| 14 Aug | PokerStars fishy million?Posted by PokerBarney on 11:36AM, 14th Aug 2006Permalink |  Send to a friend |  RSS feed |
Another Sunday has passed, and another $1,178,600 was shared out amongst the top 825 players from the original 5893, with first place earning a sweet sweet $173,843.50
Looking at the list of runners and their finishing positions is interesting though. Big names didn't fare so well - JohnnyBax (4458), sheets (3265), shaniac (2241), previous winners Rizen (3745)and goldy18k (4778).
This is to be expected though, with a field of almost 6000 players, it will take a lot of luck to go deep. Especially since these players will be playing to win, so are more likely to bust early (or finish deep).
What is more interesting (and unexpected) however, is having a look at some of the top finishers stats on SharkScope. SharkScope is a searchable database of SNG results, and is worth using to check out your opponents when you get down to the final table.
Anyway.. the winner of the million tourney was DeuxExMachin. He has played 19 SNGs (the last one on the 7th Jun), with an average stake of $36, and average ROI of -2% and a total profit of -$76.
Second place was Kraven23 who has played 180 games, with an average stake of $10, an average ROI of -22% and a total profit of -$849.
Third place was jmega who has played 192 games, with an average stake of $82, an average ROI of -13% and a total profit of -$2,784.
Fourth place was jonath34 who has played 25 games, with an average stake of $27, an average ROI of 14% and a total profit of $125.
Fifth place was Stelvask who has played 379 games, with an average stake of $76, an average ROI of 11% and a total profit of $2,794.
So of the top 5, only 2 are winning players! (according to SharkScope). For third place to have played almost 200 SNGs and to have lost almost $3,000 amazes me. How can he lose so much playing SNGs, yet finish 3rd out of a field of almost 6000 players, with so much at stake?
Of course, SharkScope doesn't take into account MTT results, so we turn to ThePokerDB which does. ThePokerDB is similar to SharkScope, except they store MTT results instead (and you have to register a free account in order to search their database).
Doing a quick search of our top 5 indicates that DeuxExMachin has played 2 large field MTTs, placing 2nd and 5th and winning almost $3,000. jmega also does very well, with total winnings of almost $10,000. jonath34 has made just over £2,000 playing limit Omaha Hi/Lo, and Stelvask has clocked in almost $40,000 with a couple of $10K+ finishes.
Only Kraven23 has had poor MTT results, with winnings of $65 and no final tables since 1st Jan 2005. But what does this all mean?
- Kraven23 was either very lucky, or has been studying incredibly hard.
- SharkScope is not a great tool for examing MTT performance (duh...)
- Being a great MTT player doesn't mean you're great at SNGs and vice versa.
- jmega is tossing his winnings away on SNGs.. :)
- Stay away from Stelvask, because he will take your money.
So there you have it. Fish-luckbox-donk-tastic-aments.
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Comments (4)
3. Elza (fdgg [at] hotmail [dot] com)
Tue 26th Sep 2006 10:45
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Tue 26th Sep 2006 10:45
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4. Elza (fdgg [at] hotmail [dot] com)
Wed 11th Oct 2006 08:56
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Fri 18th Aug 2006 14:40
Hey PokerBarney. I enjoyed reading your writeup. I couldn't agree with you more -- my SNG stats are absolutely atrocious. I have had some great success in MTT's lately though. I'm definitely not a fish, as I do quite well in cash games and MTTs. :) On a side note, I did get incredibly lucky leading up to the final table. I laid a few massive suckouts of people (mostly smaller stacks), and was fortunate enough to finish in the top 3. Keep up the good work bro. Much enjoyed and appreciated.
jmega