I've tried a few single draw tournaments lately. On Full Tilt I've had a couple of unsuccessful goes at $7.60 satellites to this Friday's $55 tournament. The first time there were 14 runners, with one entry and cash payouts for the next two; obviously I came fourth, but man that was an intense final table! It took forever for anybody to bust out. Eventually I made a 9-7 and had to go with it but ran into an 8-7. I'd dodged a couple of bullets to still be in the tournament at that stage, so I could have no complaints there. Last night it was all over in a flash. In just the few hands I played, people were hitting longshot draws all over the place. On my final hand, I got a free look in the big blind, took four, couldn't believe my good fortune when I made a 9-7 but one of my opponents (who had drawn two) bettered that with an 8-7. I might have one more attempt; I'm beginning to wish I'd just bought in directly.
Poker Stars have recently started offering single draw tournaments with guarantees. The buy-in is $5.50 (for that you get 1500 chips which isn't many) but if you bust out within the first hour you can rebuy ($5 for 1500 chips). It has the potential to be quite profitable: (a) it's not that popular so there's often an overlay, and (b) there are some bad players who pat kings and queens, routinely draw two or three, open-raise to ten big blinds and then call a shove with a two-card draw, you name it. This morning (it started bright and early at 6:50) I got sucked in by a player who limp-reraised me pre-draw. I had 6432 and thought it was still worth calling the reraise. I hit a nine - the worst possible card as I called his all-in only to be shown 86542. I still had a handful of chips left but those soon disappeared. I was well inside the rebuy period though, so I decided to fire another bullet. I ran better this time, virtually doubling up when I made number four and my opponent went to the mat with his 8-7. I couldn't quite kick on from there but I still finished sixth for a net profit of $17. The big mistake I made in that tournament was not making better use of my time by playing something else on the side.
Here are a few recent hands:
Hand 1
I didn't really like calling here, and with reads I've folded in this spot before. He seemed just shallow enough to make this a call.
PokerStars Game #54055491918: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/12/10 18:09:53 ET
Table 'Sheragul IV' 7-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Quakerspower ($9.45 in chips)
Seat 2: plutoman20 ($52.60 in chips)
Seat 3: sneakas ($15.40 in chips)
Seat 5: billymac222 ($14 in chips)
Seat 6: kowal270691 ($12.50 in chips)
Seat 7: D-EVIL NME84 ($12.15 in chips)
billymac222: posts small blind $0.25
kowal270691: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [9s 2c 6s 7d 3c]
2J4U joins the table at seat #4
D-EVIL NME84: folds
Quakerspower: calls $0.50
plutoman20: raises $1.50 to $2
sneakas: folds
billymac222: raises $12 to $14 and is all-in
kowal270691: folds
Quakerspower: folds
plutoman20: calls $12
billymac222: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [9s 2c 6s 7d 3c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
billymac222: shows [9c 2d 3h 4h 8c] (Lo: 9,8,4,3,2)
plutoman20: shows [9s 2c 6s 7d 3c] (Lo: 9,7,6,3,2)
plutoman20 collected $27.55 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $29 Rake $1.45
Seat 1: Quakerspower folded before Flop
Seat 2: plutoman20 showed [9s 2c 6s 7d 3c] and won ($27.55) with Lo: 9,7,6,3,2
Seat 3: sneakas (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: billymac222 (small blind) showed [9c 2d 3h 4h 8c] and lost with Lo: 9,8,4,3,2
Seat 6: kowal270691 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: D-EVIL NME84 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hand 2
This one was similar to that badugi hand involving Lukey - it left me bamboozled. His smallish bet makes me think he could be trying to block, so I put in a small value raise. Then he calls me and shows me the second nuts. Please explain!
