Hi all,
I was updating this on my blog, but figured it was super boring, so moving it here
After getting the 50$ starting money, I began playing a small positive/breakeven game at $0.2 sng's at poker770 (after about 150 games), but figured I was learning nothing at the level. Besides it was poor BRM, with 200 BI's.
Hence over the weekend, decided to play a few dozen $0.5 sng's, And the going is not great right now, so decided to come here.
At 14 games since the start of my run, i have been ITM 3 times, and am facing a new downswing of 8BI's. I know this is not as bad as it gets, but I would defi want to plug any and every leak you people can find!
Todays 5 sng run: 1 third place, rest not ITM
Table 1: 3rd place final hand:
Preflop: Hero is BB with K

, Q
BU folds,
SB raises 150 to 300,
Hero raises 4142 to 4442 ( (AI)), SB calls
Flop: (8885) 4

, 2

, 2

4

5
Final Pot: 8885
SB shows (A

, A :club
Poor push? His min raise looked weak.. Probably should have 3 bet and folded to a shove.
Table2: Early double up followed by lots of folding. Then 1 very poor play:
Preflop: Hero is CO with K

, 4
3 fold,
Hero raises 150 to 300, 2 fold, BB calls
Flop: (675) Q

, 6

, 3

(2 Players)
BB checks, Hero checks
Turn: (675) T

(2 Players)
BB bets 150,
Hero raises 150 to 300, BB calls
River: (1275) 6

(2 Players)
BB bets 150, Hero calls
Final Pot: 1575
Hero shows a pair of sixes (K

, 4 :spade

→ (6

, 6

, Q

, T

, K :diamond
BB shows two pairs, tens and sixes (A

, T :diamond

→ (T

, T

, 6

, 6

, A :club
After this went all in with A5

against short stack push, who sucked out with 89

. Left me really shortstacked, and possibly tilting. Pushed K2o with 4BB's and lost.
Table3:
Shameful
Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Q

, T
UTG3 calls, Hero calls, MP2 calls, MP3 folds,
CO raises 80 to 120, 3 fold, UTG3 calls, Hero calls, MP2 calls
Flop: (540) A

, T

, 5

(4 Players)
UTG3 checks, Hero checks, MP2 checks, CO checks
Turn: (540) Q

(4 Players)
UTG3 checks,
Hero bets 540, MP2 calls, 2 fold
River: (1620) 3

(2 Players)
Hero bets 650 ( (AI)), MP2 calls
Final Pot: 2920
Results follow:
Hero shows two pairs, queens and tens (Q

, T :club

→ (Q

, Q

, T

, T

, A :heart
MP2 shows a flush, ace high (K

, 6 :heart

→ (A

, K

, Q

, T

, 6 :heart
Table 4:
Very similar.. had the nut straight on the flop, but let villain make his flush. Then paid him off handsomely.
Preflop: Hero is UTG2 with K

, T
UTG1 calls, Hero calls, UTG3 calls, 5 fold, SB calls, BB checks
Flop: (100) A

, Q

, J

(5 Players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG1 checks,
Hero bets 75, UTG3 calls, 3 fold
Turn: (250) 8

(2 Players)
Hero bets 250, UTG3 calls
River: (750) 3

(2 Players)
Hero bets 375,
UTG3 raises 780 to 1155 ( (AI)),
Hero bets 780 ( (AI))
Final Pot: 3060
Results follow:
Hero shows a straight, ace high (K

, T :spade

→ (A

, K

, Q

, J

, T :spade
UTG3 shows a flush, ace high (A

, T :diamond

→ (A

, Q

, J

, T

, 8 :diamond
Table 5:
Full on tilt i suppose? Or maybe i was playing p/f
75/150
Preflop: Hero is SB with Q

, 7
2 fold, MP3 calls, 2 fold,
Hero raises 1347 to 1497 ( (AI)),
BB bets 1565 ( (AI)), MP3 folds
Flop: (3362.5) J

, 3

, 2

(2 Players)
Turn: (3362.5) 3

(2 Players)
River: (3362.5) 8

(2 Players)
Final Pot: 3362.5
Results follow:
Hero shows a pair of threes (Q

, 7 :club

→ (3

, 3

, J

, 8

, Q :club
BB shows a flush, ace high (A

, 7 :diamond

→ (A

, J

, 8

, 7

, 2 :diamond