Wow. I wish I was this lucky (or good?) all the time. For two weeks in a row, I split the Saturday tournament three ways and made a net profit (after buy-in and tip) of $260. I split it with Dan and Max. I did not have beer for breakfast this time - ha! I played a little 3-6 kill later in the day, but didn't do too much as I had the "big" Sunday tournament and wanted my head clear for that one.
Clear head - right? Not so much. I got talked into beer for breakfast again, but it was OK. I am defintely NOT going to make a habit of it, even though my $50 entry paid off big time. There were a total of 30 players. After nearly felting myself at $100-$200 blinds, I made a very nice comeback and never had less than $20,000 in chips after that. I was up to $36,000 at one point, but ended the tournament at about $22,000. When it was 2:10 p.m. there were 5 players left and before he looked at his cards, "Jimmer" indicated that he had a plan. He suggested that we split the $4,800 prize pool - $900 for each player and $300 for the dealers. There were two players (Jimmer and Norm) who wanted to play in the Cable Bridge tournament, so they were motivated to agree because they were already late! I had no problem with it, as I simply do not play in expensive tournaments. Thus, my biggest win so far was 2nd place last Labor Day of $600. We all quickly agreed to the split, so my new record is now $900! Not a bad profit for a $50 buy-in, eh? The 5 winners were me, Norm, Jimmer, Doctor Dave and Frank (formerly "Woodstock" - he cut his hair!!).
So, in two tournaments I made a profit of over $1,000. Maybe I should quit playing 3-6 and 4-8 altogether?? No, but I'm definitely going to cut way back on it.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Call Me Butter - I'm On A Roll
I forgot! I played a little live on Monday also, as I had no work. The Moose has progressive high hands all day on Mondays. They begin at $150 and $50 is added each hour until someone gets AAAQQ or better and it holds up for the remainder of the hour. The high hand was at $250 when I came in. Within 20 minutes I had 4444K and it held up! I then moved to the 4-8 table and about 30 minutes later had AAAAQ and it also held up for another $150. This was definitely my weekend! I hope this good luck continues through the $220 tournament on Sunday!
Beer for Breakfast
This is something I never ever do. I went to the Moose last Saturday for the 8:00 a.m. tournament. I like to go early and eat breakfast. When I walked in, T.J. and Bryan (two poker dealers) were sitting at a table drinking red beer. They said, "7 Dewey - Come have a beer for breakfast!" I declined at first, but they quickly talked me into it. I do like red beer, although I rarely drink anymore.
I enjoyed one and one-half glasses of red beer before the tournament and had breakfast with it (French toast), so I wasn't too terribly buzzed, but I was feeling OK! I proceeded to drink about two more red beers during the tournament because T.J. and Bryan were still buying and they kept refilling my glass - those bad boys! Anyway, I don't know if it was the beer relaxing me or what, but I did very well in the tournment. T.J., Hector (another dealer) and I ended up splitting 1st-2nd-3rd place money. There was no deal to give 4th place their money back because one of us (I forget who right now) took out two players at once, so it ended up just being us three! We each got $310 for a $40 buy-in. Sweet!
Then, (with one more beer) I went on to play the $25 tournament for an entry into the $220 Sunday tournament on February 22. I won that too! Yippee! The tournament will cost me $50 actually because I played last week also, but $50 is much better than $220, right? Right! Also, I feel really good about my head's up play. It was against Niles. When we got head's up, he had at least a 3 to 1 chip advantage on me. I chipped away at it until he had about 20,000 and I had about 14,000. He moved all-in with A-8 offsuit. I looked down to find A-Q clubs so I called and my hand held up. I then had a good chip lead on him. About 3 hands later I simply called with AA and he flopped an open-end straight draw and moved all-in. My aces held up and I won a seat! J.T. and Holly were outside smoking and told me later that Niles came storming out of the building in a huff, went to his car and burned rubber leaving the parking lot. Ho! The best hand held up - what did he expect?
Anyway, by that time, T.J. and Bryan had gone home, so no more free beer for me. I like to think I would have played the same way and/or had the same luck with or without the beer. I played a little live and also hit quad 10s for $184. It was a very good day.
