The stakes in those things get insanely high insanely fast. A single mistake essentially crippled me. Followed up by a couple nasty beats, and some fatigue, you ain't getting too far
Are there any books that address playing late in limit hold em tourney's? I've gone fairly deep in a few, but seem to make mistakes at some pretty key moments and blow it.
Playing Deep Stack on Stars, 6+ hours in, sitting 35/95 with average stack,
Just took a pep talk from Westside8 on MSN about stealing when the next hand played out...
PokerStars Game #3939400821: Tournament #19225081, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (800/1600) - 2006/02/11 - 18:12:53 (ET)
Table '19225081 129' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: jenniduke (24743 in chips)
Seat 2: Wolffhound (50055 in chips)
Seat 3: chuckie05 (105309 in chips)
Seat 4: earck (61139 in chips)
Seat 5: dombasas (51174 in chips)
Seat 6: chrisb07 (19939 in chips)
Seat 7: MRGUB (35294 in chips)
Seat 8: BadbeatElvis (127618 in chips)
Seat 9: MyDogBobby (47314 in chips)
jenniduke: posts the ante 75
Wolffhound: posts the ante 75
chuckie05: posts the ante 75
earck: posts the ante 75
dombasas: posts the ante 75
chrisb07: posts the ante 75
MRGUB: posts the ante 75
BadbeatElvis: posts the ante 75
MyDogBobby: posts the ante 75
chrisb07: posts small blind 800
MRGUB: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Wolffhound [6c 2c]
BadbeatElvis: folds
MyDogBobby: folds
jenniduke: folds
Wolffhound: raises 2600 to 4200
chuckie05: folds
earck: folds
dombasas: folds
chrisb07: calls 3400
MRGUB: calls 2600
*** FLOP *** [6s 6d 2h]
chrisb07: bets 15664 and is all-in
MRGUB: folds
Wolffhound: calls 15664
*** TURN *** [6s 6d 2h] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [6s 6d 2h Jh] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
chrisb07: shows [5d 5h] (two pair, Sixes and Fives)
Wolffhound: shows [6c 2c] (a full house, Sixes full of Deuces)
Wolffhound collected 44603 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 44603 | Rake 0
Board [6s 6d 2h Jh 7c]
Seat 1: jenniduke folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Wolffhound showed [6c 2c] and won (44603) with a full house, Sixes full of Deuces
Seat 3: chuckie05 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: earck folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: dombasas (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: chrisb07 (small blind) showed [5d 5h] and lost with two pair, Sixes and Fives
Seat 7: MRGUB (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: BadbeatElvis folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: MyDogBobby folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Followed by the following chat..
PokerStars Game #3939415558: Tournament #19225081, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (800/1600) - 2006/02/11 - 18:14:08 (ET)
Table '19225081 129' Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: jenniduke (24668 in chips)
Seat 2: Wolffhound (74719 in chips)
Seat 3: chuckie05 (105234 in chips)
Seat 4: earck (61064 in chips)
Seat 5: dombasas (51099 in chips)
Seat 7: MRGUB (31019 in chips)
Seat 8: BadbeatElvis (127543 in chips)
Seat 9: MyDogBobby (47239 in chips)
jenniduke: posts the ante 75
Wolffhound: posts the ante 75
chuckie05: posts the ante 75
earck: posts the ante 75
dombasas: posts the ante 75
MRGUB: posts the ante 75
BadbeatElvis: posts the ante 75
MyDogBobby: posts the ante 75
BadbeatElvis: posts small blind 800
MyDogBobby: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Wolffhound [7s 5d]
jenniduke: folds
Wolffhound: folds
Wolffhound said, "nice flop"
Wolffhound said, "gg"
chuckie05: folds
earck: raises 3200 to 4800
dombasas: folds
MRGUB: folds
BadbeatElvis: folds
MyDogBobby: folds
chuckie05 said, "nice call pre flop"
earck collected 4600 from pot
earck: doesn't show hand
MRGUB said, "un****ing believable you got software that reads the cards"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4600 | Rake 0
Seat 1: jenniduke folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Wolffhound folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: chuckie05 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: earck collected (4600)
Seat 5: dombasas folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: MRGUB (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: BadbeatElvis (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: MyDogBobby (big blind) folded before Flop
I'm chip leader on prima ( Poker Time) 9 Left, top 10 pay
About 45k stack Blinds at 2nd break, Average stack is around 21k
Tourny ID432221
Nick: Orion42stc
Not a huge prizepool but still. its the thought that counts.
