Game selection. That is what winning in poker is all about. If you don't choose a good game, you are bound to lose. If you have a choice between playing poker in Kansas City and playing in Las Vegas, you should choose Las Vegas. Tourists are bad, and there are so many of them! In Kansas City, there are definitely some bad players who play in typical cash and tournament games, and generally I pick on those people, as the good players are always trying to outplay me. In Vegas, I am one of the better players at nearly every tournament I play in here, and I rarely feel like the fish. As the famous quote from
Rounders goes:
"Listen, here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker."
Well, I've started to have an epiphany. I am a really good quick tournament player, but only a mediocre slow tournament player, as the fields are so much better in the slow ones. For those who don't understand the parlance, a quick tournament is generally over between 3 and 6 hours, but a slow tournament can last between 8 hours and multiple days. My results speak for themselves. So far on this trip, I've played in the following tournaments and these results:
- Binion's 11pm, quick tournament, 1st place outright
- Venetian 12pm, slow tournament, no cash
- Caesar's Palace 3pm, quick tournament, no cash
- Venetian 8pm, slow tournament, no cash
- Venetian 12pm, slow tournament, no cash
- Caesar's 3pm, quick tournament, chop 1st place
- Binion's 11pm, quick tournament, no cash
- Caesar's 12pm, slow tournament, no cash
- Caesar's 3pm, quick tournament, no cash
- Binion's 11pm, quick tournament, break even bubble deal
- Planet Hollywood 2pm, quick tournament, chop 1st place
- Treasure Island 11am, quick tournament, no cash
- Caesar's 3pm, quick tournament, no cash
- Binion's 8pm, slow tournament, no cash
- Venetian 12pm, slow tournament, no cash
- Venetian, sit-n-go lightning fast tournament, no cash
- Orleans 7pm, fast tournament, chop 1st place
One of the dealers at Planet Hollywood saw me recording my winnings and table information, and he told me that I was a pretty good fast tournament player (and I agree), but that I should avoid trying to play in the bigger tournaments (the slow ones, which generally have a LOT better players) until I've mastered the smaller ones and gotten better. That sounds pretty reasonable, and so I'm definitely going to be playing more of the faster tournaments where I have quite a bit of success, and save the slower ones until later. Tournaments already have so much volatility in them as-is, and the results of one don't really mean much. But the cumulative winnings are key. I tried to play in the slower tournaments too early, and I got slapped by better players. Patience, and building a bank roll one game at a time is the key to poker success.
Worm: You know what always cheers me up?
Mike McDermott: No, what's that?
Worm: Rolled up aces over kings. Check-raising stupid tourists and taking huge pots off of them. Playing all-night high-limit Hold'em at the Taj, "where the sand turns to gold." Stacks and towers of checks I can't even see over.
Mike McDermott: F*ck it, let's go.
Worm: Don't tease me.
Mike McDermott: Let's play some cards.
Worm: Yes!
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