Update.
1:50 a.m.
26th place.
$56.34
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Turnabout.
So, it's 1:34 a.m.
I'm sitting at one of four tables left in a $25 tourney. Multi-table.
For the majority of the evening, I had nothing really going. I was hardly even playing, just blinding away as I got crap hand after crap hand.
I somehow caught QQ before the last break, and made it up to $6000 in chips, about 1/3-1/2 of the avg stack.
I then hit A9 over AQ.
A9 over A10.
AQ over KK.
Suddenly, I was up to 29000 in chips, in the money, and possibly on my way.
Then, I decided to start an entry.
I got KK. one raiser to me, I call.
Flopped J 8 6. I bet, get raised. I push.
He is all in. He calls. Flips.
QQ.
The turn is a Q.
I'm sitting at one of four tables left in a $25 tourney. Multi-table.
For the majority of the evening, I had nothing really going. I was hardly even playing, just blinding away as I got crap hand after crap hand.
I somehow caught QQ before the last break, and made it up to $6000 in chips, about 1/3-1/2 of the avg stack.
I then hit A9 over AQ.
A9 over A10.
AQ over KK.
Suddenly, I was up to 29000 in chips, in the money, and possibly on my way.
Then, I decided to start an entry.
I got KK. one raiser to me, I call.
Flopped J 8 6. I bet, get raised. I push.
He is all in. He calls. Flips.
QQ.
The turn is a Q.
Monday, April 09, 2007
Monday, April 02, 2007
King-sized Folds
So after taking down another $100 in sit-n-go's last night after a brief pull-back a few nights ago, I have a few observations:
I don't think I've played in one tournament, big or small, where I moneyed and I didn't lay down at least one huge hand. For example, this past evening, I lead out with about 1/8th of my stack with KK, and got one caller. The flop hit A 8 5, and my bet on the flop was immediately raised. It was pretty obvious I was up against Aces, and when the A came on the turn, my check and eventual fold came as a bit of a disappointment. I was stuck with only 60% of my original stack, and I felt a little gypped.
45 minutes later, I took 3rd out of 18 and took home a little cash to soothe my ego.
Point being? I might have gotten bluffed out of that pot from a smaller PP, but that was the ONLY hand that could have bluffed me. QQ or JJ was a possibility, but every other hand that would've called me, typically A2-AJ, was more than likely what i was up against. Even though it would have been a "bad beat", there was more sense in swallowing a small defeat than trying to be macho and go down in flames.
The most common sign of an idiot player (and/or new player) is their insistence on playing cards that cannot win, just because pre-flop they had a monster. Listen, you may have gotten a caller and started a hand at an 80% favorite, but after the flop, you could be a 15% underdog. There's no glory in proudly emptying your pockets out trying to win on that 15%, just because you "should've won", and the guy that called you is "such a donkey".
It doesn't make a difference, you still lost all your money. Now who's the donkey?
I don't think I've played in one tournament, big or small, where I moneyed and I didn't lay down at least one huge hand. For example, this past evening, I lead out with about 1/8th of my stack with KK, and got one caller. The flop hit A 8 5, and my bet on the flop was immediately raised. It was pretty obvious I was up against Aces, and when the A came on the turn, my check and eventual fold came as a bit of a disappointment. I was stuck with only 60% of my original stack, and I felt a little gypped.
45 minutes later, I took 3rd out of 18 and took home a little cash to soothe my ego.
Point being? I might have gotten bluffed out of that pot from a smaller PP, but that was the ONLY hand that could have bluffed me. QQ or JJ was a possibility, but every other hand that would've called me, typically A2-AJ, was more than likely what i was up against. Even though it would have been a "bad beat", there was more sense in swallowing a small defeat than trying to be macho and go down in flames.
The most common sign of an idiot player (and/or new player) is their insistence on playing cards that cannot win, just because pre-flop they had a monster. Listen, you may have gotten a caller and started a hand at an 80% favorite, but after the flop, you could be a 15% underdog. There's no glory in proudly emptying your pockets out trying to win on that 15%, just because you "should've won", and the guy that called you is "such a donkey".
It doesn't make a difference, you still lost all your money. Now who's the donkey?
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