If anyone is still awake at this hour and is interested, I'm in the 11:59 $3R on Stars to qualify for this Sunday's $750K tourney.
23 qualifies, 24th gets $210 or something. I'm sitting at around 30/88 just above avg stack.
Edit: Out in 50th. Stupid residence internet died on me, went from avg stack (40K) to short stack (7K) with blinds at 1.5k/3k in 4 orbits. Pushed UTG with 68 sooted and AQ turned a straight. My life card at the end was no help.
I'm right now in the $3 tournament from 7:05 on Stars, 2nd break, 2nd in chips! TME316 if anyone is interested in watching!
**** Update 42nd now, made a donkey play 3/4 into the hour, lost 3/4 of my stack where I should have just let it go! Ah well, still in with 88 players left
********* Finished 37th, not really what I wanted, got short stacked and had to push, satisfied but wanted that final table bad! Ah well, next time!
I can't help but think the sliced bread move would have worked on that guy with the A5. If you bet out to him $900 I think he would have folded to you.
Comments
The deck is cold as can be though, hope it gets better.
The stakes in those things get insanely high insanely fast. A single mistake essentially crippled me. Followed up by a couple nasty beats, and some fatigue, you ain't getting too far
Are there any books that address playing late in limit hold em tourney's? I've gone fairly deep in a few, but seem to make mistakes at some pretty key moments and blow it.
Just took a pep talk from Westside8 on MSN about stealing when the next hand played out...
PokerStars Game #3939400821: Tournament #19225081, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (800/1600) - 2006/02/11 - 18:12:53 (ET)
Table '19225081 129' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: jenniduke (24743 in chips)
Seat 2: Wolffhound (50055 in chips)
Seat 3: chuckie05 (105309 in chips)
Seat 4: earck (61139 in chips)
Seat 5: dombasas (51174 in chips)
Seat 6: chrisb07 (19939 in chips)
Seat 7: MRGUB (35294 in chips)
Seat 8: BadbeatElvis (127618 in chips)
Seat 9: MyDogBobby (47314 in chips)
jenniduke: posts the ante 75
Wolffhound: posts the ante 75
chuckie05: posts the ante 75
earck: posts the ante 75
dombasas: posts the ante 75
chrisb07: posts the ante 75
MRGUB: posts the ante 75
BadbeatElvis: posts the ante 75
MyDogBobby: posts the ante 75
chrisb07: posts small blind 800
MRGUB: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Wolffhound [6c 2c]
BadbeatElvis: folds
MyDogBobby: folds
jenniduke: folds
Wolffhound: raises 2600 to 4200
chuckie05: folds
earck: folds
dombasas: folds
chrisb07: calls 3400
MRGUB: calls 2600
*** FLOP *** [6s 6d 2h]
chrisb07: bets 15664 and is all-in
MRGUB: folds
Wolffhound: calls 15664
*** TURN *** [6s 6d 2h] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [6s 6d 2h Jh] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
chrisb07: shows [5d 5h] (two pair, Sixes and Fives)
Wolffhound: shows [6c 2c] (a full house, Sixes full of Deuces)
Wolffhound collected 44603 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 44603 | Rake 0
Board [6s 6d 2h Jh 7c]
Seat 1: jenniduke folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Wolffhound showed [6c 2c] and won (44603) with a full house, Sixes full of Deuces
Seat 3: chuckie05 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: earck folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: dombasas (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: chrisb07 (small blind) showed [5d 5h] and lost with two pair, Sixes and Fives
Seat 7: MRGUB (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: BadbeatElvis folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: MyDogBobby folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Followed by the following chat..
