Day 15: Damn Straights

Man, I swear I played excellent all day today. I played around 300-400 hands. On the .05/.10 cash tables I played forever on the same $8. I was all over the place, mostly staying just about even.

In tournaments, I got knocked out twice, both times when I had a straight. Check out these two hands:

On this hand, I put it all in on the flop. If I were my opponent, I would have called too, but the cards are not my friend.

On this hand, I was a short stack in the final stages of 90 person tournament. I had played very good, very tight. I won the majority of the hands I entered in voluntarily. Infrequently, in position, I would play some more speculative hands: KT suited, A8 suited, pocket connectors, small pairs. I generally lost very little with these hands, I folded 70% of hands pre-flop and 85% post flop. At this point there were 25 people left, the tournament paid the top 18. I didn’t want to just cash though, I wanted to win. It seemed like time to make a move. So when I was dealt AK unsuited, I decided to just go all in. I had one caller. I couldn’t believe this flop for my opponent who had only a 34% chance of winning.

Just like that I was out of the tournament.  I was a 74% favorite to win.

I’m curious. I’ve read all about the different statistics, particularly VP$IP. I think I’m doing well, but I thought I’d ask for comment. Here are my statistics from this tournament. FullTilt doesn’t keep your VP$IP numbers, just how many flops I saw, several from the small blind. Understanding that I saw around 5 flops by checking the BB, how do these stats look?

I’d be pleased with any comments.

I know bad beats are just part of the game.  I should expect them.  It just feels like very seldom to I deliver one.  I did have one hand where I got all in with someone post flop when I had TT and he had a set of 6s.  I got a ten on the turn.  That’s one.  But something seems off.