Premium Hands

I love to see good cards at the beginning, midle ,end in the end of a mmt.....

I want premium hands all the time throughout the tournament, lol.

If you think that youre premium hands run out later in a tournament it just means you are not going to be on a premium hand streak the whole tournament. It doesnt matter if you have a streak of premium hands, it's just random after that. To win a turbo tournament you need to double through a premium hand every 20-30 hands. (probably more). Normal speed tournament you need to double every 60-80 hands , proably more to stay alive. You can just wait for AK, queens, kings and aces to double through if youre at a hyper agressive/fish table where youre shove is almost always gonna be called. I dont like turbos because its hard to bluff or make good plays. Its basically about who can run the best.

Your chance of getting a premium hand in later hands does not change based on how many premium hands you have already had. This is because each hand is an independent event. I wonder what the chances of getting AA every single hand of a tournament is? Probably similar to winning the lottery every day for a week.

i don't get them , i don't know hw it feels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!

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Originally Posted by Sharking

Each hand is an independent event.

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This. End of thread haha. And in regards to your question Sharking: There are 6 (4 choose 2) ways of making any PP, and there are 1326 (52 choose 2) possible starting hands; therefore, the odds of being dealt AA on one hand is 6/1326 or ~ .45%. Thus, if we let n = # of hands dealt in the tournament, the desired probability is (.0045)^n. Multiply by 100 if you want the percentage.

I don't mind getting good cards at any point in a tournament. Good cards are good cards. How I play with those good cards will depend on what has been happening or what I expect to start happening in a tournament. Being able to play with a big stack, medium stack, and a small stack should be everyone's goal. That way you don't have to worry about stack size play at any point in a tourney. If you are solid in all, you'll be solid throughout.

Premium hands are great as long as you don't marry them or play too slow and get your head bashed in. Some people seem to believe AA thru JJ are just UNBEATABLE. Poker just doesn't work that way 7 2 off will beat a premium hand 12.5% of the time. So if you go all-in against it 8 times then the odds are against you. Simple Math...

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Originally Posted by NZbro

Normal speed tournament you need to double every 60-80 hands , proably more to stay alive. You can just wait for AK, queens, kings and aces to double through if youre at a hyper agressive/fish table where youre shove is almost always gonna be called. I dont like turbos because its hard to bluff or make good plays. Its basically about who can run the best.

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Haha this is definitely NOT true, but based on your money won I'd say this is a sound strategy.

i like trying to build quick and then wait for the monsters!!! lol

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Originally Posted by TARGI

I love to see good cards at the beginning, midle ,end in the end of a mmt.....

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Yes I like these hands in all day.

I just take whatevers dealt and play every scenario as it comes.

you never can tell what hands you will be dealt with. just have to play them naturally.
some days you may be lucky, some days not.

To get good hands at the start of the tournament is very important to make strong finish

it is just the luck of the draw

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Originally Posted by maxie0d

you never can tell what hands you will be dealt with. just have to play them naturally.
some days you may be lucky, some days not.

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No shit. :D

premium hands end fold wen you think you lose end you win mmt

i dont really care about getting them earlier or deeper, im only concerned if they will actually hit and win, cause i have a kinda traumatic relation with "golden" hands....LOL........xDD

i went them deeper b/c I can get more chips that way

i fold some 'premium' hands when i'm out of position...all too often i raise from early position and get faced with impossible decisions after some mid/late position guy jams it in...if im out of position i'd much rather raise with nothing but qq, kk, aa, or ak...makes the decision that much easier when someone jams it, but it also hurts that much more when i get sucked out on

If ya check my pokertableratings, you will see that almost half of the money i've lost is with AA and 22, 2 outted on river with AA and set over set with 22, ya look at all my hands and i win more with drawing hands than i do the premiums...