Monday Night Tournaments

I only played two tournaments tonight. A $4/180 on Stars and a $6.50 Bounty on UB. I played really well in both tournaments but again made one huge mistake down the stretch to bust out.

I finished 36th in the UB bounty having collected 3 bounties for a total prize of about $14 bucks... 39 places paid. I was sitting in about 10th place when i decided to get cute and had a complete meltdown....

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1976264

I've seen this line numerous times and its very rarely weakness this late in a tourny... yet i've busted against it several times, although with better hands that this one. In future i will have to hold a monster to continue.

I finished 10th in the 180.... again sitting in good chip position on a completely unnecessary hand.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1976246

sigh... its dissappointing to look at because i know i'm better than these plays and i could've done some serious damage in both tournys.

This situation with the mono flop has also occured several times and i've busted before playing it aggressively. In future i will attempt to play more cautiously in this situation... to drive home the lesson i've reviewed some numbers in pokerstove.

Firstly i think i probably couldve reraised this hand since we're short handed but calling wasnt so bad against another big stack with position and a potentially dominated hand.... or was it?

On the flop is where i botched it completely... I've run this in poker stove against several potential hands

22+ vs. AJs = 54/46 dog
Made flush or Set = 70/30 dog
AT or TP type hands = 56/44 dog .... i might have some FE against these hands but is it worth it?

I also remember busting one tournament with a set on a mono flop that i played aggressively... so i ran those numbers also...

set vs. Made flush = 65/35 dog
set vs. 22+ = 70/30 fav
set vs. flush draw = 70/30 fav


The shove with the nut flush draw is really donkish now that i've look at it... It will only get called by hands that have me in bad shape... namely a made flush or set. With a set on a mono flop i should charge draws but still not go crazy.

Monday's Tournaments

My goal right now is to develop my MTT skills. Due to severe bankroll limitations at this time i'm playing the low buy-in multi-table sngs in the 18 - 180 player range. I hope to gain experience beating these limited fields while taking shots at larger (field) mtts on weekends.

Today i only played 3 tournaments;

1. 3.25 BI - 45 player - 22nd - 0.00
2. 3.25 BI - 45 player - 4th - $15.00
3. 4.40 BI - 180 player- 20th - 0.00

I just 1 tabled for the most part. Not much in terms of money but i got to put in alot of hands in the 180. The first 45 i played i did not give it my full attention so i busted early. The 2nd 45 i played much better and was in position to take it down. I bubbled out in the 180 but felt i could've easily gone deep.

some hands from the 180

chipping up early
playing AK early
Selective aggression
applying pressure with both barrells
misplayed AJs? - decided to limp behind instead of raising it up... got the perfect flop and failed to extract
two hands that left me short stack
rebuilding my stack - series of AIs

Final hand - after rebuilding nicely this happens... would it have been different had i pushed pf i wonder?