Frogger
07-17-2004, 01:18 AM
Hmmm.. I'm not doing so hot around the bubble. here are some results that will show you why.
200+15
1: 1
2: 0
3: 1
4: 3
5: 2
6: 0
7: 1
8: 0
9: 0
10: 0
A lot of the 4/5s are due to going all in on draws. I've got to stop being willing to call an all-in on the flop with 4 to a flush. It's just not likely enough that you'll win the pot if you're risking you entire tournament on it. It's stupid business and i've got to stop doing it.
I just had the most exciting 1v1 match at the end of the 200+15 of my life. It must have went about 50 hands 1v1 at the 300/600 blind level 9. I ended up winning, but that's not the point. An interesting hand was this one. I'm in the BB and he minraises. I see 76o and decide that I wanted to see the flop and if I dont hit, I'll get out. Well the flop comes 997. He's been raising with mostly overcards so I figure I'm all set to go. I raise all in and he calls for 4000 with AJo. Next 2 cards are 8d 8c... my 2 pair is counterfeited and his Ace high is good. I was down to 180 chips. i doubled up about 4 times in a row with some Ace high action which was nice. We're about even and I go for the blind steal w/ J3s.. He calls the all-in with AKo. I catch a 3 and MHIG! I was unable to finish him off immediately. He raised all in for 800 off of the SB and I called with 26s. His hand is good. Next hand, I have AKs. I raise all in and he calls with J10. He catches the King high straight. We're back to about 5k/5k. We mess around for a bit until I try and steal with J8s. I catch my flush and the tourney is over. God.. that was intense. I need to see a few more flops w/ out the all in status during 1v1. My strategy of pushing preflop with any decent hand doesn't work too well and results in huge variance and a lot of heartache.
I have the patience to beat the SnGs, but I need to make wiser decisions on the bubble. I don't think any of the 4th or 5th place finishes were due to me waiting for a hand to attack with and not getting one - I.E. getting blinded out. I'm so scared of that happening that I go on the offensive and knock myself off with all in blind steals from hands like AXo KT and the likes. If I want to start getting a positive ROI, I need to change that... FAST.
I played with Zeejustin in one tournament and doubled up quickly with a Ace High flush against someones J6 who spiked 3 6s on the flop. Instead of guarding my stack, I let it dwindle and Justin stole a few hundred chips from me on a re-raise when I had middle pair on the flop. He could smell the weakness I'm guessing. If you'd be so obliged justin to tell me what you had if you had a wired pair, I'd appreciate it.
Going to keep on grinding though and working on the bubble skills. I want to become a real SNG pro but I think I've overestimated my skills. I normally play like 1 200+15 every 2 days or so and end up doing pretty well. It's different when you start to play against that quality opposition every single time and instead of playing the A game that you need to beat them, you end up treating it like another 10+1 SNG and get smoked.
Anyways, time to go back to the grind. Hopefully I'll be able to level my focus and grind in some more ITM. Once I'm ITM, I tend to do pretty well for myself but I hate more than anything going out on the bubble. Before that win.. I had 4 places in a row on the bubble. It's not a very pretty sight.
If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to add them. My total goal over 200 SNGs is to get a 50% ROI which is very high but I believe that without enough concentration and improvement, it's a very attainable task.
- Frogger
200+15
1: 1
2: 0
3: 1
4: 3
5: 2
6: 0
7: 1
8: 0
9: 0
10: 0
A lot of the 4/5s are due to going all in on draws. I've got to stop being willing to call an all-in on the flop with 4 to a flush. It's just not likely enough that you'll win the pot if you're risking you entire tournament on it. It's stupid business and i've got to stop doing it.
I just had the most exciting 1v1 match at the end of the 200+15 of my life. It must have went about 50 hands 1v1 at the 300/600 blind level 9. I ended up winning, but that's not the point. An interesting hand was this one. I'm in the BB and he minraises. I see 76o and decide that I wanted to see the flop and if I dont hit, I'll get out. Well the flop comes 997. He's been raising with mostly overcards so I figure I'm all set to go. I raise all in and he calls for 4000 with AJo. Next 2 cards are 8d 8c... my 2 pair is counterfeited and his Ace high is good. I was down to 180 chips. i doubled up about 4 times in a row with some Ace high action which was nice. We're about even and I go for the blind steal w/ J3s.. He calls the all-in with AKo. I catch a 3 and MHIG! I was unable to finish him off immediately. He raised all in for 800 off of the SB and I called with 26s. His hand is good. Next hand, I have AKs. I raise all in and he calls with J10. He catches the King high straight. We're back to about 5k/5k. We mess around for a bit until I try and steal with J8s. I catch my flush and the tourney is over. God.. that was intense. I need to see a few more flops w/ out the all in status during 1v1. My strategy of pushing preflop with any decent hand doesn't work too well and results in huge variance and a lot of heartache.
I have the patience to beat the SnGs, but I need to make wiser decisions on the bubble. I don't think any of the 4th or 5th place finishes were due to me waiting for a hand to attack with and not getting one - I.E. getting blinded out. I'm so scared of that happening that I go on the offensive and knock myself off with all in blind steals from hands like AXo KT and the likes. If I want to start getting a positive ROI, I need to change that... FAST.
I played with Zeejustin in one tournament and doubled up quickly with a Ace High flush against someones J6 who spiked 3 6s on the flop. Instead of guarding my stack, I let it dwindle and Justin stole a few hundred chips from me on a re-raise when I had middle pair on the flop. He could smell the weakness I'm guessing. If you'd be so obliged justin to tell me what you had if you had a wired pair, I'd appreciate it.
Going to keep on grinding though and working on the bubble skills. I want to become a real SNG pro but I think I've overestimated my skills. I normally play like 1 200+15 every 2 days or so and end up doing pretty well. It's different when you start to play against that quality opposition every single time and instead of playing the A game that you need to beat them, you end up treating it like another 10+1 SNG and get smoked.
Anyways, time to go back to the grind. Hopefully I'll be able to level my focus and grind in some more ITM. Once I'm ITM, I tend to do pretty well for myself but I hate more than anything going out on the bubble. Before that win.. I had 4 places in a row on the bubble. It's not a very pretty sight.
If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to add them. My total goal over 200 SNGs is to get a 50% ROI which is very high but I believe that without enough concentration and improvement, it's a very attainable task.
- Frogger