Throughout the past couple of days I have ended up breaking even in my PLO8 Sit and Go's. Most have been 9-10 person matches with a couple 18 person matches thrown in for good measure.
Even though I would consider myself to have played very poorly in the past couple of days I still ended up breaking even overall. Once match I won by being extremely lucky. We were getting ready to leave and meet up with friends to go see a movie. I started the Sit and Go nearly an hour and a half before we had to go, and felt that this would be more then enough time. Nearly an hour and a half into the match and we were still 3-handed. With little time to spare I ran upstairs, shaved, brushed my teeth and played poker all at the same time.
By the time we got to heads-up play I was already late and trying to get dressed. I decided to push all my hands to get it over with. Within two hands I had won the entire SnG. My starting hand for the last hand was a 6789, compared to my opponents AAT2. In PLO8 this is the equivalent of Aces being up against 72. When the flop hit I got as lucky as I could have. 69J put me ahead with two pair and then I disconnected. All the money was in by that time so when I reconnected I checked the cashier and sure enough I had won the match. It's not the prettiest way to win things but sometimes, that's what it takes.
Yesterday I played at lunch and at night and ended up being lucky in some matches and playing badly in other ones. I was happy to leave even over the past couple of days and I'm going to be focusing on my patience and starting hand requirements going forward to try to improve on my recent performance.
Even though I would consider myself to have played very poorly in the past couple of days I still ended up breaking even overall. Once match I won by being extremely lucky. We were getting ready to leave and meet up with friends to go see a movie. I started the Sit and Go nearly an hour and a half before we had to go, and felt that this would be more then enough time. Nearly an hour and a half into the match and we were still 3-handed. With little time to spare I ran upstairs, shaved, brushed my teeth and played poker all at the same time.
By the time we got to heads-up play I was already late and trying to get dressed. I decided to push all my hands to get it over with. Within two hands I had won the entire SnG. My starting hand for the last hand was a 6789, compared to my opponents AAT2. In PLO8 this is the equivalent of Aces being up against 72. When the flop hit I got as lucky as I could have. 69J put me ahead with two pair and then I disconnected. All the money was in by that time so when I reconnected I checked the cashier and sure enough I had won the match. It's not the prettiest way to win things but sometimes, that's what it takes.
Yesterday I played at lunch and at night and ended up being lucky in some matches and playing badly in other ones. I was happy to leave even over the past couple of days and I'm going to be focusing on my patience and starting hand requirements going forward to try to improve on my recent performance.
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