The next round of the Big Slick Poker tour started a couple of weeks ago. A win last night helped propel me up the leader board despite only playing in 2 of the 3 games so far! Played a really good game, I thought. Well, I won, so something must have gone right, I guess! But, fundamentally, I felt really good...disciplined. Got pocket queens twice and both times the flop came with all under cards. That's always nice. Managed to double up once this way. With 3 people left I was dealt 66 and went all in (26,000). Got called by AQ, who only had 100 more than me. Managed to avoid another A or Q and was the runaway leader heads up. The other guy left was very loose, so I just had to wait for a situation I liked to get it all in again. Final hand was J7 (me) vs. 96. Flop was J92, turn 8, river K. We got it all in on the river and that was that.
Standings with total Points
1. Jim 2600
2. Katherine 2400
3. Sharon 2350
4. AvenueDave 2050
5. Allana 1750
So do you keep notes while you play? I have seen some guys do it on tv and am noticing you have some good memory recall.
ReplyDeleteOr is it something you've been practicing.... you know....remembering stuff?
No notes! I think I would feel a little self conscious with a notepad at the table. I guess maybe it's a little easier to remember the bigger 'key' hands later on.
ReplyDeleteYou should read Gus Hansen's book 'Every Hand Revealed'. Apparently he frequently takes a voice recorder to tournaments and steps away from the table every couple of minutes to record what happened in each hand. He did this for the 'Aussie Millions' tournament, which he won, and made it into the above book. It's pretty interesting.