Quads
01-29-2006, 12:24 AM
Well, I prepped.
I've had tourney play on my mind for the last week or so.
By trial and error, I'm more a cash game player than I am a tourney player. I personally think my cash game is stronger than my tourney play, but when I get in the right groove, I seem to do fair and shake some cash out of the trees. I say I'm more a cash game player because I play 50 cash games to one tourney. I play a cash game about 4 nights / days a week, to a tourney, every so often.
I woke up this morning to the smell of eggs, bacon and flap jacks. I arose from my slumber to kick the pot of coffee in the ass, and to my surprise, (man I love my Wife), there was a bucket of tar waiting for me, along with a stack of flap jacks, some eggs and bacon. (did I mention what a kick ass Wifey I have!)
She knew I was playing in the WSOP tourney qualifier today and figured for good juju, good luck and a nice start to the day, she'd kick it off with a good breakfast and get me on my way.
Breakfast was great. I got the mail, the paper, my coffee and headed out to the garage and had my morning smoke, catch up on some news, etc. An hour or so later, I ran through the sprinklers, drug a razor over my face, and rolled up to Deuces Wild (http://www.deuceswildcasino.net)for the WSOP tourney.
The tourney paid $11,000. $10,000 of which can be spent in the WSOP Main Event, or if you wish, any number of smaller WSOP events, up to $10,000. The extra dime is there for flights, hookers, hotels, what ever.
Upon arriving, there were three other pools that we started on the side which were i) $20 for first out. ii) $20 buck for last out, and iii) $50 for a standard tourney payout structure, 1st through 6th. As a total, we had $60 in the first out pool. $440 in the Last Out pool, and just about $1100 in the Tourney Payout pool, $700 of that for 1st place.
Cards in the air!
I played just as I planned on playing. Tight, and taking advantage of the times where I either thought I had the best hand, and got my money in the pot, and if I thought I was beat, I got away from the hand. With the starting stacks (T-$5,000) and the rounds at 20 minutes, you could be somewhat patient, but you had to get your chips in at some point and get paid on them. You couldn't wait around too too long for just the right hand, or the blinds were eventually going to eat you. when you did have a hand, you had to play it strong. If you went out to stab at a pot, you really needed to pick and choose your battles with who you were trying to get off their hand and out of the pot.
Of all the hands I did play, I won all my showdowns other than 3. One I lost, simply my bad play against a player sneaking in PF with a K/8 and spiked some 8's on the river for a better 2 pair, it was early on, so it wasn't too damaging. One other I was racing with someone with Pocket 10's and ran into 8's which hooked up for a set, and another where I raced an all inner with A/10 against A/8 and the board was A/5/5/K/2, so we chopped.
We started the tourney around Noon with 5 tables, and it was maxed at 50 players, so there was no worry about alternates coming in. At 4:30 I found myself heads up with about T-$180,000 in chips against a player who had about T150K. We traded blinds a few times, he took a few, I took a few, etc. Nothing outrageous. Blinds were locked at 5K/10K.
I hook up with pocket 6's on the button and raise the SB to 50K, this player immediately moves all in. I pull the iPod out of my ears, and look at him and figured he didn't hook up with a huge hand that was already made, such as a big pocket pair. I'm sitting on a pocket pair, and figured at best, we are racing, almost 50/50%, depending what he had, I could be as high as 54%, and on the other hand, I could in effect be the dog. But, I am heads up, this is a relatively weak player, and I do have a made hand, albeit preflop, a medium pocket pair.
Let's race. I have him covered, and he says "oh, shit, I didn't know that you looked at your cards!" Apparently he missed the whole 'Quads looks down at his cards and noticed he has a pair of sixes, does some quick math in his head, looks over at his opponent', etc. etc. part of the hand.
The board was exactly what I was looking for. No pair to his K or his J... nor did it bring three clubs for him to make a flush. We verified the chip stacks to make sure I had him covered, and shook on the deal, and they let the press in for post tourney wrap up interviews and photo opportunities, autographs, and so on..... OK, so there wasn't a press conference, but I did bag the tourney for $11,000 cash and will be playing several of the events in the WSOP again this year.
My plan is actually NOT to play in the main event with this money, but rather enter in 4 or 5 of the $2,000 and $2,500 WSOP bracelet events and twist up a few cash games on the side and play the Second Chance Tourneys for the Main Event Entry.
