Rebuy, Add-On. Sigh.
The month of July brought a tournament schedule change at Party Poker, replacing my usual nightly $15+1 NL tourney at 7:40 local time with a $10+1 Rebuy + Add-on tourney. I've never played an R+A tournament before, and to help prepare myself for the $10+1 R+A MTT that I'm sure i'll end up playing some, I entered a $5+1 R+A tournament. 1439 entrants for a total prize pool of $22,060 once the R+A's were done.
Tonight was suckout city against me, unfortunately. About ten hands in I raise 3x the blinds into a host of limpers from late position and get a single caller. Flop comes ten high rainbow, i bet half my stack, he pushes, I call. He turns over Ace-Ten clubs (single club on the board). I'm exctatic - early double-up time. But the board comes runner runner clubs and bam, rebuy #1. I go back in to my usual tight poker, and purchase another rebuy when I get blinded down to T900 so I'm up to T2900, effectively making this tournament a $15+1. I play normal tight agressive tournement poker, heavily utilizing both the Gap Concept and Harringon's "continuation bet on a off-texture flop" technique to build to about 3800 in chips by the first break. During the first break I can add on another 1500 chips for another $5, so now i'm $20+1 invested.
I keep running tight, sitting about T3500 when I get cowboys UTG+1. I raise 3x the blinds, get re-raised, and push back over the top. I get called by QQ, and now i'm in monster shape - I'll double to more than the average and be in great shape for a run at the money. Instead, he catches a queen on the turn and I'm out in 890th or so. On top of that, I'm only 1/4 on $10+1 SNGs tonight with a single third place. However I did manage 1/2 on $5+1 Omaha Hi/Lo SNGs with a first place finish there, to make a little back at least.
Cujofan was running well in the same tournament, sitting above average with about 400 left, but then cracked out somewhere around 380, bleeding off chips and getting blinded out to the point he had to push about 2.5xBB with ace high preflop and got bounced.
Tonight was suckout city against me, unfortunately. About ten hands in I raise 3x the blinds into a host of limpers from late position and get a single caller. Flop comes ten high rainbow, i bet half my stack, he pushes, I call. He turns over Ace-Ten clubs (single club on the board). I'm exctatic - early double-up time. But the board comes runner runner clubs and bam, rebuy #1. I go back in to my usual tight poker, and purchase another rebuy when I get blinded down to T900 so I'm up to T2900, effectively making this tournament a $15+1. I play normal tight agressive tournement poker, heavily utilizing both the Gap Concept and Harringon's "continuation bet on a off-texture flop" technique to build to about 3800 in chips by the first break. During the first break I can add on another 1500 chips for another $5, so now i'm $20+1 invested.
I keep running tight, sitting about T3500 when I get cowboys UTG+1. I raise 3x the blinds, get re-raised, and push back over the top. I get called by QQ, and now i'm in monster shape - I'll double to more than the average and be in great shape for a run at the money. Instead, he catches a queen on the turn and I'm out in 890th or so. On top of that, I'm only 1/4 on $10+1 SNGs tonight with a single third place. However I did manage 1/2 on $5+1 Omaha Hi/Lo SNGs with a first place finish there, to make a little back at least.
Cujofan was running well in the same tournament, sitting above average with about 400 left, but then cracked out somewhere around 380, bleeding off chips and getting blinded out to the point he had to push about 2.5xBB with ace high preflop and got bounced.
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