Monday, July 21, 2008

Played well, results stink

I honestly felt like I played very strong, but got massacred by luck. All in's were shocking but even worse were value bets. Like 3 betting AJs, value betting a A73r board, getting called, then having only a 2/3rd pot size bet to get him all in, and he hits a king on the turn, to make it K3 two pair. He called a 3 bet with K3, then called a cbet for almost 1/2 his chips with bottom pair? And people hit their draws all day long too.

So enough whinging. I felt like I learned a bit last night. I watched part 2 of Jackals SNG HU tourney video at CR. Very solid, it's amazing how tight weak he is. But definitely has different gears and gets more aggressive as it's needed. I'm aiming at playing like this, because the tight weak approach will beat a fair percentage of players out there, and once you identify the player you are playing needs a different style, change it up. In fact playing my usual aggro style is bad play against some passive players, so I need to be able to play a few different styles and mix it up according to who I'm playing.

I want to know how to play a decent limper. Most limpers have no idea what they are doing, but I was playing one that seemed to know exactly when I was making moves and when I had a hand against him last night. It was probably one of two opponents I felt outclassed against last night, as he had an answer for everything I tried.

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