New Year's First Big Cash

I won a 45 person sit & go using a $26 token I had won at a $4 table. 1st prize was $410.40. This is a great way to start the year. My plan is to use $22 of that to attempt to win more tokens, while cashing out $375. This keeps my bankroll at a great level to continue playing private events through Railbirds.

I had originally been using an approach recommended by a friend of mine. He suggested playing $2.25 18-player events and parlaying the winnings into the token events. I gave it a good run, but of my 21 attempts at the $2 level, I’ve only cashed six times and won once. I only won one token in the process. I’ve lost money at these tables. A lot of it has been some nasty-terrible-luck. Way too much of it has been my lack of patience. I attempted to play two at once to reduce my attempts to “make something happen” and lovely Maine delivered me the knock-out punch – my Internet went out while I was at the final table of each. =(

The $26 buy-in had better players that weren’t necessarily better at being aggressive. That spelled an easier game for my style. It seemed like every table I sat at had the players I was having trouble with to my right. It came down to me and the most aggressive player from the final nine. I had to get really lucky heads-up once – my 89o all-in against her 9To. I spiked an 8 and eventually caught up with her chip count.