Then, two hands I played, I will review. When all in within 5 to 10 seconds of both. -------------- First hand, in the free day 1. Short utg+1, 17bb, I jam all in with AA. The table playing passive aggressive. Meaning, let them call with worse. So if I get many calls, then so be it. I should have raised 3bb of my 17bb stack. So if i get 2 or 3 callers, pot be close to 10bb, easy shove on any flop with my 14bb. -------------- Second hand, in the evening day 1, early. I have 70bb in the small blind with KK. Open from bully to 2.5x, btn makes it 7.5x, I cold 4bet snap jam 70x. Making it look like AK. Both the button and myself, getting owned by the bully. Lost about 10k of our 40k stacks. Not a big deal at this stage. Plenty of play. So, instead, i should have made it 17x to 20x, which oozes strength, and probably makes the bully fold his JJ. The btn now has a decision with his AKs. 50/50 decusion between all in or fold. Since btn and myself have similar stacks. I probably take the pot down ore flop, or take all the btns stack. Board ran out J high. --------- So the in game decisions incorrect, but not wrong. Need to play the table better. With the AA hand, open raise 3x normal speed, then jam any flop. With the KK hand, Take some time, 30 seconds or more then cold 4bet between 15x to 21x. Then, whatever happens, I've played the table meta correctly. --------- Overall, happy with my play, lack of experience of in game meta, since away from the game for years. Back live and online one month.
There's a poker tournament series coming up Paddy's weekend. 100 in for 100k gtd. Meaning at least 1316 people. 76 + 24, rake is huge, edge is small. People saying a crapshoot. We'll see. Other one day events in Athlone and Carrick upcoming. Then some bigger games and series in the summer.
So straight after busting the morning day 1 yesterday, I jumped straight into the afternoon day 1. A tilt decision. Think, wait, patience, take a break of hours. Then decide. Will learn. First poker tournament series since 2014.
This poker tournament series not going to plan. My free ticket ended last level day 1. Played the following mornings day 1, got unlucky. Shouldn't have jumped straight into the afternoon day 1, but I did. Tired, exhausted, bad play. Took a break, and food, played the evening day 1, and got shafted out if it. KK vs JJ vs AK. J turn. And the opener , ran into a bigger hand. Got the monster stack to play. Mind not in correct frame, aka thinking through decisions. All in all, heard a comment on my first day 1, that these series are too long. Meaning gap between day 1 and day 2. I tend to agree. Its exhausting, these long hours of concentration, but that's to be paid expected. Solution, instead of coming down Thursday for the start of play Friday, and leave Tuesday. Come down Saturday for only Sunday and Monday, then leave Tuesday.
Can I turn 20 Euro into 20k Euro in the Main Event? That would be insane ROI %
Second day of the poker tournaments series. Day 1b , 1c, 1d today for the main. I'm playing 1C in 3 hours. This is my free ticket from last weeks last longer competition.
Remember that chat we had at btc Prague? @β‚Ώen Wehrman Going through with getting dentures. All my teeth roots have been extracted. Halfway. Few months now , then onto Dentures.
I treat poker tournaments differently. I have a bankroll to support playing these games.
Its more important to say; "Once a gambler, always a gambler" Need to be very careful every day. It never stops. The challenge of not gambling today.
Couple of weeks now since the Dental Extractions have finished now. Couple more months for the gums the fully heal before I can start Dentures. Life changing for me... Long time coming. On top of my mind. Able to do this now. Amazing. One day at a time.