1. 2008-03-03 21:43:56

   Running hot in 25NL

   I have been playing well online in February and I got a great start for March.
   Graphs to follow....
   I fixed some of my leaks but the main reason is running good and using some deception to stack some opponents.

   I still have leaks related to overplaying , that I noticed in my stats.
   But I think they are skewed because of some huge hands I lost when opponents sucked out on me.
   Also there were some big hands where my ran into or .
   I need at least 50k sample before I can officially call them leaks.

   Some recommendations:
   (None of this is new but is very important to success)

   1. Know when you are running bad. Minimize your losses when running bad and wait for good hands that tend to come in bunches. I used to spew lot of chips when I don't catch cards overplaying some hands and trying big bluffs.

   2. Bet sizing is everything. I will try and give recent examples that I remember.
   Few examples that actually happned.

   • The flop is rainbow and you have . Don't try to slow play. He isn't going to call any bet without {Ax} and when he calls you want to maximize. Yesterday I failed to stack an opponent who had because my betting was on the low side. If he has I will be happy to pay him off.!

   • Betting against aggressive opponent
     1. Monster hands/Nuts: Let him do the betting. Yesterday I stacked a guy who was super aggro when I had nut straight by checking the river. He was a donkey doing allin on his rivered set on a board that had several straights.
     2. Mediocre hands on flop/turn: Yesterday I caught a K pair with weak kicker on the turn with a lot of left money left behind. if I lead out the villain might take passive option folding his nothing or middle pair. Or he can take aggro approach by raising with nothing or AK and make you face a tough decision on the river. So I check called turn and river for two purposes - keeping pot small and let him bluff me. He had air and won a small pot with less risk.
     3. When in doubt fold. You can stack him later with some deception.

   Posted by Krishna at 2008-03-03 21:43:56

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Comments on “Running hot in 25NL”

1. • Posted by Krishna g 2008-03-04 23:42:18
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   • Well, I don't play it any particular way.
     I was trying to show how check/call on multiple streets could be +ev though you would look like calling station.

     I was only mentioning how the villain in position can play his middle pair passively and give me no action or play aggresively and make me fold top pair.

     Of course he can check behind and draw out but my hand is not worth much anyway. If scare card comes and he bets big I would have to fold anyway.

2. • Posted by Ethan g 2008-03-04 18:30:03
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   • So what do you do with middle pair?