Guys,
Making some interesting reading as I'm newly addicted myself. As such I normally play 15c/30c NL and I've recently started on the ladder tournaments at
ladbrokes.
The first time I gave it a go I got all the way to L3 and finished fourth. For me (as you were alluding to earlier) the timing of the tournaments does alter the standard a bit but not the first few levels. Being in a GMT + 7 hours this has seen me put in a few 4 am finishes in recent times but I doubt anybody is drunk by 9pm in England.
The problem I'm worrying about at the moment is that I've qualified for the next level several times now but it always feel like I've scrapped in by the skin of my teeth (i.e I've been the 3rd highest in chips). I'm thinking that I need to play STT's on the side to keep that side of my game up as when you hit the big boys table you may aswell go for it.
I've just discovered
Bet365 "Rounders" and note that they have 7 levels or so, with the top two qualifying. I fancy giving that a go as I find I prefer the 5 buck 3 way winner-takes all tournaments at 365, then playing with two extra seats to win only slightly more at
Ladbrokes. Why at
Ladbrokes does it not show your hands immediately when you go all in? This really p!sses me off. I beat some guy the other day and I never got to see what he had - which is denying me information I paid for!
Speaking of
Ladbrokes I've also found they've got the biggest collection of sh!t talkers on that site aswell, always complaining of "Luck". I got embroiled with two lads the other day (as I'm not above that kind of thing!) and one of them challenged me to a $50 head-to-head. It was pretty even but I won two hands back to back when the big blinds came in and that was that. I then went back to the cash table and want all-in against his mate with a nut A10 straight. It was definitely a good day.
Alien, cheers for that article. I managed to pick the gyst of it up and it's something as a new player I'm always trying to be mindful of. Just to check though these odds are when you are fishing for a decent hand though aren't they? For example if I've got an open eneded straight or looking to hit the flush and somebody raises that's when they come into play I assume?
I'd be interested in that link you mention r.e hand calculations, as I'm dead boring like that and could do with any help I can get.
Best of luck to you all,
AMP