Monday, July 26, 2010
TOURNAMENT #100
1st place, meaning I finish with my high for the 100 tournaments. That was a near thing. Here's hoping the next 100 $2.25 tournaments will go a little smoother.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Final Tournament
Tournament #100 is coming up. Interesting in that I could conceivably finish at my highest $ amount with a win.
Good: I'm guaranteed to finish UP by at least $9.60.
I learned a lot in this 100 tournaments and I'm very tempted to move on to $2 tournaments now.
Good: I'm guaranteed to finish UP by at least $9.60.
I learned a lot in this 100 tournaments and I'm very tempted to move on to $2 tournaments now.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
FUCKING FINALLY
Well after 77 tournaments I'm finally back above zero. I think that should put paid to any idea that I have that I'm getting good. However, this discipline of playing only this kind of tournament has paid off. I see situations that would have drawn me in (or chased me off) before that are much less likely to. I've been on both ends of TERRIBLE beats, and also watched as justice has prevailed.
I plan to decide after the 100th tournament whether to move on to $2 tournaments or a different game.
I especially am proud that I was able to stop coming in 7th place, for the most part. When I noticed that share of the pie getting bigger than the rest, I started changing my play around that point. Usually that translated into playing slower, especially if my stack got poached early on.
In tournament 77 I was short stack most of the time, but just slowed down and only played the hands I really wanted to. It helped, I think, that I had developed a rep early in the game for playing hard when I had cards. So when I showed "CARDS!" while short stacked, people ran away! I built up a lot of stack that way.
It helps that I was able to pull out a couple rivers, but overall I think I wouldn't have even been in a position to improve on the river at a certain point if I hadn't played well prior to that point.
Place:
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
I plan to decide after the 100th tournament whether to move on to $2 tournaments or a different game.
I especially am proud that I was able to stop coming in 7th place, for the most part. When I noticed that share of the pie getting bigger than the rest, I started changing my play around that point. Usually that translated into playing slower, especially if my stack got poached early on.
In tournament 77 I was short stack most of the time, but just slowed down and only played the hands I really wanted to. It helped, I think, that I had developed a rep early in the game for playing hard when I had cards. So when I showed "CARDS!" while short stacked, people ran away! I built up a lot of stack that way.
It helps that I was able to pull out a couple rivers, but overall I think I wouldn't have even been in a position to improve on the river at a certain point if I hadn't played well prior to that point.
Place:
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
Thursday, June 10, 2010
48 Tournaments In
Notes:
I stopped keeping track of players because I started to realize, the notes I was keeping weren't doing me any good anyway. That is -- the notes on the players.
I'm the only player I need to watch out for!
I've noticed a couple things:
7th and 6th places are great places for me to tilt. So I have to watch that.
I know a few of those 6th and especially 7th finishes are at extremely tight tables, where there are 7 players remaining after the blinds have advanced pretty far. I think I need to be more table aware and play more aggressively on those tables BEFORE the blinds tighten me up. Of course, I recall doing just that in a few of these tournaments only to get called / outdrawn...so I tighten up and boom I'm in 7th with short stack and <5 BB's. So it's all relative.
If I get two or three good pockets in a row, I need to mix up my pre-flop play. I've noticed a tendency, if I play aggressive pre-flop with a hand and then lose, then get another good pocket -- I do the same thing and I lose the same way. Because it all depends on if I hit my flop or have outs on the flop, and if I don't, I've soiled my table rep and whittled down my stack.
I guarded against that tendency in this last tournament, even folded something I would have liked to play. First place, baby!
I need to realize that besides my table rep and my stack, my POSITION is also changing. Three hands in a row my position can go from strong to very weak -- or vice versa, of course.
So: lose two hands in a row playing aggressively, STOP PLAYING AGGRESSIVELY FOR AWHILE or you'll go on tilt!
Place:
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
I stopped keeping track of players because I started to realize, the notes I was keeping weren't doing me any good anyway. That is -- the notes on the players.
