We are back in business baby!
Okay, that sounded better than it actually is, but on the other hand I must say I am happy that my BR is above 50$ again. My ROI is still too bad and the winnings are not yet back to where I want them but I received rakeback and 5$ bonus and thus I am getting closer to my goal.
Also I feel that my play has improved quite a lot over the last week. 2 Trainings over my weekend (Thu / Fri / Sat), videos and ICM trainer helped a lot as did actually playing the game.
Now I want to get ready to move up to 2$ SNG again and achieve silver here on PS so I can dig deeper into the matter. Also I am awaiting 2 books I ordered:
• How to Beat Sit-&-Go Poker Tournaments: A No-Limit Hold'em Guide to Beating Sit-&-Gos by Neil Timothy
• "Secrets of Sit 'n' Go: Winning Strategies for Single-Table Poker Tournaments" by Phil Shaw
Okay, 2 more things: One I am curious about and the other I am pissed about.
Curious:
No Limit Holdem Tournament
$1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (Turbo)
7 players
Converted at
weaktight.com
Stacks:
UTG LadyBinky_83 (
1620)
UTG+1 Hero (1485)
MP Grindline (
1320)
CO msm252 (2770)
BTN levon511 (
1270)
SB LexD7 (
1740)
BB Sosex (3295)
Blinds: 20/40
Pre-flop: (
60, 7 players)
Hero is UTG+1 K

K
1 fold,
Hero raises to 120 (1,365),
1 fold, msm252 calls 120 (2,650),
2 folds, Sosex calls 80 (3,175)
Flop: J

K

5

(
380, 3 players)
Sosex checks (3,175),
Hero bets 40 (1,325), msm252 calls 40 (2,610),
Sosex folds (3,175)
Turn: 3

(
460, 2 players)
Hero bets 40 (1,285), msm252 calls 40 (2,570)
River: 6

(
540, 2 players)
Hero bets 80 (1,205),
msm252 raises to 400 (2,170),
Hero goes all-in 1,285 (0),
msm252 folds (2,170)
Final Pot: 1,340
Hero wins 2,225 ( won +740 )
msm252 lost -600
Sosex lost -120
I am curious what do you think? Should I have done more to get more chips in the pot? Could I even have done more? Was the all in too much in the end? I actually figured him for a player that would follow all in. What could I have done differently here?
Pissed:
No Limit Holdem Tournament
$1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (Turbo)
8 players
Converted at
weaktight.com
Stacks:
UTG dashortstack (
1535)
UTG+1 Lagroumph (
1355)
MP1 hanno002 (
1145)
MP2 la marrana (
1345)
CO neverdeposit1 (4260)
BTN cw777 (
1210)
SB Hero (1285)
BB LubavaKaluga (1365)
[la marrana is sitting out]
Blinds: 40/80
Pre-flop: (
120, 8 players)
Hero is SB 9

K
4 folds, neverdeposit1 calls 80,
1 fold, Hero calls 40, LubavaKaluga checks
Flop: 5

K

T

(
240, 3 players)
Hero bets 160,
LubavaKaluga folds,
neverdeposit1 raises to 320, Hero calls 160
Turn: 7

(
880, 2 players)
Hero checks,
neverdeposit1 bets 880,
Hero goes all-in 885, neverdeposit1 calls 5
River: 4

(
2,650, 2 players)
Final Pot: 2,650
Hero shows: 9

K
neverdeposit1 shows: 4

K
neverdeposit1 wins 2,650 ( won +1,365 )
Hero lost -1,285
LubavaKaluga lost -80
Okay, I lost this hand. Shit happens.
BUT: This neverdeposit1 guy even had the nerve to “lol me out” and call me a fish after I lost my chips to him. Now I might be overreacting here but I think that telling someone how to play a hand after he misplayed it is bad. Mocking him is worse but I could have still lived with that. Insulting one that already lost is the lowest form of behaviour in my opinion and especially if the win wasn’t even justified and a result of better play but the result of a lucky draw and major suckout.
I was sure I had the better cards and until the river I sure had. But then the lucky flip. And I know this is poker. But is this behaviour poker as well? How do you react to something like this? I always thought casino and poker are some form of adult / gentlemen’s entertainment. And even if we don’t sit in front of the computer in a smoking (at least I certainly don’t) shouldn’t there be basic rules of conduct?