As detailed in my last post, I went into this game with a goal of playing less passively. I largely succeeded there, but not without a few hurdles.<\/p>\n
Early on I won a few and lost a few hands. However, I went on a nice tear where I was winning more than I was losing. Worked my stack up to around 12,000 (starting at 9,000).<\/p>\n
A good example:<\/p>\n
Limp\/call with A\/10. The flop has an Ace. I check\/call, check\/check and then lead out on a blank river for about pot hoping to look like a bluff. It works and I get a call.<\/p>\n
It was nice as I know I had the table off-balance with my greater than usual aggression. I was able to take down orphaned pots and also win when I\u2019d totally missed the flop. Conversely, I was getting calls when I actually connected too.<\/p>\n
And then, disaster.<\/p>\n
I raise with 9\/10s from late and get 1 caller, Pockets. The flop is 10 high. He checks, I bet and he raises. The history of the evening is that he was down and I was up. I\u2019d won a few good pots off of him, but nothing out of the ordinary. However, at this point I didn\u2019t put him on a monster, but something like A\/10 or K\/10. I figured I could push him around so I went all-in and totally expected a fold. Nope. Insta-call. He turns over 10\/10 for the flopped set of 10\u2019s. Gross right? Especially considering I have the other 10. It doesn\u2019t eliminate me, but I\u2019m down to around 2,000 and crippled.<\/p>\n
At this point there are 30 players left and we consolidate down to 3 tables. I go into survival mode and actually do pretty well by getting at least 3 double-ups. Nothing that got me back to where I was, but I think I ha 5,000 at one point. Shortly after we consolidate down to 2 tables I shove with 5\/5 for around 3,000 (500\/1,000\/200) and am called by a large stack who has Q\/J. He spikes one of his cards on the flop and it\u2019s good night in 19th place. Not bad for survival mode!<\/p>\n
The lesson here seems to be that\u2019s it\u2019s ok to be aggressive, but just to be careful. That\u2019s not exactly what I was expecting as I didn\u2019t really want to be too careful. I guess I need to be just careful enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As detailed in my last post, I went into this game with a goal of playing less passively. I largely succeeded there, but not without a few hurdles. Early on I won a few and lost a few hands. However, … Continue reading