So near and yet so far
So near to playing well actually, not so near to making lots of money.
I've had a poor-ish run at the tables, not cashing in much (a couple of FT sats only). I've also had a reasonably quiet run with both cards and luck, so tonight's run to the FT of the $4.5k was welcome - but I still didn't play very well. Well thats not entirely true. I played well for maybe 95% of the time - but made at least 1 glaring mistake.
I got a few cards early, but didn't get paid off really. I had 1 set which did get paid - but my AA only got the blinds and my KK was cracked by AJo. Anyway, I had enough chips to make some moves and did until I managed to get in all in with JJ against AA. Comically I sucked out which was embarrassing, but gave me enough ammo to play properly afterwards. Thinking about the hand, I think I'm happy enough with the move, as I think my opponent is raising light enough for me to get it in - I'll did the HH out later.
I then played well until towards the bubble. One fellow who had hit a run of bad beats was down to 1300 or so and pushed from UTG (having lost a lot the hand before) with blinds at I think 600 (possibly 400). I've got AJs in MP and am WAY ahead of his range. I should have raised to isolate - didn't - the BB came along with 68s and rivered me for a 5k pot.
I played the bubble reasonably well, and hit the FT in about 7th or 8 position. I'd restolen well and played fairly solidly. Early on the FT I'm dealt JJ in LP. Blinds are 400/800. UTG raises to 2.4k - and MP min-re-raises to 4.8k. This looks like what it was - a weakly played AA. I don't go by my read and push over the top with JJ and I'm toast. I really should be laying that down there.
So, I doubled my money - but should have done better.
In my defence it was a tough table. UltGamb had a huge chip stack, jose_pipe was there and one fellow from StIves was there - who I suspected was a alias for ClintonO until I remembered his comment on his blog about not playing under aliases, and the fact this fellow didn't seem as good a player - and chatted a lot more.
If I'm going to play these events I can't play badly on even these small number of hands.
I've played 2 more tournies recently and busted in similarly daft fashion.
I'm feeling better poker-wise after tonight - close, but no cigar though.
I've had a poor-ish run at the tables, not cashing in much (a couple of FT sats only). I've also had a reasonably quiet run with both cards and luck, so tonight's run to the FT of the $4.5k was welcome - but I still didn't play very well. Well thats not entirely true. I played well for maybe 95% of the time - but made at least 1 glaring mistake.
I got a few cards early, but didn't get paid off really. I had 1 set which did get paid - but my AA only got the blinds and my KK was cracked by AJo. Anyway, I had enough chips to make some moves and did until I managed to get in all in with JJ against AA. Comically I sucked out which was embarrassing, but gave me enough ammo to play properly afterwards. Thinking about the hand, I think I'm happy enough with the move, as I think my opponent is raising light enough for me to get it in - I'll did the HH out later.
I then played well until towards the bubble. One fellow who had hit a run of bad beats was down to 1300 or so and pushed from UTG (having lost a lot the hand before) with blinds at I think 600 (possibly 400). I've got AJs in MP and am WAY ahead of his range. I should have raised to isolate - didn't - the BB came along with 68s and rivered me for a 5k pot.
I played the bubble reasonably well, and hit the FT in about 7th or 8 position. I'd restolen well and played fairly solidly. Early on the FT I'm dealt JJ in LP. Blinds are 400/800. UTG raises to 2.4k - and MP min-re-raises to 4.8k. This looks like what it was - a weakly played AA. I don't go by my read and push over the top with JJ and I'm toast. I really should be laying that down there.
So, I doubled my money - but should have done better.
In my defence it was a tough table. UltGamb had a huge chip stack, jose_pipe was there and one fellow from StIves was there - who I suspected was a alias for ClintonO until I remembered his comment on his blog about not playing under aliases, and the fact this fellow didn't seem as good a player - and chatted a lot more.
If I'm going to play these events I can't play badly on even these small number of hands.
I've played 2 more tournies recently and busted in similarly daft fashion.
I'm feeling better poker-wise after tonight - close, but no cigar though.
posted by PP at 1:14 AM
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