I'm the only player I need to watch out for!
I've noticed a couple things:
7th and 6th places are great places for me to tilt. So I have to watch that.
I know a few of those 6th and especially 7th finishes are at extremely tight tables, where there are 7 players remaining after the blinds have advanced pretty far. I think I need to be more table aware and play more aggressively on those tables BEFORE the blinds tighten me up. Of course, I recall doing just that in a few of these tournaments only to get called / outdrawn...so I tighten up and boom I'm in 7th with short stack and <5 BB's. So it's all relative.
If I get two or three good pockets in a row, I need to mix up my pre-flop play. I've noticed a tendency, if I play aggressive pre-flop with a hand and then lose, then get another good pocket -- I do the same thing and I lose the same way. Because it all depends on if I hit my flop or have outs on the flop, and if I don't, I've soiled my table rep and whittled down my stack.
I guarded against that tendency in this last tournament, even folded something I would have liked to play. First place, baby!
I need to realize that besides my table rep and my stack, my POSITION is also changing. Three hands in a row my position can go from strong to very weak -- or vice versa, of course.
So: lose two hands in a row playing aggressively, STOP PLAYING AGGRESSIVELY FOR AWHILE or you'll go on tilt!
Place:
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
Monday, June 7, 2010
Tournament #42
Notes:
Place: 3rd, after leading going into the money. We played a long time -- maybe I got impatient.
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
Place: 3rd, after leading going into the money. We played a long time -- maybe I got impatient.
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Tournament #41
Notes: I'm starting to pick up repeat customers more and more. 2 this time!
we are at bb50 and less than 400 chips separates 3rd from 8th. time to play a little more hands
Yep. Raised from mid position and watched everybody fold. This might not work if the big stacks are in position (although -- the top 2 only have 1.2k more than last place
I'm doing well but I'm also getting hands. Don't think I could be doing this without getting hands. Duh, I know.
listentomebomb calls from mid stack with a/q, my k/10 suited hits on the river
I am getting much respect
2nd after long heads up w/hughcumber who played well
Place: 2nd
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
we are at bb50 and less than 400 chips separates 3rd from 8th. time to play a little more hands
Yep. Raised from mid position and watched everybody fold. This might not work if the big stacks are in position (although -- the top 2 only have 1.2k more than last place
I'm doing well but I'm also getting hands. Don't think I could be doing this without getting hands. Duh, I know.
listentomebomb calls from mid stack with a/q, my k/10 suited hits on the river
I am getting much respect
2nd after long heads up w/hughcumber who played well
Place: 2nd
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
Tournament #40
Notes:
shaquille all in after his 7 hits on the flop. 7!
1emptychair shows garbage after bluffing out on letastama
lunamargot in 1st at money
1 empty chair likes to play garbage bluffs but sometimes he also has cards
Place: 3rd after all in pre with a/10 off. chair calls with j/q off, hits his q on first card
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
shaquille all in after his 7 hits on the flop. 7!
1emptychair shows garbage after bluffing out on letastama
lunamargot in 1st at money
1 empty chair likes to play garbage bluffs but sometimes he also has cards
Place: 3rd after all in pre with a/10 off. chair calls with j/q off, hits his q on first card
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
Tournament #39
Notes:
Place: 8th on a show of strength push with k/a, called by snowmen which held up
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
Place: 8th on a show of strength push with k/a, called by snowmen which held up
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
Friday, June 4, 2010
Tournament #38
Notes:
cearamor_br could be a cool customer -- small raise pre w/k/k...then all in after flop...
nobody playing really extremely well or poorly
in the money after a silly push from jgorrell with k/10!
Place: 3rd after a probably even sillier push w/8/10 suited.
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
cearamor_br could be a cool customer -- small raise pre w/k/k...then all in after flop...
nobody playing really extremely well or poorly
in the money after a silly push from jgorrell with k/10!
Place: 3rd after a probably even sillier push w/8/10 suited.
