ken_p (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ken_p) wrote,@ 2006-09-14 08:39:00 |
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SnG update
Yesterday, I played two SnGs. I shoulda stood in bed. I looked, felt, acted like a donkey. I was as card dead as it gets in both. Trying to manufacture a game with nothing is going to make one into a perceived donkey. And yesterday, my ears grew like Pinocchio's nose as the games progressed. My original bankroll on FT went slightly red today after buying in.
What a difference a day makes!
Today, I positively killed. It started with picking up QQ early on. There was a 10x bet that was called. I had both as loose players so I did the normal early, donkey move and pushed em all out there. To my shock I ended up with 3 callers. (Gambling hands all; more suited to a bluff when your M=5.) The flop brought hearts and the turn paired the 9 and the river pretty much blanked. I hadn't held much hope with four players but the QQ's held up and I had a massive stack. Many will turn on the aggression at that point. I don't. I become a rock and try to either break or fold players with better post flop play.
It wasn't all roses. I called an overbet with 99 and the flop came 9KK. The other player was aggressive and had been the original better so I check and he bet big and I put him all-in. He turned up AA and I felt pretty good until he hit his 4-outer when the K on the turn counterfeited my boat. I typed NH and he said TY. I did get the enjoyment of busting him later when he called with a weak draw.
When we got to the money, I had best stack by a nice bit. One of the players was semi-passive but had to show down some bluff-type hands. The other was pure aggression and fortunately on my right. I turned passive and let them duke it out but caught a hand against the more passive player and went to heads up with over a two to one advantage. He kept pounding out his standard 500-chip bets and I let him run a bit with the occasional raise of my own to keep it fairly even. I finally picked up 77 in the big blind and got his standard 500 bet. I raised him all in and was happy to see A4 be turned up. He didn't suck out and I left the table feeling damn good about myself.
In other times, I'd have rushed to the next SnG. Today, I shut down FT to gloat a bit. Why turn feeling like a god back into being a Grand Canyon pack animal?
Yesterday, I played two SnGs. I shoulda stood in bed. I looked, felt, acted like a donkey. I was as card dead as it gets in both. Trying to manufacture a game with nothing is going to make one into a perceived donkey. And yesterday, my ears grew like Pinocchio's nose as the games progressed. My original bankroll on FT went slightly red today after buying in.
What a difference a day makes!
Today, I positively killed. It started with picking up QQ early on. There was a 10x bet that was called. I had both as loose players so I did the normal early, donkey move and pushed em all out there. To my shock I ended up with 3 callers. (Gambling hands all; more suited to a bluff when your M=5.) The flop brought hearts and the turn paired the 9 and the river pretty much blanked. I hadn't held much hope with four players but the QQ's held up and I had a massive stack. Many will turn on the aggression at that point. I don't. I become a rock and try to either break or fold players with better post flop play.
It wasn't all roses. I called an overbet with 99 and the flop came 9KK. The other player was aggressive and had been the original better so I check and he bet big and I put him all-in. He turned up AA and I felt pretty good until he hit his 4-outer when the K on the turn counterfeited my boat. I typed NH and he said TY. I did get the enjoyment of busting him later when he called with a weak draw.
When we got to the money, I had best stack by a nice bit. One of the players was semi-passive but had to show down some bluff-type hands. The other was pure aggression and fortunately on my right. I turned passive and let them duke it out but caught a hand against the more passive player and went to heads up with over a two to one advantage. He kept pounding out his standard 500-chip bets and I let him run a bit with the occasional raise of my own to keep it fairly even. I finally picked up 77 in the big blind and got his standard 500 bet. I raised him all in and was happy to see A4 be turned up. He didn't suck out and I left the table feeling damn good about myself.
In other times, I'd have rushed to the next SnG. Today, I shut down FT to gloat a bit. Why turn feeling like a god back into being a Grand Canyon pack animal?
