Thursday, December 15, 2005

Branching out into Sit n Gos

It's not that I'm bored with the ring game but...

So I've been playing Omaha hi/low a tiny bit and started dabbling in sit and go tournaments. Unsuccessfully.
First day played 7, had 4 third places unfortunately they pay the top two only.
Played two more tonight and finished 6th (last) and first! I won my first tournament!!
Currently I am sitting out at the Titan $1+0.1 SnGs. They are 6 max and only pay the top two places. I've not worked out if this is a good arrangement or not, but I am happy for now. I will work my way up from this level I think. I feel quite comfortable playing against a full table so may look for some 10 max elsewhere when I step up a level or two.

So, some analysis then...
Those four 3rd places bothered me. Mostly because I went in to the last 3 as a big chip leader in two of them. I carried on playing aggressively and lost out. This is a good thing I think, but what seemed to happen was that I'd raise 4-5 times the BB pre-flop , get called and out-drawn. Maybe I should bet stronger pre-flop and limp with weaker hands in position. Position seems to be more important than ever when you get down to three.

Of course, the tourney I won I played tighter than normal. Can't put it down to too much as I won a couple of important hands. Need a lot larger experience before I can conclude anything. But then again tight may be the way to go as they didn't really respect my play.

Don't think I'll ever understand poker.

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