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.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Forgot.....
Forgot to mention I played in my first blogger tournament. The Tuckfard Open. As I fit well with tuckfards.
It only had 26 players but I managed to get lucky and win two bounties. Got knocked out 6th but I played poorly. Hopefully will play in more blogger tournaments but I don't have any money on FT or Bodog right now.... just have to keep trying to win money in freerolls I guess.
Have done decent in the last 3 real $ MTTs on PS. 47th, 54th and 400 something. All 3 had over 3000 players. Course they were all $1 or .50 to enter. LOL One day I hope the damn breaks and I can get a top 5 cash in one of these.
It only had 26 players but I managed to get lucky and win two bounties. Got knocked out 6th but I played poorly. Hopefully will play in more blogger tournaments but I don't have any money on FT or Bodog right now.... just have to keep trying to win money in freerolls I guess.
Have done decent in the last 3 real $ MTTs on PS. 47th, 54th and 400 something. All 3 had over 3000 players. Course they were all $1 or .50 to enter. LOL One day I hope the damn breaks and I can get a top 5 cash in one of these.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
FishTilt
Well started playing for real $ again on Sunday. Did ok Sunday but due to the way Monday and Tuesday have been I don't remember the highlights. I guess I need to send my db here to work (where I do the blogging from).
I have noticed I have been pretty tilty as of late. All it takes it losing coinflips at key moments (when I am ahead) or people sucking out when it should have been obvious they are so far behind but they just don't see it.
Good example was Sunday in a $5 2table SNG (huge buy in for me. LOL) on Pokerstars. Down to final 5. I am second shortest stack. And the other guy keeps getting close to felt but then gets the miracle double up like 3 times. But that's poker as they say. So I finally get a decent hand after 20-30 minutes of watching the other short stack. QQ utg, I raise almost 35% of my stack and the next player who is the big stack shoved ai. I figure he doesn't have a made hand but wants to steal it right there. I also figure it is a playable hand... I am hoping for something like AJ or less. Unfortunately it is AKs. I called ai preflop and the K hits the turn. Just seems to be the way I have been running lately.
This has been prevalent in my small buyin multitable SNGs on UB also. Haven't even been making FTs on there and if I do I bust before the money. And then I start playing bad in other tournies I am in. Say to myself crap like "if they wanna play bingo I will play bingo". Then piss away most of my stacks even when I know I am beat. Last night did it on a 9 high flop against the bb when I had 55. He check raised me on the flop then bet ai on turn.... I called! LOL Showed A9 and I am out.
I never was any good at Bingo. LOL
B9
I have noticed I have been pretty tilty as of late. All it takes it losing coinflips at key moments (when I am ahead) or people sucking out when it should have been obvious they are so far behind but they just don't see it.
Good example was Sunday in a $5 2table SNG (huge buy in for me. LOL) on Pokerstars. Down to final 5. I am second shortest stack. And the other guy keeps getting close to felt but then gets the miracle double up like 3 times. But that's poker as they say. So I finally get a decent hand after 20-30 minutes of watching the other short stack. QQ utg, I raise almost 35% of my stack and the next player who is the big stack shoved ai. I figure he doesn't have a made hand but wants to steal it right there. I also figure it is a playable hand... I am hoping for something like AJ or less. Unfortunately it is AKs. I called ai preflop and the K hits the turn. Just seems to be the way I have been running lately.
This has been prevalent in my small buyin multitable SNGs on UB also. Haven't even been making FTs on there and if I do I bust before the money. And then I start playing bad in other tournies I am in. Say to myself crap like "if they wanna play bingo I will play bingo". Then piss away most of my stacks even when I know I am beat. Last night did it on a 9 high flop against the bb when I had 55. He check raised me on the flop then bet ai on turn.... I called! LOL Showed A9 and I am out.
I never was any good at Bingo. LOL
B9
Friday, February 15, 2008
Broken promise to myself..... (big surprise LOL)
Well the title is pretty sarcastic in case one couldn't tell. LOL
I told myself I wasn't going to play any poker for real $. Only freerolls and play money and fpps. Well made it halfway through the week.
First part of the week was playing play money on Stars since a buddy from work just signed up on Stars and wanted to get a feel for the site.
