May update
Haven't had much time to post recently. Had to do some schoolwork and such. I've got a French final this Thursday, which I'm not too thrilled about.
I recently took 2nd in a 180-man 4$ SNG, which helped me break even for the weekend. Right now, the BR is over 1000$, and should be over 2000$ by the beginning of July (assuming I don't have too much work to do).
I was writing a final table report for the 4$ SNG, but stopped halfway to get some reads. Here is what I wrote up 'til then, though.
The table had been playing somewhat loose preflop, and very tight on the flop. A small, 1/3 pot c-bet usually won the hand. I got KJo in MP1, and with blinds 600/1200/75, I raised it up to t3000. Flop came Qx9 with two spades. I was OOP against two preflop callers, and a total pot of 11k, but I bet out 5.2k anyway. These guys had been folding to a lot of small bets, this had to be worth a try. Naturally, both players call. The turn, however, brought a Tc, giving me the nut straight and nut hand. There was a flush draw out there, which I was afraid of. I bet 11k, and the first limper promptly folded. The second, however, pushed his remaining stack in. Decisions, decisions. Should I value call my nuts? I decided I should. I stood up, took my pants off, and whammed my dick on my left mouse button and clicked okay. Villain flipped over QT for top two, but he failed to make a FH on the river. He was out, and I was up to 73k.
I was a little bit card-dead during the entire tournament. AK once or twice, queens once, and that's about it.
About twenty hands later, I pick up KJo on the BB. This guy, whom I have been having a blind war for the past few rounds, minraises UTG+1. He's a real donk. He kept stop'n'going me with something like 30BB, and made me lay down my AK to his 93o on a QTx flop. I couldn't call it, obviously. I had been raising to 4000 at blinds 800/1600 from BT, with him being BB, and he always called and pushed, regardless of the flop. Again, I couldn't trap him with anything, since I wasn't hitting any pairs. What a faggot.
Anyway, he minraises, and I call. Flop comes QJx, two clubs, and he fires out for 3/4 pot. I insta-allin. He thinks for something like three hours and folds. As if he had anything beating 8 high.
I wanna start writing nice stories like Jon (TwistedEcho) did for his final tables. Again, during the summer, I plan to play a ton of 20+2 180 SNGs.
I'm just going to write one thing that I think a lot of people have a problem with. I know I did, anyway.
Say it's the 3rd hand of a Stars tournament, you are MP and you raise with AQs to t80 at 10/20 blinds and a 1500 stack. Assume CO calls you and the rest fold (weaklings). The flop comes K92 and you lead for t120. CO, being the fucking asshole he is, minraises you. You grow hot under the collar and think: he minraised me; only donks minraise me; this guy is a donk; he probably has A2; what a fucking retard, how could he call me with A2o preflop; I hate these fucking donks; I'll show him; allin.
The truth is that not only do I abuse the semi-colon, bets usually mean what they represent. If you're getting minraised, a likely hand is KQ or 99 or AK or 22. Just fold, don't try to chase your hand out. A lot of people think that all the donks are just trying to gang up on them and bluff 'em out of every pot. Keep your head and push them in when you have that AK, but let it go with your AQ.
I recently took 2nd in a 180-man 4$ SNG, which helped me break even for the weekend. Right now, the BR is over 1000$, and should be over 2000$ by the beginning of July (assuming I don't have too much work to do).
I was writing a final table report for the 4$ SNG, but stopped halfway to get some reads. Here is what I wrote up 'til then, though.
The table had been playing somewhat loose preflop, and very tight on the flop. A small, 1/3 pot c-bet usually won the hand. I got KJo in MP1, and with blinds 600/1200/75, I raised it up to t3000. Flop came Qx9 with two spades. I was OOP against two preflop callers, and a total pot of 11k, but I bet out 5.2k anyway. These guys had been folding to a lot of small bets, this had to be worth a try. Naturally, both players call. The turn, however, brought a Tc, giving me the nut straight and nut hand. There was a flush draw out there, which I was afraid of. I bet 11k, and the first limper promptly folded. The second, however, pushed his remaining stack in. Decisions, decisions. Should I value call my nuts? I decided I should. I stood up, took my pants off, and whammed my dick on my left mouse button and clicked okay. Villain flipped over QT for top two, but he failed to make a FH on the river. He was out, and I was up to 73k.
I was a little bit card-dead during the entire tournament. AK once or twice, queens once, and that's about it.
About twenty hands later, I pick up KJo on the BB. This guy, whom I have been having a blind war for the past few rounds, minraises UTG+1. He's a real donk. He kept stop'n'going me with something like 30BB, and made me lay down my AK to his 93o on a QTx flop. I couldn't call it, obviously. I had been raising to 4000 at blinds 800/1600 from BT, with him being BB, and he always called and pushed, regardless of the flop. Again, I couldn't trap him with anything, since I wasn't hitting any pairs. What a faggot.
Anyway, he minraises, and I call. Flop comes QJx, two clubs, and he fires out for 3/4 pot. I insta-allin. He thinks for something like three hours and folds. As if he had anything beating 8 high.
I wanna start writing nice stories like Jon (TwistedEcho) did for his final tables. Again, during the summer, I plan to play a ton of 20+2 180 SNGs.
I'm just going to write one thing that I think a lot of people have a problem with. I know I did, anyway.
Say it's the 3rd hand of a Stars tournament, you are MP and you raise with AQs to t80 at 10/20 blinds and a 1500 stack. Assume CO calls you and the rest fold (weaklings). The flop comes K92 and you lead for t120. CO, being the fucking asshole he is, minraises you. You grow hot under the collar and think: he minraised me; only donks minraise me; this guy is a donk; he probably has A2; what a fucking retard, how could he call me with A2o preflop; I hate these fucking donks; I'll show him; allin.
The truth is that not only do I abuse the semi-colon, bets usually mean what they represent. If you're getting minraised, a likely hand is KQ or 99 or AK or 22. Just fold, don't try to chase your hand out. A lot of people think that all the donks are just trying to gang up on them and bluff 'em out of every pot. Keep your head and push them in when you have that AK, but let it go with your AQ.
posted by Michael at 4:56 PM
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