Oskar Silow

Somebody told me that it is better to put up goal than to just sit down and play every day and hope for the best.  I thought it made sense and put up some goals for 2010

1. Win every month - might sound obvious, but I’ve had my share of losing months and this year I thought I’ll try to change that

2. Always play the best I can - another obvious one right?  Yes, it is time to make the gap between my A-game which I think is awesome and my C-game that I’m a little less proud of.  Tilt och gambling calls are no longer a part of my game.

3. Always have the right bankroll for the stake I’m playing  -  As a pro this is a must for ones survival.  Unless you like beeing bust every other month after losing a big pot and half your bankroll in the same hand. 100 buy ins is a minimum.

4. Give myself the chance to win one of the tournaments I’m playing -  I have in a few of the tournaments I’ve played gotten to a stage where a spot in the money is the best I can hope for, and had to really squeeze myself in there. Amsterdam has been the closest last two years, but one time I lost to a huge suckout and the other time I made a misread I hope to forget soon.  This year I’m making at least one final table!

Any of you readers that have put up any interesting goals for 2010?

Pic from here

In the lastest issue of First Poker Lina Olofsson wrote an article about the EPT in Prague.  In her article you can read the text below.  A very nice compliment indeed

“Ljust i tunneln ur svensk synvinkel var istället Oskar

Silow. Oskar har i flera år varit en av de svenska ”regulars”

som jag följt och det fantastiska med honom är att han

aldrig verkar tilta. Inte en gång har jag sett honom bara

ge upp och kasta bort sina marker, såsom många andra

gör efter att ha förlorat en stor och avgörande pott. Oskar

skulle lyckas fyrdubbla upp sig nivå nummer sju i ordningen

och var en av dem som vi skulle få följa dag två.”

Translated to English with google translate:
“Light in the tunnel from a Swedish point of view was rather OskarSilow. Oskar has for years been one of the Swedish “Regulars”I followed and the great thing about him is that henever seems to tilt. Not once have I seen him justgive up and throw away their land, as many otherdo after losing a big pot and decisive. Oskarwould be successful quadruple up to number seven in the level schemeand was one of those we would follow the second day. ”

My last tournament here in Finland was a Terminator tournament with a quick structure.  I managed to find AA 3 (!) times the first hour.  Even tho I played a lot of hands I got no action the first two times and the last time I got too much action and busted :( 

My friend managed to come in 6th in the main event, busting with AQ vs 44, which he was somewhat dissapointed with.

Beautiful snow covered tree

Tomorrow my friend Magnus Petersson is playing the final table in Helsinki Freezeout main event.

Chip counts:
Janne Nevalainen 459.500
Ikka Koskinen 976.500
Magnus Petersson 280.000
Ville Haavisto 290.500
Jari Kylmäla 168.500
Stuart Rutter 247.000
Mika Haarala 47.000
Niko Petro 420.000
Teemu Laasanen 110.500

Follow the action here

I’m playing my last tournament here tomorrow the  Texas Terminator event, and the plan is to buldoze through the field

You can read my thoughts on Antonius and his game in this article.  It’s in Swedish, but use a translate program and you’ll be fine