(Poker) Help Foz get ready for his tournament sunday

[SirFozzie]

I'm in the $500+30.. and haven't had great luck with tournies lately.

So, this is for everyone (especially those who've seen me play) to give me useful advice.

[RPI-Fan]

-No matter how obvious you think a play is, take the extra 3-4 seconds to think about it.
-If you're really purely 50/50 on an allin call/fold situation, fold.
-try to explain to yourself EXACTLY why you're doing every action you do, before you do it.

[vtbub]

Don't rush.
Don't be so aggresive when you do play, at least at the start of the hand.

[Logan]

Cash out the buy-in and give it to me.

Good luck Foz...you've shown plenty of skill in other tourneys. Play your game, you'll be fine.

[SirFozzie]

Laughs..

I'm very very nervous about this.. this is a big big money WCOOP event. I'll probably spend most of saturday here at work going over the books

[Logan]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

I'll probably spend most of saturday here at work going over the books

Just don't get distracted by any of that so-called "work."

[SirFozzie]

It's just dial homes, so if I can get ahead of em.... :d

[KevinNU7]

Whear a "I'd rather be golfing" T-shirt

[Lathum]

Promise to give evryone who leaves a response 5% of your winnings. Your a sure thing that way. I'll take a check, I'm sure you are good for it.

[albionmoonlight]

You people are not being nearly specific enough to be of any help. Here you go, Foz:

Hand 1: Fold

Hand 2: Call

Hand 3: Fold

Hand 4: Check Raise

Hand 5: Fold

Hand 6: Fold

Hand 7: Raise Big (you are bluffing here, but as tight as this table has been playing, you should be fine.)

Hope that it helps.

[SirFozzie]

Thank you Mr Walsh

[cthomer5000]

get some really intimidating sunglasses. intimidating enough to stare down opponents over the internet.

I suggest these:

[cthomer5000]

i'm tossing around the idea of playing a sit-n-go to try to get into this today. i'll keep you posted if I join you.

[SirFozzie]

With about 2 hours to go until the tourney starts.. here's my thoughts.

I'm really going to have to be patient to do well. My goal is to have a bigger stack at each level, but I can't let it get me into a situtation where I play too agressively.

Speaking of too aggresively, I have to learn to fold AK when I don't hit (even if it's three babies on the flop)

This tournament will likely take about 8 hours to finish.. so it's a reminder.. "Fast plays=dead player" Gotta take my time (while not dipping into my time bank.. I remember how it helped me in the tourney I cashed in)

any and all are invited to IM me on AOL IM or whatever if you want to talk during the tourney, it will likely keep me calm

[cthomer5000]

BTW, I'm in a sit-no-go satellite now.
65+5, table # 2227271
1st place gets and entry, second gets 55 bucks back.


down to 5 players, and i'm 3rd stack. wish me luck here, i'd love to play in this thing today.

[SirFozzie]

what's your nick, I'll watch..

[SirFozzie]

NM got it ;D

[cthomer5000]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

what's your nick, I'll watch..

I'll give you one guess...


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cthomer5000

[cthomer5000]

there's zero ability to limp right now, and I can't get any action with my good hands... definite uphill climb.

[cthomer5000]

whew! AK holds up to 88.

2nd stack out of 4.

[SirFozzie]

Nice win! Do this thing, man!

[cthomer5000]

down to 3 but i'm pretty short-stacked..

[cthomer5000]

man, just getting little in the way of hands when i need it most...

[cthomer5000]

ok. getting it going a little now, and getting these guys off my back at least.

Still 3rd, but not as short-stacked. I like the fact that the other two guys just seem to love going at it, too.

[SirFozzie]

You gotta go after these guys, if you're going to take the seat, man

[kingfc22]

Just started watching. Good luck.

[SirFozzie]

WOOT! GREAT Hand. I knew he was stealing!

[cthomer5000]

fuck yeah. down to 2.

[Fouts]

nice job beating that poker god

[cthomer5000]

i really wanted him out. I'd rather play the more predicatble player heads-up.

[SirFozzie]

Damn set. Nice try.

90 minutes till go time.

[cthomer5000]

ack. lot of outs there (especially on the river), but no such luck.

for the gallery:

edit: real hand history, rather than my slightly incorrect (in no meaningful way) recollection:


*********** # 1 **************
PokerStars Game #584649404: Tournament #2227271, Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2004/08/01 - 14:53:28 (ET)
Table '2227271 1' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: RKD963 (8720 in chips)
Seat 6: cthomer5000 (4780 in chips)
RKD963: posts the ante 25
cthomer5000: posts the ante 25
cthomer5000: posts small blind 100
RKD963: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to cthomer5000 [9s Ts]
cthomer5000: calls 100
RKD963: raises 200 to 400
cthomer5000: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [5c 3s 8s]
RKD963: checks
cthomer5000: bets 600
RKD963: raises 1400 to 2000
cthomer5000: raises 2355 to 4355 and is all-in
RKD963: calls 2355
*** TURN *** [5c 3s 8s] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [5c 3s 8s Qh] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RKD963: shows [3h 3d] (three of a kind, Threes)
cthomer5000: shows [9s Ts] (a pair of Tens)
SirFozzie [observer] said, "Damg"
RKD963 collected 9560 from pot
cthomer5000 [observer] said, "gg man"
SirFozzie [observer] said, "nice try CT"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9560 | Rake 0
Board [5c 3s 8s Qh Tc]
Seat 2: RKD963 (big blind) showed [3h 3d] and won (9560) with three of a kind, Threes
Seat 6: cthomer5000 (button) (small blind) showed [9s Ts] and lost with a pair of Tens my odds of winning:
preflop: 53.2%
after the flop: 27.4%
after the turn: 22.7%

[cthomer5000]

well, i'll just play cash games instead.

good luck today Fozz, I will be watching.

[SirFozzie]

I managed to find a BitTorrent of Howard Lederer's "More Secrets of NL Texas Hold'Em"

(happy dance)

be good watching (will take about 2 hours to download)

I'd give you guys the address, but it's on a private tracker