PokerStars Nordic Freeroll, 6. April 2008
In the money (#220 of 8408) tonight. I don’t care what you say about the quality of the field; it is fun to go deep with that many players anyway. At one point, around the 2000 players mark, I was in the 40ies in chips, but never really got anything after that. I will (probably) never play in the WSOP Main Event, so 8000+ fields are unlikely IRL.
The Play
I played tight throughout, except when I got creative and lost chips with weak semi-bluffs. Doubled up a few times with slowplaying JJ, QQ, and even one AKs; I have to do more of those… I must also lay down pairs more often, without just bowing to preassure from the big stacks; it is a difficult balance.
I also noticed a few of the initial bigstacks splashing around; calling almost every all-in from the smaller stacks. This resulted in huge swings, giving them half the chips on the table, to in the next 10 minutes going short and even busting out. The “better” big stacks seems to play slower, limping and stealing on ragged boards.
Statistics
During current Hold’em session you were dealt 184 hands and saw flop:
- 11 out of 20 times while in big blind (55%)
- 6 out of 20 times while in small blind (30%)
- 24 out of 144 times in other positions (16%)
- a total of 41 out of 184 (22%)
Pots won at showdown - 10 of 16 (62%)
Pots won without showdown - 11
