Wednesday, September 30, 2009

I Have Finally Reached the $80 Mark!!

Well, I have finally passed the $80 mark.  Hopefully, I will reach $100 soon, so I can start taking some shots at $2 tournaments.  I took 2nd in a 45 man SNG last night for $11.25.  I also played in "The Ferguson" again, but didn't finish well, I went out in 500th place out of over 1400.  My bankroll is now $83.16.  I will be playing a couple of 45 player SNG's tonight as well as a single table razz SNG (if there are enough players to get it going).   If I am not too tired, I may play in "The Ferguson".  Tonight, it will be a HORSE tournament. 
On another subject, I have been watching quite a bit of video on CardPlayer TV's site.  I have been watching old episodes of Mike Matusow's show.   He talks a lot about PL Omaha and says that is where the money in poker is right now.  His point of view is that most poker players are able to play NL Hold'em pretty well these days and that the profit is not what it used to be because the players are so much more informed than they were a few years ago.  This is where PL Omaha comes in.  Not a lot of people know how to play PL Omaha well, so there is more money to be made.  There isn't a lot of instruction out there on Omaha, there are next to no books available on the subject, and most poker discussions revolve around NL Hold'em.  I am thinking of taking some shots in single table SNG's to try to learn the game.  I did play in an Omaha SNG the other night, although it was completely by accident.  I thought I had clicked on a single table Hold'em SNG, but it was an Omaha game and I didn't realize it until the game started (it's a good thing that I am only playing in $1 tournaments right now!!).  I ended up taking 2nd place.  The entire time I was playing, I was just listening to Matusow's show, trying to pick up any bits of advice I could.  Most of his advice was just to play tight and wait until you have  a big hand or a big draw to get involved.  He believes that most of the Omaha players are pretty weak and will get their money in with as weak as top pair.
That is all for now.  See you at the tables!!

1 comment:

  1. Congrats on hitting the $80 dollar mark. Hey you should send me an email me at jamesb8701@yahoo.com and let me know what tourneys you are playin in. Maybe we can play in the same tourneys and maybe learn from and encourage each other. It would be cool if we could get to the final table and go heads up for the Top Donkey Blogger Of The World crown :)

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