[ElGod]

Anyone had any experience of big MTT wins? best ive ever come in a MTT was 6th for $300 on the bodog $15 $13,500 guarenteed. A friend (not any more ) just won the bodog $100,000 guarenteed $100 entry the other day with a field of around 750 for a mighty $25,000!!!!

i'd really like to hear of anyones big wins, whenever i do well and reach say the lasy 5%, i always find myself going bust on hands where i am the favourite, i think i lost the tourny i mentioned above when i called an all in with AK and lost to A8. Find the crap shoots at the end really annoying, seems you just have to push with lots of hands and try to get away with it?! anyone got any advice for this section of the tournament? Also to anyone who has won or placed very highly, did you feel you got really lucky to win winning say 90% of the all in's you were in?

[UofTNick]

I myself have never had any really big wins (the biggest was $100) - but that's because i typically only play freerolls or small buy-ins. Up to this point I haven't played a big enough buy-in to have a really big payout.

I do however agree that for some tourneys ( depending on how long they've been running and how fast the blinds increase) come down to you folding or pushing. There is no middle ground simply because the blinds are so big. Others I have found are the complete opposite though, and it was like a chess match, because the blinds were significantly smaller than the average stack, so a lot of betting could occur. It all depends on the tourney really.

[Yearbookpoker]

I've won $250 in a tourney once but nothing bigger than that. I played in a $20 big tourney and finished 4th I think. It's not much but I usually play $5 tourneys and that one I tried really hard and pulled out a nice cash. I deffinitely agree with both of your guys assessments on the end of the tourney. Most sites including titan have blinds go pretty damn quick and it makes it hard even if your the chip leader to just sit there and play normal. You have to hope to double up alot and be smart going about it. I would suggest when it gets down to the latter parts of a tourney to watch your oponents. The ones that move all in alot...don't try and bluff. The ones who play slow you can check to or just call their blinds.

[beriac]

Personally, I haven't played a lot of big MTT tournaments yet. I've placed in the odd freeroll for $10-20 here and there, and I've won my share of the SnG's I've played. But I've shied away from the MTTs as I've built up my bankroll because the odds seem a lot longer, so it seems like a less stable way to build a bankroll. Thoughts? Should I be looking more at them?

[ElGod]

I think they are definitely worth a try, its all about just waiting for that one big win! i would definitely stay away from MTT's if your bankroll can't pay for at least 100 entries for them as the swings are so huge and a lot of the time even if you place, you will only get say 2-3x your entry fee back, all the money is on the final table. But if you are successful in SnG's i guess its a possible step up, i am most a SnG player aswell, i just see them as paying for my MTT entrances, now i just need to get a good placing to rocket my bankroll so i can progress!

[BadAndy]

I've won a $2500 MTT with 645 entrants. I got first place and the payout was $625 for me. I have come in 2nd in a $750 freezout winning about $160 and I have come in 4th in a $1500 Freezeout for about $200 as well. Other than that, I have just been freerolling and playing small buyins and sitNgo's. Next time I win, I'll get a screen shot and put it on here.

[beriac]

Fair points. I haven't tried too many MTTs outside of freerolls, as I have said, but I might try them, if for no other reason than that the might be at a higher level (and less reliant on luck) than during the first hour of some of the freerolls that you see. MTTs kind of combine all the skills you learn (lengthy 10-table play from ring games, final table play from SNGs, and 1-on-1 play from Heads Up games), it should be an interesting exercise. You're right, I should find one that's nice and comfy in the bankroll...

[Yearbookpoker]

I tried a $5 rebuy mtt yesterday and had success. I was at 7k with 45 left and 30 cash. I played a hand were everyone folded to me so I called the bb. The sb then raised me all in so I called with A-Q against his A-2. He then went on to suck out against me on the river. I got extremely ticked out being how I was on my way to a nice cash and first place was over $700.

Anyways...I am wondering, does anyone else notice that people in big mtt tourneys make the worst moves ever and their the ones who get the luckiest. It's not just the large stacks either playing loose because they can. This guy was just above my stack and I was like 30th out of the remaining 45. I guess I'll get my chance one day to suck out cards because I played horrible cards to begin with (oh yeah, I'm not stupid enough to go all in preflop with A-2.)

[beriac]

Do you find that the low quality play that you describe in these MTTs is as bad as the mass freerolls? Also, was the buy-in very low? I would have to assume that after awhile you would cross a threshold where the quality of play would improve...

[Yearbookpoker]

It was a $5.50 buy in with $5 rebuys and thats the thing. I was down to 45 players so I expected the players to be a little better. I guess some don't care about $5 and they will still play like idiots. Answering your other question on was it as bad as freerolls I would say no, but since it was a rebuy tourney (which I won't be playing any more of) they did play horribly in the first hour.