Francis, a native of Honfleur amateur player has become
accustomed in recent months a Cadet Circle, located in the
9th arrondissement of Paris. PokerNews regularly takes her
new , so as to follow the interior life of the newest
Parisian circles.
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Monday, February 21, 2011 at 5:00 am on the top floor under
the canopy, the tournament director is making its way
through the few cash game tables that still resist, a metal
box in his hand. In the black box is a good part of the
prize pool of € 20,000 guaranteed tournament just
concluded a deal on a few minutes earlier.
There were 150 players starting the day before to 20h, even leading the
circle to refuse entries. Counting the three tickets to 700 € graciously added
by Cadet, the prize pool has finally reached the 30,000 €. There are still
20,000 to be shared among the seven finalists. And Francis is one of them.
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For our Norman is on a nice rush: after reaching twice the final table of the
tournament Friday night at 100 €, it just re-edit in a tournament three times
larger. Word to the person: “I won my ticket the day before yesterday, ending
the 100 € 5ème/98. I got a ticket + € 1,100 to 200 that I played today.
Result: € 3,000 extra. ”
Find its settings in a circle
- And what do you attribute this lovely series? A variance or a change in
your game?
- “Not easy to answer, for lack of hindsight. I began by multiplying the
bubbles, I felt that the corner-flips never passed. For ten days they spend!
Enjoy yourself.”
- So is the variance.
- “Maybe. I still practiced two minor adjustments. Some things I already knew in
theory but I do not apply very well.
Already, I try to place one or two squeezes resteals * or ** when I fall
between 15 and 20 blinds. I can not always lack of win-win situations, but say
that’s the plan. And it works even better if I created an image before serious
player. One squeeze past when the blinds are already high may allow me to
increase my stack by 40% at once and really improves my chances of exceeding the
bubble.
Once I’m in the money, cons, I tighten. For many reasons: the first is that
only the top spots were interesting. must take into account the levels of
earnings and then because it is often the time when the rugs are seeking to
double by any means. So, as to avoid situations coin flip and wait quietly as
the players jumped before attempting to turn his luck with a real hand, and
finally because at some point, given the astronomical height of the blinds, one
stroke won carpet can give you the status of shortstack than chip leader. This
is often the time when the players pass a deal to fight against the effects of
the variance. So the goal will not necessarily be to win the tournament but
finished in the top 5% and be part of the deal. Must still survive until then …
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“30% of bad players …”
- Remain on tournaments. How do you located the Cadet level compared to other
gaming circles in Paris and French cinema in relation to online poker?
- “I do not know all the circles of the capital! Let’s say the average is still
a very heterogeneous. On a table with ten players, there’s always at least three
that do not clearly know what they do. It is these players then we should try to
use first. Conversely, I do not hesitate to drop in some situations large aces
pre-flop against good players who cover me. There are so many situations more
profitable …
With regard to online poker, I would say that there are also a bunch of bad
players sitting behind their computers. The problem is that fields are more
important and rare deals. So the variance can really frustrate you. In ‘Live’,
it’s always a few days between tournaments. We had time to digest the bad beats,
to share things … A poor series linked on the Internet is much easier to make me
tilter. But actually, it depends on each. A Cadet, for example, I see a lot of
players out of the tournament on a horror that will leave directly ‘hood’ for
cash tables. This is the syndrome “I have to redo myself!”
Tournaments in the afternoon, the gateway to the big Events
- You told us a few months ago you favored tournaments at 100 € from Friday
night and 200 € on Sunday evening. This is still true now?
- “Not now my bankroll is getting better, I definitely upped the pace, adding to
my range a few tournaments in the afternoon. The structure is clearly ‘crapshot’
(it starts with 40 on weekdays and 60 armored blinds for the weekend) but the
tournaments are not expensive: 30 euros from Monday to Friday and 50 euros on
Saturdays and Sundays. It’s a bit of ‘gamble’ but the sums involved are
reasonable, there is usually a hundred to play . Beautiful tournaments anyway,
where the winner can take more than a thousand euros. ”
- But with such a program, do you still have time to play in cash?
- “Not really. Lack of time is a problem, it’s true. A tournament, it can take
looongtemps! But I also believe better manage tilt tournament. And my opponents
are more readable. I do not know, Cash, I have a negative balance at the moment.
I would have to work my ‘leaks’ but it is not my current priority. It’s a shame
though. In recent months, a lot of action at the tables and cash I already know
more or less the ‘regulars’. That should give me an advantage, does not it? ”
- Are there any appointments not to be missed at Cadet in the weeks to come?
- “I have already mentioned the tournament to 400 euros from 26 March. €
40,000 guaranteed but may be double if it is 200 to play. Otherwise, there are
also 700 euros on 16 April. € 100,000 guaranteed, but at Again, it should do
more in the end. ”
- Reminds us how one would qualify?
- “The easiest way is still to pay the buy-in. But there is more economic, with
tournaments in the afternoon.
For the tournament from 26 March to 40,000 euros guaranteed, I’m still trying
to win my ticket in a small tournament of the weekend. All have at least four
tickets at 400 euros in the prize pool. Otherwise, during the week, the small
tournaments in the afternoon award tickets for 200 euros on Sunday evening. This
tournament and then distributes the tickets for 700 euros from 16 April. That’s
how I just won mine there are 30 minutes away … ”
A large attendance at Cadet Circle
- Under good plan or what would benefit you to mention this circle?
- “It was a Miss Corsica among waitresses, a free Chinese buffet every night on
the first floor can be ordered from soft drinks to the eye and the champagne is
offered at every final table. Otherwise next game we always find a table saw as
his attendance. ”
* Squeeze: a re-raise with preflop, usually with a hand on a little-played
but with the equity after the flop. The goal is not to be paid but to pass the
opponent;
** Resteal: even move, but with any type of hand, because we strongly suspected
of theft the original raiser. Consequently there is a very large ‘fold equity’.
Circle Cadet Program – Regular tournaments
Monday to Thursday at 15.30: 30 € Freezout. 2500 Chips.
Friday Saturday and Sunday at 15h 30: 50 € Freezeout. Chips 3500
Every Tuesday at 21h: 30 € Double Rebuys + Addon. Chips 3000
Every Wednesday at 21h: 50 € Freezout. Chips 3000
Every Thursday at 21h: 50 € Double Chance. Chips 3000
Every Friday at 21h: 100 € Freezout. Chips 7000
Every Sunday at 20h: 200 € Freezout. Chips 10000