No, I'm not referring to the TV show. I've never seen it and have no interest in it.
I usually try to recap my weekend play on Monday. As I was going over in my head the poker happenings of the last three days I realized most of it has faded away. I recall playing Kat's Friday night Donkament, and vaguely recall not rebuying 32 times like usual, but I have almost no recollection of the tournament at all. According to the tournament summary I found somewhere on my hard drive, I finished in 7th. I'll have to take the summary's word for it because I'm drawing a complete blank.
I do recall about seven hands from Dr. Pauly's PLO tournament on Saturday. Well, I recall two of the seven hands. In the first I tangled with Pauly. Don't recall what I had. Something worth playing but that missed the flop. I got the impression he was trying to either double up early or bust so I hung on longer than I should have and ended up donking off a third of my stack. In the first hand. Six hands later I get it all in with my AAxx vs AKKx vs QQxx. Flop brings a K and I go home far from repeating last week's performance.
Having exited the PLO tournament so early I signed up for one of the WSOP freerolls Stars is running every hour. This was the first time I found one that started less than 45 minutes from now and that still had seats available. All I remember about this one was getting it all in with JJ vs AK vs AQ. Flop is KQJ, making me 80% to win. Turn is a blank, making me better than 90% to win. Naturally, the river is a T, giving each of the other two Broadway and they split my stack. I know I played it right, but that just doesn't seem to make up for the huge sucking sound that came at the river.
While waiting for Pauly's PLO tournament I joined The Quest for a bit. Suckout city. I guess I've been fortunate of late to have avoided a long string of bad beats, but that's what I hit on Saturday.
I briefly considered going back to The Quest after my tournament losses, but I knew I was on the verge of megatilt, so I fixed some dinner and watched TV instead. I was still feeling a bit tiltish on Sunday so I didn't play at all.
So it's been a slow week for The Quest. I have been two-tabling of late, not that it has obviously improved my win rate. On Saturday it just increased the loss. But even two-tabling I didn't spend many hours Questing this week.
I've been reading some things that make me think my bankroll management plan for the lowest levels may be overly conservative. Rather than sticking with the plan of having 50 buy-ins before moving up, I may cut back to 25 or 30. When I hit $25 buy-ins I'll probably want 50 of those in the bankroll, but at $5 and under I think I can probably sneak by with less.
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02 June 2008
19 May 2008
TheWeekend
Saturday was Dr. Pauly's PLO tournament. I monied last week, so I was looking forward to having another go. Unfortunately, real life intervened. About 15 minutes in to the tournament I had visitors and had to sit out. By the time the visitors left I was down to crumbs. I pushed it all in before the blinds took it. No joy.
Saturday night The Quest made a very decent score, finishing the night up $4.84. It may not sound like much, but that's over 9% of the bankroll at the start of the day. I recall there being a couple big moves that worked well.
Sunday I again played the Britbloggerment. Things moved a bit faster this week, it taking only 50 minutes to make the final table instead of 80 minutes. I got off to a slow start, but at least I didn't need to dig myself out of a huge hole like last week.
When we got to the bubble, the cards completely dried up. By this time it wasn't exactly a tea party, so I either had to be first to push with total garbage or just keep folding and hope for the best. By the time I finally got dealt QJo, they looked like just one step below AA, so I pushed. Unfortunately, somebody with AJo called. Neither of us improved and I went home as bubble boy.
During Sunday night's Quest I was beginning to wonder if I shouldn't have just taken the night off. My play was mostly spot on. I think I only made one semi-serious mistake. But the suckouts were terrible. I recall one that went exactly as I'd planned, the other guy pushing all-in, me making the call and having him beat, him hitting his 3-outer at the river. I had to reload after that one.
I got most of it back on a suckout that went in my favor, though I comfort myself knowing the idiot should have never made the call pre-flop, so it was really his fault. (Pretty good rationalization, eh?) I mean, seriously, who calls a 3BB pre-flop raise with Q8o? That's just stupid.
At any rate, the suckout got me almost even. A couple good hands right before I quit gave me a $0.41 profit on the night. The bankroll now stands at $56.72. Yellow zone here I come! The graph doesn't yet reflect these numbers. It will be updated after tomorrow's play.
Saturday night The Quest made a very decent score, finishing the night up $4.84. It may not sound like much, but that's over 9% of the bankroll at the start of the day. I recall there being a couple big moves that worked well.
