My MTT diary

skeg01

finished 17th out of 500+ runners in the last tourny, only got a profit of $10 to show for it though haha.

skeg01

Played well again tonight in the 3 MTTs i played, first one i got knocked out in the middle stages standard flip 10s v AK which i lost. In the tourny i finished 17th last night, i finished 60th tonight just 12 of the money, was pretty unlucky running AQ into aces near the bubble but oh well lol. Finally i cashed in the $2.20 tourny with over 6500+ players, finished 766th for just a min-cash, got knocked out with KK v AQ, ace on the river again its never on the flop bloody hell haha.

Phantom66

Seems that you know what you are doing v the majority of the field - in which case it might be worth considering what you are getting it in with in early/mid stages of a tourney.

You might need to tighten up - why take a preflop flip in early/mid stages when you can get paid off when you hit flops good?

E.g. when chip lead - why get it in with JJ pre against someone who could seriously hurt your stack? You ended up flipping and could have been a huge dog? The KT at the end was just ul.

Obviously latter stages you will usually need to win some flips to reach the top spots.

I would suggest on a loose all-in happy table - only call with AA/KK - you will still get knocked out sometimes but you will obviously be going in very good most of the time.

skeg01

In Response to Re: My MTT diary:

Seems that you know what you are doing v the majority of the field - in which case it might be worth considering what you are getting it in with in early/mid stages of a tourney. You might need to tighten up - why take a preflop flip in early/mid stages when you can get paid off when you hit flops good? E.g. when chip lead - why get it in with JJ pre against someone who could seriously hurt your stack? You ended up flipping and could have been a huge dog? The KT at the end was just ul. Obviously latter stages you will usually need to win some flips to reach the top spots. I would suggest on a loose all-in happy table - only call with AA/KK - you will still get knocked out sometimes but you will obviously be going in very good most of the time.
Posted by Phantom66

I do play really tight at the early stages lol probably too tight to be honest, i've folded AQs and pocket 9s and 10s utg before in the early stages, and i never look to get it all in pre-flop with hands like JJ or AK, with QQ, KK and AA i will always look to get it in pre with those hands no matter what stage it is (with the exception of QQ if there has been a lot of action beforehand then i can get away from it lol)

Don't know what hand you're referring to when i got it all in pre-flop with jacks in the early stages i can't remember that ever happening lol. Maybe it was the hand i flopped a set of jacks after just calling a 3bet pre and they hit broadway with their AK to take me out?

When the blinds go up to the 75/150-100/200 level and there are antes in play (which is like the 7th level or so) i start being more aggresive especially in position to try and isolate limpers and steal blinds etc, try and build a stack but it doesn't always work out obviously haha.

Anyway i'm not playing at all tonight, fancied a day off lol

Phantom66

In Response to Re: My MTT diary:

In Response to Re: My MTT diary : I do play really tight at the early stages lol probably too tight to be honest, i've folded AQs and pocket 9s and 10s utg before in the early stages, and i never look to get it all in pre-flop with hands like JJ or AK, with QQ, KK and AA i will always look to get it in pre with those hands no matter what stage it is (with the exception of QQ if there has been a lot of action beforehand then i can get away from it lol) Don't know what hand you're referring to when i got it all in pre-flop with jacks in the early stages i can't remember that ever happening lol. Maybe it was the hand i flopped a set of jacks after just calling a 3bet pre and they hit broadway with their AK to take me out? When the blinds go up to the 75/150-100/200 level and there are antes in play (which is like the 7th level or so) i start being more aggresive especially in position to try and isolate limpers and steal blinds etc, try and build a stack but it doesn't always work out obviously haha. Anyway i'm not playing at all tonight, fancied a day off lol
Posted by skeg01

Sounds good to me. The JJ hand may have been later in tourney but even so I wouldn't be risking half my stack from chip lead with JJ pre. Obviously its a snap call/easy shove v a short-stack.

Was chip leader for a while before i lost half my stack losing a flip with jacks,
Posted by skeg01