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The Island GrinderThe Island GrinderSuccess and Failure playing Micro Stakes Sngs and Small Stakes Mtts. Join me as i try to move from Low buy-in sngs and low buy-in mtts to major tourament success.
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Focusing for May
2008-05-07 22:12:00 I've been slightly out of it so far in May. I just wasn't as focused as i couldve been over the past few days. I found myself playing without really thinking about what i was doing. Just opening tournaments because i felt the urge to play even though i knew i was sleepy/tired. I had a really bad session at 25nl yesterday where i only made 30... Visit site for whole article!
Another So So Sunday
2008-05-06 00:40:00 I partied more than usual this past weekend and as a result i was really out of it on Sunday . I just could not get in the mode to play. I tried to play some 180s but busted everything pretty quickly. After taking a nap i decided to play the 100k at 3:30. I was feeling much better and was able to get ITM, finishing 2182/22182 for $22.00 when my JJ... Visit site for whole article!
April Results
2008-05-03 21:55:00 April was a really good month. I finally won my first MTT for 1500.00 and got deep in several other tournaments with +5k 1st place prizes. I feel that my tournament game has taken a step in the right direction although i still make too many mistakes. During this month i started playing 25nl fullring and had some pretty good results. Its not a... Visit site for whole article! More About: April , Results
Sooo Close!
2008-05-01 16:57:00 I played several tournaments lastnight and got deep in the $25+2.5 25K Guaranteed, I finished 35th of 1452 runners. I was sitting 8th of 38 with thoughts of final tabling and taking this thing down, when i completed A6o in the small blind. I normally would've raised this hand but there was a utg limper. On the flop villain insta pushed and i... Visit site for whole article! More About: Close
Taking Shots with Tournament Dollars
2008-04-29 18:06:00 Before i get into my plans for using my tournament dollars i will discuss lastnight's tournaments. I played in two tournaments; a $12 180 man sng and a $3 Rebuy MTT. Although i was playing while watching the NBA playoffs (GO LAKERS!), I still played really well. I final tabled the 180 man sng but was the short stack because my AQo A few hands... Visit site for whole article! More About: Shots , Dollars , Tournament , Taking
Bad Beat Sunday
2008-04-28 19:47:00 I was all set to win one of my sunday tournies :) unfortunately Stars apparently experienced some technical difficulties. My first tournament didn't start until almost 2pm and somehow i wasn't right after that. I busted the 5k and the daily 15k within the first hour and decided to unregister from the 100k. I moved over to fulltilt and promptly... Visit site for whole article! More About: Sunday , Beat
Sunday's Tournaments
2008-04-27 18:40:00 I have 3 tournaments lined up for today. The 5k Guaranteed @ 1:00pm The Daily 15K @ 2:05pm The Sunday Hundred Grand @ 3:30pm If these don't work out i may play some 180s depending on how i feel. wish me luck. -Isgrinder Visit site for whole article! More About: Tournaments
Happy Birthday Isgrinder
2008-04-25 21:00:00 Another year older today. Not sure what i'm gonna do though, most of my close friends are off the Island. My really good friend is at the hospital with his wife about to have a baby girl who will be my Godchild. It looks like she will be born on my bday... how cool is that. Will probably just go to dinner, but its still early, once i start... Visit site for whole article! More About: Happy , Birthday , Happy Birthday
Tale of two Sites: Stars|Tilt
2008-04-24 18:05:00 My months always seem to go like this on Stars ; At the beginning i have very nice scores then... nothing. Early in April i took 2nd in a $4 180 and 1st in a $5 mtt, total profit was around $1662.00. I also made two other FTs in $4 180 sngs but no top 3 finishes. It seemed i was heading for a break out month. Since then nothing. I can't get deep... Visit site for whole article! More About: Sites , Tale , Tilt
Good Night on FTP
2008-04-23 06:03:00 Still not doing much on Stars but i had a really good night at fulltilt. I took 3rd in a $10 90 KO for $100.00. I felt i shouldve taken this down but it was not to be. I felt i played well in several smaller tournaments but didnt get anywhere. I took a break, got something to eat and decided to put in a hour at 25nl tables. I had been 6 tabling... Visit site for whole article! More About: Night , Good , Good Night
Sunday Tournament
2008-04-21 06:23:00 I only played one MTT today, the $5 5K guaranteed at 1pm. I finished 57th out of 3353 for $27. Not a huge score, but i really had fun playing this tourny, i think i played really well actually except for a few mistakes. I was running really well, accumulating chips with ease for most of the tourny when i ran into huge hand and lost 95% of my... Visit site for whole article! More About: Sunday , Tournament
Micro stakes update
2008-04-19 20:16:00 The micro mtt sng turbos are still kicking my ass. I've taken to pushbotting and have gotten deep in a few. The chat goes crazy though with guys calling me donkey and bingo player... etc etc lol. As a result i get alot of spite calls later in the tourny when blinds become huge relative to stacks and i get call down lite alot. meh. So lastnight i... Visit site for whole article! More About: Update , Micro , Stakes
I'm Back and running pooorly!
