I started working on this series just a few days after the tournament, which was on 7 December, so for me it’s been more than three months of on-and-off work. Then the past three weeks—in-between working on the Calendar, the … Continue reading →

Bovada $2K NLHE  We’ve reached the last stages in a hand-by-hand examination of hand equities in a 143-entry online 6-Max tournament that started about four-and-a-half hours earlier. HAND 301 2000/4000/400 PLAYER POSITION CARDS CHIPS START PRE-FLOP POST-FLOP PRE-TURN POST-TURN PRE-RIVER RIVER … Continue reading →

Bovada $2K NLHE 6-Max We’re closing in on the end of hand-by-hand coverage of a 6-Max tournament in this penultimate installment. When we left off Tuesday, we were down to 5 of 143 starting players. Player 5 had been fighting his … Continue reading →

Bovada $2K NLHE 6-Max Our 143-entry 6-Max tournament has made the final table, and one player went on its first hand. The most aggressive player that I’ve observed in the game is player 5, who had more than three times his current stack … Continue reading →

Bovada $2K NLHE 6-Max I joined this 143-entry 6-Max tournament more than four hours ago (rule of thumb in online tournaments: 1 hand ~ 1 minute) and something like 135 players have fallen by the wayside. There were no composition changes at … Continue reading →

Bovada $2K NLHE 6-Max Daily hand-by-hand equity charting of a 143-entry 6-Max tournament continues through this week, every day except Wednesday and Friday. I’m player 50, on the button in the first hand here. In yesterday’s installment, we played down … Continue reading →

Bovada $2K NLHE 6-Max When we left off on Thursday, we were somewhere between 17 and 13 players remaining in a 143-entry 6-Max tournament that started hours ago. I’m publishing equity charts of every deal five days a week until the … Continue reading →

Bovada $2K NLHE 6-Max When we left off Tuesday after 180 hands, this 143-entry tournament played on the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor was down to 18 players. The money bubble busted at 24. We’re in Level 14 … Continue reading →

Bovada $2K NLHE 6-Max Two and a half hours since I joined the game and the tournament is halfway over (in terms of the number of hands dealt; less than 20% of the field remains). We’re in Level 12, late … Continue reading →

HAND 141 250/500/50 PLAYER POSITION CARDS CHIPS START PRE-FLOP POST-FLOP PRE-TURN POST-TURN PRE-RIVER RIVER 50 UTG 73 53.4K 9 – – – – – – 105 D 35 9.5K 21 – – – – – – 19 SB 7Q 41.8K … Continue reading →