Played like four sessions without logging. As usual: SG $20, 10 seats 15000 chips in total. Starting chipcount: 1500.

Won a quite bad all-in. Rasied preflop with AA, the flop came up low as the screenshots shows. I bet I couple of hundreds, the other guy goes all-in… Wtf, this is not good. Either he has a straight, three of a kind or two pair. He had a three of a kind… But I called anyway. Not good, should have folded. But I won anyway on luck.

Same bad call. KQ against AQ preflop. Always have the A when you go call all-in like that. Luck again for me Chipcount 2900.

Won another all-in with my A6 against his KQ. The all-in came after the flop, he had a straight draw and I a flush draw. No one hit either of it but a pair showed up. Chipcount 3690.

Now it’s safe play, nothing else! I have a good chance here, as am the big stack right now with 5 players left.

Going down… Chipcount 2990. The guys are calling and raising everything. Not a good time to play safe… I better just call with very good cards. I thought a little blind stealing would do. But that didnt work.

Okey, I earned the money. Three left, am at 3,4k, the two other: 6,2k and 5k (or something like that, hard to count when they are betting).

Going forward, Chipcount 4,2k.

Only two left. my 4,3K against his 10,7K

Won wih a two pair, 5k now. Was down to 2,5k, after catching some bad hands.

We are even now 7,5k each.

Again catching bad hands after bad hands… Impossible to play. Went all in with 5k with J9 offsuit. So damn bad, he had A9… I lost.

Summary: Finished second after some lucky hands. Could have won, but catching some bad cards in the end isnt the best time. Maybe I could have waited a little longer there… Played very good from the 5th person went out until the last. There the focus went out for a moment.

Played like four sessions without logging. As usual: SG, 10 seats 15000 chips in total. Starting chipcount: 1500.

No pay-out in two, second place: 1 third place: 1.

Played kind of bad in some of these games, but had some really luck too. When I finished in third place I had more then half the stack then there where only three players left but lost everything. Really bad play, but now I know that you should play safe until the end . The second place session was a good one yestoday. Lost with AA against a two pair, K8 I think he had. So that was just unlucky.

SG, 10 seats 15000 chips in total. Starting chipcount: 1500.

Haven’t played for a while, first board in a week or two. But I have more free time soon atleast

Start out with a KK, hit a trip on the flop. But the other guy folded to a low bet, only won a pot of 250.

Hit a A with A3, the other guy had A9… Never call with a kicker like that. Should know. Chipcount: 1240

The blinds went up and I went all-in with JQ suited against a guy how raised three times in a row. He had A9, and quite crappy had but better then mine. Always have the A when you move all-in… I lost that one of couse.

Summary: Not concentrated enough. No patience.

SG, 10 seats 15000 chips in total. Starting chipcount: 1500.

Played a session without logging, and won it! Pure luck. At least two all-ins was with the odds against me, the call was quite bad if you ask me. Was down to 500 but won two fast all-ins. After that I played a little faster. The two last guys was really aggresive and I had some trouble, one of them had 10k after knocking out the other one. But I played only with good cards and pressing back. He called me twice with crap cards an I won both.

Summary: Had some luck, but overall good varied play.

SG, 10 seats 15000 chips in total. Starting chipcount: 1500.

After two bad session without payout, here’s another one. I will not change my way of playing, I think I just didnt have the luck before. Keep the discipline and it will work.

Lost like 600 to a crappy flush… Again! The third spade showed up on the river. I bet 400 on the turn having highest pair on the board. I really need to knock these idiot players out before they always get their flush. But I mean, how risk most of his stack on a flush draw… wtf. Chipcount 750.

Won 1100 on an all-in, with my A4 against 108.

Great, won 2400 with A9. Hit my A on the turn. Chipcount 2820.

Quite passive players… Don’t raise alot.

Won 800 with JJ. Getting some cards now. Chipcount 1700, 50/100 blinds

Won 2500 an all-in! My A10 against KK. Had some really bad thoughts about his cards but I went all-in anyway as I already rasied once. Hit a flush… Really lucky. Getting some flush-luck back now Chipcount 3120.

Four players left. 100/200 blinds. Even stacks.

Lost big with a middle pair… Crap. Don’t want to go just before Pay-out. Chipcount 1770

Another win, 2550 pot. Called with Q3 and hit my Q, but he went along and even raised my 300 bet. On river an A came up and I went all-in, bluffing I had it. He was big blind and didnt raise pre-flop so I guessed he didnt have it. Chipcount 3870

Wordpress deleted half my log, so much action is gone. Anyway went out on a third place after a unbelievable unlucky river. I had QJ on hand and hit both, another guy had the high pair K. We both went all in… but on river he hit a pair of 6:s… And out I went.

Summary: Ok, session. Finally had some cards to play with and had a good chance of winning this. But as always, you need luck to with SG. Got messed up in on some hands, betting to much with nothing. I should be more careful with that.

