Only way I know how to win a tournament....

stpboy

Currently playing in a stars $10 MTT, 1032 players to start.  I'm in the top 20 or so with 250 remaining.  Anyway, to my point. 

Stats....

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 115 hands and saw flop:
- 8 out of 13 times while in big blind (61%)
- 4 out of 13 times while in small blind (30%)
- 17 out of 89 times in other positions (19%)
- a total of 29 out of 115 (25%)
Pots won at showdown - 11 of 11 (100%)
Pots won without showdown - 12

Just as I was posting this I picked up AJ utg and folded it, someone ended up all in with AQ vs. 77.  Hopefully this doens't jinx me....

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Hork42

I fail to understand your point, but good luck in your tourney.

stpboy

Sorry, I just bolded my point. Rare that I can get this deep without loosing a showdown. Thanks for the luck....

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esool

stpboy wrote:

Just as I was posting this I picked up AJ utg and folded it,

I realize AJ is not a great hand but with your stack I would throw in a 3X raise and see what happens.
Perhaps this is another hole in my game?

stpboy

esool wrote:

stpboy wrote:

Just as I was posting this I picked up AJ utg and folded it,

I realize AJ is not a great hand but with your stack I would throw in a 3X raise and see what happens.
Perhaps this is another hole in my game?

Perhaps with a hand other than AJ I would Also, the table was getting very raise happy and I didn't want to face one. Now, on this hand the table was very passive...

PokerStars Game #3652616211: Tournament #17677039, Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2006/01/16 - 00:45:01 (ET)
Table '17677039 54' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: WESTBYGVA (1435 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: splitwi!son (13105 in chips)
Seat 3: drheinz98 (26317 in chips)
Seat 4: stpboy77 (15747 in chips)
Seat 5: kdfeild (9782 in chips)
Seat 6: Pulverizer (5010 in chips)
Seat 7: 1BadByrd (5370 in chips)
Seat 8: Mega (9904 in chips)
Seat 9: strt8up (10870 in chips)
WESTBYGVA: posts the ante 25
splitwi!son: posts the ante 25
drheinz98: posts the ante 25
stpboy77: posts the ante 25
kdfeild: posts the ante 25
Pulverizer: posts the ante 25
1BadByrd: posts the ante 25
Mega: posts the ante 25
strt8up: posts the ante 25
splitwi!son: posts small blind 200
drheinz98: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stpboy77 [Ad 4d]
stpboy77: raises 800 to 1200
kdfeild: folds
Pulverizer: folds
1BadByrd: folds
Mega: folds
strt8up: folds
WESTBYGVA: folds
splitwi!son: folds
drheinz98: calls 800
*** FLOP *** [3d 6d 2s]
drheinz98: checks
stpboy77: bets 1600
drheinz98: raises 2400 to 4000
stpboy77: calls 2400
*** TURN *** [3d 6d 2s]
drheinz98: bets 18000
stpboy77: calls 10522 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [3d 6d 2s Td] [Jc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
drheinz98: shows [4c 5c] (a straight, Deuce to Six)
stpboy77: shows [Ad 4d] (a flush, Ace high)
stpboy77 collected 31869 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 31869 | Rake 0
Board [3d 6d 2s Td Jc]
Seat 1: WESTBYGVA (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: splitwi!son (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: drheinz98 (big blind) showed [4c 5c] and lost with a straight, Deuce to Six
Seat 4: stpboy77 showed [Ad 4d] and won (31869) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 5: kdfeild folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Pulverizer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: 1BadByrd folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Mega folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: strt8up folded before Flop (didn't bet)

specialK

how did you end up doing in this stp?

Hork42

Ahh, not getting sucked out on. Goes a long way for the short term game

Yeah, i know what you mean with the AJ. Sometimes you just have a feeling that the pot will be raised from someone in late pos and then you'll either have to let the hand go or see a flop feeling really uncomfortable with where you stand. When I'm feeling 'on', I'll fold hands like that from UTG too.

stpboy

specialK wrote:

how did you end up doing in this stp?

Your current position is 10 out of 117, was the chip leader at the 2nd break but finally lost a showdown....damn battle of the blinds!

stpboy77 on stars

stpboy

Another AJ hand, another situation. 

