Thursday, February 21, 2008
Thanks for the input!
Thanks for the comments! As you can see I still need quite a bit of work on my game. The last few hours I have developed an affinity for getting involved when someone has AA and it costing me nearly everything. I'm good. Well anyway, I will continue to work and listen to all forms of advice that come my way.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Am I still retarded even if I can reason with myself why I made the play?
(The answer is yes in general of course, but I mean for making the specific play. Let me know after you read my story!)
Would you ever call a bet for all your chips preflop with J 8o? In any situation ever? Sound stupid? Well it probably is, and I never claim to be anything but a big old donkey, but here's the story:
I was tired when I got home from work. First mistake.
At this point, since I was home from work an hour earlier than usual (no overtime for the military...or set hours for that matter!) I decided to sign up for an earlier tournament than usual so as to get to bed at a decent hour. So I sign up for the $1k guarantee because it looks like there will be less than 100 people, and at 5 bucks a head, that is decent money. What I don't realize is.....it's a damn rebuy. With a damn _double_ addon at the end of the rebuy.
Now don't get me wrong, Rebuys are for some people. But I enjoy them about as much as oh...let's say herpes. Not to say I've ever had herpes (I haven't. No, I swear!) And not to say the actual process of acquiring herpes isn't ridiculously enjoyable. However, I do not have the bankroll to be pushing every three or four hands and end up spending 75 bucks on a 5 dollar buyin. And of course that is exactly what happens. Push push push all around me.
So the first hand of the game I immediately realize it's a rebuy and I am already cursing. So I immediately say to myself, "I am too fucking tired for this, I am pushing next hand and going to bed." This of course is never a good idea when you have already ponied up your money, but that's how much of a bad mood I was in and how tired I was. So that hand was 10 8 sooooooooted. And of course I got called by something like A Jo or maybe it was even AKo I don't remember. Anyway, I hit an 8. A few hands later I doubled again pretty easily with a flopped boat (pocket jacks).
At this point I decide I might as well play my best (but i still vowed not to rebuy or addon) and see what I can accomplish here. And I then proceeded to play what I thought to be fairly decent poker for the rest of the game. At the addon people the majority of the field did the double addon (at least it seemed) and I dropped from something like 11th in the field to 34th or 35th. Yikes. But I stayed the course and continued to play what I thought (again, I am a donkey so if you look at my hand history you might laugh your ass off) was decent poker.
Now onto the situation that is the main topic of this report.
There are 16 people left in the tournament. It pays to 10th (86 signed up, there were 120 rebuys and 70 add-ons).
I am in 15th place.
Blinds are 600-1200 ante 125.
My stack is 13800 (M ~ 7).
I am UTG.
I'm dealt.... J 8o
Now the rest of the table has been more or less decent. No really wild loose cannons, no really hyper aggressive playing. I decide at this point I am going to try to steal (this is the part where I think I may still be pretty much retarded) from UTG. With J8o. Yes, I know what you are thinking. But I did. So I raised to 5200 total.
The bad guy (I don't like Villain, seems played out, so I'll go with bad guy) Reraises to 18400 total. Everyone else folds.
So at this point I have 8600 in front of me and I have to put it all in there to call. If I fold I have an M of ~ 3.7, because the next hand I will be the BB. so by the time the blinds are by me I am down to an M of right around 3 or less. If I call and win I have roughly 27K in chips and I am dead set to make the money (barring any donkey moves like raising more than 4x the bb UTG with J8 off).
I am pretty sure the guy doesn't have a high pocket pair, simply because of the way I've seen him playing and just the vibe I got. Call that what you will, but I felt...oh let's say 85% sure he didn't have a pair.
At this point I decide, yes, I know I am surely a dog, but I am going to call. I feel like I have two live cards for sure, and I decide to choose to get lucky now on my terms (and against only one other player) as opposed to having to pray for a hand big enough to hold off the likely 2 or 3 callers I would have in the next couple hands that I have to push.
So there it is. I called a bet for all my chips with J8 off. What do you think? Do you think it was pretty lame of me to make the raise preflop like that? I tend to think so. I could have waited a bit before trying something like that perhaps. But barring that play, what do you think of the rest of the hand?
The End result:
He flipped over AKo (two live cards, like I said woo!) but the board came up blank for both of us and I am out in 16th.
Would you ever call a bet for all your chips preflop with J 8o? In any situation ever? Sound stupid? Well it probably is, and I never claim to be anything but a big old donkey, but here's the story:
I was tired when I got home from work. First mistake.