Results right now, 11 games:
Won: 3
Second place: 2
Third place: 3
No payout: 3
Price money: $540

SG, 10 seats 15000 chips in total. Starting chipcount: 1500.

Okey, we try a new one directly after the last bad one. Copy & paste strategy:
“As usual, the strategy is to play few hands and play safe with aggresive play from time to time (maybe 1-5 hands until the heads-up).”

Just avioded a real trap. Folded 66 when three diamonds showed up on flop (not going the mistake as the last round!). But now two more 3:s showed up, which would have given me a full house… Would probably have been all-in at that point. A guy with pocket jacks won that hand… Chip count: 1070.

Need some good hands now. Blind at 20/40 and 7 players left.

Chip count: 920. Don’t catch any good cards… Haven’t played much, still am down below 1k and now the blinds is at 50/100.

Down to 870. Gets nothing to play with… 5 players left. 100/200 blinds. Need some cards now!

The big stack is a really weak player. Calls with crap hands and don’t see that players auto folds on bets (afk).

Lol some luck at last. Had to go all-in (with 400) with 78 against A8. Won with a pair of 7:s.

All-in again with 77. The other players had A5 but hit his A. Bad luck. Was the opposite the last hand on the other hand…

Summary: Dont know what I did wrong here. Had nada goods cards that could be played at the time. Hit nothing on the flops when I called or raised.

SG, 10 seats 15000 chips in total. Starting chipcount: 1500.

As usual, the strategy is to play few hands and play safe with aggresive play from time to time (maybe 1-5 hands until the heads-up). Let’s see how this goes, have I really been that lucky the last sessions?

Quite some action here. Only 7 players left, blinds at 20/40.

Lol, did the worst bluff on the earth. Not going to mention it further… But I atleast had a flush draw all the time after flop. Never try to bluff the chipleader… Chipcount 810.

Really need to play safe now. Played so bad last hand… Catch good cards and be ready for a all-in.

Puh, raised with 77 and another player went along. Two overcards on the flop… He checked and I went all in. Lots of things could have gone wrong there. Chipcount 1080.

Won to fast hands after flop with A10 and AK. Hit my king on the second hand, but three clubs was in the bord too and I didnt have one of that. Chipcount 1410.

Wtf… Had a straight and probably got a straight on river. Four heart showed up on the board again (the last one on the river after my straight). Chipcount 1010.

Won an all-in!! Had KJ pre-flop, just went along on blinds at 100/200 (the big blind was going to me very soon…). Hit high card Jack, big stack bet first 200 and I went all-in. He called, showed only A2. He had a inside straight draw on  the river but missed. Chipcount 2050. Back on track.

The blinds are quite high 100/200. And with my stack this means no mistakes. Just got my blinds robbed but the big stack, an aggresive player. Let’s take advantage of that with some slow play maybe? Still 7 players left.

Down to 1100 after losing blind chips on crap cards…

Am out on 5 place… Went all in with AQ against big stack who I knew was aggressive and calling alot. He showed K4 and hit a full house… What the heck.

Summary: Insane luck he had on the last hand. But overall this was a bad played session. The bad bluff in the beginning and the straight calling with a flush warning on the table really did it. You can recover from one mistake, but not from two. Add some unluck and your out.

SG, 10 seats 15000 chips in total. Starting chipcount: 1500.

Action hand one!  Hit a straight flush!

Won a medium pot, placed a bet on 600 after the river. Maybe to small, but I wanted to produce a call atleast with this hand. Got my call anyway . Great start, maybe a should rename this blog to luckypokerplayerblog.com or something. Chipcount 2420.

Blinds at 30/60, 7 players left. Chipcount 2600 after a three of a kind on turn with my pocket 99.

Chipcount 3300… Going slowly forwards. Won a big bluff, had pocker 10s pre-flop. But nearly all overcards showed up, sensed some weakness, he probably got a pair of Jacks or something. So I bluffed the ace on the turn. Worked out!

Very close one, 6 player left and am the big stack with only 3k. Still 6 players left, really strange.

Won two fast hands. Chipcount: 4350. Only bluffing…

Crap… Down to 2100 without even playing. Blinds at 200/400 and I havent got any good cards… The other players are beginning to be very aggresive. Rasing alot. Again, slow play this kind of behavior with good cards.

Wtf. Won an all-in, J10 against his k3? All in came after flop when I hit my Jack.

Lost some chips to the same guy the hand after. He went all-in with not much left, so did another guy to and a third with a bigger stack. I had 77 and a low flop showed up under 7. Bet 800 and the big stack folded… But one of the other guys hit a pair of nines. So I lost like 1k in the end. Chipcount 3300, blinds at 400/200.

I earned the money, three players left.

Lost… Bad luck hand. Went all-in on flop with nothing (A9 on the hand) after he had checked. He called with a A8. Lucky for me if he haven’t hit his 8 on the turn. Very unlucky there…

Third place it was.