Next Stop... Vegas Baby... Vegas!
I've had tourney play on my mind for the last week or so.
By trial and error, I'm more a cash game player than I am a tourney player. I personally think my cash game is stronger than my tourney play, but when I get in the right groove, I seem to do fair and shake some cash out of the trees. I say I'm more a cash game player because I play 50 cash games to one tourney. I play a cash game about 4 nights / days a week, to a tourney, every so often.
I woke up this morning to the smell of eggs, bacon and flap jacks. I arose from my slumber to kick the pot of coffee in the ass, and to my surprise, (man I love my Wife), there was a bucket of tar waiting for me, along with a stack of flap jacks, some eggs and bacon. (did I mention what a kick ass Wifey I have!)
She knew I was playing in the WSOP tourney qualifier today and figured for good juju, good luck and a nice start to the day, she'd kick it off with a good breakfast and get me on my way.
Breakfast was great. I got the mail, the paper, my coffee and headed out to the garage and had my morning smoke, catch up on some news, etc. An hour or so later, I ran through the sprinklers, drug a razor over my face, and rolled up to Deuces Wild (http://www.deuceswildcasino.net)for the WSOP tourney.
The tourney paid $11,000. $10,000 of which can be spent in the WSOP Main Event, or if you wish, any number of smaller WSOP events, up to $10,000. The extra dime is there for flights, hookers, hotels, what ever.
Upon arriving, there were three other pools that we started on the side which were i) $20 for first out. ii) $20 buck for last out, and iii) $50 for a standard tourney payout structure, 1st through 6th. As a total, we had $60 in the first out pool. $440 in the Last Out pool, and just about $1100 in the Tourney Payout pool, $700 of that for 1st place.
Cards in the air!
I played just as I planned on playing. Tight, and taking advantage of the times where I either thought I had the best hand, and got my money in the pot, and if I thought I was beat, I got away from the hand. With the starting stacks (T-$5,000) and the rounds at 20 minutes, you could be somewhat patient, but you had to get your chips in at some point and get paid on them. You couldn't wait around too too long for just the right hand, or the blinds were eventually going to eat you. when you did have a hand, you had to play it strong. If you went out to stab at a pot, you really needed to pick and choose your battles with who you were trying to get off their hand and out of the pot.
Of all the hands I did play, I won all my showdowns other than 3. One I lost, simply my bad play against a player sneaking in PF with a K/8 and spiked some 8's on the river for a better 2 pair, it was early on, so it wasn't too damaging. One other I was racing with someone with Pocket 10's and ran into 8's which hooked up for a set, and another where I raced an all inner with A/10 against A/8 and the board was A/5/5/K/2, so we chopped.
We started the tourney around Noon with 5 tables, and it was maxed at 50 players, so there was no worry about alternates coming in. At 4:30 I found myself heads up with about T-$180,000 in chips against a player who had about T150K. We traded blinds a few times, he took a few, I took a few, etc. Nothing outrageous. Blinds were locked at 5K/10K.
I hook up with pocket 6's on the button and raise the SB to 50K, this player immediately moves all in. I pull the iPod out of my ears, and look at him and figured he didn't hook up with a huge hand that was already made, such as a big pocket pair. I'm sitting on a pocket pair, and figured at best, we are racing, almost 50/50%, depending what he had, I could be as high as 54%, and on the other hand, I could in effect be the dog. But, I am heads up, this is a relatively weak player, and I do have a made hand, albeit preflop, a medium pocket pair.
Let's race. I have him covered, and he says "oh, shit, I didn't know that you looked at your cards!" Apparently he missed the whole 'Quads looks down at his cards and noticed he has a pair of sixes, does some quick math in his head, looks over at his opponent', etc. etc. part of the hand.
The board was exactly what I was looking for. No pair to his K or his J... nor did it bring three clubs for him to make a flush. We verified the chip stacks to make sure I had him covered, and shook on the deal, and they let the press in for post tourney wrap up interviews and photo opportunities, autographs, and so on..... OK, so there wasn't a press conference, but I did bag the tourney for $11,000 cash and will be playing several of the events in the WSOP again this year.
My plan is actually NOT to play in the main event with this money, but rather enter in 4 or 5 of the $2,000 and $2,500 WSOP bracelet events and twist up a few cash games on the side and play the Second Chance Tourneys for the Main Event Entry.
Next Stop... Vegas Baby... Vegas!