Today was the short-handed pot-limit holdem event with a $320 buy-in. There ended up being 1741 entrants creating a prizepool of over $500k. I dropped pretty quick from 2500 starting chips to 1500 and things weren't looking very good for this event. I chipped back up to about 1750 chips and then caught the nut straight on the turn which held over bottom set to double up to about 3500 chips. I worked up a bit more to 4400 but had two big back to back hands that didn't go my way. The first one I had TT which didn't hold agianst KQ and the very next hand I had AKo which fell to J9s and I busted around in about 850 place.
I was pretty happy with how I played overall but just didn't have a few big hands go my way which is all it takes. I'm leaving for the weekend to go golfing on Saturday morning but should be back in time for the WCOOP #18, the main event, on Sunday. I'd like to play in it but the $2600 buy-in is a pretty steep entry.
I've put in some good sessions at the cash games though and was up almost $1800 after busting out of the PLH tourney today. So while tournies aren't going that well for me the cash games are still going great. If I have another good day or two at them Thursday and Friday there's a good chance I'll play the main event on Sunday if I'm back from golf in time.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Sunday, September 24, 2006
WCOOP #10 - $1050 NL Holdem
Well todays event didn't go very well. I was card dead the whole time and the few big hands I picked up I ran into bigger hands. It seemed like everytime I was in a pot I would miss the flop and my opponent(s) would hit it. I was once again at a loose and aggressive table so it was almost impossible to pick up chips without getting a hand.
My bustout hand was when I picked up 97s on the button and had about 3k in my stack. I made it 400 to go and got called by the small blind who had been very loose and aggressive. The flop came K62 and he led out for 450. It really felt like a probe bet and that he only had a pocket pair like 77-TT and I figured if I pushed he would fold since I had been pretty tight the past few orbits and hadn't been making any moves. I also figured if he had a weak king like KT or KJ he would fold it. He ended up thinking for a few seconds and then making the call with AK. I really didn't think he would just call with a hand like AK preflop but he did and of course he hit a great flop.
I was also in the Party Poker $1 Million tourney today ($215). However I was also completely card dead in that tourney. Being card dead in both tourneys was very frustrating. When I finally picked up AK in the big blind it was minraised and called before me and I just pushed. The orginal raiser folded but the caller on the button made the call with 99. I flopped a king but the turn and river were both spades putting four on the board and he had the 9 of spades and made a flush to knock me out.
My next event in the WCOOP won't be until Wednesday with Event #13, $320 6-handed PL Holdem. The 6-handed events I usually have pretty good success in and hopefully I can turn my bad run in this WCOOP around with a solid cash in that.
My bustout hand was when I picked up 97s on the button and had about 3k in my stack. I made it 400 to go and got called by the small blind who had been very loose and aggressive. The flop came K62 and he led out for 450. It really felt like a probe bet and that he only had a pocket pair like 77-TT and I figured if I pushed he would fold since I had been pretty tight the past few orbits and hadn't been making any moves. I also figured if he had a weak king like KT or KJ he would fold it. He ended up thinking for a few seconds and then making the call with AK. I really didn't think he would just call with a hand like AK preflop but he did and of course he hit a great flop.
I was also in the Party Poker $1 Million tourney today ($215). However I was also completely card dead in that tourney. Being card dead in both tourneys was very frustrating. When I finally picked up AK in the big blind it was minraised and called before me and I just pushed. The orginal raiser folded but the caller on the button made the call with 99. I flopped a king but the turn and river were both spades putting four on the board and he had the 9 of spades and made a flush to knock me out.
My next event in the WCOOP won't be until Wednesday with Event #13, $320 6-handed PL Holdem. The 6-handed events I usually have pretty good success in and hopefully I can turn my bad run in this WCOOP around with a solid cash in that.
WCOOP #8 and #9
Yesterday was the $530 PL Holdem and the $215 HORSE events. I ended up busting out in both events after a combination of some bad luck and some bad plays. They weren't horrible plays but I think I could have played a few hands better after reviewing them yesterday.
The HORSE event I could never get anything going. HORSE is all limit events, which aren't my best, and when I had the best hand to start I would get run down by a worse hand at the end and when I had a big draw I would miss my outs.
