To be able to have the opportunity to play in this tournament you have to win one of the tournaments during the course of the month. I was able to get my seat by claiming first place when we played out the last hand to see who was going to get the seat. The other person had his seat already and when he mucked his hand it gave me the seat. I was very happy for the chance to play in this tournament.
When I arrived at Jokers Casino I noticed they had a cash game going so I bought in for $40 to play the $2-$6 game. I immediately got my chips up to around the $90 area and I should have just stepped away from the table. I just have a hard time doing that when you come to play poker and then after 10 minutes you should step away if the money is important to you. It is not scared money just money that would help the bankroll get started again.
As you can guess I ended up back down to my original $40 and at that point I stepped away from the table. If I stepped away to save the original amount why didn't I step away when I had it doubled? Then the next question is why did I allow myself to lose the $50? For me it is not reading the cards and figuring out what the other person is holding. I have a bad case of not believing the other person when they are betting into my good hand. It should send up all kinds of warning flags and I don't seem to see them. Any ideas to help me change that?
The tournament got started and we each have 3,000 in chips and the rounds are now 15 minutes. This is different than the weekly tournaments at 1,000 chips and 10 minute rounds. Just a little more time to try and get the chips to increase. I am at the third table in seat number one and I am playing pretty tight. I try to maintain my chip count and also get through the first three levels when everyone wants to play for the cheap pots. I eventually get moved to table two and that is where I finally start gaining ground. My chips are starting to increase and I am still playing tight with some aggression.
Making it to the final table for me is great. At that point I can see all the chips on the table and figure out who I need to stay away from as well as who might be trying to hold on to their chips with their tournament life at stake. I was getting some good cards as well. We made it to the 2000/4000 blinds and this was going to be close. At the end of this blind we were looking at the next level and there was four of us left. We started looking at the chip stacks and noticed we were all about the same as we were just passing the stacks around and not getting anywhere. At the time of the 3000/6000 blinds we decided to go ahead and chop the tournament money four ways and that allowed each of us to take home $280. Now that was a nice week of playing poker.
I then stepped over to the live game to play some $2-$10 limit and again the same thing goes on with reading cards and just overall not winning the hands I think I should win. I get down $60 and at that point I get up and just go home. I love to play tournaments and have tried to get myself to play more cash games but it doesn't seem to play out well for me.
Have a good day.....
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