I had some interesting conversations over the weekend regarding the way I play.
On Friday a player I had just knocked out of the Jokers tournament told me I play really well with a lot of chips. He said I really put the pressure on and put people to a lot of painful decisions. He indicated I also know when to just lay back with my big stack and wait for the right opportunity. I thanked him for his very nice comment.
On Saturday (also at Jokers) Michele told me she thought I was a super good short stack player and I was at my most dangerous when I had no chips. She said I seemed to have really good insight as to when I should shove and when I shouldn't and which cards I should do it with. I also thanked her for her very nice comment.
Gee, golly, if I could learn how to play an average chip stack, I might be a force to be reckoned with!
Monday, July 30, 2012
A Great Day at the Races
Just kidding. I don't do boat races, only horse races and only about once a year. However, it was a great poker weekend.
I went a tad overboard. I played in SEVEN poker tournaments: Friday afternoon at Jokers, both morning tournaments at the Crazy Moose on Saturday, the Saturday afternoon at Jokers, the Tournament of Champions at Jokers, and both Sunday morning tournaments at the Crazy Moose.
I spent a total of $325 for the 7 tournaments ($46.42 average) and earned $1,120.00. After a total of $95.00 deducted for tips, I made a profit of $700.00 or about $100.00 per tournament. I figured that I actually sat at the tables for about 14 hours so that's $50.00 per hour. I wish I could do that consistently - I wouldn't have to work - LOL!
For the record, I took second place at the Friday Jokers tournament, took a 3-way split of first place at the Crazy Moose 8:00 tournaments on both Saturday and Sunday, and then took second place in the big end-of-the month deepstack at the Moose.
I was bummed on my last hand in that tournament because I had A-J and that's a pretty damn good hand head's up so I limped in because I knew if my opponent had a good hand he would raise me. As expected, he did exactly that and I re-raised all-in with what I thought was a super good trap. He had A-A!!! Great googly moogly. Oh, well. It was still a great payday.
I went a tad overboard. I played in SEVEN poker tournaments: Friday afternoon at Jokers, both morning tournaments at the Crazy Moose on Saturday, the Saturday afternoon at Jokers, the Tournament of Champions at Jokers, and both Sunday morning tournaments at the Crazy Moose.
I spent a total of $325 for the 7 tournaments ($46.42 average) and earned $1,120.00. After a total of $95.00 deducted for tips, I made a profit of $700.00 or about $100.00 per tournament. I figured that I actually sat at the tables for about 14 hours so that's $50.00 per hour. I wish I could do that consistently - I wouldn't have to work - LOL!
For the record, I took second place at the Friday Jokers tournament, took a 3-way split of first place at the Crazy Moose 8:00 tournaments on both Saturday and Sunday, and then took second place in the big end-of-the month deepstack at the Moose.
I was bummed on my last hand in that tournament because I had A-J and that's a pretty damn good hand head's up so I limped in because I knew if my opponent had a good hand he would raise me. As expected, he did exactly that and I re-raised all-in with what I thought was a super good trap. He had A-A!!! Great googly moogly. Oh, well. It was still a great payday.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Why Am I So Stupid?
I've been talking to myself about the deepstack at the Island for two days now. The final table started discussing a chop at 9 players. There was $2352 in the prize pool so that would only be $261, but since I walked away with nothing, it seems pretty good now. Duh.
When we got down to 8 players I had a medium chip stack and the 8-way chop was $294 which was still $178 less than third place (which is the last place they were officially paying) so I did not agree. I think there was one other player who also didn't want to do it. Besides, it wasn't even 11 pm. Sheesh.
So about 2 hands later, everyone folds to me in the small blind. My stack had dwindled a bit, but I still got stupid and shoved all-in with A-9 offsuit even though I didn't need to. The big blind woke up with kings and knocked me out. My action was supremely stupid because (1) I could have simply raised and folded when he shoved all-in (we were exactly even in chips & he told me he would have shoved); (2) there were at least two people at the table with smaller chip stacks than me who may have gone out before me and then the chop would be more lucrative; and (3) I would be on the button the next hand and have a whole bunch of (hopefully) better cards than A-9 to shove with.
It's official. I'm a total moron. I'm sure they started discussing the chop again immediately ($336 for 7 ways). I should have waited. I might have agreed to a 6-way split for $392 and definitely a 5-way split for $470 because that was super close to 3rd place money. I must pay more attention and THINK.
When we got down to 8 players I had a medium chip stack and the 8-way chop was $294 which was still $178 less than third place (which is the last place they were officially paying) so I did not agree. I think there was one other player who also didn't want to do it. Besides, it wasn't even 11 pm. Sheesh.
So about 2 hands later, everyone folds to me in the small blind. My stack had dwindled a bit, but I still got stupid and shoved all-in with A-9 offsuit even though I didn't need to. The big blind woke up with kings and knocked me out. My action was supremely stupid because (1) I could have simply raised and folded when he shoved all-in (we were exactly even in chips & he told me he would have shoved); (2) there were at least two people at the table with smaller chip stacks than me who may have gone out before me and then the chop would be more lucrative; and (3) I would be on the button the next hand and have a whole bunch of (hopefully) better cards than A-9 to shove with.
It's official. I'm a total moron. I'm sure they started discussing the chop again immediately ($336 for 7 ways). I should have waited. I might have agreed to a 6-way split for $392 and definitely a 5-way split for $470 because that was super close to 3rd place money. I must pay more attention and THINK.
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