Ok guys, I've decided to make a new blog called Poker Lifestyle: http://pokerlifestyle.wordpress.com/
I've been getting very lazy about blogging, but I would like to continue blogging so I decided to move and continue blogging on a fresh new blog!
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
Saturday, 19 July 2008
I know, I know
I hardly ever blog lately and I have so much to tell :P. I don't know why, but for me it's pretty hard to find the motivation to blog on a regular basis, I'm thinking of joining a blog with one or two other people so I we can both keep each other motivated to blog.
I know I never ended up writing a trip report from Vegas and I won't right now, but it was tons of fun and I am definetly going back next year. There's still a lot of stuff I didn't do and I'd like to catch up on it. I was also in London for a couple of days and met up with a friend who is doing an IT-internship there. That was surely fun.
On monday I'll be on my way again, travelling to croatia to a friend's house and I think that will be fun too. It will also be a low-tech trip, because there is no TV or internet. That should be sweet and good for me to relax. I'll be taking "tipping point" and "theory of poker" and finally finishing those two books that I've been reading on a nd off for like a year or more. I really enjoy reading, but I feel like such a fast paced person that sometimes I just don't find the time to read an entire book (I start reading a book then another and another and I never finish, which I know is bad and something I wanna work on).
As far as poker is going, I had my first losing month in June. I lost like 3-4 buy ins on the month I guess, I don't know any exact numbers. This may however sound odd, but in a way I'm glad I had a losing month, it takes away the pressure from never having one and I think will aid me psychologically long term to just maximize my ev in spots where I might sometimes take a lower variance line to preserve a win.
Right now I need to go and grab some lunch with a friend. Whether's pretty good, but after Vegas I have trouble determing whether the weather outside is cold or warm, by local standards :P.
Later guys and gals.
I know I never ended up writing a trip report from Vegas and I won't right now, but it was tons of fun and I am definetly going back next year. There's still a lot of stuff I didn't do and I'd like to catch up on it. I was also in London for a couple of days and met up with a friend who is doing an IT-internship there. That was surely fun.
On monday I'll be on my way again, travelling to croatia to a friend's house and I think that will be fun too. It will also be a low-tech trip, because there is no TV or internet. That should be sweet and good for me to relax. I'll be taking "tipping point" and "theory of poker" and finally finishing those two books that I've been reading on a nd off for like a year or more. I really enjoy reading, but I feel like such a fast paced person that sometimes I just don't find the time to read an entire book (I start reading a book then another and another and I never finish, which I know is bad and something I wanna work on).
As far as poker is going, I had my first losing month in June. I lost like 3-4 buy ins on the month I guess, I don't know any exact numbers. This may however sound odd, but in a way I'm glad I had a losing month, it takes away the pressure from never having one and I think will aid me psychologically long term to just maximize my ev in spots where I might sometimes take a lower variance line to preserve a win.
Right now I need to go and grab some lunch with a friend. Whether's pretty good, but after Vegas I have trouble determing whether the weather outside is cold or warm, by local standards :P.
Later guys and gals.
Friday, 4 July 2008
vegas excerpt
This is a 5/10 hand I played at the Caesar's palace casino.
We are playing 9 handed. utg folds, utg+1 folds, mp1 raises to 40, I call in mp2 with KsTs, mp3 folds, co calls, btn folds, sb folds, bb folds.
mp1 is playing around 3k, I'm playing 2.3k and co is playing 1k.
I'm calling preflop, because I think my hand has impliead odds vs mp1 and I think he is good enough to laydown hands to me, when I represent a specific hand (I've heard him put people on hands given the board texture).
Flop (135$) is 8s6s3c, giving me the K high fd with two overs. Mp1 fires 120$, I smooth call with the intention of repping a 4, 5 or T on the turn if it hits. Co folds.
Turn (375$) 8s6s3c 4c, completing one of the straight draws with 75. mp1 bets 200$, I think for a little bit and make it 600$, at this point there is 1.5k left to go in on the river which is about a pot sized shove. Villain thinks for a little bit (1-2 minutes) and calls.