PokerStars Game #3653174392: Tournament #17677039, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (800/1600) - 2006/01/16 - 01:49:16 (ET)
Table '17677039 44' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: JUSBCAREFUL (26644 in chips)
Seat 2: stpboy77 (35654 in chips)
Seat 3: charr (39819 in chips)
Seat 4: LefttheHouse (34572 in chips)
Seat 5: lefty300 (51260 in chips)
Seat 6: frank N bean (50342 in chips)
Seat 7: uchbaby (43983 in chips)
Seat 8: BigDennys (29274 in chips)
Seat 9: 36crazyfists (28489 in chips)
JUSBCAREFUL: posts the ante 75
stpboy77: posts the ante 75
charr: posts the ante 75
LefttheHouse: posts the ante 75
lefty300: posts the ante 75
frank N bean: posts the ante 75
uchbaby: posts the ante 75
BigDennys: posts the ante 75
36crazyfists: posts the ante 75
charr: posts small blind 800
LefttheHouse: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stpboy77 [Jc Ah]
lefty300: folds
frank N bean: folds
uchbaby: folds
BigDennys: raises 1600 to 3200
36crazyfists: folds
JUSBCAREFUL: folds
stpboy77: raises 4800 to 8000
charr: raises 31744 to 39744 and is all-in
LefttheHouse: folds
BigDennys: folds
stpboy77: folds
charr collected 21475 from pot
charr: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 21475 | Rake 0
Seat 1: JUSBCAREFUL folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: stpboy77 (button) folded before Flop
Seat 3: charr (small blind) collected (21475)
Seat 4: LefttheHouse (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: lefty300 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: frank N bean folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: uchbaby folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: BigDennys folded before Flop
Seat 9: 36crazyfists folded before Flop (didn't bet)


Player at the table and a few railbirds (which you can't see) don't like my fold from the previous hand...

Dealt to stpboy77 [8d Jc]
frank N bean: folds
uchbaby: folds
LefttheHouse said, "dont understand that bet"
BigDennys: folds
stpboy77 said, "from?"
LefttheHouse said, "you"
36crazyfists is disconnected
stpboy77 said, "from me?  I felt as though i was beat, hence the fold"
stpboy77 said, "are you still in the tournament?"---talking to a railbird
LefttheHouse said, "if hand is that weak why bet?"
36crazyfists has timed out while disconnected
36crazyfists: folds
36crazyfists is sitting out
JUSBCAREFUL: folds
LefttheHouse said, "im new at this"
stpboy77: folds
charr: folds
LefttheHouse: calls 800
lefty300: raises 6400 to 8000
LefttheHouse: folds
stpboy77 said, "I can loan you a book if you'd like but im not going to sit here and write one"


I ended up 31/1032 in this tournament for a measly $31. I pushed on the button with AJ (of course) and got called by the small with AQ, unlucky me. Finished 14/16 in showdowns, good times.

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westside8

Looks like you should just avoid AJ in general stp. Tough way to go out.

stpboy

westside8 wrote:

Looks like you should just avoid AJ in general stp.  Tough way to go out. 

Yeah, short handed table of 7 I like my odds with AJ. Especially when it's folded to me on the button. Why couldn't he have A10 like I wanted him to This Corona sure is making me feel better about it though In all fairness though, I'll tell you, It's much better to get eliminated by a better hand then get beat by an inferior one. Yes, now everyone can say together...all at once "Thanks Captain Obvious!". I'm just sayin.

Thanks for railbirdin' me...Wes

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SirWatts

I fold AJo UTG a lot too, it's probably my default play though I am pretty tight.

Hobbes

stpboy wrote:

westside8 wrote:

Looks like you should just avoid AJ in general stp. Tough way to go out.

Yeah, short handed table of 7 I like my odds with AJ. Especially when it's folded to me on the button. Why couldn't he have A10 like I wanted him to

I like those odds too. The only time he'd have AT is when you fold
Overall looks like a very good game. Got beat in the end by a better hand.

Congrats

Hobbes

TinMan

"I can loan you a book if you'd like but im not going to sit here and write one"

I LOVE that. Can I use it? That is destined to be a classic.

stpboy

TinMan wrote:

"I can loan you a book if you'd like but im not going to sit here and write one"

I LOVE that. Can I use it? That is destined to be a classic.

Sure, it's at your disposal. I hate when guys question your play when they have no idea what my hole cards were. I could be bluffing, I could have a read I could have clicked the wrong button....I could....just worry about your own play lol.

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QueenNine

I won this SnG, but I think my stats are very odd.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 128 hands and saw flop:
- 10 out of 28 times while in big blind (35%)
- 8 out of 28 times while in small blind (28%)
- 11 out of 72 times in other positions (15%)
- a total of 29 out of 128 (22%)
Pots won at showdown - 4 of 7 (57%)
Pots won without showdown - 25

The things I find odd are-

I folded 65% of my BB's preflop
I folded 72% of my SB's preflop
I only saw 15% of the flops from other positions
I only won 4 of 7 showdowns
My stats for no showdown were incredible, considering the number of hands I was actually in, most of the time I was able to push players off the pot before it even got to a showdown.

Irish31

This is somewhat off topic, but does anyone have a jixn hand?

Mine seems to be A 10, being slightly worse then what A-J being tossed pre flop. I have lost with A-10 in about half the final tables I have played at in the last six months, losing out to A-7, 2/2 (can live with this), JQ, 8/6 off (....).

Seems to be a problem hand for me, but I play it right, these are all in situations when I have position or need to double up and get outdrawn.

Anyone seem to have a reccuring jinx hand?


Jay

QueenNine

Irish31 wrote:

Anyone seem to have a reccuring jinx hand?

AA. By far my worst hand ever. I know it shouldn't be, but it is.

Q9 on the other hand...... LOVIN IT!!!