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I found some time to write on the blog again at the same time that I actually thought of taking time to do it, so here I am. Too bad I don't have anything good to say about how poker has gone this month, its been a rough go of it here in the last four weeks. Variance is a bitch, I can say that.
I had a few chances for some really nice scores but as it happens they all either blew up in my face or fell a bit short. I was 3rd in a super-turbo MTT a couple of weeks ago and I have done well in the 54-man super-turbo SNGs I've been playing but outside of that its been rough. I did get some solid time in with playing more tables at one time and I can say I had very little trouble with it. I was surprised how well I was able to still make good decisions despite having 4-6 more tables going. In fact, it was fun to have all that extra stuff going on.
Yesterday did help bring me back a little though I still came up short in a couple things. I was deep in a $44 turbo MTT on Stars and ended up getting 3-outted on the river for the what would have been the chip lead, instead I got 13th for about $250 or so. Still a nice result in a 700+ player field. The other almost wasn't THAT close, but I managed $350 in the Turbo Takedown by finishing 225th out of 18000+ runners. That was a bunch of fun, even with all the folding I had to do, LOL. Its not often I get to push 150K and be considered "short" (if you wanna call 14BBs short, that is.)
I had a couple of very strong volume Saturdays, though both days were stinkers profit-wise. All I know is that I have been playing very well, especially with the quality of my reads on opponent's hand ranges lately. Too bad I've been awful at winning those 80/20 flips recently or we could be talking about a whole lot more. As it is, I keep coming to the conclusion that I have to stick to the process and play the games. I've been down before, I'll be back up again.
Since the upswing can start anytime I'll play in the home game tonight and see if I can get the ball rolling again. At the very worst I'll play the best I can and see where it takes me. Since I'll be off from work for a full week after Christmas, December looks to be a big month for getting some volume in. The more chances I have to do good, the better my chances to get there.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Taking Time To Update
Not a whole lot happening on the poker front since the Daytona Trip. One thing of note that I did do was a simple experiment with mass multi-tabling 45-man turbos on Stars. I decided to simply "stack" all the tables in one place so that only the active table comes up. That way I can simply and easily make my decision and wait for the next table... rinse and repeat. I got up to about 15 tables at one point and really didn't have any serious issues with not having enough time or fumbling with decisions. On occasion I had a new table pop up in the wrong spot or issues with games I busted in staying up, but overall I actually did well enough to turn a profit... and even won two of them!
October ended up as a positive, mainly on the strength of the two big hits I had. Outside of that and the steady pace of the 54-man super turbos I've been playing I ran fairly badly in most other things. I'm glad I was able to mostly take advantage of the few chances I did get to hit a score... and often that's what it really comes down to in the end.
Outside of poker, we just got back from a short weekend Bahamas cruise. I love cruises for the most part since everything you really need is included (like food!) and there is always the casino... I know, I'm a degen. I actually didn't spend all that much time down there this trip, not to say I didn't sit down for a while either. Mostly I played bad games like roulette and Let It Ride with my wife (she likes those games). Overall we were up slightly in the casino and had a fun time doing it. I got to play a little bit of blackjack on the last night and turned a small profit there also.
The one thing I sorta half-wish I did was try to play one of the sit-n-goes they had. I really told myself I wasn't going to go to play poker (I do that enough already) so I didn't really consider it. I took a look anyway and had to wonder if I missed out. First, the buy-in was $75 for 1000 chips, OK, I can do that. Then I read further. Immediate rebuy for $40 gets another 1000, hmm alright. First 30 minutes is unlimited rebuys. Hmph. Then the add-on after the rebuy was another $40/1000 chip deal. Wow. That could get expensive. $155 minimum for that game? I don't think I really wanted to take my casino money and blow half of what I put aside on that, no matter what my chances were. One positive that made me consider it was that it was Winner Take All.... now THAT'S a prize pool. I decided to stick to my pre-cruise decision and pass on them.