River (1575$) 8s6s3c 4c 3d, complete brick. At this point I put villain on weak made hands and possibly draws that missed and he didn't want to stick in on the turn. I figure I can follow through here and get a fold 50% of the time. I think for a little bit and fire 1.5k$, which is an effective all in. Random greek guy with balla watch: "I like your style."
mp1 snaps, I open muck saying nice hand, he shows 77 and rakes in the 4575$ pot with second pair to the board.
I left the table shortly after this hand to go and think about it. I came to the conclusion that his call was either pretty bad or pretty good. Thinking about it this way, if he thinks I raise all strong made hands on the flop then my turn range is skewed heavily towards semi bluffs and 75 and he actually has 77 then I really like his call down.
Now here's the added bonus, I accidentily string bet my 1.5k river shove and ended up getting 400$ back, giving me a 1.5k shove for 1.1k (he said he'd call 1.5k too, but the dealer wouldn't allow it).
That's my biggest po so far from playing live. I'm actually not trying to play a ton live, but that's kinda how it ended up going yesterday. Today is American Independece Day (yay) and there will be a ton of partying in Vegas. I'm actually a little annoyed that I'm slightly ill from the air conditioning in Vegas. This sounds pretty funny, but it's actually fairly cold in Vegas when your not outside.
I'll follow up with some pics in due time.
We are playing 9 handed. utg folds, utg+1 folds, mp1 raises to 40, I call in mp2 with KsTs, mp3 folds, co calls, btn folds, sb folds, bb folds.
mp1 is playing around 3k, I'm playing 2.3k and co is playing 1k.
I'm calling preflop, because I think my hand has impliead odds vs mp1 and I think he is good enough to laydown hands to me, when I represent a specific hand (I've heard him put people on hands given the board texture).
Flop (135$) is 8s6s3c, giving me the K high fd with two overs. Mp1 fires 120$, I smooth call with the intention of repping a 4, 5 or T on the turn if it hits. Co folds.
Turn (375$) 8s6s3c 4c, completing one of the straight draws with 75. mp1 bets 200$, I think for a little bit and make it 600$, at this point there is 1.5k left to go in on the river which is about a pot sized shove. Villain thinks for a little bit (1-2 minutes) and calls.
River (1575$) 8s6s3c 4c 3d, complete brick. At this point I put villain on weak made hands and possibly draws that missed and he didn't want to stick in on the turn. I figure I can follow through here and get a fold 50% of the time. I think for a little bit and fire 1.5k$, which is an effective all in. Random greek guy with balla watch: "I like your style."
mp1 snaps, I open muck saying nice hand, he shows 77 and rakes in the 4575$ pot with second pair to the board.
I left the table shortly after this hand to go and think about it. I came to the conclusion that his call was either pretty bad or pretty good. Thinking about it this way, if he thinks I raise all strong made hands on the flop then my turn range is skewed heavily towards semi bluffs and 75 and he actually has 77 then I really like his call down.
Now here's the added bonus, I accidentily string bet my 1.5k river shove and ended up getting 400$ back, giving me a 1.5k shove for 1.1k (he said he'd call 1.5k too, but the dealer wouldn't allow it).
That's my biggest po so far from playing live. I'm actually not trying to play a ton live, but that's kinda how it ended up going yesterday. Today is American Independece Day (yay) and there will be a ton of partying in Vegas. I'm actually a little annoyed that I'm slightly ill from the air conditioning in Vegas. This sounds pretty funny, but it's actually fairly cold in Vegas when your not outside.
I'll follow up with some pics in due time.
Sunday, 29 June 2008
LGW
I'm currently in Landon GatWick airport, waiting for my 15 hour 30 minute journey to Las Vegas NV to commence. Slept fairly well in the Hotel last night, I feel like I need to get a good bed at my place so I can sleep like that too, but I haz no space.
I managed to play 1.1k hands of Holdem in my room last night. I ended up losing about 280$, but I think I played pretty well and tbh I'm happy to get hands in. It's like I have trouble finding the time to play, but my new notebook should help with this. 6 tabling is pretty sweet, small, but sweet.
