50/50 Chances

I recently just multitabled three $1 9-player tourneys on Full Tilt Poker, I find that when I multitable tournaments I definitely don't play as good as I do on one table but I decided to give it a go.

I started off fairly well playing tight as normal and picking up small pots here and there when I picked up QQ and raised 3x the BB on the button on one of my tables and the BB shoved over the top, I called and he showed AKos and that was the end of one of my 3 tourneys. I didn't really mind because my aim was to find 50/50 chances like that or small edges and push them as far as I could because I knew I wasn't playing my best on each individual table. Whereas normally I will avoid the 50/50 chances and decline my small statistical edges so that I can try and win using skill and not relying on luck to win for me.

So I had two tables left and one was moving a lot faster than the other and we were down to four players while the other still had 8 so I had to concentrate on beating the four player one and then focusing on the other tourney. I changed gears and started running over the top of the four player tournament and went up to 2nd in chips just behind 1st. I picked up AKos in the BB and the button (who was 1st in chips) made a standard 3x bet, so I three bet him and he shoved over the top, I thought for a moment and considered folding but then remembered my game plan to take my 50/50 chances and go with it, so I called and he showed QQ, no A or K came and that was the end of table number two.

Table number 1 had about 5 players left at this point and the blinds were really starting to get high and players where getting desperate, I changed gears on this table and found that I was running over the top of these players as well. There was one point where I stole the BB from the button about 5 times in a row and the BB said to me "your a donk" after he folded his fifth time straight to me, I thought about asking if I am such a donkey why don't you play me post flop? But instead I decided not to aggravate him because I liked the source of chips, I stole his BB 4 more times until he only had 3 BB left and he shoved over the top of my button raise which I snapped off with AJos and knocked him out, needless to say followed by a barrage of insults.

While on this table I actually didn't run into any spots that I thought me and my opponent where 50/50 and I found myself with a commending chip lead heads up (about 5 to 1), I also knew that the player I was versing was a muppet and folded far too often. the first hand I picked up AJ and ended up all in against him with 1010. He won and we continued, I pushed him back to about 5 to 1 again when I picked up 99 and went all in against his K10, he won again. About three hands later I shoved with KK and he called with 77, that beat hurt, but we continued. At this point I was beginning to tilt because he just wouldn't go away, I turned up the heat and got caught out a couple of times and we ended up about even in chips, I started playing properly again and pushed him back to about 2 to 1 when I picked up AJ and he showed 22, once again losing, this hand completely put me on tilt and I shoved my very next hand which happened to be 89h, he flat called with K3os, another 50/50 to my disbelief. And that was the end of my multitable event. Poker can be cruel at times.

Signing off

Shane