Easy money

One of the aspects of huge field MTTs which I find amusing is how fast the number of remaining players can go down. The PokerStars software helpfully keeps a running count prominently displayed. Sometimes it feels like all I need to do to make the money is just sit there and watch the counter run down. That's what I call easy money :-)

I had just such an easy money situation on Tuesday night. The last I remember checking, there were about a hundred spots to go to make the money, and all of sudden, the money was there. There must have been a huge spike of players hitting the rail in a really short period of time. I'll take it :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands place winnings

MTT   NLHE      900   100       6    53   225     1643

delta: $643
MTT NLHE balance: $-30,397
balance: $7,418,647

Easy money

Last night, I made some easy money. There was a very aggressive player at the table, and I knew all I had to do was wait for a good hand and then turn the dial to 11 on him. On hand 17, I got dealt the best hole cards you can get (rockets), raised to $17,400 preflop, then went all in after the flop. My pair of aces won a hand worth $118,000, and my night was over early.

The thing you notice about aggressive players is that their stacks take really wild swings; the trick is to engage with them at just the right time. Sure, there's luck involved with picking the right time, but not as much luck as if you tried to equal their aggression. All you're trying to do is give yourself a high percentage chance of winning a single pot from them; you don't want to go toe to toe with them more than once.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 18 hands and saw flop:
- 2 out of 2 times while in big blind (100%)
- 0 out of 3 times while in small blind (0%)
- 5 out of 13 times in other positions (38%)
- a total of 7 out of 18 (38%)
Pots won at showdown - 2 of 2 (100%)
Pots won without showdown - 1

delta: $77,900
balance: $2,462,092