SG, 10 seats 15000 chips in total. Starting chipcount: 1500.

Really had some great games the last days. Only lost one SG, all others has been payouts. Playing one more today, as am quite tired after work. We’ll see how that goes.

Lost to AA. Crappy played… Only had j10. Chipcount 900.

Has been small stack for a long time, but slow played my three of a kind ace and won 1500. Chipcount 2000. Blinds 20/40, 6 players left.

Went all in with JK suited against A10, preflop. He only had 800 left and I 1500… Bad call. Why…

Won my chips back from the same guy. 1010 against 33. Chipcount 1870.

Won another all-in. 1010 against his 10 3? Chipcount 3125 blinds 150/300. 4 players left. Back on track!

Aggressive players, raising alot.

Another all-in won! Won 5300 on that one. My AK against A6. Chipleader right now with 5300.

Won a big pot with nothing, sensed weakness. Placed a 1k bet after the river. By the way, another “earned the money” session. 3 players left! Blinds at 200/400. Chipcount around 7k.

Won a big hand with a straight, ace high. Maybe am lucky? Chipcount 12k. I have to win this.

Won heads-up! Nailed him with a two pair… Slow play until he went all-in with a pair.

Summary: What a game. Was down to 800 chips and managed to win the whole tournament. But as usual, you can’t be first out of ten without luck. My K straight probably was the luckeist one here, never saw his cards but I guess he had better pre-flop. Also the all-in in the beginning was lucky. Other the that I won two more all-ins, but with better cards. Interesting session. I’ll have to read all this tommorrow again…

SG, 10 seats 15000 chips in total. Starting chipcount: 1500.

Strategy: Play few hands as usual. Aggresive or passive play in the beginning? If aggressive, play safe. If passive play, play more hands like straights and flushes (good hands for that).

Passive table. Lost 200 chips against K10 with my AJ.

Slow table. But managed to pull off a bluff. Had AK pre-flop but got nothing, raised all the time. We both had the same chipcount 1500. After the river I bet 500 with 1k in the pot. The other guy folded.

Won 1600 with a pair of aces. The other guy went all in with 600, I was afraid my ace was too weak buy I took a chance. And it worked. But now risktaking is over. Blinds at 50/100, chipcount 2740.

5 players left… chipcount 2490.

4 players left. Blinds at 150/300. Am the small stack. Need to place my bets right now.

Won an all in! JJ against 55. Rasied pre-flop to 600, but a Q showed up on the board. Placed a bet of 1000 as I thought I was ahead of him. Kind of strange bet. Anyway it did succed. After that we where both all-in. Chipcount 5130.

3 players left, pay out this time also! Quite even game chipcount from 3500 to 6500. Mine in the middle at 4600.

Aggressive players! Raises all the time. And I got crap cards…

Won a big hand, slow played a straight on flop. Bet to little on the river, only 600. But won quite big.

Heads up! Won a all in against the same guy as before. Went all-in two times after our hand (very good opportunity for me) and I had good cards the second time. Knocked him out, chipcount over 9000.

Lost. Went all-in with AK against 99 and lost to four of a kind… He pressed very hard with high 1k-2k bets, I had good cards but I was to passive on these hands. A good players. With some luck with my AK had won this.

Summary: Didnt have to good cards this session. One hand JJ, 2-3 AK (ok) but no more. Got a solid second place, with some luck I would have won. Overall good game, very safe played.

In the sport of poker, winning is very difficult. I will give the odds and probability in the game of poker, by single played hand, and the use of a fifty two card deck. As knowing them is important. The odds and probability are computed by the calculation of the proportion of hands that are a certain type, amongst all possible hands. The odds are as follows: Hand type: Royal flush, Approximate odds: 649,740 : 1 ; Straight flush, 72,193 : 1 ; Four of a kind, 4,164 : 1 ; Full House, 693 : 1 , Flush 507 : 1 , Straight 253 : 1 , Three of a kind 45 : 1 , Two pair 20: 1 , One pair 2.36 : 1 ; no pair 1.995 : 1

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Early on, Tight Is Right

It's a fundamental truth in tournament poker that you can lose a tournament in the first round, but you can't win it. Keep this in mind. There's no good reason to commit a lot of chips in the first round or two of a tournament without a monster hand. The blinds are so small that they are not worth risking a lot of chips to win. Play conservatively, observe your opponents and try to gather information for use in later rounds when the blinds are big and the pots are more valuable.

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Final Table Play

At the final table, you may find that everyone's stack is small, relative to the blinds. If this is the case, it is a good time to make a deal and chop up the prize pool.
The fairest way to do this is according to chip count. If deal making is not allowed or if someone doesn't want to, play on and don't be afraid to get those chips in the middle. You've gone as far as your skill can take you and now it's in the hands of the poker gods. Either way, making the final table is quite an accomplishment.

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