I'm such a fish when it comes to travelling to the US, they literally ask you like 40 questions and I couldn't answer all of them... For example I didn't know the place where I was staying (the exact address), which is obviously not a smart thing to do, but I've also never been asked something like that before at an airport.... well I guess they did in Dubai, but it's different, because they don't enter the information into a computer. I also didn't know the address in Dubai, but he could tell I was some random Euro on holidays so he didn't make too much of a fuss about it.
Anyway I managed to get a hold of Noel online and he gave me the address, so I'll be prepared for any further questions. Bring it US government!
A friend told me the other day that they've started randomly selecting people at airports with notebooks and copying their hard drives for pirate material. I didn't know they did this, anyway I'm clean so no worries.
I should geto going now, maybe I can get some duty free shopping in, but seems unlikely.
L8rs.
I managed to play 1.1k hands of Holdem in my room last night. I ended up losing about 280$, but I think I played pretty well and tbh I'm happy to get hands in. It's like I have trouble finding the time to play, but my new notebook should help with this. 6 tabling is pretty sweet, small, but sweet.
I'm such a fish when it comes to travelling to the US, they literally ask you like 40 questions and I couldn't answer all of them... For example I didn't know the place where I was staying (the exact address), which is obviously not a smart thing to do, but I've also never been asked something like that before at an airport.... well I guess they did in Dubai, but it's different, because they don't enter the information into a computer. I also didn't know the address in Dubai, but he could tell I was some random Euro on holidays so he didn't make too much of a fuss about it.
Anyway I managed to get a hold of Noel online and he gave me the address, so I'll be prepared for any further questions. Bring it US government!
A friend told me the other day that they've started randomly selecting people at airports with notebooks and copying their hard drives for pirate material. I didn't know they did this, anyway I'm clean so no worries.
I should geto going now, maybe I can get some duty free shopping in, but seems unlikely.
L8rs.
Saturday, 28 June 2008
travelling
I'm writing this from my hotel room in London. I have to spend the night here, because my connection flight to Vegas is tomorrow at 10 and I arrived in London at 11am. It doesn't really bother me too much, it's not much of a hassle for me.
I dropped by at Marks and Spencer's to pick some food, which I am eating right now. Practically everything they sell is super healthy, which is good for me. I really do not dislike healthy food, but I end up not eating so healthy most of the time, I believe mainly due to the fact that I'm too lazy to cook, but this will change soon I hope, when I get back to Innsbruck, I'll get myself a cook book and go shopping on a regular basis (I usually end up odering in, because I don't have anything in the house).
Anyway, I'm rambling a bit. I'm very excited about going to Las Vegas tomorrow and also meeting all the weird Americans. Seeing some of the Pros will be fun too.
Later.
I dropped by at Marks and Spencer's to pick some food, which I am eating right now. Practically everything they sell is super healthy, which is good for me. I really do not dislike healthy food, but I end up not eating so healthy most of the time, I believe mainly due to the fact that I'm too lazy to cook, but this will change soon I hope, when I get back to Innsbruck, I'll get myself a cook book and go shopping on a regular basis (I usually end up odering in, because I don't have anything in the house).
Anyway, I'm rambling a bit. I'm very excited about going to Las Vegas tomorrow and also meeting all the weird Americans. Seeing some of the Pros will be fun too.
Later.
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Sup
Sorry I haven't been posting much lately. I've been busy with some exams and haven't been doing too much.
Right now I'm getting ready for Vegas, just making sure I have enough clothes and cash to travel. My plan is also to stay in London for a bit on my way back from Vegas and meet with a friend who is doing an internship there, which I'm excited about, I haven't been to London properly in a while.
I'm gonna do a bit of shopping now and then hopefully get in some hands before the EURO 2008 semi-final between Germany and Turkey.
Right now I'm getting ready for Vegas, just making sure I have enough clothes and cash to travel. My plan is also to stay in London for a bit on my way back from Vegas and meet with a friend who is doing an internship there, which I'm excited about, I haven't been to London properly in a while.
I'm gonna do a bit of shopping now and then hopefully get in some hands before the EURO 2008 semi-final between Germany and Turkey.
