The Tournament Drought Continues (Sorta) And Cash Game Success Also Continues… Plus Why Ryan Howard Should Bunt Next Year
I increased my bankroll by about $10 since my last blog, thanks to cash game success… and no thanks to tournament play.
Through my tournament play, I ended up dropping a decent amount of money over the past two days only to have to win it all back in the cash games. The only real cash I had in a tournament was in tonight’s $1 Rebuy on Full Tilt for $6.16. This cash occurred after re-buying 12 times and adding on for a total cost of $14. I walked into Kings when trying to take down the blinds with AJ and failed to suck out to finish 42nd out of roughly 350 players. It was a fun tournament though.
The cash game tonight was particularly spectacular as the table was perfect for me. I played my typical $0.25/$0.50 CAP NLHE table and bought in for $30. By the time I walked away, I was up $52 in just under 2 hours of play. At a $0.25/$0.50 CAP NLHE (6-MAX) table that is a pretty good $26/hour clip. Here’s a glimpse at my stats:
Hands Played: 158
FLOP SEEN - 50 (32%)
TURN SEEN - 23 (15%)
RIVER SEEN - 16 (10%)
SHOWDOWNS - 11 (7%)
Hands Won (30)
PRE-FLOP - 11 (7%)
FLOP - 7 (14%)
TURN - 1 (4%)
RIVER - 3 (19%)
SHOWDOWN - 8 (73%)
Very solid statistics and I was extremely happy with my play at the cash table.
The Rockies won tonight… they are on fire! The Phillies off-season has already kicked off quickly. Charlie Manuel is back for 2 more years. Barajas and Nunez won’t be coming back. Abraham Nunez was the definition of irony. An excellent fielding third baseman who couldn’t hit to save his life. The irony in it all is that the guy couldn’t bunt. The rule in baseball is if you can field but can’t hit, you probably are fast and definately can bunt… Nunez just couldn’t bunt.
Speaking of bunting, I would love to see Ryan Howard lay down a bunt out of nowhere next year. Look at the defensive alignment out there when he is at the plate and the guy could shock everyone with a bunt that might make the other team think twice when setting their defense against Howard. Maybe i’m just crazy.
