I added $4.05 to the bankroll this week. I also had a really good run the play chips and push my play chip balance over 9 million play chips. I should be able to the play the daily 500K play chip $40 tournament more frequently now.
Freeroll Cashes This Week
Tue 19:00 - $100 railbirds.com razz freeroll – 69 of 693 for 35 cents.
Thu 18:00 - $100 ixgames.com freeroll – 15 of 1200 for 66 cents.
Fri 14:00 - $200 blackmoonpoker.com freeroll - 38 of 900 for 60 cents.
Sat 15:00 - $50 holdempokerchat.com freeroll - 26 of 327 for 27 cents.
Sun 18:00 - $100 ixgames.com freeroll - 96 of 1034 for 17 cents.
Sun 20:40 - $40 Full Tilt Poker 500K play chip tourney – 4 of 61 for $2.
Starting Balances
Real Money: $57.95
Tournament Dollars: $0.00
Full Tilt Points: 00.00
Play Money: 866,467
Ending Balances
Real Money: $62.00
Tournament Dollars: $0.00
Full Tilt Points: 00.00
Play Money: 8,833,467
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Recap - Week Ending Sunday, December 21
Add $2.79 to the bankroll for the week. And I bubbled the o-poker.net $1,111 freeroll. Finished 30th with top 27 guaranteed at least $6.
Freeroll Cashes This Week
Wed 2245 - $25 freerollchamps.com freeroll – 37 of 412 for 9 cents.
Thu 2040 - $40 Full Tilt Poker 500K play chip tournament – 4 of 45 for $2.
Sat 1400 - $100 railbirds.com freeroll – 59 of 893 for 24 cents.
Sat 1800 - $50 ixgames.com freeroll – 17 of 483 for 35 cents.
Sun 1600 - $25 wepokeryou.com freeroll – 36 of 339 for 11 cents.
Starting Balances
Real Money: $55.16
Tournament Dollars: $0.00
Full Tilt Points: 00.00
Play Money: 1,286,467
Ending Balances
Real Money: $57.95
Tournament Dollars: $0.00
Full Tilt Points: 00.00
Play Money: 866,467
Freeroll Cashes This Week
Wed 2245 - $25 freerollchamps.com freeroll – 37 of 412 for 9 cents.
Thu 2040 - $40 Full Tilt Poker 500K play chip tournament – 4 of 45 for $2.
Sat 1400 - $100 railbirds.com freeroll – 59 of 893 for 24 cents.
Sat 1800 - $50 ixgames.com freeroll – 17 of 483 for 35 cents.
Sun 1600 - $25 wepokeryou.com freeroll – 36 of 339 for 11 cents.
Starting Balances
Real Money: $55.16
Tournament Dollars: $0.00
Full Tilt Points: 00.00
Play Money: 1,286,467
Ending Balances
Real Money: $57.95
Tournament Dollars: $0.00
Full Tilt Points: 00.00
Play Money: 866,467
Freerolling: Tip #3 – Sit Happens Part II – Playing Against Sitters
This is intended to be a series of tips (and observations) on playing freerolls based on my experiences in Project Freeroll. Not everyone will agree with all the tips and observations I have on playing freerolls. Please keep in mind that these are my observations and methods and as such this is more the way I play freerolls than the way everyone should play freerolls. Also please keep in mind that this comes from the perspective of dedicatedly playing freerolls over a long period of time and not from the perspective of playing a small group of freerolls.
The following deals with Full Tilt Poker and the specifics of the Full Tilt Poker software and rules. Not everything will apply to other Poker Rooms.
Tip #3 – Sit Happens Part II – Playing Against Sitters
Now that you have your sitters identified (covered in tip #2), you have to deal with the situations that will present themselves at the table in a freeroll when there are sitters at your table.
One key is to periodical check your information and make sure it is still correct. It is not at all uncommon for a sitter to show up at the table and start playing or for a player to grab some chips and then sit out.
There are two key aspects with the way the Full Tilt software deals with sitters that will affect your play against them.
