T0mmy2T0ne Pokah

So I figured I'd try and share some of why my game has such a huge variance. This is a typical hand I play when I'm like position 12 of 65 when the money is 53 of a mtt. Enjoy the laugh ;)

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t25/t50
9 players
Converter


Stack sizes:
UTG: t1820
UTG+1: t1955
MP1: t2900
MP2: t2015
MP3: t1325
CO: t2060
T0mmy2T0ne: t1775
SB: t1960
BB: t1165


Pre-flop: (9 players) T0mmy2T0ne is Button with :kh :as
UTG calls t50 (pot was t75), UTG+1 calls t50 (pot was t125), MP1 folds, MP2 calls t50 (pot was t175), MP3 calls t50 (pot was t225), CO folds, T0mmy2T0ne raises to t200, 3 folds, UTG+1 calls t150 (pot was t475), MP2 calls t150 (pot was t625), MP3 calls t150 (pot was t775).


Flop: :jc :td :7d (t925, 4 players)
UTG+1 checks, MP2 bets t200, MP3 raises to t400, T0mmy2T0ne raises all-in t1575, 2 folds, MP3 calls all-in t725.
Uncalled bets: t450 returned to T0mmy2T0ne.


Turn: :qs (t2450, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: t3375)



River: :ad (t2450, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: t3375)




Results:
Final pot: t2450

**** Tourney Revisited ***

This hand while insignificant as it may seem was the turning point of the tournament for me. I was able to sit back, pick and choose my battles until in the end, there could be only one. And it was me. I am not sure about all the various odds in poker, I understand them and recognize the value of determining them, but honestly I like to use my instinct to evaluate the value of a hand. Perhaps this is my mistake in poker, but in my opinion, if I get this instinct honed effectively it will be a much more powerful weapon then learning the ins and outs of the math. Don't get me wrong, I do figure simple pot odds and the rule of 2 and 4, but there are plenty of times when these rules simply could never justify making what I consider to be tournament winning decisions. I've never won a big tournament over say 200 players where I went into every hand ahead. NEVER.. Have you? Oh, I guess I must qualify this further by saying that I have won more then one MTT =P, I just can't seem to win more then 3 :)

Take care!

T2T