Well made my foray back into live poker tournaments ..... with no success... or is that sucksess? LOL
Friday I played in the one private tournament that is held monthly that is very hard to get into ... and was pretty much card dead. AA, AQo, 66, 33 were my 4 best hands followed by A7s, a few Ace rags, and then K10o. Not much to work with there. Only folded one winner in 2.5 hours, and I think that hand was 63o! LOL The AA and AQ were very the first level of the tourney and I raised and got no callers... so not particularly profitable. I have been card dead in this tournament before but that was probably the worst. No two face cards except the AQ. Pretty sad.... and worst part is the structure introduces antes after 2 hours. By then you know you are pretty much dead if you haven't won two significant hands.
Saturday my initial plans were changed for me so I contacted a friend who has a 20-30 player tournament once a quarter to see if he had any openings and he did. Nice tourney, nice people, not particularly tough field. Was out midway through the tourney of 30.
Yesterday went back to the $20 donkfest I used to go to every week. Actually didn't play too bad. Was inactive for the first part of the tournament but then about the middle started picking up pots and a few hands. Made it down to last 15 out of 121. Knocked out with 44 vs AQ on a K1010 flop.... knew I was dead with that flop. Way too many outs for him. I was one of the shorter stacks and was in the sb. Was folded to me and I made a move. He found a good hand in bb and called. It was also less than 25% of his stack. No suckouts against me so not a bad night. Frustrating but not the usual frustration I experience there with the really poor play. None of it was against me so it didn't get to me.
Been struggling online but that is my own fault for playing too loose and gambling and chasing way way way too much. But at least I have no one to get mad at but myself when I realize I am doing that.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Wow.......
I SUCK.
LOL I have been so busy I haven't taken the time to even enter any tournies I have been playing into my database at home. I have like 2 weeks worth of tournies recorded on paper. I used to enter them as I played them. But I have found it is better for me while I am playing not to try to enter them into the database I have. I also haven't updated what little bit of live play I have been doing into the spreadsheet I have.
I think this means one thing........ that poker is starting to wane for me. I half feel like that, but then when I review things..... I think... I am still playing tons of tournies (mainly SNGs) per day. (Tons for me is like 20-30). I still play live occasionally... though I have cut way back on the donkeyfest tournies I was playing in. Lately have only played some 1-3NL. I think the big problem for me is just on a down swing. Last year at this time I had already had a significant cash or two. And was feeling good about things. But now I haven't done anything, no good cashes. Course I also haven't play half as many tournies in the first three months of 08 as I played in the same time frame in 07.
I need to get motivated.
I did play in a deepstack on PS. $20+2, 5000 starting chips, 30 minute levels. Definitely caters to my playing style. But I went on tilt early and actually built up a huge stack after I made bottom pair with 75s (the Locksmith)! Went all in for 900+ on the turn into a 11,000 pot and both players who had over 10k that were still in the hand folded. That's right, you read it correctly, they folded getting over 10-1 on their 900 call!!!! Total shock on my part. I was tilting and didn't care. From there I went on a small sick run of cards and moved into 2nd place. I think we started with 460+ players. Top 54 got paid. We were down to about 360 at this point. I stayed in the top 10 for most of the next 3 hours. (remind me never to get into a deepstack tournament on a work night!!! - tournament started at 7PM EST) I played decently for next two hours. Flopped sets twice and couldn't get paid off, not even by checking, then betting small but not min. Totally misplayed AQ after the bubble burst. In bb with AQ, min raise from button, sb smooth called. Flop Q74. Check, check, check. Turn J (still rainbow), Check, check, bet 3k into 9k pot. SB calls, I raise 12k, bettor moves ai for 9k more. SB folds, I call, Button shows 77 !
:( Bigtime dejection on my part. I still have over 35k in T$. We are around 40 players left at this point. I stay in bottom 1/3 of stacks for next 1.5 hours. Down to 22 players. I have to make a move soon but can't find a hand to do it with (combination of bad position and constant aggression at my table). I make good laydowns most would have pushed with, A10, AJo,33. Just a deepstack gives me plenty of room to be patient. I then go on a little run of cards, 1010, 1010, AJ, AK, AK. The first 1010 I doubled up against 99. There was a raise and 3 callers in front of me but I figured now or never. Raise was to 6500, I moved ai with 21k. Only got one caller, the 99. I actually figured I would get at least two callers because one was the chip leader with 300k+. But thank heavens I didn't as an A hit the flop. Two blanks and I more than doubled up. Then next hand I get 1010 again and move ai to pick up a decent pile with one limper in there. Then go for about 25 minutes before I got the AJ. CL raises as he had been doing all tournament even when he wasn't the leader, so I go ai. He folds, says it was KQo. Two hands later I get AK and move ai again. All fold and I am up to 78k. Get AK again in two more hands. This time the CL raises but I am worried that he is slow playing a pp waiting on me to move. So I smooth call, which is noted by the bb in the chat as he folds. I figured if I didn't hit the flop and he bet I could get out cheap and still have 60k+ in chips. Flop K84 rainbow. GIN. He checks I shove... he insta calls. Thought he hit a set. Nope,..........K8o! Turn is a J, river a blank. GG me. Goodnight at 2:30 AM on a work night I totally misplayed the hands. I gave the guy too much credit preflop for being a better player then over played my hand on the flop. One day I will learn. I think it was a combination of tiredness and just my play being affect by my micro donkey tournaments I normally play. I played well up till then. Well.... not great or even very good. Lots of holes I saw in my game last night. Ended up 19th. Sucked bigtime. Should have made ft.
