TPS Report for 6-7
Tuesday's Poker Status Report. Yes, I used the new cover sheet.
Played about 45 minutes of $50 NLHE when I got home from work. First hand I'm dealt AKc, catch a flop of KK6 and end up losing my stack to pocket sixes. Ooof. Ended up losing another half-buyin as well. Not a good night at the no limit tables.
Went to a local Amateur Poker event with a couple friends and washed out early there. Got my money in the middle with TPTK and get called by two overcards. Of course he catches his six-outer and I'm crippled early. I then went out on an OESD against someone who called my all-in with second pair. Crazy how those amateur freerolls play - makes the freerolls on Party look like the WSOP.
Luckily made it home with four minutes to spare for the $20+2 $30k guaranteed. 1785 Entrants for $35,700 prize pool. Seventh place makes over a grand, with top prize of ~$7500. I've yet to see an overlay from Party, so they've got to be happy with the results of setting these up. Running log of interesting play there:
9:09pm - after not playing a single hand the first blind level, I'm dealt aces UTG. I try to make an odd raise and the slider gets off kilter and i'm no where near my wireless keyboard, so I just limp. Flop comes king high and I slowplay all the way, and end up almost doubling up to T1780 when someone else thinks their KQo is good. Average stack is around T1300 so I'm starting OK.
9:35pm - no playable hands in forever. I am playing a little tighter poker than normal, but the cards just aren't flowing these past few days. 48s in the big blind sees a free flop of 5h, 2s, 3s. I lead out with a pot-sized bet and take down a small pot. Even so, average chipcount just caught up to my stack of T1600.
9:40pm - limp pocket fives from early position. One other limper + both blinds limp. I catch a five on the flop but two hearts hit as well. I make a half-pot bet, scared to slow-play any more than that, and take down the small pot. Two hands later I try limp pocket sevens, call a small raise from the BB, and fold a scary flop to what turn out to be rockets. I am right back to T1600, average chipstack now ~T1750. Good news is that we've already thinned almost half the field.
9:50pm - First break. I'm sitting at T1520, eighth in chips at my table. We've cycled through a lot more players than usual. Average chipstack is almost T2k. 912 players remaing. I'm playing positionally tighter than usual, which I'd like to think is a VGT.
10:02pm - Blinds at 50/100. AKd in early position, I min-raise and steal the blinds. Hey kids, free pass through the blinds this round! Except three hands later I complete from the small blind with KTc when three other people limp in front of me. Flop of Qc, 5c, Td. First to act, I push my remaining T1200 in to the T400 pot fully expecting to be called, but end up taking down the pot. A pass through the (now) 75/150 blinds and I'm at T1500. We're down to 650 players, average chipstack just over T2800.
10:23pm - My latest re-read of T.J. Cloutier's Championship No Limit & Pot Limit Hold 'Em has really had an effect on my tournament game. I'm playing less strength in early position pre-flop with hands that can't stand a re-raise. For example I've folded 88, 99 and TT from UTG or UTG+1 three times tonight. Normally i'd try to limp those hands, even when the limp is about 1/10th my stack (like it is now). But I'm laying them down instead. I also just folded AKo in the BB to an early position all-in, which I would have usually called (probably to my detriment). I might be giving my opponents too much credit, but I'm certainly playing noticably tighter especially in early positions. Blinds now 100/200. Down to T1270, average stack is T3500 and we're down to 519 players.
10:39pm - last pass through the 100/200 blind left me under T1k and a huge underdog at my table. When its folded to me two off the button, I push on a semi-bluff with 78h and am called by A8s. Didn't terribly mind the caller as I know I'm going to have to get lucky to get back in this, but when he's got me dominated (holding one of my two cards, with a better kicker) its a bad situation. No miracles and I'm out in 419th.
I feel I played solid tournament poker tonight though. I'm happy with my play overall.
Played about 45 minutes of $50 NLHE when I got home from work. First hand I'm dealt AKc, catch a flop of KK6 and end up losing my stack to pocket sixes. Ooof. Ended up losing another half-buyin as well. Not a good night at the no limit tables.
Went to a local Amateur Poker event with a couple friends and washed out early there. Got my money in the middle with TPTK and get called by two overcards. Of course he catches his six-outer and I'm crippled early. I then went out on an OESD against someone who called my all-in with second pair. Crazy how those amateur freerolls play - makes the freerolls on Party look like the WSOP.
Luckily made it home with four minutes to spare for the $20+2 $30k guaranteed. 1785 Entrants for $35,700 prize pool. Seventh place makes over a grand, with top prize of ~$7500. I've yet to see an overlay from Party, so they've got to be happy with the results of setting these up. Running log of interesting play there:
9:09pm - after not playing a single hand the first blind level, I'm dealt aces UTG. I try to make an odd raise and the slider gets off kilter and i'm no where near my wireless keyboard, so I just limp. Flop comes king high and I slowplay all the way, and end up almost doubling up to T1780 when someone else thinks their KQo is good. Average stack is around T1300 so I'm starting OK.
9:35pm - no playable hands in forever. I am playing a little tighter poker than normal, but the cards just aren't flowing these past few days. 48s in the big blind sees a free flop of 5h, 2s, 3s. I lead out with a pot-sized bet and take down a small pot. Even so, average chipcount just caught up to my stack of T1600.
9:40pm - limp pocket fives from early position. One other limper + both blinds limp. I catch a five on the flop but two hearts hit as well. I make a half-pot bet, scared to slow-play any more than that, and take down the small pot. Two hands later I try limp pocket sevens, call a small raise from the BB, and fold a scary flop to what turn out to be rockets. I am right back to T1600, average chipstack now ~T1750. Good news is that we've already thinned almost half the field.
9:50pm - First break. I'm sitting at T1520, eighth in chips at my table. We've cycled through a lot more players than usual. Average chipstack is almost T2k. 912 players remaing. I'm playing positionally tighter than usual, which I'd like to think is a VGT.
10:02pm - Blinds at 50/100. AKd in early position, I min-raise and steal the blinds. Hey kids, free pass through the blinds this round! Except three hands later I complete from the small blind with KTc when three other people limp in front of me. Flop of Qc, 5c, Td. First to act, I push my remaining T1200 in to the T400 pot fully expecting to be called, but end up taking down the pot. A pass through the (now) 75/150 blinds and I'm at T1500. We're down to 650 players, average chipstack just over T2800.
10:23pm - My latest re-read of T.J. Cloutier's Championship No Limit & Pot Limit Hold 'Em has really had an effect on my tournament game. I'm playing less strength in early position pre-flop with hands that can't stand a re-raise. For example I've folded 88, 99 and TT from UTG or UTG+1 three times tonight. Normally i'd try to limp those hands, even when the limp is about 1/10th my stack (like it is now). But I'm laying them down instead. I also just folded AKo in the BB to an early position all-in, which I would have usually called (probably to my detriment). I might be giving my opponents too much credit, but I'm certainly playing noticably tighter especially in early positions. Blinds now 100/200. Down to T1270, average stack is T3500 and we're down to 519 players.
10:39pm - last pass through the 100/200 blind left me under T1k and a huge underdog at my table. When its folded to me two off the button, I push on a semi-bluff with 78h and am called by A8s. Didn't terribly mind the caller as I know I'm going to have to get lucky to get back in this, but when he's got me dominated (holding one of my two cards, with a better kicker) its a bad situation. No miracles and I'm out in 419th.
I feel I played solid tournament poker tonight though. I'm happy with my play overall.
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