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.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Three for Four!
I have been playing the Tuesday night deepstack at the Island regularly. May 29: I took a 3-way split of first place for about $700. June 5: I played really badly and got knocked out right before the last two tables. Bad girl. June 12: I took another 3-way split of first for another $700. June 19: I took 3rd place for $325.
The third place finish was bittersweet because I had A-10 and my opponent had A-8 which just happens to be the big hand of the past few weeks. I have won at least 3 big hands from behind with A-8. He hit his 8 on the river or I would have won. Phooey.
Nevertheless, I spent $260 on buy-ins for the four tournaments and (after tips and deducting buy-ins) had a profit of just over $1,300 so I really can't complain. I think I'll keep playing this one.
The third place finish was bittersweet because I had A-10 and my opponent had A-8 which just happens to be the big hand of the past few weeks. I have won at least 3 big hands from behind with A-8. He hit his 8 on the river or I would have won. Phooey.
Nevertheless, I spent $260 on buy-ins for the four tournaments and (after tips and deducting buy-ins) had a profit of just over $1,300 so I really can't complain. I think I'll keep playing this one.
Monday, June 18, 2012
The Really Sick Hand
Relative to my last posting I wanted to tell about the REALLY sick hand that I won a huge pot with. I had the 3-4 of hearts. I can't remember if it was raised pre-flop or not, but I'd been pretty lucky already so if it was I must have called a raise.
The flop was A-Q-6 with 2 hearts, so I basically only had a very small flush draw at that point. The betting was fast and furious. I called everything. The turn was a non-heart 2. This gave me a gutshut straight draw to go along with my monster (LOL) heart draw. The betting continued. I believe there were still four players in the pot and I think Miguel dropped out after the turn card. I know that Roland was still in and one other guy whose name I can't think of right now.
The river was a black 5 giving me the straight. There was no flush and the board wasn't paired so I bet out $20 knowing that I had the best hand. Roland and the other guy basically said, "What the f _ _ _?" at the same time. I whispered to Miguel, "That was just a totally sick card." He said, "Oh, I know."
The other guy in the pot said, "OMG 3-4 of hearts? No way!" Yet they both called me. I honestly think the entire table was amazed. It had to be a pot of at least $400. Wow. One had A-Q and Roland had A-6. Talk about LUCKY!
The flop was A-Q-6 with 2 hearts, so I basically only had a very small flush draw at that point. The betting was fast and furious. I called everything. The turn was a non-heart 2. This gave me a gutshut straight draw to go along with my monster (LOL) heart draw. The betting continued. I believe there were still four players in the pot and I think Miguel dropped out after the turn card. I know that Roland was still in and one other guy whose name I can't think of right now.
The river was a black 5 giving me the straight. There was no flush and the board wasn't paired so I bet out $20 knowing that I had the best hand. Roland and the other guy basically said, "What the f _ _ _?" at the same time. I whispered to Miguel, "That was just a totally sick card." He said, "Oh, I know."
The other guy in the pot said, "OMG 3-4 of hearts? No way!" Yet they both called me. I honestly think the entire table was amazed. It had to be a pot of at least $400. Wow. One had A-Q and Roland had A-6. Talk about LUCKY!
I Could Learn to Like This
I decided to play at the Moose last night in the 2-20 game because they were having drawings every 1/2 hour starting at 9pm with $100 on the half hour and $400 on the hour with $1000 at midnight. I went at about 5:00 because I wanted to eat too.
I don't usually play that late on a work night and I had to wait almost 2 hours before the game even started (at about 6:30 p.m.). However, the evening started off just fine because along with the drawings they were giving people with player's cards a free buffet dinner with yummy lasagna & salad.
I absolutely killed in the cash game. I started out with a $300 buy-in and walked out just after midnight with $1,310. I have never had such a good night and I wasn't playing crazy or anything, although Miguel seemed to think so. I had his number all night long and felted him twice. He would wave at me to say "go away" so naturally I called him and beat him almost every time. He seemed to go into revenge mode, but nothing worked. I just couldn't lose. Actually, I think he took two rather small pots off me, but oh well.
I even hit quad 8s for $171. Now that I think about it, I didn't include that in my total above, so I actually left with $1,481. Wow.
I was really surprised that being so lucky (skillful?) all night that I didn't win one of the drawings also, but I guess that would have been overkill. I could sure get used to this.
I don't usually play that late on a work night and I had to wait almost 2 hours before the game even started (at about 6:30 p.m.). However, the evening started off just fine because along with the drawings they were giving people with player's cards a free buffet dinner with yummy lasagna & salad.
I absolutely killed in the cash game. I started out with a $300 buy-in and walked out just after midnight with $1,310. I have never had such a good night and I wasn't playing crazy or anything, although Miguel seemed to think so. I had his number all night long and felted him twice. He would wave at me to say "go away" so naturally I called him and beat him almost every time. He seemed to go into revenge mode, but nothing worked. I just couldn't lose. Actually, I think he took two rather small pots off me, but oh well.
I even hit quad 8s for $171. Now that I think about it, I didn't include that in my total above, so I actually left with $1,481. Wow.
I was really surprised that being so lucky (skillful?) all night that I didn't win one of the drawings also, but I guess that would have been overkill. I could sure get used to this.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Winning at the Island Again!
Two weeks ago I chopped the Island Deepstack 3 ways for $700. Last week I played bad & didn't make the money. This past Tuesday I chopped it 3 ways again for $700. Boy, I wish I could do this all the time.
My favorite hand was when I had 10-8 suited in the cut-off and nobody raised. The flop was 5-10-10. Nobody bet on the flop. The turn was another 10 giving me quads. The betting was fast and furious on the turn. I simply called. The river was a perfect ace, which actually gave both my two remaining opponents full houses. They both went all-in. Oh darn. I had one covered and crippled the other one. My favorite thing in poker is ending up with the nuts and having people falling all over each other trying to get all their chips into the pot!
I also did well in the live game last night hitting quad 6s for $152 on the monte carlo board and leaving with a $280 profit. My astrological sign must be enjoying massive favor right now.
My favorite hand was when I had 10-8 suited in the cut-off and nobody raised. The flop was 5-10-10. Nobody bet on the flop. The turn was another 10 giving me quads. The betting was fast and furious on the turn. I simply called. The river was a perfect ace, which actually gave both my two remaining opponents full houses. They both went all-in. Oh darn. I had one covered and crippled the other one. My favorite thing in poker is ending up with the nuts and having people falling all over each other trying to get all their chips into the pot!
I also did well in the live game last night hitting quad 6s for $152 on the monte carlo board and leaving with a $280 profit. My astrological sign must be enjoying massive favor right now.
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