After going deep in this insane tournament, I have even more respect for those of you that frequently go deep in these things... and to keep coming back for more. Based on the post by
Chad and the comment left by
Anguila, I decided to try a low buy-in tourney. Considering Mrs Recess was napping, I figured it was a perfect time to sign up for a tournament. So I did. I used one of my $26 tokens to play in the $24+2 buy-in 17.5k guarantee on FullTilt. And I did fairly well. I really didn't get good cards except AK a few times but I stole and I tried restealing a lot more than I usually do. And it worked... pretty amazingly. I'm still struggling with the timing of resteals and I'm probably not doing it enough. But it was enough to keep me in contention and I easily survived the money break. However, being card dead late cost me and eventually, I busted out... 66th place out of 1,057...
Over 3 hrs of work, and what do I get for it? A measly $53... Nothing like a $27 profit over 3 hrs... The final table was where all the money was... I need to get there somehow. I have to admit though... I was pretty happy with how I did considering I wasn't getting much to work with. AK twice, no AA, KK or QQ. Got JJ once. In the end, I shoved 77 into the BB's AA. I know this though... the better tournament players certainly know how to steal and resteal even without cards. I need to get there...
6 comments:
Just keep playing, it will all come together one day and you will get a 1st.
Really enjoying your posts. By the way, One 1st or 2nd finish pays off all the losses. Keep trying.
it's not ez getting thru that many donksacs. unless you are King of Donksacs that is.
Tournamnets are -EV for 98% of all players IMO, Cash games are -EV for 90% of all players. Based on that it is like 5 times easier to make money in cash games. The tournament rake is at least 2x the cash game rake (10% vs. 5% max, but 3.5 - 4% typical).
Tournaments are funner though. If you are playing to make money, and you know how to be patient, cash games are the way to go. It would be pretty cool to do a cash game series amoung the bloggers. Play for a couple hours a few times a week, and keep track with poker tracker. That would be cool.
Blinders - funny you say that cuz me personally, I enjoy cash games a lot more. I think that's more fun than tournaments. So I'm all for bloggers cash game series.
Good to see some results! But it's true that tournaments suck if you don't make the final table (I'm also still trying to find my way there...)
Keep it goin'!
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