9/23/07 Turneys in the morning Cash at night

Alright, so I just finished my tournament session. I played 8 tournaments and Here's how I did:

$20 UB - 90/101 I don't remember how I busted.
$24 FTP - 51/478 I bubbled this when I called a SB push in BB with TT and lost to K9o
$20 PS - 159/1335 I lost with TP vs flush draw, it was an up/down turney and I don't think I was aggro enough
$10 FTP - 14/301 Lost when I tried a resteal. Definitely became a pussy when it got down to about 30. IDK I needed to up my aggressions but just sat back and let my CL dwindle away.
$20 1r 1a PS - 462/566 didn't get to break so didn't add-on I busted this on 'tilt' it was really stupid.
$8r PS - 364/1042 spent $48.8 on this so not terrible. I don't remember how I busted but I think I got sucked out on.
$100 PS - 46/80 I busted when I lost to a gutshot. I played it mostly because it was early morning and I didn't recognize anyone in it.

Total tournies: ($234.65)

I liked the way I played except for the end stages of the $10 and my retardedness in the $20 1r 1a.

Also, I gambled away I think $20 on HU matches pushing ATC till I either won or lost. I won 1/3. So that's like -$22. I need to stop doing shit like this.

A couple of other things happened this morning: I got paid back $600 of 1.2k that I loaned a guy with the rest hopefully on it's way soon. I xferred $447.5 to FTP via a friend, bought 3% of his action in the 1k wcoop as well.

I'll update this post after I play the cash game. I want to get in ~1k hands I'll take at least a 5 minute break after the first 500 hands.

Just played 400-some hands and lost 5 buyins. It's ridiculous. Mostly cause I suck. I'm gonna play another session of turneys than kill myself.

Total: ($525)

Just finished my tournament session - it went great, didn't cash at all!

$10 1r 1a PS - 82/663 Went from healthy stack to bust in 2 hands - gotta love it.
$30+5 bounty UB - 81/384 I suck at remembering details but I was doing well for a long time and I actually won 3 bounties meaning I only lost $23 on this turney.
$25 PS - 940/1505
$10 PS - 1395/3122
$50 PS - 269/1133 Lost because of these lovely hands:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1513465
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1513457

Total: ($147.50)

I want to discuss 2 hands that I played in the $50 because a) I liked my thought process and b) they look retarded but aren't.

Hand 1 - http://www.pokerhand.org/?1513367
This looks like a very stupid call in this spot but I wouldn't have raised had I not been prepared to make it. I know that Gator93 is a good 2+2er. I'm in a spot where I can basically be stealing with any two cards - none of the guys behind me can do anything without a real hand. However, I understand that gator understands this, and I was fairly sure that he was ready to 'resteal' here with a very wide range - so I raised enough to allow him to think he had folding equity when in fact he didn't.

Hand 2 - http://www.pokerhand.org/?1513457
This just looks like the most bizzare play ever. Why would I limp/call with K5o for 90% of my stack doesn't make too much sense. OK, well it folded to me I have K5 so my option are pretty wide open. 1) I can fold - this felt too weak so I rejected it, 2) I can limp - the BB is very aggressive so I'm probably not going to actually see a flop and have to call a raise or a push, 3) I can raise a STD amount to 1.8k-2.4k - I didn't like this option because I do have to fold to a push, 4) I can push - I don't like pushing K5o here for reasons I don't want to get into right now.

So from all the above options I think most people would choose fold or push. I thought about it and decided that if I limp 1) there's maybe a 25% chance I see the flop and 2) let's see what kind of raise he makes. As soon as I limp BB pushes. Well it just didn't seem right he pushes? Is he pushing AK/AQ/AA-QQ probably not, but I felt he'd push a lot of hands that I'm a 'slight favorite against. As it happened I was right and unfortunately lost. It happens.

Good news: Staked another player 'PT' for 1k for the next month.
Bad news: Not gonna have enough on stars to play 100NL
eh news: Gonna play mostly tounaments.

Upcoming: My first staking deal with 'MT' is ending on the 30th that will free up about 1k plus w/e I get from his winnings. I'm excited about my deal with 'PT'. I'm feeling good about my 3rd deal with 'JM' - I'm not expecting to make a huge amount from JM but I'm fairly sure it'll be +.

Looks like my own staking arrangements for WSOP 08 might fall through won't know for a couple more months. I'd like to go out there either way.


Winnings: ($907.15)

Great way to start the blog!