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
how things are goin'
This month has been goin' pretty marginally so far. I dropped down to -3k pretty early due to my big hu session loss and running below expectation @ 3/6.
I've been up a little a bit aswell though, but right now I'd say I'm down about 400$.
I actually think I am playing well and my HU games is also really improving I feel.
I've also been working on my Omaha game, but mainly reading/watching vids (if you're a deuces cracked member, definetly check out the "Mad Potters" series on Omaha with Sensei and Riverboatking) and not so much playing.
I have an exam coming soon, so I'll be unable to put as much effort into my game as I would like to, but I'm fine with that.
I've been up a little a bit aswell though, but right now I'd say I'm down about 400$.
I actually think I am playing well and my HU games is also really improving I feel.
I've also been working on my Omaha game, but mainly reading/watching vids (if you're a deuces cracked member, definetly check out the "Mad Potters" series on Omaha with Sensei and Riverboatking) and not so much playing.
I have an exam coming soon, so I'll be unable to put as much effort into my game as I would like to, but I'm fine with that.
Thursday, 12 June 2008
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
good morning
So it's 5:55am, which is pretty early, but the good news is that I didn't stay up till this time, but just woke up. I didn't want to wake up this early, because it means I'll be tired around 4pm-6pm, but it will help me get to bed early today so I can balance my sleeping.
I didn't actually get to see a football match yesterday in the EURO 2008, because of a missunderstanding. We're going to watch Sweden-Spain on Saturday and not Spain-Russia as I thought. Spain is on fire right now as they beat Russia 4-1 yesterday. Russia really wasn't bad from their overall game play, but Spain just had such deadly counter attacks, it was brutal.
The good thing about me being up early is that there is a decent chance my notebook is arriving today, so I won't be pulled out of any deep-sleeping.
Poker-wise I'm done with my Party rakeback days and I'm a bit dissapointed I wasn't able to play more hands, but I think my bad sleeping had a lot to do with it.
It's hard for me to filter out my exact results for Party (I don't know how to do it with HM), but I'd guess I ended up +1.6k from cash games with an extra 475$ cleared in bonusses and a wooping 1426.64$ rakeback in 5 days of play.
The plan for the rest of the month is to grind it out on iPoker 3/6, 2/4 6max and fullring and to maintain status before I go to Vegas. I'll also be playing some 2/4 hu on the side.
I didn't actually get to see a football match yesterday in the EURO 2008, because of a missunderstanding. We're going to watch Sweden-Spain on Saturday and not Spain-Russia as I thought. Spain is on fire right now as they beat Russia 4-1 yesterday. Russia really wasn't bad from their overall game play, but Spain just had such deadly counter attacks, it was brutal.
The good thing about me being up early is that there is a decent chance my notebook is arriving today, so I won't be pulled out of any deep-sleeping.
Poker-wise I'm done with my Party rakeback days and I'm a bit dissapointed I wasn't able to play more hands, but I think my bad sleeping had a lot to do with it.
It's hard for me to filter out my exact results for Party (I don't know how to do it with HM), but I'd guess I ended up +1.6k from cash games with an extra 475$ cleared in bonusses and a wooping 1426.64$ rakeback in 5 days of play.
The plan for the rest of the month is to grind it out on iPoker 3/6, 2/4 6max and fullring and to maintain status before I go to Vegas. I'll also be playing some 2/4 hu on the side.
Tuesday, 10 June 2008
:S
I'm super wasted right now. I just played 1333 hands straight and ended up winning 367$ over 1/2 and .5/1. I think I played some spots a bit too aggro, giving my opponents to much credit for being capable of folding hands when my perceived range beats them.
The rake is lousy at those stakes. I only made 140$ in RB. I guess if I make it to 3k hands (not looking very likely), it'd be 300$.
I'm gonna go to town as I'm falling asleep in my chair as I am writing this.
The rake is lousy at those stakes. I only made 140$ in RB. I guess if I make it to 3k hands (not looking very likely), it'd be 300$.
