So once you reach a final table on 888.com, the skin / design of the table changes, and then further more when you get heads up as I did last night in this particular comp, you are moved around the table so you are sitting directly opposite your opponent, AND they bring out a case of money and spill it over the table.
How fun! I find it amazing how you start a comp with say 3,000 chips and are able to accumulate over 2 million as you navigate through the field.
I have been working really hard on my tournament game this year, and putting in a decent amount of volume, live and on-line. However I still crave that break through win, that one big score which will really give the boost my confidence and my bankroll needs.
Several final tables and deep runs to be happy about I suppose. I just feel I am really not getting that little bit of luck which I need. Meh, hope its coming soon!
Friday night games at The Vic are usually ridiculous, and this Friday the games certainly lived up to the billing!
The thing is you have to do bit of seat jockeying and have a really sharp eye to scope out the tables and the "customers" until eventually you can settle down and grind (even then you cant really afford to pass up a better spot which may come up, so you are never really settled).
I found myself in a really good game, ran pretty decent and was winning a good chunk when things took a turn. I am very frustrated as I ended up winning £50 when I should of booked a win of at least £700-£1,000.
I know I shouldn't be result oriented and that I should just be focussed on making correct decisions based on the game and the potential etc but god its so so butters.
There were 3 hands of interest, and all three I played in a manner which at the time based on solid considerations about game dynamic, player profiles / tendencies and most importantly stack sizes I felt was the best way to maximise my potential earnings and control / protect my stack -but I have been in deep thought whether I was just wrong about a lot of the stuff I concluded -still not quite sure.
With my value hands (or what I perceive during a hand to be value hands with which my objective is to get as much money in the pot as possible by showdown) I tended to take a very consistent, raise bet bet bet line -and I still believe for the most part this is the correct strategy. However when the stack sizes deepen and you are shovelling chips into the pot, its hard to find a customer who you have beat to put chunks in.
So playing deceptively, creating a bluffing range for your opponent and hence turning your value hands into bluff catchers can and will yield better returns than taking standard value lines which often really limits the possible ways a certain hand can play out. This is especially true in 3 bet / 4 bet pots, when ranges are supposedly even narrower.
Sounds great! But then you can end up losing a huge pot with KK vs Q5.
Its Sunday 4pm now, not sure what to do, so tempted to fire up some comps and take another shot at that allusive big score, but also kind of feel I should go grind The Vic.
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