At this point, since I was home from work an hour earlier than usual (no overtime for the military...or set hours for that matter!) I decided to sign up for an earlier tournament than usual so as to get to bed at a decent hour. So I sign up for the $1k guarantee because it looks like there will be less than 100 people, and at 5 bucks a head, that is decent money. What I don't realize is.....it's a damn rebuy. With a damn _double_ addon at the end of the rebuy.
Now don't get me wrong, Rebuys are for some people. But I enjoy them about as much as oh...let's say herpes. Not to say I've ever had herpes (I haven't. No, I swear!) And not to say the actual process of acquiring herpes isn't ridiculously enjoyable. However, I do not have the bankroll to be pushing every three or four hands and end up spending 75 bucks on a 5 dollar buyin. And of course that is exactly what happens. Push push push all around me.
So the first hand of the game I immediately realize it's a rebuy and I am already cursing. So I immediately say to myself, "I am too fucking tired for this, I am pushing next hand and going to bed." This of course is never a good idea when you have already ponied up your money, but that's how much of a bad mood I was in and how tired I was. So that hand was 10 8 sooooooooted. And of course I got called by something like A Jo or maybe it was even AKo I don't remember. Anyway, I hit an 8. A few hands later I doubled again pretty easily with a flopped boat (pocket jacks).
At this point I decide I might as well play my best (but i still vowed not to rebuy or addon) and see what I can accomplish here. And I then proceeded to play what I thought to be fairly decent poker for the rest of the game. At the addon people the majority of the field did the double addon (at least it seemed) and I dropped from something like 11th in the field to 34th or 35th. Yikes. But I stayed the course and continued to play what I thought (again, I am a donkey so if you look at my hand history you might laugh your ass off) was decent poker.
Now onto the situation that is the main topic of this report.
There are 16 people left in the tournament. It pays to 10th (86 signed up, there were 120 rebuys and 70 add-ons).
I am in 15th place.
Blinds are 600-1200 ante 125.
My stack is 13800 (M ~ 7).
I am UTG.
I'm dealt.... J 8o
Now the rest of the table has been more or less decent. No really wild loose cannons, no really hyper aggressive playing. I decide at this point I am going to try to steal (this is the part where I think I may still be pretty much retarded) from UTG. With J8o. Yes, I know what you are thinking. But I did. So I raised to 5200 total.
The bad guy (I don't like Villain, seems played out, so I'll go with bad guy) Reraises to 18400 total. Everyone else folds.
So at this point I have 8600 in front of me and I have to put it all in there to call. If I fold I have an M of ~ 3.7, because the next hand I will be the BB. so by the time the blinds are by me I am down to an M of right around 3 or less. If I call and win I have roughly 27K in chips and I am dead set to make the money (barring any donkey moves like raising more than 4x the bb UTG with J8 off).
I am pretty sure the guy doesn't have a high pocket pair, simply because of the way I've seen him playing and just the vibe I got. Call that what you will, but I felt...oh let's say 85% sure he didn't have a pair.
At this point I decide, yes, I know I am surely a dog, but I am going to call. I feel like I have two live cards for sure, and I decide to choose to get lucky now on my terms (and against only one other player) as opposed to having to pray for a hand big enough to hold off the likely 2 or 3 callers I would have in the next couple hands that I have to push.
So there it is. I called a bet for all my chips with J8 off. What do you think? Do you think it was pretty lame of me to make the raise preflop like that? I tend to think so. I could have waited a bit before trying something like that perhaps. But barring that play, what do you think of the rest of the hand?
The End result:
He flipped over AKo (two live cards, like I said woo!) but the board came up blank for both of us and I am out in 16th.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Regressing
Every time I say something like that (below) I immediately regress into stupid errors and cold cards. But mostly stupid errors. That's why this is called "Donkey Style." I'll shut up now.
Goodnight.
Goodnight.
Developing.
I feel like I'm starting to really see some spots where I should make a certain move a certain way. Just it is happening 3 or 4 seconds after I make my decision! It's good that I feel like I am developing more, now I need to work a little on developing more patience.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Two in a Row
I've come to realize that even if I had any readers they might be more or less bored silly from my posts about poker. Even if there is an interest in poker, the stakes I play are so small and my victories and defeats so meaningless to most people I can't imagine there would be any interest.
I don't care!
Two cashes in a row is something most anyone would be happy about. This one was pretty small, but a cash is still a cash. I placed 7th out of 55 in my daily shot at the $5.50 MTT winning $16.50.
