Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Another good one

I played another short session of 414 hands today but I was still managed to win $250. I know this rate is obviously not sustainable but I really do feel like I am crush $100 max. I'm starting to pick on the regulars, who make it so obvious that they are trying to steal dead money, and thus letting me open my 3 betting range quite a bit. I also have been playing just a little bit more aggressive, somewhere around 19/17 or 18/16 and it seems to be working. I can't say that I am not running good, because I obviously am, but I can't remember sucking out this past week. I also haven't been racing with AK vs QQ or anything like that. It basically comes down to the fact that I am getting it in ahead and I am holding, and everything is great when poker goes like that.
Pretty graph:


Hands:
Confusing
I didn't know what to make of the minimum raise. It typically is a big pair so I figured I would 4 bet small enough to entice him to shove. When he just called, I thought he has QQ or JJ, so I didn't really like this flop at all. When he flat called the flop, I was leaning more toward QQ and the K was another bad card. It would either scare his QQ or he just hit his two outer with KK, but I didn't have much left and the pot was pretty large, so I shoved and he had AK (lol).

Nice LAG image
This past week has really shown my why it is so good to have a LAG image. I am getting a lot more action with my big pairs because I'm being so active, and I get action when I have hands like this one because they think I'm a loose, bluffing idiot. I didn't have any history on this guy or I would've shoved the river instead of just a 3/5 pot value bet.

Whenever I started out a session, I used to play pretty tight at the beginning until I figured out the players a bit and then I would make my adjustments. I now like to start playing LAG, because like life, poker is heavily influenced by first impressions. It used to work that I would play so tight that when I finally got my AA or KK I wouldn't get any action. Now, by raising liberally right from the start, I can slow down and start to play tighter, and I still get action on my big hands because all people remember is the low, suited cards I played in the beginning of the session. I am currently right around +$1,300 for the month, and my aim is for $1,500. I thought about making it $2,000 but I won't get to play much tomorrow and probably not at all Saturday, so unless I have a good Sunday Major, I should finish the month around +$1,000-$1,6000. Hopefully this good run will continue for awhile...

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