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I've not read any books on poker.
Always thought it would be hard to learn from a book about something that is so situational/ player dependant.
If it was about general themes and theories it would be a good idea, as long as it was at a decent enough level.
Since i've started this, i've been really happy with how i've been playing overall. Couple of games i have tilted when playing 2 tournies at same time, had a bad beat, which has affected my play in the other, making really bad decisions.
There is a lot of positives , i need to iron out a few things.
The biggest thing i need to do is ramp up the aggression in the middle/ to late stages, but has been hard so far cause late on i've been running pretty bad.
There's a series calling 'Winning Poker Tournaments: One Hand at a Time'. There are 3 volumes to it and they're all a great read. It's written by 3 online MTT pros and they just talk through hand after hand of their own play during tournaments they've played and explain what they do, why they do it, how they're decisions are affected by different opponent types, different stack sizes etc. They're a great read.
See when i said i tilted i was talking about that exact tournie, i thinki went out the other tournie i was in like 2 hands later, cause i was on tilt.
The hand previous, my aces were busted by 67, i stuck in a massive 3 bet called with junk.
Flop 678, really wet board, oppo put in a redic small bet, i was thinking sets etc etc, i just called (i needed to reraise here every day of the week), checked to on turn, i bet about 800, they call, six on the river, and donk bet for about 1500 which i call! I was thinking i'm beat, but the only hand that made sense betting wise through the hand was oppo having a six. Then i talked myself into the fact given the pre flop action they could never have a 6 here.
Next hand against you was just pure spew! Nice hand btw, not bad flopping a straight!:D
I'll check out that book mate, thanks.
Erm I have hard copies of all 3, I'm a big bookworm and always prefer paper copies to e-books but I'm sure you could find something online. They are about £11 each in paper form so you might not wanna try to get them online somewhere for free
You anywhere near having played 100 MTTs yet? Have you kept records, do you know how many cashes you've, how many FTs etc? I wouldn't be too disheartened if you don't have any wins in only 100 games, MTTs can be like that. Do you know if you're showing a profit from them?
Paul, since this started i must have played about 20 games.
I've cashed about 5 times and also had a few bounties.
I must be down a fair bit from the games i've played since the start of this. I expected this would probably be the case when i started. I'll need to start keeping better records of results.
Glad i started this, has been really interesting and learned a bit, most importantly i know the areas i need to work on a lot more.
I'm going to try and spend some time "studying" and improving my knowlegde of MTTs. Might have a look at some of the books mentioned above. Had a look on Amazon they are £20, tried the library too and they dont have em lol But, might try and pick up 1 or 2 books on MTT play. Especially to look at themes/ strategies. Doing this would help a good amount.
Mr sharkscope looks pretty terrible, long term if i put in the effort, start getting the results, this will sort itself out. In my time on sky, i've won about 3 or 4 low stakes MTTs, which was when i knew a lot less about poker lol
I'll try to keep doing the right things and sucess will come.
There is a few leaks, if i sort these it will go along away to helping improve results at MTTs.
As i said initially, the biggets thing i need to improve upon is play in the middle stages.
I don't think it helps the lack of volume in MTTs, in the grand scheme of things ive not played that many of them. I would say there been no point during this where i have ran well. Looking forward to getting a bit of run good later on in a tournie.
Also, i've noticed as Andy highlighted above i have a tendency to tilt in MTTs, this is quite a big leake too.
If i'm on later tonight' i'll have a go at a few MTTS.
If you buy these books and read them properly they'll pay for themselves many times over. This series is more comprehensive and easier to learn from than Kill Everyone in my opinion.
I just folded, the only thing i'm beating is a bluff, which is really unlikely ere
Wasn't the best of tournies for me, card dead most of the way, the Kings hand above was my best hand and i still couldnt win it!
I grinded a short stack for a while, eventually got it in with AQ versus KK, i hut my flush on river thinking i had sucked out for a change! First card was a King, didn't notice the board had paired lol
Started out well, really sweet table, got up to 7k, lost a coupld of big hands, was back down to 5k
This is the exit hand, on the turn when i hit my king and am min raised, looks like 2 pair/ or i'm beat, i shoved hoping they were overplaying a weaker ace. Don't like just calling, shove and cross my fingers!
Im hating the min raise by the oppo. You've raised pre... youve bet flop. Youve bet quite big on turn... and he still wants to raise. Do I get away from it? Unlikely as i've just hit my K but min raise usually means he has you beaten. Itd be a tight fold, but you cant call raise to fold river. Shove or fold but the warning signs are there that he has you beaten.
Thing is you dont get time to think about all this stuff when playing with your 8 seconds or whatever you get.
Totally mate. I think i'm behind here due to how player played etc etc, but thought i've only got a pot sized bet behind. I can fold and still be in, but wanted to take the chance, incase AK was still good.
It's prob an easy fold (reads), i'm hardly ever good here.
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I should have just folded, not ideal but still have plenty of chips.
Re, Betsizing, 3/4 pot is overkill? Are we always betting smaller here on the turn?
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Tonight i'm going to play in the DTD games, really hard games, but good fun for a fiver.
Hoping to get a bit of run good!
I didn't do much tonight. Would be interesting to get some feedback on 2 exit hands.
The first 1, guy open shoved for 40-50 bigs, i have pocket 9s. I doubt he is that strong open shoving, if he has a big ace, i thought it was worth gambling to get a stack. He has pocket Kings which hold
Hand 2, would be interested to hear peoples thoughts on this? I guess people might think this is 2 loose, it's shove or fold in my opinion.
Edit, just looked at this, i really need to bet the turn, i think.
Hand 2) I prob make it 180-200 because of limper. Fine to continuation bet on flop. Now what are we doing on the turn? Check then raise all in when oppo is not folding because of pot odds. Its check/fold mate.
Hand 2 same as Gazza said. C/R is the worst option cos we're never getting folds, so we're always getting called and it will always be by better hands and our equity isn't that great anymore with only 1 card to come. I don't hate barrelling or maybe C/C a small bet, but when he bets this size we have to let it go.
I'll prob take a break from MTTs for a bit, i really need to do some reading/ studying on them before i go any further.
Hand 2 is really bad! I had to post it for others to confirm how bad it was, yeah i have outs, but am quite a massive dog.
Going to look at getting some books on mtt strategy, i'll have a look at the 1s already mentioned.
2. your pre is way to small make it 3.5-4bb with the limper. Your flop sizing is really weak for a drawy board, make it 2/3-pot sized here, it's fine getting it in if he shoves. The turn you need to either be letting it go and c/f or continue your aggression with another large bet that makes him fold a lot of his 10x, low pp and draw hands. overall not aggro enough here against a wide range.
Ended up 3rd in rebuy tournie, my queens were beat my 6 9 suited for an 80k pot (100k chips in play!)
lol unbelievable way to finish a tournie this is the exit hand
lol this was really annoying.
I know it's bad to moan about bad beats, but right now it's pretty sick lol
I have a massive edge 3 handed and this happens