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Sunday Blogging Sunday!
Sunday, November 16th 2008 12:56 pm |
I'm going to try and keep a running blog as I play my Sunday schedule today. For obvious reasons, I will not be talking about individual hands or my specific strategy in these tournaments. Instead I will try to give evryone a sense of the emotional journey that a poker player goes on throughout the day. The action begins with the Sunday Warm-Up on Pokerstars. Large field Sunday tournaments are usually filled with lots of poor players but my starting table has fellow PXF instructor AJKHoosier1 (ranked # 1 online) and Varico (an aggressive Spanish regular.) Weeeeee!
Update#1
Next game on the schedule is the Pokerstars $109 $50k gntd. This tournament is a must play game on Sunday since the filed size is 2-3x larger than on any other day of the week. It gets upwards of 1200 people almost every Sunday making it a "miny major" with a 1st prize today of $23k today. That's pretty sweet for a $109 tournament!
Update#2
Out of the Warm Up...the key hand was a go and go vs Varico:
PokerStars Game #22093623292: Tournament #118932075, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (150/300) - 2008/11/16 13:33:47 ET
Table '118932075 385' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: 4just1day (11313 in chips)
Seat 2: VARICO (8200 in chips)
Seat 3: sa123456 (13704 in chips)
Seat 4: mscell (11505 in chips)
Seat 5: icedirk (10095 in chips)
Seat 6: Johnny-C4sh (8692 in chips)
Seat 7: Mattssons (4787 in chips)
Seat 8: Luffedau (13229 in chips)
Seat 9: AJKHoosier1 (8550 in chips) is sitting out
sa123456: posts small blind 150
mscell: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mscell [As Ks]
icedirk: folds
Johnny-C4sh: folds
Mattssons: folds
Luffedau: folds
AJKHoosier1: folds
4just1day: folds
VARICO: raises 600 to 900
sa123456: folds
mscell: raises 2200 to 3100
VARICO: calls 2200
*** FLOP *** [7d Jd 5c]
mscell: bets 5300
VARICO: calls 5100 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (200) returned to mscell
*** TURN *** [7d Jd 5c] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [7d Jd 5c 8s] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mscell: shows [As Ks] (a pair of Kings)
VARICO: shows [Ad 3d] (a flush, Ace high)
VARICO collected 16550 from pot
Update#3
On break in the 50k - we have 4085 thanks to turning a flush vs top pair. Pokerstars $100r $300k gntd and FTOPS#24 about to begin. JohnnyBelow on my right in FTOPS....You will also see me playing some smaller buyins today such as the Full Tilt $26 $27k gntd and the $20r $17k gntd. Getting deep in one of these smaller events can help cover the cost of buyins on Sunday and since the play is fairly striaghtforward they don't require very much attention in the early stages.
Update#4
Out of the $50k gntd - ran OE straight draw into KK then:
PokerStars Game #22096053185: Tournament #119387171, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (150/300) - 2008/11/16 14:53:34 ET
Table '119387171 74' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: SCLowCountry (4880 in chips)
Seat 2: WOG23Q (5365 in chips)
Seat 3: DrowRanger (7806 in chips)
Seat 4: mscell (4613 in chips)
Seat 5: 2_HighRoller (13702 in chips)
Seat 6: Laiffi (11033 in chips)
Seat 7: browsef (2990 in chips)
Seat 8: The-Toilet 0 (7600 in chips)
Seat 9: KidCardiff6 (10995 in chips)
SCLowCountry: posts the ante 25
WOG23Q: posts the ante 25
DrowRanger: posts the ante 25
mscell: posts the ante 25
2_HighRoller: posts the ante 25
Laiffi: posts the ante 25
browsef: posts the ante 25
The-Toilet 0: posts the ante 25
KidCardiff6: posts the ante 25
2_HighRoller: posts small blind 150
Laiffi: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mscell [Ad 7s]
browsef: folds
The-Toilet 0: folds
KidCardiff6: folds
SCLowCountry: folds
WOG23Q: folds
DrowRanger: folds
mscell: raises 4288 to 4588 and is all-in
2_HighRoller: folds
Laiffi: calls 4288
*** FLOP *** [8s Jd 6s]
*** TURN *** [8s Jd 6s] [9h]
Laiffi said, "hit"
Laiffi said, "hit"
*** RIVER *** [8s Jd 6s 9h] [Qh]
Laiffi said, "yes"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Laiffi: shows [9d Kh] (a pair of Nines)
mscell: shows [Ad 7s] (high card Ace)
Laiffi collected 9551 from pot
Notice the chat...i found it funny!
Update#5
We have 5 tables going right now:
4260 at break in FTOPS#2
2305 at break in the $27k gntd
5645 in the $17k with 20 mins left in rebuy period
Full Tilt $163 $50k gntd and Pokerstars $55 $125k gntd just underway....