I'm gonna go to town as I'm falling asleep in my chair as I am writing this.
Bad sleeping
Ok, it's time for me to admit, again, that my sleeping rhythm is completely off balance. I've decided to balance it by not sleeping today and trying to go to bed at around 9-10pm (note, right now it is 6:10am). Today is the last day I have 100% rakeback on Party Poker (which is soooo sweet), and I don't wanna waste it, so I've decided to multitable 8 FR 1/2 games and just "bonus-whore" basically.
Right now they're aren't enough 1/2 FR games running, so I'm playing .5/1 aswell ^^. I'll switch in as much 1/2 as possible, because I still think my edge is reasonable enough with little sleep and I get more rakeback there.
I'll post results of hand count and amount won (with and without rb) after I'm done.
I figure I won't be playing for too long as I have tickets for today's EURO 2008 game in Austria and Switzerland (maybe till like 4pm), Spain vs Russia.
This should be fun though.
Right now they're aren't enough 1/2 FR games running, so I'm playing .5/1 aswell ^^. I'll switch in as much 1/2 as possible, because I still think my edge is reasonable enough with little sleep and I get more rakeback there.
I'll post results of hand count and amount won (with and without rb) after I'm done.
I figure I won't be playing for too long as I have tickets for today's EURO 2008 game in Austria and Switzerland (maybe till like 4pm), Spain vs Russia.
This should be fun though.
Thursday, 5 June 2008
It's party time
Today my Party Poker VIP days begin and I'll have 100% rakeback for the next 5 days. I wanna be putting in more hands than I usually would and I hope I'll be able to do so.
Yesterday I finally decided which notebook to get for Vegas. I decided against a Macbook Pro, not because I don't like it, but because I just don't feel comfortable with paying literally twice as much as for any other notebook out there that can do the same or close to it. So I'm getting an Acer Aspire 6920g, which set me back 1350€ compared to the 2500€ for the MBP. It's a 16:9 multimedia notebook with a high res 1920*1080 (1080p), 4GB ram, Core 2 Duo T8300 and Nvidia 9500 GMs. I must admit I'm not all too familiar with these components, but the notebook did pretty well in tests from sites that I trust, so it should be good.
Yesterday I finally decided which notebook to get for Vegas. I decided against a Macbook Pro, not because I don't like it, but because I just don't feel comfortable with paying literally twice as much as for any other notebook out there that can do the same or close to it. So I'm getting an Acer Aspire 6920g, which set me back 1350€ compared to the 2500€ for the MBP. It's a 16:9 multimedia notebook with a high res 1920*1080 (1080p), 4GB ram, Core 2 Duo T8300 and Nvidia 9500 GMs. I must admit I'm not all too familiar with these components, but the notebook did pretty well in tests from sites that I trust, so it should be good.
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
Recap on HU match
Now that it's been a day I've had time to reflect on my match and get the tilt out of my system. I still stand by most of my decisions and I think I made correct adjustments to his playing style, but some key mistakes in deep pots. To my defence I haven't really played much 300 and 400bb deep, it's really very challenging and every decision can be for a lot of money. Tilting obviously becomes very expensive aswell as not focusing (some people would say it's the same thing).
I think part of why he was so tough to play against was that he must have had a pretty good card distribution to where it appeared to me that he was constantly making close to nut hands when he was betting. I must admit though that he played his style pretty well and made some good laydowns to me.
I'm definetly sure of my edge against this guy and I'd take some more shots at him given the chance, but I'm not sure I'll see him again too soon. He has some exploitable lines and he adjusts slowly to your change in play, so your chipping away at the small-mid sized pots. I think he plays large pots reasonably well though.
I'm sure a seasoned HU reg would've crushed him, but I can imagine other regs having troubles against him aswell. I don't think that some of the people berating me for being weak in deep pots not adjusting well etc, are being fair on me (and also not showing great comeradeship).
