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View Poll Results: How do you play on the bubble? | |
Tighten Up and Hang On
|    | 6 | 17.65% | |
Play as Normal as Possible
|    | 9 | 26.47% | |
Play More Aggressive and Take Advantage
|    | 19 | 55.88% |
07-15-2005, 10:42 PM
|  | Final Table | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Garwood, NJ
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| | | Playing on the bubble
Just looking for comments on this one. What is your opinion on playing when its 5-10 to the money, and you are middle stack? Tighten up and hang on, play normal, try and pick up blinds from players scared of finishing on the bubble?
I've also discovered that getting busted on a 16k all-in with KK by JTo on the river in 43rd place (40th pays) is the worst feeling ever.    |
07-16-2005, 08:15 AM
|  | Big Stack | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Greeley, CO Age: 49
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| | I can sympathize. Earlier this week I entered a satellite tourney where the top 9 players advance to the weekly big tourney. There were 341 players entered and I busted out in 10th!!!! Nothing worse than missing the cut by 1 place.  |
07-16-2005, 09:12 AM
|  | On the lookout | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Atlanta again
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| | | One the bubble, it depends a lot on stack size.
I try to:
1. play my regular game
2. but take an extra 5 seconds to think about what I'm doing
3. and if someone at the table is playing stupid or aggressively, maybe check/fold a teeny bit more to let him make a mistake |
07-18-2005, 05:30 PM
|  | Poker Spellcaster | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NLHE cash table Age: 39
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| | | Re: Playing on the bubble
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Originally Posted by Murf Just looking for comments on this one. What is your opinion on playing when its 5-10 to the money, and you are middle stack? Tighten up and hang on, play normal, try and pick up blinds from players scared of finishing on the bubble? | Bubble = shift into 4th gear. Take advantage of the others playing too tightly. |
07-18-2005, 05:56 PM
| | Final Table | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Garwood, NJ
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Originally Posted by chipper57AA I can sympathize. Earlier this week I entered a satellite tourney where the top 9 players advance to the weekly big tourney. There were 341 players entered and I busted out in 10th!!!! Nothing worse than missing the cut by 1 place. | Woe are we, the bubble-finishers.
I usually try and take advantage myself, but if I notice another player is doing the same thing, I pick and choose my spots a little more carefully. |
07-18-2005, 06:20 PM
| | World Series Champ | | Join Date: Mar 2005
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| | | Tighten up and limit yourself to the top 10 hands. Your goal is to make the money, don't do anything stupid! |
07-18-2005, 10:45 PM
| | ChipTalk.net Article Writer | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ontario
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Originally Posted by yeltzen Tighten up and limit yourself to the top 10 hands. Your goal is to make the money, don't do anything stupid! | Well I would have to say my goal is to win. If I bust out and dont make the $$ aslong as I played the best poker I could that day then I am happy.
I remember a game I got busted with a KK all in, the player had J4o and hit 2 more 4's on the board. I played the hand right and it didn't work out what are you gonna do.
I would say play like normal just play your prem hands more aggressive. |
07-18-2005, 11:35 PM
| | Final Table | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Garwood, NJ
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| | | I've decided to add on a poll... |
07-18-2005, 11:57 PM
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| | | If I was big stack, I would play more aggressive. If short stack, tighten up and try to finish in the money. |
07-25-2005, 08:07 PM
|  | World Series Final Table | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Galt's Gultch Age: 94
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| | | Re: Playing on the bubble
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Originally Posted by SpeakEasy Bubble = shift into 4th gear. Take advantage of the others playing too tightly. | Quote: |
Originally Posted by yeltzen Tighten up and limit yourself to the top 10 hands. Your goal is to make the money, don't do anything stupid! |
I do both. If you're playing like SpeakEasy suggests, I think you also have to know when to play like Yeltzen suggests. |
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