As I mentioned earlier in the week, I had won a $26 token in a 2-table $8 tier one sng. I saved it until I was rested and focused to play. When I started playing last night I decided to keep a log going while playing. I’ll share it and my thoughts with you here. $24 + 2 to enter, guarantee not met, 1019 players, paying 180 places.
15/30 blinds, start with 3000 in chips…fold: 9c5c, 27o, Kc5c, 7s4s, As5s, 2c7c, 4c5c, Q3o…AK off, call a double raise and see flop and have to fold…fold 65 off.
20/40 blinds…2700 in chips…AQ off, called double raise and see flop and have to fold…fold: Kh3h, 35 off, 69 off, Kc4c, 76 off…AQ off see flop and have to fold…As7s, call a double raise from button and flop comes A79, raiser bets and I double raise and he calls, turn comes with a K and a second diamond and he bets to set me in and I call and he has a diamond draw that doesn’t materialize and I double up…Fold: Q4 off.
blinds 25/50…4880 in chips…fold: 46 off, 3h2h…JJ raise 7x the bb and get two callers and it comes Ace high and they check to me and I bet just under 1/2 the pot and one calls and one folds, turn comes with a 2 and he moves all in and I have to fold…fold: 65 off, 5d7d…KQ off in bb, I check and it comes AQ7 and the sb bets min, I re-raise and button comes over the top of both of us and I fold…Kh9h in sb, see flop and have to fold.
blinds now 30/60 QT off…3855 in chips…fold: 5d8d, 92 off, Q4 off, A3 off, 8d5d, 96 off…A4 off and see flop in bb and have to fold…99 in sb and call a double raise and flop comes 772 and I bet out 1/2 pot and take it down….fold: QT off.
blinds 40/80…4095 in chips…fold: 82 off, A3 off, J9 off, 8T off, Kh2h, 95 off…79 off in bb and fold to a double raise and woulda hit straight bleh (yah yah no results poker lol!)…fold: 53 off in sb, Kc2c, KdTd.
blinds 50/100…3975 in chips…fold: 4T off, A3 off, T3 off, 54 off, J7 off, J6 off in bb have to fold on flop, AJ off in sb and fold to raise and call, 77 on button and fold to raise and calls due to who the raiser was and woulda hit a fh…fold: Qh4h, K8 off, J4 off, Q3 off…break time!
60/120 blinds and 3825 in chips…fold: A7 off, 8h5h, K6 off in bb and fold to double raise, fold: K3 off in sb, Ks7s, 57 off, 96 off…AK off limp in with it and miss flop and it’s checked, turn is checked and river is bet and I call with 2 lil pair on board, one other caller who has Q2 off and has fh lol…fold: J7 off, Q8 off, K8 off, T5 off in bb and fold to raise.
blinds 80/160 and 2845 in chips…92 off in sb and fold to raise…fold: Qc7c, 78 off, T9 off, 5cTc, A4 off, 28 off, J8 off…AsKs in bb, call a raise and miss the flop and have to fold to pot size bet…fold J7 off in sb.
blinds 100/200 and 2605 in chips…fold: A8 off, QT off, 86 off, 69 off, 8c6c, 4T off, J6 off, Q7 off, T6 off, A6 off, 74 off, 87 off. (wow not a playable hand that level)
120/240 blinds w/ 25 ante…2280 in chips…got moved to another table…fold: Qd5d, J9 off in
bb…AhKh in sb and move all in for last 1800 chips and double up vs TT…fold: KJ off, J4 off,
K6 off, K7 off…88 have to fold for huge raise.
moved to new table with 4030 in chips…fold: 65 off, T4 off in bb, Ah9h in sb and bleed off some chips…fold: 7s8s, KT off, Q7 off, J2 off, Q4 off…AsKs utg and I raise pot which is almost 1/2 my stack, one person raises, another raises and I call, we all have AK soooted and we split pot…QQ raise and win blinds in bb…fold: J4 off in sb, 4c9c, 66 fold to raise and a call and woulda flopped set…fold: 29 off, 3h9h, A9 off.
200/400 blinds with 50 ante and 3355 in chips (missed reporting a blind change)…fold: AT off utg, 7d6d in bb, Js9s in sb, J2 off, J2 off, J2 off, Td9d, J9 off, J2 off, 78 off, Q6 off in bb, 5T off in sb and there is an all in and a call before me, almost called but chose not to, the flop comes TTx lol, break time again.
250/500 blinds with 50 ante, 68 from money bleh, First hand after break…have AK off and
am first in on button, move in and bb calls with TT and I don’t improve and I’m out in 248 place, sigh.
There were some key hands that I could have played that may have made a difference. Stunned that I folded the 79 off in the bb to just a double raise, especially when others called. I normally don’t respect double raises from the bb lol. That would have been a key triple up. I’m also stunned at folding the 77 and the 66 in late position/on the button to a 3x and a 4x the blind raise. I could afford the chips and I was looking for one thing only on flop…a set or else I would have gotten out.
All in all a great learning experience that in reality only cost me $8.70
nice blog Punky, keeping track this way helps you learn how you could have played a few differently, cant always wait for monsters in hand because the monsters might come on the flop instead esp with LP pp’s.
Wow, I never have kept track of my hands this way, maybe I should give it a try. Great job though and its a good learning tool.