rptq | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Fri, 31 Aug 2018 12:57:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png rptq | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Hold ‘Em & Fold ‘Em #8 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/08/hold-em-fold-em-8/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/08/hold-em-fold-em-8/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2018 20:44:51 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=89301

This week Eddie circles back around to rotation to highlight Standard and Modern. He also provides a new way to keep tabs on cards he mentions in his articles with a public spreadsheet.

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Last weekend I played in my first RPTQ. What a tournament! I'd never played in a room full of players on or above my level before, and to say I was underprepared is a huge understatement. My car full of Boston grinders left after the third round, all of us beaten to shreds by the competition. […]

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The RPTQ weekend is over and many players are now off to try their hand at achieving their Pro Tour dreams. I will not be one of them, unfortunately. Hopefully Jordan will be (I've heard nothing yet). The fact that the PPTQ system requires you to get lucky twice rather than once to actually get […]

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