Tag: Round 1

Playing at the SIG poker tournament is always entertaining and tonight was no different. My table had a lot of new players and included a few experienced players notorious for making it far in the SIG tournament. I’m not too proud of my early play on this table, the experienced...

My first SIG tournament started quite aggressively – the first hand dealt picked up 4 players and ended with a quick chip lead for an opponent. After folding a few hands, I caught 9s and minimum raised which was called by 2 others. The flop came 10/9/10 and I knew...

I started my campaign with high hopes, donning a wolf hat and shades, brimming with confidence after practicing my smack-talk in the mirror all night. After a few orbits, the poker gods smiled on me and I was looking down at pocket Aces. But much to my dismay, I got...

BEEP BOOP BEEP. What’s that sound? That’s right, The Calculator’s at the table, so get ready to get totaled! All jokes aside, the first half of Round 1 was pretty uninteresting for me. I managed to take down a few small pots by raising preflop and continuation betting, but I...

This year’s poker tournament began deliciously, with an ample supply of thin-crust – “I’m practically salad” – pizza. We found our seats and enthusiastically prepared to take as many blinds from the latecomers as possible. I played tight for a while to get a feel for the others. I folded...

This old chestnut has been repeated by poker players for as long as the game has been played. Indeed, it is part of poker’s romance: from the laser-sharp “soul read” to a cartoonish tell relating to Oreo cookies, poker players have long emphasized the “feel” aspect of the game. When...

It’s always a pleasure to play and deal in the SIG Poker tourney and 2015 was no different. It’s about the nicest poker tournament around, with everyone very willing to help beginners as well as discuss hands. Of course, that doesn’t change the competitive nature, and the fact that some...

Unfortunately, my title defense lasted all of about 20 minutes, as I busted on pretty much the first hand I played. I didn’t get much to play with, and folded around 2 orbits with the blinds 10/20, leaving me with 940 left in chips. By my third time being big...

Well, I didn’t make it through to the next round, but I have an interesting hand to share. I started the tournament under the gun and I was dealt AhQc. The blinds were 20/40, and I had 950 chips. I raised to 125, the player two to my left min-raised...

After the pizza was eaten, we kicked off. I had a few minor skirmishes early and chipped from 1000 to 1200, then down to 800. Unfortunately, my tournament didn’t last much longer. I called a raise with 67 from the Big Blind. The 963 flop checked through and the turn...