Ah, but then I made the mistake of actually WATCHING the play in one of these things. I'm thinking I could have won without looking at my cards. I figured these guys that played would be bad, I knew this... but wow, these gentlemen really had no clue. The one I watched, NO ONE took the add-on, even with only 900-2000 chips in their stacks and the blinds about to turn to 200/400. Not one guy. I saw guys bet and fold to all-ins getting better than 3:1 odds more than once, then make sick calls with king-high the next hand. I saw other things I just can't care to mention here. I had to leave before somebody won since I'd have been tempted to mug them on their way out of the casino.
Bah, its OK... no guarantee I'd have won, but they did have 4 of those games at least. I'm sure I'd have liked my chances in winning one of those but I didn't really have the $600+ to find out for sure. Plus, if I end up as the only one doing any rebuys and add-ons, what is my return really gonna be? Then again, I'd have the chips that they wouldn't and could likely survive a few more hits than they could have. Meh, maybe when I have a $50K bankroll I'll give it a shot. :)
Well, that's all for now. I'm hoping to get back to playing online on Saturday and going strong from there through the Thanksgiving weekend. We'll see how it plays out. I may go back to Daytona again in a couple weeks for another run at that same MTT and we have a few movies we wanna see (Mega-Mind and Harry Potter) so a little time gets taken up that way. Still, should be a good month for volume since I plan on doing a couple more runs and the Stars megatabling thing. I'll be sure to let you know how it goes!
October ended up as a positive, mainly on the strength of the two big hits I had. Outside of that and the steady pace of the 54-man super turbos I've been playing I ran fairly badly in most other things. I'm glad I was able to mostly take advantage of the few chances I did get to hit a score... and often that's what it really comes down to in the end.
Outside of poker, we just got back from a short weekend Bahamas cruise. I love cruises for the most part since everything you really need is included (like food!) and there is always the casino... I know, I'm a degen. I actually didn't spend all that much time down there this trip, not to say I didn't sit down for a while either. Mostly I played bad games like roulette and Let It Ride with my wife (she likes those games). Overall we were up slightly in the casino and had a fun time doing it. I got to play a little bit of blackjack on the last night and turned a small profit there also.
The one thing I sorta half-wish I did was try to play one of the sit-n-goes they had. I really told myself I wasn't going to go to play poker (I do that enough already) so I didn't really consider it. I took a look anyway and had to wonder if I missed out. First, the buy-in was $75 for 1000 chips, OK, I can do that. Then I read further. Immediate rebuy for $40 gets another 1000, hmm alright. First 30 minutes is unlimited rebuys. Hmph. Then the add-on after the rebuy was another $40/1000 chip deal. Wow. That could get expensive. $155 minimum for that game? I don't think I really wanted to take my casino money and blow half of what I put aside on that, no matter what my chances were. One positive that made me consider it was that it was Winner Take All.... now THAT'S a prize pool. I decided to stick to my pre-cruise decision and pass on them.
Ah, but then I made the mistake of actually WATCHING the play in one of these things. I'm thinking I could have won without looking at my cards. I figured these guys that played would be bad, I knew this... but wow, these gentlemen really had no clue. The one I watched, NO ONE took the add-on, even with only 900-2000 chips in their stacks and the blinds about to turn to 200/400. Not one guy. I saw guys bet and fold to all-ins getting better than 3:1 odds more than once, then make sick calls with king-high the next hand. I saw other things I just can't care to mention here. I had to leave before somebody won since I'd have been tempted to mug them on their way out of the casino.
Bah, its OK... no guarantee I'd have won, but they did have 4 of those games at least. I'm sure I'd have liked my chances in winning one of those but I didn't really have the $600+ to find out for sure. Plus, if I end up as the only one doing any rebuys and add-ons, what is my return really gonna be? Then again, I'd have the chips that they wouldn't and could likely survive a few more hits than they could have. Meh, maybe when I have a $50K bankroll I'll give it a shot. :)
Well, that's all for now. I'm hoping to get back to playing online on Saturday and going strong from there through the Thanksgiving weekend. We'll see how it plays out. I may go back to Daytona again in a couple weeks for another run at that same MTT and we have a few movies we wanna see (Mega-Mind and Harry Potter) so a little time gets taken up that way. Still, should be a good month for volume since I plan on doing a couple more runs and the Stars megatabling thing. I'll be sure to let you know how it goes!
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