The self proclaimed king of freerolls @ this longitude/latitude, is up to another swing for 50 k tonight. Right now, my stack is above average, after 30 minutes of play. But consider just getting awful starting hands, it's good. Only Swedes in this tournament, which mean I will have to play my very best to stand a little chance.
Right now, I have a 1510 deep stack and 7 minutes to the 50/100 blinds, so I will have to double up very soon, to be able to play without restrictions. Meaning that I would be able to variate my playing style, to not be an easy read.
I think many live poker players find it hard to play online poker, as there is of course less tells in online poker. You will have to study the other poker players betting patterns to get a little grip. And sometimes you can tell by the time they wait or don't wait, what kind of hand your they are is sitting on.
A common strategy if you have the nuts, is to wait until you only have a second or two to act, before you go all in. This way, some new players get the impression that you are trying to bluff them out of the pot, and it encourages them to call. Another popular name is calling stations.
Keep getting cold hands, and with a tight table, I should bluff more. My stack is back at 1110 and the blinds are 50/100 now. Not a great situation.
My gut feeling says this is not going to be my best tournament. I am having a severe long streak of bad cards at partypoker. I miss every flop, and keep getting outdrawn. I play the same game at all the other sites, and the RNG (Random Number Generator)at ladbrokes is just great, compared to partypokers.
All in with AKs in spades. Let's see. One caller, aaaaaaaah he has AA. ShaIze!. But the luck was on my side this hand. The flop came Q J 4, turn was a blank, but the river was a 10, and gave me a straight.
Chipstack right now. 2820. Average is 2767,65. And 1225 players left of the 3.350 starters.
At this point I will have to sit and wait for pocket pairs or big cards, as the hands are almost always going to an all in situation at this stage of the tournament.
Down to 2.595 after bleeding blinds for some time now. I will need some miracle cards soon to stay in the tournament. Blinds are 75/150 at this point. Average stack is up to 4.090. I keep getting mediocre starting hands, and when the table is full of good and experienced players, you wiill have to play very agressivly pre-flop to stay alive.
Lot's of all in's right now. And AA keeps losing!
The End? Picked up AKo now! All in, but no callers.
Stack down to 2.445 after folding K10o, QJo pre-flop. Largest stack around 21.400
I need to pull a few bluffs, but bluffs are all about your position, and I keep getting 72o on the button.
No matter what I try to think, my gut feeling says that I'm out soon. Tamdededamdamdam. Trying to think optimistic.
After a few good hands I was up to 4.800 and not to far from average stack. Then I played A7o, which I normally don't but as so many folded befor me I took a shot at it. The flop was 6 A 6, so I had a 2 pair with a 7 kicker. I bet the pot and was called by the other guy in a flash. It didn't wake any alarm bells, so I bet another thousand, and he called. The river was a 7, so I thought I was in the lead with my stronger 2 pair. But he held A6o, and won the pot with his full house. My stack down to 1.400.
Picked up another trash hand K7s, a hand I normally throw away without hesitation. But there are circumstances when I play this hand. This was one of them. 3 limpers and the big blind was in the pot, so I raised all in to get one on one action. It worked and the other player showed up pocket deuces. But I missed all five community cards, so I was bumped out of the tournament.
Results: 3 hours of play and not a single penny to my bankroll.
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