I finally did it! Well by default…
October 30, 2008But it was really bad! I’ve started playing online poker at Pokerstars. Apparantly the way to go is to play small stakes there and then when you have $600 deposit over to Full Tilt Poker. I deposited $75 about a month ago. I started at .02/.05 and won $30. I then moved up to .05/.1. I then proceeded to lose $75. I knew that micro players played differently, but I just had to call to see when I was beat. It was horrible. I called even knowing I was beat!
So with a bankroll of $30 I pushed it up to almost $40 then donked a bunch away. I started playing the $1 Sit and Go’s. Basically they are mini tournaments. I tried multi tabling those as well, but I just get too distracted. I played 3 SNG’s tonight. 1 turbo (uber lame) 1 regular 45 (knocked out at 26) and 1 9 man which I won.
The final player didn’t know you could raise more than the min, so it wasn’t a real victory. Of the 8 SNG’s I’ve played so far, I’ve made the money 4 times. in 3 heads up situations I’ve only won once.
1st I had @ 2K in chips more than the villain. He wins a couple of coinflips where I had the edge and I lose
2nd I had @ 9K more, and I experienced the all-in play. I tried to just hold on, but by that time he picked up @3K more. We then had a couple of all ins, where once again I was a favorite but lost. But this was the tournament where I was all-in first hand against some one. My QQ vs his JJ.
3rd. I danced around, getting pretty low at one point. I have a new trick. My wife will be watching TV or putzing around and I will say “Honey, Please ask them to fold”. At which point, she will say in her sweetest voice “Would everyone please fold”. And then I drag the pot…
So I built up my chips and made it to the final 4. I go all in and it’s my AJ vs the 3rd place guys QQ. I lucksack the A on the flop and that’s basically it. I just run over Johnny Min Bet.
I’ve been looking to augment my current set with a seperate cash set. I’ve been looking to get St. Jo’s or Tukwila’s and I also like the Samurai Palace cash set.
Here are the potential breakdowns:
St Jo (.25/.50?, .50/1, and 1/2)
45 – ncv labeled (potentially used as .25)
130 – .50
221 – $1
100 – $5
10 – $25
10 – $100
Tukwila’s (1/2 unless I get a .50 or .25 chip)
154 – $1
104 – $5
30 – $25
10 – $100
Samurai Palace (.25/50 or .50/1)
With money tight and the uncertainty at work this will be my last purchase in a while. They walked some people out on my Birthday, so it was a pretty shitty day as everyone was pretty tense. Good thing I don’t have any major expenses coming up soon such as a kid…
On a related note I’m reading the Moshman Sit N Go book as well as the mathematics of poker. I made the final table of a 45 man yesterday and then donked out in 6th on an uber retarded play on my part. A8 vs AQ on a board of Q 8 X . I just got it in my mind that he was bluffing. bad thing was that he wasn’t, and he was the chip leader…