What I did take from this match was some valuable experience in both deep stacked and HU poker and some self-management aspects (possibly quitting him earlier, just to keep a clear mind. I feel that for me that this is especially true. I'm generally a very calm person, but I also absorb things a lot which is a) not healthy and b) will show it's side-effects, as my brain is processing these feelings additionally to the information at hand and rations between them as weird as that may sound. An example would be say you lost 3 pots and you're in a marginal spot again, the logical part will say maximize ev and the emotional will say I don't want to lose another pot. Obviously this has to be balanced with game flow dynamics (sometimes it can be correct to fold a marginally profitable hand to save momentum and push bigger edges later on).).
These are just my after-thoughts on my HU session. I took the day off today and I'll be playing a combination of party poker (100% rakeback for the next 6 days) ring games, ipoker ring games and FTP HU poker for the rest of the month. I also have a macroeconmics exam coming up at the end of the month, right before I go to vegas.
I've also decided to get a new notebook, a MacBook Pro. I'm gonna buy it in the US though, fully tuned it's a wooping 750€ (1100$) cheaper in the US than in the EU.
I think part of why he was so tough to play against was that he must have had a pretty good card distribution to where it appeared to me that he was constantly making close to nut hands when he was betting. I must admit though that he played his style pretty well and made some good laydowns to me.
I'm definetly sure of my edge against this guy and I'd take some more shots at him given the chance, but I'm not sure I'll see him again too soon. He has some exploitable lines and he adjusts slowly to your change in play, so your chipping away at the small-mid sized pots. I think he plays large pots reasonably well though.
I'm sure a seasoned HU reg would've crushed him, but I can imagine other regs having troubles against him aswell. I don't think that some of the people berating me for being weak in deep pots not adjusting well etc, are being fair on me (and also not showing great comeradeship).
What I did take from this match was some valuable experience in both deep stacked and HU poker and some self-management aspects (possibly quitting him earlier, just to keep a clear mind. I feel that for me that this is especially true. I'm generally a very calm person, but I also absorb things a lot which is a) not healthy and b) will show it's side-effects, as my brain is processing these feelings additionally to the information at hand and rations between them as weird as that may sound. An example would be say you lost 3 pots and you're in a marginal spot again, the logical part will say maximize ev and the emotional will say I don't want to lose another pot. Obviously this has to be balanced with game flow dynamics (sometimes it can be correct to fold a marginally profitable hand to save momentum and push bigger edges later on).).
These are just my after-thoughts on my HU session. I took the day off today and I'll be playing a combination of party poker (100% rakeback for the next 6 days) ring games, ipoker ring games and FTP HU poker for the rest of the month. I also have a macroeconmics exam coming up at the end of the month, right before I go to vegas.
I've also decided to get a new notebook, a MacBook Pro. I'm gonna buy it in the US though, fully tuned it's a wooping 750€ (1100$) cheaper in the US than in the EU.
HU match
I just played a guy for five and a half hours on iPoker. I ended up losing 6 buy ins on the session and probably 7 to him.
He was playing so poorly that I felt I had an edge on him. I got back a lot on him at one point, but then staked off pretty light.
I think I made some mistakes in big pots, but at the same time he was playing such a crazy predictable style that I felt I could grind it back which I did several times, but I just couldn't take down a big pot.
I've never seen somebody play the way he has before. He reraised from the blinds everytime he played a hand, he'd call say 5% of the time. He called about 85% of my 4bets. He would check/fold every time on the flop and if he bet he had a hand typically. I think he almost never bluffed, I only caught him bluffing right at the beginning of the match.
One thing I must say though was that he never made a bad call down which was party of why it was so difficult to get back up on him.
It's crazy, but it's almost like he was cheating. It just doesn't make sense for him to show a profit playing the way he does.
Here are some of my most frustrating pots:
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3
4
I won't lie I played some pots poorly aswell, but the match just wasn't in my favour in general. I'm going to implement a 3 buy in quit rule for now, just to make sure I'm not tilting. I'm also going to look for another site to play hu on, most likely Full Tilt Poker because I think they have the best software to play HU on.
He was playing so poorly that I felt I had an edge on him. I got back a lot on him at one point, but then staked off pretty light.
I think I made some mistakes in big pots, but at the same time he was playing such a crazy predictable style that I felt I could grind it back which I did several times, but I just couldn't take down a big pot.
