I have played another $6.60 KO MTT on UB and finished about the same as the first one. This time with 5 KOs I was only down $1.60 at the end. I have managed to pick up hands to build a stack and then run card dead and into trouble when the small/medium stacks get aggressive in the middle stages.
Also, played a $5.50 10 person SNG on UB and took it down for +$19.50
Then I have played 4 HORSE SNGs and got a 1st, 2nd and two 4ths. Both of the 4th places were in stud I think and I was not happy playing the hands vs a bigger stack on the bubble.
The 2nd place was dissapointing since I had the chip lead in 7stud 8/B and won a big pot at the end of the level and then when it switched to LHE the deck hit him hard and I kept picking up "good" hands vs him that are pretty much too good to fold HU in LHE.
First was nice after the rest of the set. Overall for those it was +$10.00.
Friday, July 04, 2008
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
90 KO SNGs and KO MTT
32nd and 25th /90
Had big stack in one early (yet only 1 KO), but at about 45 left the blinds go up so high that all the stacks are short. Don't really like these too much.
I think I will be giving the Deepstack MTT versions a shot. I found the play early to be soft, but with the crapshoot 2nd half not happy with the swings.
-$5.60 for the two.
EDIT: Played in a KO MTT on UB and I think that is a much better setup. More payout spots and a flatter blind structure. Same soft play, got a big stack early and then missed a couple of big draws to get somewhat short. Got it all in with a FD on the flop, made the flush, and he caught a 4th spade on the river to go with his As. 3 KOs for me early so only $3.60 loss.
Also just won a RAZZ HU SNG. Man, those can be battles against ok/good players...
Had big stack in one early (yet only 1 KO), but at about 45 left the blinds go up so high that all the stacks are short. Don't really like these too much.
I think I will be giving the Deepstack MTT versions a shot. I found the play early to be soft, but with the crapshoot 2nd half not happy with the swings.
-$5.60 for the two.
EDIT: Played in a KO MTT on UB and I think that is a much better setup. More payout spots and a flatter blind structure. Same soft play, got a big stack early and then missed a couple of big draws to get somewhat short. Got it all in with a FD on the flop, made the flush, and he caught a 4th spade on the river to go with his As. 3 KOs for me early so only $3.60 loss.
Also just won a RAZZ HU SNG. Man, those can be battles against ok/good players...
Monday, June 30, 2008
Today's SNGS
Got a 3rd in a LHE SNG and then played a 90 KO SNG and finished 25th when my AK was no good vs QJs, AIPF. I flopped TP, but he flopped his straight, obv.
These 90 KO SNG turbos are pretty fast and loose.
EDIT: also played a $5.50 HU LHE SNG and won that.
These 90 KO SNG turbos are pretty fast and loose.
EDIT: also played a $5.50 HU LHE SNG and won that.
On to Step 11
After being up, then down and now back up above $200, I am moving on to Step 11
Looking around at stars, FT and UB and I see there are :
$3.30, $5.50 and $11 MTT KOs @ Full Tilt
$3.30 and $11 90 man KO SNGs @ Full Tilt
I don't see any on Stars
$4.40, $6.60 and $11 MTT KOs # UB
I guess I will mix in a few of the $3.30 90 man KO SNGs into the mix and see how it goes.
Step 9 Summary
Current Level:
Level 9: $11 or less 9 Man SNGs
$5.50 SNG
ITM: 4/7 (3,0,1)
$6.50 TURBO SNG
ITM: 0/1
$5.50 SNG (other games)
ITM: 3/9 (1,1,1)
HORSE: 7
LHE: 1
PLO: 1
$6.50 SNG (other games)
ITM: 0/2
PL08B: 2
$5.50 HU SNGs
3/5
NLHE: 1
RAZZ: 2
LHE: 2
Profit/Loss: +$12.75
Looking around at stars, FT and UB and I see there are :
$3.30, $5.50 and $11 MTT KOs @ Full Tilt
$3.30 and $11 90 man KO SNGs @ Full Tilt
I don't see any on Stars
$4.40, $6.60 and $11 MTT KOs # UB
I guess I will mix in a few of the $3.30 90 man KO SNGs into the mix and see how it goes.
Step 9 Summary
Current Level:
Level 9: $11 or less 9 Man SNGs
$5.50 SNG
ITM: 4/7 (3,0,1)
$6.50 TURBO SNG
ITM: 0/1
$5.50 SNG (other games)
ITM: 3/9 (1,1,1)
HORSE: 7
LHE: 1
PLO: 1
$6.50 SNG (other games)
ITM: 0/2
PL08B: 2
$5.50 HU SNGs
3/5
NLHE: 1
RAZZ: 2
LHE: 2
Profit/Loss: +$12.75
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Hu RAZZ win
Only one HU tonight, but won it after 35 minutes of mind-numbing torture.
