What a weekend it was, I finally cracked the 40$ mark which didn't really take much effort. Much of it fluctuated between 40$ and 46$ all weekend. I have noticed I seem to win more playing less games.
This is excellent, seeing I only been playing online poker for about 3 weeks now.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Friday, March 28, 2008
Not my best day
First 3 games Sit and Go 1$ Tournaments was a disaster, lack discipline. Read the game to deeply, wasn't following my strategy. I came back at the end of the day though finishing with a 2nd and 1st. Which in the end makes me 1.50$ up for the day.
Played a free roll tournament and just made it in the money. I made a whopping 30 cents. Quite boring actually. I hope tournaments are not just all in every hand. Gets pretty boring, perhaps need to use more strategy and read more how to play tournaments with 4-5K of people.
Played a free roll tournament and just made it in the money. I made a whopping 30 cents. Quite boring actually. I hope tournaments are not just all in every hand. Gets pretty boring, perhaps need to use more strategy and read more how to play tournaments with 4-5K of people.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
1 game - 1 win
Today I am 1 from 1 in Sit and Go 1$ Tournaments. Overall I won 4.50$ and it cost me 1.20$. Thats all the time I have today. Need to rest, playing tired makes me lose concentration.
Tonight's game lasted nearly 1.5 hrs, Level 9 (300/600 +50). Again patience and good hands won me the game, no luck (don't believe in luck). Good hands and good bets. At first I was playing to get to 3rd place, then I got 2nd and then it was heads up and the rest is history.
However a few times I did lose my concentration and nearly lost it. Had to refocus, think about what I was doing and playing for. Still fishing on some hands
Winning a tournament feels good.
Tonight's game lasted nearly 1.5 hrs, Level 9 (300/600 +50). Again patience and good hands won me the game, no luck (don't believe in luck). Good hands and good bets. At first I was playing to get to 3rd place, then I got 2nd and then it was heads up and the rest is history.
However a few times I did lose my concentration and nearly lost it. Had to refocus, think about what I was doing and playing for. Still fishing on some hands
Winning a tournament feels good.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
4 Games - 2 wins
Today I played f0ur Sit and Go 1$ Tournaments and won 2 and loss 2 which puts me overall in front. Overall I won 9$ and it cost me 4.80$.
Ultimately playing good hands is still the best technique out there. An important lesson in one of the loss games, I should have not gone all in when there is still 8 players. Especially with turn and river, anything could pop and it did.
The best game of the night was coming from 840 chips left. With 2 players holding about 12.5K of the chips. Aggressive play was needed on good hands. Eventually I had the upper hand and instead of going all in on all good hands, slowly milk and wore them down with my play. Good game.
Lessons learn so far
Ultimately playing good hands is still the best technique out there. An important lesson in one of the loss games, I should have not gone all in when there is still 8 players. Especially with turn and river, anything could pop and it did.
The best game of the night was coming from 840 chips left. With 2 players holding about 12.5K of the chips. Aggressive play was needed on good hands. Eventually I had the upper hand and instead of going all in on all good hands, slowly milk and wore them down with my play. Good game.
Lessons learn so far
- Play for the Money
- Play good hands
- Don't fish or chase cards
- Watch the game, learn to change style of play
- Don't Tilt, bad beats are ok as it doesn't happen often. (even holding KK, fold)
Monday, March 24, 2008
My Strategy
My current strategy is to play Sit and Go tournament games. Sit and Go tournaments, are games where you can play for anything from just 1$ to 1000$ + a 20% rake rate. In any one game there can range from 9 to 45 players. Like any tournament, the winner is the person with all the chips.
However the best thing about playing tournaments is you don't have to finish first to win some money. As you can win money from 3rd up to 7th position depending on type of game.
The reason I am playing these games, as this will give me the best benefit and experience in playing and developing my poker game.
Currently it is working quite well for me as you can see my bank roll is growing from the original 10$.
Playing over 111 odd games, poker is definitely a game of patience and endurance.
However the best thing about playing tournaments is you don't have to finish first to win some money. As you can win money from 3rd up to 7th position depending on type of game.
The reason I am playing these games, as this will give me the best benefit and experience in playing and developing my poker game.
Currently it is working quite well for me as you can see my bank roll is growing from the original 10$.
Playing over 111 odd games, poker is definitely a game of patience and endurance.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Make Money Playing Poker
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