August Review

by DeuceSeven on 09/06/08

I had kind of an odd month, I broke out of my life nit ways and got a 52" tv along with a ps3 so that I could watch blu-rays. So far I've watched part 1, 2, & 3 of Planet Earth which I originally saw on tv on the discovery channel in sd. It's basically a documentary about the most amazing wild places on earth including the animal/plant life. Even if you hate documentaries about animals you're doing yourself a disservice if you have an hdtv and a br player not to watch this if for only the scenery. I also watched "The Golden Compass" which was pretty cool as well.

As far as poker goes it was a mixed bag. While I had my best poker month ever +$740 I was a huge coinflip in the stars $55/70k from going to the final table feeling like I was the best player there. I guess I run bad before the final table in $55 mtts. Out of 15 or so 55s I've cashed in 4 including a 17th, 13th, and the latest which was an 11th place finish. Essentially I raised AKs on the button BelowAbove shoved freakin 29bbs with 77 and of course I lose and bink I go from feeling like I was in control of the table and the rest of the field with a good stack to out for a $652 pay day. This was my 2nd best cash ever.

I followed the 11th place finish with a win in a 11/180 for $540 on my next session which is my 3rd best cash. This was easily the craziest ft I've ever played, I managed to play around 650 hands, I believe most of these 180s will finish around 450-500. When it started the average stack was 32bbs, there were 3 guys with more then 18bbs which included me. Me and the other big stacks essentially lost all our all ins vs small stacks. I went from up to 40bb->7bb->100bb->12bb to getting heads up with a 3:1 chip disadvantage to pwning the guy headsup and winning.

I guess even though I don't have great results I am up 1.8k for the year. Easily if I win a flip here or there I've got a 5 figure bank roll but whatever we can only control what happens once we put money in the pot. I continue to grow as a player as I put the work in which involves reviewing a couple of hhs per week, going over hh posts, watching vids, and of course playing as much as possible. I think a few big things that I've improved upon since the beginning of the year is playing a big stack more effectively, being more aggressive on the bubble, and playing post flop.

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