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
Tournament #37
Notes:
hawkth played like a calling station last time I saw him. Weak player, out early. See if you can take his chips
I'm surrounded by folks playing lots of hands. Might be smart to lay low / play tight for awhile
hawkth is talking like he has to leave, gonna be reckless, etc. I didn't tell the table, he was reckless last time I played him too and out before too many hands.
I'm surrounded by...maniacs
nisya pushing nearly every hand he plays
7th place after not having barely any cards I could even bring myself to play. One or two hands I played would have had to push to win...
Place: 7th
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
hawkth played like a calling station last time I saw him. Weak player, out early. See if you can take his chips
I'm surrounded by folks playing lots of hands. Might be smart to lay low / play tight for awhile
hawkth is talking like he has to leave, gonna be reckless, etc. I didn't tell the table, he was reckless last time I played him too and out before too many hands.
I'm surrounded by...maniacs
nisya pushing nearly every hand he plays
7th place after not having barely any cards I could even bring myself to play. One or two hands I played would have had to push to win...
Place: 7th
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Tournament #36
Notes:
Nothing really sticking out here. Sugarcain calmly slapping everybody around from behind the big stack.
Repeat customer tucksy -- who I didn't keep any notes on -- calmly watching his stack dwindle
Place: 2nd after a disastrous 3rd place all in loss for kntfall with a jack that hit when I was on tiny stack -- cain calmly took him out with a j 9 2 pr.
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
Nothing really sticking out here. Sugarcain calmly slapping everybody around from behind the big stack.
Repeat customer tucksy -- who I didn't keep any notes on -- calmly watching his stack dwindle
Place: 2nd after a disastrous 3rd place all in loss for kntfall with a jack that hit when I was on tiny stack -- cain calmly took him out with a j 9 2 pr.
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Notes:
huuhong plays a lot of hands -- i think he's played every one and we're 7 or 8 hands in.
played the calling station -- didn't want him to call but huuhong calls my all in pre from short stack, i double up with a quick flush
playing aggressively from the bubble has helped me steal quite a few blinds -- went from a distant 4th to 2nd and there are still 4 players
1st place with a looong and very well played heads up with ... huuhong.
Place: 1st
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
huuhong plays a lot of hands -- i think he's played every one and we're 7 or 8 hands in.
played the calling station -- didn't want him to call but huuhong calls my all in pre from short stack, i double up with a quick flush
playing aggressively from the bubble has helped me steal quite a few blinds -- went from a distant 4th to 2nd and there are still 4 players
1st place with a looong and very well played heads up with ... huuhong.
Place: 1st
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Tournament #??
Notes:
lol almightybullet bluffs the first three hands, ends up all in with nothing and out
hawkth limps with 68 suited, doesn't bet anything thru the river and my high card beats him hmm
ruff_diamonds and hawkth play lots of hands
Place: 2nd after a hard heads up with spacecowboy.
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
lol almightybullet bluffs the first three hands, ends up all in with nothing and out
hawkth limps with 68 suited, doesn't bet anything thru the river and my high card beats him hmm
ruff_diamonds and hawkth play lots of hands
Place: 2nd after a hard heads up with spacecowboy.
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
Monday, May 31, 2010
Tournament #33
Notes:
pitbossrat plays really fast when he thinks he has cards
raised first hand, i called with rockets. he bets flop, i raise, he folds
next hand he raises with A K, but then sits quietly and waits for the river
pitbossrat first to go, thought he was best player. loose aggressive from the start.
finally from short stack with the push (although, he did have cards)
boringbill called me down all the way with NOTHING -- of course I also had nothing.
Watch for the push from boringbill
Place: 5th
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
pitbossrat plays really fast when he thinks he has cards
raised first hand, i called with rockets. he bets flop, i raise, he folds
next hand he raises with A K, but then sits quietly and waits for the river
pitbossrat first to go, thought he was best player. loose aggressive from the start.
finally from short stack with the push (although, he did have cards)
boringbill called me down all the way with NOTHING -- of course I also had nothing.
