Played three single-table SnGs yesterday and moneyed in all of them. First game was a $5 non-turbo, which I won. The secret? I played very tight early on, getting money in with only a few choice hands. While I basically sat back and did nothing, the maniacs at the table quickly killed each other off. Within twenty minutes we were down to the bubble. I opened up my play a little bit at that point, as two of the remaining three other players were pretty tight. The third guy, a German, was, predictably, fairly loose. I stole from the US players blinds and just waited for the European to die. Once in the money, I opened up the throttles a bit and again simply waited for the opp to make mistakes. Patience was the key.
The other two games were $2 and $6 turbos, and I took third and second respectively. Nothing too interesting to note except that, again, patience was the secret. In these low dollar turbos, simply sitting back and letting the opp go to war with each other is a major secret to success.
Woke up this morning and played a couple of quick turbos. First game was a $1 warm-up SnG. I busted out in ninth, when I got too frisky with my 99 into a 2-5-5 multi-way pot. I raised, got one smooth caller who then let me lead into the turn and flop. He turned over a 5 for trips. Bad news is that I REALLY should have seen it coming, but didn’t. Good news is it was a practice game and served it purpose to get me thinking straight for little money lost. Bad news was I seemed to have forgotten my lesson in patience from yesterday. Good news was I was more patient in the next game.
Second game was a $2 turbo. Technically still low enough in buy-in to count as a warm-up, but I wasn’t feeling incredibly inspired to play high dollar games for some reason. Played tight poker, waiting for good hands. For instance, I folded the first ten hands, then picked up KK and got all my money into the center against 99. Spiked a third K on the flop and doubled up. Then sat back again and coasted for a while, occasionally picking off the blinds of the super tight guy to my immediate left. On the bubble, this same tight guy just let himself get blinded away. After making the money, for some reason I went brain dead and quickly busted out in third place with J9s. Net gain for the two turbos I played this morning? Ten cents. Sigh. If I had been—yes, you guess it—a little more patient once in the money, I could have seen a much bigger profit.
Only other news to report is that I may be co-teaching the guru’s beginning poker class next week at the local community college. He called me up yesterday and asked if I would be interested in participating. Years ago, I taught some calculus and came to the realization that if you truly want to understand a subject, try explaining it someone else. Don’t know what the guru actually means by “co-teaching” but I’m tempted to say yes, even if its just preparing class materials and a syllabus.
24-hour Bankroll Change: +3.39%
All-in for now…
-Bug
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