26$ Multi-Table Tournaments: eating up the bankroll.
The last few weeks I got the bankroll to stabilize around 260$. So, I thought: “Why not try a multi-table tournament for about 10% of my total bankroll?” Baaaad decision.
I played 3 of them and never managed to get in the money. Why? Quite simply: because I suck at multi-table tournament play. I just do. Judge for yourself in this “wonderful” hand:
Although I think he played it even worse than me, this hand illustrates perfectly why I’m just not ready for tournaments with a 26$ buy-in. I’m motivated though to get better at it, but first I’ll try to stabilize my bankroll around 300$ again (by playing cashgames), then maybe I’ll give it shot again at some lower limits.
(BTW: feel free to berate me about the above hand.)
Tags: Bankroll management, Poker loss, Poker Tournaments
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November 10th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
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November 11th, 2008 at 8:18 am
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November 11th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
plz sit down on my table, ty
November 11th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Haha, Jacques. I will someday, I will. And all my chips will be up for grabs.
November 14th, 2008 at 1:26 am
Why even play that hand?
See that’s what I don’t understand about people serious about poker playing in these MTT’s. A9os is NOT a hand you have to play because you have the button…
I would have just mucked it, blinds are 25/50, you have over a hundred big blinds left — wait for a better spot and a real hand to get your money in…
I might be wrong — very open to critiques…
TJ
November 20th, 2008 at 4:51 am
I totally missed this post on my last read, it is great.
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