playing 2 tables: observation.
Anyone here play 2 tables @ the same time and notice that the hand you have been dealt at table 1 would be the nuts (or at least a very likely winner) for the board on table two?
I know it's all random and that stuff, but it's just uncanny how often it happens to me...just one example with a hand about an hour ago
I was dealt 94 @ table 1 (playing .50-1 NL) just as the other table board came up 449.
I have never mentioned this aloud before until last week when i was playing with friends. I mentioned it, and a few guys were quick to pipe out "yes, oh my god, all the time!"
I know it's all random and that stuff, but it's just uncanny how often it happens to me...just one example with a hand about an hour ago
I was dealt 94 @ table 1 (playing .50-1 NL) just as the other table board came up 449.
I have never mentioned this aloud before until last week when i was playing with friends. I mentioned it, and a few guys were quick to pipe out "yes, oh my god, all the time!"
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Also, this is probably one of those "you'll remember more when bad things happen" things.
You tend to remember bad beats must more than the times you are not drawn out on. In fact, people can even develop irrational thoughts because of this, like "I always lose with pocket Aces" or "I shouldn't play low limit becase of all the suckouts". Most players pretty much expect to win with Aces, and expect to beat the snot out of 9 low limit fish. The idea that when something expected (or probable) does happen, you hardly notice, and when it doesn't, it gets your attention.
How many bad beats do you remember compared to the times where the best hand held up? Or for that matter, how many good *plays* do you remember, regardless of the outcome?
ScottyZ
hah.. logic is overrated.. i'd stick to the conspiracy theory
yeah... that's what they WANT you to think....
ScottyZ
hork.
I have played 4 tables at once on IntertopsPoker (a party poker skin ).
Why would I do such an insane thing, there was a $5000 freeroll the next day that required 500 raked hands to be eligible (I had 100 before the night began). The freeroll had under 100 people registered so the payout was pretty good. I played for four hours that night most of the time with three tables but for the last hour I played four. Total hands for the four hours = 645 of which approx 450 were raked. And the bonus is I was up overall for the night. They were only .50/1.00 dollar tables but i made $60 bucks. Unfortunately I suffered some bad beats in the freeroll and finished 78th out of 110.
What's a sit-n-go tournament, and which online client offers them? Are they just small, NL hold'em tournaments?
These are pretty commonly available the online sites. I know for certain that PokerStars and PartyPoker have sit-n-go's (and probably lots of other sites have them too).
I like the one table sit-n-go's in particular because they're a great way to practise short-handed tournament play.
ScottyZ
Another note - Pokerstars is only a 9 player table - the other sites are 10... so the prizes are a little lower.
hork.
Sweet.