The first aspect of the way the Full Tilt software deals with sitters is that the software will only force a sitter to fold their hand if they would have to contribute more chips to the pot. Any sitter not in the big blind will be folded. A sitter in the big blind will only be folded if the pot is raised. This of course means that if there are only sitters left to act once it is your turn to act, you should raise the pot and win the blinds and antes.
The second aspect is that the software affords any player (including sitters) all in protection. The software will play out the hand treating the sitter as all-in when their last chips are going in the pot.
Now, how do you deal with sitters? Well actually, that part is easy. You steal their blinds. The challenge is actually in dealing with the active players at your table and how they will adjust their play due to the sitters at the table.
I am a firm believer in the KISS method of poker player. K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Stupid.
Applying that to this situation simply means – play your game as you would play it at any other time only making the basic adjustments.
If there are a limited number of active players at the table and they seem to be willing to avoid confrontation and simply steal the blinds and antes of the sitters, this my preferred way to build a chip stack.
If the other players don’t seem to want to blind out the sitters, I simply play poker and adjust for the number of players at the table. If there are 4 sitters, that then means there are 5 active players. I break out my 5-handed game the same way I would if I were in the final 5 in a SNG or the final 5 at the final table. This means you will open up your starting hand requirement and play more hands. This also means that you will deal with a maniac player in the same manner you would always deal with a maniac player; wait for the right hand and then try to bust them.
Now this means that you may be taking some risks earlier in tournaments that you would if there weren’t sitters present. But, this also means you’ll be building a chip stack earlier in the tournament than if there weren’t sitters present.
And I really do try to keep it that simple.
1) Stay aware of sitters
2) Be sure not to fold to sitters
3) Adjust to the number of active players at your table
I hope that helps some folks deal with the sitter “problem.”
The following deals with Full Tilt Poker and the specifics of the Full Tilt Poker software and rules. Not everything will apply to other Poker Rooms.
Tip #3 – Sit Happens Part II – Playing Against Sitters
Now that you have your sitters identified (covered in tip #2), you have to deal with the situations that will present themselves at the table in a freeroll when there are sitters at your table.
One key is to periodical check your information and make sure it is still correct. It is not at all uncommon for a sitter to show up at the table and start playing or for a player to grab some chips and then sit out.
There are two key aspects with the way the Full Tilt software deals with sitters that will affect your play against them.
The first aspect of the way the Full Tilt software deals with sitters is that the software will only force a sitter to fold their hand if they would have to contribute more chips to the pot. Any sitter not in the big blind will be folded. A sitter in the big blind will only be folded if the pot is raised. This of course means that if there are only sitters left to act once it is your turn to act, you should raise the pot and win the blinds and antes.
The second aspect is that the software affords any player (including sitters) all in protection. The software will play out the hand treating the sitter as all-in when their last chips are going in the pot.
Now, how do you deal with sitters? Well actually, that part is easy. You steal their blinds. The challenge is actually in dealing with the active players at your table and how they will adjust their play due to the sitters at the table.
I am a firm believer in the KISS method of poker player. K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Stupid.
Applying that to this situation simply means – play your game as you would play it at any other time only making the basic adjustments.
If there are a limited number of active players at the table and they seem to be willing to avoid confrontation and simply steal the blinds and antes of the sitters, this my preferred way to build a chip stack.
If the other players don’t seem to want to blind out the sitters, I simply play poker and adjust for the number of players at the table. If there are 4 sitters, that then means there are 5 active players. I break out my 5-handed game the same way I would if I were in the final 5 in a SNG or the final 5 at the final table. This means you will open up your starting hand requirement and play more hands. This also means that you will deal with a maniac player in the same manner you would always deal with a maniac player; wait for the right hand and then try to bust them.
Now this means that you may be taking some risks earlier in tournaments that you would if there weren’t sitters present. But, this also means you’ll be building a chip stack earlier in the tournament than if there weren’t sitters present.
And I really do try to keep it that simple.
1) Stay aware of sitters
2) Be sure not to fold to sitters
3) Adjust to the number of active players at your table
I hope that helps some folks deal with the sitter “problem.”
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Recap - Week Ending Sunday, December 14
No much time to play during the week this week (zero tournaments played Monday – Friday) and not much luck on the weekend with only 1 cash for 11 cents. I did manage to push the play chips back over the 1 million mark.
