Tuesday, May 8, 2007

THE GRIND FROM $5 STT'S TO $10 S

Today i am starting with a roll of $35 in my acct; And luckily i have turned that into $50 plus as of today so far.I started the morning busting out of the 1st sng i played.Soon there after i was able to cash in the next three,with 2 1st place finishes and one 3rd. At this time it was about 3pm in the afternoon,and i felt like i needed to take a quick nap to be ready for the night. So i crashed out for about two hours and woke up at around 5:30pm.
I soon there after entered 3 sng's dropping the first,and busting out of the second becuase of a fucking donkey ass call.I am currently playing in the 3rd sng right now.As soon as this one got started i was able to make a few moves. But the thing i have to realize at these levels is that;Donkeys don't fold if they are chasing. And becuase of this i ended up losing a big ass pot.

PokerStars Game #9815708767: Tournament #49809822, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2007/05/08 - 19:22:37 (ET)
Table '49809822 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: toco (1580 in chips)
Seat 2: trueblueme (1750 in chips)
Seat 3: drywallman88 (1830 in chips)
Seat 4: yanxrule (1390 in chips)
Seat 5: SR8tAcEto5 (1705 in chips)Here i have an M of 37 plenty to make moves
Seat 6: BEARLACHER (1425 in chips)
Seat 7: kingfishar (1890 in chips)
Seat 8: JoinTAPP (1305 in chips)
Seat 9: ali-yenn (625 in chips) THE FISH AKA DONKEY!
kingfishar: posts small blind 15
JoinTAPP: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SR8tAcEto5 [8d Ts]
ali-yenn: calls 30
toco: folds
trueblueme: folds
drywallman88: folds
yanxrule: folds
SR8tAcEto5: raises 120 to 150 Unopened pot so i decide to push preflop!
BEARLACHER: folds
kingfishar: calls 135
JoinTAPP: folds
ali-yenn: calls 120
*** FLOP *** [Qd Kh 4d]
kingfishar: checks
ali-yenn: checks
SR8tAcEto5: bets 240
kingfishar: calls 240
ali-yenn: calls 240
*** TURN *** [Qd Kh 4d] [9s]
kingfishar: checks
ali-yenn: checks
SR8tAcEto5: bets 870 Ok i bet 870 on the flop!!!!
kingfishar: folds
ali-yenn: calls 235 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [Qd Kh 4d 9s] [6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ali-yenn: shows [2d 6d] (a pair of Sixes)
SR8tAcEto5: shows [8d Ts] (high card King)
ali-yenn collected 1670 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1670 | Rake 0
Board [Qd Kh 4d 9s 6c]
Seat 1: toco folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: trueblueme folded before Flop (didn't bet)Guy rivers a 6 chasing diamonds
Seat 3: drywallman88 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: yanxrule folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: SR8tAcEto5 showed [8d Ts] and lost with high card King
Seat 6: BEARLACHER (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: kingfishar (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 8: JoinTAPP (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: ali-yenn showed [2d 6d] and won (1670) with a pair of Sixes

This is the shit you have to learn to deal with whle trying to grind the $5 sng tables. I pray for the day when i will be playing the $30's and the $50's;Where i would have taken this pot down with no problem.

This is the very reason the grind is so hard for a new player,starting out playing sng's. First you have to deal with youself;Being mentally ready to make decisions and stay focoused.Then you will have to deal with the badbeats no matter what level you play.Then there's the suckouts from the bad players at the lower limits when grinding.
As i am learning with every game that i play;Is that you cannot try to make moves on these players early on in a $5 STT tournament.It seems that if i do not get a handle on my patience soon i will continue to be a losing player as i am on the brink of it now.
You see people have to understand that,players like myself trying to move up in limits have a hard grind ahead of them.For instance i have choosen not to multi-table until i have the proper bankroll to support it. Also you are on limited time as to how long and how many games you can play before taking a break.
Every sng that iplay will take atleast 1hr each;And with that said i will usually play as folows.

8:30AM-Wake up put the dog on the chain,and then fire up the Cpu!
9:00AM-Im usually playing a $5 sng
10:00-STT
11:00-STT
12:00-STT
1:00PM-STT
2:00-STT
3:00-STT
4:00-I usually look at my play and take a break. Proboly a nap for 2 hrs are so!!!
6:30-7:00-Im usually back on and looking out for my playing partner JSB1976
7pm-11:30pm-I usually call it quits before Midnight on the weekdays!

This is about a 12hr spand that i go through Monday-Friday;All this trying to achieve the majic $100+ to Advance to $10STT or Level 2!!!!!!

The grind is very tuff,and i cannot even begin to tell how how many days have passed;When i have losing sessions and been down.But until then i will keep giving this my all so wish me luck!!!!

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