more poker travails
I ended up playing a lot of poker while I was in London, mostly the International, and almost entirely tournaments. Unfortunately, it was pretty frustrating. Most of the tournaments were 60-80 people and paid off nine places. And in 6 of them I finished in the top 20 and not in the money. Twice I finished in 11th place, once in 12th, once in 14th. In almost all of them I ended up being short stacked near the end, being one of the low men on the totem pole chips-wise. In only one of them do I think I made a serious mistake near the end and that was my worst showing of the 6, finishing in 19th place.
In the last tourney of the trip, finishing in 11th place, I went all-in with a pair of (pocket) nines. This was against one of the other short stacks. On the next hand he would have had to put about twenty percent of his remaining chips in the pot as his blind and I expected us have a race -- him with Ace/Queen or something like that. Of course, turns out he had pocket tens and they won.
In two of the tourneys I went out with pocket aces, having them get cracked.
I'm not sure what I need to do to improve my strategy in these sorts of situations, but I think I need to do something. If anyone has any pointers about playing short stack in a tourney, they'd be appreciated.
In the last tourney of the trip, finishing in 11th place, I went all-in with a pair of (pocket) nines. This was against one of the other short stacks. On the next hand he would have had to put about twenty percent of his remaining chips in the pot as his blind and I expected us have a race -- him with Ace/Queen or something like that. Of course, turns out he had pocket tens and they won.
In two of the tourneys I went out with pocket aces, having them get cracked.
I'm not sure what I need to do to improve my strategy in these sorts of situations, but I think I need to do something. If anyone has any pointers about playing short stack in a tourney, they'd be appreciated.