Well things have continued to go well today. I have played a couple hours at 2-7 NL single draw and FL triple draw tables and have made a couple hundred dollars. As I expected there are a few really bad players at the tables, I even had one hand that I made $50 on against a guy I am pretty sure did not even know the rules of the game. It was triple draw and I had four cards to a 8 low in the BB and everyone folded until the SB raised and I called. I hit my 8 low on the first draw, he bet I raised he three bet and I called. We both stood pat and he bet out again. I figured I would just call since I though with him raising both times he might have a 7 low, Stand pat for both and him betting with me calling again after the third draw and he flipped over 2 3 4 5 6. In stud or Omaha where straights and flushes don't count for low that would be a really good hand but in 2-7 draw they do so his straight was a really bad hand. The only way I can explain his play continuing to bet wtih that hand when I am standing pat and clearly not folding is that he did not know that straights count and thought he had me beat.
I also played in two $75 satellites for FTSOP events and won two $216 seats. I will most likely enter event #1 tonight, and No Limit hold'em $800,000 guaranteed event and event #4 on Thursday, which is a $150,000 guaranteed Rush HORSE tournament.
including the value of my two tournament seats I now sit at $4060 getting back up toward my high once again.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
7 Game Final Table and New Draw Games at Full Tilt Poker
For the first time I made the final table of a 7 Game tourney. It was a $26 buy in with about 200 players and I finished 4th winning about $260. I have not played many 7 Game tournaments, mostly because there are not many of them happening.
7 Game consists of the same five fixed limit games as HORSE, Hold'em, Omaha hi/lo, Razz, 7 card Stud and 7 card Stud hi/lo, plus it adds, Pot Limit Omaha and No Limit Hold'em to the mix.
I really like playing the multiple game tournaments because I feel that I am well rounded and can hold my own in all the games. Many players who enter this tournaments, especially with the low/medium buyins are weak in one of more of the games which gives me an advantage over them.
Full Tilt has also recently introduced a few new games to its line up, 5 card draw, 2-7 single draw and 2-7 triple draw, with the addition of Draw games to the Sud and flop games in its current lineup.
The 2-7 lowball draw games are games I have played before, although not a lot.
When a new game is introduced that the average player may not have played before and has little experience in the represents an opportunity to those who are either already familiar with the game and can learn quicker then other. I am going to try to take advantage of this over the coming weeks by playing these games as I feel I already adequate playing these games, and this will give me a chance to improve my own skills in games that I am not as familiar with in a setting that I think could still be profitable.
I have been doing well overall over the last couple days and have my stack back up to $3550.
7 Game consists of the same five fixed limit games as HORSE, Hold'em, Omaha hi/lo, Razz, 7 card Stud and 7 card Stud hi/lo, plus it adds, Pot Limit Omaha and No Limit Hold'em to the mix.
I really like playing the multiple game tournaments because I feel that I am well rounded and can hold my own in all the games. Many players who enter this tournaments, especially with the low/medium buyins are weak in one of more of the games which gives me an advantage over them.
Full Tilt has also recently introduced a few new games to its line up, 5 card draw, 2-7 single draw and 2-7 triple draw, with the addition of Draw games to the Sud and flop games in its current lineup.
The 2-7 lowball draw games are games I have played before, although not a lot.
When a new game is introduced that the average player may not have played before and has little experience in the represents an opportunity to those who are either already familiar with the game and can learn quicker then other. I am going to try to take advantage of this over the coming weeks by playing these games as I feel I already adequate playing these games, and this will give me a chance to improve my own skills in games that I am not as familiar with in a setting that I think could still be profitable.
I have been doing well overall over the last couple days and have my stack back up to $3550.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Free Falling
I am back all the way down to $2500 about half of my high mark.
The number of bad beats I have experienced in the last 48 hours has got to be a record of some sort.
My losses have come in both tournaments and cash games, almost all in hold'em and almost every dollar I lost was with a hand where I was a large favorite when the money went in the pot.
I have lost with AA several time as well as KK and QQ. I have been beat by under pair hitting sets or guys hitting straights and flushes against me. I would say the last 15 pots I lost I was at least a 60% favorite to win and a couple time better then 85%.
The two worst hand were when I had AA once and KK once and the flop came with under cards. In both cases my opponent bet first and I raised all in more then the pot and twice I got call with the guy having nothing but a gut shot straight draw, no pair, nothing, just four outs and about a 15% chance of hitting and both time then did. It is getting to the point where when the cards are flipped and the guy has more then 2 outs I know that I have lost. This has to end at some point, but I am not sure how much more of this I can take before I just give up. Hopefully things even out and I win a few hands when I am behind, and hopefully it happens in a tournament with a big payout at the end to get me back to where I was.
The number of bad beats I have experienced in the last 48 hours has got to be a record of some sort.
My losses have come in both tournaments and cash games, almost all in hold'em and almost every dollar I lost was with a hand where I was a large favorite when the money went in the pot.
I have lost with AA several time as well as KK and QQ. I have been beat by under pair hitting sets or guys hitting straights and flushes against me. I would say the last 15 pots I lost I was at least a 60% favorite to win and a couple time better then 85%.
The two worst hand were when I had AA once and KK once and the flop came with under cards. In both cases my opponent bet first and I raised all in more then the pot and twice I got call with the guy having nothing but a gut shot straight draw, no pair, nothing, just four outs and about a 15% chance of hitting and both time then did. It is getting to the point where when the cards are flipped and the guy has more then 2 outs I know that I have lost. This has to end at some point, but I am not sure how much more of this I can take before I just give up. Hopefully things even out and I win a few hands when I am behind, and hopefully it happens in a tournament with a big payout at the end to get me back to where I was.
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