: PosterNutbag mucked [Qc Qd]
Seat 7: PIMP AV8R folded on the Pre-Flop and did not bet
Seat 8: bllah folded on the Pre-Flop and did not bet

1.114m

Chip leader :)
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Colegreen_c12 posted...

What are the blinds looking like now?

Whats the max they go to day 1?

(Assuming its a tournament where they continually rise)

2500/5000

max they go day one is 11,000/22000
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Back down to 930k. Guy all inned with 9s vs my AK, hit my ace on the flop but he rivered a 9.
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End of hour four, not as profitable as last hour but still a solid hour of play for me:

My stack: 958,003
Place: 23/766
Leader: 1.76M chips
Average: 401,447
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oh for some reason i was thinking the blinds would rise more and everyone that made day 2 would be in the money. but with the max big blind only being like 7% of the starting stack, over half the people should be able to make day 2.
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DoomTheGyarados posted...

End of hour four, not as profitable as last hour but still a solid hour of play for me:

My stack: 958,003
Place: 23/766
Leader: 1.76M chips
Average: 401,447

Nice! Chugging right along.

Good luck staying focused for the entire 12 hours, I feel like that's what could prove to be the most damaging thing.
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I just flopped a straight flush and am up to 980k after being down a bit to start the hour.

And added another 50k after I took down a pot with AK.
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Random question but is it typical on online sites for when you muck a hand at showdown you can still see what they had afterwards?
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A3s is one of the best hands because it blocks exactly what Chris had, and gives you a lot of backdoor winner potential vs strong hands. But 2 pair is not one of those winners lol. You can't blame A3 for Chris getting AA though.
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Dr_Football posted...

Random question but is it typical on online sites for when you muck a hand at showdown you can still see what they had afterwards?

Pokerstars lets you do this but I figured it was just badly programmed
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foolm0r0n posted...

A3s is one of the best hands because it blocks exactly what Chris had, and gives you a lot of backdoor winner potential vs strong hands. But 2 pair is not one of those winners lol. You can't blame A3 for Chris getting AA though.

I feel like three bet is enough to just let that go though.

Oh but on the flop... yeah no on the flop I guess what can you do there once you have two pairs. Probably play a bit more conservative?
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Dr_Football posted...

Random question but is it typical on online sites for when you muck a hand at showdown you can still see what they had afterwards?

If you fold, no. They have an option to show.

If it went to the final showdown and you mucked because you lost, yes they show.
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If you are heads up and your opponent is in position to show first shouldn't you have the option to muck rather than reveal your losing hand? In which case I would think that it wouldn't be recorded to the hand log. Or at least shouldn't be, imo.
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Forceful_Dragon posted...

If you are heads up and your opponent is in position to show first shouldn't you have the option to muck rather than reveal your losing hand? In which case I would think that it wouldn't be recorded to the hand log. Or at least shouldn't be, imo.

It wouldn't be recorded to the log for a certain amount of hands depending on the format. He is talking about the winning hand he mucked to. Yeah, they show. It is how you knew to muck. Sites may show this instantaneously but you are supposed to flip them in order of betting.
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Corrik7 posted...

Forceful_Dragon posted...

If you are heads up and your opponent is in position to show first shouldn't you have the option to muck rather than reveal your losing hand? In which case I would think that it wouldn't be recorded to the hand log. Or at least shouldn't be, imo.

It wouldn't be recorded to the log for a certain amount of hands depending on the format. He is talking about the winning hand he mucked to. Yeah, they show. It is how you knew to muck. Sites may show this instantaneously but you are supposed to flip them in order of betting.

No, I think he means this...

DoomTheGyarados posted...

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Main pot 366354.00
Cishir shows [5c 3c] (a straight, Six high [6s 5c 4c 3c 2d])
PosterNutbag mucks hand
Cishir collected 366354.00 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 366354.00
Board [4c 6s Tc 2d Jd]
Seat 1: BaDnEwS216 (button) folded on the Pre-Flop
Seat 2: Rondog219 (small blind) folded on the Pre-Flop
Seat 3: Cishir (big blind) showed [5c 3c] and won 366354.00 with a straight, Six high [6s 5c 4c 3c 2d]
Seat 4: DennisDunaway folded on the Pre-Flop and did not bet
Seat 5: Ne01 folded on the Pre-Flop and did not bet
Seat 6: PosterNutbag mucked [Qc Qd]
Seat 7: PIMP AV8R folded on the Pre-Flop and did not bet
Seat 8: bllah folded on the Pre-Flop and did not bet

Chris shows first at showdown and his opponent mucks. The summary shows the hand though (pocket queens). Or am I misunderstanding?
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My Stack: 1.16m
Place: 25/724 (1137 registered)
Leader: 2.64m
Average: 470k
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So knowing little about competitive poker, how common is it that people who jump out to decent to large chip leads early cruise to top-1/5/10/etc places?

xp1337 posted...

Corrik7 posted...

Forceful_Dragon posted...

If you are heads up and your opponent is in position to show first shouldn't you have the option to muck rather than reveal your losing hand? In which case I would think that it wouldn't be recorded to the hand log. Or at least shouldn't be, imo.

It wouldn't be recorded to the log for a certain amount of hands depending on the format. He is talking about the winning hand he mucked to. Yeah, they show. It is how you knew to muck. Sites may show this instantaneously but you are supposed to flip them in order of betting.

No, I think he means this...

DoomTheGyarados posted...

