I didn't go down in limits... and I went through $20 in a .10/.25 NL (full ring). But what made the night an interesting one was that I saw a good overlay. There was a satellite into the FTOPS Event #8 (Pot Limit Hold 'Em).
1 spot and there were only about 6 people in it with about 3 minutes left. A $216 seat, to break even FTP needed 27 people. When the tournament started there were 12 people total. Not too shabby of an overlay. I figured what the hell. Good overlay, and I can beat 11 people... sometimes.
Well I started off OK, playing patient poker and managed to say about average. I was still around my original starting stack of 1500 a half hour into it when we made the "final table" (3 people had busted).
I stayed about average in chips, then 5 handed- I had 3713 chips (3rd in chips- 1st and 2nd had about 5600 and 5300 respectively)and the smallest stack had 1350. Blinds are 60/120. I'm in the BB and dealt 66. The low stack is 2nd to act (only 5 handed remember) and he raises to 490. It folds around to me in the BB and I push. He calls with A9. I flop a set of Satan, unfortunately he goes runner, runner for a rivered flush. No biggie, I took it OK. I'm second to last in chips with 2363. Not too bad- I'm OK, blind wise.
FTP takes pity on me 3 hands later. I'm dealt AA and 2nd to act. I bet 1/2 the pot (which is 270). The flush guy re-raised to 930 *BINGO*, and I push. Flush guy calls with QQ, and I take a big double up. 4700 in chips and back in 3rd place, even closer than before. Flush guy busts out the next hand.
After my AA I'm dealt 52o which I fold. Then I'm dealt 45o in the BB and I get a walk. Full Tilt, apparently still feeling guilty gives me AA again. I get the big stack to call my raise preflop (after he limped), he calls my 1/2 pot bet on a flop of Qs-3h-5h. A Kh hits. I'm a little nervous but bet again, this time Pot and he mucks. I'm second in chips. The chip leader is bayne_s- a fellow poker blogger who I've run into once or twice recently.
We get three handed and Bayne and I flip flop the chip lead, and the 3rd guy gets some chips and then loses them.
In the end Freddie runs his KK into Bayne_s' AA, and we're heads up.
Seat 5: bayne_s (9,110)
Seat 9: Unimpressed (8,890)
I'm a little nervous as I haven't really played heads up much recently. I was a little rusty. I hurt blayn_s earlier when on a flop of Kd - 8d - Qc, I push with the nut flush draw. He calls I figured I'm done, but turns out he was going for the flush too. Which means as long as I avoid him pairing I'm good. And I am.
Seat 5: bayne_s (2,020)
Seat 9: Unimpressed (15,980)
There's discussion of a chop. He'll donk of his chips for $108. But I can't really afford that with my crappy bankroll right now, so I decline.
Blayne_s makes some headway when we both limp and the flop 3d - Tc - 2d. We both check. A Kd on the turn and I'm holding K8. Blayne_s bets out 600, I just smooth call. River is a 5. We get all the money in and he has K5. 8^(
That's about as high as he gets. The last hand, the blinds are 150/300- chip count: 4490 vs 13,510.
I'm dealt 55. I min raise. Blayne raises it up to 1800. I called 1200. Flop is 3d - 7d 6d. He pushes his last 2690 and I call. He shows AT and my pair holds up.
And here I am sitting in the FTOPS IV, Event #8
A Lark!
Oh and Yes, I still am...
Playing horribly. I busted out of all 3 tournaments (albeit small ones) I was in last night, and donked off about $70 at the cash games. My bankroll is now down to about $130. I now have to drop back down to .05/.10 and get some freakin' discipline back.
Quick Little FYI
I made a few changes to my blogs... Just small ones, really. I added a little, subscribe via Bloglines link on the right. I love Bloglines. It makes reading blogs so much easier.
I also updated my blogs links (again using Bloglines blog roll). Now there are links for Poker Blogs I read and a small group of places to get news.
Running Bad
By "running" I mean "playing" and by Bad I mean "I'm a fucking donkey."
I killed my bankroll.... well not killed, exactly… severely injured is more accurate. It was in critical condition, but a organ donation has kept it from dying.