Freeroll Cashes This Week
Sun 1100 – wepokeryou.com $25 freeroll – 33 of 343 for 11 cents.
Starting Balances
Real Money: $55.05
Tournament Dollars: $0.00
Full Tilt Points: 00.00
Play Money: 216,617
Ending Balances
Real Money: $55.16
Tournament Dollars: $0.00
Full Tilt Points: 00.00
Play Money: 1,286,467
Freeroll Cashes This Week
Sun 1100 – wepokeryou.com $25 freeroll – 33 of 343 for 11 cents.
Starting Balances
Real Money: $55.05
Tournament Dollars: $0.00
Full Tilt Points: 00.00
Play Money: 216,617
Ending Balances
Real Money: $55.16
Tournament Dollars: $0.00
Full Tilt Points: 00.00
Play Money: 1,286,467
Freerolling: Tip #2 - Sit Happens Part I – Identifying Sitters
This is intended to be a series of tips (and observations) on playing freerolls based on my experiences in Project Freeroll. Not everyone will agree with all the tips and observations I have on playing freerolls. Please keep in mind that these are my observations and methods and as such this is more the way I play freerolls than the way everyone should play freerolls. Also please keep in mind that this comes from the perspective of dedicatedly playing freerolls over a long period of time and not from the perspective of playing a small group of freerolls.
Tip #2 – Sit Happens Part I – Identifying Sitters
One of things that occurs in freerolls that is much less likely to happen in buy-in tournaments is players registering for the tournament and then sitting out. I have several players marked on Full Tilt that I have never seen play a hand in a tournament, but have simply sat out in the dozens of tournaments that I have “played” against them.
I have seen multiple posts and blogs on various sites complaining about the sit out phenomenon. Complaining about sitters does absolutely no good whatsoever. They aren’t going to read your complaint. You simply have to learn how to adjust your play to compensate for the sitters.
The most important factor is awareness. Make sure that you are aware at all times of sitters at your table. The content of this tip is directed solely at play on Full Tilt Poker. You will want to examine the circumstances at other poker room and adjust accordingly.
On some poker rooms players that are sitting out are clearly marked by the poker software. This is not the case on Full Tilt Poker. But there is a way to determine who is sitting out and then to mark them so that you know who is sitting out as hands develop. Once the second hand of a tournament has been completed (this doesn’t work for the first hand as the players aren’t viewed by the poker room software as “sitting out” until after they time out on the first hand) you can tell whether or not a player is sitting out in the “Last Hand” history.
On the table you are playing on, near the top left right under the button labeled “Tourney Info”, is a button labeled “Last Hand”. Click on the “Last Hand” button and a new window will pop up showing a graphical representation of the last hand completed. In the lower left of this window is a scrollable area that list out a play-by-play description of the hand just played. If you scroll this to the top you will see a list of players and chip counts by table position. If a player was sitting out at the beginning of the hand it will say “is sitting out” next to the players chip count.
Back on the main table; double click the avatar for a player sitting out. This will bring up the notes for this player. Chose a color from the list of colors and use this to represent sitters. I use the default yellow since that makes things go faster. If do this for all sitters indicated, then you will have a quick easy reference at the table for who is sitting out.
2 things to remember:
1) Make sure you are always aware of sitters
2) Use the hand history tools to help identify sitters
In the next tip I’ll cover how to deal with sitters depending on the situation at your table.
Tip #2 – Sit Happens Part I – Identifying Sitters
One of things that occurs in freerolls that is much less likely to happen in buy-in tournaments is players registering for the tournament and then sitting out. I have several players marked on Full Tilt that I have never seen play a hand in a tournament, but have simply sat out in the dozens of tournaments that I have “played” against them.
I have seen multiple posts and blogs on various sites complaining about the sit out phenomenon. Complaining about sitters does absolutely no good whatsoever. They aren’t going to read your complaint. You simply have to learn how to adjust your play to compensate for the sitters.
The most important factor is awareness. Make sure that you are aware at all times of sitters at your table. The content of this tip is directed solely at play on Full Tilt Poker. You will want to examine the circumstances at other poker room and adjust accordingly.
