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i know some of you guys enjoy the crazy handhistorys:
Full Tilt Poker Game #16735971934: $6 + $0.50 Matrix 4x Sit & Go (124455695), Match 3 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 7:59:01 ET - 2009/12/12 Seat 1: turbo_ali82 (1,500) Seat 2: kurkipotku (1,500) Seat 3: foldorama (1,500) Seat 4: Fun2Run (1,500) Seat 5: lawless1701 (1,500) Seat 6: umarplus (1,500) Seat 7: True Tai Pan (1,500) Seat 8: Freddy Power (1,500) Seat 9: Troja25 (1,500) turbo_ali82 posts the small blind of 15 kurkipotku posts the big blind of 30 The button is in seat #9 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to umarplus [Kh Ks] foldorama has 15 seconds left to act foldorama folds Fun2Run folds lawless1701 calls 30 umarplus raises to 150 True Tai Pan folds Freddy Power has 15 seconds left to act Freddy Power calls 150 Troja25 folds turbo_ali82 folds kurkipotku folds lawless1701 calls 120 *** FLOP *** [9h Tc Jd] lawless1701 checks umarplus bets 300 Freddy Power has 15 seconds left to act Freddy Power calls 300 lawless1701 folds True Tai Pan has been disconnected *** TURN *** [9h Tc Jd] umarplus checks Freddy Power has 15 seconds left to act Freddy Power bets 1,050, and is all in umarplus calls 1,050, and is all in Freddy Power shows [Ad Kd] umarplus shows [Kh Ks] *** RIVER *** [9h Tc Jd Qs] Freddy Power shows a straight, Ace high True Tai Pan has reconnected umarplus shows a straight, Ace high umarplus ties for the pot (1,598) with a straight, Ace high Freddy Power ties for the pot (1,597) with a straight, Ace high *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 3,195 | Rake 0 Board: [9h Tc Jd Qs Ah] Seat 1: turbo_ali82 (small blind) folded before the Flop Seat 2: kurkipotku (big blind) folded before the Flop Seat 3: foldorama didn't bet (folded) Seat 4: Fun2Run didn't bet (folded) Seat 5: lawless1701 folded on the Flop Seat 6: umarplus showed [Kh Ks] and won (1,598) with a straight, Ace high Seat 7: True Tai Pan didn't bet (folded) Seat 8: Freddy Power showed [Ad Kd] and won (1,597) with a straight, Ace high Seat 9: Troja25 (button) didn't bet (folded)
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Posted by doomdy: Can u explain the basic rules off these matrix, i never get this
basically you pay one buyin and it is split in 5 prizepools. 4 are played out on 4 seperate 9man SNGmatches, the fifth is split depending on overall results (you collect points for surviving players, knocking out players and winning matches).
i like em because they lower the rake (i pay less rake per dollar, than if i played 4 or 5 1$-SNGs) and the good players avoid them usually. why do they do this? the fifth prizepool might affect your game. you cant play solely for win only anymore (an early bust will cost you a lot of the points needed to get a piece of the "matrix-prizepool" , so if you are a decent SNG-player, you are very likely to make bigger profits by multitabling standard SNGs. if you are more a survival type of player, who enjoys the company of the worst players out there, these are perfect for you in my oppinion (at least on the microlevel. on the bigger levels usually only the NLHE turbos and superturbos fill up and i dunno how tough they are)
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Posted by doomdy: Ahhhh so littl bit same as DoNs, playin too survive
i think so too. knowing when it has more value to fold a reasonable hand is very important in these. at some point you have to pull the trigger though to collect some knockout points, especially in the turbos. i often switch from very tight to superaggro when we are at the bubble and i dont have enough matrixpoints yet to get my piece of the fifth prizepool.
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Posted by umarplus:
basically you pay one buyin and it is split in 5 prizepools. 4 are played out on 4 seperate 9man SNGmatches, the fifth is split depending on overall results (you collect points for surviving players, knocking out players and winning matches).
do u play 4 games with same people or diff people?
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Posted by SuperNoob:
Posted by umarplus:
basically you pay one buyin and it is split in 5 prizepools. 4 are played out on 4 seperate 9man SNGmatches, the fifth is split depending on overall results (you collect points for surviving players, knocking out players and winning matches).
do u play 4 games with same people or diff people?
it is the same peopple on all 4 tables. There is only 9 entrants. But 4 tables.
, so if you are a decent SNG-player, you are very likely to make bigger profits by multitabling standard SNGs. if you are more a survival type of player, who enjoys the company of the worst players out there, these are perfect for you in my oppinion (at least on the microlevel. on the bigger levels usually only the NLHE turbos and superturbos fill up and i dunno how tough they are)
