Yesterday my shot in the 220 came to an end when I lost 2K in some few hours. I played a strong 1-tabling game, and I had an edge in most of the games, but ran like crap. I lost 12 out of my last 17 games, which is unreal if you look at the hand history in those games, I only deserved to lose 2 of them. The rest of the games was a result of losing every singicant race, coolers, river suck outs, and other BS. Just sick.
It sucks to lose money but I dont regret this shot at all. I want to improve my game, I want to beat HU sngs at the highest level some day. The only way to move up in stakes is to take shots over and over again and learn from the experience.
"I dont think it's possible to become a great poker player without a lot of suffering. But always remember to move down before you kill your self" - T-diddy
I'm sure my 1-tabling game does have +ev in the 220 turbo but after this downswing I cant afford to play there anymore. The variance in in the 220 turbo is hugh because the edge is obviously marginal. Top players like thephenom919 and maxv2 have about 7% ROI in the 220 turbo and might downswing 5K there at worst. I'm not ready to deal with a potential 5K-10K downswing.
So, back to 2-tabling 110 turbo. I'm very comfortable there now because I cant really downswing much more than 2K there probably.
Here a funny hand from the 110 turbo played today. Maybe I should have shoved pre-here, but its pretty close anyway.
PokerStars Game #24322425464: Tournament #136736358, $110+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level III (25/50) - 2009/01/27 5:11:29 ET
Table '136736358 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: GlassOfBeer (1705 in chips)
Seat 2: thomasny (1295 in chips)
GlassOfBeer: posts small blind 25
thomasny: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to thomasny [Ad 7s]
GlassOfBeer: raises 100 to 150
thomasny: calls 100
*** FLOP *** [2c 2s 3h]
thomasny: checks
GlassOfBeer: bets 200
thomasny: calls 200
*** TURN *** [2c 2s 3h] [Jh]
thomasny: checks
GlassOfBeer: bets 1355 and is all-in
thomasny: calls 945 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (410) returned to GlassOfBeer
*** RIVER *** [2c 2s 3h Jh] [5s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
thomasny: shows [Ad 7s] (a pair of Deuces)
GlassOfBeer: shows [9h Kh] (a pair of Deuces - lower kicker)
thomasny collected 2590 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2590 | Rake 0
Board [2c 2s 3h Jh 5s]
Seat 1: GlassOfBeer (button) (small blind) showed [9h Kh] and lost with a pair of Deuces
Seat 2: thomasny (big blind) showed [Ad 7s] and won (2590) with a pair of Deuces
thomasny: says "GG"
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
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4 comments:
you are the man on so many levels
btw
i'd say that folding preflop is actually better than calling...i would shove
But at 110 and doing good I see. Hey if you fail at all this headsup, you can get into the profession of dancing or comedy based on your youtube dancing skit. That was hilarious; thanks for the laugh.
I'm coached by hokiegreg and primordialAA now. How can I possibly fail?
I'll probably compleatey OWN the 220 lobby in some few months.
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