Other guy was pretty solid, but had a couple of major flaws that I was able to take advantage of EVENTUALLY.
Biggest one was that he would raise whenever he had the best card showing. That is typically a good thing in HU RAZZ, but there are exceptions like when you have a 2 up and the other player has a 3 up. You are probably better to vary your play in these spots since you will be called a lot and you will have tough decisions later in the hands if you rarely have the 3 low cards you are representing. The bigger version of this flaw, IMO, was when he had a 7 up and I had an 8 up(or 8/9, 9/T, T/J, J/Q, Q/K). He would raise in EVERY one of these spots. So any time I had two low cards underneath I likely had him beat (since he will have a pair/high card underneath many times) and have a pretty good starting hand to draw to.
So, my strategy was to wait for one of these close hands and then punish him when he continued to bet while I was drawing smoother than he was and then raise when I had drawn to a better low (ignoring that first card). At first, he was betting the first 2-3 streets and then he figured out what I was doing to some extent and slowed down if I called and caught better on 4th. He still continues the "raise every hand with a better door card" thing though.
Aggression in poker is key, but adding some common sense in the mix and not being predictable is just as important IMO (especially HU).
Profit: +$4.75
Other guy was pretty solid, but had a couple of major flaws that I was able to take advantage of EVENTUALLY.
Biggest one was that he would raise whenever he had the best card showing. That is typically a good thing in HU RAZZ, but there are exceptions like when you have a 2 up and the other player has a 3 up. You are probably better to vary your play in these spots since you will be called a lot and you will have tough decisions later in the hands if you rarely have the 3 low cards you are representing. The bigger version of this flaw, IMO, was when he had a 7 up and I had an 8 up(or 8/9, 9/T, T/J, J/Q, Q/K). He would raise in EVERY one of these spots. So any time I had two low cards underneath I likely had him beat (since he will have a pair/high card underneath many times) and have a pretty good starting hand to draw to.
So, my strategy was to wait for one of these close hands and then punish him when he continued to bet while I was drawing smoother than he was and then raise when I had drawn to a better low (ignoring that first card). At first, he was betting the first 2-3 streets and then he figured out what I was doing to some extent and slowed down if I called and caught better on 4th. He still continues the "raise every hand with a better door card" thing though.
Aggression in poker is key, but adding some common sense in the mix and not being predictable is just as important IMO (especially HU).
Profit: +$4.75
Monday, June 23, 2008
A win is a win....
Played 2 HU matches vs the same guy. I rarely accept the rematch unless there is a special case and this guy was it. LHE and he was just ..... BAD! Split the matches, first one was mostly due to the time it took to figure out what he was doing. Once I had it I could have played him all night but he declined the 2nd option for a rematch.
Also played 2 HORSE SNGs and split those as well with an 8th and a 2nd (should have been first but bricked on 7th in RAZZ again. Jhigh vs 4 to a 7 on 5th street and I can't make it. 95% of the chips were in the middle (oh, and he started with a Q up of course....).
So back to a "winning" session of..... +$.50.....yippeeee
Also played 2 HORSE SNGs and split those as well with an 8th and a 2nd (should have been first but bricked on 7th in RAZZ again. Jhigh vs 4 to a 7 on 5th street and I can't make it. 95% of the chips were in the middle (oh, and he started with a Q up of course....).
So back to a "winning" session of..... +$.50.....yippeeee
Getting back to normal?
Played 4 SNGs late last night and 2 HU matches today.
Started with more troubles going 0/3 in O8BPL, HORSE, and PLO SNGs.
O8 was kind of a sick hand. Flopped nut straight and 2nd nut low. Got in vs nut low (obv) and top set who got there.
HORSE, nothing special short stack and bubbled
PLO was average stack and got SS AI and they caught a straight. Then next hand I got it all in with AATx (double suited) and was called by high connectors that got there. Standard.
Then the last SNG I played was another HORSE one and I played very tight and got an average run of cards to build my stack gradually. Got to the final 5 with chip lead and played it out well to HU. HU started in O8B and played through RAZZ, 7 Stud and into stud H/L where I finally finished him off for a MUCH NEEDED win.
HU matches were in RAZZ and NLHE. Razz one I had the guy down and then he called with a Q up and then again when he caught a T on 4th. I had 4 to a 9 and kept betting. I bricked (KKQ) the rest of the way and he improved to a J low for the pot. Couldn't draw anything from there. NLHE was interesting match vs the master of the poorly timed bluff. Caught him 3-4 times and then doubled him up with the best hand and then finished him off with a straight vs his bottom end straight caught on the river.lol
Overall that is a small loss but turning around some: -$3.50
Started with more troubles going 0/3 in O8BPL, HORSE, and PLO SNGs.
O8 was kind of a sick hand. Flopped nut straight and 2nd nut low. Got in vs nut low (obv) and top set who got there.