In the PL Holdem event I was playing really well but I got KK and ended up losing a big pot to a guy who flopped a set of 8s. The board was Q high and had a flush draw on it and since I was being aggressive I figured the other player could easily have AQ or have the flush draw, just tuns out I was wrong this time.
I'm hoping to have a much better showing today, Sunday, as it will be WCOOP Event #10, $1050 NL Holdem. Since it's Sunday there should be the usual ton of bad players entering the event. The event has a $1 million guarentee but right now it's about 1 hour before the event starts and there's already almost 1500 people signed up making the prizepool well over $1.5 million and I expect it to get well over $2 million by the time the tourney starts which will put first place at almost $400,000. No limit is definitly my best game so hopefully I'll have a solid showing today and get deep into the tournament.
The HORSE event I could never get anything going. HORSE is all limit events, which aren't my best, and when I had the best hand to start I would get run down by a worse hand at the end and when I had a big draw I would miss my outs.
In the PL Holdem event I was playing really well but I got KK and ended up losing a big pot to a guy who flopped a set of 8s. The board was Q high and had a flush draw on it and since I was being aggressive I figured the other player could easily have AQ or have the flush draw, just tuns out I was wrong this time.
I'm hoping to have a much better showing today, Sunday, as it will be WCOOP Event #10, $1050 NL Holdem. Since it's Sunday there should be the usual ton of bad players entering the event. The event has a $1 million guarentee but right now it's about 1 hour before the event starts and there's already almost 1500 people signed up making the prizepool well over $1.5 million and I expect it to get well over $2 million by the time the tourney starts which will put first place at almost $400,000. No limit is definitly my best game so hopefully I'll have a solid showing today and get deep into the tournament.
Friday, September 22, 2006
WCOOP #6 - $215 NL Holdem w/rebuys
Thursday was Event #6 in the WCOOP which happened to be NL Holdem with rebuys. I did my usual immediate rebuy to double my stack. I played pretty solid through the rebuy period and doubled up pretty early on with JJ vs AKo when we got it all in on a JQK flop and I even turned another J for quads. That was enough to give me a very nice stack since the blind structure in these events is great. I of course added on after the rebuy period so I was in for a total of $615, which is the least you should expect to be in for in a rebuy tourney (3x buyin). There turned out to be 2081 entries, 2503 rebuys, and 1337 addons making the prize pool just under $1.2mil.
I continued to play well through the rest of the tourney but went card dead as we got down to about 500-600 people left. I went from an above average stack to being one of the shortest as we got down to about 350 people left. With the top 270 making the money, which started at just over $1k, I was hoping to survive until then. On top of being card dead though I was at tables with active players which makes it pretty much impossible to increase your stack without catching a hand as every pot is usually raised or reraised.
When we got down to about 300 people I picked up QQ in the small blind and decided that I was going to have to make a stand with the hand as I was down to about 8 big blinds. There was a raise from an early position player and then the button reraised. I called all-in and the first raiser thought for a bit before finally folding and saying that he had AQ. The guy on the button flipped up AK and we were in a coinflip situation but I was about a 60% favorite. The flop came J high and it looked like I was going to more than triple up with a brick on the turn but the K on the river killed my chances and I was out about 30 people from the money.
So another dissapointing finish but I really don't think I could have played the tourney much differently. Friday is a limit holdem tournament with a $215 buyin that I don't plan on playing as I haven't played much limit in awhile and would rather have Friday night off. I'll be back at it Saturday though with Event #9 $530 PL Holdem for sure and probably Event #8 $215 HORSE (two events in one day on Saturday). HORSE is a mix of 5 games: limit Holdem, limit Omaha, Razz, 7 card Stud, 7 card stud Eight or better(or known as stud hi/low). The games change every level and it's usually a fun event. I do't think I'm great at any one of the games but I think I can play each of them fairly well.
I continued to play well through the rest of the tourney but went card dead as we got down to about 500-600 people left. I went from an above average stack to being one of the shortest as we got down to about 350 people left. With the top 270 making the money, which started at just over $1k, I was hoping to survive until then. On top of being card dead though I was at tables with active players which makes it pretty much impossible to increase your stack without catching a hand as every pot is usually raised or reraised.