Update#6
Sundays are long days for MTT grinders. I think it's important to be prepared when you sit down at the table. I keep drinks and snacks nearby and I'm prepared to play for 12-16 hour if things go well. I choose my games carefully cause even though I'm going to playing a lot of tables, I don't want to get bogged down with two many games starting at once. Don't set yourself up to fail - have a plan and execute it! A few updates on the games going right now:
Doubled up in FTOPS and the $27k gntd!! Have 7695 after adding on in the $17k gntd. I am below my starting stack in the $50k gntd and the $125k gnt....
Update#7
3.5 hours into what I hope to be a very long day and things are going ok. Signed up for 8 games so far - busted out of 3. The Sunday Million will be starting up soon. I have had two very deep runs in the last three weeks, finishing 47th 3 weeks ago and 14th last week. It feels good to beat out over 7000 people and have a chance for the big score but it's also painful to get so close and come up short. The goal today is rather simple - try to beat out 13 more people than I beat last week!!
Update#8
Did I secretly discover a superuser account in this hand?
PokerStars Game #22099243037: Tournament #119386880, $50+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2008/11/16 16:33:55 ET
Table '119386880 385' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: mscell (3970 in chips)
Seat 2: barbieman (2730 in chips)
Seat 3: pooky11 (4160 in chips)
Seat 4: BoekieAlmelo (5405 in chips)
Seat 5: Roothlus (4565 in chips)
Seat 6: Krabatskovic (7753 in chips)
Seat 7: hervattin (1680 in chips)
Seat 8: Gallerhead (2815 in chips)
Seat 9: bigdirtydog (1962 in chips)
BoekieAlmelo: posts small blind 100
Roothlus: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mscell [Ks Kh]
Krabatskovic: folds
hervattin: raises 1480 to 1680 and is all-in
Gallerhead: raises 1135 to 2815 and is all-in
bigdirtydog: folds
mscell: raises 1155 to 3970 and is all-in
barbieman: folds
pooky11: folds
BoekieAlmelo: folds
Roothlus: folds
Uncalled bet (1155) returned to mscell
*** FLOP *** [9h Th 7c]
*** TURN *** [9h Th 7c] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [9h Th 7c 8s] [3s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Gallerhead: shows [5c Jc] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
mscell: shows [Ks Kh] (a pair of Kings)
Gallerhead collected 2270 from side pot
hervattin: shows [Ah Kd] (high card Ace)
Gallerhead collected 5340 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7610 Main pot 5340. Side pot 2270. | Rake 0
Board [9h Th 7c 8s 3s]
Seat 1: mscell showed [Ks Kh] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: barbieman folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: pooky11 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: BoekieAlmelo (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Roothlus (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Krabatskovic folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: hervattin showed [Ah Kd] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 8: Gallerhead showed [5c Jc] and won (7610) with a straight, Seven to Jack
Seat 9: bigdirtydog folded before Flop (didn't bet)
No - it's just Sunday and the players are really bad!! LOL
Update#9
I'm out of FTOPS#24 - up and down ride at the end but the bottom line is I have one less tournament to focus on now. Not really deep in anything yet and don't really have great stacks anywhere either. It's time to grind it out now and try to get deep in something.
Update#10
Out of the million - lost a flip early in hour#2 with AK<JJ. This leaves with 4 games right now.
94/107 in the $17k gntd
209/271 in the $50k gntd(Full Tilt)
221/284 in the $18k gntd
758/1444 in the $50k gntd (Stars)
FTOPS ME starting soon along with the Sunday Second Chance.
Update#11
FTOPS ME = 7500 starting chips and 15 minute levels!!!! That's pretty sick imo.
Update#12
Down to 3 games now: FTOPS ME, Second Chance and $21k gntd. Got my first cashof the day in the Tilt $50k gntd.I lost a pot with 55 vs TTand AK to leave myself very short but ended up hanging on for a min cash. Slow start to FTOPS - I have 7965 at 1st break.
Update#13
Out of FTOPS ME and the $21k gntd. Overall I haven't played too well today which happens from time to time. The key is regaining your focus. I have one game remaining for the night - here's to hoping I can at least end the night playing well.
Update#14
Focus. Discipline. Mental Awareness. They are as much poker skills as bet sizing, stack size management, and hand selectio. I wasted some chances earlier today cause my focus slipped. I have played a lot of poker the last few days and it is possible I was a little burned out. Know thyself.....As for my remaining tournament (Second Chance), I'm sitting 20/262. I have 31k chips at 400/800 and I'm very tuned in to my opponents. GAME ON!
Update#15
We just went to the third break and I have 37k chips which is good for 35/176. 171 spots pay tonight so we may have some room to punish the bubble a bit after the break. There are $53k reasons for me to keep focused for the duration and only human weakness stands in my way. Let's get it done!