HORSE, nothing special short stack and bubbled
PLO was average stack and got SS AI and they caught a straight. Then next hand I got it all in with AATx (double suited) and was called by high connectors that got there. Standard.
Then the last SNG I played was another HORSE one and I played very tight and got an average run of cards to build my stack gradually. Got to the final 5 with chip lead and played it out well to HU. HU started in O8B and played through RAZZ, 7 Stud and into stud H/L where I finally finished him off for a MUCH NEEDED win.
HU matches were in RAZZ and NLHE. Razz one I had the guy down and then he called with a Q up and then again when he caught a T on 4th. I had 4 to a 9 and kept betting. I bricked (KKQ) the rest of the way and he improved to a J low for the pot. Couldn't draw anything from there. NLHE was interesting match vs the master of the poorly timed bluff. Caught him 3-4 times and then doubled him up with the best hand and then finished him off with a straight vs his bottom end straight caught on the river.lol
Overall that is a small loss but turning around some: -$3.50
Sunday, June 22, 2008
2 more and done for tonight
$5.50 HORSE and LHE
Loss: $11
HORSE, got down to 4 and was shortstacked after a 7stud H/L hand where I had 2 pair and the other guy got open trips on 6th and I had to lay it down and save the last few bets for another hand. Got to HE level and couldn't catch anything and was in a waiting game vs other SS with a few chips more. in in the blinds with K2 and had live cards but other guy caught A and out.
LHE, was in good shape 7-8 handed and then flopped JJ6 in the BB with J8 vs a crazy player that was R/RR with nothing all the time and she limped with J6 in LP for the flopped boat. Next hand she called me all in on a KJQ board (only had 1 1/2 bets left) with J9 vs my AA and she turned the 9 for the KO.
Tough day for SNGs. Tried most of the games and nothing seems to be going my way today. Done for tonight. Try to rebuild tomorrow night.
BB
Loss: $11
HORSE, got down to 4 and was shortstacked after a 7stud H/L hand where I had 2 pair and the other guy got open trips on 6th and I had to lay it down and save the last few bets for another hand. Got to HE level and couldn't catch anything and was in a waiting game vs other SS with a few chips more. in in the blinds with K2 and had live cards but other guy caught A and out.
LHE, was in good shape 7-8 handed and then flopped JJ6 in the BB with J8 vs a crazy player that was R/RR with nothing all the time and she limped with J6 in LP for the flopped boat. Next hand she called me all in on a KJQ board (only had 1 1/2 bets left) with J9 vs my AA and she turned the 9 for the KO.
Tough day for SNGs. Tried most of the games and nothing seems to be going my way today. Done for tonight. Try to rebuild tomorrow night.
BB
The streak is SO over
Could not get anything to go right in the SNGs today.
played 2- $5.50 NLHE and got 6th (77 vs 56 on 533 board, turn 6, river 5) and 7th (AQ vs AJ AIPF, J flop obv).
Then changed it up with a $5.50 HORSE , $6.50 PLO8B and a $6.50 TURBO NLHE. With nothing doing in any of them.
In the PLO8B one I got it in 3 ways with 56A3 on a 556 board and the turn T sealed my fate even with the river 6 vs the TT6x that called the flop.
Total Loss: -$29.50 + $3.50 = -$26.00
EDIT: Played one more $5.50 and finished 3rd for $3.50 profit. Sick flop and river with K9 (no spades) flopping KKJ with KJ of spades on the board and got it all in vs Q9 spades. T on the river took me out after I battled back to even with the 2nd stack from short too....
played 2- $5.50 NLHE and got 6th (77 vs 56 on 533 board, turn 6, river 5) and 7th (AQ vs AJ AIPF, J flop obv).
Then changed it up with a $5.50 HORSE , $6.50 PLO8B and a $6.50 TURBO NLHE. With nothing doing in any of them.
In the PLO8B one I got it in 3 ways with 56A3 on a 556 board and the turn T sealed my fate even with the river 6 vs the TT6x that called the flop.
Total Loss: -$29.50 + $3.50 = -$26.00
EDIT: Played one more $5.50 and finished 3rd for $3.50 profit. Sick flop and river with K9 (no spades) flopping KKJ with KJ of spades on the board and got it all in vs Q9 spades. T on the river took me out after I battled back to even with the 2nd stack from short too....
Friday, June 20, 2008
One more SNG today
Played one $5.50 SNG today and even going into 6 handed as the shorty, came back to take it down for another $17 profit.
It takes a lot of concentration for me to play the way I have been playing in these so I don't think I could really do it as effectively if I played 3+ tables. I might try 2-tabling, but this seems to be working right now.
It takes a lot of concentration for me to play the way I have been playing in these so I don't think I could really do it as effectively if I played 3+ tables. I might try 2-tabling, but this seems to be working right now.
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