March 19, 2009

  • Late Stages Mistakes

    IDStart TimeNameBuy-inEntrantsPositionWonNotes
    83998137Mar 19 00:31ETBracelet RaceDouble Stack$200.00 + $1636–
    84209848Mar 19 00:16ET$11K Super Turbo GuaranteeTurbo$110.00 + $7387177–
    82488909Mar 18 23:41ET$1k Thursday Main Event Sat$69.00 + $6406–
    83998144Mar 18 22:51ETSatellite to Bracelet RaceTurbo$24.00 + $25544–
    82488887Mar 18 22:11ET$1k Thursday Main Event Sat$100.00 + $94533–
    83998150Mar 18 21:51ETSatellite to Bracelet RaceTurbo$69.00 + $6361$216
    Entry to tournament #83998137
    82488876Mar 18 21:41ET$1k Thursday Main Event Sat$24.00 + $25545–
    83389094Mar 18 21:31ETThe Fifty-FiftyDouble Stack$50.00 + $5346–
    83995492Mar 18 21:31ETMain Event Shootout$200.00 + $168133–
    82467067Mar 18 21:01ET$100,000 Guarantee (Rebuy)Add onSix Handed$100.00 + $9136–
     
    You made 2 rebuys/add-ons for $200.00 .
    84181315Mar 18 20:01ET$35,000 GuaranteeDouble Stack$24.00 + $21,59975$61.40
    83388167Mar 18 20:01ET$75,000 GuaranteeDouble Stack$150.00 + $1376620$459.60
    83427237Mar 18 19:31ET$33,000 Guarantee (1r+1a)Add on$100.00 + $927852–
     
    You made 2 rebuys/add-ons for $200.00 .
    84174415Mar 18 19:01ETBracelet Race$24.00 + $27956–
    84174413Mar 18 19:01ET$40,000 GuaranteeDouble Stack$69.00 + $6705150–
    83415977Mar 18 18:01ETTurbo $40K GuaranteeSix HandedTurbo$200.00 + $16266198–
    83408886Mar 18 17:01ET$30,000 KO GuaranteeDouble Stack$120.00 + $935952–
     
    You collected $50.00 for 3 Knockouts.
    82495769Mar 18 16:31ETWednesday Main Event QualDouble Stack$200.00 + $167757–
    84156708Mar 18 16:31ET$19,500 Guarantee (Rebuy)Add on$30.00 + $324411$273.37
     
    You made 2 rebuys/add-ons for $60.00 .
    84155000Mar 18 16:16ETBracelet Race$69.00 + $6341$2,000
    Entry to tournament #83112634
    84153349Mar 18 16:01ET$22,500 GuaranteeDouble Stack$69.00 + $637369–
    82471368Mar 18 16:01ET$40,000 Guarantee (Rebuy)Add on$100.00 + $914214$597.50
     
    You made 2 rebuys/add-ons for $200.00 .
    83995513Mar 18 15:51ETSat to Main Event ShootoutSix HandedTurbo$24.00 + $2301$216
    Entry to tournament #83995492
    83995054Mar 18 15:31ETMain Event Shootout$200.00 + $16728–
    84146843Mar 18 15:01ET$21,000 KO GuaranteeDouble Stack$24.00 + $21,178665–
    83393255Mar 18 15:01ET$50,000 GuaranteeDouble Stack$150.00 + $13405278–

    Total spent on buy-ins (incl. rebuys)  = $3367

    Today’s winnings/losses = $3873.87

    Today’s net profit/loss = +$506.87

                   Started off the day running white hot, flopping sets and winning all my races.  This got me to be one of the chip leaders throughout the early and mid stages of virtually all my tournaments.  I must admit I overplayed my big stack in the later stages of my tourneys which caused me to not make any final tables.  I strongly believe my play is definately above average but I still make a lot of mistakes that other professional tournament players have got rid of from their game which explains their frequent top 3 finishes.  Knowing and understanding my leaks is one step, fixing then is another.

                    Most of the equity I made today came from winning another $2k prize package to the WSOP.  Now I have won a total of three prize packages that are worth $6k that I can use for buying into WSOP events.  I’ll keep trying to win as much as I can so I’ll be able to maxamize the amount of tournaments I’ll play over the summer.  The story doesn’t change with the WSOP ME seat, keep getting close but not close enough.  I briefly skimmed over the 2009 WSOP tournament schedule and looks like there will be 20 No Limit Hold’em Events including the Main Event that I would like to play.  Realistically, I’ll probably only play half of those events considering it’ll cost more than $50k to play all 20 events.  We’ll see how much I can make from now till the end of May and decide how many events I will really be able to play.