I was small stack (M ~ 6.5) when I came up with 33 in the BB. UTG min raised and the rest folded so I pushed. He thought about it for about 5 seconds and then called. Turned over 10Jo. Not the best call I suppose considering he would have been more or less crippled to death if he lost it, but not the worst call either. 10 on the flop, no help by then end, and out I go in 7th. But still happy.
Played solid poker and got little when it came to hands. Had AA once, 3bet from late and all folded. Hrmph!
That's all for tonight, I'm going to forgo the 5:30 and try and get some rest tonight (Back to Hellacious Work tomorrow).
I don't care!
Two cashes in a row is something most anyone would be happy about. This one was pretty small, but a cash is still a cash. I placed 7th out of 55 in my daily shot at the $5.50 MTT winning $16.50.
I was small stack (M ~ 6.5) when I came up with 33 in the BB. UTG min raised and the rest folded so I pushed. He thought about it for about 5 seconds and then called. Turned over 10Jo. Not the best call I suppose considering he would have been more or less crippled to death if he lost it, but not the worst call either. 10 on the flop, no help by then end, and out I go in 7th. But still happy.
Played solid poker and got little when it came to hands. Had AA once, 3bet from late and all folded. Hrmph!
That's all for tonight, I'm going to forgo the 5:30 and try and get some rest tonight (Back to Hellacious Work tomorrow).
Sunday, February 17, 2008
"I love it when a plan comes together."
For those of you who remember "The A-Team," the words of Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith (George Peppard).
Anyway, it rings true. I played my second tourney of the day today for a nice relaxing Sunday. The first tournament was a bit frustrating (see previous post). My normal everyday tourney though turned out to be a nice delight. I played reasonably well the whole time although I did make a mistake or two that bothered me. At the final table I was seated next to some drunk (who by some miracle was the chip leader) and so when I got Kings UTG I decided to push outright (I was second in chips) just to see what he would do. He insta-called and when the dust cleared my KK had beaten his JJ and I was chip leader by a couple of miles. Cruised my way to the top 2 but was second in chips by then, but heads up only lasted two hands and the result is below:
My first win (and a couple of cashes, I would have to go back to count, but not many) in a month of playing that tourney roughly every other day. It's a good night for a celebratory beer or two.
Does anyone know of any good beers in Korea? Well, if there were more than zero of you, I might get an answer!
Anyway, it rings true. I played my second tourney of the day today for a nice relaxing Sunday. The first tournament was a bit frustrating (see previous post). My normal everyday tourney though turned out to be a nice delight. I played reasonably well the whole time although I did make a mistake or two that bothered me. At the final table I was seated next to some drunk (who by some miracle was the chip leader) and so when I got Kings UTG I decided to push outright (I was second in chips) just to see what he would do. He insta-called and when the dust cleared my KK had beaten his JJ and I was chip leader by a couple of miles. Cruised my way to the top 2 but was second in chips by then, but heads up only lasted two hands and the result is below:
My first win (and a couple of cashes, I would have to go back to count, but not many) in a month of playing that tourney roughly every other day. It's a good night for a celebratory beer or two.
Does anyone know of any good beers in Korea? Well, if there were more than zero of you, I might get an answer!
The Standard 'I Suck' post
Playing my normal game today, a $5.50 NL MTT with 158 signed up. Played extremely well at first and got some excellent hands. Then I flopped a set of 7s and got AA and QQ to push all in. Queen hit on the turn and I ended up losing about 300 on the whole deal. That set me into a tailspin of what I call SISSY POKER.
I am still in. There are 52 left. But I have a very mediocre stack, mostly due to me playing like a damn sissy. I have never seen myself play so tentative and then regret it as soon as I did it.
I need to work on fixing this right now!
Nojoy. Finished 25th. 5 out of the money. I was down to t3K with blinds about to go to t200/t400 ante t50, and I decided it was do or die with AQs. Of course tourney leader is at the table and makes an easy call with 22. No help when the board comes and off I go into the night.
I am still in. There are 52 left. But I have a very mediocre stack, mostly due to me playing like a damn sissy. I have never seen myself play so tentative and then regret it as soon as I did it.
I need to work on fixing this right now!
Nojoy. Finished 25th. 5 out of the money. I was down to t3K with blinds about to go to t200/t400 ante t50, and I decided it was do or die with AQs. Of course tourney leader is at the table and makes an easy call with 22. No help when the board comes and off I go into the night.
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