Longest Multitable Tournament
Well, not longest but closest to the money. I got 21st when 18th paid.
I made a huge meta-play mistake. I raised with AT and the BB defended. The flop was 992 and I got disconnected (Pokerstars has no disconnect protection in tournaments). A few minutes later I reconnected. The other player was in the timeclock and the board was 992A2. He checked and I didn't really have much time to think because my entire bank was used up. I bet the pot, he raised me almost all-in which wasn't really much more. I called. He had 22 for quads.
Mistakes:
Calling his checkraise. It wasn't a huge percentage of the pot but it was plenty. I though that I was only beaten by a 9 or 2 and didn't consider AK, AQ, AJ. And why would he not raise me all the way all-in? Because I was more likely to call if he left me some chips.
Betting in the first place. Like I said I didn't have much time to think but this was one of those situations where he will only call if he has me beat.
The meta mistake. Pokerstars has no all-in protection. When I was reconnected my opponent had checked the flop and turn even though any bet would force me to fold. On top of that he was using his timebank! Why would he be using his timebank unless he really wanted me to be in the hand. It's so clear that I'm surprised he tried to check-raise the river. How dumb would I have to be to bet into him when he wait for me? (Well it worked...) At least if he bets out I might put him on a bluff.
In any case I had a tiny stack, just slightly larger than the big blind. I went all-in on the next hand with JTs and for some reason the big blind didn't call. He had pot odds to call my AA with his 72. The next hand was my big blind and it was folded to me. The next hand I went all-in A9 and doubled through someone with A4. The next hand I folded but the next one I went all in with JJ and doubled through the same person. I went from lowest stack in the tournament to above average in 5 hands. Ah, chip and a chair!
I was playing pretty well all through the tournament. I made a big mistake when I tried to steal from a never-defender with 64o. I failed to see that his BB was half his stack and he was required to defend. Not only did the loss of chips hurt a bit, I felt my credibility suffered. The table was pretty tight and I was doing a fair amount of stealing.
I had a bad move going allin with A4 and the blind defended with AQ and won. At least I had him covered. Later I came over the top of a frequent stealer with 77 to find he had QQ. My final hand was near the bubble and the table had really tightened upo. I went to steal from a never-defender with 98o and he called with TT to knock me out.
I made a huge meta-play mistake. I raised with AT and the BB defended. The flop was 992 and I got disconnected (Pokerstars has no disconnect protection in tournaments). A few minutes later I reconnected. The other player was in the timeclock and the board was 992A2. He checked and I didn't really have much time to think because my entire bank was used up. I bet the pot, he raised me almost all-in which wasn't really much more. I called. He had 22 for quads.
Mistakes:
Calling his checkraise. It wasn't a huge percentage of the pot but it was plenty. I though that I was only beaten by a 9 or 2 and didn't consider AK, AQ, AJ. And why would he not raise me all the way all-in? Because I was more likely to call if he left me some chips.
Betting in the first place. Like I said I didn't have much time to think but this was one of those situations where he will only call if he has me beat.
The meta mistake. Pokerstars has no all-in protection. When I was reconnected my opponent had checked the flop and turn even though any bet would force me to fold. On top of that he was using his timebank! Why would he be using his timebank unless he really wanted me to be in the hand. It's so clear that I'm surprised he tried to check-raise the river. How dumb would I have to be to bet into him when he wait for me? (Well it worked...) At least if he bets out I might put him on a bluff.
In any case I had a tiny stack, just slightly larger than the big blind. I went all-in on the next hand with JTs and for some reason the big blind didn't call. He had pot odds to call my AA with his 72. The next hand was my big blind and it was folded to me. The next hand I went all-in A9 and doubled through someone with A4. The next hand I folded but the next one I went all in with JJ and doubled through the same person. I went from lowest stack in the tournament to above average in 5 hands. Ah, chip and a chair!
I was playing pretty well all through the tournament. I made a big mistake when I tried to steal from a never-defender with 64o. I failed to see that his BB was half his stack and he was required to defend. Not only did the loss of chips hurt a bit, I felt my credibility suffered. The table was pretty tight and I was doing a fair amount of stealing.
I had a bad move going allin with A4 and the blind defended with AQ and won. At least I had him covered. Later I came over the top of a frequent stealer with 77 to find he had QQ. My final hand was near the bubble and the table had really tightened upo. I went to steal from a never-defender with 98o and he called with TT to knock me out.