July 30, 2005
Saturday action
A roundup of today's poker online...
- $10+$1 single table omaha tournament, with a third place finish, including this rather impressive flop.
- $20+$2 multi table omaha tournament, with a lowly finish. Couple of bad beats.
- A new format for Party Poker, the shootout tournament, where you play down individual tables, then the top 3 from each move on to the next round. Placed third in the first round (to make back a bit more than my buy-in), third again in the second round (for another $10.29), and 4th in the 3rd, finally losing. Not a bad day.
July 29, 2005
Speed Tournament
Wow, long time since my last post...
Played in my first speed tourny in a long while - got 41 out of 1100, mostly because:
- I got moved to a low table after a few good wins
- Got behind the button as the blinds got high (to make it in the money),
- Got behind the button again after 3 different people went out in front of me, so I didn't have to pay the blinds at all (BB was 20 times my stack at that point)
- Moved tables right before the BB got to me (when it was about 60 times my stack)
- Got moved into the BB when I switched tables again (which is fair, but sucks). My K-3o lost to a 6-4o that hit a straight. Such is poker.
I probably should have gone out around 100, making $0.60 more than my buy in. Instead, beause of pure luck (which is more important than skill in the speed tournys), I beat out 1059 other players, and made $13.80 more than my buy in. Not bad for a few hours of fun...
July 13, 2005
My partypoker stats from pokerprophecy.com
Below are my stats from Pokerprophecy.com, a site which monitors every single table tournament on Partypoker.com and reports them from their own custom software. I think I'm doing pretty well...
For best results, a Player should have 20 or more games played to get an idea of their skill level. If so, here is how we suggest you analyze the data:
Players Win Percentage 40% or higher - Player is a Pro
Players Win Percentage 35 to 40% - Player is Very Good
To qualify for a win, a Player must finish in the money, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd.
And so on. I'm happy with that, I just wish Party Poker itself kept stats for all games played, at least letting me see my own.