Wednesday my poker buddy wanted to go to the regular $20 game that he cashes in consistently (like 65% of the time). I have mentioned before it is a horrible structure tournament but the potential win is around $600 for 20 and under 90 players. They also do SNGs for $5 (or whatever amount they agree to). Usually play in one or two of those before the main tourney. We played in one and as usual I took a horrible beat by an idiot that thinks he is a good player. Course he things calling 70% of your stack off with K5s is a good call when the tournament is set up to be winner take all and you are 4 handed. I had 1010 and he spiked a K on the flop. It might have even been 70 or 75% of his stack. But he plays that way all the time and then gets made when his big hands get cracked. Amusing. Didn't get to play much in the main tournament either. Got down to last 3 tables from starting 9 but that was all I could do.
Then we go back to my place as he is going to stay and then play online the next day while I am at work (his computer is currently messed up). We get in a $2 MTT on Stars @ 10PM. My original plan was to just get it started and then go to bed and let him play it as it was on his account. So about 3:30 AM after getting knocked out 16 (out of 2024) I head off to bed. LOL Misplayed 3 hands. One of them was a horrible aggression play on my part that lost me 60% of my stack when we were down to 3 tables. I was trying to get chips and... to say the least... it didn't work out. LOL
But those are the only two times I broke the promise to myself. I have played in numerous freerolls when I have been home. I did get 4th in one of the Greyhound Poker freerolls for $2. Up to $15 now. LOL I will break the $100 mark some day.
Cancelled my monthly $100 private tourney I play in.... bummer but needed to not go.
Will see what the weekend holds. Going to see my girl on Sat so probably go play some $5/10 when I drop her off. :)
I told myself I wasn't going to play any poker for real $. Only freerolls and play money and fpps. Well made it halfway through the week.
First part of the week was playing play money on Stars since a buddy from work just signed up on Stars and wanted to get a feel for the site.
Wednesday my poker buddy wanted to go to the regular $20 game that he cashes in consistently (like 65% of the time). I have mentioned before it is a horrible structure tournament but the potential win is around $600 for 20 and under 90 players. They also do SNGs for $5 (or whatever amount they agree to). Usually play in one or two of those before the main tourney. We played in one and as usual I took a horrible beat by an idiot that thinks he is a good player. Course he things calling 70% of your stack off with K5s is a good call when the tournament is set up to be winner take all and you are 4 handed. I had 1010 and he spiked a K on the flop. It might have even been 70 or 75% of his stack. But he plays that way all the time and then gets made when his big hands get cracked. Amusing. Didn't get to play much in the main tournament either. Got down to last 3 tables from starting 9 but that was all I could do.
Then we go back to my place as he is going to stay and then play online the next day while I am at work (his computer is currently messed up). We get in a $2 MTT on Stars @ 10PM. My original plan was to just get it started and then go to bed and let him play it as it was on his account. So about 3:30 AM after getting knocked out 16 (out of 2024) I head off to bed. LOL Misplayed 3 hands. One of them was a horrible aggression play on my part that lost me 60% of my stack when we were down to 3 tables. I was trying to get chips and... to say the least... it didn't work out. LOL
But those are the only two times I broke the promise to myself. I have played in numerous freerolls when I have been home. I did get 4th in one of the Greyhound Poker freerolls for $2. Up to $15 now. LOL I will break the $100 mark some day.
Cancelled my monthly $100 private tourney I play in.... bummer but needed to not go.
Will see what the weekend holds. Going to see my girl on Sat so probably go play some $5/10 when I drop her off. :)
Monday, February 11, 2008
FullTilt Freeroll Cash..... finally
Finally cashed in a FT freeroll. Only $2 but was happy just to cash as it has been over a month. Course funny thing was I think I failed to cash in 100% of the real money tournies I played. LOL Lose $20 over the weekend but win $2 in a freeroll.... go figure.
My own fault. Played poorly this weekend. Kept letting others' plays affect me too much. Sometimes tilty and sometimes just trying to fight a particular player's style when I knew I had him beat but left me open to other players' actions.
Going to try to take a week off from any cash games, live or online. Only going to play freerolls.
