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Kab00m wrote
at 4:50 AM, Monday November 24, 2008 EST
I just wanted to see what it would be like to join a tourney and not play a single hand, so I joined the Europe Freeroll to test this "strategy". After sitting and watching myself "away" I finally ended the tournament placing 20th. I'm sure I could have probably placed higher had I not been intentionally bet off blinds, but I just had to see how far I would get. Utterly ridiculous. Something seriously needs to be done. People that were actually playing ranked lower than me and I think it's total bullshit. Sorry to all of you players that really DID want to play, but I just had to see for myself. Also, have a look at this:
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Kab00m wrote
at 4:55 AM, Monday November 24, 2008 EST Sorry about that. The link was crap. Here:
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cards00 wrote
at 4:59 AM, Monday November 24, 2008 EST LMFAO .. :)
nice, watch everyone be away lol untill there 20th lol then start to play.. the myth busters approved and this myth aint BUSTED :) lol i want 1 tournement where we all sit away and see who wins LMFAO that would be really fun to watch and play lol.. and we should be able to like bet on someone who they think will win and the person who gets it right will get say 50, 000 or something like that., :) all the best |
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brocky800 wrote
at 5:05 AM, Monday November 24, 2008 EST If the players who were actually playing decided to play strategically, then they could have easily finished above you. There is nothing wrong with people sitting away in my opinion and I would gladly welcome it when i'm playing in tournaments.
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Geoff1210 wrote
at 5:08 AM, Monday November 24, 2008 EST Maybe I would rather base my strategy around playing poker, and not about looking at an afk table and finding the best way to steal blinds.
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brocky800 wrote
at 5:11 AM, Monday November 24, 2008 EST Yes and so would I Geoff, but when the opportunity is there, take it.
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_rawR wrote
at 5:13 AM, Monday November 24, 2008 EST What opportunity? Seriously. It's bullshit. PROVEN bullshit. Oh wait. I got it now!!! You must be one of those that sits out!!!! HAAA!!! That's why you see nothing wrong with it. Whatever.
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brocky800 wrote
at 5:14 AM, Monday November 24, 2008 EST I've never sat out of a tournament.. It's like you lot have some theory that sitting out wins the tournaments. Get over it and take the blinds.
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JulesDogg wrote
at 11:41 AM, Monday November 24, 2008 EST So, you sit out, get your stack eaten away with the blinds and fail to cash. Well no surprise there.
If players sit out it's fine by me, free chips and less competition. Every little helps to make the final table. I really don't comprehend all the fuss about away players. If I could play cash tourneys against 'away players' I would be very rich indeed! |
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Impatient wrote
at 12:23 PM, Monday November 24, 2008 EST Not everyone is sitting out on purpose. I had an emergency come up and had to leave the house. I had signed up but couldn't play. I, too finished in the 20s somewhere.
My point being, there should be a way of unjoining for cases like this. It would free up the seat for someone else. Personally, I can't see the point in paying the entry fee with an absolute certainty of not winning. That's what happens when a person is away for any lenghth of time. At some point, even if you have some chips, it's too few to get you back on top. My 2 cents. |
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Delboy71 wrote
at 12:30 PM, Monday November 24, 2008 EST but when there is 6 ppl away on one table, it can spoil your own game... especially when you get someone going all in the time because the others are away.
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