PokerStars Game #54125362563: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/12/12 2:27:43 ET
Table 'Procyon III' 7-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: mr_mcgee2 ($22.80 in chips)
Seat 2: ratso69 ($20 in chips)
Seat 3: benjo100 ($17.45 in chips)
Seat 4: iffyking ($34.45 in chips)
Seat 5: ida1nz ($10 in chips)
Seat 6: NEMUNAS ($23.55 in chips)
Seat 7: plutoman20 ($29 in chips)
mr_mcgee2: posts small blind $0.25
ratso69: posts big blind $0.50
ida1nz: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [9c 5d 6h Ad 3c]
benjo100: folds
iffyking: folds
ida1nz: checks
NEMUNAS: raises $1 to $1.50
plutoman20: calls $1.50
mr_mcgee2: folds
ratso69: calls $1
ida1nz: calls $1
ratso69: discards 2 cards
ida1nz: discards 3 cards
NEMUNAS: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Ad]
Dealt to plutoman20 [9c 5d 6h 3c] [4c]
ratso69: checks
ida1nz: checks
NEMUNAS: bets $2.50
plutoman20: raises $3.50 to $6
ratso69: folds
ida1nz: folds
NEMUNAS: calls $3.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [9c 5d 6h 4c 3c] (Lo: 9,6,5,4,3)
NEMUNAS: shows [6s 2h 7d 3s 4h] (Lo: 7,6,4,3,2)
NEMUNAS collected $17.40 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $18.25 Rake $0.85
Seat 1: mr_mcgee2 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: ratso69 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: benjo100 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: iffyking folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: ida1nz folded on the Flop
Seat 6: NEMUNAS showed [6s 2h 7d 3s 4h] and won ($17.40) with Lo: 7,6,4,3,2
Seat 7: plutoman20 (button) showed [9c 5d 6h 4c 3c] and lost with Lo: 9,6,5,4,3
Hand 3
The small bet again from Nemunas rings one or two alarm bells but surely I can't just call here with number ten. Then I'm on tenterhooks as he takes 30 seconds over his decision. Once he shoves, I go with my gut which tells me to save the eleven bucks and get out of there. To date that's the best hand I've ever folded.
PokerStars Game #54126012454: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/12/12 3:02:38 ET
Table 'Procyon III' 7-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: poker_wizik ($13.90 in chips)
Seat 2: qhd102 ($14.25 in chips)
Seat 3: Mike_Z42 ($10.05 in chips)
Seat 4: TeeKei ($29.25 in chips)
Seat 5: ida1nz ($39.95 in chips)
Seat 6: NEMUNAS ($18.60 in chips)
Seat 7: plutoman20 ($29.10 in chips)
NEMUNAS: posts small blind $0.25
plutoman20: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [4d 3s 4h 2s 8c]
poker_wizik: raises $1 to $1.50
qhd102: folds
Mike_Z42: folds
TeeKei: folds
ida1nz: folds
NEMUNAS: calls $1.25
plutoman20: calls $1
NEMUNAS: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [4d]
Dealt to plutoman20 [3s 4h 2s 8c] [7s]
poker_wizik: discards 1 card
NEMUNAS: bets $2
plutoman20: raises $4 to $6
poker_wizik: folds
NEMUNAS: waits and waits and waits and raises $11.10 to $17.10 and is all-in
plutoman20: doesn't like it one bit and folds
Uncalled bet ($11.10) returned to NEMUNAS
NEMUNAS collected $15.70 from pot
NEMUNAS: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $16.50 Rake $0.80
Seat 1: poker_wizik folded on the Flop
Seat 2: qhd102 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Mike_Z42 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: TeeKei folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: ida1nz (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: NEMUNAS (small blind) collected ($15.70)
Seat 7: plutoman20 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Hand 4
I guess I chickened out of a bet post-draw with my nut nine - any sort of bet involves putting my whole stack at risk. Would he call me with a lot worse? Perhaps, but he's a good solid player. At the time I thought this would be a perfect spot for him to attempt a check-raise (because I showed considerable strength before the draw, hence he'd expect me to bet) but we're too shallow for check-raising to be an option - if I'm betting I'm shoving.
PokerStars Game #54127252133: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/12/12 4:06:18 ET
Table 'Procyon III' 7-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: qhd102 ($5.40 in chips)
Seat 3: popaionut ($33.65 in chips)
Seat 4: TeeKei ($31.20 in chips)
Seat 5: ida1nz ($48.85 in chips)
Seat 6: NEMUNAS ($29 in chips)
Seat 7: plutoman20 ($26.15 in chips)
popaionut: posts small blind $0.25
TeeKei: posts big blind $0.50
nettsmoney: sits out
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [9s 2h 5d 3s 4c]
ida1nz: folds
NEMUNAS: folds
plutoman20: raises $1 to $1.50
qhd102: folds
popaionut: raises $2.50 to $4
TeeKei: folds
plutoman20: raises $7 to $11
popaionut: calls $7
popaionut: discards 1 card
plutoman20: stands pat on [9s 2h 5d 3s 4c]
popaionut: checks
plutoman20: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
popaionut: shows [Jh 6s 8h 2s 4s] (Lo: J,8,6,4,2)
plutoman20: shows [9s 2h 5d 3s 4c] (Lo: 9,5,4,3,2)
plutoman20 collected $21.40 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $22.50 Rake $1.10
Seat 2: qhd102 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: popaionut (small blind) showed [Jh 6s 8h 2s 4s] and lost with Lo: J,8,6,4,2
Seat 4: TeeKei (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: ida1nz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: NEMUNAS folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: plutoman20 showed [9s 2h 5d 3s 4c] and won ($21.40) with Lo: 9,5,4,3,2
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