Inthacup
01-26-2004, 08:40 AM
Hi all, I'm on week 3 of my SnG challenge. I have been posting these in the Internet forum. I think it would be beneficial if I posted them here as well.
Here's a link to the SnG Challenge, week 1 (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=474955&page=6&view=collap sed&sb=5&o=14&fpart=1)
Here is weeks 2 and 3:
Where's week 2? As many of you know, I didn’t make a challenge update this past week. After week 1, I decided that it would be more beneficial for both me and the Zoots if I waited until I played in 100 $100s and $200s before making another post. However, the zoo has spoken and I shall make these updates weekly instead.
Weeks 2 and 3:
I played in 12 100+9s and 42 200+15s.
100+9 stats:
12 Tourneys
% in money: 50.00%
Gross winnings: $1,300
Net winnings: -$8.00
Avg. Finish: 4.00
1- 0
2 - 1
3 - 5
4 – 2
5 – 2
6 – 1
7 – 1
200+15 stats:
42 tourneys
% in money: 42.86
Gross winnings: $10,600
Net winnings: $1,570
Avg. Finish: 4.29
1- 3
2- 8
3- 7
4- 7
5- 5
6- 4
7- 5
8- 1
9- 0
10- 2
I didn’t get to play in as many SnGs in weeks 2 and 3 as I did in week 1. I had a lot of free time that week and managed to log a lot of tourneys. I also got tired of playing in them and switched to ring games to break the monotony.
A big difference in results from weeks 2&3 vs. week 1 is where I placed in the money. I got 3rd as much as I got 1st and 2nd combined. I don’t think this is that out of the ordinary. I wasn’t able to be much of a factor once I made the money. In fact, it was a dogfight just to get in the money. Rarely was I in the money with more than T-2500 in chips. I folded some strong hands that could have put me more in contention, but would have risked putting me out when 3rd was virtually a lock. Both times there were 4 of us left, I was in the SB with ~T1000, the BB was the big stack(T-4000+), and a player with around T-200 was UTG getting ready to be forced all in. I folded AJ suited and KQ unsuited. Both times I got 3rd.
Here's 2 hands I got consecutively. I'm just glad I didn't get them in ring games...
***** Hand History for Game XXXXXXXXXX *****
30/60 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (Limit) - Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 4318 (Real Money) -- Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Player1 (900)
Seat 2: Inthacup (1205)
Seat 3: Player3 (640)
Seat 4: Player4 (1060)
Seat 5: Player5 (925)
Seat 6: Player6 (1320)
Seat 7: Player7 (1280)
Seat 8: Player8 (1180)
Seat 9: Player95 (600)
Seat 10: Player10 (890)
Player4 posts small blind (15)
Player5 posts big blind (30)
Dealt to Inthacup [ 2c 2h ]
** Dealing down cards **
Player6 calls (30)
Player7 calls (30)
Player8 calls (30)
Player95 folds.
Player10 calls (30)
Player1 calls (30)
Inthacup calls (30)
Player3 calls (30)
Player4 calls (15)
Player5 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 2d, 4c, 6c ]
Player4 checks.
Player5 checks.
Player6 checks.
Player7 bets (30)
Player8 calls (30)
Player10 calls (30)
Player1 calls (30)
Inthacup calls (30)
Player3 folds.
Player4 calls (30)
Player5 folds.
Player6 calls (30)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 5c ]
Player4 checks.
Player6 checks.
Player7 bets (60)
Player8 folds.
Player10 folds.
Player1 raises (120) to 120
Inthacup calls (120)
Player4 folds.
Player6 folds.
Player7 calls (60)
** Dealing River ** : [ 4h ]
Player7 checks.
Player1 bets (60)
Inthacup raises (120) to 120
Player7 raises (180) to 180
Player1 raises (180) to 240
Inthacup calls (120)
Player7 calls (60)
** Summary **
Main Pot: 1560
Board: [ 2d 4c 6c 5c 4h ]
Player1 balance 480, lost 420 [ As 3s ] [ a straight, two to six -- 6c,5c,4c,3s,2d ]
Inthacup balance 785, lost 420 [ 2c 2h ] [ a full house, Twos full of fours -- 4c,4h,2c,2h,2d ]
Player3 balance 610, lost 30 (folded)
Player4 balance 1000, lost 60 (folded)
Player5 balance 895, lost 30 (folded)
Player6 balance 1260, lost 60 (folded)
Player7 balance 2420, bet 420, collected 1560, net +1140 [ 5d 5s ] [ a full house, Fives full of fours -- 5d,5s,5c,4c,4h ]
Player8 balance 1120, lost 60 (folded)
Player95 balance 600, didn't bet (folded)
Player10 balance 830, lost 60 (folded)
***** Hand History for Game XXXXXXXXXX *****
30/60 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (Limit) - Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 4318 (Real Money) -- Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Player1 (480)
Seat 2: Inthacup (785)
Seat 3: Player3 (610)
Seat 4: Player4 (1000)
Seat 5: Player5 (895)
Seat 6: Player6(1260)
Seat 7: Player7 (2420)
Seat 8: Player8(1120)
Seat 9: Player9 (600)
Seat 10: Player10 (830)
Player5 posts small blind (15)
Player6 posts big blind (30)
Dealt to Inthacup [ 9c 9s ]
** Dealing down cards **
Player7 calls (30)
Player8raises (60) to 60
Player9 folds.
