(11, 22) Bad run. Am I making bad decisions? Hand Samples

JudoGirl · #1 10-07-2005, 03:07 PM

I've been fairly successful playing the UB 11's and 22's. I decided to give the Empire Poker 11's and 22's a shot (I tried them awhile go, but never had spectacular success).

I know this is a small sample size, but if I'm making big mistakes I'd rather find that out now instead of waiting until I have a large enough sample size to prove I'm making big mistakes. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Stats:
Total games: 24
1st: 2
2nd: 4
3rd: 3
bust: 15
ITM: 37%; ROI: 4% [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

My general pattern is to play tight in the early stages and then become more aggressive when the blinds hit 50/100 or above. Given that stack sizes compared to blinds are small, I tend to come in with all-in raises unless I have a decent stack. I frequently pick up pots on the flop with continuation bets even though I missed, but I seem to regularly try to steal when the blinds are big and get busted...Below are hands from my last 5 losses...Does it look like I'm making poor decisions?

GAME1: obvious all-in, right?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (8 handed) converter

UTG+1 (t1690)
MP1 (t755)
MP2 (t1035)
Hero (t810)
Button (t925)
SB (t570)
BB (t545)
UTG (t1670)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
4 folds, Hero raises to t810 (All-In), Button raises to t925 (All-In), 2 folds.

Flop: (t1885) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: (t1885) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t1885) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: t1885

Results in white below: 
Hero has 9c 9s (full house, jacks full of nines).
Button has Qh Qd (full house, jacks full of queens).
Outcome: Button wins t1885. 

GAME2: With big blinds and small stacks, one miss can really put the hurt on you...
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (4 handed) converter

BB (t2015)
Hero (t2005)
Button (t1180)
SB (t2800)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. Hero posts a blind of t150.
Hero (poster) raises to t550, 1 fold, SB calls t325, 1 fold.

Flop: (t1100) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t400, SB raises to t2400 (All-In), Hero folds.

GAME2, very next hand. Pocket 4's. Fold or all-in. The all-in may be questionable here. What do you think?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (4 handed) converter

SB (t1865)
Hero (t1205)
UTG (t1180)
Button (t3750)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
1 fold, Button raises to t300, 1 fold, Hero raises to t1205 (All-In), Button calls t905.

Flop: (t2485) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t2485) 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t2485) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t2485

Results in white below: 
Hero has 4h 4c (two pair, sixes and fours).
Button has Kc Kd (two pair, kings and sixes).
Outcome: Button wins t2485. 

GAME3: get min-raise in BB. 3:1 odds against single opponent, which makes it hard to fold--esspecially against this opponent who is regularly minraising in position to steal. I probably should have simply reraise all in? On the turn I thought he had nothing an that my K high may be good or that he'd fold...

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (4 handed) converter

Button (t2995)
SB (t1400)
Hero (t1720)
UTG (t1885)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
1 fold, Button raises to t350, 1 fold, Hero calls t200.

Flop: (t775) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets t400, Button calls t400.

Turn: (t1575) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets t970 (All-In), Button calls t970.

River: (t3515) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t3515

Results in white below: 
Hero has Kh 9h (one pair, threes).
Button has 3c 5h (three of a kind, threes).
Outcome: Button wins t3515. 

GAME4: short-stacked, blinds large. folded to me in SB, got a K high. If I'm going to play it, it has to be for all my chips I think...?
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (7 handed) converter

MP1 (t2925)
MP2 (t685)
CO (t405)
Button (t420)
Hero (t620)
BB (t2220)
UTG (t725)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
5 folds, Hero raises to t620 (All-In), BB calls t520.

Flop: (t1240) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t1240) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t1240) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t1240

Results in white below: 
BB has Ah 8h (flush, ace high).
Hero has 7h Ks (one pair, kings).
Outcome: BB wins t1240. 

Let's bleed chips
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) converter

MP1 (t605)
MP2 (t1010)
MP3 (t825)
CO (t805)
Hero (t855)
SB (t700)
BB (t1635)
UTG (t790)
UTG+1 (t775)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. Hero posts a blind of t50. UTG posts a blind of t50.
4 folds, MP3 calls t30, 1 fold, Hero (poster) calls t30, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t245) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, MP3 bets t70, Hero raises to t140, SB folds, BB folds, MP3 calls t70.

Turn: (t525) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
MP3 checks, Hero bets t150, MP3 calls t150.

River: (t825) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
MP3 bets t70, Hero calls t70.

Final Pot: t965

Results in white below: 
MP3 has Ah Kc (one pair, aces).
Hero has 8h 8c (one pair, eights).
Outcome: MP3 wins t965. 

