Ok. So seriously, that was the absolute most soul crushing session of poker I have ever played. I played a total of 3.75 hours, 16 tabling until the last hour and a half when I said **** it and decided to call my session early. I saw my AA and KK get cracked by sets, I shoved into BB who woke up with AA at least a dozen times. Overall extremely discouraging.
I played 47 games in that 3.75 hours. I cashed on all of 5 tournaments. Three of those cashes were for the minimum. Despite my atrocious beats I took throughout the session, I once again finished on a high note. I shipped one tournament via relentless, have no fear, blind stealing and catching a few lucky spots where I won as a 60/40 dog etc.
The 5th tournament I cashed in for 2nd place, was much, much more interesting. I have outlined a few hands from that tournament below, which will tell the story pretty well.
First major swing, a nasty nasty beat on the FT.
Poker Stars $2.00+$0.20 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t2500/t5000 Blinds + t500 - 6 players
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Hero (SB): t40606 M = 3.87
BB: t42485 M = 4.05
UTG: t92496 M = 8.81
MP: t39624 M = 3.77
CO: t19210 M = 1.83
BTN: t35579 M = 3.39
Pre Flop: (t10500) Hero is SB with A
K
3 folds, BTN calls t5000,
Hero raises to t40106 all in,
1 fold, BTN calls t30079 all in
Flop: (t78158) 3
8
Q
(2 players - 2 are all in)
Turn: (t78158) Q
(2 players - 2 are all in)
River: (t78158) J
(2 players - 2 are all in)
Final Pot: t78158
Hero shows A
K
(a pair of Queens)
BTN shows 8
A
(two pair, Queens and Eights)
BTN wins t78158
Opted not to shove the next hand as I was holding 2/4 os on the button and had no FE as I couldn't even complete the blinds. Which led to this hand:
Poker Stars $2.00+$0.20 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t3000/t6000 Blinds + t600 - 6 players
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Hero (CO): t4427 M = 0.35
BTN: t30385 M = 2.41
SB: t100996 M = 8.02
BB: t38524 M = 3.06
UTG: t18110 M = 1.44
MP: t77558 M = 6.16
Pre Flop: (t12600) Hero is CO with 5
K
1 fold,
MP raises to t12000, Hero calls t3827 all in,
3 folds
Flop: (t22427) K
Q
4
(2 players - 1 is all in)
Turn: (t22427) 6
(2 players - 1 is all in)
River: (t22427) 9
(2 players - 1 is all in)
Final Pot: t22427
Hero shows 5
K
(a pair of Kings)
MP shows 7
8
(high card King)
MP wins t4346
Hero wins t18081
And then:
Poker Stars $2.00+$0.20 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t3000/t6000 Blinds + t600 - 6 players
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Hero (MP): t18081 M = 1.44
CO: t29785 M = 2.36
BTN: t97396 M = 7.73
SB: t31924 M = 2.53
BB: t17510 M = 1.39
UTG: t75304 M = 5.98
Pre Flop: (t12600) Hero is MP with 4
A
1 fold,
Hero raises to t17481 all in,
3 folds, BB calls t10910 all in
Flop: (t40420) Q
9
6
(2 players - 2 are all in)
Turn: (t40420) A
(2 players - 2 are all in)
River: (t40420) Q
(2 players - 2 are all in)
Final Pot: t40420
Hero shows 4
A
(two pair, Aces and Queens)
BB shows 3
3
(two pair, Queens and Threes)
Hero wins t40420
A few more small steals and then:
Poker Stars $2.00+$0.20 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t3500/t7000 Blinds + t700 - 3 players
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Hero (BTN): t79715 M = 6.33
SB: t137481 M = 10.91
BB: t52804 M = 4.19
Pre Flop: (t12600) Hero is BTN with 7
7
Hero raises to t79015 all in,
1 fold, BB calls t45104 all in
Flop: (t109808) 9
J
5
(2 players - 2 are all in)
Turn: (t109808) K
(2 players - 2 are all in)
River: (t109808) 9
(2 players - 2 are all in)
Final Pot: t109808
Hero shows 7
7
(two pair, Nines and Sevens)
BB shows Q
A
(a pair of Nines)
Hero wins t109808
HU goes back and forth for a few hands, trying to feel him out. Knew if I could hit hard, I could stack him off Post Flop. Then this comes along:
Poker Stars $2.00+$0.20 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t3500/t7000 Blinds + t700 - 2 players
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Hero (BB): t124819 M = 10.49
BTN/SB: t145181 M = 12.20
Pre Flop: (t11900) Hero is BB with 7
8
BTN/SB raises to t21000, Hero calls t14000
Flop: (t43400) 4
7
3
(2 players)
Hero checks,
BTN/SB bets t28000,
Hero raises to t103119 all in, BTN/SB calls t75119
Turn: (t249638) 3
(2 players - 1 is all in)
River: (t249638) 8
(2 players - 1 is all in)
Final Pot: t249638
Hero shows 7
8
(two pair, Eights and Sevens)
BTN/SB shows K
3
(three of a kind, Threes)
BTN/SB wins t249638
And that's all she wrote.
Anyways, that 3.75 hours puts me at a total of
18/20 hours played this weekend. Close enough for me considering I missed all day Friday and I will likely also spend another hour or two doing review this evening. May spend some time brushing up on backgammon strategy as well as I have been spending some of my weekends playing for cash with the old man, and at $5 a point, it'd be nice if I could beat him regularly =).
BR and WR updates are below. I have also taken this opportunity to add a graph of my MTT winnings to date. On a side note, I'm about 85% of the way to unlocking my first $10 Stellar Bonus Reward !@! Yay !@!
Session NET $89.36
FTP BR: $280.47 (Cash Game, WR =
2.21 PTBB/100)
Stars BR: $527.66 (MTT, WR =
81% ROI)
(Daily NET $147.12)
Yes yes, sample size is still very small and the ROI is likely unsustainable. Waiting for it to settle in the 40-50% region (hopefully).
Until next time all. Enjoy the rest of your evenings and don't forget, have 50000000 BI's for whatever you play, cause variance is an absolute bitch.