Week 12 - Tight Play Marathon
1st ($75 / 10pts): Adam "Robin Hood" J
2nd ($10/ 7pts): Lee "the Lion" N
3rd ($0 / 4pts): Paul "Achilles Heel" S
4th ($0 / 2pts): Randy "Arch Nemesis" Ryan
Low Stakes / 10+1 Players / 1 Table / 200a Endtime
Hey whadda ya' know we had a Quads tonight, but honestly that's not all that unusual - at least at our table recently! I don't even know how to calculate it, but the chances of seeing five Quads over three weeks must be insanely high. Heck the basic odds of hitting while holding a pocket pair is 407:1, so who knows what the chance of this many occurrences is?! Anyway this time it was Aaron W's turn with pocket 10's. And to Ray F's dismay it was to crack his Bullets.
As can be seen by the pay-outs we had multiple rebuys. This also led to Laura B being enticed to stop playing with our recently rescued kitten Raki, and exercise the Vulture rule for a seat. Unfortunately Eric H cursed her by pointing out that almost no one has ever won after doing so. In fact if I recall it correctly, with Eric H being the originator and player to most commonly Vulture, he had often gone out just a few hands after sitting down. Laura B didn't fair much better.
The game it self had rather tight play. I had a good run of cards early, but I wasn't the only one. Both Ray F and our newest player Paul S also took down some major pots and a few kills to build substantial stacks. In fact even with my jumping out to an early lead, by mid-game Paul S was probably 50% again as wealthy. By the time we got to the last four players he probably had as many chips as all the other players at the table combined.
If you note the end time of 2a you will be surprised to know that we were still four players until about 130a - talk about tight play. My cards had gotten ridiculously mediocre, and when I did have good hands it only seemed to mark me as the Robin Hood of the table. Paul S and I stayed relatively clear of each other. But several times over I made the right call with pocket pairs or big hands against both Lee N and Randy R only double them up while hacking away at my stack. So for all my efforts I ended up down to about 22K with 1.5/3 blinds.
I wasn't the only one who got low. Both Lee N and Randy R were down to the felt at least once, but through superb play (and Paul S & my help) they built back up each time. Paul S on the other hand just seemed to slowly and steadily bleed. The fact that his cat allergies began to hit him hard probably didn't help either.
There was one play that I made that I am definitely proud of. In the face of a raise and a re-raise I laid down AT. I would have been crushed, but my mantra of "tight, smart play. tight, smart play...." saved my ass.
When Lee N and I finally got to heads up we started with me having an almost 3:1 chip lead. But his solid aggressive play, and my trepidation built up by the beat downs he had given me had him with the lead within several minutes. Ultimately I changed my mantra to "aggression wins, aggression wins..." and was able to build back to a huge lead and then catch him in a bad spot with my AQs verses his K9h. Neither hit, and my high card held on for the win.
2nd ($10/ 7pts): Lee "the Lion" N
3rd ($0 / 4pts): Paul "Achilles Heel" S
4th ($0 / 2pts): Randy "Arch Nemesis" Ryan
Low Stakes / 10+1 Players / 1 Table / 200a Endtime
Hey whadda ya' know we had a Quads tonight, but honestly that's not all that unusual - at least at our table recently! I don't even know how to calculate it, but the chances of seeing five Quads over three weeks must be insanely high. Heck the basic odds of hitting while holding a pocket pair is 407:1, so who knows what the chance of this many occurrences is?! Anyway this time it was Aaron W's turn with pocket 10's. And to Ray F's dismay it was to crack his Bullets.
As can be seen by the pay-outs we had multiple rebuys. This also led to Laura B being enticed to stop playing with our recently rescued kitten Raki, and exercise the Vulture rule for a seat. Unfortunately Eric H cursed her by pointing out that almost no one has ever won after doing so. In fact if I recall it correctly, with Eric H being the originator and player to most commonly Vulture, he had often gone out just a few hands after sitting down. Laura B didn't fair much better.
The game it self had rather tight play. I had a good run of cards early, but I wasn't the only one. Both Ray F and our newest player Paul S also took down some major pots and a few kills to build substantial stacks. In fact even with my jumping out to an early lead, by mid-game Paul S was probably 50% again as wealthy. By the time we got to the last four players he probably had as many chips as all the other players at the table combined.
If you note the end time of 2a you will be surprised to know that we were still four players until about 130a - talk about tight play. My cards had gotten ridiculously mediocre, and when I did have good hands it only seemed to mark me as the Robin Hood of the table. Paul S and I stayed relatively clear of each other. But several times over I made the right call with pocket pairs or big hands against both Lee N and Randy R only double them up while hacking away at my stack. So for all my efforts I ended up down to about 22K with 1.5/3 blinds.
I wasn't the only one who got low. Both Lee N and Randy R were down to the felt at least once, but through superb play (and Paul S & my help) they built back up each time. Paul S on the other hand just seemed to slowly and steadily bleed. The fact that his cat allergies began to hit him hard probably didn't help either.
There was one play that I made that I am definitely proud of. In the face of a raise and a re-raise I laid down AT. I would have been crushed, but my mantra of "tight, smart play. tight, smart play...." saved my ass.
When Lee N and I finally got to heads up we started with me having an almost 3:1 chip lead. But his solid aggressive play, and my trepidation built up by the beat downs he had given me had him with the lead within several minutes. Ultimately I changed my mantra to "aggression wins, aggression wins..." and was able to build back to a huge lead and then catch him in a bad spot with my AQs verses his K9h. Neither hit, and my high card held on for the win.
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