Gotta try something. Overall I'm a losing player on stars, and was a winning player on FTP - go figure. The start of this challenge is my new "first deposit" and will be working my arse off to get back onto the winning side of the ROI :-)
Aaarghhhh. The last 10 sucked. Couldn't do anything right.....even when I did everything right. Switched to the Regular $3.50 SnGs for the last 3 vice the turbos. Placed in 2 out of those 3 so maybe I need the extra time......
Admittedly I am WAY stronger at regular SnG's (at least I was on FTP......). Have not figured out the turbos. Know I have to be way more aggressive but haven't found the right mixture yet. Any hints are gratefully accepted
Tight until the antes kick in. Cause they will pay you off.
Once the antes start you need to ratchet up the aggression. Building a big stack before you hit the final table is imperative so you can punish the tight nits who don't want to bubble
Never worry about bubbling since 1 & 2nd is where the money is
Tight until the antes kick in. Cause they will pay you off.
Thanks. Will gives this a try in near future, really want to get good at turbos.. lots of traffic and am assuming the games are fairly soft at low buy-ins.....
On an aside, will stick to my strengths for the $3.50 SnG challenge which seems to be the Regular SnGs. Since switching over from the turbos, cashed 3 out of 4^-^
Needed a little motivation. Saw the challenge, thought I would give it a try. Here are my results for the first 50. Hope to do do better on the next 50.
Needed a little motivation. Saw the challenge, thought I would give it a try. Here are my results for the first 50. Hope to do do better on the next 50.
Doing fine, read the forum everyday, just don't have a lot to say. Just try to soak up all the info I can from all the better players on the forum. Playing mostly cash games, up and down like a yoyo.Though I'd give sit n goes a shot, haven't played them in a while. Going to try and get more live games in 2012. Take care.
I'll let you you know how I do tonight.... Silly season keeping me busy doing other things, not a lot of time for poker (skiing in the Rockies, hanging with my kids:D )
Can always use a little luck, 12bb left though it was time to push, just my luck to run into a shitstorm. Worked out
PokerStars Game #72882069825: Tournament #490758657, $6.37+$0.63 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2011/12/27 22:14:59 ET
Table '490758657 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: BurkeNess12 (4965 in chips)
Seat 2: kurokira (2380 in chips)
Seat 5: SteelPitt (1910 in chips)
Seat 6: jamrag (1855 in chips)
Seat 8: $Mordenkain$ (1160 in chips)
Seat 9: AAKK_Gambler (1230 in chips)
BurkeNess12: posts small blind 75
kurokira: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SteelPitt [5c 5s]
SteelPitt: raises 1760 to 1910 and is all-in
jamrag: calls 1855 and is all-in
$Mordenkain$: folds
AAKK_Gambler: calls 1230 and is all-in
BurkeNess12: folds
kurokira: calls 1760
*** FLOP *** [4d 5d 9c]
*** TURN *** [4d 5d 9c] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [4d 5d 9c 4s] [Js]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
kurokira: shows [Kh Kd] (two pair, Kings and Fours)
SteelPitt: shows [5c 5s] (a full house, Fives full of Fours)
SteelPitt collected 110 from side pot-2
jamrag: shows [Ks Ad] (a pair of Fours)
SteelPitt collected 1875 from side pot-1
AAKK_Gambler: shows (two pair, Tens and Fours)
SteelPitt collected 4995 from main pot
jamrag finished the tournament in 5th place
AAKK_Gambler finished the tournament in 6th place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6980 Main pot 4995. Side pot-1 1875. Side pot-2 110. | Rake 0
Board [4d 5d 9c 4s Js]
Seat 1: BurkeNess12 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: kurokira (big blind) showed [Kh Kd] and lost with two pair, Kings and Fours
Seat 5: SteelPitt showed [5c 5s] and won (6980) with a full house, Fives full of Fours
Seat 6: jamrag showed [Ks Ad] and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 8: $Mordenkain$ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: AAKK_Gambler (button) showed and lost with two pair, Tens and Fours
Off to a good start on this set of 10. A 2nd, 3rd and 5th. Ran into the table luckbox on the 5th.... Almost every hand he was involved in he had the nuts... and I'm not exagerating. Think he knocked out four of five on all-ins. Know what comes around goes around.... I've been the table luckbox once or twice where I flop great on what seems like every other hand and get dealt beaucoup premium hands....:D
Wow, turbos are a lot harder than I thought they would be, even at this level.
After 100 games:
First - 15
Second - 10
Third - 10
Bubble - 14
Total Won: $355.55
Cost: $350.00
Profit: $5.55
ROI: 1.6%
at least you finished in the positive. i still have a decent chunk of games left. hopefully between today and tomorrow i can finish them off. i might just have to open a ton tomorrow and multi-table just to complete them.
I started doing this on Dec 11th, playing 3.50 single table turbo's.