On some poker rooms players that are sitting out are clearly marked by the poker software. This is not the case on Full Tilt Poker. But there is a way to determine who is sitting out and then to mark them so that you know who is sitting out as hands develop. Once the second hand of a tournament has been completed (this doesn’t work for the first hand as the players aren’t viewed by the poker room software as “sitting out” until after they time out on the first hand) you can tell whether or not a player is sitting out in the “Last Hand” history.
On the table you are playing on, near the top left right under the button labeled “Tourney Info”, is a button labeled “Last Hand”. Click on the “Last Hand” button and a new window will pop up showing a graphical representation of the last hand completed. In the lower left of this window is a scrollable area that list out a play-by-play description of the hand just played. If you scroll this to the top you will see a list of players and chip counts by table position. If a player was sitting out at the beginning of the hand it will say “is sitting out” next to the players chip count.
Back on the main table; double click the avatar for a player sitting out. This will bring up the notes for this player. Chose a color from the list of colors and use this to represent sitters. I use the default yellow since that makes things go faster. If do this for all sitters indicated, then you will have a quick easy reference at the table for who is sitting out.
2 things to remember:
1) Make sure you are always aware of sitters
2) Use the hand history tools to help identify sitters
In the next tip I’ll cover how to deal with sitters depending on the situation at your table.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Recap - Week Ending Sunday, December 7
Added another $2.78 to the bankroll this week.
Freeroll Cashes This Week
Fri 2100 - $100 railbirds.com freeroll – 71 of 1080 for $0.21.
Sat 1340 - $100 Full Tilt Omaha Hi freeroll – 17 of 2700 for $2.00.
Sun 1600 - $100 Pokerstop.com freeroll – 72 of 900 for $0.22.
Sun 1800 - $50 ixgames.com freeroll – 15 of 807 for $0.35
Starting Balances
Real Money: $52.27
Tournament Dollars: $0.00
Full Tilt Points: 00.00
Play Money: 345,617
Ending Balances
Real Money: $55.05
Tournament Dollars: $0.00
Full Tilt Points: 00.00
Play Money: 216,617
Freeroll Cashes This Week
Fri 2100 - $100 railbirds.com freeroll – 71 of 1080 for $0.21.
Sat 1340 - $100 Full Tilt Omaha Hi freeroll – 17 of 2700 for $2.00.
Sun 1600 - $100 Pokerstop.com freeroll – 72 of 900 for $0.22.
Sun 1800 - $50 ixgames.com freeroll – 15 of 807 for $0.35
Starting Balances
Real Money: $52.27
Tournament Dollars: $0.00
Full Tilt Points: 00.00
Play Money: 345,617
Ending Balances
Real Money: $55.05
Tournament Dollars: $0.00
Full Tilt Points: 00.00
Play Money: 216,617
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Full Tilt Holiday 100K
On Saturday, December 27 and Sunday, December 28, Full Tilt Poker will be hosting tournaments with a 100K prize pool. You can buy directly into these tournaments with 2K Full Tilt Points. You can also play lesser buy-in Full Tilt Point satelitte SNGs to win entry.
Now the final method of entry is the one I am interested in. Full Tilt is also running freeroll satellite MTTs to gain entry. The top 3 (of 3,600) gain entry into the Sunday, December 28 tournament.
These tournaments startign registering on the hour and start at 40 minutes past the hour for any hour that Full Tilt doesn't have one of it's regular $100 freeroll running. As near as I call determine, the daily schedule for these tournaments is:
00:40, 02:40, 03:40, 04:40, 06:40, 07:40, 08:40, 10:40, 11:40, 12:40, 14:40, and 18:40.
Now the final method of entry is the one I am interested in. Full Tilt is also running freeroll satellite MTTs to gain entry. The top 3 (of 3,600) gain entry into the Sunday, December 28 tournament.
These tournaments startign registering on the hour and start at 40 minutes past the hour for any hour that Full Tilt doesn't have one of it's regular $100 freeroll running. As near as I call determine, the daily schedule for these tournaments is:
00:40, 02:40, 03:40, 04:40, 06:40, 07:40, 08:40, 10:40, 11:40, 12:40, 14:40, and 18:40.
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