January

After a month (well two weeks anyway) of nothing but Multi Table Tournaments I have 39 played and an ROI of -51.53%. In Satellites I have 3 played for an ROI of 321.49%. Overall that means I lost money this month.

I’ve managed to learn something about the low buy in events. I learned my “normal” style of play is a losing style. I have a tendency to be very erratic overall in my play. I can move from tight to aggressive and vice versa very quickly and I do so often. Presently, that’s a recipe for disaster.

I would surmise that in order to consistently cash in these events, and thus give myself a shot at winning them, I’m going to have to aquire a very rigid straight forward approach. This approach is three pronged.

First, during the initial hour of play I will need to be tight and play straight forward ABC poker.
Second, during the next hour I will step up the aggression and begin open raising more liberally.
Third, If I make it into the money I will look for large trapping opportunities.

I’m not sure this will be a good final approach but over the next two weeks I will give it a try and see how everything is meshing out. I’m also going to start rotating some cash game play into the mix. I keep trying to deny that part of my game since I suck at it but I simply can’t fight the urge. My work schedule for the rest of the week will also prevent me from playing tournaments so I’ll need cash game play to take up the slack. I’ve resigned myself to playing only one cash table at a time and also stepping up stakes. I’m hoping that will force me concentrate more and take the game more seriously.

That last sentence sounds stupid, but it’s true. My brain is just fucked up that way.

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The Biggest Loser #1

In what has been a disastrous week at the tables so far I bring you my first Biggest Loser hand. I’m actually bending the rules a little because this was not my actual biggest losing hand. Exactly two hands after the one listed I lost an entire buy in when preflop I got all in with QQ vs. AA. Chalk that one up to tilt. I also had a winning hand that was slightly more than this losing hand but it was just a case of my having a bigger two pair and a donkey to pay me off.

I find this hand to be a little interesting because I have what looks to be the best hand at first glance. The check raise by my opponent on the flop should have been more of an indication to me what my opponent had, but I locked in on my opponent having a weaker Ace and I blocked out all other possibilities. The turn card locks me in and I’m committed at that point.

My question is this. Did I just get coolered or should I have been able to read my opponents holdings better and been able to get away on the turn?

Here’s the hand:

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