Player10 folds.
Player1 calls (60)
Inthacup calls (60)
Player3 folds.
Player4 calls (60)
Player5 folds.
Player6folds.
Player7 calls (30)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 4c, 9h, Ac ]
Player7 checks.
Player8bets (30)
Player1 raises (60) to 60
Inthacup calls (60)
Player4 calls (60)
Player7 folds.
Player8raises (60) to 90
Player1 raises (60) to 120
Inthacup calls (60)
Player4 calls (60)
Player8calls (30)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ As ]
Player8bets (60)
Player1 raises (120) to 120
Inthacup calls (120)
Player4 calls (120)
Player8raises (120) to 180
Player1 raises (120) to 240
Inthacup calls (120)
Player4 calls (120)
Player8calls (60)
** Dealing River ** : [ 8s ]
Player8checks.
Player1 bets (60)
Player1 calls all-In.
Inthacup raises (120) to 120
Player4 folds.
Player8calls (120)
Creating Main Pot with $1965 with Player1
** Summary **
Main Pot: 1965 | Side Pot 1: 120
Board: [ 4c 9h Ac As 8s ]
Player1 balance 1965, bet 480, collected 1965, net +1485 [ 4d Ad ] [ a full house, Aces full of fours -- Ad,Ac,As,4d,4c ]
Inthacup balance 365, bet 540, collected 120, lost -420 [ 9c 9s ] [ a full house, Nines full of aces -- Ac,As,9c,9s,9h ]
Player3 balance 610, didn't bet (folded)
Player4 balance 580, lost 420 (folded)
Player5 balance 880, lost 15 (folded)
Player6balance 1230, lost 30 (folded)
Player7 balance 2360, lost 60 (folded)
Player8balance 580, lost 540 [ Ah Kd ] [ three of a kind, aces -- Ah,Ac,As,Kd,9h ]
Player9 balance 600, didn't bet (folded)
Player10 balance 830, didn't bet (folded)
For detailed handhistory, click here
Playing both 15-30 ring games and SnGs this week, I noticed a few things I normally wouldn’t. The 15-30 games have been really aggressive lately while the highest limit tourneys have been relatively passive. It seems that there’s a lot more limping and cold-calling in the first 3 levels of a tourney than I ever see in the ring games. It’s almost like we’re playing 1-2. As you'll see from my HH above, I cold called with 99. I can't remember the last time I did that, but I felt pretty confident that there would be at least 2-3 cold callers behind me as well.
Usually I play the first 3 levels of the tourney pretty tight-aggressive. I play my big hands fast and only play suited Aces and mid-low pocket pairs in multi-way unraised pots. Pretty basic really. There are a few players I see that go crazy from hand 1. Usually, I see them drop half their stacks by the end of the first level and fade out of the tourney, but sometimes I’ll see them take a pretty big chip lead early on. Rarely do I see these guys make the money. Time and again, I see them donate a 2500+ chip lead to the rest of the table. It’s players like this that make these games really beatable.
I had something interesting happen that I haven’t seen in a long time. The player to my immediate left got disconnected or went and got some dinner or something. I noticed that he kept on auto-folding when it was his turn. Fortunately, my opponents didn’t notice this and with 5 of us left, I was able to steal his BB from my SB several times and keep me in the tourney.
Here's a hand I played after putting a player all in. I would like to hear what others think of how I played this one:
***** Hand History for Game 338951910 *****
200/400 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (Limit) (Tournament 1927442) - Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 4336 (Real Money) -- Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 1: Player1(1930)
Seat 2: Inthacup(2770)
Seat 3: Player3(1695)
Seat 5: Player4(1820)
Seat 6: Player5(430)
Seat 9: Player6(410)
Seat 10: BenHowland (945)
Player6 posts small blind (100)
BenHowland posts big blind (200)
** Dealing down cards **
Player1folds.