2008-04-18 01:20:00 I'm done with Stats! Now back to poker. Unfortunately i don't seem as sharp as i was a couple weeks ago and i'm running like crap. I've played 20+ mtt sngs and have not cashed in any. I'm taking beat after beat in the $3 90 man KO sngs on FT and the $3 45 man sngs on stars. Its relentless. I finally resorted to playing some single table $5 sngs... Visit site for whole article! More About: Running , Back
Inner Turmoil
2008-04-12 21:38:00 There's been a battle going on inside me for the last few weeks. I'm taking a statistics course that I hate and I'm pretty sure I'm going to fail. There's a part of me that wants to quit and be done with it. But there's a part of me thats going "don't be a quitter, just see this thing through fail or not, just complete it" So far I've been going... Visit site for whole article!
Update
2008-04-10 20:14:00 Haven't been able to do a review of my win yet. Things have been kinda hectic, trying to finish a case study and prepare for a final stats exam. GOD I HATE this course! I feel pretty good poker-wise, but i can't play as much as i'd like right now. Played 2 $4 180 man sngs in the last two days and final tabled both, finishing 8th & 2nd. By... Visit site for whole article! More About: Update
Fold this 100% in Micro Stake Sngs or MTTs
2008-04-08 03:12:00 One of the most important skills in nlhe is knowing when to fold. In Micro Stakes Sngs and low buy in MTTs if we raise and get reraised by SB/BB we can fold up to QQ with out feeling too badly. Unless we have a read that villain is a maniac, a reraise from the blinds, especially in the early stages is more often than not AA/KK. One... Visit site for whole article! More About: Fold
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! 1st MTT Win!!!
2008-04-06 21:19:00 Just took down my 1st ever real MTT. $5 FO with 1834 runners. Played the best poker of my life, stayed focused and in control throughout. I only had one major suck out that i remember and a few bad plays... but they were river extraction issues. I will probably do a write-up/review lata. I have to give credit to PXF training site. I was running... Visit site for whole article!
Variance Is A BIATCH!!
2008-04-05 17:56:00 Yea i've been playing mediocre to bad poker since the end of March and i know most players like to blame variance rather than face the fact that they are sucking big time. But i think i know the difference. I played several $3 45 man sngs lastnight and took some of the most outrageous beats i've ever had. I'm talking about getting it in with... Visit site for whole article!
Mistakes will Donkey Make.
2008-04-05 15:00:00 After reviewing several tournaments i realized i'm a huge donkey. I just make too many mistakes, and spew like crazy. Even when i play relatively well i usually make that one huge mistake down the stretch that end any chance i have of winning. I'm playing horribly right now. I will be posting these donkish plays and trying to analyze what i did... Visit site for whole article! More About: Make , Donkey
April Goals
2008-04-04 15:00:00 Another dissappointing month... results-wise anyway. I think i played well for most of the month, mananged to quadruple my broll on fulltilt and got itm in several mtts for insignificant cashes. Got into some life drama and lost focus at the end of the month. There are some posible distractions comming up this month that could posibly limit my... Visit site for whole article! More About: April , Goals
Why do you Poker?