                    It’s pretty ironic that I am currently ranked in 15th place on the FullTilt TLB but yet I am not even making all that much profits compared to the past few months.  It’s because I’ve been running deep in most of my tournaments but not cashing for big amounts, so the amount I spend on tournaments each day basically breaks me even.  At least losing isn’t a part of the equation anymore.  There were some good plays that I made today with very accurate player specific reads and one hand I took a beat on that I couldn’t help smirk at in a funny way, you’ll see what I mean:

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    GOOD PLAY #1
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    Full Tilt, 150/300 blinds, 25 ante NL Hold’em Tourney, 6 Players
    Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker

    UTG: 10,285 (34.3 bb)
    BTN: 5,161 (17.2 bb)
    SB: 6,915 (23.1 bb)
    4XTRADER (BB): 21,339 (71.1 bb)
    MP: 6,090 (20.3 bb)
    CO: 18,210 (60.7 bb)

    Pre-Flop: 4XTRADER is BB with Two of clubs Five of diamonds
    MP calls 300, CO folds, UTG folds, BTN folds, SB folds, 4XTRADER checks

    Flop: (900) Ace of diamonds Four of diamonds Eight of clubs (2 players)
    4XTRADER checks, MP checks

    Turn: (900) Five of clubs (2 players)
    4XTRADER bets 500, MP calls 500

    River: (1,900) Four of spades (2 players)
    4XTRADER checks, MP bets 1,200, 4XTRADER calls 1,200

    Results: 4,300 pot
    MP showed King of clubs Nine of clubs (a pair of Fours) and lost (-2,025 net)
    4XTRADER showed Two of clubs Five of diamonds (two pairs, Fives and Fours) and won 4,300 (2,275 net)

     

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    GOOD PLAY #2
    ———————

    Full Tilt, 250/500 blinds, 50 ante NL Hold’em Tourney, 8 Players
    Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker

    UTG+2: 8,528 (17.1 bb)
    MP1: 18,058 (36.1 bb)
    MP2: 5,405 (10.8 bb)
    MP3: 8,766 (17.5 bb)
    CO: 3,055 (6.1 bb)
    4XTRADER (BTN): 19,786 (39.6 bb)
    SB: 25,876 (51.8 bb)
    BB: 28,704 (57.4 bb)

    Pre-Flop: 4XTRADER is BTN with Four of diamonds Four of hearts
    UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, 4XTRADER raises to 1,700, SB raises to 4,400, BB folds, 4XTRADER calls 2,700

    Flop: (9,700) Seven of spades Nine of diamonds King of diamonds (2 players)
    SB bets 5,500, 4XTRADER raises to 15,336 and is all-in, SB folds

    Results: 20,700 pot
    4XTRADER has Four of diamonds Four of hearts (a pair of Fours) and won 20,700 (10,750 net)

     

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    FUNNY HAND
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    Full Tilt, 40/80 blinds NL Hold’em Tourney, 8 Players
    Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker

    4XTRADER (MP2): 2,543 (31.8 bb)
    MP3: 1,828 (22.9 bb)
    CO: 1,065 (13.3 bb)
    BTN: 2,265 (28.3 bb)
    SB: 5,900 (73.8 bb)
    BB: 1,040 (13 bb)
    UTG+2: 2,187 (27.3 bb)
    MP1: 1,172 (14.7 bb)

    Pre-Flop: 4XTRADER is MP2 with Five of diamonds Five of hearts
    UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, 4XTRADER raises to 200, MP3 folds, CO folds, BTN calls 200, SB calls 160, BB folds

    Flop: (680) Nine of diamonds Three of spades Two of clubs (3 players)
    SB checks, 4XTRADER bets 420, BTN calls 420, SB calls 420

    Turn: (1,940) Five of spades (3 players)
    SB checks, 4XTRADER checks, BTN bets 1,645 and is all-in, SB raises to 5,280 and is all-in, 4XTRADER calls 1,923 and is all-in

    River: (7,431) Ten of clubs (3 players, 3 are all-in)

    Results: 7,431 pot
    SB showed Two of spades Two of diamonds (three of a kind, Twos) and lost (-2,543 net)
    4XTRADER showed Five of diamonds Five of hearts (three of a kind, Fives) and won 556 (-1,987 net)
    BTN showed Ten of diamonds Ten of spades (three of a kind, Tens) and won 6,875 (4,610 net)

     

     

     


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