While you have stars open...
 

Look at the top of the tournament lobby. 90 player $50 10 table SNGs. I think I will try one out now...

I really like the looks of those. Try it yet? I might have to try one later if I can get some work done...

Yeah I tried one. Terrible players. I dont think they will be very profitable and will probably stay away from them in the future though, as they take almost as long as a 180 man, and pay out half the places (only the FT)

What makes them take as long as the 180?

I just opened one that's been going for 1 1/2 hours and it's down to 17. Seems pretty short to me. It seems to be slowing down now though.

The quality of play in these are very poor. Dont seem very profitable to me.

I don't get it. What are you talking about?

Congratulations, you just won the award for fastest contradiction.

In that case, Mayhem won the award too.

i just tried two of these
 

and even though i went 0-2 - they seem pretty soft. I have been running pretty bad lately - i think i might pound on these for a while.

I meant less profitable than playing my regular games, and therefore not worth playing.

So far these seem super-weak. I decided to play one. Just donked off a ton of chips, though, to a guy playing JJ really passively.

This just in...$4.40 20 tables. Yuck.

Doesnt sound like such a bad idea, whats wrong with it?

-John

These (the 90 x $50s) sound awesome... I don't follow some of the logic in this thread about how soft they are meaning they should be avoided, so I think I will give them a whirl. Probably tomorrow, as it's kinda late now to get started in one. At $50 a pop, this could be a nice way of stepping back a bit and (hopefully) rebuilding. Figure if I multi-table 3 of these at a time and FT 20% of them... that should be profitable, right?

Let's see - what's the payout structure?
$1350
$900
$540
$450
$360
$292.50
$247.50
$202.50
$157.50

That's not bad, but it is a bit less than I was hoping it would be. Maybe I will hammer 10 of these as a little experiment tomorrow...

I like them. Busted 14th in my first and if this guy hadn't found a backdoor flush against my QQ I would have made the money in just over 2 hours. The play so far seems just about as weak as the $22s. I might have to play in a few of these and see how they go.

count me in, but im saving money for WSOP attempts. Im playing well at the moment, but im getting beaten upon pre Final table, keep getting just in the bubble. pissing me off now

Hmmm... I'm actually kinda interested in these. I'm still sticking to the low limits and working at these will probably help my bankroll better than continuing to grind out the $1-$5 MTTs. And if the $22s and $55s are soft, I can only expect these to be worse. :)

Good logic. I think these would be great for low bankrollers.... I suspect the reason some people don't want to see them is because they will be taking some of the fish away from the $22 ones.

i really like to stick to just mtt play and sometimes when i get home if there isnt a low limit one starting ill jump into what ever limit is about to start, which is horrible for my bankroll management. so with that in mind, hopefully these should be good for me because no matter what time i get on i can fire one of those low limit mtts up and stay away from the higher limit ones.

$4.40 sng
 

Registration opened for the $4.40 sng.

Who's up for this? I'm in.

im at work right now so i cant play till tonight. post alittle details for me like the payouts- how many- how much. and how long it takes to get to the money. thanks.

I will also have to take you up on this later. I work later today, so I don't have enough time to invest in one now.

Start time: 12:23pm.

I actually played one earlier today. It plays a lot like the 45 person $1.20 SnGs. I busted about halfway through the field when my AQs was busted by KQo (of course the K comes on the river).

Final two tables pay out, 1st is $216. It looks like it takes about 2-2.5 hrs to make it to the money and about 3.5-4 to finish.

Bingo.

Was I saved by the Kiss of Death or not?
 

Was away from comp for just a few seconds. Hit my toe on desk, trying to get to the raise button. I was too late, as you can plainly see. :mad:

PokerStars Game #4353319366: Tournament #21645107, Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/03/20 - 13:46:23 (ET)
Table '21645107 5' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Seminole19 (5095 in chips)
Seat 2: chrosi31 (680 in chips)
Seat 3: Samegen (1795 in chips)
Seat 4: cj_45 (2760 in chips)
Seat 5: JackBuds (12138 in chips)
Seat 6: shellbdo21 (2455 in chips)
Seat 7: PAIGIRL (10590 in chips)
Seat 8: Bunnyki$$ (2175 in chips)
Seat 9: Beams83 (5920 in chips)
cj_45: posts small blind 100
JackBuds: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Bunnyki$$ [Ks Kh]
shellbdo21: folds
PAIGIRL: raises 200 to 400
Bunnyki$$ has timed out
Bunnyki$$: folds
Bunnyki$$ is sitting out
Beams83: folds
Seminole19: folds
chrosi31: folds
Samegen: folds
Bunnyki$$ has returned
cj_45: folds
JackBuds: raises 600 to 1000
PAIGIRL: calls 600
*** FLOP *** [Ac 2d Jh]
JackBuds: bets 400
PAIGIRL: calls 400
*** TURN *** [Ac 2d Jh] [7c]
JackBuds: bets 1000
PAIGIRL: calls 1000
*** RIVER *** [Ac 2d Jh 7c] [8h]
JackBuds: bets 9738 and is all-in
PAIGIRL: folds
JackBuds collected 4900 from pot
JackBuds: doesn't show hand

Why are you posting hands in this thread?

They pertain to this thread.

Finished 39th.

edit: But it wasn't my thread, so I will remove them with your permission.

You don't need to remove them. I just wasn't sure why they were here. If you want people to watch while you are playing and keep us updated on a tourney while you are playing, post in the Railbird section. If you want to discuss a specific hand (advice, showing off, complaining about a bad beat), we have sections for that too... For any of the above, I think at the very least a new thread would be in order.

No worries or anything. I was just trying to stop it before it got too messy...

Update on the $4.40 sng
 

running 3h 3mins.
6 players still in.


edit: Finished @ 4:20pm