Deepstack Tournaments

[Penelopeys]

I very much enjoy the deepstacks on boss...

Every night - € 20 or € 40 buyins

[slapdash]

Looks as though about two-thirds of the prize pool goes to the final table. Maybe it would be better to have a slightly flatter prize structure, but with a $10 buy-in and 1000 players, you're not going to get rich, no matter how slow the structure is (the poker sites don't pay us by the hour! ).

I fully realize that there are much more profitable games available, but I don't mind: I'm just looking on it as practice for when I win the WSOP main event!

[slapdash]

Out in 212th after 4 hours 40 minutes (180 places played).

Still, enjoyed it.

[Mad Duke]

ul slapdash , i think boss have started a deep and steep tourney only 5 euros if i remember right will need to check

18.30 10+1 euro
21.45 5+0.50 euro
00.30 3+30 euro

Ahh only thing is there all speed blinds 5 mins

[GotaFancy?]

Originally Posted by slapdash

I fully realize that there are much more profitable games available, but I don't mind: I'm just looking on it as practice for when I win the WSOP main event!

I see the tongue in cheek smiley, but serious question

We all lack deep stack tournament practice and are therefore probably struggling when (if) we get to a true deep stacked tournament like WSOP. Or are we? Is the deep stack stage of a tournament not just like (deep stack) cash poker until the tournament is no longer deep stacked?

Is Cash table poker not the best preparation for WSOP? Would/should you play early stages of WSOP Main Event any different to a cash table? (assuming you wish to maximise your equity and not maximise your experience)

[slapdash]

Yes, you may well be right. In fact, as I think I said in a different thread recently, I'm pretty sure the difference between cash and tournament strategy is generally overestimated in most stages of a tournament until it gets close to the bubble.

But personally I find it a lot easier to concentrate in tournaments, and I enjoy them more. I think it's because I can't afford to play cash games where the amount of money at stake really matters (I'm not good enough to win at that level). But in a tournament, even if the money isn't significant, I have a well-defined objective, and that makes it easier for me to concentrate. Hell, I've played in tournaments where I've been very short-stacked and seriously weighed up the EV consequences of hanging on to the next prize level for an extra 20c and risking it to build a stack!