I wrote in my last post about how I’ve begun to play the mini-turbo SNGs with some success. Over the last two weeks or so I have continued to enjoy some pretty significant success, winning most of the turbos I enter. So, last night was an interesting contrast.
I usually play at the Hard Rock but, last night, I got out of the house nice and early (more on that later) and went to the Gulf Stream, a horse track and casino not far from my house. I went there because they’ve got a nice, clean room that’s always less crowded than the Hard Rock but still gives nice action; I don’t usually go there because they close at 1 am and I often play later than that.
Anyway, as soon as I arrived, I sat down at a $60 10-man SNG which I did not win. Not by a long shot. When that ended, I headed over to a 1/2 NL table where I won only three pots… for a total profit of over $650. (Read that again… I’ll wait.) I played only three pots past the flop and won all three; I made a K-high flush and two full houses, getting called down on all three, two with all-in bets. It was crazy.
I had signed up for another SNG once I tripled-up and, when they called my name I got up, cashed out and sat down for the tournament… which I lost. So, in a single night I lost two tournaments… and had the best single poker night of my career. 
Now, why was I out of the house so early? Because I had to get to the bookstore before it closed. I’ve only ever bought one book on poker out of my bankroll before, Thursday Night Poker but David O. Steiner, (which contains the best explanation of pot- and implied-odds I’ve ever seen) but it was time for another. A week or so ago, while I was playing small-ball during a tournament, one of the dealers came over to me after his shift and said, “I can see you’re playing small-ball. You have to read Negreanu’s book on it.” So, I bought it.
The book, Power Hold’em Strategy
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