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Main pot 366354.00
Cishir shows [5c 3c] (a straight, Six high [6s 5c 4c 3c 2d])
PosterNutbag mucks hand
Cishir collected 366354.00 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 366354.00
Board [4c 6s Tc 2d Jd]
Seat 1: BaDnEwS216 (button) folded on the Pre-Flop
Seat 2: Rondog219 (small blind) folded on the Pre-Flop
Seat 3: Cishir (big blind) showed [5c 3c] and won 366354.00 with a straight, Six high [6s 5c 4c 3c 2d]
Seat 4: DennisDunaway folded on the Pre-Flop and did not bet
Seat 5: Ne01 folded on the Pre-Flop and did not bet
Seat 6: PosterNutbag mucked [Qc Qd]
Seat 7: PIMP AV8R folded on the Pre-Flop and did not bet
Seat 8: bllah folded on the Pre-Flop and did not bet

Chris shows first at showdown and his opponent mucks. The summary shows the hand though (pocket queens). Or am I misunderstanding?

Big Blind shows last. Can't muck til he sees the winning hand.
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Reg posted...

So knowing little about competitive poker, how common is it that people who jump out to decent to large chip leads early cruise to top-1/5/10/etc places?

Not very often. Poker is very up and down. You can use your lead to bully other stacks, but it can bite you easily.
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DoomTheGyarados posted...

I feel like three bet is enough to just let that go though.

I guess that's true. A 4bet would've been fine if they really wanted to be aggressive and were disciplined enough to fold to any aggression from you, but that would require flawless play which they def weren't capable of. There's no way calling the 3bet was good though so folding would be better. But that is very exploitable imo.
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Corrik7 posted...

Big Blind shows last. Can't muck til he sees the winning hand.

Ah, right. Silly me.
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xp1337 posted...

Corrik7 posted...

Big Blind shows last. Can't muck til he sees the winning hand.

Ah, right. Silly me.

I am assuming that the website is following normal rules ofc.

Some places you can request to see a mucked hand if you paid to see it if they try to muck it also.
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Reg posted...

So knowing little about competitive poker, how common is it that people who jump out to decent to large chip leads early cruise to top-1/5/10/etc places?

Top 5/10 is extremely far into the game and anything can happen to get there. I think if you get a decent lead early and "tread water" you can def get really far though.

But from what I've seen once you do end up in the top 10, the stacks tend to stay relatively constant since everyone is playing so defensively. Still anything can happen though. That's the appeal of no-limit, you can literally lose your entire stack on every single hand.
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Corrik7 posted...

Not very often. Poker is very up and down. You can use your lead to bully other stacks, but it can bite you easily.

Makes sense. There's obviously a significant amount of variance in the cards themselves, and it's pretty reasonable to want to try to use your advantage to press and build an even larger advantage.

I guess it's taking on that risk and shooting for the moon or playing more conservatively, acknowledging that your lead won't grow short of a large stroke of luck, and just playing to place well instead of placing at the absolute top. And of course, big money being involved means that pretty much anybody would be tempted to play for the big wins.

Bit of a bad hour for me, I had KJ and went all in pre flop with 6s and they hit a 6 on the river after I hit a king. Not unfair, but god the order was just brutal.

Chips: 951,116
Rank: 96/668 (1237 registered)
Leader: 2.45M
Average: 554,989

With this break I have reached the half way point of my mini goal of surviving day 1.
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Damn, the chip leader is really up there now.
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DoomTheGyarados posted...

Bit of a bad hour for me, I had KJ and went all in pre flop with 6s and they hit a 6 on the river after I hit a king. Not unfair, but god the order was just brutal.

Chips: 951,116
Rank: 96/668 (1237 registered)
Leader: 2.45M
Average: 554,989

With this break I have reached the half way point of my mini goal of surviving day 1.

It's been an hour, update?
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foolm0r0n posted...

A3s is one of the best hands because it blocks exactly what Chris had, and gives you a lot of backdoor winner potential vs strong hands. But 2 pair is not one of those winners lol. You can't blame A3 for Chris getting AA though.

Chris was HARD repping a bunch of hands that had him absolutely dominated
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Still sliding a little bit, but late registration closed. Not a lot of action as my cards have seriously dried up so all things considered I am not too fussed.

Chips: 855,924
Rank: 160/583
Leader: 2.93M
Average: 682k
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You're doing well.

Really sucks that you lost two pots to guys nailing trips on the river, but at least they didn't completely cripple you.
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Losing to the trips is just the cards being mean, since Chris was on a coinflip when the cards were shown, and then got his hit first
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8s and 9s both ran into overpairs and I am at 188k

Oh boy.
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no big deal. Just gotta double up twice and you're right back in it.
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300k.

All inned on 4s

he had queens

hit a 2 on the river for a straight.

Such a suck out.
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no worries, you're owed one of those after some of the bad luck earlier.

Don't think you'll get another one though so next time you double up it'll prolly have to be with the best hand going in
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Suck out, maybe, but that's poker. At least you're still alive.
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I am out, actually.

Queens min raised in the cut off and I all inned with KJ hearts as BB. Ouch. The Queens came back.
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Shit. I'm sorry, Chris.
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It is ok. Got hugs from my fiance and she liked me playing haha. It was really fun.
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Unlucky

Well that collapse was quick. Think ya started getting impatient/tilted or just a real bad string of luck?
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Sounds like you got worn down. You started betting heavy late it looks like based on your updates.
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Actually it was kind of over a few hours haha. I lost a few close calls, my pairs ran into pocket pairs that were higher. I feel like I may have stepped out of line a few times but for sure wasnt tilted I am pretty relaxed even now. Cards were dry and when they weren't I ran into better hands. Got aces late but everyone folded.
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I think I got a bit too creative with pocket 8s on a dry flop. Lost a good 300k re raising before folding. That's really the only hand I want back.
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I recommend Longshot if you like Rogen comedies.
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