Tuesday, December 30, 2008

What a turn around!

So I went back and analyzed my 3rd and 4th place finishes. I noticed two things:
My 3rd place finishes I was really short stacked and my ratio to being ahead vs behind was just one. In my 4th place finishes I was also short stacked but my ratio to ahead vs behind was 5. SO I figured there was a possible leak in my game, specifically bubble play.

I also noticed I was heads up 12 times but only won 7 of those, another possible leak.

So I did some research and figured out I need to be more aggressive on the bubble, and in doing so that will help me get to heads up more often. Basically, I am taking more calculated risks on the bubble and possible giving up $3.60 to win $5.40 or even $9.00.

So I looked up some push fold charts, Nash Equilibrium Game Theory and SAGE Game Theories and ICM. I fired up 8 sngs and with my new found aggression on the bubble and heads up strategies and went to town. Also I am going to keep a record of the blinds and my chip stack to track how good or bad I am doing

Only one session tonight kinda under the weather and going to go to bed early.

1. 5th, A6 vs 99 2400 in chips blinds 150/300 I was on the button and pushed.
2. 1st, Q8d vs K6o he only had 1500 chips blinds 250/500 I shoved and hit
3. 1st, QJ vs AA he only had 2000 I shoved and flopped trips
4. 7th, 33 vs 88 blinds 60/120 700 chips I pushed UTG.
5. 4th, AK in the BB, SB raised I re popped he had AA, blinds 50/100 2k in chips, in hindsight I probably could have just called and whiffed the flop and possibly got away from it. The again I am only really afraid of AA, jury is still out.
6. 2nd, Hit top pair and flush draw, he flopped two pair, not sure I could get away from this hand heads up I had 3300 blinds 150/300, I was in the BB and had Qc2c maybe I should have pushed preflop, the flop was Qh9c4c, he had 94o.
7. 1st, KQ vs K3 I raised he re raised all in I called he only had 2000 chips blinds 200/400.
8. 5th, pushed K5s on the button ran into AJ blinds 100/200 had 1300 in chips.

Tonight's total +$14.40

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