Whos Playin Tnite??

[pyscodelic]

Bit quiet on here so thought i would just post food for thought..
I personally had a terrible week of poker last week, with the most amazing run of badbeats that seem to occure immediately after i threw a game to give a mate a ticket he could use...
LOL, i know this is most certainly not the cause of my bad luck,but definately could have been a subconcious change of mindset leading to making the right calls at the wrong time..
What ever, i do know this.....
1, i wont be doin it again...
2, ive neva had two bad weeks in sucession so watch out this week.. lol

regards Sean..

[PokerForFree]

Instead of running bad, I am running quite OK lately. As you know I am playing only low stakes lately and only MTT's.

Last week I won a $11 R&A and this afternoon I finished 7th in a $11 Freeze Out. With double the average stack I had to run to pick up our son from the kindergarten, so I called my brother in law and he played for me (for about 1 hour). There were 54 players left when I left and I started playing again with 16 players left and a stack of $40K (average was about $80K).

With $30K left, I got AK and pushed all-in from middle position. Everybody folded and I was back at $42K picking up the blinds. The next hand I got Pocket Aces and managed to triple-up.

From that moment I grinded until there were 7 players left, when I got A8 off suit in MP. I had about $30K and pushed all in against the chip leader, who instantly called with pocket 9's. Well... I flopped an Ace and he flopped trips... surprisingly The turn brought an 8, but the river a blank, so I was out and got $136 out of it.

I guess I shouldn't complain with a ROI over 100%, so I wont. I am actually quite happy that I am able to play consistently well at this level.

So Sean, I have experienced very dark times poker wise, but trust me..... the sun will shine again. It's just what you play and bankroll management might not seem that important, but loosing a couple of bucks being able to play again feels MUCH better than loosing a significant amount and having to re-deposit!

Cheers,

Giorgio

[rob edwards]

Hi Guys
is this the same Giorgio who told me not 24 hours ago that AQ is not as good as it looks....lol And then u push all in with A8. I understand what you are saying though that you were a lot further into you tourney than i was ( i know i am daft)
I was saying to sean yesterday on Titan that i am totally skint at the moment so just playin in a couple of freerolls and the like (PFF Titan games) just to keep my eye in...lol

It wont last forvever though and i will be making small deposits to play in the added leaderboards as i am going to win it this time

[PokerForFree]

Hi Rob,

Have you ever heard of the M-concept? Well, with an M lower than 3 it's ATC when you are to act if nobody has opened the pot, so A8 is absolutely a superb hand. For your information, this was with 7 players left and I was the short stack with just 3 players behind me to act. In fact, my effective M was a lot lower than 3, as the table had less than 10 players left...

But... looking at your comments to my post I don't think you have a clue what I am talking about So, here's a short explanation.

The M is calculated as followed:

((Small Blind + Big Blind + Antes) / Your Stack)

In this case 6000 + 12000 + 400 (let's say 400, because I don't exactly remember the Ante amount). That makes a total of 18400. So having an M of nothing (my stack was about 30K), it's double or nothing if you want to have a shot at getting any further in the tournament. Remember, you can only last 2 orbits, so you can't wait for any good starting hand. If you can go all-in before anyone else has acted, then any two cards are good, preferably having an Ace or a King to have at least the option to win with a high card.

I hope you understand this concept. I'll be happy to explain it in details on MSN if you wish... but trust me... going all-in in this situation can't be compared at all to your "calling with AQ" in the middle stages of a tournament.

G

[rob edwards]

g
as from my post it was said in jest and i did understand the rationale of your call as opposed to mine. Even so, thanks for the explanation as it is another weapon in my already formidable armoury

By the way why dont you play at Titan

[PokerForFree]

Originally Posted by rob edwards

By the way why dont you play at Titan

I will tell you sometime

[pyscodelic]

lol he dont play their because thats where we are Rob..
he dont want to be put in place by his forum boys. lol

only in jest G.. =)

[PokerForFree]

No offense, but may the true star rise

To give you the opportunity to beat me, I will play in Sunday nights' game at PN I am looking forward to get you in situations which you can't handle

Giorgio

[rob edwards]

Listen buddy, i now have all the tools in the toolbox to dismantle anyones game!!!!! I even got through the omaha tourney i entered withe ticket i won last night. 11pm i play for a place in the 150k ECOOP #11
Also sean, if raefsdje (or whatever his name is) had ever read anything on the forum or members zone he would maybe have a chance of beating us but he gets so wound up when i beat him every night!!! I think he is one of those freerollers we have debated so much about. As you stated luck over skill anytime...i think not
see u later guys

[pyscodelic]

gutted, dosnt look like i will be playin tnite as titan are apparently having a problem with some accounts that seem to be loged in permantly leaving ppl like me unable to log in and play....