8/14/08

Daily ability 6/5 Start $242
13 tables 2,000 hands +8/100 finish $250


Today's session was a grind it out session. I got sucked out on a few times, hit a couple good hands then just got worn down by standard play. I folded queens and kings today to an all in shove over my raise preflop. This could have been what kept me ahead for the session or not. I also seen people shoving with AKo today and wondered what the % of the time people just shove on the flop could be with ak, pushing for a fold. Ive seen this alot with nubes in tournament play and it looks the same way. I think during my live play I'm going to start verbally supporting bad play. Every time someone makes a bad call I would verbally stae that I would do the same thing. To present a loose, worse image that might give me some more action. I felt like a few times today that I folded the best hands. Simply going off the bet and fold to raises with top top or over pairs. But yet every time I couldn't put a player on a set or other hand due to the betting preflop I was proven wrong when I called them down. I think I might have identified another small leak in my game. When the pot is limped in and im in the blinds I have been firing out with top pair with a face card kicker only to get called by someone on a straight or flush draw. They seem to get there every time or I am the number one target for floaters. Since starting my micro stake journey I don't think at this level that I will be able to maintain the silver star status. I think it will be alot easier to achieve and hold once I move up to the .05-.10 level. I think I will need to hold off playing this level until my roll reaches $400 to give me a little buffer in making the adjustment from playing deep stacked poker to 100bb poker. I have been playing pretty nitty but think I might even need to tighten up a little more when making this jump due to the smaller amount of implied odds I will be getting against my opponents. I think without pokertracker its harder to know what my opponents hand range is for three and four betting. I still think aggression is still key and when C-Betting the bet should be close to the pot sized at this level. As it seems to get the point across more. also I think I might be missing more value by not raising a bet on the flop when I have a set. The draws will still chase and if an opponent wont be able to lay down his hand this will allow me to make the pot bigger quicker. Rather than take the more effective line I noticed while playing at the nl 50 and 100 range.