Final Update
So we were crusing along playing super poker, worked my stack up to 57k without a showdown when we were dealt the following hand:
PokerStars Game #22108585728: Tournament #119386900, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (800/1600) - 2008/11/16 22:16:43 ET
Table '119386900 117' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: docbox3 (42641 in chips)
Seat 2: Asiandude77 (26612 in chips)
Seat 3: DaMurdera3 (23548 in chips)
Seat 4: maximum123 (37174 in chips)
Seat 5: Bounatirou (23451 in chips)
Seat 6: YanniYankiev (26243 in chips)
Seat 7: flipflopn (62321 in chips)
Seat 8: mscell (57050 in chips)
Seat 9: bigbadray2k (42373 in chips)
docbox3: posts the ante 150
Asiandude77: posts the ante 150
DaMurdera3: posts the ante 150
maximum123: posts the ante 150
Bounatirou: posts the ante 150
YanniYankiev: posts the ante 150
flipflopn: posts the ante 150
mscell: posts the ante 150
bigbadray2k: posts the ante 150
flipflopn: posts small blind 800
mscell: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mscell [Kc Kd]
bigbadray2k: folds
docbox3: folds
Asiandude77: folds
DaMurdera3: folds
maximum123: folds
Bounatirou: raises 21701 to 23301 and is all-in
YanniYankiev: folds
flipflopn: folds
mscell: calls 21701
*** FLOP *** [Jd 8c Qh]
*** TURN *** [Jd 8c Qh] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [Jd 8c Qh 9h] [5c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mscell: shows [Kc Kd] (a pair of Kings)
Bounatirou: shows [Qs 8s] (two pair, Queens and Eights)
Bounatirou collected 48752 from pot
That left us in alittle bit of trouble with the ever increasing blinds but we still had 20BBs and I was determined not to give up. With blinds up to 1k/2k, I played the following two hands back to back:
PokerStars Game #22108782886: Tournament #119386900, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XV (1000/2000) - 2008/11/16 22:25:14 ET
Table '119386900 117' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: docbox3 (44691 in chips)
Seat 2: wassy (51709 in chips)
Seat 4: maximum123 (71572 in chips)
Seat 5: Bounatirou (49602 in chips)
Seat 6: YanniYankiev (32543 in chips)
Seat 7: flipflopn (56621 in chips)
Seat 8: mscell (28049 in chips)
Seat 9: bigbadray2k (59135 in chips)
docbox3: posts the ante 200
wassy: posts the ante 200
maximum123: posts the ante 200
Bounatirou: posts the ante 200
YanniYankiev: posts the ante 200
flipflopn: posts the ante 200
mscell: posts the ante 200
bigbadray2k: posts the ante 200
bigbadray2k: posts small blind 1000
docbox3: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mscell [Kd Qh]
wassy: folds
maximum123: folds
Bounatirou: folds
YanniYankiev: folds
flipflopn: folds
mscell: raises 25849 to 27849 and is all-in
bigbadray2k: folds
docbox3: folds
Uncalled bet (25849) returned to mscell
mscell collected 6600 from pot
PokerStars Game #22108796781: Tournament #119386900, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XV (1000/2000) - 2008/11/16 22:25:50 ET
Table '119386900 117' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: docbox3 (42491 in chips)
Seat 2: wassy (51509 in chips)
Seat 4: maximum123 (71372 in chips)
Seat 5: Bounatirou (49402 in chips)
Seat 6: YanniYankiev (32343 in chips)
Seat 7: flipflopn (56421 in chips)
Seat 8: mscell (32449 in chips)
Seat 9: bigbadray2k (57935 in chips)
docbox3: posts the ante 200
wassy: posts the ante 200
maximum123: posts the ante 200
Bounatirou: posts the ante 200
YanniYankiev: posts the ante 200
flipflopn: posts the ante 200
mscell: posts the ante 200
bigbadray2k: posts the ante 200
docbox3: posts small blind 1000
wassy: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mscell [Qd Ac]
maximum123: folds
Bounatirou: folds
YanniYankiev: raises 30143 to 32143 and is all-in
flipflopn: folds
mscell: raises 106 to 32249 and is all-in
bigbadray2k: folds
docbox3: folds
wassy: calls 30249
*** FLOP *** [5c 2d 3c]
*** TURN *** [5c 2d 3c] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [5c 2d 3c 7s] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
wassy: shows [Ts Tc] (two pair, Tens and Sevens)
mscell: shows [Qd Ac] (a pair of Sevens)
wassy collected 212 from side pot
YanniYankiev: shows [Qc As] (a pair of Sevens)
wassy collected 99029 from main pot
And so ended our Sunday. We didn't win but at least we finished the day playing good poker again. Bring on Monday!!
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Comments
reminds me of many sundays i have had
the kq os with just over 10 bbs is never a fold when folded to us? nvm saw we were on the button what do we do with this is early to mid pos(insta fold)? open fold until we r in the hijack then obv shove? thanks glgl