Now that we have no chips, let's go all in with A8
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) converter

UTG+1 (t720)
MP1 (t965)
MP2 (t1215)
MP3 (t965)
Hero (t420)
Button (t555)
SB (t1450)
BB (t980)
UTG (t730)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. Hero posts a blind of t50.
2 folds, MP1 raises to t150, 6 folds.
Hero checks, MP2 bets t50, Hero raises to t445 (All-In), MP2 calls t395.

Final Pot: t1190

Results in white below: 
No showdown. MP1 wins t1190. 

Villan has show he will bet into any pot heads up hoping to take it down cheap. That doesn't mean, of course, that I need to be stupid...
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) converter

MP2 (t745)
CO (t965)
Button (t915)
SB (t1215)
Hero (t495)
UTG (t555)
UTG+1 (t1375)
MP1 (t1735)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
5 folds, Button calls t50, 1 fold, Hero checks.

Flop: (t125) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets t50, Hero raises to t445 (All-In), Button calls t395.

Turn: (t1015) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t1015) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t1015

Results in white below: 
Hero has Kd Tc (high card, king).
Button has Ah Kc (high card, ace).
Outcome: Button wins t1015. 
Bottom 2 pair is probably good, right?
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (7 handed) converter

Button (t875)
SB (t970)
Hero (t1070)
UTG (t1840)
MP1 (t970)
MP2 (t1558)
CO (t717)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
2 folds, MP2 calls t100, 3 folds, Hero checks.

Flop: (t250) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 checks.

Turn: (t250) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets t100, MP2 raises to t200, Hero raises to t970 (All-In), MP2 calls t770.

River: (t2190) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t2190

Results in white below: 
Hero has 4h 2d (two pair, fours and twos).
MP2 has 3s 3c (three of a kind, threes).
Outcome: MP2 wins t2190.

#2 10-07-2005, 03:13 PM

Is there something wrong with your hand history here?

In Game 1, its shows you are all in preflop, but has you raising post flop

DyessMan89 · #3 10-07-2005, 03:16 PM

Im lost and confused. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

nuclear500 · #4 10-07-2005, 03:16 PM

So many of your hands were folds, or hands where the decision was "do I really want to go broke in a nothing pot?"

#5 10-07-2005, 03:18 PM

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Is there something wrong with your hand history here?

In Game 1, its shows you are all in preflop, but has you raising post flop

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I would give my advice here. But I am having the same problem with alot of your hand histories. Yikes.

JudoGirl · #6 10-07-2005, 03:32 PM

[ QUOTE ]
Is there something wrong with your hand history here?

In Game 1, its shows you are all in preflop, but has you raising post flop

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Sorry, I had a ton of problems with the converter. I thought I had everything fixed. Guess I missed a couple things. I think it is fixed now...

Karak567 · #7 10-07-2005, 03:58 PM

I stopped when I saw you were bitching about a 4 % ROI over 24 games.

Seriously that doesn't even qualify as a bad run.

Maybe if you had a 4 % ROI over 1000... even then I would tell you to stop bitching because at least it isn't negative.

JudoGirl · #8 10-07-2005, 05:08 PM

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I stopped when I saw you were bitching about a 4 % ROI over 24 games.

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It's not about bitchin, baby...it's about improving our games. Everybody has room for improvement...and I do for shore!

For the hands, I purposefully picked them from my last 5 games instead of picking and choosing from a wider selection of games. These are the common scenarios that I face when blinds are getting big and stacks comparatively small. I do much better at UB because I start with 1500 in chips and the blinds increase much slower. But in these Party SnGs when I start with 800 and the blinds go up every 8 hands, I'm having a hard time figuring out where to start pushing things vs folding and running the risk of having an insignificant stack size and having no FE. I guess that is the key trick for these games.

That's kind of what I'm looking for here. Answers like: "Yes, given stack size and blinds, the pushes and raises you're making make sense," or "No, even with the blind sizes so big and your stack comparatively small, you should still wait for better opportunities."

It's a struggle trying to find that right balance. Just looking for some feedback.

#9 10-07-2005, 05:10 PM

its really hard to give feedback because you posted so many hands that i dont want to take the time to scroll up, reread the hand, scroll down and give feedback. put fewer hands in ur next post and maybe you will get more interest...

ace_in_the_hole · #10 10-07-2005, 05:17 PM

I have had 3 10 OOTM streaks this week and I expect it to be a daily thing, so cheer up and remember when you are losing money, I am losing it 10x faster with 10x better odds. Peace.