Well it has now been almost a week of part time play on 888, and after a rough start I am starting to hit my stride and am up over $650 from 115 tournaments. It has been a struggle but I believe I am now prepared for my Aussie Millions campaign to kick off in earnest, this Saturday, on 888!
I was extremely rusty when I began; I was playing too many hands, not using my position, not looking past my own hole cards and definitely calling way too many three bets. The leaks were a plenty and at no time could I claim I was running bad, I was just playing devastatingly bad. I had become a level 1 thinker and metagame was out the window, the strongest part of my game previously was definitely my ability to read people and assign fairly accurate hand ranges and the fact I was no longer doing this was just an extreme disappointment.
So after one horrendous session I went through my past hands and studied quite a few of my stats and I found the following:
1.) I was oping from early position way too often with real marginal hands like KQ or AT. These should be a fold.
2.) When I was three bet I was calling off way too much with these marginal holdings, this is terribad; considering that I am quite often a three or four to one underdog against a standard three bet range.
3.) I was also putting myself in coin flip situations too early in tournaments by overplaying AK, AQ, JJ and TT. I was treating these hands like AA and four or even five betting with them.
4.) I was getting too aggressive post flop and firing too many barrels on most hands, sometimes with boards I hadn't even connected with.
5.) I wasn't even trying to put my opponents on a hand and wasn't thinking past my own hole cards. I needed to ask myself more basic questions like: What is he calling with in this spot? Would he check raise me here with only top pair or something stronger? etc....
5.) There were a few more leaks, but these will require a more intimate knowledge of VP$IP, PFR, 3b% and other unique stats. Again, I will discuss this in more detail via Mistress Poker articles, when I get around to writing them; I need to find the time.
So after fixing these leaks I have found that I am playing much more profitable and skillful poker and have commenced my Aussie Millions campaign. I played a $5 Phase 1 last night and won that to ship a phase 2 satellite entry.
Unfortunately on 888 the campaign won't be very time friendly for me as I had to be up at 7am to play the phase two this morning before heading to work. Unfortunately I got too impatient and finished up 18/47 when I re shipped on the Small blind with A9 and he snapped that off with AJ and it held.
This Saturday should be a lot of fun for me with the Phase 3 on at 7am (even if I don't Satellite in I will buy in directly for the $109 buy in) and then we have the exclusive 888PL Aussie Millions Event 1 Satellite at 7pm. This should prove to be a good event with limited rebuys and a big addon bonus; I am really looking forward to this event and with a $1,500 GTD prize pool for a $10 buy in should prove to be good value for money.
So after 114 tourneys here is my profit graph:
I have played 119 tourneys for a ROI of 55% and an ITM rate of 22%. Not bad for the very rusty start I had, even though this sample is not really a measure of skill or not.
All the best and I look forward to playing against some of you this weekend in the 888PL event.
If you have any questions or queries about any of my blogs please send me an email at garth@fullhousegroup.com.au or go to www.888plforum.com.
All the best on the felt,
Garth Kay
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