This entry is going to be short because I am on the go.
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I hope to see you at the tables sometime soon!!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Cash Games or SNGs?
Recently I started playing cash games again and I am finding that I like them more than SNGs for a few reasons.
1) They are time-friendly: I don't have to commit 2-3 hours to playing in them. If I only have an hour to play, that is not an issue with cash games.
2) They give me control over bad beats: I can leave a table if the cards aren't coming or if I am being outplayed. I don't lose a guaranteed amount of money in an entry fee.
3) They maximize winnings: Each chip that I win in a cash game represents real money. This means that I am actually getting value for each chip that I win.
4) The strategy: I love the way these are played! With unchanging blinds, I have to develop one solid strategy, not the 4 that I would in an sng or mtt.
What do you think?
Leave a comment!!
1) They are time-friendly: I don't have to commit 2-3 hours to playing in them. If I only have an hour to play, that is not an issue with cash games.
2) They give me control over bad beats: I can leave a table if the cards aren't coming or if I am being outplayed. I don't lose a guaranteed amount of money in an entry fee.
3) They maximize winnings: Each chip that I win in a cash game represents real money. This means that I am actually getting value for each chip that I win.
4) The strategy: I love the way these are played! With unchanging blinds, I have to develop one solid strategy, not the 4 that I would in an sng or mtt.
What do you think?
Leave a comment!!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Bad Beat Story
We all have bad beats, but some are definitely worse than others. I was sitting in 5th place or so in a 90man SNG on stars and everything is going well, then I get dealt AA and everything is going REALLY well. 3 of us are in the pot with one guy all in and the pot value somewhere around 23k.
The flop comes T 3 8, the most harmless looking flop you will ever see while holding pocket Aces. The guy to my right shoves, putting me all in and I insta-call to see that he has pocket tens. The turn and river come as blanks and his set beats my aces, knocking me out of a tournament that should have been a very easy cash.
The hand is here: http://www.pokerhand.org/?5167396 and it is sooooo ridiculous...
I'm sure there will be more to come, especially when I lose with pocket As.
Post your bad beat stories/hand histories in a comment; let's see who has the worst luck! :P
The flop comes T 3 8, the most harmless looking flop you will ever see while holding pocket Aces. The guy to my right shoves, putting me all in and I insta-call to see that he has pocket tens. The turn and river come as blanks and his set beats my aces, knocking me out of a tournament that should have been a very easy cash.
The hand is here: http://www.pokerhand.org/?5167396 and it is sooooo ridiculous...
I'm sure there will be more to come, especially when I lose with pocket As.
Post your bad beat stories/hand histories in a comment; let's see who has the worst luck! :P
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Oddly Enough, The Strongest Online Hands
I have come to the decision that pocket Qs and 8s are two of the best hands for online play, at least on PokerStars. For some reason, it seems as if these 2 hands will dominate pretty much anything, including pocket As. I cannot for the life of me explain this, but it just seems to be the case in my experience. Thoughts?
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Stack Size...How important is it?
A problem that many players face early on in the tournament is the worry that their chip stack is becoming too small because of blinds that have been lost for whatever reason. For example, if you are sitting at a table and have lost 30 chips of your stack of 1500, you may look at the tournament lobby and see that you are falling behind the average and thus must start making something happen. This is the WRONG response!!
If you try to force chips your way, you can stop thinking about hands rationally and make some very bad plays which will cost you your tournament life. You must keep playing tight in these stages, as the blinds won't actually do you any damage and can be made up with a marginal hand later on in the tournament.
It is absolutely critical to play tight but aggressive poker, only playing premium hands. It is very easy to get to the top 50% of most tournaments even if you never play in a pot. When the blinds go up, the risk of playing less than premium hands is outweighed by the potential reward. The opposite is true early on, to raise 200 with Q9o in an attempt to steal 30 chips in blinds is a ridiculous plan!
To give a personal example of this, last night I was in a 90man SNG on PokerStars and I wasn't doing that well but I was still there in the top 45 or so. Sitting in the big blind, I was dealt AT of spades and checked to a flop. The flop came 2, 4, J, all of spades. I checked, the player to the left raised 800, the next raised all in, another called, I called, as did the guy to my left, and I won over 6000 chips with the nut flush, moving myself into 7th.
A key virtue in poker is patience; early on you can wait until you are holding the nuts, then make a nice move to double or triple up. Patience will pay off and when the premium hand comes, you can be ready. Once you are in the money, however, new rules apply to how to play your hands and that will be the subject of a later post! For now, I hope to see you at the final table!!
