I'm in the middle of a deep run at a large tournament at the Mohegan Sun. With 74 people left out of an original 745, I have double the chip average, probably good for a top 15 stack.
The top prize in the tournament is $60,000+, but it is likely that a deal will be struck at the final table to divide the money more equally. I am guessing that the final ten will each get around $15,000. Deals like this are allowed, but it only takes one player to object. In this type of payout, however, it is very likely. $15,000 is roughly 4th place money, and 10th is only $3,000. Most players will take the guarantee of a good payout instead of playing for 1st. Hopefully I'll be there to make a choice.
No matter what happens today, I had a blast yesterday. I really can't think of a major mistake that I made all day. There are a few hands that I would have played a little differently, but overall when I put alot of chips in, I was a favorite. That's really all you can do in a tournament. I am loaded with confidence. If I don't make mistakes, and pick up a few hands, I'll be there when it counts.
As I mentioned before, I've been twittering updates, and will again today. You can find me at Bmaggiacomo.
Looking for any positive energy you can spare!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Update
It's been about a month since my last blog. I'm really tired and I don't feel like writing much tonight, so I'm going to just do some bullet point updates that don't require me thinking.
1. Vegas was great. I won a few thousand, and finished 8th in a tournament where the first prize was 14 thousand. Call it a near miss.
2. I didn't try to qualify for the World Series when I was out there. For five hundred dollars, there just wasn't enough value. There were so many other good games and tournament around the World Series that I decided there were better places for my time and money. There's always next year.
3. I've won 2 tournaments since I've been back, both small buyins but paying over a thousand. I'm super confident in my tournament game.
4. My cash game results have settled in at $35/hr., lower than the first month, but still 40 percent higher than I expected at this point. I'm playing about 30 hours a week, so I'm making enough to get by. The plan is to continue to grind the cash games and to find good tournaments to take shots at five figure scores. I'll definitely break through soon.
5. I'm starting to play online again, with good results. I want to build my bankroll there slowly as opposed to depositing alot of cash. It will be awhile before I am playing stakes online for as much as I play live, but if I play 10 hours a week or so, I should have built up a few thousand by the end of the summer. Then I can start playing bigger.
6. I am devoting some time to practicing other poker games, notably Omaha. It's keeping me interested on days where I don't feel patient enough to play good Hold'em.
7. I'm not sick of poker at all. I still wake up excited to play.
8. There is an unspoken agreement between the pros that play at Foxwoods. We don't play hard at each other - instead we go after the fish. I am realizing that selecting the right game is unbelievably important, and that it is important to get up when you feel that you don't have a very big edge because the competition is tough. That's a very difficult thing for a competitive person to grasp, but humility is a huge part of being a winning player.
9. I'm playing in a large tournament on Wednesday. There will be at least five hundred players, so my chances of winning are slim but...$50,000 to the winner...trying to put myself in position for my break. What is it that they say, "luck is when preparation meets opportunity..." something like that.
10. Several people have told me that I should Twitter my poker results. I'm not sure if I'm comfortable with it, but I'll try. My twitter is Bmaggiacomo, or Brian Maggiacomo. I'm not sure how to find me but I'm on there under one of those names. I'll start tommorrow, with the tournament on Wednesday. I'm just going to do Poker stuff.
I hope to have a specific, one topic blog out soon.
Hope everyone is enjoying the summer as much as I am!
1. Vegas was great. I won a few thousand, and finished 8th in a tournament where the first prize was 14 thousand. Call it a near miss.
2. I didn't try to qualify for the World Series when I was out there. For five hundred dollars, there just wasn't enough value. There were so many other good games and tournament around the World Series that I decided there were better places for my time and money. There's always next year.
3. I've won 2 tournaments since I've been back, both small buyins but paying over a thousand. I'm super confident in my tournament game.
4. My cash game results have settled in at $35/hr., lower than the first month, but still 40 percent higher than I expected at this point. I'm playing about 30 hours a week, so I'm making enough to get by. The plan is to continue to grind the cash games and to find good tournaments to take shots at five figure scores. I'll definitely break through soon.
5. I'm starting to play online again, with good results. I want to build my bankroll there slowly as opposed to depositing alot of cash. It will be awhile before I am playing stakes online for as much as I play live, but if I play 10 hours a week or so, I should have built up a few thousand by the end of the summer. Then I can start playing bigger.
6. I am devoting some time to practicing other poker games, notably Omaha. It's keeping me interested on days where I don't feel patient enough to play good Hold'em.
7. I'm not sick of poker at all. I still wake up excited to play.
8. There is an unspoken agreement between the pros that play at Foxwoods. We don't play hard at each other - instead we go after the fish. I am realizing that selecting the right game is unbelievably important, and that it is important to get up when you feel that you don't have a very big edge because the competition is tough. That's a very difficult thing for a competitive person to grasp, but humility is a huge part of being a winning player.
9. I'm playing in a large tournament on Wednesday. There will be at least five hundred players, so my chances of winning are slim but...$50,000 to the winner...trying to put myself in position for my break. What is it that they say, "luck is when preparation meets opportunity..." something like that.
10. Several people have told me that I should Twitter my poker results. I'm not sure if I'm comfortable with it, but I'll try. My twitter is Bmaggiacomo, or Brian Maggiacomo. I'm not sure how to find me but I'm on there under one of those names. I'll start tommorrow, with the tournament on Wednesday. I'm just going to do Poker stuff.
I hope to have a specific, one topic blog out soon.
Hope everyone is enjoying the summer as much as I am!
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