tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012366747492399470.post2844830899885093442..comments2023-09-07T06:01:31.574-07:00Comments on That's Not Poker: 2009 HU tourney wrap upMarshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05026007603250510224noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012366747492399470.post-79702940604594500622009-07-31T12:51:54.522-07:002009-07-31T12:51:54.522-07:00This was the most fun I've had at a tourney. ...This was the most fun I've had at a tourney. I have to agree that when the blinds reached the cap it basically came down to coin flipping. It was just a question of putting your stack in the best situation you could by the time you got to that point (and knowing not to flip with every single hand from the small blind at that point).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07243539428500320760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012366747492399470.post-20843432710141545212009-07-28T16:57:53.243-07:002009-07-28T16:57:53.243-07:00@jsola
Blinds were identical for last time for all...@jsola<br />Blinds were identical for last time for all T4000 rounds. There were adjustments for T8000 and T16,000 rounds and those were adjusted to give more play. Some of the matches were in fact much quicker since some games were over within the 25/50 or 50/100 blind levels. <br /><br />Still, I would agree with you that at times it did seem faster this time around and that very well may be due to all of us having more experience as you suggest. What do you think would be the most effective way to compensate? Deeper stacks, slower blinds levels, or both? I am hesitant to try doing anything more than one orbit per blind level because then it would get really hard to keep track of which level we were at.<br /><br />You're right, there is heck of a lot of stuff going on especially since most of us play heads up so rarely. I didn't think of it at the time but the slowest games could have been expedited by a third party doing shuffling/dealing since people were sitting dormant waiting anyway.<br /><br />Thanks for the feedback Joe. I am kicking around alternative formats for next time so your input is very helpful. If anyone else has any comments or suggestions just let me know. Thanks!Sushi Cowboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00753872848839415763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012366747492399470.post-42247620595942016932009-07-28T15:36:45.385-07:002009-07-28T15:36:45.385-07:00I was just happy to get to play poker again after ...I was just happy to get to play poker again after such a long sabbatical, so I definitely enjoyed myself and liked having so much guaranteed playtime in a tournament. <br /><br />The structure felt much faster than last time, even though I'm pretty sure the blinds were the same. I felt like I was pushing my whole stack in by the time it got to 200/400, and 400/800 was just a flip-fest. I'm not sure why I feel like this is any different from the last tourney, it could just be because of adjustments in my heads-up playstyle. Maybe the matches felt shorter because we have, on a whole, become much more adept at short stack play and know that going all-in with ATC is usually the right play when it's that deep. There were definitely a few opponents who played a tighter game, and those matches tended to drag on a bit.<br /><br />I thought the length of the tournament was fine, I don't think there's anything you can really do about some players finishing later than others, that's just the nature of the beast. If you ever do these regularly, you should probably adjust the tournament time estimates based on the lower bound of experience of the players in it. If there are players who do not regularly play heads up, or don't play poker at all, then those matches are just going to take longer. Between shuffling, stacking and counting chips, dealing, and thinking about your play, there's an awful lot going on at one time.<br /><br />As far as the feel of the matches themselves, I will use an analogy...<br /><br />Heads-up tourney : Full ring tourney :: Crack cocaine : Marshmallow fluff<br /><br />It was fast, crazy, lots of big shoves and lots of light calldowns. I only pulled off a couple multi-street bluffs as I just didn't believe anyone could fold. So I felt like the play wasn't as interesting or deep as in a big tourney structure. But, again, it's the nature of the thing and there's no way you can have a deep structure when you need to play 8 matches in a row. <br /><br />Thanks again for putting it all together, btw! It seems like such a logistical nightmare, but you pulled it off very well.jsolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11400143652119692926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012366747492399470.post-82199242443281864362009-07-27T21:22:52.203-07:002009-07-27T21:22:52.203-07:00The top eight players were seeded as follows based...The top eight players were seeded as follows based on the pseudo round robin play:<br /><br />Seed Name Record Power_Rating<br />#1 Jason 7-1 91.762<br />#2 Dave 6-2 78.123<br />#3 Martin 5-3 65.303<br />#4 Chuck 5-3 65.121<br />#5 Royal 5-3 64.957<br />#6 Drew 4-4 52.791<br />#7 Jeh 4-4 52.297<br />#8 Joe 4-4 52.126<br /><br />Round of 8 (quarter-finals)<br />Jason defeated Joe<br />Jeh upset Dave<br />Martin defeated Drew<br />Royal beat Chuck<br /><br />Round of 4 (semi-finals)<br />Martin defeats Jeh<br />Royal upsets Jason<br /><br />Finals<br />Martin over RoyalSushi Cowboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00753872848839415763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012366747492399470.post-35233310891210802682009-07-27T18:32:12.134-07:002009-07-27T18:32:12.134-07:00results?results?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com