Decent point towards the end, but i disagree about 'getting your money in first' in a torny and hoping it stands up. Its all about survival in a tourny and winning the right pots. yes there is luck involves but no more than a cash game.

Just like the better players will prevale over a period in a cash game, so will the players over several tournies in the long run

I see where you are coming from but in a tournament situation you do get some muppets who will go all-in and get lucky simply because they think they are not playing with real money and are prepared to risk it. If they had say £200 of their money sat in front of them they wouldn't do it.

in tourney play i have been known to fold aces pre flop as not getting involved would cement my top 3 place, last night i was playing a £10 6 player double up game and 4 people left, two guys over 3k each me and other player have 900 blinds are 400 and 200.

so two short stacks fold chip leader raises all in (with ak suited)
And 2nd chip leader calls with pocket queens.

Now with the blinds so high me and other player would have to have doubled up pretty soon and taken a chance with i.e rag ace.

So my point is tourney play is not about getting your money in first and hoping it comes through there is a lot more skill managing positions, blinds, etc imo

What do we all play on?

Does anyone think it would be a good idea to run a private tourney on a site for rlfans?

If we got a few players together then yes. Even if it was just £5 buy in it would be fun and there would be bragging right at stake.

I play on Full Tilt mainly but also have PKR and Victor Chandler accounts.

Seen that suggested somewhere before, can't remember where though.

Good idea. I'd definitely be up for it.

Earlier in the thread i think it was. Count me in. Unless you're doing it during Neighbours.

How many people would we want? And how do you go about doing a private tourney?

I'd play. Only really play on William Hill nowadays as they like giving me free money from time to time.

I love playing forum tournaments, you always get the forum "expert" slagging off other peoples play afterwards after they got knocked out early

I'd definitely be up for that... as long as there was money involved of course!

I use PKR mainly but I have Full Tilt, Pokerstars, BetFred and William Hill.

Does anyone here play live as well then? I play in a redtooth league but only really go for the cash game that they have after the tournament.

I've been playing at the G Casino in Manchester the last couple of weeks on the cash tables. Plenty of muppets in there! A couple of weeks back I had AQ suited. Raised to £6 pre-flop (blinds £1/£1) got called by 10 7 off suit. Flop comes down Q 6 3... I bet £12 on the flop. This guy calls me with nothing. On the turn comes a 7, I bet £20 he calls. River 10... couldn't believe it. I lost all my money in that hand. I ended up going to the cash machine as there were two really bad players at the table and one guy who was on tilt. Sat down with £40 and ended up leaving £180 in profit. Won a huge pot with A high straight off the 10 7 guy of about £150 then busted him a couple of hands later

I'd definately be up for a tourney. Have accounts pretty much everywhere but i'd prefer Pokerstars