I have begun to play the $4.40 180 man sit & go's on PokerStars recently because I wanted to get a good look at tourny play, although this isn't really a good look since the players are so bad, it's unbelievable. But I guess I wanted to get an analysis of myself, and learn how to play tournaments compared to cash games. I play a fairly loose aggressive cash game, but have realized that I can't play so many hands in a tournament or else, if I lose, I cannot reload. However, I have been able to manage them, and have found that I have been doing quite well playing a tight aggressive style, but I just can't seem to win a goddamn tournament. My sharkscope says that I have played around 100 games, but that includes all the games this account has ever played. When I first started to play these seriously I have played probably 50 or so. I have played a few $20 180 man sit & gos and those have been unsuccessful, but I don't have the bankroll to consistently play them. I enjoy playing the $20 ones because you can actually outplay someone, whereas in the $4.40s, they will still call you down with K high. Here is a good example of a hand where I felt good, and was able to outplay this guy knowing he would fold if an A or K came up.
PokerStars Game #8428572411: Tournament #42953618, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/02/13 - 20:39:06 (ET)
Table '42953618 20' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Snomankw (1100 in chips)
Seat 2: chinder28 (1490 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: ZBTHorton1 (1470 in chips)
Seat 4: MzBehavin (1580 in chips)
Seat 5: cogito (1900 in chips)
Seat 6: dundi05 (1400 in chips)
Seat 7: Lind0 (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: fbtmof05 (1560 in chips)
Seat 9: AWill2Win (1500 in chips)
dundi05: posts small blind 10
Lind0: posts big blind 20
Holecards
Dealt to fbtmof05
fbtmof05: raises 80 to 100
AWill2Win: folds
Snomankw: folds
chinder28: folds
ZBTHorton1: folds
MzBehavin: folds
cogito: calls 100
dundi05: folds
Lind0: folds
Flop (Pot : $230)
fbtmof05: bets 120
cogito: raises 120 to 240
fbtmof05: calls 120
Turn (Pot : $710)
fbtmof05: checks
chinder28 has returned
cogito: bets 240
fbtmof05: raises 360 to 600
cogito: folds
fbtmof05 collected 1190 from pot
fbtmof05: doesn't show hand
Summary
Total pot 1190 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: Snomankw folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: chinder28 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: ZBTHorton1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: MzBehavin folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: cogito (button) folded on the Turn
Seat 6: dundi05 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: Lind0 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: fbtmof05 collected (1190)
Seat 9: AWill2Win folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Anyways, the point of this post was to explain my $4.40 adventure. Although I have not yet won one yet, I still manage to make it deep, but fail when it gets into the money. I have placed 11th-18th so many times it's unreal and it's getting really frustrating. I have made the final table twice, and gotten 4th place and 7th place. I have been getting sucked out on alot and fluked so much, but I just need to put that behind me and move on to the next tournament. Although I find it frustrating to just creep into the money in between 11th and 18th, I still think that it is a good thing that I am doing well and making it that far in these, I just need to get that extra amount of chips to be able to make the FT comfortably.
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