[RussB42]

What does Turbo mean when it is identified in a tournament on PS*?

Played one the other night but didn't really know what it was. Didn't come close to winning so didn't find out either..

Will appreciate you info.

[Ranman]

Originally Posted by RussB42

What does Turbo mean when it is identified in a tournament on PS*?

Played one the other night but didn't really know what it was. Didn't come close to winning so didn't find out either..

Will appreciate you info.

Blinds go up every 5 min instead of the regular 10 or 15.

[links_slayer]

Originally Posted by RussB42

What does Turbo mean when it is identified in a tournament on PS*?

Played one the other night but didn't really know what it was. Didn't come close to winning so didn't find out either..

Will appreciate you info.

More commonly referred to as a DonkFest.

[Vince]

Yeah, it really sucks.
For those morons who push all in every time.
On other sites the blinds do even go up every 2-3 minutes, wasted money.

[RussB42]

Thanks.. I agree with you, I didn't like it either for the same reason. No rational to the betting at all. Won't play another one.

[Tayman20]

They are nice, however, if you only have an hour or less and don't want to play a cash game. You can get a quick tourney in. Although at the end it is pretty ridiculous with the blinds and all-ins. You just got pick your spots and push and pray.

[whataboutj]

I play the turbo's on FTP a lot. At certain $ levels the play is actually decent. Admitidly when I play the $1-$2 turbo SnG's I wanna choke someone with all the annoying play. Right around the $5 and up level is where the play starts to get better but not always. I would say tathe $5 level I have been cashing in 3 out of every 5 I play - definitely in the positive with those

(of course I then go and donk off my winnings at the cash games)

[JessterCPA]

I play the $1.75 Turbo 18 person tourney on P* all the time. Fun & fast. I usually have less than an hour to play, and these work well. Patience in the beginning, and if you are mid-stacked by the final table, you have a shot at it.

Jesse

[whataboutj]

Originally Posted by JessterCPA

I play the $1.75 Turbo 18 person tourney on P* all the time. Fun & fast. I usually have less than an hour to play, and these work well. Patience in the beginning, and if you are mid-stacked by the final table, you have a shot at it.

Jesse

Patience in the begining is key. Especially at the lower buy in's because this is the first step a lot of people take right after leaving the all in fest which is the play money games.

[99%evil]

I play the $3 + .25 6-handed ones a lot, Just patience and picking your spots and you just need to knock out 4 folks nd you're at least doubling your buy-in. If you survive to 3 folks with 1000 in chips, you've still got a fighting chance and the play is pretty soft.

Only reason to play, takes less than 45 minutes to finish, I don't have a long time to play at night maybe 1 1/2 hours, so these work out fine. I don't push preflop, I try and see a lot of flops and let people donk off their chips.