PokerStars Game #3939415558: Tournament #19225081, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (800/1600) - 2006/02/11 - 18:14:08 (ET)
Table '19225081 129' Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: jenniduke (24668 in chips)
Seat 2: Wolffhound (74719 in chips)
Seat 3: chuckie05 (105234 in chips)
Seat 4: earck (61064 in chips)
Seat 5: dombasas (51099 in chips)
Seat 7: MRGUB (31019 in chips)
Seat 8: BadbeatElvis (127543 in chips)
Seat 9: MyDogBobby (47239 in chips)
jenniduke: posts the ante 75
Wolffhound: posts the ante 75
chuckie05: posts the ante 75
earck: posts the ante 75
dombasas: posts the ante 75
MRGUB: posts the ante 75
BadbeatElvis: posts the ante 75
MyDogBobby: posts the ante 75
BadbeatElvis: posts small blind 800
MyDogBobby: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Wolffhound [7s 5d]
jenniduke: folds
Wolffhound: folds
Wolffhound said, "nice flop"
Wolffhound said, "gg"
chuckie05: folds
earck: raises 3200 to 4800
dombasas: folds
MRGUB: folds
BadbeatElvis: folds
MyDogBobby: folds
chuckie05 said, "nice call pre flop"
earck collected 4600 from pot
earck: doesn't show hand
MRGUB said, "un****ing believable you got software that reads the cards"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4600 | Rake 0
Seat 1: jenniduke folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Wolffhound folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: chuckie05 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: earck collected (4600)
Seat 5: dombasas folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: MRGUB (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: BadbeatElvis (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: MyDogBobby (big blind) folded before Flop
Thanks Wes for hanging around.
Tired and Donkish at the end.
5500+ entries. Prize pool over 1.1 Million
I'm out in 3433rd place.
How's this for a laydown?
***** Hand History for Game 3543107337 *****
Texas Hold'em Trny:20113688 Level:10 Stakes (600/1200) - Sunday, February 12, 18:13:46 EDT 2006
Table Multi-Table(596595) Table #14 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: BalsaBoy ( $7821 )
Seat 2: CdnMoose04 ( $18516 )
Seat 3: tip32533 ( $20007 )
Seat 4: cthorson8120 ( $3984 )
Seat 5: bennow ( $2210 )
Seat 6: stazrunner ( $1724 )
Seat 7: zanderfish ( $8708 )
Seat 8: ecalete27 ( $39889 )
Seat 9: back2basics2 ( $12981 )
Seat 10: Psychose666 ( $10460 )
Trny:20113688 Level:10
Stakes (600/1200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to CdnMoose04 [ Qc Qs ]
bennow folds.
stazrunner folds.
tip32533: nh
zanderfish folds.
ecalete27 calls [600].
back2basics2 folds.
Psychose666 folds.
BalsaBoy raises [1200].
CdnMoose04 raises [1800].
tip32533 folds.
cthorson8120 folds.
ecalete27 calls [1200].
BalsaBoy raises [1200].
CdnMoose04 calls [600].
ecalete27 calls [600].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Js, Ad, Kc ]
ecalete27 bets [600].
BalsaBoy raises [1200].
CdnMoose04 folds.
ecalete27 raises [1200].
BalsaBoy calls [600].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8s ]
ecalete27 bets [1200].
BalsaBoy raises [2400].
ecalete27 raises [2400].
BalsaBoy is all-In [1221]
ecalete27 calls [21].
** Dealing River ** [ 9s ]
ecalete27 shows [ Qh, Tc ] a straight, ten to ace.
BalsaBoy shows [ As, Ac ] three of a kind, aces.
ecalete27 wins 18942 chips from the main pot with a straight, ten to ace.
Player BalsaBoy finished in 209 place and received $7.25
BalsaBoy has left the table.
About 45k stack Blinds at 2nd break, Average stack is around 21k
Tourny ID432221
Nick: Orion42stc
Not a huge prizepool but still. its the thought that counts.
23 qualifies, 24th gets $210 or something. I'm sitting at around 30/88 just above avg stack.
Edit: Out in 50th. Stupid residence internet died on me, went from avg stack (40K) to short stack (7K) with blinds at 1.5k/3k in 4 orbits. Pushed UTG with 68 sooted and AQ turned a straight. My life card at the end was no help.
**** Update 42nd now, made a donkey play 3/4 into the hour, lost 3/4 of my stack where I should have just let it go! Ah well, still in with 88 players left
********* Finished 37th, not really what I wanted, got short stacked and had to push, satisfied but wanted that final table bad! Ah well, next time!
Bill
I am watching you again.
I can't help but think the sliced bread move would have worked on that guy with the A5. If you bet out to him $900 I think he would have folded to you.
Oh well, rebuild now!
Good luck.
Bill
...one poorly played hand (earlier on) just wrecks you...
Thanks MDS for your support!
Bill
Yeah, i can't win there tonight.
Really, I couldn't lose...(bout damn time). The table resizing is nice...
Quick question, (if), you get heads up in H/L, do both hands still count? LOL, I couldn't ask this to the table so I came here and asked..
stp
Good luck - my first stud tourney on Party(2 weeks ago) I got 2nd
I just finished an $11 Omaha sng (1st Place)
Might watch for awhile - good luck again.
KRT