Sloe Times

This weekend had some mixed results. I played a couple of 20+2 sit and go games on Friday morning and took 1st in both. Yay! I'm up $156 two hours after rolling out of bed. Family commitments kept me away from playing Friday night and most of Saturday. I got in another 20+2 on Saturday and came in second. (+194).

Sunday on the other hand was not so good to me. Two wicked bad beats first thing in the morning at 20+2 (-44) the most memorable was my pocket 4s against some fellows 89s. The table was pretty weak all around so I doubled the blind pre-flop. I tripped on the flop and potted it, he calls. The turn comes and it's no real apparent help so I pot it again and he calls. The river comes and again, nothing serious no flush opportunity out there, and all the cards are low enough I didn't expect the straight, who would stay on low crap with strong bets fronting a made hand? But sure enough I push the rest of my stack in and up comes this fellow's straight that he caught on the river. I think what slays me most is that suited connectors just don't seem to be the thing to draw to, especially if the flop doesn't give you your suit. However I see people playing these things all day long and me wishing to myself, if only I had a hand to pummel these fools with. My friend keeps telling me that the law of large numbers and odds and all that nonsense will work in my favor. My problem with that is that I don't think there's enough time in a tournament, especially a sit and go, for those things to work out. So idiots who for nothing but luck knock me out or grind me out when I’m not catching or improving my strong hand.

Anyway, finishing off the weekend, I play a 10+1, a 5+1, and a 20+2 sit and go, lost all three (-39), putting my bankroll at about $513. I figure why not one more 10+1 sit and go for the night, the worst that can happen is that I leave myself at ~$500 which was my goal to reach by this weekend. I placed 3rd (+9) which puts me +120 for the weekend.

I'm setting a new goal to work up to $1k over the next couple of weeks. I think I have to work on my betting and understanding the dynamics of pre-flop betting. I think at this point I've tightened up my card playing to the point that I'm generally only playing hands that have a better than average chance to win, or that I get to play for free as an un-raised big blind. I think the longer team goal for me is to reach $1500 and then cash out half, which repays my initial investment into the game. From there I'm not sure what the next step will be.