Sunday, April 30, 2006
Some more limit
So decided to hit the limit tables again($.02/$.04). Ended up down $.72. Of course, it didn't help that when I had KK, the board flopped and Ace. Then when I get dealt AA, the board flopped a straight draw and the turn added another card to the straight draw. Both times, one of my opponents had the one card that would have had me beat.
Saturday, April 29, 2006
$2 Turbo Rebuy WSOP Satellite
I had 7 W$ in my account so I figured I would use them up in a WSOP Satty. I kinda like the rebuys. It's nice to be able to play super reckless for a change. I started well in this one.
I didn't play much for about an orbit and a half, limped and folded a couple times. Then came KK, the kiss of death. Of course I pushed. Amazingly, they held up. Then a few hands later AK. I push and win. Another couple hands, AK again. I push and they hold. I take two people out this time too, for whatever reason, they decided not to rebuy. An orbit later, AK. I push but everyone folds. I show. Big slick seemed to be the hand for me today. Only other hand of note before the rebuy period ended was when in the SB, I get dealt QTs. I'm a huge stack, in third overall, so when a small stack (approx 1k in chips) moves all-in, I call. There were two other callers as well. I ended up flopping two pair, so I push. Both opponents call. One had a flush draw, the other had TP. Neither of their hands improve. The initial raiser didn't catch anything. I take all their chips and move into first.
After the rebuy ended, I stayed tight and just focused on winning a seat. Seventy-five in total, about 290 people left in the tournament. I get dealt QQ twice during this period. Double someone up the one time, then get myself doubled up. Push a short stack all in with AQ, he has 66, I don't improve. I wasn't worried about the loss of chips, they were never enough to cripple me. And other than that, I pretty much coasted to the satellite seat.
I've unregistered, as it was to a $33 rebuy and since I only have one buy-in, it's not worth it to play. Woot! I have 34 W$ now.
I didn't play much for about an orbit and a half, limped and folded a couple times. Then came KK, the kiss of death. Of course I pushed. Amazingly, they held up. Then a few hands later AK. I push and win. Another couple hands, AK again. I push and they hold. I take two people out this time too, for whatever reason, they decided not to rebuy. An orbit later, AK. I push but everyone folds. I show. Big slick seemed to be the hand for me today. Only other hand of note before the rebuy period ended was when in the SB, I get dealt QTs. I'm a huge stack, in third overall, so when a small stack (approx 1k in chips) moves all-in, I call. There were two other callers as well. I ended up flopping two pair, so I push. Both opponents call. One had a flush draw, the other had TP. Neither of their hands improve. The initial raiser didn't catch anything. I take all their chips and move into first.
After the rebuy ended, I stayed tight and just focused on winning a seat. Seventy-five in total, about 290 people left in the tournament. I get dealt QQ twice during this period. Double someone up the one time, then get myself doubled up. Push a short stack all in with AQ, he has 66, I don't improve. I wasn't worried about the loss of chips, they were never enough to cripple me. And other than that, I pretty much coasted to the satellite seat.
I've unregistered, as it was to a $33 rebuy and since I only have one buy-in, it's not worth it to play. Woot! I have 34 W$ now.
On a Whim
Time to get down to posting about some poker. Today is one of my days off work, so I was able to play a lot of poker.
First thing, on a whim I decided to try out a $12+$1 Double Shootout to this Sunday's $1M guaranteed at PokerStars. This is a bigger buy-in to a tournament than I normally play. I've played a few $10+1 buy-ins, but they have only been for fun (either WWdN tourneys or TPF tourneys). I didn't expect to get far, I'm not the greatest SnG player, but I wanted to try something different and if I lucked out, I might end up 530 T$ richer. I busted out 37th. I was second at my table. Had I won HU, I would have been moving on to the next round. Ah well, I really enjoyed that game and felt I played a good game. It would have taken a lot to finish first at the table anyway. I went into HU shortstacked, he had almost 10K, I had almost 2K. Basically, if I hit I was moving all-in, which I did. He just ended up hitting an even better hand on the flop.
Next, Rob encouraged me to join a $5.50 that was just about to start. I did and just couldn't catch any cards. I ended up 335/691. I did state in my last post that I'm a decent tourney player, right? It doesn't seem like it. Since my last big win, I have yet to make it to the money in a tournament.
And finally, I played some $.02-$.04 Limit Hold'em. I much prefer NL, but for the last little while, I've been sitting at Limit tables to give them a whirl. I'd like to be able to play both equally well. At first, I hated limit. It just seemed like that no matter what cards I played, I was chased and lost. I'm thinking (hoping) it was just variance. Especially, since the last couple times, I've come away from the table up some money. Today, I left the table up $1.87.
I'm probably going to play some more poker tonight. If I do, hopefully, I remember to update.
First thing, on a whim I decided to try out a $12+$1 Double Shootout to this Sunday's $1M guaranteed at PokerStars. This is a bigger buy-in to a tournament than I normally play. I've played a few $10+1 buy-ins, but they have only been for fun (either WWdN tourneys or TPF tourneys). I didn't expect to get far, I'm not the greatest SnG player, but I wanted to try something different and if I lucked out, I might end up 530 T$ richer. I busted out 37th. I was second at my table. Had I won HU, I would have been moving on to the next round. Ah well, I really enjoyed that game and felt I played a good game. It would have taken a lot to finish first at the table anyway. I went into HU shortstacked, he had almost 10K, I had almost 2K. Basically, if I hit I was moving all-in, which I did. He just ended up hitting an even better hand on the flop.
Next, Rob encouraged me to join a $5.50 that was just about to start. I did and just couldn't catch any cards. I ended up 335/691. I did state in my last post that I'm a decent tourney player, right? It doesn't seem like it. Since my last big win, I have yet to make it to the money in a tournament.
And finally, I played some $.02-$.04 Limit Hold'em. I much prefer NL, but for the last little while, I've been sitting at Limit tables to give them a whirl. I'd like to be able to play both equally well. At first, I hated limit. It just seemed like that no matter what cards I played, I was chased and lost. I'm thinking (hoping) it was just variance. Especially, since the last couple times, I've come away from the table up some money. Today, I left the table up $1.87.
I'm probably going to play some more poker tonight. If I do, hopefully, I remember to update.
Welcome
Well, this is my poker blog. Currently, I'm a casual player. If I have free time, I will sit down at a table. Taking a look at my results, I'm a decent tournament player and I suck ass at the cash games. Now of course, all of this is at the micro limits. That is, when I sit at a table or buy into a tournament, the most I am likely to put down is $10. I've come in first place in two tournaments at Pokerstars and I have the bankroll for higher stakes, but right now the micro limits is where I am comfortable. Moving up for me means I'm playing with scared money and that just leads to losing. I don't ever expect to make "real" money off my poker playing, but as long as I'm having fun, I'll keep playing. Winning money is just the bonus at the end of the day.
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