I've never seen somebody play the way he has before. He reraised from the blinds everytime he played a hand, he'd call say 5% of the time. He called about 85% of my 4bets. He would check/fold every time on the flop and if he bet he had a hand typically. I think he almost never bluffed, I only caught him bluffing right at the beginning of the match.
One thing I must say though was that he never made a bad call down which was party of why it was so difficult to get back up on him.
It's crazy, but it's almost like he was cheating. It just doesn't make sense for him to show a profit playing the way he does.
Here are some of my most frustrating pots:
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3
4
I won't lie I played some pots poorly aswell, but the match just wasn't in my favour in general. I'm going to implement a 3 buy in quit rule for now, just to make sure I'm not tilting. I'm also going to look for another site to play hu on, most likely Full Tilt Poker because I think they have the best software to play HU on.
Monday, 2 June 2008
ECOOP # 10
I just busted in the main event with AdKd against 4d9d, the guy was bullying the whole table and I was happy to look down at AK obviously, I couldn't hold however and busted in 78th out of 1277 after playing 8 hours straight. I ended up with 3k$ and overall winnings of 3550$ in the series which I can't complain about.
Sunday, 1 June 2008
ECOOP # 9
This was a 250$ buy in PLO event. With 530 entrants. I got pretty deep in this tourney and got a bit unlucky towards the end when I put in most of the money ahead, but failed to hold. I busted 38th and cashed for 750$.
Tomorrow is the main event for 1k which this has all been building up to. All in all I'm pretty happy to have cashed and it's funny that it was in an Omaha event.
The level of play is fairly poor in these events though, worse than in the Holdem events. I'm not sure I encoutered anybody that really impressed me.
Tomorrow is the main event for 1k which this has all been building up to. All in all I'm pretty happy to have cashed and it's funny that it was in an Omaha event.
The level of play is fairly poor in these events though, worse than in the Holdem events. I'm not sure I encoutered anybody that really impressed me.
Friday, 30 May 2008
ECOOP # 8
I think I played this pretty well, I didn't invest any extra money in rebuys or add-ons and I busted 300th from 1570 entrants with 99 to a2o blind on blind. Bubble was at 200.
I'm down about 400$, I definetly wasn't playing my best today and I hope to just rest a bit today and come back focused into the game tomorrow. Then the month is pretty much over and I'll check results.
I'm down about 400$, I definetly wasn't playing my best today and I hope to just rest a bit today and come back focused into the game tomorrow. Then the month is pretty much over and I'll check results.
TURBO TABLES!
THEY TILT ME! They take away so much from your edge as a thinking player when you only have a short period of time to make your decisions. I lost a stack today making hasty decisions in a 5 second spot and I feel that things like that are just really unnecessary and take away from my edge as a poker player, plus this is one of the few things that can tilt me in poker.
ECOOP #7
The fact that I had to play a Limit Holdem MTT put me slightly on tilt at first, then it was interesting a bit and then it put me on tilt again. I don't know who would want to play these MTT's freely. Then again there were 508 entrants. People drop out really slowly at first untill everybody gets really short, like 5bb short and then the majority of spots you get in are like 60-40, 50-50, 65-35 spots with small stacks and good pot odds. I mean naturally I don't assume I play an optimal Limit MTT strat, but I felt like I wasted some of time on this tournament :P, but hey I need to take the freeroll right ^^.
Today's event, ECOOP #8, is a NL Holdem 100$ rebuy. This may sound funny, but I almost feel burnt out from playing MTT's and there is a party in town, so I'm not going to rebuy and add-on and push marginal plus ev spots early to either boost my stack or bust quick.
I'll take #9 (200$ PLO) and #10 (1k main event) more seriously after that.
Today's event, ECOOP #8, is a NL Holdem 100$ rebuy. This may sound funny, but I almost feel burnt out from playing MTT's and there is a party in town, so I'm not going to rebuy and add-on and push marginal plus ev spots early to either boost my stack or bust quick.
I'll take #9 (200$ PLO) and #10 (1k main event) more seriously after that.
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