Weekend tournament
Well, I had a blast at the tournament on Sat night. (sorry about the late update... work is still pretty balls to the wall). To use Tour de France terminology, I finished with the pelloton (middle of the pack). I was very happy with my play, building a decent stack at my first table. I was 2nd at the table with about 8K in chips, with another stack around 10K if I have my estimates right.
I had a couple of good hands, one where I had TT and the flop came out 565. Got a good amount of money in the pot on the flop. then the Turn came up 5 and my dance partner bet, I raised to a midling level... hoping he had the lesser boat and he thought for a long time and folded.
But after the 3rd level, we got down to 2 tables, and with the worst luck possible, I had the tourney chip leader sit to my left. From what I was able to glean, he is a very good big stack player. Very aggressive, very courageous. He ended up re-raising almost every move I made. I admit, I was intimidated by his 20K+ stack and ended up out of my game plan. But it's a lesson I can learn from. I got involved in 1 major hand with him, and ended up with a chopped pot where we both had AQ and missed our flushes.
The hand I went out on, I had my stack whittled down to 5600 and got dealt AK. The player to my right raised to 4xBB, I pushed all-in. Table folded around and he called. Turned up JJ. Classic race... gotta win with AK and got to beat AK if your going to win a tournament. I didn't improve and that was my night.
Overall, I think I played a solid game. I think I freaked out for a bit with this LAG on my left and that REALLY hurt my chances. I'm going to have to take some time and post on the boards to see what recomendations are made at having that situation occur. My instinct is to tighten up to an insane degree and pull a rope-a-dope. But I never got the cards and lost my patience. Definately a lesson learned.
I can beat this game. I now know a lot more about some of the players and what they will do in certain situations. Some names to watch for are Art, JC, Doug, and Ryan. It's a beautiful game.
I had a couple of good hands, one where I had TT and the flop came out 565. Got a good amount of money in the pot on the flop. then the Turn came up 5 and my dance partner bet, I raised to a midling level... hoping he had the lesser boat and he thought for a long time and folded.
But after the 3rd level, we got down to 2 tables, and with the worst luck possible, I had the tourney chip leader sit to my left. From what I was able to glean, he is a very good big stack player. Very aggressive, very courageous. He ended up re-raising almost every move I made. I admit, I was intimidated by his 20K+ stack and ended up out of my game plan. But it's a lesson I can learn from. I got involved in 1 major hand with him, and ended up with a chopped pot where we both had AQ and missed our flushes.
The hand I went out on, I had my stack whittled down to 5600 and got dealt AK. The player to my right raised to 4xBB, I pushed all-in. Table folded around and he called. Turned up JJ. Classic race... gotta win with AK and got to beat AK if your going to win a tournament. I didn't improve and that was my night.
Overall, I think I played a solid game. I think I freaked out for a bit with this LAG on my left and that REALLY hurt my chances. I'm going to have to take some time and post on the boards to see what recomendations are made at having that situation occur. My instinct is to tighten up to an insane degree and pull a rope-a-dope. But I never got the cards and lost my patience. Definately a lesson learned.
I can beat this game. I now know a lot more about some of the players and what they will do in certain situations. Some names to watch for are Art, JC, Doug, and Ryan. It's a beautiful game.
posted by Voodoo at 10:16 AM
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