Good Day - June 25, 2005
Sometimes you get in a rhythm at the poker table. You have good feel. You make good reads and time your bluffs well. It is a good feeling and I feel like I have it right now. Didn't win tons of money or anything. Just played two $10s and finished 2nd and 3rd. Then moved to a $20 table and finished 3rd. Although I didn't get any wins, I feel like I'm putting myself in a position to win and making good decisions.
Suffered some bad beats but they were after I was in the money and it happens. In the last game, it was down to three and I pushed against the worst player with TT (pocket tens) after he had raised to 3 x BB. He called with A4s and picked up an ace. Then on the next hand I'm on the button and raise all in with 88 and SB goes all in with QQ and BB has AA. Those are the kind of games I don't really get upset about because I know I played it well and got my chips in when I was ahead.
I felt I made one mistake and was lucky it didn't cost me. Blinds were up to 50/100 and we were down to six players. UTG had about 600 chips and I had about 900. I pick up AQo and I'm on the button. UTG raises 2 x bb to 200. 2 folds and I move all in on the button. AWFUL PLAY! A short stack feels pot committed so he has to call and what could he have? Well he bet 2/3 of his stack from UTG preflop. If he just wanted the blinds he would have moved all in hoping to isolate and be heads up against only one player if he did get called. Note to Beginners: If a player is short stacked and hasn't been very loose playing every hand and he decides to be the minimum when he doesn't have position after the flop, he has a big hand. He wants someone to call and he wants to double up to get back in the game. In this case the guy had AK and I was dominated. Truly an awful play that I hope won't make again for a long time. Luckily I was able to play aggressive double up and get back in the money.
On a positive note, I think I have been doing the one thing that you need to do to be successful at poker. Survival of the fittest. I have been able to identify the worst players at the table quickly and take advantage of their mistakes. You will hear a lot of internet poker skeptics talk about how you can't read a player in an on-line game and it is only a guess. Well, just like with a live game you can identify the really bad players usually in the first five minutes, AND there are many more bad players playing on-line as opposed to live games. If you pay attention during the first two rounds you are going to see the crazy bluffers, all in champs who might double up when they catch a nice river card against a better hand/player. As soon as you see that you should be going after those chips before someone else gets them.
Have a nice weekend everyone. May your reads be magnificent and your river cards fortunate.
Suffered some bad beats but they were after I was in the money and it happens. In the last game, it was down to three and I pushed against the worst player with TT (pocket tens) after he had raised to 3 x BB. He called with A4s and picked up an ace. Then on the next hand I'm on the button and raise all in with 88 and SB goes all in with QQ and BB has AA. Those are the kind of games I don't really get upset about because I know I played it well and got my chips in when I was ahead.
I felt I made one mistake and was lucky it didn't cost me. Blinds were up to 50/100 and we were down to six players. UTG had about 600 chips and I had about 900. I pick up AQo and I'm on the button. UTG raises 2 x bb to 200. 2 folds and I move all in on the button. AWFUL PLAY! A short stack feels pot committed so he has to call and what could he have? Well he bet 2/3 of his stack from UTG preflop. If he just wanted the blinds he would have moved all in hoping to isolate and be heads up against only one player if he did get called. Note to Beginners: If a player is short stacked and hasn't been very loose playing every hand and he decides to be the minimum when he doesn't have position after the flop, he has a big hand. He wants someone to call and he wants to double up to get back in the game. In this case the guy had AK and I was dominated. Truly an awful play that I hope won't make again for a long time. Luckily I was able to play aggressive double up and get back in the money.
On a positive note, I think I have been doing the one thing that you need to do to be successful at poker. Survival of the fittest. I have been able to identify the worst players at the table quickly and take advantage of their mistakes. You will hear a lot of internet poker skeptics talk about how you can't read a player in an on-line game and it is only a guess. Well, just like with a live game you can identify the really bad players usually in the first five minutes, AND there are many more bad players playing on-line as opposed to live games. If you pay attention during the first two rounds you are going to see the crazy bluffers, all in champs who might double up when they catch a nice river card against a better hand/player. As soon as you see that you should be going after those chips before someone else gets them.
Have a nice weekend everyone. May your reads be magnificent and your river cards fortunate.
posted by Steve K at 11:08 AM
1 Comments:
Not a shining moment for you it is true, but I think it's a terrible play by the guy with AK. He either wants to win the blinds or have all the money go in preflop. He's priced the BB in to call with any two, and the SB can play anything playable. Even 72o isn't a huge dog to AK. Not to mention that if anyone not a blind calls, he's out of position with too few chips to have any folding equity. With 6 BB's left, AK is a clear push here.
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