January 6, 2010
Well another day, another 4,000 Vpps, and another stale mate in BR.
I started off today doing well, probably just getting a better run of cards than normal, or maybe flopping better, I was up over 200 in EV after an hour or so but my BR was still below zero, after a 3 - 4 hour session I ended up only +60 in $EV and down $55 in BR. I started gearing up to play again but was just looking at how dismal the VPPs had been ever since the new year and how nitty the tables had been, it was rare to get a 3bet shove called by anything less than JJ or AK, finally after talking to another guy playing who was playing 200NL I realized his VPP/hand was basically the same as last year, so after a little discussion we decided... it was time for a shot at 200NL.
I started off and was in the middle of a hurricane. EVERY bet I got was called or raised, every c-bet called or raised, if I checked the turn the river was bet, it was nuts, i was starting to think these guys were all MASSIVE calling stations. For a while I was considering only playing AA or KK and just open shoving lol these guys were THAT loose.
Finally though it started to calm down, I think I probably just had a really high amount of opponents with good cards or hitting the flop better because it was unlike anything i had ever seen. Also the vast majority of all PFRs are min raises. I decided to follow suit for a while to see how this would work for me since I steal a lot. This made it easier to get away from 3 bets when I had inferior hands or on the flop since the pot wasn't so big.
Err... I don’t have as much time to type out all I ran into on the first day but one thing I DO need to get better at is keeping the pot smaller when I dont have the biggest of hands, it's tough because some people are totally willing to stack off with me with just say KJ on a Jxx board, or maybe T8 on a 854 board, but other times I can almost tell I'm beat but end up still calling with top pair and getting crushed by a set, a straight or two pair. I think I need to try and keep the c-bets smaller so as not to get stacked so often when I'm way behind, but I guess we'll see. I am starting to think though that this level would be the best out of any level I've played to just shove more aggressively, I was pretty shocked by what my 3bet shoves were called by today. Tomorrow is another day, more to come and hopefully even if I do lose (which Im very much expecting) i learn something and it isn’t just useless free fall...
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