Inthacupraises (400) to 400
Player3folds.
Player4calls (400)
Player5folds.
Player6bets (310)
Player6calls all-In.
BenHowland folds.
Inthacupcalls (10)
Player4calls (10)
Creating Main Pot with $1430 with mirgab
Dealt to Inthacup [ Ks Kd ]
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 9d, Ad, Qs ]
Inthacupchecks.
Player4checks.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6c ]
Inthacupchecks.
Player4checks.
** Dealing River ** : [ As ]
Inthacupbets (400)
Player4calls (400)
** Summary **
Main Pot: 1430 | Side Pot 1: 800
Board: [ 9d Ad Qs 6c As ]
Player1balance 1930, didn't bet (folded)
Inthacupbalance 4190, bet 810, collected 2230, net +1420 [ Ks Kd ] [ two pairs, aces and kings -- Ad,As,Ks,Kd,Qs ]
Player3balance 1695, didn't bet (folded)
Player4balance 1010, lost 810 [ 8d 8s ] [ two pairs, aces and eights -- Ad,As,Qs,8d,8s ]
Player5balance 430, didn't bet (folded)
Player6balance 0, lost 410 [ Ts 4s ] [ a pair of aces -- Ad,As,Qs,Ts,9d ]
BenHowland balance 745, lost 200 (folded)
Player6finished in seventh place.
revitup: nh
I plan on playing more this week. I had some nice ring game sessions that have given me a good break from the tourneys and I’m ready to get back in the saddle.
Over the first 3 weeks, my results are as follows:
I have played in 92 100+9s and 61 200+15s.
100+9 stats:
92 Tourneys
% in money: 45.65%
Gross winnings: $13,700
Net winnings: $3,672
Avg. Finish: 4.43
1- 14
2 - 11
3 - 17
4 – 11
5 – 7
6 – 9
7 – 7
8 – 8
9 – 5
10 - 3
200+15 stats:
61 tourneys
% in money: 44.26
Gross winnings: $16,800
Net winnings: $3,685
Avg. Finish: 4.38
1- 7
2- 9
3- 11
4- 9
5- 5
6- 6
7- 7
8- 3
9- 1
10- 3
Thanks in advance for your input.
Cup
Here's a link to the SnG Challenge, week 1 (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=474955&page=6&view=collap sed&sb=5&o=14&fpart=1)
Here is weeks 2 and 3:
Where's week 2? As many of you know, I didn’t make a challenge update this past week. After week 1, I decided that it would be more beneficial for both me and the Zoots if I waited until I played in 100 $100s and $200s before making another post. However, the zoo has spoken and I shall make these updates weekly instead.
Weeks 2 and 3:
I played in 12 100+9s and 42 200+15s.
100+9 stats:
12 Tourneys
% in money: 50.00%
Gross winnings: $1,300
Net winnings: -$8.00
Avg. Finish: 4.00
1- 0
2 - 1
3 - 5
4 – 2
5 – 2
6 – 1
7 – 1
200+15 stats:
42 tourneys
% in money: 42.86
Gross winnings: $10,600
Net winnings: $1,570
Avg. Finish: 4.29
1- 3
2- 8
3- 7
4- 7
5- 5
6- 4
7- 5
8- 1
9- 0
10- 2
I didn’t get to play in as many SnGs in weeks 2 and 3 as I did in week 1. I had a lot of free time that week and managed to log a lot of tourneys. I also got tired of playing in them and switched to ring games to break the monotony.
A big difference in results from weeks 2&3 vs. week 1 is where I placed in the money. I got 3rd as much as I got 1st and 2nd combined. I don’t think this is that out of the ordinary. I wasn’t able to be much of a factor once I made the money. In fact, it was a dogfight just to get in the money. Rarely was I in the money with more than T-2500 in chips. I folded some strong hands that could have put me more in contention, but would have risked putting me out when 3rd was virtually a lock. Both times there were 4 of us left, I was in the SB with ~T1000, the BB was the big stack(T-4000+), and a player with around T-200 was UTG getting ready to be forced all in. I folded AJ suited and KQ unsuited. Both times I got 3rd.
Here's 2 hands I got consecutively. I'm just glad I didn't get them in ring games...
