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Results from Sunday
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Result: I had 5h4h, my opponent had a set of sevens. Those of you who put me on 98s or a set, those hands are also in my range, as are (probably) AhKh and AhQh. AA and KK are not in my range. Those of you who had my opponent on AA or KK, it would be a big mistake for my opponent to call me with those hands (although that doesn't necessarily mean you've made a bad read). He should, of course, call with middle set or better. Bottom set actually puts him in a tough spot as he is often drawing to one out. I wouldn't fault a call or a fold with bottom set there. It's funny, people who know me from this journal seemed to put me on a semibluff, and people who know me from stoxpoker seemed to put me on a set/straight. I guess images are created even away from the table! Matt A New Sunday Sunday, February 24, 2008 OK, I promised a more-detailed post about my second-place finish in the FTOPs event. Unfortunately, I don't remember a lot of hands to regale you with, but I'll give some general impressions. I was very happy with the way I played. I felt I really thought through all my options well in each spot--sometimes continuation betting, other times trying a check-raise instead, sometimes restealing all-in, sometimes NOT restealing all-in (that one is very hard for me). Tell you what, I'll give you a bunch of hands from the final table after the video of my final table play is posted to stoxpoker.com. Incidentally, you can already see an hour's worth of my play from the event at stox now, for those of you who might be interested in becoming members. As for today, let's see wha happen? I got through two hours of the Bodog event, but lost a chunk of chips with KK to KQs (all-in preflop). Can I remember how I finally went broke...ah yes, I got involved against a short stack's JJ with my 66 and lost. And then I stuck in my remaining 6 blinds with QJ, only to run into AQ and lose again. That one wasn't so fun. Stars kicked off at 4:30 eastern. I had about 9200 at the 50-100 level when the following hand went down. I raised to 200 from UTG+1. The player to my right called, as did the button and the big blind. The flop came T76 with two hearts. I bet 600. The next seat made it 1,450. The others folded, and I moved in for 7,550 more. My opponent called. What are the two hands? Feel free to email me your guesses. I'll post the result tomorrow. I busted in this hand, but I won't taint your thinking by telling you whether it was a bad beat. On FTP, I bravely made it to the 25-50 level. At that point, a player opened for 225 with 5 players behind him. I had a total of 3,110 to start the hand, he had me slightly covered, and I had an awkward decision in the big blind with AQo after everyone folded to me. I didn't want to reraise to 750 and then fold getting a good price, but I didn't want to just shove all-in for 3,110 to win 300 either. I decided to call. The flop came J54 with two diamonds. I checked and my opponent bet 225. I decided he was weak and raised to 825. He called. The turn came an offsuit 9, and at that point I was ready to check and fold. My opponent, surprisingly, checked behind me. The river came an offsuit king. I thought this was a great card, as I had my opponent on a middle pair or possibly a jack or flush draw (that was less likely, because I had the Ad in my hand), and I didn't think he'd call with any of those hands. I moved in for 2,060 into the 2,125 pot. The dude had the old Kd7d and called after a few seconds, ending my tournament in a hurry. We'll have to get 'em next time! When you play for first... Sunday, February 10, 2008 ...sometimes you finish second. Longer post to follow, eventually.  September 2004 | October 2004 | December 2004 | January 2005 | February 2005 | March 2005 | April 2005 | May 2005 | June 2005 | July 2005 | August 2005 | September 2005 | October 2005 | November 2005 | December 2005 | January 2006 | February 2006 | March 2006 | April 2006 | May 2006 | June 2006 | July 2006 | August 2006 | September 2006 | October 2006 | December 2006 | January 2007 | April 2007 | May 2007 | June 2007 | July 2007 | October 2007 | January 2008 | February 2008 | |
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