Poker Life of Curtom
Posted by Curtom | March 3, 2009 | Posted in: Articles, News, Poker Life of Curtom | Comments (5)After a bit of time away from the tournaments I am back in action, cash game action that is. You may now follow my journey at the cash game tables on Pokerstars as I play the .25/.50 tables and grind away. I have decided that playing every night is not in my best interest. I will likely have most of my sessions on weekends when I have more time. Last night proved to be a learning experience. I started out with a $50 max buy-in and ended my session (-$2.15) after ninety minutes. I won a few pots but nothing big. The play was extremely tight and the standard raise was $2 dollars. While I am quite stoked by the idea I also realize that grinding is nowhere near as appealing as tournament poker. However, it does require a high degree of focus which keeps me zeroed in.
On the other hand I have decided that I will be buying into the SCOOP $109 Main Event. Although the field will likely be around 8000+ players it will be an incredible opportunity to make a big splash on the tournament scene and put a few hundred thousand in your bankroll should I take it down. The structure is 15 minute levels and $10000 starting chips with blinds starting at $50/$25. I would have liked to see the blinds start at $25/$25 but this is a two day event and clearly they want this tourney to move along. I figure if I can triple up early and start to put some pressure on the table I will be in good shape.
I will keep you posted on any other events I may be playing in as far as the SCOOP goes. Lastly, I will begin playing WSOP satellites soon too. I have done extremely well in satellites over the past few years winnings seats in the PCA but having to pass and take the points or cash. Not this time though. When I win a WSOP seat I will be on that plane to Las Vegas with a quickness folks. That’s about it for me. There are plenty of challenges ahead for me and my poker game and I relish the opportunity.
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I am looking at entering the 2-7 triple draw event and perhaps a one day limit holdem event. What is your SN on Stars – so that I can follow you?
Thank you.
Hello Steve and thanks for commenting. My sign on at Pokerstars is the same as here: CURTOM
If I have the time I will rail you as well. I enjoy watching my readers play and hopefully I can watch one of you guys take it all down. That would be great!!!
Wats crackin curtom! Glad to see you made the switch over to cash games, let me just warn you now, it is ALOT different to tournaments and like you said, yes it is not as appealing and i think alot harder. After all it is your actual money out there and any mistakes are gonna cost you dearly. Nonetheless in cash games i tend to to widen my hand range pre-flop, i will most likely play any suited connector for a pre-flop raise of about 4xbb, this is because if you hit your flop(str8,2pair etc.) and your opponent has a decent hand ( overpair, AK etc.) it is more than likely your gonna take down a huge pot. But then again you always gotta mix it up which you already know, Anyways i don’t need to explain strategy to you, i’m sure you will get the hang of it after a few sessions. Good luck at the tables and yeh i should start updating my site again so i will keep in touch.
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Thanks V. Yeah, it is a different kind of game online for sure. I love playing cash live where I can see my opponent. I have found that watching the table for a while really helps to categorize the players for me. It will be a grind but we will see how it goes.
Couldn’t agree with you more, playing live is whole different ball game and much more enjoyable, also for me much more profitable. Online you really have to control yourself and cannot make certain moves that you would easily make in a live game. You have to be much more disciplined online and pay real close attention to peoples betting patterns to gain a significant edge.