Sunday I again played the Britbloggerment. Things moved a bit faster this week, it taking only 50 minutes to make the final table instead of 80 minutes. I got off to a slow start, but at least I didn't need to dig myself out of a huge hole like last week.
When we got to the bubble, the cards completely dried up. By this time it wasn't exactly a tea party, so I either had to be first to push with total garbage or just keep folding and hope for the best. By the time I finally got dealt QJo, they looked like just one step below AA, so I pushed. Unfortunately, somebody with AJo called. Neither of us improved and I went home as bubble boy.
During Sunday night's Quest I was beginning to wonder if I shouldn't have just taken the night off. My play was mostly spot on. I think I only made one semi-serious mistake. But the suckouts were terrible. I recall one that went exactly as I'd planned, the other guy pushing all-in, me making the call and having him beat, him hitting his 3-outer at the river. I had to reload after that one.
I got most of it back on a suckout that went in my favor, though I comfort myself knowing the idiot should have never made the call pre-flop, so it was really his fault. (Pretty good rationalization, eh?) I mean, seriously, who calls a 3BB pre-flop raise with Q8o? That's just stupid.
At any rate, the suckout got me almost even. A couple good hands right before I quit gave me a $0.41 profit on the night. The bankroll now stands at $56.72. Yellow zone here I come! The graph doesn't yet reflect these numbers. It will be updated after tomorrow's play.
11 May 2008
Someone check the temperature in hell
I cashed in a PLO tournament. It's a bloody miracle.
Okay, so there were only 17 runners. And, for a change, I actually got some very decent cards. Early on I got a nice bump when I got priced in on a nut flush play and it hit on the river. The real luck was that somebody else had the second nut flush. I'm not sure I made the best play when I just called his river bet. There were two players to act behind me and I figured a call might entice one of them to call or maybe even toss in a raise. If I'd raised I thought there was a good chance I'd chase everyone out. As it turned out, one of the players behind called, so my plan sort of worked.
That pot gave me a lot of breathing room and I was able to wait for the cards to come. And they did come. I got big suited pairs more times in this tournament than I think I have in the last 100 hours I've spent at PLO.
We got to five left and stayed there for a very long time. When we finally made it to three I had a small chip lead over ResdentEvil and Alexe55, though only 1500 chips separated first from third. My big mistake was when I overplayed pocket aces. I should have bet them bigger before the flop when I probably would have taken it down. Instead I waited until the flop when Alexe55 caught two pair. So I finished third. Congrats to ResdentEvil for taking it down.
I also played one of the freerolls that might lead to something big. These things are so complicated I can't keep it straight. It was free so I played. Finished 161st of 2000+, with the top 50 making it to the next tournament. I mostly just played tight and let the freeroll idiots knock each other out. My big mistake in this one was running AJo into a slowplayed KK. It looked like the perfect situation. UTG limps, one MP player limps. It looks like two weak hands with just the BB to act behind me. So I push. Which was exactly what UTG wanted.
Okay, so there were only 17 runners. And, for a change, I actually got some very decent cards. Early on I got a nice bump when I got priced in on a nut flush play and it hit on the river. The real luck was that somebody else had the second nut flush. I'm not sure I made the best play when I just called his river bet. There were two players to act behind me and I figured a call might entice one of them to call or maybe even toss in a raise. If I'd raised I thought there was a good chance I'd chase everyone out. As it turned out, one of the players behind called, so my plan sort of worked.
That pot gave me a lot of breathing room and I was able to wait for the cards to come. And they did come. I got big suited pairs more times in this tournament than I think I have in the last 100 hours I've spent at PLO.
We got to five left and stayed there for a very long time. When we finally made it to three I had a small chip lead over ResdentEvil and Alexe55, though only 1500 chips separated first from third. My big mistake was when I overplayed pocket aces. I should have bet them bigger before the flop when I probably would have taken it down. Instead I waited until the flop when Alexe55 caught two pair. So I finished third. Congrats to ResdentEvil for taking it down.
I also played one of the freerolls that might lead to something big. These things are so complicated I can't keep it straight. It was free so I played. Finished 161st of 2000+, with the top 50 making it to the next tournament. I mostly just played tight and let the freeroll idiots knock each other out. My big mistake in this one was running AJo into a slowplayed KK. It looked like the perfect situation. UTG limps, one MP player limps. It looks like two weak hands with just the BB to act behind me. So I push. Which was exactly what UTG wanted.
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