70 GP (there's a couple 1.50 Turbo's after a 15 game no cash streak)
1st- 10
2nd- 8
3rd- 8
Buy in- 236.50
Won $- 230.35
ROI- (1.02%)
Comments
1st: 15
2nd: 8
3rd: 6
4th: 12
Won: $315.77
Profit: $14.77
ROI: 4.9%
Not to play one upmanship but I played 4 turbos - 2 firsts and 1 second. :P
Maybe I am calculating it wrong.
I have played 86 games ($301.00) and have won 15 (15 x$14.23 = $213.45) plus 8 2nds (8 x $8.53 = $68.24) plus 6 3rds (6 x $5.68 = $34.08) = $315.77
That's a profit of $14.77 divided by buy-ins ($301) = 4.9%
looks right to me.
I was thinking the same Richard!
But than I saw how many games he played and thought ok, that makes more sense,lol:)
Confirmed, still the same crap as where I left off so far, it will be a true Christmas miracle if I can ever hit 12-21 outs on this site.
Profit----ROI
$3.50---1----2
5----3----9
20----$59.51--(-$10.49)--(-16%ish)
Aaarghhhh. The last 10 sucked. Couldn't do anything right.....even when I did everything right. Switched to the Regular $3.50 SnGs for the last 3 vice the turbos. Placed in 2 out of those 3 so maybe I need the extra time......
You just have to learn to play them.
Once the antes start you need to ratchet up the aggression. Building a big stack before you hit the final table is imperative so you can punish the tight nits who don't want to bubble
Never worry about bubbling since 1 & 2nd is where the money is
Thanks. Will gives this a try in near future, really want to get good at turbos.. lots of traffic and am assuming the games are fairly soft at low buy-ins.....
On an aside, will stick to my strengths for the $3.50 SnG challenge which seems to be the Regular SnGs. Since switching over from the turbos, cashed 3 out of 4^-^
Botmac! How have you been?
Looks like your doing good in the poker.
Glad to see you guys do well than these russians we play against;)
Anybody else in this thread got some updates?
PokerStars Game #72882069825: Tournament #490758657, $6.37+$0.63 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2011/12/27 22:14:59 ET
Table '490758657 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: BurkeNess12 (4965 in chips)
Seat 2: kurokira (2380 in chips)
Seat 5: SteelPitt (1910 in chips)
Seat 6: jamrag (1855 in chips)
Seat 8: $Mordenkain$ (1160 in chips)
Seat 9: AAKK_Gambler (1230 in chips)
BurkeNess12: posts small blind 75
kurokira: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SteelPitt [5c 5s]
SteelPitt: raises 1760 to 1910 and is all-in
jamrag: calls 1855 and is all-in
$Mordenkain$: folds
AAKK_Gambler: calls 1230 and is all-in
BurkeNess12: folds
kurokira: calls 1760
*** FLOP *** [4d 5d 9c]
*** TURN *** [4d 5d 9c] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [4d 5d 9c 4s] [Js]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
kurokira: shows [Kh Kd] (two pair, Kings and Fours)
SteelPitt: shows [5c 5s] (a full house, Fives full of Fours)
SteelPitt collected 110 from side pot-2
jamrag: shows [Ks Ad] (a pair of Fours)
SteelPitt collected 1875 from side pot-1
AAKK_Gambler: shows (two pair, Tens and Fours)
SteelPitt collected 4995 from main pot
jamrag finished the tournament in 5th place
AAKK_Gambler finished the tournament in 6th place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6980 Main pot 4995. Side pot-1 1875. Side pot-2 110. | Rake 0
Board [4d 5d 9c 4s Js]
Seat 1: BurkeNess12 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: kurokira (big blind) showed [Kh Kd] and lost with two pair, Kings and Fours
Seat 5: SteelPitt showed [5c 5s] and won (6980) with a full house, Fives full of Fours
Seat 6: jamrag showed [Ks Ad] and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 8: $Mordenkain$ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: AAKK_Gambler (button) showed and lost with two pair, Tens and Fours
After 100 games:
First - 15
Second - 10
Third - 10
Bubble - 14
Total Won: $355.55
Cost: $350.00
Profit: $5.55
ROI: 1.6%
at least you finished in the positive. i still have a decent chunk of games left. hopefully between today and tomorrow i can finish them off. i might just have to open a ton tomorrow and multi-table just to complete them.
Games: 60
1st: 8
2nd: 10
3rd: 4
Won: $221.86
Profit: $11.86
ROI: 5.6%
I'm nowhere close. kids Christmas vacations keeping me away from the tables.... but I can't complain, having a hoot skiing, etc.
Hope to get back to the grind soon....
Games: 75
1st: 12
2nd: 10
3rd: 6
Won: $290.14
Profit: $27.64
ROI: 10.5%
Games: 100 x $3.50 = $350.00
1st: 17 x $14.23 = $241.91
2nd: 13 x $8.53 = $110.89
3rd: 8 x $5.68 = $45.44
Won: $398.24
Profit: $48.24
ROI: 13.8%
too excited...lol
70 GP (there's a couple 1.50 Turbo's after a 15 game no cash streak)
1st- 10
2nd- 8
3rd- 8
Buy in- 236.50
Won $- 230.35
ROI- (1.02%)