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I find this party poker freerolls and leaderboard much better then FT ones... Much? NO! 1000 TIMES BETTER! First, there are less then 1000 people registered on freerolls, second there is one fr with 200$ prize pool, third, there is bit more serious game (still donk fest but not like on FT), fourth, it is deep stack... I know people are complaining that they cant play if they dont deposit but there is ndb offer for Party so problem solved! I would like to see this leaderboard in months to come... any chances for that admin?
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The blinds start higher though so I don't think there's much difference between the tourneys still 10 minutes per level. Won't be long before there's more people in it I would guess.
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It´s much the same donkfest in my opinion, sorry.
The big difference is that the blinds are higher per level. much higher. That´s a Party Poker thing mostly.
This means that the tourneys only last about 3 hours. On FT they play from 5 to more than 7 hours for the $100 ones. That is WAY too long. Just not feasable unless you´re a kid "living" at the computer and NO social life whatsoever.
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Posted by IslandJack: It's much the same donkfest in my opinion, sorry.
I think that you are wrong. It is still donkfest but not like on FT... Im just playing and I will give you example: I have AJ, all people fold to button (you can see that often on FT ones), button min raises, I reraise him x2, guy on big blind folds and button... FOLDS! And that was on beginning of tournament and he already doubled his stack! Did you ever saw that kind of situation on FT? I didnt! In late phase yes but on beginning no!
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i like the party freerolls better too...smaller field and finishes earlier than at full tilt. a freeroll lasting more than 5 hours isn't worth it for me.
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Posted by jovicakralj:
Posted by IslandJack: It's much the same donkfest in my opinion, sorry.
I think that you are wrong. It is still donkfest but not like on FT... Im just playing and I will give you example: I have AJ, all people fold to button (you can see that often on FT ones), button min raises, I reraise him x2, guy on big blind folds and button... FOLDS! And that was on beginning of tournament and he already doubled his stack! Did you ever saw that kind of situation on FT? I didnt! In late phase yes but on beginning no!
I must admit I don´t know much about the beginning of play because I only join these games after 20 min of play. I avoid the donkiest moments and usually on FT half the field is out by then. Plenty of time and donks left to build up a nice stack, but no more crazy 6-man all-ins where you lose with AA to 83 hitting 33 on the board.
I do the same on PP, and maybe by then the games are comparable on both sites?
Edit:
Like right now I´ve been playing on Ft for only 28 min, joined when half the field was out, and my stack is already up over 10.000. Like i said, plenty of Donks left who call all your raises, hoping to hit that 2nd "A" or that their 44 is still the best hand with KQJ on the board.
It´s midnight, so i might just leave it and go to sleep, rather than play it out for what I know is another 4 to 5 grueling hours. Even folding now and letting it run will probably get me to about 80th place in the end before I run out of blinds (that´s a huge 8 cents). The rest will just play themselves out of there. I´ll pick a couple of daytime games to play out and try to get that Leaderboard back, if i can find the sheer willpower to sit through it all for so many hours. Sitting there for 6 hours playing super tight and folding to all big raises while watching the worst Poker I´ve ever seen is pretty messed up !
Edited by IslandJack (23 February 2011 @ 00:05 GMT)