If you try to force chips your way, you can stop thinking about hands rationally and make some very bad plays which will cost you your tournament life. You must keep playing tight in these stages, as the blinds won't actually do you any damage and can be made up with a marginal hand later on in the tournament.
It is absolutely critical to play tight but aggressive poker, only playing premium hands. It is very easy to get to the top 50% of most tournaments even if you never play in a pot. When the blinds go up, the risk of playing less than premium hands is outweighed by the potential reward. The opposite is true early on, to raise 200 with Q9o in an attempt to steal 30 chips in blinds is a ridiculous plan!
To give a personal example of this, last night I was in a 90man SNG on PokerStars and I wasn't doing that well but I was still there in the top 45 or so. Sitting in the big blind, I was dealt AT of spades and checked to a flop. The flop came 2, 4, J, all of spades. I checked, the player to the left raised 800, the next raised all in, another called, I called, as did the guy to my left, and I won over 6000 chips with the nut flush, moving myself into 7th.
A key virtue in poker is patience; early on you can wait until you are holding the nuts, then make a nice move to double or triple up. Patience will pay off and when the premium hand comes, you can be ready. Once you are in the money, however, new rules apply to how to play your hands and that will be the subject of a later post! For now, I hope to see you at the final table!!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
I'm Back
After a few days where other commitments kept me from poker, I am back to blogging and playing again! This weekend I only played in 15 or so games or tournaments total so I am feeling a little out of the poker world. This marks my return, however, and I'm sure you will see me at the tables under jakecartier3!!
Drop a comment!
Drop a comment!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Building A Bankroll From Scratch
There are many ways out there to build a bankroll while not investing any of your own money AT ALL. We live in an age where money changes hands very easily and with the internet, it is often possible to make a little bit of money for minimal work. Before getting into the poker specific part of this entry, there a couple links I have to post and discuss.
http://OpinionOutpost.com/join/7236766
The first is a link to Opinion Outpost, a survey website that I personally have made around $225 in the past 9 months or so. This might not sound like much, but when sitting down and watching TV, it doesn't hurt to do a survey and make $5 in 20 minutes, or $50 in 5 minutes, which is my personal record.
The second is called mysurvey, but a link cannot be posted to it. If you want to build a bankroll with this site, leave a comment with your email and I'll send you a referral to get you started.
Now, this may seem like it has nothing to do with poker but these are both good ways to make money if you are interested in playing on a real money site.
Another--but much more difficult--way of bankroll building is through freerolls. These are tournaments with no entry fee that often offer cash or entries into more tournaments as prizes. The best freerolls are, in my opinion, found on Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker. If you decide to play for money, the $0.10 36 man tournaments on PokerStars are probably your best bet as they are easy to cash in, if not win.
Remember, however, this is a long and drawn out process. The variance at low stakes/freerolls is huge, and you can end up losing up all your chips very quickly to an amateur who has no idea what she is doing. It is very rewarding to see an account grow from $0 to a positive number without risking any money and it is feasible to get the bankroll into the thousands if you are good!
No matter how you decide to start a bankroll, even if you deposit your own money, never overlook the benefits of a low stakes/freeroll game or even websites that will allow you to build up a bankroll.
Good luck and hope to see you in a freeroll building your bankroll soon!!
http://OpinionOutpost.com/join/7236766
The first is a link to Opinion Outpost, a survey website that I personally have made around $225 in the past 9 months or so. This might not sound like much, but when sitting down and watching TV, it doesn't hurt to do a survey and make $5 in 20 minutes, or $50 in 5 minutes, which is my personal record.
The second is called mysurvey, but a link cannot be posted to it. If you want to build a bankroll with this site, leave a comment with your email and I'll send you a referral to get you started.
Now, this may seem like it has nothing to do with poker but these are both good ways to make money if you are interested in playing on a real money site.
Another--but much more difficult--way of bankroll building is through freerolls. These are tournaments with no entry fee that often offer cash or entries into more tournaments as prizes. The best freerolls are, in my opinion, found on Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker. If you decide to play for money, the $0.10 36 man tournaments on PokerStars are probably your best bet as they are easy to cash in, if not win.
Remember, however, this is a long and drawn out process. The variance at low stakes/freerolls is huge, and you can end up losing up all your chips very quickly to an amateur who has no idea what she is doing. It is very rewarding to see an account grow from $0 to a positive number without risking any money and it is feasible to get the bankroll into the thousands if you are good!
No matter how you decide to start a bankroll, even if you deposit your own money, never overlook the benefits of a low stakes/freeroll game or even websites that will allow you to build up a bankroll.
Good luck and hope to see you in a freeroll building your bankroll soon!!
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