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Originally Posted by IHaveThreePair
Going to play some Live poker tonight and hopefully feel better about the game. Have not played live for months, and playing a £10k gtd in plymouth. 25K starting with 25/50 blinds and a 25k add on for 1/2 of the entry price. 45 min levels so total opposite of 9man turbo SnGs but should be fun.
Looking forward to playing some deep poker again. Hopefully make a run.
So played Day 1b of this Live Tourney on Friday Night. Played really well, super happy with all of my decisions and felt like I didn't make a wrong decision all night.
I had never really set 'session goals' before, but had seen a few Pros doing it in the WSOP so decided to try it out. My goals were to be at 45k by the Add-on, and then 115k by the end of the night. That would have given me 60BB going into Day to.
Was at 48k by the first break which I was pumped about as I ran pretty good but felt like I got the maximum most times. I had a super clear read on pretty much the whole table and felt like a boss. I've never really felt like that before at the Live table. I've always not really had the confidence if there was a reg at the table.
Coming into the last level of the night I was at about 120k, and then with about 4 hands left there was a super short stack on the BB (he had about 25k and made it clear he was going to either spin it up or bust). The HJ opens to 2.5x (who I had been playing pots with all night and clearly wasn't happy) and I flat with ATo. The BB shoves blind and the HJ folds but is clearly pretty pissed about it.
We flip and he has 52o vs my ATo for a pot which would have given me chip lead for my day. Flop comes 2s9sJs (we have As), turn is the 8x so we now have two overs, OESD and FD, but we brick river.
So finished the day on 88k which I was obviously not pumped about but still happy with how I played.
PLayed day 2 yesterday and had a pretty good first table. We were first table to break which was a little disappointing but w/e.
Managed to chip up to 170k in the first level without being all-in. Just ran good and got the maximum..
Anyway, to stop this story dragging on - I feel like I played pretty well all day. Missed some value in some spots, but other than that I feel like I didn't put a foot wrong. I made some pretty light calls like I tend to do, but in each spot I really spent time analysing the situation and playing the hand out in my head which really helped.
We made the money with about 11bb, then ran ok in the run up to FT (15 paid). Made the FT in 7/9 with about 15bb and then got AQ vs AQ and made runner runner flush which was abit sick and I felt pretty sorry for the dude. I took 80% of his chips, but it did mean I had chips to play some pots which was great.
Ended up knocking a couple people out and went into 4 handed with about 35bb with a 30bb avg stack.
Managed to knock out the resident sicko reg in 4th with QQ vs QT sb vs bb and 3 handed we made a deal to even the payouts which I was pumped with because 3rd was £2,500 before deal and it bumped up to £3250. Even tho I had chip lead I knew the other guys were better than me so wanted to lessen variance.
Then the two other guys got into a huge pot for like 70% of the chips in play and left the other dude with 1bb so he busted and we were HU. I called a shove with JJ vs his QT and he flops trip tens which was a bit sick when we were 3 handed so I was already a bit short.
Got back to about a 55/45 chip distribution in his favour and then just ran bad. Ended up getting all in pre with KQs and he wakes up with AKs and we're no good.
Still took home £4250 and as you can probably tell by my rambling on here I'm pretty pumped. It was so good to play some deep poker again and I feel really happy with how I played and I know now that I can play with some of the better regs in my area and they aren't completely crushing me. I feel like I got some real respect from those guys and two of the dealers actually picked me ftw from how they saw me play on Day 1 which was super nice and gave me a massive confidence boost.
anyway, stoked on Poker right now even if I am running like dog-****e online!