Major Suckage!
So, as much as I like to tell myself I’m a decent player…the fact remains I am still very susceptible to extremely bad play…
I was having a fairly decent day yesterday on Bodog.com. Snuck a few SnG’s in earlier in the day and was prepared for a good evening session. I made the decision to bypass the 25k guarantee tourney and instead, focus on the $15 re-buy multi qualifier event. I’ve been hearing good things about this tournament and wanted to check it out. For the most part, glad I did. I found the field very loose. However, I was not happy that the format was shorthanded to such an extreme. The tables were set at 5 handed for the duration. I adjusted accordingly, but Bodog made no mention in the tournament details that it would be set up as such. At least I didn’t see anything regarding it.
My first table was very good to me during the re-buy session. I sat down and re-bought right away. If I mess with a re-buy tournament, I prefer to have the maximum amount starting off to combat the donks that are prepared to re-buy 18 times in that first hour. I played a tight game the first hour and slowly built my stack. We had one ATM machine on that table which benefited all others. Once the add-on came and went, got down to business. I continued to build my stack up to 20k over the next hour. Things were going very well. 4 Places paid in this event. Two breaks later and I’m still doing fantastic. 11 players left. At this stage, I normally assess my situation, assess those I’m sitting with, stack size, player image, etc. and determine exactly what I must do to make the money. I failed to adhere to this line of thinking which resulted in a meltdown a few hands into the level. I became enchanted with a suited AQ against a small blind protecting his stake. I raised in position with my AQ, he calls. Flop brings absolutely no help to me. 536 rainbow. In this situation I usually put out a decent bet having position…but always fear the blinds are likely to hit a flop like this. So, I put my feeler out there. He calls. Turn brings another brick. At this point I believe I can outplay him and test the theory. I have him covered by 2k in chips. I push all my chips. He takes some time and thinks. He calls and shows a 67.
At this stage, there were 9 players left in the tournament yet I didn’t know that until after I lost the hand. I was on auto-pilot for some reason and did not take all factors into consideration. I am kicking myself in the ass today big time. The next few hands were uneventful but I ended up busting out 7th. Just no excuse for that. I had a virtual lock and mucked it up all to hell.
So…with that off my chest…today’s a new day. I will turn it around and move forward.
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I was having a fairly decent day yesterday on Bodog.com. Snuck a few SnG’s in earlier in the day and was prepared for a good evening session. I made the decision to bypass the 25k guarantee tourney and instead, focus on the $15 re-buy multi qualifier event. I’ve been hearing good things about this tournament and wanted to check it out. For the most part, glad I did. I found the field very loose. However, I was not happy that the format was shorthanded to such an extreme. The tables were set at 5 handed for the duration. I adjusted accordingly, but Bodog made no mention in the tournament details that it would be set up as such. At least I didn’t see anything regarding it.
My first table was very good to me during the re-buy session. I sat down and re-bought right away. If I mess with a re-buy tournament, I prefer to have the maximum amount starting off to combat the donks that are prepared to re-buy 18 times in that first hour. I played a tight game the first hour and slowly built my stack. We had one ATM machine on that table which benefited all others. Once the add-on came and went, got down to business. I continued to build my stack up to 20k over the next hour. Things were going very well. 4 Places paid in this event. Two breaks later and I’m still doing fantastic. 11 players left. At this stage, I normally assess my situation, assess those I’m sitting with, stack size, player image, etc. and determine exactly what I must do to make the money. I failed to adhere to this line of thinking which resulted in a meltdown a few hands into the level. I became enchanted with a suited AQ against a small blind protecting his stake. I raised in position with my AQ, he calls. Flop brings absolutely no help to me. 536 rainbow. In this situation I usually put out a decent bet having position…but always fear the blinds are likely to hit a flop like this. So, I put my feeler out there. He calls. Turn brings another brick. At this point I believe I can outplay him and test the theory. I have him covered by 2k in chips. I push all my chips. He takes some time and thinks. He calls and shows a 67.
At this stage, there were 9 players left in the tournament yet I didn’t know that until after I lost the hand. I was on auto-pilot for some reason and did not take all factors into consideration. I am kicking myself in the ass today big time. The next few hands were uneventful but I ended up busting out 7th. Just no excuse for that. I had a virtual lock and mucked it up all to hell.
So…with that off my chest…today’s a new day. I will turn it around and move forward.
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