I had it up to a comfortable $400. Then from bad plays and trading real life cash for transfers, it fell to $150. I was able to bring it back up to $300 (plus I had $75 & $26 tokens). Finally, on Monday I sat down to play at the MATH and my bankroll was a measly $87. I did have a $26 token which I used to play in the MATH. I didn’t cash (finished 20 out of about 50). I felt I played well except once, which actually crippled me. I was in the top 3 of chips for quite some time. But at the time of my collapse, I was a little above average. I’m doing this from memory so the amounts will be off, but the estimation will be close. I wish I could remember the blinds. (maybe I’ll post this and check it out at home and edit it).
** you know what, I need the hand history for blinds and sizes of bets I’ll edit this in later tonight while I’m playing in the Ante Up AIPS Razz event ***
During the MATH tournament I bought into 2 .10/.25 NLHE short handed tables. Max is $25, but I bought in for $10 each. Table A and Table B we’ll call them.
Lose my buy in on a completely donkey play on table A.
I had A6 - flop T6T – a bet and a call (I believe) – K – I push, he calls with QT. River is his 4th T. This is a HUGE hole in my game. A paired flop shows up, and I show aggression, thinking the with only 2 of that pair left, it’s unlikely someone has it and I lose some cash on it. I have to fix that.
Rebuy for $10.
Lose my buy-in at Table B after doubling up early.
J9 flopped st8 (QT8). Opponent bet $2 , I raised $7.25. call J, he bets 18, I push for 22, he calls- he has AK for better st8 (and gets flush on river).
Rebuy for $10
I lose my 2nd buy-in on Table A. I rebuy for $10, knowing I’m tiling a bit.
I finally get start playing a little better and manage to get lucky at the right time. I’ve put in a total buy-in of $50 and have about 10 at both tables still. I manage to work Table B up to $50, which brings me back to even in the cash games. The table changes a bit, new blood and I leave that table as not to squander my evenness.
Table A remains and I find a super duper calling station. I manage to get table A up to $25 and that’s all profit.
I ended the night with a total bankroll of about $105. But the organ donation I was talking about earlier was my PPA bonus that I cleared. It basically doubled my bankroll. Now if only I can keep from donking it all off again.
I’m off to a bad start as I donked of $12 this morning at a .10/.25 NLHE short handed table.
Hey, I forgot a title for this Post.
As I’ve started playing in blogger tournaments, I should probably start… um… blogging… again.
I’m not really competing for any of the points since I’ve only played in two events, but it’s giving me some MTT experience, instead of just the huge fields at the FTP regular tournaments. The I played in the 4/16 MATH (Mondays at the Hoy) as well as last nights MATH.
I felt I played well in both but made a questionable call in the end and that cost me.
Last week- I was low stacked:
Full Tilt Poker Game #2227456431: Mondays at the Hoy (16395575), Table 1 - 250/500 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:20:08 ET - 2007/04/17
Seat 1: Unimpressed (7,283) - Button
Seat 2: dbirider (15,724) - SB
Seat 3: BuddyDank (4,757) - BB
Seat 4: InstantTragedy (21,408)
Seat 5: scurvydog (19,505)
Seat 6: summer_babe (29,039)
Seat 7: cracknaces (21,648)
Seat 9: TripJax (27,636)
dbirider posts the small blind of 250
BuddyDank posts the big blind of 500
Dealt to Unimpressed [Kd Ah]
Folds aroundsummer_babe raises to 1,000
TripJax raises to 4,000
I was the 2nd shortest in chips. The thought crossed my mind to fold, but I didn’t take the time to really consider it and I pushed.
Unimpressed raises to 7,233, and is all in
summer_babe folds
TripJax calls 3,233 and shows AA.
Now I’m not one to worry about bubbling (even though my bankroll has been hurting and even 6th place money would help.
With that being said, I think a fold might have been the correct play. Why?
Well with these blogger tournaments, as with most tournaments where the players play with each other on a regular basis, you get a little bit better play than your typical anonymous play. If you’re playing with people you know, or play with a lot and you keep on making donkalicious plays, they’re going to hound you about it. With that being said…
Summer_babe is the big stack. She raises (granted a min-raise) and TripJax, second in chips re-raises. Now the re-raise alone is a signal of a decent hand, but the fact that 2nd in chips was raising the chip leader says his hand is even bigger than just a re-raise.
I don’t know, maybe with my amount of chips I had, I had to play this hand. But then that’s playing my cards and not the player. I have a poll on the Ante Up Nation’s forums if you want to take a look.
I have more to write about, but for now I'll leave it at this.
