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LombBomb:

--- Quote from: jgcblack on April 14, 2015, 17:10:39 PM ---
I agree with the points above... They are of concern.

However in actuality the players you are worried about didn"t either play the event, or in my case, didn"t play it as you fear.  There were quite a few players who played with £50 or only re bought once who managed to do very well.  I was only in for £105, I didn"t bully or make any "f*ck it calls".  I did however make a call some questioned when it got opened to £6 on the 25/50p level by Mr J Murphy, called in 5 spots (including myself) then an all in from an apat regular for 32.  Everyone folded round to me and I called quickly with 86ss.   This isn"t a hopeful call but instead an almost certainly profitable call based on my price and hand.  The gent had AKo and I made a straight.  He was visibly frustrated but it is a cash game and I make that call vs all unknowns and 95% of people I know as it is just printing money.

It played exactly as I hope it will from now on, like a small stakes cash game with a time pressure tournament element.  I emplore you to not worry about any deep pockets or tournament life.  Just enjoy a good structure with friendly people.  All of the tables I played on were the embodiment of the apat I have heard of.
With maybe only myself representing a little bit of chilli sauce on the side.

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Hi John, and firstly congrats on the win. It was myself you busted with the 68 lol. I was always limping there with the intention of coming over the top of any raise as the table had been quite aggro. Was more frustrated that I ran so bad throughout the event but didn"t have a problem with your call given your stack size. Was just happy to get it in good with all the dead money in there.

PokerRoyalFlush9:
I thought everything for this ran well. My only thought would be when running it as 1a,1b make everyone at the end of both day have a full chip count (£) and then invite back the top 8 back for the final from across both flights. At the WCOAP 2015 -1a cash players top 4 and 4 reserves we all higher in stakes (£) then all but two from 1b.

MintTrav:
Murphy!??!!

fandango:

--- Quote from: MintTrav on April 14, 2015, 20:40:44 PM ---
Murphy!??!!

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Could of been Easily been Paddy.. Easy mistake to make to be sure bejesus

GGUK2008:
I fully agree with IrishTom's appraisal of the situation.

If somebody is desperate to fire multiple bullets of £100 with the aim of making the final table then let them. To me the purpose of a cash game tournament is this: show that you are the best player at navigating cash games. You do this by playing optimally against people who are looking to get it in at any cost. The deeper pockets do not have an automatic advantage in this format.

I did have one reservation about the format played at WCOAP. I really did not understand the utility of an arbitrary pause of the clock in the last ten minutes, followed by a count of the stacks, followed by five more hands. I understand that this gave people an idea of what they were aiming for in order to make the final table, but it gave a 20-minute pause in the action and I think it actually removed the flow of the game. Also, I don"t understand why the clock was paused instead of run down to zero and THEN count (if absolutely necessary) and then play the last five hands.

Regarding my reservations: it may just be that my table did not see any benefit on this one occasion, but it didn"t seem to stimulate any action or make people do stupid things just to make the final table.

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