20

Oct

To Fish or not to Fish

Last Friday has been a rather weird poker night for me as I was playing with my friends. Believe it or not, for approx 80% of the hands I played, I flopped some kind of big draw; open-ended straight draw, nut flush draw, straight flush draw.. and yes, a royal flush draw which finally killed my bankroll.

At the beginning, I tried to avoid fishing too much. Most of the guys played aggressively so I had to be conservative and fold several drawing hands. To my disgust, running cards would have made me a strong hand.

Therefore, as the game progressed, I decided to shift my style and fish more especially against the few tight players. Even more, I tried to bet these draws, trying to confuse the oppenent and make the pot bigger.

Frankly, it didn't work out. I often ended up looking at the river card and realising I am holding J high. Bluffing worked a couple of times, however I had to admit defeat in many big pots because of my failed drawing hand.

Close to the end of the night, I received K(h) J(h). I was on the button, and raised it 4 times after taking a look at one semi-tight and one loose player to play behind me. Unsurprisingly, both called. Flop is Q(h) 10(h) and 8(c). What do you say, a straight Read More »

10

Oct

My S&G performance

Altough I did not get organised in noting my results of the tournaments I play, from time to time I like to sit down and take a look at my perfomance over a particular time.

Naturally, this curiosity mostly arises when I suddenly realise that either my bankroll has shrinked almost to nothing or as happened this time, my bankroll grew fatter.

The S&G I like to play are at the majority $5 Buyin 6 seater, however noted down here are some exceptions:

September 1st - 30th (S&G profit = $50)

Date	Structure	Buyin Read More »
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