I enjoyed one and one-half glasses of red beer before the tournament and had breakfast with it (French toast), so I wasn't too terribly buzzed, but I was feeling OK! I proceeded to drink about two more red beers during the tournament because T.J. and Bryan were still buying and they kept refilling my glass - those bad boys! Anyway, I don't know if it was the beer relaxing me or what, but I did very well in the tournment. T.J., Hector (another dealer) and I ended up splitting 1st-2nd-3rd place money. There was no deal to give 4th place their money back because one of us (I forget who right now) took out two players at once, so it ended up just being us three! We each got $310 for a $40 buy-in. Sweet!
Then, (with one more beer) I went on to play the $25 tournament for an entry into the $220 Sunday tournament on February 22. I won that too! Yippee! The tournament will cost me $50 actually because I played last week also, but $50 is much better than $220, right? Right! Also, I feel really good about my head's up play. It was against Niles. When we got head's up, he had at least a 3 to 1 chip advantage on me. I chipped away at it until he had about 20,000 and I had about 14,000. He moved all-in with A-8 offsuit. I looked down to find A-Q clubs so I called and my hand held up. I then had a good chip lead on him. About 3 hands later I simply called with AA and he flopped an open-end straight draw and moved all-in. My aces held up and I won a seat! J.T. and Holly were outside smoking and told me later that Niles came storming out of the building in a huff, went to his car and burned rubber leaving the parking lot. Ho! The best hand held up - what did he expect?
Anyway, by that time, T.J. and Bryan had gone home, so no more free beer for me. I like to think I would have played the same way and/or had the same luck with or without the beer. I played a little live and also hit quad 10s for $184. It was a very good day.
Monday, February 2, 2009
I am the WORST player in the world!
Well, I really got stupid on Sunday at the Moose. I had just flopped quad queens to take a player out and was feeling really good right before I got super stupid. I raised with AJ offsuit and Gary (to my immediate left) raised another $1,000. I had a pretty good stack at that time, so I went ahead and called, even though (in hindsight) it was a BAD mistake. I could easily have folded and kept going with my good feelings and good chip stack. However, the $1,000 raise wasn't that much in relation to my original bet and I didn't feel he had a huge hand, probably AK or AQ. My second mistake was insisting that he still had AK or AQ even after the flop.
The flop was J-5-6, so I flopped top pair with top kicker and quite honestly I felt pretty good about it. However, I went ahead and checked it to see what Gary would do. He immediately pushed all-in. I mean, it was fast! That was another reason that I didn't put him on an over-pair. The quickness of his all-in led me to believe that he was planning to do it no matter what came on the flop. As my one witness (Hi Phil) will attest, I waited quite a while before calling. Gary had aces and I was screwed and down to only 1100 in chips. Ouch. I sure wish I'd had a pair of fives or sixes. Wouldn't that have been fun? Oh, yes.
Then my last stupid mistake was pushing all-in with AJ hearts after a raise. I could have folded that one too. AJ was not my hand on Sunday. I had another round of the table to look at and may have found a much better hand, but I think I let the big loss get to me even though I tried really hard not to let it bother me. Sometimes it's just impossible. I think maybe if I ever see another jack, I'll just fold it, no matter what the other card is. Ha!
The flop was J-5-6, so I flopped top pair with top kicker and quite honestly I felt pretty good about it. However, I went ahead and checked it to see what Gary would do. He immediately pushed all-in. I mean, it was fast! That was another reason that I didn't put him on an over-pair. The quickness of his all-in led me to believe that he was planning to do it no matter what came on the flop. As my one witness (Hi Phil) will attest, I waited quite a while before calling. Gary had aces and I was screwed and down to only 1100 in chips. Ouch. I sure wish I'd had a pair of fives or sixes. Wouldn't that have been fun? Oh, yes.
Then my last stupid mistake was pushing all-in with AJ hearts after a raise. I could have folded that one too. AJ was not my hand on Sunday. I had another round of the table to look at and may have found a much better hand, but I think I let the big loss get to me even though I tried really hard not to let it bother me. Sometimes it's just impossible. I think maybe if I ever see another jack, I'll just fold it, no matter what the other card is. Ha!
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