[osumike11379]

Went heads up in a 9 person play money SNG and the knucklehead was on autoaway....This is how many hands it took to win with him being all in on just two cards b/c he couldn't make the big blind...he would double up, keep folding (obviously) until it forced him all in, rinse, repeat...10 hands with him all in with no $$$ before I finally won the hand...Look at his hands..thank GOD he wasn't there, AA, AQ, JJ twice, hitting straights on the river and so on and so forth.... ..I think I am bout thru with play money online...time to play with the big boys...

Dealer: Hand #2190995730
Dealer: osumike11379 shows [Ac 5c]
Dealer: mamatini shows [Ah Ad]
System: The $2,000 Guarantee ($24+$2 7-Stud) will be
starting in 5 minutes.
Dealer: osumike11379 shows a pair of Tens
Dealer: mamatini shows two pair, Aces and Tens
Dealer: mamatini wins the pot (180) with two pair, Aces and
Tens
Dealer: Hand #2190997603
Dealer: mamatini shows [Ad Qd]
Dealer: osumike11379 shows [8s 3c]
Dealer: mamatini shows two pair, Aces and Queens
Dealer: osumike11379 shows a pair of Eights
Dealer: mamatini wins the pot (360) with two pair, Aces and
Queens
Dealer: Hand #2190999693
Dealer: osumike11379 wins the pot (200)
Dealer: Hand #2191000301
Dealer: osumike11379 wins the pot (400)
Dealer: Hand #2191001121
Dealer: osumike11379 shows [8s 5s]
Dealer: mamatini shows [Js Jd]
Dealer: osumike11379 shows a pair of Eights
Dealer: mamatini shows three of a kind, Jacks
Dealer: mamatini wins the pot (120) with three of a kind, Jacks
Dealer: Hand #2191002963
Dealer: mamatini shows [Kd 2c]
Dealer: osumike11379 shows [9d 4h]
Dealer: mamatini shows three of a kind, Sevens
Dealer: osumike11379 shows three of a kind, Sevens
Dealer: mamatini wins the pot (240) with three of a kind, Sevens
Dealer: Hand #2191005137
Dealer: osumike11379 wins the pot (200)
Dealer: Hand #2191005794
Dealer: mamatini shows [Js Jh]
Dealer: osumike11379 shows [8d 9d]
Dealer: mamatini shows three of a kind, Jacks
Dealer: osumike11379 shows a pair of Eights
Dealer: mamatini wins the pot (280) with three of a kind, Jacks
Dealer: Hand #2191007932
Dealer: osumike11379 wins the pot (200)
Dealer: Hand #2191008626
Dealer: mamatini shows [9h 8s]
Dealer: osumike11379 shows [Js 9s]
Dealer: mamatini shows a straight, Jack high
Dealer: osumike11379 shows two pair, Jacks and Nines
Dealer: mamatini wins the pot (360) with a straight, Jack high
Dealer: Hand #2191010785
Dealer: osumike11379 wins the pot (200)
Dealer: Hand #2191011343
Dealer: osumike11379 wins the pot (400)
Dealer: Hand #2191012360
Dealer: osumike11379 shows [7h 4c]
Dealer: mamatini shows [Qs Jc]
Dealer: osumike11379 shows a pair of Twos
Dealer: mamatini shows a pair of Twos
Dealer: mamatini wins the pot (120) with a pair of Twos
Dealer: Hand #2191014295
Dealer: mamatini shows [7d Ac]
Dealer: osumike11379 shows [2c Js]
Dealer: mamatini shows two pair, Kings and Sevens
Dealer: osumike11379 shows a pair of Kings
Dealer: mamatini wins the pot (240) with two pair, Kings and
Sevens
Tournament Director: The blinds are now 120/240
Dealer: Hand #2191016357
Dealer: osumike11379 wins the pot (240)
Dealer: Hand #2191017010
Dealer: mamatini shows [4h 9d]
Dealer: osumike11379 shows [6h Js]
Dealer: mamatini shows two pair, Queens and Nines
Dealer: osumike11379 shows a pair of Queens
Dealer: mamatini wins the pot (240) with two pair, Queens and
Nines
Dealer: Hand #2191018925
Dealer: osumike11379 wins the pot (240)
Dealer: Hand #2191019611
Dealer: mamatini shows [Kd Th]
Dealer: osumike11379 shows [8c 9c]
Dealer: mamatini shows Ace King high
Dealer: osumike11379 shows a flush, Queen high
Dealer: osumike11379 wins the pot (240) with a flush, Queen
high
Dealer: mamatini shows a pair of Twos

[dad604]

lol, I was entered into a depositor's tourney and I was not home to play. To my surprise when I log into the site, it told me I won some money!!!

