Sunday, March 27, 2011
Approaching a milestone...
After putting in larger/longer sessions, I'm approaching FTP's Black Card status! I've gotten 2 reminder emails that "you're getting close".
I'm projecting to get it in the next couple days....
1. Here's hoping that the "benefits" of having "the most prestiguous card in poker" are worthwhile at the RIO/WSOP (which was the whole point)...
2. I actually kind of want the actual physical black card :-P ...and will probably email FTP's Black Card support and hope to get the physical version!
On a side note, I will be trying to mix in a lot more NLHE and PLO. I was really putting in a huge volume of PLO8 (PLO8 - 90%, PLO - 9%, NLHE - 1%) which is good in prep for the WSOP. But, I'm hoping to get it back to more of a 60-20-20 now that i'm not pushing to get BC so quickly.
2 posts are pending:
1. My Last Live NLHE/PLO session at Rivers
2. My Thoughts about the mini-FTOPS 10 game (which coincidentally, I chose mini-FTOPS 10 game over St. Patrick's Day + NCAA tournament start/bracketology) and the need for me to play/learn some NLHE MTT strategy sometime amidst all the other things I need to improve.
I'm projecting to get it in the next couple days....
1. Here's hoping that the "benefits" of having "the most prestiguous card in poker" are worthwhile at the RIO/WSOP (which was the whole point)...
2. I actually kind of want the actual physical black card :-P ...and will probably email FTP's Black Card support and hope to get the physical version!
On a side note, I will be trying to mix in a lot more NLHE and PLO. I was really putting in a huge volume of PLO8 (PLO8 - 90%, PLO - 9%, NLHE - 1%) which is good in prep for the WSOP. But, I'm hoping to get it back to more of a 60-20-20 now that i'm not pushing to get BC so quickly.
2 posts are pending:
1. My Last Live NLHE/PLO session at Rivers
2. My Thoughts about the mini-FTOPS 10 game (which coincidentally, I chose mini-FTOPS 10 game over St. Patrick's Day + NCAA tournament start/bracketology) and the need for me to play/learn some NLHE MTT strategy sometime amidst all the other things I need to improve.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Mass Multi-tabling (over 6-7 tables) must stop!
This is kind of a vent post, tbh...
No longer will i play more than 6-7 tables (4 rush + 2 ring game). I had yet another bad session...
I also think I need to focus just on rush PLO8 for a while...a ~20 buyin downswing is hardly a downswing.
On the plus side - I feel somewhat ok at 100PLO8 (FR and 6m, not necessarily HU), but sometimes feel a little tenative. I think that I will overcome that in time.
Additionally, I need to try to fix my hud, which was misconfigured and seems to run slower since I had to migrate to a different desktop machine.
No longer will i play more than 6-7 tables (4 rush + 2 ring game). I had yet another bad session...
I also think I need to focus just on rush PLO8 for a while...a ~20 buyin downswing is hardly a downswing.
On the plus side - I feel somewhat ok at 100PLO8 (FR and 6m, not necessarily HU), but sometimes feel a little tenative. I think that I will overcome that in time.
Additionally, I need to try to fix my hud, which was misconfigured and seems to run slower since I had to migrate to a different desktop machine.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
NO & AC 2010 - Trip Summary
Summary:
1. In NOLA (New Orleans, Louisiana), people who busted me generally won the tournament
1. 6max NLHE
2. PLO
3. PLO8 - The guys who ended up taking 1/2 of each of the pot went heads up
2. NO NLHE fields were weak in general from the 2 smaller events I played.
3. A lot of firsts:
a. first rebuy tourney (PLO)
b. seeing bling for shipping an MTT (PLO) - the ring was placed at the final table in everyone's view
c. being on the right side + wrong side of the bubble
4. Borgata
A decent chunk of the young players seemed to be decently competent online players and were good with table selection (ie: they left quickly when the table was bad). Most always open raised and seemed to play competently.
5. I felt the most comfortable in an MTT on 12/10 (NLHE FR). I felt I understood all the players I encountered and was poised to make a deep run...
6. MTTs @ Harrah's in AC
The 570 definitely was a tougher field. Lots of MTT pros, some that definitely knew push/shove ranges....I was fortunate to min-cash, but I definitely feel like I misplayed a lot of situations.
The 350 had some decent amount of weak players/lots of open limping.
7. AC: It was weird to walk around the various poker rooms.
a. The Hilton had a 7.50/15.00 LHE game. I was told that the action was very "loose" compared to a standard 10/20 LHE game. Their wait list was a camera pointing to a white board!
b. The prevalence of stud at the Taj Mahal was huge. I guess I should have played some stud hi at Taj Mahal just to say "I played stud there...." They had some 1-5 spread and i think a 5/10? game. The Borgata had stud as well, but it was 20-40+.
8. I should definitely play more cash games on future trips. Don't get me wrong, sightseeing is definitely something to do, but I felt I did not put in much time for cash games (~6-7 hours only...)
1. In NOLA (New Orleans, Louisiana), people who busted me generally won the tournament
1. 6max NLHE
2. PLO
3. PLO8 - The guys who ended up taking 1/2 of each of the pot went heads up
2. NO NLHE fields were weak in general from the 2 smaller events I played.
3. A lot of firsts:
a. first rebuy tourney (PLO)
b. seeing bling for shipping an MTT (PLO) - the ring was placed at the final table in everyone's view
c. being on the right side + wrong side of the bubble
4. Borgata
A decent chunk of the young players seemed to be decently competent online players and were good with table selection (ie: they left quickly when the table was bad). Most always open raised and seemed to play competently.
5. I felt the most comfortable in an MTT on 12/10 (NLHE FR). I felt I understood all the players I encountered and was poised to make a deep run...
6. MTTs @ Harrah's in AC
The 570 definitely was a tougher field. Lots of MTT pros, some that definitely knew push/shove ranges....I was fortunate to min-cash, but I definitely feel like I misplayed a lot of situations.
The 350 had some decent amount of weak players/lots of open limping.
7. AC: It was weird to walk around the various poker rooms.
a. The Hilton had a 7.50/15.00 LHE game. I was told that the action was very "loose" compared to a standard 10/20 LHE game. Their wait list was a camera pointing to a white board!
b. The prevalence of stud at the Taj Mahal was huge. I guess I should have played some stud hi at Taj Mahal just to say "I played stud there...." They had some 1-5 spread and i think a 5/10? game. The Borgata had stud as well, but it was 20-40+.
8. I should definitely play more cash games on future trips. Don't get me wrong, sightseeing is definitely something to do, but I felt I did not put in much time for cash games (~6-7 hours only...)
Sunday, March 6, 2011
NO & AC Trip Reports + mini-FTOPS start
1. Formal trip reports are embedded within the "December 2010" time frame at the approximate posting times. I left the "intermediate" updates in the blog.
2. To be honest, I really wish I could play the entire mini-FTOPS schedule. It would be fun to grind all of them and help "further my education". I guess I just need to win the mini-FTOPS leaderboard and then magically find off time from day job...
2. To be honest, I really wish I could play the entire mini-FTOPS schedule. It would be fun to grind all of them and help "further my education". I guess I just need to win the mini-FTOPS leaderboard and then magically find off time from day job...
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