A UB $100 Win! ... What's next at PXF

It was kind of cool to win a UB $100 MTT with 135 players last Friday. I've had a bunch of bigger cashes in $200 tournaments but winning something is fun. ;-)

I use to play $30 and satellite MTTs everyday and would win those from time to time, but can't play in them anymore. So it's nice to get back in the winner's circle. I had at least three good suck outs during the tournament but got sucked out on equally as much, and I won two big races that got me to the final table. I also had G S X R on my left for almost the entire tournament and thought he played very well, as did shumonytonite, acesfull23, and kice32.

I was the low stack on the final table with 5 to go and then again with 3 to go, but for some strange reason I thought I had a good chance to win. I think it was because both my final two opponents were so hyper aggressive, that I had a very good read on them. So, while yes they picked up many pots by betting out no matter what flopped, I also won huge pots or even doubled whenever I hit my hand. One simple check on my part and they quickly smashed that UB Pot Bet Button ... and with blinds and antes so large, the pots were big. Even if I just sat and used almost all my time before making a minimum bet, they would take that as weakness and put me all in. They did this to me when I had trips once and when I had the nut straight.

So how do you describe their play? Obviously, it was very strong because they had huge stacks with three to go and they picked up lots of pots with aggression and they played fearlessly and dominated the final table. On the other hand, they never dialed it back. If you watch aggressive players like Bax, P0kerPr033, or AngryClec, you see they switch gears easily. When they think they are beat they minimize their loses. It's possible, of course, that because these two were both hyper aggressive, they actually pushed each other to higher levels of aggression, and I was the lucky beneficiary. It was funny that they never chatted at all, although I tried to loosen them up. After I won a hand by going all-in preflop, I told them: "Gee, this all-in stuff is really working for me. Thanks Sheets." Or when I hit quad 8s: "That fourth 8 was a good card for me." Couldn't get get a comment. ;-) Thanks as always for the rail support!

PXF UPDATE:

The big item we are working on for PokerXFactor.com is the next stage for our replayer. The main goal is to move the PXF Hand Viewer, which our subscribers currently use to review hand histories from tournaments or SNGs, from a simple "Hand History Viewer" to a "Hand History Analyzer" ... We're going to make it incredibly easy for users to quickly analyze their play, to identify key hands to review, and to understand, through extensive stats, their own play in the MTT or SNG. We're introducing what I think is a new stat, called PuFF, that I think people will enjoy. More to come on that. Here is a screen shot: