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Tournament play strategy

What strategy changes are required for 9/6 Jacks or Better
tournament play on TRIPLE PLAY. There will be two 10 minutes
sessions. It is limited to 200 entries. The top five will be the
big winners.
Thank you VPG

#50 in the FAQ has the following link to Bob Dancer's
Tournament Strategy article:

http://tinyurl.com/3qcsf

<a href="http://tinyurl.com/3qcsf">
http://tinyurl.com/3qcsf</a>

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On 8 Sep 2004 at 13:06, luckvpg wrote:

What strategy changes are required for 9/6 Jacks or Better
tournament play on TRIPLE PLAY. There will be two 10 minutes
sessions. It is limited to 200 entries. The top five will be the
big winners.

> What strategy changes are required for 9/6 Jacks or Better
> tournament play on TRIPLE PLAY. There will be two 10 minutes
> sessions. It is limited to 200 entries. The top five will be

the

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "vpFREE" <vpFREE@C...> wrote:

On 8 Sep 2004 at 13:06, luckvpg wrote:
> big winners.

#50 in the FAQ has the following link to Bob Dancer's
Tournament Strategy article:

http://tinyurl.com/3qcsf

<a href="http://tinyurl.com/3qcsf">
http://tinyurl.com/3qcsf</a>

*****

I will give you my observations. But first, why didn't you share
where/what/why about this tourney? You might have generated more
responses.

First you state the terms:

200 max entries
20 minutes on 3-play games playing Jacks
Top five score money

First quiz question is this unlimited hands played? Next is how fast
are the machines?

Scoring system the same as Jacks 9/6/4000? I mean no penalty for a
royal? Some paytables for tourneys do not give you 4000 credits.

Figuring 200 contestants x 1000 individual hand results (a guess) =
200,000 hands in total. Divide by 40,000 means 5 royals, on the
average, playing somewhat normal.

You got to figure you need a royal to cash in the top five. With a
mellow Jacks schedule a couple of Quads/Kickers just will not do it
like DDB.

Play like you need a royal from the start!

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Of course if you can cash well below just 5 out of 200 than this
changes things. The Pioneer in Laughlin runs free tourneys like
this. 210 contestants x500 hands = 105,000 hands. Royals were seen
for 0-5 contestants, for the three scores that cashed playing Bonus
8/5.

(Pioneer does this every T-W-Th with just $100 coin-in on the casino
floor, free entry)

BS