***** Hand History for Game XXXXXXXXXX *****
30/60 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (Limit) - Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 4318 (Real Money) -- Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Player1 (900)
Seat 2: Inthacup (1205)
Seat 3: Player3 (640)
Seat 4: Player4 (1060)
Seat 5: Player5 (925)
Seat 6: Player6 (1320)
Seat 7: Player7 (1280)
Seat 8: Player8 (1180)
Seat 9: Player95 (600)
Seat 10: Player10 (890)
Player4 posts small blind (15)
Player5 posts big blind (30)
Dealt to Inthacup [ 2c 2h ]
** Dealing down cards **
Player6 calls (30)
Player7 calls (30)
Player8 calls (30)
Player95 folds.
Player10 calls (30)
Player1 calls (30)
Inthacup calls (30)
Player3 calls (30)
Player4 calls (15)
Player5 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 2d, 4c, 6c ]
Player4 checks.
Player5 checks.
Player6 checks.
Player7 bets (30)
Player8 calls (30)
Player10 calls (30)
Player1 calls (30)
Inthacup calls (30)
Player3 folds.
Player4 calls (30)
Player5 folds.
Player6 calls (30)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 5c ]
Player4 checks.
Player6 checks.
Player7 bets (60)
Player8 folds.
Player10 folds.
Player1 raises (120) to 120
Inthacup calls (120)
Player4 folds.
Player6 folds.
Player7 calls (60)
** Dealing River ** : [ 4h ]
Player7 checks.
Player1 bets (60)
Inthacup raises (120) to 120
Player7 raises (180) to 180
Player1 raises (180) to 240
Inthacup calls (120)
Player7 calls (60)
** Summary **
Main Pot: 1560
Board: [ 2d 4c 6c 5c 4h ]
Player1 balance 480, lost 420 [ As 3s ] [ a straight, two to six -- 6c,5c,4c,3s,2d ]
Inthacup balance 785, lost 420 [ 2c 2h ] [ a full house, Twos full of fours -- 4c,4h,2c,2h,2d ]
Player3 balance 610, lost 30 (folded)
Player4 balance 1000, lost 60 (folded)
Player5 balance 895, lost 30 (folded)
Player6 balance 1260, lost 60 (folded)
Player7 balance 2420, bet 420, collected 1560, net +1140 [ 5d 5s ] [ a full house, Fives full of fours -- 5d,5s,5c,4c,4h ]
Player8 balance 1120, lost 60 (folded)
Player95 balance 600, didn't bet (folded)
Player10 balance 830, lost 60 (folded)
***** Hand History for Game XXXXXXXXXX *****
30/60 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (Limit) - Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 4318 (Real Money) -- Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Player1 (480)
Seat 2: Inthacup (785)
Seat 3: Player3 (610)
Seat 4: Player4 (1000)
Seat 5: Player5 (895)
Seat 6: Player6(1260)
Seat 7: Player7 (2420)
Seat 8: Player8(1120)
Seat 9: Player9 (600)
Seat 10: Player10 (830)
Player5 posts small blind (15)
Player6 posts big blind (30)
Dealt to Inthacup [ 9c 9s ]
** Dealing down cards **
Player7 calls (30)
Player8raises (60) to 60
Player9 folds.
Player10 folds.
Player1 calls (60)
Inthacup calls (60)
Player3 folds.
Player4 calls (60)
Player5 folds.
Player6folds.
Player7 calls (30)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 4c, 9h, Ac ]
Player7 checks.
Player8bets (30)
Player1 raises (60) to 60
Inthacup calls (60)
Player4 calls (60)
Player7 folds.
Player8raises (60) to 90
Player1 raises (60) to 120
Inthacup calls (60)
Player4 calls (60)
Player8calls (30)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ As ]
Player8bets (60)
Player1 raises (120) to 120
Inthacup calls (120)
Player4 calls (120)
Player8raises (120) to 180
Player1 raises (120) to 240
Inthacup calls (120)
Player4 calls (120)
Player8calls (60)
** Dealing River ** : [ 8s ]
Player8checks.
Player1 bets (60)
Player1 calls all-In.
Inthacup raises (120) to 120
Player4 folds.
