Tues Tournament woes continue...
Well, last night was another kick in butt at the casino in the weekly tournaments. I think I played the hand correctly that I went out on, but I still went out which I never like...
I'd been playing pretty well for the most part. Hadn't gotten in too many hands, but enough to maintain an above average chip stack. One hand that could have sent me packing but made me healthy comes to mind. It was right after a table change; I'd folded 3-4 hands and watched the same guy making 4x BB raises and stealing the blinds every hand. My BB comes and does it again from late position. I had Q9h and had some kind of good feeling. I thought at worst I had 2 overs as I read him to have a small PP or possibly even smaller connectors. I pushed in.
After maybe 10 seconds of consideration he said "Ok, let's do it." I was right and he turned up 8's. I was behind, but still happy with my move. Everyone at the table gasped and looked at me like I had fire coming out of my eyes and horns on the top of my head. Understand that most players in these tournaments have either read some basics online and apply EVERY bit of EVERY letter in "only start with premium hands!" to their game, or have watched WPT and WSOP on TV and think they're going to win it all ala Gus Hansen style. Very opposite opposition. This guy seemed to be more of the latter.
Flop comes the nuts for me. 8-J-10 I still have to keep the hope the board doesn't pair, and as it doesn't I send the 8's home.
After this hand, I was pretty quiet for a while again, and the field thinned to 35ish players. 20 is the money, so I was playing pretty tight as the blinds started to get unfriendly. I pick up KK 2nd to act and raise the 1k blind to 3k. All fold except the BB who flat calls.
Flop comes 6-2-J rainbow and I push in quickly. The BB doesn't think too long and calls to turn up AJ. Of course... *drumroll* Turn blank, river Jack. Now, he had me covered and as I rehashed the hand, I was going home any way I play it. I only had about 5500, so an all in preflop would have been the only other way it could have gone. And this guy wasn't good enough to laydown AJ with 1k already in, even for 3/4 of his chips (which was the case). I was toast. Damn kings! =)
The good news from the night was that I played an hour of Omaha before the tournament and a few hours after, and won enough to better than cover my entry in the tournament. So, the night being a wash, I wasn't displeased.
Michelle also had a fun evening playing 4/8. She was up pretty much all night AND the Yankees won, so she had a smile on her face even though I didn't fare so well in the tournament. =)
The other news for me is that yesterday I finally made the plunge and ordered 3 of the top poker books. With the subtitles "How a good player becomes great!" I'm hoping to elevate my game. I've been holding off buying books simply because I hadn't gotten into tournament play and didn't have the opportunity to play NL cash games other than online. Now that those are both things of the past, I see it as time to step up to the plate and learn all I can to continue in my quest to become a proficient player.
The books I ordered are:
Tournament Poker for Advanced Players (Advance Player) By: David Sklansky
The Theory of Poker By: David Sklansky
Doyle Brunson's Super System By: Doyle Brunson
These three were recommended in an interview Poker Lizard did with Daniel Negreanu and are pretty much talked about with the people "in the know" as the bibles of NL and tournament poker.
I'll be outlining some of the theories and principles as I start reading here on my journal. Not really to explain them to anyone that may be reading, but I think it helps to rethink/rehash and type/write things you're learning. Makes you think a little more about them.
Off for now...
I'd been playing pretty well for the most part. Hadn't gotten in too many hands, but enough to maintain an above average chip stack. One hand that could have sent me packing but made me healthy comes to mind. It was right after a table change; I'd folded 3-4 hands and watched the same guy making 4x BB raises and stealing the blinds every hand. My BB comes and does it again from late position. I had Q9h and had some kind of good feeling. I thought at worst I had 2 overs as I read him to have a small PP or possibly even smaller connectors. I pushed in.
After maybe 10 seconds of consideration he said "Ok, let's do it." I was right and he turned up 8's. I was behind, but still happy with my move. Everyone at the table gasped and looked at me like I had fire coming out of my eyes and horns on the top of my head. Understand that most players in these tournaments have either read some basics online and apply EVERY bit of EVERY letter in "only start with premium hands!" to their game, or have watched WPT and WSOP on TV and think they're going to win it all ala Gus Hansen style. Very opposite opposition. This guy seemed to be more of the latter.
Flop comes the nuts for me. 8-J-10 I still have to keep the hope the board doesn't pair, and as it doesn't I send the 8's home.
After this hand, I was pretty quiet for a while again, and the field thinned to 35ish players. 20 is the money, so I was playing pretty tight as the blinds started to get unfriendly. I pick up KK 2nd to act and raise the 1k blind to 3k. All fold except the BB who flat calls.
Flop comes 6-2-J rainbow and I push in quickly. The BB doesn't think too long and calls to turn up AJ. Of course... *drumroll* Turn blank, river Jack. Now, he had me covered and as I rehashed the hand, I was going home any way I play it. I only had about 5500, so an all in preflop would have been the only other way it could have gone. And this guy wasn't good enough to laydown AJ with 1k already in, even for 3/4 of his chips (which was the case). I was toast. Damn kings! =)
The good news from the night was that I played an hour of Omaha before the tournament and a few hours after, and won enough to better than cover my entry in the tournament. So, the night being a wash, I wasn't displeased.
Michelle also had a fun evening playing 4/8. She was up pretty much all night AND the Yankees won, so she had a smile on her face even though I didn't fare so well in the tournament. =)
The other news for me is that yesterday I finally made the plunge and ordered 3 of the top poker books. With the subtitles "How a good player becomes great!" I'm hoping to elevate my game. I've been holding off buying books simply because I hadn't gotten into tournament play and didn't have the opportunity to play NL cash games other than online. Now that those are both things of the past, I see it as time to step up to the plate and learn all I can to continue in my quest to become a proficient player.
The books I ordered are:
Tournament Poker for Advanced Players (Advance Player) By: David Sklansky
The Theory of Poker By: David Sklansky
Doyle Brunson's Super System By: Doyle Brunson
These three were recommended in an interview Poker Lizard did with Daniel Negreanu and are pretty much talked about with the people "in the know" as the bibles of NL and tournament poker.
I'll be outlining some of the theories and principles as I start reading here on my journal. Not really to explain them to anyone that may be reading, but I think it helps to rethink/rehash and type/write things you're learning. Makes you think a little more about them.
Off for now...
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