2008-04-02 18:55:00 Duh... to make money idiot! Sure we all have dreams in the back of our minds about making it big, and making tons of cash like Brian Townsend. But realistically the majority of poker players will never acheive that level of success. So i've settled for something smaller and more attainable... if i happen to get lucky and take down a tournament for... Visit site for whole article! More About: Poker
Birthday Month
2008-04-02 02:41:00 I'm turning 31 on the 25th of this month and its starting to sink in that i'm well on my way into mid life. So i've been doing some reflecting on where i'm at now and where i want to be. I will be honest, i am not where i expected to be at this stage in my life. I have not accomplished... well anything really. I've just been drifting along with... Visit site for whole article! More About: Birthday , Month
Back from Holiday - Challenge update
2008-03-31 02:00:00 Actually been back for one week today, but wasn't in the mood to update the blog. had a few life issues that had me tied up, but still managed to play several tournaments and work on completing my challenges. $5 Sit n Go Challenge - COMPLETED Played: 20 ITM: 35% ROI: 27% finishes 1st: 5 2nd: 2 3rd: 0 4th+: 13 So thats it... challenge... Visit site for whole article! More About: Holiday , Update , Back
Easter Break
2008-03-17 23:54:00 I've decided to take a break from poker until after the easter break. No i'm not on a losing streak or tilted. Its just that i've felt kinda unfocused at the tables recently and this has lead to some poor play down the stretch in tournaments that i know that i should be winning. So the time from the tables will allow me to refocus. I will spend... Visit site for whole article! More About: Easter , Break
Live tournament Blog
2008-03-15 15:20:00 First tournament of the day $5.50 KO 10 minute blinds Starting Stack:1500 Runners: 537 Hour 1 - Strategy With fulltilts blind structure 10 minute blinds mean i can be patient and wait on hands/ So thats just what i will do. 10:30 - T7s in SB, limper in MP, flop comes 534r i semi bluff 50 in 60 pot, BB calls. Limper thinks than folds. We check... Visit site for whole article! More About: Blog , Live , Tournament
Saturday's Tournament Schedule
2008-03-15 14:50:00 Haven't played many Mtts this week, so i will try to get in as much as i can today. I've been exploring Fulltilts tournament schedule and there are alot more low buy in tournaments available than at Stars. So i will be using a portion of my new bankroll to play some mtts today. FullTilt 10:20am - - $5.50 KO MTT 2:50pm - - $3.30 turbo KO 4:00pm -... Visit site for whole article! More About: Schedule , Tournament
Fulltilt Bankroll Challenge
2008-03-15 02:24:00 UPDATE: 14th March 2008 Bankroll is comming along nicely and much faster than it did at PokerStars. I did not think it posible to find players worst than those in the stars $3 45 man sit n Go tournaments. But i was so so wrong. By comparison to the players in fulltilt's $3 90 man KO sngs, the stars players are pros... really its that bad! There... Visit site for whole article! More About: Challenge
RTR $3 90 man KO Challenge
2008-03-14 02:33:00 I've signed up with RTR and will join in the latest challenge over there. The challenge will be taking place at fulltilt Entrance: $10 Tournaments: 12 $3 90 man KO sngs End: 5th April Pay out: Challenge winner gets 70% of pool, 2nd place gets 30% of pool Scoring System 90th-81st = 1 Point 80th- 71st = 2 points 70th-61st = 3 points 60th -51st... Visit site for whole article!
Micro Stakes Pre Flop Strategy
2008-03-13 04:30:00 Part I - Position I identified several playable hands in my Micro Stakes SNG Starting Hands Guide, this post will discuss how they are affected by Our Position, Stack Size and Stage of Tournament. But before i discuss those situations i want to look at bet sizing. So we've identified the hands that we are going to play, but how much do we bet... Visit site for whole article! More About: Strategy
$5 Single Table Sit n Go challenge
More articles from this author:2008-03-11 19:53:00 If you read my last post you know about my idea to crush all micro stakes on Stars in a series of challenges. Variance can skew results in either direction over a small sample, but for the sake of these challenges i will ignore this and base my results on 20 tournaments. Obviously crushing any stakes would mean playing thousands of sit n gos at... Visit site for whole article! More About: Challenge , Table , Single 1, 2 |
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