[the3rd]

No player should be allowed to get paid, no matter how small while sitting out ten or so hand from the bubble position onward. Just play the game dammit. Or get a laptop and wifi and play in the bathroom if you can't hold it long enough to finish an online tournament. If that's too expensive, there is always the crazy astronaut solution. Diapers.

[Colquhoun]

Originally Posted by the3rd

No player should be allowed to get paid, no matter how small while sitting out ten or so hand from the bubble position onward. Just play the game dammit. Or get a laptop and wifi and play in the bathroom if you can't hold it long enough to finish an online tournament. If that's too expensive, there is always the crazy astronaut solution. Diapers.

As far as I am concerned, if you paid the buy-in, you can sit out any hands you want, for as long as you want. If that means luckily stumbling into the money, so be it. It is certainly not a winning strategy......
I used to play at pokerroom, and on their forums there was CONTANTLY somebody complaining about "away" players, how they should not be allowed to sit out for such a long time. The common response was, "If you cannot find a way to beat someone who folds every hand, you need to re-evaluate your game".... (not directing this at you, the3rd...just making the comment)
But it looks like osumike ran into quite a run of bad luck.

[beekeeper]

If it wasn't for post & folds I'd never win!

just kidding





kinda

[the3rd]

Originally Posted by Colquhoun

As far as I am concerned, if you paid the buy-in, you can sit out any hands you want, for as long as you want. If that means luckily stumbling into the money, so be it. It is certainly not a winning strategy......
I used to play at pokerroom, and on their forums there was CONTANTLY somebody complaining about "away" players, how they should not be allowed to sit out for such a long time. The common response was, "If you cannot find a way to beat someone who folds every hand, you need to re-evaluate your game".... (not directing this at you, the3rd...just making the comment)
But it looks like osumike ran into quite a run of bad luck.

It has nothing to do with beating players. I've never been bumped by an away player. When I used to play regularly it was the same people doing it over and over again. It wasn't a coincidence. I signed on to play poker. Why the hell are they signed on. It's not a winning strategy and sitting out won't improve your game so again I ask, why? If sites bounced away players, it might give an incentive to play. I suspect most are just bonus whoring and just trying to luck into the money on occasion to break even. Those players can get bent.

[OnTheButton]

I ran some tests (talked about them here) on P*'s Play Money tournaments a while back.

I joined several 27 player Play Money tournaments while doing housework one afternoon and never played ONE hand. The average finish point in like 3 tournaments was 7th place, with 6th place being the bubble.

I tried a few more 27 players PM tournaments where I pushed all-in on the first hand no matter what I had. if I won and doubled up, I would then sit out every hand from there forward, and the average finishing spot was 5th place, just inside of the bubble.

Players get nutty when it comes to Play Money Tournaments, since there is nothing at risk, and they can play another one 30 seconds after they are busted out.

[Chipmunk]

That reminds me of a €1 SNG that I played last week, I lost an all-in and had 300 chips left of the 1500 starting stack with 5-6 players left. I figured I was as good as gone and went to take a shower. When I came back these players had been so aggressive that we were down to 3 players - I was in the money. When I came to the computer I was all-in in the big blind and got a straight. Didn't bother to sit down since I figured that if I don't make any dumb plays and instead let the away-button play for me I might get to second place

The tactic you described about doubling up and then being away in freerolls sounds good. I noticed when I played some $500 2000 player freerolls that the "away people" busted way before the bubble, I tried using this tactic on a 500 player freeroll but managed to go just before the bubble. By doubling up I would probably have made it... Hmmm thanks for a good strategy in case I loose my bankroll (A bankroll I worked up from winning $3 from a freeroll )