Update
Its been awhile since the last post. Ive been on vacation and doing other things. Havent played cards much. Small tournies here and there. Might go to The Inn tonight with Mike. I'm signed up for franks new Labor Day tourny and I also have plans for starting a Poker Club at Drexel(assuming there isnt one already). Been reading up on strategy and stuff and reading Harringtons books front to back repeatedly. Recently ive played some small tournaments here and there a couple at mooses, my house, and even joels one night. Overall im probably even since i won one of them and places in the money in 4 total.
ESPN has poker on tonight but im pretty sure its gonna be ass too. Im actually getting extremely bored of watching poker on TV. I mean dont get me wrong, if I see it i turn it on, but most of the players are not worth watching. So far the best one has been Jesus and Friedman heads up. Both of those guys are amazing players and Friedman is a monster online.
I've been thinking about the tournament and see myself as the favorite yet again. Cheating will not go on because im sure everyone will have their eyes open.
Ive been thinking about a play I made recently and how it was a good play by moose but a really bad play by me. Its a little $10 buy in tournament at mooses house, there are 4 guys and we all start with 25 chips. All valued at 1. Blinds are 1/2 and its the second or third hand. I pick up 88 on the button. I raise to 6 and moose re-raises to 10. Immedietly I thought AK or AQs. Flop comes 6 Q 3 or Q x x. Anyway, moose bets out 5. I think about folding and call. Turn is a K. Now im thinking theres no way I am in the lead. Moose pushes all in (8) and I have 4 left. I fold, he shows 77.
Heres the mistakes i made:
1. If I put him on AK or AQ, I should have pushed him all-in pre-flop because i know he calls with those hands.
2. After the flop I should re-interpret the situation instead of putting him on a hand and assuming that he is holding that all the way through.
3. I should have made a quicker decision on the turn.
4. When moose bets 8 on the river instead of just betting 4 or putting me all in, i should have realized he doesnt want a call. By betting 8 and going all-in, he is showing strength because he is weak.
5. When I folded on the turn I had to put 4 chips to win a pot of 32. Im getting 8 to 1 on my call. If I fold I am left with an M of 2(meaning my stack in relation to the blinds/antes. An M of 10 or under is extremely bad.) This situation was not good and I should have called for pot odds. Even if I put him on two pair or top pair without an 8 in his hand I was still 4.6% to win(or 22 to 1) based on what i would be left with I had to make that call. soon after that I picked up 88 again but lost because 4 chips is not enough to push anyone out... BUT, i did show my eights and still they all called. We can debate how this was a wrong play but im just a sore loser...
Anyway, heres the tip of the day...
Your at a final table of a small home tournament held on labor day, you pick up KK in the small blind, what do you do.??
Well if the big blind happens to be me, moose, vinny, dariao, or whoever, and you dealt yourself or a buddy this hand, fold that shit or you get fucked up... that simple
ESPN has poker on tonight but im pretty sure its gonna be ass too. Im actually getting extremely bored of watching poker on TV. I mean dont get me wrong, if I see it i turn it on, but most of the players are not worth watching. So far the best one has been Jesus and Friedman heads up. Both of those guys are amazing players and Friedman is a monster online.
I've been thinking about the tournament and see myself as the favorite yet again. Cheating will not go on because im sure everyone will have their eyes open.
Ive been thinking about a play I made recently and how it was a good play by moose but a really bad play by me. Its a little $10 buy in tournament at mooses house, there are 4 guys and we all start with 25 chips. All valued at 1. Blinds are 1/2 and its the second or third hand. I pick up 88 on the button. I raise to 6 and moose re-raises to 10. Immedietly I thought AK or AQs. Flop comes 6 Q 3 or Q x x. Anyway, moose bets out 5. I think about folding and call. Turn is a K. Now im thinking theres no way I am in the lead. Moose pushes all in (8) and I have 4 left. I fold, he shows 77.
Heres the mistakes i made:
1. If I put him on AK or AQ, I should have pushed him all-in pre-flop because i know he calls with those hands.
2. After the flop I should re-interpret the situation instead of putting him on a hand and assuming that he is holding that all the way through.
3. I should have made a quicker decision on the turn.
4. When moose bets 8 on the river instead of just betting 4 or putting me all in, i should have realized he doesnt want a call. By betting 8 and going all-in, he is showing strength because he is weak.
5. When I folded on the turn I had to put 4 chips to win a pot of 32. Im getting 8 to 1 on my call. If I fold I am left with an M of 2(meaning my stack in relation to the blinds/antes. An M of 10 or under is extremely bad.) This situation was not good and I should have called for pot odds. Even if I put him on two pair or top pair without an 8 in his hand I was still 4.6% to win(or 22 to 1) based on what i would be left with I had to make that call. soon after that I picked up 88 again but lost because 4 chips is not enough to push anyone out... BUT, i did show my eights and still they all called. We can debate how this was a wrong play but im just a sore loser...
Anyway, heres the tip of the day...
Your at a final table of a small home tournament held on labor day, you pick up KK in the small blind, what do you do.??
Well if the big blind happens to be me, moose, vinny, dariao, or whoever, and you dealt yourself or a buddy this hand, fold that shit or you get fucked up... that simple
posted by Matt at 10:46 AM
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