More MTT Torture ... But No Beats.
Well, there are ALWAYS beats, but nothing so drastic as to put me out of a tournament - or anything to the extent that I want to take up chess again.
I played two MTTs tonight,
PokerStars $20/2 NLHE
Ultimate Bet $5/.50 NLHE
Both tournaments drew over 800 entrants, so I knew getting deep would take a few hours. I don't know why I played more than one MTT - I guess I'm so used to multi-tabling cash games, but tonight I gave it a shot. The UB tournament started @ 11p, and Stars started 1/2 hr later. Nothing much happened notable. Good hands won, I got lucky a few times, I witnessed horrid play on a consistent basis, etc.
UB
I got ITM at UB for a win of $18.27. Not too bad considering the buy-in of $5. I busted out 40/812 when (severely short) I pushed my final T$11k w/ 22. I was called by AQo, and a river Q sent me home.
Stars
Just 3 minutes before that, we were facing a bubble situation at Stars. There are 83 players left, and my position is 74/83. Not being a complete moron, I know that I can make ITM by simply folding into the money. Payouts start at 81. I had to decide what to do. Simply put, I wanted to play aggressively. I wanted to take advantage of my table's tight nature, and make ITM w/ SOME KIND of chip stack. 6 BB's isn't going to cut it! So, in MP, w/ AQo, I push. I again, have first-in equity, and it's folded to the big blind. He probably has me doubled, but he's certainly NOT a big stack. (I wouldn't have done this against a big stack.) He thinks....
I'm BEGGING my computer screen for a fold. He still thinking and he's requested time. Meanwhile, I hear Jessica Simpson on MTV. As I turn to look at Jessica, I hear the "call" sound. FUCK! I turn around and he flips 66. I KNOW this is a race I'm not going to win. I hit a Q, but he hits a 6.
Happens.
After the last two nights, I wasn't phased by it. "gg" The best I could come up with was that he wanted a coin-flip? I dunno. Who cares. Looking back, I SHOULD have folded into the money and THEN made a move like that... LOL, but whatever - the table was tight.
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On two good notes: I'm 6 FPPs away from Stars releasing my WCOOP bonus! Nice. Even sweeter: I got my UB rakeback payment today. Nice!
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I'm definitely becoming more of a force. I've played 5 MTTs this week, and so far, I've ITM-ed three of them and bubbled the other two. Without worrying about results, I'm extremely happy with the decisions I make at the table. Shit, I'll take 60% ITM all day. :)
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Lou
I played two MTTs tonight,
PokerStars $20/2 NLHE
Ultimate Bet $5/.50 NLHE
Both tournaments drew over 800 entrants, so I knew getting deep would take a few hours. I don't know why I played more than one MTT - I guess I'm so used to multi-tabling cash games, but tonight I gave it a shot. The UB tournament started @ 11p, and Stars started 1/2 hr later. Nothing much happened notable. Good hands won, I got lucky a few times, I witnessed horrid play on a consistent basis, etc.
UB
I got ITM at UB for a win of $18.27. Not too bad considering the buy-in of $5. I busted out 40/812 when (severely short) I pushed my final T$11k w/ 22. I was called by AQo, and a river Q sent me home.
Stars
Just 3 minutes before that, we were facing a bubble situation at Stars. There are 83 players left, and my position is 74/83. Not being a complete moron, I know that I can make ITM by simply folding into the money. Payouts start at 81. I had to decide what to do. Simply put, I wanted to play aggressively. I wanted to take advantage of my table's tight nature, and make ITM w/ SOME KIND of chip stack. 6 BB's isn't going to cut it! So, in MP, w/ AQo, I push. I again, have first-in equity, and it's folded to the big blind. He probably has me doubled, but he's certainly NOT a big stack. (I wouldn't have done this against a big stack.) He thinks....
I'm BEGGING my computer screen for a fold. He still thinking and he's requested time. Meanwhile, I hear Jessica Simpson on MTV. As I turn to look at Jessica, I hear the "call" sound. FUCK! I turn around and he flips 66. I KNOW this is a race I'm not going to win. I hit a Q, but he hits a 6.
Happens.
After the last two nights, I wasn't phased by it. "gg" The best I could come up with was that he wanted a coin-flip? I dunno. Who cares. Looking back, I SHOULD have folded into the money and THEN made a move like that... LOL, but whatever - the table was tight.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
On two good notes: I'm 6 FPPs away from Stars releasing my WCOOP bonus! Nice. Even sweeter: I got my UB rakeback payment today. Nice!
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
I'm definitely becoming more of a force. I've played 5 MTTs this week, and so far, I've ITM-ed three of them and bubbled the other two. Without worrying about results, I'm extremely happy with the decisions I make at the table. Shit, I'll take 60% ITM all day. :)
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Lou
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