I decided to play on Friday the 13th. The tournament was at Jokers Casino and the buy in was $40 with the 10,000 chips and 20 minute rounds. This tournament is another one of the good ones to play here in town. At this time I have decided to stick with tournaments and just enjoy the time playing and see if I can win one of these bigger ones.
Instead of writing down every hand that I played I decided to write down the end of the round totals of where I was at. This would tell me if I was growing the chips and where it was happening. The total amount of BB's would change with each one so it is important to find out where I need to play more to get the chips in my stack.
The start of the tournament I was at 10,000 chips and at the end of the first round I had 10,150. I felt I was playing well and at this level of 25/50 and I felt fine with where I was at. When the 50/100 level was done my chip count was at 11,300. This was even better and I was playing some good cards and staying away from anything that would make me make a hard decision for my chips. One of the hands played was KK's, where the flop came xAx. The other player bet on this flop and I went ahead and folded my K's face up. I found out later he could of had QQ's and wanted to try and protect them. My thinking now is that maybe he had the Q's and if he actually had the A then he would have checked to me to let me put more money in the pot? Maybe he felt I wouldn't represent the Ace. A couple of hands later I got QQ's and when the flop came xKx, I went ahead and bet and the other player folded.
At the end of 100/200 I had 10,500 in chips and was not going anywhere. The cards I was getting were poor and it was hard to do anything. I figured I was still above starting stack and at some point the cards will shift.
I was able to maintain my chip stack and at the end of 200/400 I had 10,500 in chips. I was able to stay above the starting amount but now the BB's are going to deplete my stack and I need to find some way of increasing my stack.
The end of 300/600 I was at 8,700 in chips and now find myself in trouble. I need to find some cards and real soon. The end of 400/800 I was at 6,000 in chips and was looking for something that I could go all in with. It was now 500/1000 and I went all in with the QJ and lost 5,500 in chips. Since all I had was a 500 chip I was all in and I actually won and was up to 1,500. The very next hand I came up with QJ again and went all in. I got a straight by the river but was beat by a flush. I would have been up to 6,000 in chips if that would have come through.
Overall not a bad tournament and I can learn something from this. I almost made the final table. I am watching the WSOP and I think it helps me to see position play and bet sizing. I will incorporate more of that on next tournament.
Have a fun day.....
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