5th place is for losers! ha ha
i am willing to become a firm believer of the fact that sometimes you just don't see hands. not like blind stealing when short stacked to run up against a pocket aces hand all in, but just more so the fact that when you get pretty hands to see a flop with, there's always someone at the table in early stages being super-aggressive trying to come over the top. same thing applies at the final table. example:
a player was sitting with over 100,000 in chips last night when it came down to the final 18. in the time it took to get to 9, i saw maybe two playable hands, at the least to steal some blinds with, where this player either was calling every pre-flop raise from any position, or going over the top with an all-in.
with seven players left, one severly short stacked, and another sitting out, i was not about to go out in a lower place than them when i was comfortably going back and forth between 3rd and 4th in chip count. needless to say, i made a faux pas based on the number of times i attempted this by basically losing a hefty amount of chips in the process. the downside for me was that i sat at the same table with this player the entire way. my goal was to get to the final 3, although at this point, i had to settle for 5th. there was absolutely no way to push him out of a hand. he was willing to risk up to 1/5th of his chip stack in the attempts to kiock another player out with the worst of it in hands. i can't say that i'm not happy with my progress, and my return to the final table after a week of not coming close. but, i'm not sure i would have gotten farther than 4th based on his table actions. to my surprise, his mannerisms somehow got him finishing in third. so, i guess, in a way, his actions caught up with him.
i had to do a little bit of rereading, just to maybe pinpoint some recent leaks in my game. and to my surprise, there have been many, especially emphasized with the recent win i made last sunday night. so, i went back to the game last night with an emphasis to fine tune my game, hence the fifth place finish. i'm hoping to have better results over this weekend. i would love nothing more than to move up in limits. two things to remember though: bankroll, and table image. ;)
a player was sitting with over 100,000 in chips last night when it came down to the final 18. in the time it took to get to 9, i saw maybe two playable hands, at the least to steal some blinds with, where this player either was calling every pre-flop raise from any position, or going over the top with an all-in.
with seven players left, one severly short stacked, and another sitting out, i was not about to go out in a lower place than them when i was comfortably going back and forth between 3rd and 4th in chip count. needless to say, i made a faux pas based on the number of times i attempted this by basically losing a hefty amount of chips in the process. the downside for me was that i sat at the same table with this player the entire way. my goal was to get to the final 3, although at this point, i had to settle for 5th. there was absolutely no way to push him out of a hand. he was willing to risk up to 1/5th of his chip stack in the attempts to kiock another player out with the worst of it in hands. i can't say that i'm not happy with my progress, and my return to the final table after a week of not coming close. but, i'm not sure i would have gotten farther than 4th based on his table actions. to my surprise, his mannerisms somehow got him finishing in third. so, i guess, in a way, his actions caught up with him.
i had to do a little bit of rereading, just to maybe pinpoint some recent leaks in my game. and to my surprise, there have been many, especially emphasized with the recent win i made last sunday night. so, i went back to the game last night with an emphasis to fine tune my game, hence the fifth place finish. i'm hoping to have better results over this weekend. i would love nothing more than to move up in limits. two things to remember though: bankroll, and table image. ;)
posted by Brandt at 7:55 AM
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