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to jaywepp... yes that is the point i am making, you cash out your screwed (the length of the cash out curse is unknown)
to nitemare6... I like to think im a good poker player. Im pretty successful in live cash and tourney play. I just play solid starting hands, minimize unnecessary bluffs/risks, and sometimes I like to pick spots and call some raises with suited connectors and such... and most of all i watch and study my opponants tendanciess.. anyway, when i won and placed high in the cash in a few of the FTP tournies all i did was play solid poker, nothing special. Believe it or not when I won the ftp Sunday 750k I was all-in only once and that was at the final table with 3 players left. I only knocked out i believe about 8 players during that tourney as well. Actually, I never did have a huge suck out.. I think I went in to some pots being a slight dog but never totally dominated... What is funny is that when I won the ftp Sunday 750k and finished 4th in the FTP Monday 1k is that in both tourneys I was the bubble boy with the lowest stack in making the money, seriously... so i made both runs basically starting from last in chips when the money was made...
my total run on full tilt was from April, 08 - June, 08... it was during those 3 months when i was hitting all the major money..
Check this- during those 3 months I made the final table of the Sunday 750k 3 times (finishing 1st, 7th-out on a suck out/bad beat and 9th on a suck out bad beat) ** the 9th place finish was never reported to card player or opr cuz for some reason the tourney was considered unfinished or something. this is what cardplayer told me when i inquired why my stats werent posted. I also finished 19th in another sunday 750k.. but like i said, after i cashed out i could not win a hand and every hand seemed like a setup and it usually was...
but to answer your question nitemare6.... I honestly believe you have to have more luck than skill to win a tourney online whereas in live more skill than luck is usually the determining factor.. To prove my point about more luck than skill to win a tourney online all you have to do is watch the final couple tables of the full tilt or poker stars tourneys and see all the horrid play.. people calling allins with any Ax, etc... its comical to watch the final tables...
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