HELP!! Please

I have been playing for play chips for a while to learn the game and have recently moved up to real money on Pokerstars. I recently played a tournament where I lost simply by the blinds. Here are the stats from the tourney. Just wondering if I should bet more hands and play a little less tight or what?

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 67 hands and saw flop:
- 7 out of 8 times while in big blind (87%)
- 2 out of 9 times while in small blind (22%)
- 6 out of 50 times in other positions (12%)
- a total of 15 out of 67 (22%)
Pots won at showdown - 6 of 7 (85%)
Pots won without showdown - 0

The one hand I lost at showdown was the last hand where I got put out. I was down to 980 chips with a 3000 blind! I just couldn't get a decent hand.

Also this was a freeroll so we know how that goes but I have gotten my buy-in back on a couple of tourneys but the blinds always get me. Like I don't have enough chips built up at that time. I am playing tight aggressive, maybe a little too much so, but I also can't bet on sorry hands! I'm lost!

Its kinda hard to analize that few of hands.

The 1st thing that hits me is 0 pots won without a showdown,I usually have nearly as many as won at showdown.

You are playing alot from the BB,if these are raised pots its probably to many.

Here is a thread that we discuss My MTT Strategies


http://www.cardschat.com/f11/my-mtt-strategies-161649/


Give it a read and see if anything helps!
We will try and answer any of your Questions!


Snow

I just watched this happen!

PokerStars Game #34856002458: Tournament #204248172, $1.00+$0.10 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2009/11/02 23:29:21 CT [2009/11/03 0:29:21 ET]
Table '204248172 14' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: KK corb (1003 in chips)
Seat 2: Real Deal363 (4855 in chips)
Seat 3: buckster1960 (6153 in chips)
Seat 4: stalen20 (1020 in chips)
Seat 5: bebtor (13656 in chips)
Seat 6: jordy59 (6976 in chips)
Seat 7: CupcakeMcGee (2710 in chips)
Seat 8: foma55 (2866 in chips)
Seat 9: CHEVERLY_KID (544 in chips)
KK corb: posts the ante 50
Real Deal363: posts the ante 50
buckster1960: posts the ante 50
stalen20: posts the ante 50
bebtor: posts the ante 50
jordy59: posts the ante 50
CupcakeMcGee: posts the ante 50
foma55: posts the ante 50
CHEVERLY_KID: posts the ante 50
KK corb: posts small blind 300
Real Deal363: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Real Deal363 [Ac 6d]
buckster1960: folds
stalen20: raises 370 to 970 and is all-in
bebtor: folds
jordy59: folds
CupcakeMcGee: folds
foma55: folds
CHEVERLY_KID: folds
KK corb: calls 653 and is all-in
Real Deal363: folds
Uncalled bet (17) returned to stalen20
*** FLOP *** [4s 4h Tc]
*** TURN *** [4s 4h Tc] 4♣
*** RIVER *** [4s 4h Tc 4c] 6♥
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KK corb: shows [Qh 9h] (three of a kind, Fours)
stalen20: shows [Kc Qs] (three of a kind, Fours - King kicker)
stalen20 collected 2956 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2956 | Rake 0
Board [4s 4h Tc 4c 6h]
Seat 1: KK corb (small blind) showed [Qh 9h] and lost with three of a kind, Fours
Seat 2: Real Deal363 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: buckster1960 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: stalen20 showed [Kc Qs] and won (2956) with three of a kind, Fours
Seat 5: bebtor folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: jordy59 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: CupcakeMcGee folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: foma55 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: CHEVERLY_KID (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)



And then this:

Real Deal363: posts the ante 50
buckster1960: posts the ante 50
stalen20: posts the ante 50
bebtor: posts the ante 50
jordy59: posts the ante 50
CupcakeMcGee: posts the ante 50
foma55: posts the ante 50
CHEVERLY_KID: posts the ante 50
stalen20: posts small blind 300
bebtor: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Real Deal363 [7s 9d]
jordy59: folds
CupcakeMcGee: folds
foma55: folds
CHEVERLY_KID: folds
Real Deal363: folds
buckster1960: calls 600
stalen20: calls 300
bebtor: checks
*** FLOP *** [7h 9c Kc]
stalen20: checks
bebtor: bets 1200
buckster1960: folds
stalen20: folds
Uncalled bet (1200) returned to bebtor
bebtor collected 2200 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2200 | Rake 0
Board [7h 9c Kc]
Seat 2: Real Deal363 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: buckster1960 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: stalen20 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: bebtor (big blind) collected (2200)
Seat 6: jordy59 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: CupcakeMcGee folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: foma55 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: CHEVERLY_KID folded before Flop (didn't bet)


Is this something I should have stayed in on or was folding the correct thing to do?

My first tourney win!!!! 32.90 for a 1.10 entry fee--not bad here are my stats.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 104 hands and saw flop:
- 12 out of 19 times while in big blind (63%)
- 10 out of 22 times while in small blind (45%)
- 7 out of 63 times in other positions (11%)
- a total of 29 out of 104 (27%)
Pots won at showdown - 10 of 17 (58%)
Pots won without showdown - 19

wow 32.90 for 1.10 on pokerstars thats like a 100th+ finish right?

Assuming that the stats you provided are a general indication of how you play then my analysis would be the following:

1. The majority of the hands you got in with were the big blinds which I'm assuming is because nobody raised you. Few problems with that, you're in an early position so you're usually going to make the least amount of money you could potentially make in later position and the hands you're playing are "forced" hands and getting to see the flop with a moderate hand can be dangerous sometimes.

2. Winning all your hands on the showdown can mean a few things but i'm going to guess its because you played extremely tight which means that you're not raising enough good hands throughout the pot. Could be because you don't feel you have the best hand... you don't necessarily have to be bluffing all the time sometimes just play pot odds... sometimes just 3 times the blinds will get people to fold and/or increase the pot for you by the time you reach the river.

Hope I could help.
Congrats on your first win btw.