Player8calls (120)
Creating Main Pot with $1965 with Player1
** Summary **
Main Pot: 1965 | Side Pot 1: 120
Board: [ 4c 9h Ac As 8s ]
Player1 balance 1965, bet 480, collected 1965, net +1485 [ 4d Ad ] [ a full house, Aces full of fours -- Ad,Ac,As,4d,4c ]
Inthacup balance 365, bet 540, collected 120, lost -420 [ 9c 9s ] [ a full house, Nines full of aces -- Ac,As,9c,9s,9h ]
Player3 balance 610, didn't bet (folded)
Player4 balance 580, lost 420 (folded)
Player5 balance 880, lost 15 (folded)
Player6balance 1230, lost 30 (folded)
Player7 balance 2360, lost 60 (folded)
Player8balance 580, lost 540 [ Ah Kd ] [ three of a kind, aces -- Ah,Ac,As,Kd,9h ]
Player9 balance 600, didn't bet (folded)
Player10 balance 830, didn't bet (folded)
For detailed handhistory, click here
Playing both 15-30 ring games and SnGs this week, I noticed a few things I normally wouldn’t. The 15-30 games have been really aggressive lately while the highest limit tourneys have been relatively passive. It seems that there’s a lot more limping and cold-calling in the first 3 levels of a tourney than I ever see in the ring games. It’s almost like we’re playing 1-2. As you'll see from my HH above, I cold called with 99. I can't remember the last time I did that, but I felt pretty confident that there would be at least 2-3 cold callers behind me as well.
Usually I play the first 3 levels of the tourney pretty tight-aggressive. I play my big hands fast and only play suited Aces and mid-low pocket pairs in multi-way unraised pots. Pretty basic really. There are a few players I see that go crazy from hand 1. Usually, I see them drop half their stacks by the end of the first level and fade out of the tourney, but sometimes I’ll see them take a pretty big chip lead early on. Rarely do I see these guys make the money. Time and again, I see them donate a 2500+ chip lead to the rest of the table. It’s players like this that make these games really beatable.
I had something interesting happen that I haven’t seen in a long time. The player to my immediate left got disconnected or went and got some dinner or something. I noticed that he kept on auto-folding when it was his turn. Fortunately, my opponents didn’t notice this and with 5 of us left, I was able to steal his BB from my SB several times and keep me in the tourney.
Here's a hand I played after putting a player all in. I would like to hear what others think of how I played this one:
***** Hand History for Game 338951910 *****
200/400 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (Limit) (Tournament 1927442) - Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 4336 (Real Money) -- Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 1: Player1(1930)
Seat 2: Inthacup(2770)
Seat 3: Player3(1695)
Seat 5: Player4(1820)
Seat 6: Player5(430)
Seat 9: Player6(410)
Seat 10: BenHowland (945)
Player6 posts small blind (100)
BenHowland posts big blind (200)
** Dealing down cards **
Player1folds.
Inthacupraises (400) to 400
Player3folds.
Player4calls (400)
Player5folds.
Player6bets (310)
Player6calls all-In.
BenHowland folds.
Inthacupcalls (10)
Player4calls (10)
Creating Main Pot with $1430 with mirgab
Dealt to Inthacup [ Ks Kd ]
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 9d, Ad, Qs ]
Inthacupchecks.
Player4checks.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6c ]
Inthacupchecks.
Player4checks.
** Dealing River ** : [ As ]
Inthacupbets (400)
Player4calls (400)
** Summary **
Main Pot: 1430 | Side Pot 1: 800
Board: [ 9d Ad Qs 6c As ]
Player1balance 1930, didn't bet (folded)
Inthacupbalance 4190, bet 810, collected 2230, net +1420 [ Ks Kd ] [ two pairs, aces and kings -- Ad,As,Ks,Kd,Qs ]
Player3balance 1695, didn't bet (folded)
Player4balance 1010, lost 810 [ 8d 8s ] [ two pairs, aces and eights -- Ad,As,Qs,8d,8s ]
Player5balance 430, didn't bet (folded)
Player6balance 0, lost 410 [ Ts 4s ] [ a pair of aces -- Ad,As,Qs,Ts,9d ]
BenHowland balance 745, lost 200 (folded)
Player6finished in seventh place.
revitup: nh
I plan on playing more this week. I had some nice ring game sessions that have given me a good break from the tourneys and I’m ready to get back in the saddle.
Over the first 3 weeks, my results are as follows:
I have played in 92 100+9s and 61 200+15s.
100+9 stats:
92 Tourneys
% in money: 45.65%
Gross winnings: $13,700
Net winnings: $3,672
Avg. Finish: 4.43
1- 14
2 - 11
3 - 17
4 – 11
5 – 7
6 – 9
7 – 7
8 – 8
9 – 5
10 - 3
200+15 stats:
61 tourneys
% in money: 44.26
Gross winnings: $16,800
Net winnings: $3,685
Avg. Finish: 4.38
1- 7
2- 9
3- 11
4- 9
5- 5
6- 6
7- 7
8- 3
9- 1
10- 3
Thanks in advance for your input.
Cup