Friday, June 18, 2010

Sick bubble fold in CC Pokerstars mtt


Sick bubble fold but was player read dependant.
We're on the bubble & everyone seems to be playing super tight - - last place is ~3x the buyin due to money-added & only top 4 paying of ~30entrants.
UTG has been playing super tight & with two other SS's they open utg.. CL who's been opening wide but rarely 3betting goes & puts them allin.
I look down at JJ... & choose to fold. Probably a good fold at the time considering the ranges I had put them on. Flop said otherwise, lol.
(I ended up cashing but only 'min' as I went out later in 4th)

Could've played this one differently....


This hand here has a bit of history to it.
Villain raises, & I 3bet BIG to 230 in SB w AA (just prior I had raised in EP & villain had 3bet me large to '220' lol).
Villain calls. Flop... Bingo!!.. top set!! I took the initiative preflop so for sure I'm 'expected' to lead out here so of course I do.
Now.. the mistake... I should've taken even more advantage of villain's tendancies by checking the turn. I'm almost positive that villain bets if I checked the turn. I actually felt a bit rusty playing this tourney (& 2 others including a P5's UB satty for 20seats to the $550 MainEvent satty & another UB priv. tourney). I've really only been playing super turbo sng's now for over a week (step tickets on Fulltilt which is going ok). So instead of checking the turn I lead out for ~1/2 pot & villain folds.... sigh..

Sunday, June 6, 2010

UnipokerCup June6th & Cardschat FT buyin





Played a decent game in a bit of a crazy field in the UnipokerCup on Fulltilt this morning. It's an $11 buyin with $1,000 added to the prizepool. Lots of value in this one but a crazy field with ~1/2 of them just bein' nuts, with poor tourney play. Some good players in there too.. generally super aggro game.
7th of 97 for $77.20
Was sitting in 5th with 7 left, & had over twice as many chips as the two SS's but wanted to take a shot at Top3 finish as 1st paid close to $500. Didn't run the greatest but again played really solidly. Game is feeling A-game material still - - nice feeling!

Cardschat buyin on Fulltilt, 4th of 47 for $43.50 Went out with AQ
snoopsters plays two sattys this morning - an $8 to win $165 (Top2 of 57 entrants) & she pulls off the win! THen plays a satty to the $750Kguar. & picks up the $215-T$ in that one!! Woot Woot Woot. Down to zero.. cashes in freeroll.. back up over $300.

madness in Midnite Madness, lol.. terrible MTT






This is pretty much how I run in the Mid.Madness. I've only cashed once in it but also only play it by playing the $3 satellite into it (the softest satty on FT).

What the fuck does he think he beats here??? BUT.. some many over aggro donk bluffers in this... it's insanely funny.

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Min.Cash in FTR500 & another disappointing MSOP (#13)



Satty'd into the MSOP#13 in one try, played for ~3.5hrs. and got donked out just before the bubble (again). Seem to be going into these around 3-4hrs. & then getting it in ahead & getting donked. Oh well... cheap investment.. bound to go deep sometime soon. I've been playing great - getting it in good, rarely missing any oppurtunities (picking up pots that are there for the taking, not punting away any tourneys, player & hand reading has been real good lately!, etc.).

Played the FTR500 this evening. What a donkfest field that game is. Tons of players from Brazil & Russia. I guess they're passing around the pw on their micro forums (Brazillians seem really Laggy.. Russians for the most part are Tight-TAG & are quite good, .. winning player in the micros anyways).
14th of 75 tonight, top 15paid, won the big $17.50. snoopsters68 went out on the bubble... sigh.. at least she won the Fulltilt gear (a blue flex fit cap...nice!!).
Speaking of snoopsters, in past 7days she turned $20 into $700+, was running with SNG ROI+50%(+) with ~100games.. awesome!! Stick to the $10's now!!!.. Nope.. she knows what she's doing.... that's why she was broke with zero in acc't. this morning (gotta keep off those $109 turbos & $100 deepstack MTT's... sigh...). She did take third in the CC freeroll today, but unfortunately bubbled the FTR (I sent her my winnings cuz I felt bad seeing her bubble... sigh).

Friday, June 4, 2010

another MSOP Satty.. 1st try win (4th time now)



This is is the 4th MSOP Event that I've satellited into on the first try. This one a $2 buyin for a $11 entry. Makes playing these Donkfests much more casual. I think I actually play better when I've satellited into any tourney.

Thinking of ways in which to boost the bankroll on Fulltilt as it's quite low these days & would really like to bring it up a bunch. I'm considering playing a bunch of satty's (not just these MSOP's as I really don't consider them to be all that +EV although the fields are FULL of donks... but I did go out just off bubble in 4 at the same time last weekend, lol... thinking more along the lines of the $6 satty to DoubleDeuce & the $14 satty to the $55-Fifty-Fifty

Another Doyles MTT - 13th in a $33 KO







Played another Doyles Tourney tonight (while playing a $5 priv. tourney on there). Amazing the way they'll pay off your monsters on there... I think I like it,lol.
Lots of loose/passive types who'll call you down really, really light.

Only picked up one KO, and went out in 13th, getting it in good, BTN rs 4.5x on <20bb, I ship it w ATs in BB w ~19bb's.. he snapcalls... hits J on trn ftw.. sigh.

Earlier on in the game though, I just couldn't believe how easy it seemed. Planning on playing some more tourneys on that site as I really don't give a shit about BRM on there as it all feels like monopoly money. THe last 4 or 5 mtt's I've played on there I think I've cashed in all of them (except for the two priv. tourneys... I bubble the PokerGob game, raising in SB w TT, BB calls... I bet out POT on trn with a set & they call with a drw?.. & hit on the river). Going to look thru the MTT lobby and pick out some more MTT's at around $30 buyin level & maybe larger on the weekend.