Mr. Curious
08-02-2005, 10:47 PM
I busted out of a tourney last night and for the next hour, I swore up and down that it was the river card that tilted me so bad. I was wrong of course /images/graemlins/wink.gif, but I'll start with the gory details...
We're down to the last 18 players of a 100 person tourney. I was in the middle of the stacks with 15K. Blinds are 750/1500 with a 75 ante. We are 8 handed, so there is T2850 (8x75 + 1500 + 750). Everyone is playing tight and I have played 2 hands in 30 minutes (one blind battle, and one fold on the flop). I've raised one other time to steal the blinds.
I am UTG+1 with 44.
I raise to T5000. It is folded to BB who looks at me and asks, "Do you want me to call?".
I say, "No, I want you to push."
So he pushes and I call.
He shows 88 and I am a huge dog
The Flop: T 7 4
The Turn: T
The River: T /images/graemlins/frown.gif
I go from big dog to big favorite to crippled.
I swear quite a bit and ask for a dealer change (this was the third river in a row that knocked out a huge post flop favorite) /images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Insult to injury, the blinds go up the next hand...
I bust out two hands later on the big blind.
My friend who busted out shortly before me asks me how I am doing and I keep saying, "It was the third ten that killed me. If it had been an 8, or I hadn't flopped a 4, then it would have been no big deal... but to lose on the third ten was just insulting."
It took me about an hour to get over the tilt. When I did, I realized that what put me on tilt was not the cards, but rather how I played the hand. There were some fundamental flaws:
#1 I think it would have been better for me to either push or fold, rather than raise. The only thing a raise allows me to do is fold if someone else pushes, but then why should I put myself in that situation? Best to apply the pressure to the others at the table.
#2 I didn't even consider the stack sizes when I pushed, nor did I ask how long until the blinds went up. I just called without thinking. /images/graemlins/crazy.gif
#3 I should not have said anything to the guy. I've been able to talk in no limit games and not give away information, but I think that is because I know that if I lose, I can just buy in again and reclaim my money later.
#4 When I flopped the 4, I expected to win. Ugh, that is the worst part of all. The cards that come are the cards that come. NEVER expect to win, it just sets you up for a harder fall.
Well, posting has really helped me put this to rest and I hope it helps others who may not realize why it was they went on tilt. I've started reading Dan Harrington's book and I think it will help me learn how to play in the middle to late stages of a tourney.
~Demitri /images/graemlins/smile.gif
We're down to the last 18 players of a 100 person tourney. I was in the middle of the stacks with 15K. Blinds are 750/1500 with a 75 ante. We are 8 handed, so there is T2850 (8x75 + 1500 + 750). Everyone is playing tight and I have played 2 hands in 30 minutes (one blind battle, and one fold on the flop). I've raised one other time to steal the blinds.
I am UTG+1 with 44.
I raise to T5000. It is folded to BB who looks at me and asks, "Do you want me to call?".
I say, "No, I want you to push."
So he pushes and I call.
He shows 88 and I am a huge dog
The Flop: T 7 4
The Turn: T
The River: T /images/graemlins/frown.gif
I go from big dog to big favorite to crippled.
I swear quite a bit and ask for a dealer change (this was the third river in a row that knocked out a huge post flop favorite) /images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Insult to injury, the blinds go up the next hand...
I bust out two hands later on the big blind.
My friend who busted out shortly before me asks me how I am doing and I keep saying, "It was the third ten that killed me. If it had been an 8, or I hadn't flopped a 4, then it would have been no big deal... but to lose on the third ten was just insulting."
It took me about an hour to get over the tilt. When I did, I realized that what put me on tilt was not the cards, but rather how I played the hand. There were some fundamental flaws:
#1 I think it would have been better for me to either push or fold, rather than raise. The only thing a raise allows me to do is fold if someone else pushes, but then why should I put myself in that situation? Best to apply the pressure to the others at the table.
#2 I didn't even consider the stack sizes when I pushed, nor did I ask how long until the blinds went up. I just called without thinking. /images/graemlins/crazy.gif
#3 I should not have said anything to the guy. I've been able to talk in no limit games and not give away information, but I think that is because I know that if I lose, I can just buy in again and reclaim my money later.
#4 When I flopped the 4, I expected to win. Ugh, that is the worst part of all. The cards that come are the cards that come. NEVER expect to win, it just sets you up for a harder fall.
Well, posting has really helped me put this to rest and I hope it helps others who may not realize why it was they went on tilt. I've started reading Dan Harrington's book and I think it will help me learn how to play in the middle to late stages of a tourney.
~Demitri /images/graemlins/smile.gif