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thinsy147:
Since subscribing to Poker Player magazine a few months back I started playing in their Grand Prix 7 series.
Having missed the first two events I knew I needed to get some good results.....
I think I"ve worked out that with a 15th finish last month and an 8th finish last night I am bordering the Top 20 position needed to qualify for the Live Final (I"m guessing I"ll be positioned about 26th/27th)
All I need now is another good run next week! I hope I do because I"ve already booked the Saturday off work for the Live Event! :P
Also well done to AJDUK who had a good run too and is now, I believe, sitting at the top of the leaderboard
thinsy147:
Played in the PokerPlayer freeroll tonight with 5 seats into the Grand final.
Finished 13/150
Lost most of my chips on the BB when the SB shoved with 6 8. I called with my AK........ he flopped 2 pair!!!
Was all in next hand with K6. Called by 5 3. Turn brought him a straight obviously!
Saying that it was a bit of a shovefest. Played well though :)
thinsy147:
Played in the last event of the PokerPlayer Grand Prix 7 tonight. A finish around 35th place would have possibly been enough to qualify for the Final but, having laid down pocket 5"s to a big raise on the very first hand and my second hand of pocket jacks not getting paid off, I went pretty card dead and struggled through to 48th.
I"d let myself dwindle to about 4bb"s in the hope to see many players drop out but felt I had to call a raise (putting me all in) when I was dealt AK. My opponent had QQ. No help for me.
Should I have "sat out" and just hoped I"d outlast 10 more players?
Don"t think that would have happened, but had I doubled up I may have taken that chance from then on!
Any comments?
thinsy147:
Played in last nights local £5 rebuy tournament:
When playing in these you come to expect a few bad beats due to the wide range of hands most play and this I can cope with so when I hit top 2 pair (rebuy period was over so tournament lives were on the line) and an aggressive young lad leads out the betting I was happy to shove, putting him all-in, knowing I would be able to talk him into a call! So when he called and hit a runner runner straight draw, I took it on the chin. I made it to the final table, and into the money... Four of us left and I"ve got 6bb"s, I shove UTG with KQhh. Get called by KJo, the flop came 6 4 2, turn 3, river J!
Now, one bad beat (75% fav) is easy to take.... Two, (83% fav) well that"s just unlucky... But when it was the same player both times it hurts a little more!!
Did I mention how he took me out of the game two weeks ago (didn"t play last week) by hitting his ONE OUTER on the river?!?!
Some guys just run good I suppose!
thinsy147:
The Road to Improvement
In my attempt to improve my game both online and offline I decided to try the PokerTracker"s free trial software and invest in Jared Tendler"s "The Mental Game of Poker"
The PT software I felt a bit of a distraction! If I played endless amounts of cash tables I see the need, but as I only play tournaments the information wasn"t good enough. In tournaments people play different ways at different stages of the tournament depending on chipstacks and this cannot be worked out by some software! So I chose to delete it and take a new path to success involving only playing one tournament at a time and watching the whole tables play. Gosh, it turns out I"ve got a brain!
Now onto a completely different outcome - Jared Tendler"s book is a huge eye opener to not only poker, but life too!!
Going through this book is improving my game (pretty amazing considering there isn"t one paragraph that tell"s you how to play cards)!! One of my problems, particularly online, would be making snap decisions which ultimately turned out to be the wrong decision. Due to a slightly different way of thinking I am progressing further in tournaments and am (nearly) always happy with my actions! Work in progress.
Conclusion - Spend your money on a book.
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