Black Deuces – Poker Blog

Played two more $4.4 rush tournaments last night, and won one of them (actually, we made a deal when we were heads-up, splitting it) cashing $222. Huray! This means I’m now looking at a profit of $379 over 37 tournaments, resulting in 259% ROI. Sweet.

For those who love graphs:

Obviously, I am runnng pretty good. But most importantly, I’m playing with a lot of confidence. I’m not afraid to make plays when I think they are the right one. An example:

Hands like these not only can be pretty profitable, they also keep your spirit up. Just imagine what happens when he shoves on my check-raise. I loose a third of my stack and start blaiming myself for making a stupid, unnecessary move (although technically it might be the right play in this spot). I start steaming a bit and start playing too loose ot too scared. A good pokerplayer shouldn’t be affected by this, I know, but maybe I’m not mentally strong enough, just yet. When I’m playing good and luck isn’t too much against me, I’m pretty hard to beat (this might come of as arrogant, but hey, like I said, my confidence-level is way up ), but when I’m confronted with adversity I’m an easy target. Something to work on and think about before this amazing run ends, and the bad-beats start coming!

Lately I’ve been playing a lot of the Rush Tournaments at Full Tilt. I have a feeling I have quite an edge on my opposition. I’ve played 35 of them the last month (8x$1.1, 27x$4.4) resulting in a $165 (ROI 120%) profit. Obviously these numbers aren’t sustainable in the long run, and I have to admit I am running pretty good at crucial moments.

Here’s the biggest and most crucial hand I’ve played:

I make a bit of a loose steal UTG, playing the bully big stack. The other big stack flats me. I put him on a small pocket, a good king (in which case I’m in trouble) or a weak ace, maybe a hand like QJs. When the flop comes down AQJ, not only do I flop the nuts, this flop must surely have hit his hand too. Turns out I was right, but certainly not in the way that I had expected. When he calls the flop I think he either has a weak ace or a flushdraw. When he shoves on the turn, I’m very suprised he turns over AK. I still don’t understand why he didn’t reraise me pre-flop. Was he trying to trap me, or was he just scared of playing a big pot against me? Eitherway, I got very lucky and this hand secured me the win of that tournament, cashing $160 for a $1.1 buy-in.

A few days later I finished 3th in a $4.4 Rush tournament, cashing $100.

I’m gonna keep grinding these and get back to you all in a little while. Wish me luck!