So, encouraged by my success in Atlantic City, I took the plunge and quit my job at Lowe's and am now a full-fledged sit-n-go/tournament poker player.
Glad that got your attention. Welcome back.
My statement is only half true. As optimistic as I am, I'm also not an idiot and don't plan on making poker a full-time endeavor anytime soon. However, I am off the cash game circuit... for now.
I feel like I'm a much better tournament/sit-n-go player than I am a cash game player. Granted, I do play tournaments--especially in the middle and end portions---with a cash game mentality, but I like tourneys a lot more. I feel like it caters to my style of play a little more.
Since I made the switch, I've had pretty good results, cashing at a rate of around 45%. The tournaments I do get bounced from I'd say more often than not I fell victim to the Pokerstars "Let's advance the tourney by bad-beating the short stacks" policy.
Honestly, I can't take all the credit. I think one of the biggest reasons for my jump in quality play (aside from having good cards to play with, lol) is Gus Hansen's new book Every Hand Revealed. People say he makes some absolutely ridiculous plays at the table, but, um, last I checked his resume is quite impressive. Regardless, he finally opens up on the logic behind his mind-games. Even if you're rock solid and have no use for wanting to be like Gus (Supaluva187 I'm talking to you) it's still keen insight on how to defend a maniacal behavior as well.
Gotta go. Blogging has contributed to me losing about a third of my stack EARLY in a deep stack tourney. Peace.
As for that tourney... funny I mentioned the Pokerstars policy, because my aces got cracked by pocket eights... no money.
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