Monday, June 25, 2007

What’s a precipice?

I played in the "riverchasers" 3 table HORSE MTT yesterday. Get a load of this:

After the first hour, I was chip leader.

After the second hour, I was LAST (second to last?) and down to a VERY short stack. Basically, any hand I play, I am committed to.

At the final table I was the CHIP LEADER with 8 left (pays 4).

I bubbled and went out 5th?!

What the heck is wrong with me? How does one go from Chip Leader, to LAST, to Leader, to bubble??!!!

Am I any better at all? or just suddenly more volatile?

3 comments:

Jordan said...

Those HORSE MTTs are brutal. The blinds seemingly go up so fast that you ARE committed once you get to the first Stud Hi level or Stud 8 level.

Mike Maloney said...

Well, I'll take credit for your second drop off, since we got it all in on fourth street with concealed Aces, only I had the flush draw which I runner-runner'd on you.

But yeah, HORSE is brutal like that. Taking a hand to showdown more often than not leads to a big pot, and if you're on the wrong end your stack is gone in a hurry.

Plus, when HORSE donkeys like me end up winning, you know it's rigged anyways and you had no shot from the get go.

t said...

maybe youre getting too (for lack of a better word) cocky when you get a lot of chips in front of you?

Maybe not.

I'd check my HH tho and see what kinds of calls I was making with marginal hands.

Or maybe it was just poorly timed strings of variance.