Poker?
Alright, so last night I decided it was time to get back into a tourney for the first time in quite a while. I recently started hanging out with an old friend from a couple years back and he's also big into poker, so we've gone to the cardroom a few times together. He's not a big tournament player, but he's getting into it.
So I got there a little late and was an alternate (20 or so people they take after the 150 seats are filled who rotate in once someone busts out.) I got in pretty quick as several people usually get over anxious early in these things.
Sat down with T$1800 and first hand picked up K-10 suited in late position. UTG raised the $100 blind to $250 and I called and we were heads up. Flop came 10-10-9 and first to act pushed in. I quickly called and he flipped over KK. He's on a one outter and I'm feeling good. River shows the last K in the deck to fill him with Ks full of 10s and me 10s full of Ks... I'm crippled down to T$175. Two hands later got A6 pushed in and that was that... OUT.
So then I was determined to get my entry fee back, so I headed to a 3/6 Omaha 8h/l table with full kill. Played very well, got some nice draws and was clicking on all cylinders up about $200 which covered my tournament entry and left some to spare... Feeling pretty good, but it was only about 9:30pm, so I had a couple beers, and a couple more, and a couple more. Next thing I know it's 3am and I'm bust from chasing loose players and not hitting ANY of my outs. Ugh. Time for bed!
I keep up pretty well with Paul Phillips Blog and Daniel Negreanu's as well... Recently, Daniel wrote a little about why he thinks he's doing so well lately in tournaments. He attributes it mostly not to the fact that he's so good, but moreso that he's very careful about ensuring that he doesn't do anything really bad. I know the beat I took in the tourney is just "one of those things" but the $$$ I blew off in the Omaha game was just inexcusable. A glaring example of what NOT to do in poker!
Anyway... Working from home today. Work is going really well. Lots of good things going on with Command for 2005 and I really feel proud to be an integral part of a lot of them! :-)
Adios for now...
So I got there a little late and was an alternate (20 or so people they take after the 150 seats are filled who rotate in once someone busts out.) I got in pretty quick as several people usually get over anxious early in these things.
Sat down with T$1800 and first hand picked up K-10 suited in late position. UTG raised the $100 blind to $250 and I called and we were heads up. Flop came 10-10-9 and first to act pushed in. I quickly called and he flipped over KK. He's on a one outter and I'm feeling good. River shows the last K in the deck to fill him with Ks full of 10s and me 10s full of Ks... I'm crippled down to T$175. Two hands later got A6 pushed in and that was that... OUT.
So then I was determined to get my entry fee back, so I headed to a 3/6 Omaha 8h/l table with full kill. Played very well, got some nice draws and was clicking on all cylinders up about $200 which covered my tournament entry and left some to spare... Feeling pretty good, but it was only about 9:30pm, so I had a couple beers, and a couple more, and a couple more. Next thing I know it's 3am and I'm bust from chasing loose players and not hitting ANY of my outs. Ugh. Time for bed!
I keep up pretty well with Paul Phillips Blog and Daniel Negreanu's as well... Recently, Daniel wrote a little about why he thinks he's doing so well lately in tournaments. He attributes it mostly not to the fact that he's so good, but moreso that he's very careful about ensuring that he doesn't do anything really bad. I know the beat I took in the tourney is just "one of those things" but the $$$ I blew off in the Omaha game was just inexcusable. A glaring example of what NOT to do in poker!
Anyway... Working from home today. Work is going really well. Lots of good things going on with Command for 2005 and I really feel proud to be an integral part of a lot of them! :-)
Adios for now...
posted by Daniel Hoerr at 12:30 PM
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