When we got down to about 300 people I picked up QQ in the small blind and decided that I was going to have to make a stand with the hand as I was down to about 8 big blinds. There was a raise from an early position player and then the button reraised. I called all-in and the first raiser thought for a bit before finally folding and saying that he had AQ. The guy on the button flipped up AK and we were in a coinflip situation but I was about a 60% favorite. The flop came J high and it looked like I was going to more than triple up with a brick on the turn but the K on the river killed my chances and I was out about 30 people from the money.
So another dissapointing finish but I really don't think I could have played the tourney much differently. Friday is a limit holdem tournament with a $215 buyin that I don't plan on playing as I haven't played much limit in awhile and would rather have Friday night off. I'll be back at it Saturday though with Event #9 $530 PL Holdem for sure and probably Event #8 $215 HORSE (two events in one day on Saturday). HORSE is a mix of 5 games: limit Holdem, limit Omaha, Razz, 7 card Stud, 7 card stud Eight or better(or known as stud hi/low). The games change every level and it's usually a fun event. I do't think I'm great at any one of the games but I think I can play each of them fairly well.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
WCOOP #4 - $215 NL Heads-Up
Well today was Event #4. There were 2048 entrants it had to be a multiple of 2 because of the heads-up type structure. I made it through the first two rounds without too much trouble. In my first round match I had my opponent all-in twice and finally beat him the second time. In my second match I got it all in with AKs against A9o preflop and even though he spiked a 9 on the flop a K on the turn gave me the lead and the win.
In my third match I fell behind early when my opponent was hitting every hand. I was a little behind in the chip count when we got it all in on this hand. I was a 2:1 favorite but he sucked out right away on the turn and hit his flush and then even though I caught the ace high flush on the river it gave him a straight flush and I was out in round 3, one round before we made the money.
Tomorrow is WCOOP #5 Limit Omaha Hi/Low with a $530 buyin. I won't be playing that event but I'll be back at it on Thursday with NLHE $215 with rebuys. It should be a good event and has a $1 million guarentee but I'm guess the prizepool will be over $1.5 million as every event so far has gone well over the guarentee.
In my third match I fell behind early when my opponent was hitting every hand. I was a little behind in the chip count when we got it all in on this hand. I was a 2:1 favorite but he sucked out right away on the turn and hit his flush and then even though I caught the ace high flush on the river it gave him a straight flush and I was out in round 3, one round before we made the money.
Tomorrow is WCOOP #5 Limit Omaha Hi/Low with a $530 buyin. I won't be playing that event but I'll be back at it on Thursday with NLHE $215 with rebuys. It should be a good event and has a $1 million guarentee but I'm guess the prizepool will be over $1.5 million as every event so far has gone well over the guarentee.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
World Championship of Online Poker
The WCOOP started yesterday with a $215 Razz event that I didn't play in because I was up north trying to 'catch' Bambi (which I had no luck in). I've haven't played much razz though and probably wouldn't have played the event even if I had been home.
Event #2 was today which was $530 NL Holdem. There were about 4500 people and the tourney payed out 600 spots. I ended up finishing in 484th place. I was really happy about my play in the tournament except for one hand which I think I really missplayed. I had about 2x the average stack in the tourney and the hand cost me about half my chips and it really shouldn't have. Here's a link to the hand if you'd like to view it: Bad Hand
I'll try and update almost everyday now during the WCOOP and hopefully that gets me in the habit of blogging a little more often. Tomorrow is event #3 and will be a $320 rebuy PL(pot limit) Omaha tournament that I probably won't play. My next event will be #4 215 NL Match Play, I'll explain more about it tomorrow or Tuesday.
Event #2 was today which was $530 NL Holdem. There were about 4500 people and the tourney payed out 600 spots. I ended up finishing in 484th place. I was really happy about my play in the tournament except for one hand which I think I really missplayed. I had about 2x the average stack in the tourney and the hand cost me about half my chips and it really shouldn't have. Here's a link to the hand if you'd like to view it: Bad Hand
I'll try and update almost everyday now during the WCOOP and hopefully that gets me in the habit of blogging a little more often. Tomorrow is event #3 and will be a $320 rebuy PL(pot limit) Omaha tournament that I probably won't play. My next event will be #4 215 NL Match Play, I'll explain more about it tomorrow or Tuesday.
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