The new goal
Backstory: A little over three weeks ago, frustrated from getting smacked around at the $50 NL tables, I decided that I was going to move back to pure tournament play only. That meant both the usual multi-table tournament goodness, as well as sit-and-go tournaments.
After playing a few SNGs that fateful weekend, and looking at my PokerTracker numbers, and I come up with a new goal. See, I really see myself as a tournament specialist. And its pretty straightforward why: I tend to do best not in cash games, but in tournament games. Be they SNGs, or home games played tournament style, or the frequent 1000+ person Multi-Table Tournaments on Party Poker (PS: bonus code Performify for $25 free on your sign-up deposit).
So I took a look at my tournament results in PokerTracker, and set a new goal: I was going to get all my numbers in the green (as Poker Tracker shows green for positive balances and red for negative balances). Starting out three-plus weeks ago, I was in the green on the $10+1 two-table SNGs (30% ITM), the $20+2 two-table SNGs (33% ITM), the $15+1 MTT (28.57% ITM), and on freeroll MTTs.
I was in the red approximately $150 on 5+1 SNGs (single table and three table combined) and $250 down on 10+1 single table SNGs (mostly from hitting those tables very early on in my Party Poker career). I'm also slightly in the red on $20+2 MTTs (five played for 20% ITM and down about a single buy-in) and on $30+3 three-table SNGs (0/1).
So I decided I'd start at the bottom, and work my way back up. I was going to go slum it at the $5+1 single table SNGs until I was back in the green there. That would give me a sense of purpose to my play (beyond just making money and improving my game, of course), not to mention should help hone my SNG game greatly.
So three weeks later I've dug myself to green on the $5+1 SNGs. I came home from work yesterday, finished first in the two SNGs I was playing simultaneously, and that was it. Lifetime of 36.78% ITM out of 87 $5+1 SNGs played. Thirteen 1st-place finishes, five 2nd-place finishes, fourteen 3rd-place finishes, and a disappointing thirteen 4th-place finishes (for those of you not familiar with the structure, Party Poker pays out the top three spots on a single table Sit-and-Go).
So now I'm tackling the $10+1 single table SNGs. Then I'm probably going to split between the three-tables and moving up to the $20+2 single tables. And I'll continue to play the $15+1 and 20+2 $30k guaranteed tournaments as my schedule allows. I'm excited about this new initiative - it gives me a direct goal that I feel is reasonable, more than just trying to grow the bankroll and move up another limit.
Edit: SNG update for the night: ten $10+1 played, 40% ITM. Cracked out in fifth in one with AA against 99 (money in the middle pre-flop: he bet big, i re-raised half my stack, he pushed, I called) when he caught a nine on flop. That would have easily put me 50% ITM for the night. I also cracked out fourth in another losing to a six-outer (money went in on the flop) when he caught help on the turn and I didn't improve again. That would have been 60% ITM, easy. So I feel i'm right on track with the $10+1 single tables, even though the results will take a while to develop...
After playing a few SNGs that fateful weekend, and looking at my PokerTracker numbers, and I come up with a new goal. See, I really see myself as a tournament specialist. And its pretty straightforward why: I tend to do best not in cash games, but in tournament games. Be they SNGs, or home games played tournament style, or the frequent 1000+ person Multi-Table Tournaments on Party Poker (PS: bonus code Performify for $25 free on your sign-up deposit).
So I took a look at my tournament results in PokerTracker, and set a new goal: I was going to get all my numbers in the green (as Poker Tracker shows green for positive balances and red for negative balances). Starting out three-plus weeks ago, I was in the green on the $10+1 two-table SNGs (30% ITM), the $20+2 two-table SNGs (33% ITM), the $15+1 MTT (28.57% ITM), and on freeroll MTTs.
I was in the red approximately $150 on 5+1 SNGs (single table and three table combined) and $250 down on 10+1 single table SNGs (mostly from hitting those tables very early on in my Party Poker career). I'm also slightly in the red on $20+2 MTTs (five played for 20% ITM and down about a single buy-in) and on $30+3 three-table SNGs (0/1).
So I decided I'd start at the bottom, and work my way back up. I was going to go slum it at the $5+1 single table SNGs until I was back in the green there. That would give me a sense of purpose to my play (beyond just making money and improving my game, of course), not to mention should help hone my SNG game greatly.
So three weeks later I've dug myself to green on the $5+1 SNGs. I came home from work yesterday, finished first in the two SNGs I was playing simultaneously, and that was it. Lifetime of 36.78% ITM out of 87 $5+1 SNGs played. Thirteen 1st-place finishes, five 2nd-place finishes, fourteen 3rd-place finishes, and a disappointing thirteen 4th-place finishes (for those of you not familiar with the structure, Party Poker pays out the top three spots on a single table Sit-and-Go).
So now I'm tackling the $10+1 single table SNGs. Then I'm probably going to split between the three-tables and moving up to the $20+2 single tables. And I'll continue to play the $15+1 and 20+2 $30k guaranteed tournaments as my schedule allows. I'm excited about this new initiative - it gives me a direct goal that I feel is reasonable, more than just trying to grow the bankroll and move up another limit.
Edit: SNG update for the night: ten $10+1 played, 40% ITM. Cracked out in fifth in one with AA against 99 (money in the middle pre-flop: he bet big, i re-raised half my stack, he pushed, I called) when he caught a nine on flop. That would have easily put me 50% ITM for the night. I also cracked out fourth in another losing to a six-outer (money went in on the flop) when he caught help on the turn and I didn't improve again. That would have been 60% ITM, easy. So I feel i'm right on track with the $10+1 single tables, even though the results will take a while to develop...
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