Snowmobiler
Legend
Silver Level
Yesterday (Sunday),was a normal day. No, I didnt win any tournaments ,in fact I didnt even cash.
My 1st tourney of the day was to be the $400 OFC tourney we won,which I really look forward to.The only problem was I worked out in the yard and garage and missed almost the 1st hour,and come in to find out I had blinded down to 540 chips .I rarely miss a tourney I plan to play.
Ok,The situation i find myself in,540 chips and as soon as my table pulls up I see my Pocket Rockets fold,how disappointing.There was a day when I would have got upset,maybe just clicked off and said "fudgeget about it"
(yes Fudgeget is a word and no, its not in the dictionary)
This time I sat down and analyzed my position and prepared my strategy to get back into the game.I look the table over and there were 3 other sitters.Just the break I need to gain chips over the next few rounds and try to build my stack.
With blinds at 50/100, My M was 3.5 or so (desparate).When Im in this situation,I need to win 1 pot per round of blinds at a minimium.If I can maintain this until I hit a decent pot,then I can get back in the tourney.
Soon,everyone folds to me on the button and I have KJ diamonds and a sitter in the sb.KJ is not normally a hand I want to play all-in but givin my situation,it looked like a great spot to gamble.The BB calls and i win and have 950.A little breating room,but not much. My M is up to 6 (desparate still)
Within a few hands I get AK,and the table folds to my raise.Then I get pocket 6s and table folds to my raise.I now have 1450 chips (M of 9) but I look to the tourney lobby and blinds are going up in less than a minute.My M is shrinking again,back to around 6.
I pushed in with a hand I can't remember and lost a flip and was out (yes Im getting older and forgetful)
Short stack play,and not giving up are critical ingrediants to fighting your way back into a tourney.This one didnt work out in my favor but sometimes it will.
I then played 1 of My favorite tourneys,the sunday night FT $5.50 buy-in.I love the structure,and my wife plays which I enjoy.
My wife and I are seated next to each other,which is rare that we are at the same table.I had kinda thought that the software was keeping us apart,but maybe not.
Some players (that I consider friends) give us a hard time,about weather we are in the same room or sharing info.I assure you we play each other as hard or harder than we play others.Someone wanted us to send a picture of our computers in different rooms,And I said in the chat "get pifan to send pictures in,he is the one that got her chips".
I had worked my way up to around 4500 chips when the following hand happened.1st position who had played pretty solid raises from 200 to 600 with a stack of 8000 and it folds to me (near the button) and I look down to find pocket Jacks.If I call,Ill have 3900 chips and position throughout the hand, but most flops are going to look bad to me.I can fold and wait for a better spot but that isnt going to win alot of tourneys.I could reraise and put pressure back on him,since the money bubble was approaching soon and he might fold to perserve his cash that he likely has in the bank.
I Push,He tanks and eventually He called with KQ and the flop had 2 Qs,so I had 2 outs on the turn and river.He wins the pot and the tourney (Big Congrats)
Im hoping he will respond in this thread what was going through his mind and get his perspective on things.Im going to PM him and see if he wants to participate in this thread.If not no biggie.
I didnt really feel sharp and was a bit tired from my day working in the yard,so I saved my bankroll and just railed a few people for a while and called it a day.Down $5.50 for the day,had a lot of fun!
GL in your tourney Lark,and enjoy yourself!
Snow
My 1st tourney of the day was to be the $400 OFC tourney we won,which I really look forward to.The only problem was I worked out in the yard and garage and missed almost the 1st hour,and come in to find out I had blinded down to 540 chips .I rarely miss a tourney I plan to play.
Ok,The situation i find myself in,540 chips and as soon as my table pulls up I see my Pocket Rockets fold,how disappointing.There was a day when I would have got upset,maybe just clicked off and said "fudgeget about it"
(yes Fudgeget is a word and no, its not in the dictionary)
This time I sat down and analyzed my position and prepared my strategy to get back into the game.I look the table over and there were 3 other sitters.Just the break I need to gain chips over the next few rounds and try to build my stack.
With blinds at 50/100, My M was 3.5 or so (desparate).When Im in this situation,I need to win 1 pot per round of blinds at a minimium.If I can maintain this until I hit a decent pot,then I can get back in the tourney.
Soon,everyone folds to me on the button and I have KJ diamonds and a sitter in the sb.KJ is not normally a hand I want to play all-in but givin my situation,it looked like a great spot to gamble.The BB calls and i win and have 950.A little breating room,but not much. My M is up to 6 (desparate still)
Within a few hands I get AK,and the table folds to my raise.Then I get pocket 6s and table folds to my raise.I now have 1450 chips (M of 9) but I look to the tourney lobby and blinds are going up in less than a minute.My M is shrinking again,back to around 6.
I pushed in with a hand I can't remember and lost a flip and was out (yes Im getting older and forgetful)
Short stack play,and not giving up are critical ingrediants to fighting your way back into a tourney.This one didnt work out in my favor but sometimes it will.
I then played 1 of My favorite tourneys,the sunday night FT $5.50 buy-in.I love the structure,and my wife plays which I enjoy.
My wife and I are seated next to each other,which is rare that we are at the same table.I had kinda thought that the software was keeping us apart,but maybe not.
Some players (that I consider friends) give us a hard time,about weather we are in the same room or sharing info.I assure you we play each other as hard or harder than we play others.Someone wanted us to send a picture of our computers in different rooms,And I said in the chat "get pifan to send pictures in,he is the one that got her chips".
I had worked my way up to around 4500 chips when the following hand happened.1st position who had played pretty solid raises from 200 to 600 with a stack of 8000 and it folds to me (near the button) and I look down to find pocket Jacks.If I call,Ill have 3900 chips and position throughout the hand, but most flops are going to look bad to me.I can fold and wait for a better spot but that isnt going to win alot of tourneys.I could reraise and put pressure back on him,since the money bubble was approaching soon and he might fold to perserve his cash that he likely has in the bank.
I Push,He tanks and eventually He called with KQ and the flop had 2 Qs,so I had 2 outs on the turn and river.He wins the pot and the tourney (Big Congrats)
Im hoping he will respond in this thread what was going through his mind and get his perspective on things.Im going to PM him and see if he wants to participate in this thread.If not no biggie.
I didnt really feel sharp and was a bit tired from my day working in the yard,so I saved my bankroll and just railed a few people for a while and called it a day.Down $5.50 for the day,had a lot of fun!
GL in your tourney Lark,and enjoy yourself!
Snow