Chewits United Kingdom. Mar 17 2009 06:50. Posts 2539
Busted out of a Live 60man tourney in 11th, missing the Final Table. FML
I must say, it is one of the shittest feelings going out in the bubble, but every player has to experience it. It does make you feel sick. But the reality is I probably should have not been in the situation I was to get busted. Here is the round up; I will try to keep this shorter, as previous Blogs seem to be too long for the most casual readers, and I really do not get much feedback
Full house tourney 60man. £60 buy in total incl addons. Pretty fast blinds of 20minutes. Played pretty solid. First few levels picked up trash. I have learned alot in past few weeks, that there is just no point trying to play "small ball" style poker early on in these live donkaments. People will call you with any face card, no matter what the kicker. So if you gonna play early on, be sure you got a decent Ace or a pocket pair. Picked up few standard hands first few levels, and made some chips etc. After first break I was over average. Pivotal hand was this. I had just won a couple of reasonable hands, and I now had double the average stack (was around 70k, average was bout 30k). I was feeling good after taking down a few hands, and i was dealt several good hands in a row. I picked up AJo UTG. Prob should have folded this, but I opted to raise it 3.5xbb (blinds 500/1000) Folded round to the small blind, who re raises to 10k This guy, likes to re raise from blinds alot, and not many times have we seen his hands. Stupidly I call. This was a big -EV mistake. AJo is a horrible calling hand here, right? I should have folded or shoved him (he had around 17k left after his raise). I of course miss the flop, and he shoves all in, forcing to me to fold and donate him 10k. This did annoy me. I knew after I called, it was a shit call.
Later on, I had A8clubs on button, and raises it up 4xbb. I didn't realise the big blind was short (my position at table made it difficult to see him) Mental note #2 - make sure u know who you are raising into when its getting late in tournament! He shoves an extra 3bb to go all in, and i have to call. He has ATo and I miss flop, and again donate to the short stacks.
Picked up 99 at the cut off. So the UTG guy, who had just moved from the other table, and had folded few hands, rasied it up 9k (1500/3000 blinds). I knew this guy from past few weeks, and he plays pretty solid. I was 90% convinced he had a strong Ace, AK or AQ by the way he thought about his bet and how he made the bet. (This is one of the things I love about live poker rather than online!) It folds to me. So I got about 45k left. I think quite hard about it. I run through the possibilities of what could happen. if I call here im left with 36k and he is first to act over me, and he has around 32k left. So high possibility he will shove on flop no matter what. If i get 1 or 2 face cards on flop, im fucked. If i shove all in, he is left with difficult call to force his whole stack in. I knew he wouldnt call wrecklessly here, but I also knew that I was ahead, and he prob would call and it would be a race. I decide, that I have to go for it, and push all in. He says "that was one hell of an acting job" lol. Thing was, I wasnt acting, I was just thinking, and running through all the possibilites through my head. He thinks looong and hard. Looking at his cards, sighing, counting his chips, looking at his cards again, thinking more, murming some words. I gotta say, my heart was racing and I was sweating, but was keeping cool. He asks "if i fold, will you show me?" and I say yes with lots of confidence, because right now, i was starting to wonder what he had, TT JJ?? i was getting worried, surely if he has AK, he gotta call? Anyway HE FOLDS, and shows AK. I feel smug inside as my first instinct was correct, and I show over 99. Alot of talk round the table about the hand, with the usual "i would have insta called with AK there" etc etc. I felt I made the right move here. and woulda been happy to go out there or double.
Ok fuck, im ranting bit too much here. Anyway to cut long story short, I wasnt picking up much and blinds were so steep. Had around 80k and blinds were at 5k/10k now, with 2 tables running, and a few places to the final table. Lots of trash, and if I did pick up a hand, I raelly just had to go all in, I was so short, that I cant play poker with my stack. Its all in or fold. Down to bubble time, and sigh everytime i was BB and SB, i was getting the worst cards. J4o, everyone folds to SB, who rasies it up. FML. Have to fold (got like 35k left now. Next hand im SB with 56hearts. Everyone folds, and for some strange reason I think this is best hand im gonna get. Bit wreckless considering the BB had big chips, he was bound to call. I forgot about mental note #2 here. I guess under the pressure of the bubble and being so low, I had to go for it. He called blind, and what did he have? KK. FML. rofl Busto in 11th.
I am gonna win one of these tourneys soon. I know it. Each week I am playing better and better and gaining more and more confidence.
Anyway, regard online poker this month, it has been amazing. I was basically back to my initial $200 on stars, and last week was really focused to grind hardcore on tuesday, after my exit in the live tourney night before (went out with AK vs AA). Over the course of Tuesday (which I was off work) and Friday I grinding just over 9000 hands;
Needless to say, I absolutely dominated NL10. I just found the secret to beating it. it felt so good to demolish NL10. I think the most imprtant factors were, playing a comfortable amount of tables on the SAME SCREEN. before I would have played 6 tables on TWO screens, but this is not as comfrtable, as you have to move your head around quite a bit, and it actually gets a little dis-orientating. Instead playing 6 tables on the one screen, is waay more comfortable for me. I also disabled chat, and wow I find myself way more focused. This is a big +EV move. You dont get distracted by all the moaners of the day.
So I have grinded at NL25 before, but tilted and lost alot on it before. But I know I can grind it. On Sunday I decided to start NL25 now, but I didnt run so good, running into some fish, that stacked off me with some shit beats;
I made some spewy calls when I should have folded. I am now on $401. Should I grind up NL10 again, or persevere with NL25? Think im gonna grind NL10, and maybe open 1 or 2 NL25 tables.
Thanks for reading if you have managed to last this long!
All in all, everything is under control!
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vlseph United States. Mar 17 2009 06:59. Posts 3026
i don't get why you shoved 99
the range you assigned to the UTG raiser you are flipping with him at best and you peg him as a solid player, not some loose monkey.
also you made a comment that he has position on you if you call preflop, but you're in the CO which means you should have position on him.
either you have a really weird structure (see: wrong) or you are mixing up terms.
The only hands a nit balances in his range are the nuts, the second nuts, and the third nuts.
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Chewits United Kingdom. Mar 17 2009 07:05. Posts 2539
Sorry I meant, he was first to act over me. (fixed)
The problem with the tournament is, later on, alot of players are hovering around 10BBs, which is where I was at and him. The blinds move pretty fast, 20 minutes. My reasoning is, I was willing to gamble with my pocket pair, because I wanted to get into a position to have a good amount of chips for final table. I didnt want to just make it with like 4-6 BBs. Its pretty small starting stack (4k, with 6k/8k rebuy/addon).
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I just found the secret to beating it. it felt so good to demolish NL10. I think the most imprtant factors were, playing a comfortable amount of tables on the SAME SCREEN. before I would have played 6 tables on TWO screens, but this is not as comfrtable, as you have to move your head around quite a bit, and it actually gets a little dis-orientating. Instead playing 6 tables on the one screen, is waay more comfortable for me. I also disabled chat, and wow I find myself way more focused. This is a big +EV move. You dont get distracted by all the moaners of the day.
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