trumpman84
09-04-2004, 07:48 AM
Through 55 tournaments.... mostly 10+1 at poker room which starts at 1500 chips.
ITM: 35.71%
ROI: 18.67%
Profit: $129.00
Average placement: 4.80
Money finishes: 20
1st: 12
2nd: 2
3rd: 6
First thing...I think it's good that I have finished 1st two more than 50% of the time when making the money.
To the bad. I think I bust out both early and on the bubble too often and I think it is for 4 reasons.
1) Unless I get good cards early on, I can't build a stack early....the blinds aren't worth stealing and the fish haven't busted out yet, so they'll pay to see your bluffs all the way to the river plus with the blinds being so low, bluffing just isn't worth it.
2) I'm only a decent short stack player....if I can double up my short stack, I usually make the money.
3) I bust out 6-9th too much for my liking. If I do get a premium hand (AA-JJ, AK when an A or K hits the flop), I bet it very hard, but maybe to a fault? Should I ease up on the aggresiveness early on? I've had my fair share of bad beats with these hands, sure, but I've busted out sometimes to two pairs, straights and sets b/c I'm convinced my TPTK or high pocket pair is best.
4) Say later on the tournament (5-6 or less players) I am heads up with someone with a hand like QJ when a jack flops and I am first to act (usually happens in the small blind) I bet out, he calls...what do I do on the turn and the river? He could be slow playing a number of things...he could have JT, J9, etc. Or he could just be really passive and not raising with his KJ or AJ. Some people even call here with ace high or a second or third pair. I lose a lot of chips sometimes to passive players who shouldve raised on the flop with a good kicker or sometimes to a player who catches two pair or 3 of a kind b/c I check to him and gave him a free card. Which is why I don't like checking to him because he could turn his bottom pair or ace high into a better hand for free. What do you do when you are first to act and have a marginal (but still pretty strong) hand. Is checking the turn the right way to go on the turn and just muck if he starts betting hard?
When I have a comfortable stack and the blinds are worth playing for, I am very comfortable bluffing, semi-bluffing and stealing blinds.
If I can improve these aspects, and overall have a higher % of ITM finishes, with the high number of times I can best the other two shorthanded and heads up, my ROI will go up considerably....
So, any help is appreciated.
Also, any thoughts about my first 55 tournaments stats are welcome.
ITM: 35.71%
ROI: 18.67%
Profit: $129.00
Average placement: 4.80
Money finishes: 20
1st: 12
2nd: 2
3rd: 6
First thing...I think it's good that I have finished 1st two more than 50% of the time when making the money.
To the bad. I think I bust out both early and on the bubble too often and I think it is for 4 reasons.
1) Unless I get good cards early on, I can't build a stack early....the blinds aren't worth stealing and the fish haven't busted out yet, so they'll pay to see your bluffs all the way to the river plus with the blinds being so low, bluffing just isn't worth it.
2) I'm only a decent short stack player....if I can double up my short stack, I usually make the money.
3) I bust out 6-9th too much for my liking. If I do get a premium hand (AA-JJ, AK when an A or K hits the flop), I bet it very hard, but maybe to a fault? Should I ease up on the aggresiveness early on? I've had my fair share of bad beats with these hands, sure, but I've busted out sometimes to two pairs, straights and sets b/c I'm convinced my TPTK or high pocket pair is best.
4) Say later on the tournament (5-6 or less players) I am heads up with someone with a hand like QJ when a jack flops and I am first to act (usually happens in the small blind) I bet out, he calls...what do I do on the turn and the river? He could be slow playing a number of things...he could have JT, J9, etc. Or he could just be really passive and not raising with his KJ or AJ. Some people even call here with ace high or a second or third pair. I lose a lot of chips sometimes to passive players who shouldve raised on the flop with a good kicker or sometimes to a player who catches two pair or 3 of a kind b/c I check to him and gave him a free card. Which is why I don't like checking to him because he could turn his bottom pair or ace high into a better hand for free. What do you do when you are first to act and have a marginal (but still pretty strong) hand. Is checking the turn the right way to go on the turn and just muck if he starts betting hard?
When I have a comfortable stack and the blinds are worth playing for, I am very comfortable bluffing, semi-bluffing and stealing blinds.
If I can improve these aspects, and overall have a higher % of ITM finishes, with the high number of times I can best the other two shorthanded and heads up, my ROI will go up considerably....
So, any help is appreciated.
Also, any thoughts about my first 55 tournaments stats are welcome.