# \*BOOM Goes the Dynamite - SDMB Pokertropolis First Quarter, 2006 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 5, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635 "2006-01-05T21:07:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Kyyrewyyoae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Kyyrewyyoae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyyrewyyoae)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/201 "2006-03-02T19:29:28Z")
Ah, Thursday. How I’ve missed you. Game’s not up yet but it’s early. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/202 "2006-03-02T21:33:04Z")
WooHoo! Number 2! I should skip out for the next couple of weeks, probably the best thing I could do to help my rating. Nah… ---
**Author:** ![Kyyrewyyoae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Kyyrewyyoae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyyrewyyoae)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/203 "2006-03-02T21:55:38Z")
No, the best thing you can do to help your rating is to get _friendly_ with one of the Allans. ---
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/204 "2006-03-02T23:37:58Z")
Allen says it’ll be up in the next two hours. ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/205 "2006-03-02T23:42:29Z")
I’m hoping I’ll be home in time to play tonight. I missed my weekly game last night, so I’m itching to play. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/206 "2006-03-03T04:31:34Z")
Tonights Results (3/2/06): 1. Ganga Oct 2. Oslo 3. Dead Dude 4. Asterion 5. Root Arm 6. Duckie Suckie 7. LightingTool 8. Nanookie 9. Kyy 10. Dag Otto 11. Yeti Le Dipshit ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/207 "2006-03-03T04:33:23Z")
Current Q1 2006 Standings: 1 Gangster Octopus 74.3 2 Oslo Ostragoth 74.1 3 Max the Vool 69.4 4 Duke of Rat 68.6 5 Only Mostly Dead 66.2 6 Kyyrewyyoae 63.1 7 Miss Take 62.6 8 Dag Otto 60.5 9 nesta 58.7 10 Nanook of the North 55.5 11 Robot Arm 55.2 12 Exploding Kitchen 52.6 13 Asterion 46.6 14 Lightning Fool 44.6 15 Aholibah 41.1 16 Capn Pitt 38.2 17 Yeticus Rex 29.5 ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/208 "2006-03-03T04:52:38Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > Current Q1 2006 Standings: > > 1 Gangster Octopus 74.3 > 2 Oslo Ostragoth 74.1 > 3 Max the Vool 69.4 > 4 Duke of Rat 68.6 > 5 Only Mostly Dead 66.2 > 6 Kyyrewyyoae 63.1 > 7 Miss Take 62.6 > 8 Dag Otto 60.5 > 9 nesta 58.7 > 10 Nanook of the North 55.5 > 11 Robot Arm 55.2 > 12 Exploding Kitchen 52.6 > 13 Asterion 46.6 > 14 Lightning Fool 44.6 > 15 Aholibah 41.1 > 16 Capn Pitt 38.2 > 17 Yeticus Rex 29.5 Wow. A win moves GO 7 points and 4 places? The algorithm must put a high premium on winning. And Max retains third by not playing? I’m thinking of a new strategy for winning the quarter… ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/209 "2006-03-03T05:02:28Z")
Yeah, I moved 5 places and 8 points last week. P.S. See post 202 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/210 "2006-03-03T05:16:55Z")
By the way, whoever has it - could you post/link/email me the speadsheet for this quarter? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/211 "2006-03-03T16:24:43Z")
Oslo, I’ll mail you the spreadsheet when I get home. The formula basically averages your position each week. So the fewer weeks you have played the more weight each week’s performance has. And if you don’t play your score doesn’t change. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/212 "2006-03-03T16:42:30Z")
I’d like to thank **Yeti** for keeping me out of the cellar. One of these days I’ll make it home in time to play again. I miss it. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/213 "2006-03-06T17:01:50Z")
This being another cold, wet, early spring weekend, I spent a little time checking out tournament games on a few sites. OK, a **lot** of time. **PokerStars** - I notched another win at a 5T SnG, along with a couple of finishes out of the money. Still my favorite tourney, and, at 45 players, not too time-consuming. **Hollywood** freeroll - a winnable game, although I choked out of the money after making it to the final table once. A time burden (3+ hours) with 800+ players. Still, pretty soft, and worthy of a look-see. Several per day. (This site is an affiliate of the Tuesday night Doper game.) **PokerTropolis** $.99 - A finish in the money. My fellow Dopers should do well here - up until the final two tables, the game is dominated by loose, passive play. Call, check. Call, check. Very few significant raises. At around 100 players, not as big of a time burden. I’ll be playing again as time allows. Of course, none really compare(s?) with the Thursday night madness we all love… ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/214 "2006-03-07T00:22:42Z")
congrats on the cashing and the win Oslo! ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/215 "2006-03-07T00:36:18Z")
> [@CapnPitt](#): > > congrats on the cashing and the win Oslo! Thanks. You got a favorite tourney (other than the SDMB, of course)? ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/216 "2006-03-07T01:18:26Z")
> [@Oslo Ostragoth](#): > > Thanks. You got a favorite tourney (other than the SDMB, of course)? Nah. Funding an account has been a perpetual pain in the ass for me, so I don’t play online much except for our game. Oh, and that I suck might have something to do with it too. A few of my buddies run a decently expensive tournament ($60) every Wed. locally and I’ll play in that every few months. But I don’t have the cash to play more than that. Oddly, I think I’m a much better “in person” player than online player. I think I’ve perfected the look of being perpetually bored. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/217 "2006-03-07T03:12:58Z")
> [@CapnPitt](#): > > Nah. Funding an account has been a perpetual pain in the ass for me, so I don’t play online much except for our game. Oh, and that I suck might have something to do with it too. > > A few of my buddies run a decently expensive tournament ($60) every Wed. locally and I’ll play in that every few months. But I don’t have the cash to play more than that. Oddly, I think I’m a much better “in person” player than online player. I think I’ve perfected the look of being perpetually bored. I hear ya. That’s why I looked into freeroll tourneys at Hollywood - win one and you have cash on deposit to play the games. I’m probably much worse in person. One, I haven’t played live in years. Two, I’m probably lousy with tells. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/218 "2006-03-07T19:31:44Z")
> [@CapnPitt](#): > > I’d like to thank **Yeti** for keeping me out of the cellar. Owwwww! Quiiiiiiit Iiiiiiiiit! Mom, **Capn’s** rubbing my face in shit again! ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/219 "2006-03-07T21:51:32Z")
I have not been playing in many tournaments at all lately. I have been playing on the 0.05/0.10 no-limit ring games at **bodog**. I like them because I can play them whenever I want for as long as I want, there’s plenty of good action with the low buy-ins, and I am doing pretty well, having turned $10 at around christmas time into $300. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/220 "2006-03-08T00:50:03Z")
> [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > Owwwww! Quiiiiiiit Iiiiiiiiit! > > Mom, **Capn’s** rubbing my face in shit again! Now, let’s not over-react (I’ve been typing hyphenated words like a mofo today). I was simply commending you on your marvelous, Yeticulus, chivalric attitude and behavior. It’s a testament to your upstanding moral fiber that you’re bad a poker. Unfortunately, being next to last shows me as having no moral fiber and being bad a poker. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635.md?page=12)