I made my first final table in a long long time yesterday, and it was from a huge field MTT, so I'm am very pleased.
I came 7th out of 1491 in the PokerStars $5 freezeout for $246.
I am very pleased with my overall performance in this MTT, although I must confess that I did get very lucky on a couple of occasions to stay in the tourney, and I also made a mistake on the final table (I came into the final table as chipleader
).
My final table mistake went something like this. I'm just over an average stack at 350k with 7 players remaining, and I pick up KJs at UTG+2. So I raise my standard 2.5xBB (to 50k) and it's folded around to the SB, who calls, and the big blind folds. SB is a pretty loose player, and he does have something against me, as I pwned him earlier in the tourney - since then he has been calling most of my raises if he had the chance. I think my hand is good. The flop comes AA3, and he checks to me. Then I make the silly mistake of checking, to induce a bet that I could raise, whereas I should've bet out around 75k for information here. The turn is another rag, and we both check (my check is to induce a bet that I can raise). The river is another low rag, and he bets out 100k, I feel that he is trying to steal the pot, and I push all in for 300k. He insta-calls and flips AT. That was by far the biggest lapse in concentration I have had in a while, and what a time to do it!
Either way, due to the aforementioned luck I talked about, I am very happy with the $250, and this takes my bankroll over $1.3k (although I still owe $300).
In other news, my quadtabling of the $6 SnGs is well underway, although I've only played 23, I feel I've made a decent start (especially considering I've really never qudtabled SnGs before). Here's my stats so far:
SnGs Played: 23
ROI: 19.20%
ITM: 43.48%
Net: +$28.70
1st: 3
2nd: 4
3rd: 3
Hopefully I can keep these stats up (preferably improving upon them), and maybe get a few more good MTT finishes.
I came 7th out of 1491 in the PokerStars $5 freezeout for $246.
I am very pleased with my overall performance in this MTT, although I must confess that I did get very lucky on a couple of occasions to stay in the tourney, and I also made a mistake on the final table (I came into the final table as chipleader
).My final table mistake went something like this. I'm just over an average stack at 350k with 7 players remaining, and I pick up KJs at UTG+2. So I raise my standard 2.5xBB (to 50k) and it's folded around to the SB, who calls, and the big blind folds. SB is a pretty loose player, and he does have something against me, as I pwned him earlier in the tourney - since then he has been calling most of my raises if he had the chance. I think my hand is good. The flop comes AA3, and he checks to me. Then I make the silly mistake of checking, to induce a bet that I could raise, whereas I should've bet out around 75k for information here. The turn is another rag, and we both check (my check is to induce a bet that I can raise). The river is another low rag, and he bets out 100k, I feel that he is trying to steal the pot, and I push all in for 300k. He insta-calls and flips AT. That was by far the biggest lapse in concentration I have had in a while, and what a time to do it!
Either way, due to the aforementioned luck I talked about, I am very happy with the $250, and this takes my bankroll over $1.3k (although I still owe $300).
In other news, my quadtabling of the $6 SnGs is well underway, although I've only played 23, I feel I've made a decent start (especially considering I've really never qudtabled SnGs before). Here's my stats so far:
SnGs Played: 23
ROI: 19.20%
ITM: 43.48%
Net: +$28.70
1st: 3
2nd: 4
3rd: 3
Hopefully I can keep these stats up (preferably improving upon them), and maybe get a few more good MTT finishes.