Watch for the push from boringbill
Place: 5th
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
Tournament #32 or so
Notes:
No real dogs in this tourney. Everybody played well. I was amazed to be itm after some of the hands (and chips) I had to drop
Place: 2nd
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
No real dogs in this tourney. Everybody played well. I was amazed to be itm after some of the hands (and chips) I had to drop
Place: 2nd
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
Notes:
Repeate customer in listentomebomb!
No notes on him, however.
drunknboxer makes a classic uncontested pot play early on.
wadlle's playing loose aggressive. domenvi acting a bit like a calling station. wadlle played for k's on the board when i had folded a king. wonder if he's bluffing?
casteel in the lead is plkaying like a calling station.
domenvi has found his fold button
It's good to have casteel on my left. Do not make any plays that involve hoping this joker folds.
listentomebomb with the classic calling station play doubles up or nearly so via casteel
pushed, maybe too soon, w/pocket 6's. idjit casteel calls me with pocket 8's and i'm out at 7th.
(For the record, that was one of casteel's few good plays)
Place: 7th
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
Repeate customer in listentomebomb!
No notes on him, however.
drunknboxer makes a classic uncontested pot play early on.
wadlle's playing loose aggressive. domenvi acting a bit like a calling station. wadlle played for k's on the board when i had folded a king. wonder if he's bluffing?
casteel in the lead is plkaying like a calling station.
domenvi has found his fold button
It's good to have casteel on my left. Do not make any plays that involve hoping this joker folds.
listentomebomb with the classic calling station play doubles up or nearly so via casteel
pushed, maybe too soon, w/pocket 6's. idjit casteel calls me with pocket 8's and i'm out at 7th.
(For the record, that was one of casteel's few good plays)
Place: 7th
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Tournament #??
Notes:
Already tired starting out. Play hard, play to win. Since you're in it already.
d5327xh7 reraises me pre flop, I go ahead and fold.
Next hand, d5327xh7 raises pre flop with 4 5 suited, calls with -- nothing? Str8 draw
calling station d5327xh7
definite calling station. just pushed with str8 draw. made str8 -- be ready to take the stack
called all in w/pocket 10's. 9's on the board, simply couldn't believe somebody had a 9. Of course they had a 9. That's what comes of playing tired.
Place: 7th
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
Already tired starting out. Play hard, play to win. Since you're in it already.
d5327xh7 reraises me pre flop, I go ahead and fold.
Next hand, d5327xh7 raises pre flop with 4 5 suited, calls with -- nothing? Str8 draw
calling station d5327xh7
definite calling station. just pushed with str8 draw. made str8 -- be ready to take the stack
called all in w/pocket 10's. 9's on the board, simply couldn't believe somebody had a 9. Of course they had a 9. That's what comes of playing tired.
Place: 7th
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
Tournament #??
Notes:
From Short stacked in the money to 1st place.
Played slow and smart, kept my head, didn't play every hand like it was the last one I would ever see...
Place: 1st
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
From Short stacked in the money to 1st place.
Played slow and smart, kept my head, didn't play every hand like it was the last one I would ever see...
Place: 1st
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Tournament #??
Notes:
GenghisKong is the first player I have encountered for a second time in this series
"GenghisKong likes to push all in out of position when I raise, it seems"
Do I need to find a way to play more hands when short stacked? Can't see myself raising 5 sb's, getting 3 callers, and watching over cards hit my flops..from short stack?
Place: 4th
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
GenghisKong is the first player I have encountered for a second time in this series
"GenghisKong likes to push all in out of position when I raise, it seems"
Do I need to find a way to play more hands when short stacked? Can't see myself raising 5 sb's, getting 3 callers, and watching over cards hit my flops..from short stack?
Place: 4th
(1st = $4.50; 2nd = $2.70; 3rd = $1.80)
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