On Losing and Winning at the same time...
Today I played another satellite competition, a poker format where you play a cheap tournament entry fee, along with others, in the hope you will win- the winner gets a ticket to a larger, more expensive tournament.
Last week I won one of these. Today I felt like playing another. I was building my chips and got playing with Gabriela Hill. She had showed some interesting play, trapping, betting out with hands, mixing up her play. I bet out on one pot, putting her all in. I had an open ended straight draw and second pair, with enough odds at improving and being the table chip leader I thoguht putting her all in was a good move, after all I put her on top pair and thought she would not call. If she did, I had outs. She called and I hit my straight. Then full tilt alerted me that I had knocked out a pro player. Nice. Shame I had to do it with a draw.
About 230 people were playing.
I was a bout 3rd in chips with 100 left, then I got AA. Someone raised 3 times the big blind. I raised him another 4 times. I was in position. The flop was 8 9 3- He went all in. Of course I called.
He had 89. I was now down to only 11 big blinds, as the guy I tangled with had a fair amount of chips.
I went all in with 1010. Got called by AJ suited. 10 on the flop, and two hearts. He had AJ of hearts. Nothing on the turn. River was a heart, knocking me out. Heartbroken.
Still, I went out 67th I think, out of 200+ people, which is not too bad. And I played very well, despite not winning.
On opening my email Full tilt alerted me that after busting a pro poker player I get a free tee shirt. Not all bad then, especially as I only payed $1.50 to play.
Sunday, 6 March 2011
Saturday, 5 March 2011
Thinking of new ways to make a living
Poker is one avenue to make money, but I cannot rely on something that I sometimes make money on and sometimes lose money on. It is also more stressful the more money involved. So I need to think of something else.
Bingo! Use my talents to make some money. I have been dancing for over 8 years now, so makes sense to create a website to promote lessons with me ( I have been teaching about 4/5 years).
I've also thought of selling a few products on the site too, so will keep my readers updated on this as it progresses.
If you have any ideas on how to make extra money in your free time please do comment at the end of this post, I need the tips too!
Ciao 4 now,...
Bingo! Use my talents to make some money. I have been dancing for over 8 years now, so makes sense to create a website to promote lessons with me ( I have been teaching about 4/5 years).
I've also thought of selling a few products on the site too, so will keep my readers updated on this as it progresses.
If you have any ideas on how to make extra money in your free time please do comment at the end of this post, I need the tips too!
Ciao 4 now,...
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Live poker
I've been winning recently so decided to go play some live poker.
Live poker is very different from online poker, for some obvious and not so obvious reasons. In live there's an atmosphere, whether you like that or not. There's things to distract you, or things to excite you. There are people to talk to, or distract you. People can do things to put you on tilt, much easier live than online, or at least that is what I find.
One of the biggest differences is counting the pot is a bit more difficult, if you are used to online poker, counting bets, with say 4 players playing a hand can be tough.
When I went to play in a 50 seat deep stack there were some maniacs at the table.
One guy nearly went broke on the third hand with NOTHING. He was down to about 7 Big blinds, bearing in mind this was a DEEP stack. Next hand he doubled up with the quality starting hand of K6 when he hit it on the flop.
I wanted to get this person in the right spot. He had been over betting the pot, by sometimes 2 times, with nothing. I had 88. I hit an 8 on the flop, 5 players in. I bet half the pot. Then a 7 came. I think there was something like 2c 6c 8h 7s. He bets like 25% of the pot. I raise. He goes all in. I put him on either two pair, a flush draw or 59off or 45off. This was a BIG bet. I had trips.
Online I might fold. But with 8 other players giving you pressure to call or fold I made the rash choice to call. I had 10 outs to a full house. He had 4 5 off. So he had a straight. The river was a 9. I was out. I think I went out 2nd.
Compare this to my recent results of 2500th out of 55000 people, or 1st out of 166 people and I really notice I need to improve my live poker skills.
I guess all it takes is practice. Another difference is the price. This buy in was 10x the amount I normally spend on tournaments. I am going to try to find some cheaper games, and avoid the maniacs in the first few levels. Another lesson I learnt, just call when I am drawing to the nuts. It is better. Especially when playing against utter maniacs.
Live poker is very different from online poker, for some obvious and not so obvious reasons. In live there's an atmosphere, whether you like that or not. There's things to distract you, or things to excite you. There are people to talk to, or distract you. People can do things to put you on tilt, much easier live than online, or at least that is what I find.
One of the biggest differences is counting the pot is a bit more difficult, if you are used to online poker, counting bets, with say 4 players playing a hand can be tough.
When I went to play in a 50 seat deep stack there were some maniacs at the table.
One guy nearly went broke on the third hand with NOTHING. He was down to about 7 Big blinds, bearing in mind this was a DEEP stack. Next hand he doubled up with the quality starting hand of K6 when he hit it on the flop.
I wanted to get this person in the right spot. He had been over betting the pot, by sometimes 2 times, with nothing. I had 88. I hit an 8 on the flop, 5 players in. I bet half the pot. Then a 7 came. I think there was something like 2c 6c 8h 7s. He bets like 25% of the pot. I raise. He goes all in. I put him on either two pair, a flush draw or 59off or 45off. This was a BIG bet. I had trips.
Online I might fold. But with 8 other players giving you pressure to call or fold I made the rash choice to call. I had 10 outs to a full house. He had 4 5 off. So he had a straight. The river was a 9. I was out. I think I went out 2nd.
Compare this to my recent results of 2500th out of 55000 people, or 1st out of 166 people and I really notice I need to improve my live poker skills.
I guess all it takes is practice. Another difference is the price. This buy in was 10x the amount I normally spend on tournaments. I am going to try to find some cheaper games, and avoid the maniacs in the first few levels. Another lesson I learnt, just call when I am drawing to the nuts. It is better. Especially when playing against utter maniacs.
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