Also played in two live tournies Sat. Didn't cash in either. First one had some decent cards early. But then went card dead for 1.5 hours. Went out 12th of 48. Top 10 got points towards a monthly freeroll. Second one I just played poorly the last hand... AQs. Tried to out play a loose player who makes moves but this time had the goods. I attempted a very poor reraise of a check raise for all my chips and it wasn't much more for them to call. Bad bad bad play on my part. Out 20th of 30.
My own fault. Played poorly this weekend. Kept letting others' plays affect me too much. Sometimes tilty and sometimes just trying to fight a particular player's style when I knew I had him beat but left me open to other players' actions.
Going to try to take a week off from any cash games, live or online. Only going to play freerolls.
Also played in two live tournies Sat. Didn't cash in either. First one had some decent cards early. But then went card dead for 1.5 hours. Went out 12th of 48. Top 10 got points towards a monthly freeroll. Second one I just played poorly the last hand... AQs. Tried to out play a loose player who makes moves but this time had the goods. I attempted a very poor reraise of a check raise for all my chips and it wasn't much more for them to call. Bad bad bad play on my part. Out 20th of 30.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Birthday Weekend....
Had a pretty decent weekend. Well decent as far as being a fish goes.
Didn't play live all weekend. Last time I played live was on Thursday and I cashed. Cashed 3 times this past week and didn't feel like pressing my luck any further. LOL Played twice at Gemini Club here in Columbus and cashed both nights. Last year I played 13 times there and cashed 7 so I run very goooooooot at that location.
Friday night played on UB mostly. Did ok. Still sticking to 50cent and dollar SNGs. And a few $2 MTTs on there. Didn't play late as I was spending Sat with my girl.
Saturday played a few SNGs when I got home and didn't cash.
Sunday ended up cashing in another freeroll on Greyhound. Guess I need to start playing SNGs on there since I have over $10. Still can't crack another freeroll on FullTilt. I really want to hit a few more freerolls instead of transferring money onto there. I think the closest I made it was 54. Payout is top 27. I have a buddy up in Canada that plays on FT and has been doing very well in the $10/90man SNGs with a knockout bounty. One day hope to be able to play these SNGs myself. I like the formast of having a bounty on each player for a SNG. Tends to change the strategy a little bit.
On Sunday on UB I had a very good day. Well as good as you can at cheap SNGs and MTTs. Ended up making about $46.00. Which for me is a huge windfall. LOL There were a few $1 SNGs mixed in and a $2 MTT. The $2 MTT is where I got almost half of the $46 though. Either way a very nice little day for me.
Oh, I also saw a trailer for the movie "The Grand". This movie looks hilarious. Check it out on Yahoo's movie page.
Didn't play live all weekend. Last time I played live was on Thursday and I cashed. Cashed 3 times this past week and didn't feel like pressing my luck any further. LOL Played twice at Gemini Club here in Columbus and cashed both nights. Last year I played 13 times there and cashed 7 so I run very goooooooot at that location.
Friday night played on UB mostly. Did ok. Still sticking to 50cent and dollar SNGs. And a few $2 MTTs on there. Didn't play late as I was spending Sat with my girl.
Saturday played a few SNGs when I got home and didn't cash.
Sunday ended up cashing in another freeroll on Greyhound. Guess I need to start playing SNGs on there since I have over $10. Still can't crack another freeroll on FullTilt. I really want to hit a few more freerolls instead of transferring money onto there. I think the closest I made it was 54. Payout is top 27. I have a buddy up in Canada that plays on FT and has been doing very well in the $10/90man SNGs with a knockout bounty. One day hope to be able to play these SNGs myself. I like the formast of having a bounty on each player for a SNG. Tends to change the strategy a little bit.
On Sunday on UB I had a very good day. Well as good as you can at cheap SNGs and MTTs. Ended up making about $46.00. Which for me is a huge windfall. LOL There were a few $1 SNGs mixed in and a $2 MTT. The $2 MTT is where I got almost half of the $46 though. Either way a very nice little day for me.
Oh, I also saw a trailer for the movie "The Grand". This movie looks hilarious. Check it out on Yahoo's movie page.
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