Why haven't I always played MTTs?
Looking back I've always known that I made most of my money from playing MTTs. I've got a reasonable feel for the flow of a tournament, and have generally been reasonable at both stealing, and extracting value from my good hands. I'm getting better at making decent lay-downs early too.
So here is the list of my main cashes:
01/09/05 -> 1: £182
07/10/05 -> 2: £244
14/11/05 -> 1: £405
(STTing)
29/07/06 -> 4: £71
10/08/06 -> 1: £165
20/08/06 -> 5 $262 ($10)
24/08/06 -> 2 £332 (£10)
05/09/06 -> 3 £172 (£10)
(cashing)
11/03/07 -> 4 $605.70 (8.80 on PS - 1173 entries)
12/04/07 -> 5 £480 (£25)
20/04/07 -> 2 £99.72
09/05/07 -> 1 £118.72 (£2)
17/05/07 -> 1 £154.53 (£2)
26/05/07 -> 1 $1425 ($25 on Ladbrokes)
07/06/07 -> 1 $762 ($20)
29/06/07 -> 7 $107.20 ($20)
04/07/07 -> 2 £380 (£20)
10/07/07 -> 3 $605 ($50)
There are two real gaps in it, and they are caused by me deciding to try other games.
When I first started playing poker I played STTs, with some success, but nothing stella. For a while I went back to it, and did OK, but again nothing fantastic.
I also had a bash at playing cash games, and did this for several thousand hands. I won a lot at the beginning, but lost it after a while. It could have been variace, or me playing differently due to over-confidence or boredom. Either way I stopped it and went back to the MTTs, where I've been doing very well as of late.
Virtually all of my games have been at 10 or 9-person tables, with only a couple at 6-max where I've never excelled. I think I'm getting better at it, so I may try them again one day. Oh, and this has all been NLHE apart from an early spel playing limit cash, and a single STT where I bought into a PLO game by mistake.
Anyway, I've had a spell where all my moves have been working, so it had to end. Just as the tournament was reaching the stage where the blinds become valuable, I moved table, and posted the big blind, which I folded to a raise. Next hand its folded round to me holding Q4 or some such garbage so I raise 3x, and the BB calls. Something gets into me that I can win the hand, so on a junk flop (962 or something) I check-raise the BB all-in - who calls holding middle-pair no kicker. He had me comfortably covered, but I was very surprised he called either bet with such rubbish - still it was better than mine *sigh*.
I need to work more at my play in the blinds. I tend to be quite aggressive when its folded to me in the SB, but any thinking opponent can usually use their position in the BB to their advantage.
Two phrases I've picked up. One from a trip report to the WSOP main event, where one player said he was the table captain - and I know what he meant. If and when I play live next I'm definitely going to be more aggressive than I have been, on a consistent basis too.
Secondly I was watching some poker tournament on telly when TheWife walked it and started watching it. Neither of us spoke for a while.
Me : "Its gripping isn't it"
TheWife: "Yes. Mind-numbingly gripping"
I know what she meant.
So here is the list of my main cashes:
01/09/05 -> 1: £182
07/10/05 -> 2: £244
14/11/05 -> 1: £405
(STTing)
29/07/06 -> 4: £71
10/08/06 -> 1: £165
20/08/06 -> 5 $262 ($10)
24/08/06 -> 2 £332 (£10)
05/09/06 -> 3 £172 (£10)
(cashing)
11/03/07 -> 4 $605.70 (8.80 on PS - 1173 entries)
12/04/07 -> 5 £480 (£25)
20/04/07 -> 2 £99.72
09/05/07 -> 1 £118.72 (£2)
17/05/07 -> 1 £154.53 (£2)
26/05/07 -> 1 $1425 ($25 on Ladbrokes)
07/06/07 -> 1 $762 ($20)
29/06/07 -> 7 $107.20 ($20)
04/07/07 -> 2 £380 (£20)
10/07/07 -> 3 $605 ($50)
There are two real gaps in it, and they are caused by me deciding to try other games.
When I first started playing poker I played STTs, with some success, but nothing stella. For a while I went back to it, and did OK, but again nothing fantastic.
I also had a bash at playing cash games, and did this for several thousand hands. I won a lot at the beginning, but lost it after a while. It could have been variace, or me playing differently due to over-confidence or boredom. Either way I stopped it and went back to the MTTs, where I've been doing very well as of late.
Virtually all of my games have been at 10 or 9-person tables, with only a couple at 6-max where I've never excelled. I think I'm getting better at it, so I may try them again one day. Oh, and this has all been NLHE apart from an early spel playing limit cash, and a single STT where I bought into a PLO game by mistake.
Anyway, I've had a spell where all my moves have been working, so it had to end. Just as the tournament was reaching the stage where the blinds become valuable, I moved table, and posted the big blind, which I folded to a raise. Next hand its folded round to me holding Q4 or some such garbage so I raise 3x, and the BB calls. Something gets into me that I can win the hand, so on a junk flop (962 or something) I check-raise the BB all-in - who calls holding middle-pair no kicker. He had me comfortably covered, but I was very surprised he called either bet with such rubbish - still it was better than mine *sigh*.
I need to work more at my play in the blinds. I tend to be quite aggressive when its folded to me in the SB, but any thinking opponent can usually use their position in the BB to their advantage.
Two phrases I've picked up. One from a trip report to the WSOP main event, where one player said he was the table captain - and I know what he meant. If and when I play live next I'm definitely going to be more aggressive than I have been, on a consistent basis too.
Secondly I was watching some poker tournament on telly when TheWife walked it and started watching it. Neither of us spoke for a while.
Me : "Its gripping isn't it"
TheWife: "Yes. Mind-numbingly gripping"
I know what she meant.
posted by PP at 6:18 PM
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