LOL I have been so busy I haven't taken the time to even enter any tournies I have been playing into my database at home. I have like 2 weeks worth of tournies recorded on paper. I used to enter them as I played them. But I have found it is better for me while I am playing not to try to enter them into the database I have. I also haven't updated what little bit of live play I have been doing into the spreadsheet I have.
I think this means one thing........ that poker is starting to wane for me. I half feel like that, but then when I review things..... I think... I am still playing tons of tournies (mainly SNGs) per day. (Tons for me is like 20-30). I still play live occasionally... though I have cut way back on the donkeyfest tournies I was playing in. Lately have only played some 1-3NL. I think the big problem for me is just on a down swing. Last year at this time I had already had a significant cash or two. And was feeling good about things. But now I haven't done anything, no good cashes. Course I also haven't play half as many tournies in the first three months of 08 as I played in the same time frame in 07.
I need to get motivated.
I did play in a deepstack on PS. $20+2, 5000 starting chips, 30 minute levels. Definitely caters to my playing style. But I went on tilt early and actually built up a huge stack after I made bottom pair with 75s (the Locksmith)! Went all in for 900+ on the turn into a 11,000 pot and both players who had over 10k that were still in the hand folded. That's right, you read it correctly, they folded getting over 10-1 on their 900 call!!!! Total shock on my part. I was tilting and didn't care. From there I went on a small sick run of cards and moved into 2nd place. I think we started with 460+ players. Top 54 got paid. We were down to about 360 at this point. I stayed in the top 10 for most of the next 3 hours. (remind me never to get into a deepstack tournament on a work night!!! - tournament started at 7PM EST) I played decently for next two hours. Flopped sets twice and couldn't get paid off, not even by checking, then betting small but not min. Totally misplayed AQ after the bubble burst. In bb with AQ, min raise from button, sb smooth called. Flop Q74. Check, check, check. Turn J (still rainbow), Check, check, bet 3k into 9k pot. SB calls, I raise 12k, bettor moves ai for 9k more. SB folds, I call, Button shows 77 !
:( Bigtime dejection on my part. I still have over 35k in T$. We are around 40 players left at this point. I stay in bottom 1/3 of stacks for next 1.5 hours. Down to 22 players. I have to make a move soon but can't find a hand to do it with (combination of bad position and constant aggression at my table). I make good laydowns most would have pushed with, A10, AJo,33. Just a deepstack gives me plenty of room to be patient. I then go on a little run of cards, 1010, 1010, AJ, AK, AK. The first 1010 I doubled up against 99. There was a raise and 3 callers in front of me but I figured now or never. Raise was to 6500, I moved ai with 21k. Only got one caller, the 99. I actually figured I would get at least two callers because one was the chip leader with 300k+. But thank heavens I didn't as an A hit the flop. Two blanks and I more than doubled up. Then next hand I get 1010 again and move ai to pick up a decent pile with one limper in there. Then go for about 25 minutes before I got the AJ. CL raises as he had been doing all tournament even when he wasn't the leader, so I go ai. He folds, says it was KQo. Two hands later I get AK and move ai again. All fold and I am up to 78k. Get AK again in two more hands. This time the CL raises but I am worried that he is slow playing a pp waiting on me to move. So I smooth call, which is noted by the bb in the chat as he folds. I figured if I didn't hit the flop and he bet I could get out cheap and still have 60k+ in chips. Flop K84 rainbow. GIN. He checks I shove... he insta calls. Thought he hit a set. Nope,..........K8o! Turn is a J, river a blank. GG me. Goodnight at 2:30 AM on a work night I totally misplayed the hands. I gave the guy too much credit preflop for being a better player then over played my hand on the flop. One day I will learn. I think it was a combination of tiredness and just my play being affect by my micro donkey tournaments I normally play. I played well up till then. Well.... not great or even very good. Lots of holes I saw in my game last night. Ended up 19th. Sucked bigtime. Should have made ft.
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