So these days when I'm bored I hop on stars or party and just 3 or 4 table for an hour or two. Since last week, something has just clicked and I'm playing really well, winning a lot when I win and losing less when I get sucked out on. I always try to find a short handed game (even on party which doesn't have 10NL 6max tables), since I'm trying out a more aggressive style that works best short handed.
Current rolls:
Party: 80.54
Stars: 167.65
I'm really happy with my party roll, since It's up from the free $15 bonus that I got on the 22nd or so. It would be at $130, but I lost $50 trying out $25NL, one buy-in because I was adjusting to the limit (they're more aggressive and they fold even less than 10NL) and one buy-in from a sick cooler flopped set vs gutshot straight that called two reraises on the flop and turn and hit on the river. Each time I donked off a buyin at 25NL, I multi-tabled at 5 or 10NL and made back the $25 in less than two hours. So I figure that until I have a good enough bankroll to comfortably play at the limit, I'll just continue playing 10NL under-rolled on party, since it's just so easy.
I don't really care if I go broke on party, so I just play on there when I feel like playing poker or have a 'bad feeling', or don't have enough time to really play a full session. So far the fish have been biting really nicely.
Hand 1: I really don't know
Hand 2: Because gutshot + ace = nuts, apparently
Hand 3: 47o is a good hand, really
I think one of the biggest reasons why absolutely nobody at 10NL gives me any credit is because I raise almost everything to 4bb preflop, and cont-bet 90% of the time. I can do this because they're just so weak that I can stay at even money just from the amount of times that they fold to my cont bets. But I tighten up a lot post-flop, when the bets get big, and they're still putting me on air when I'm making half-buyin size bets.
Anyways, I've gotten pretty confident with this playstyle, so I've started using on Stars, since it wins large pots faster than nitting it up full-ring. I'm playing at 5NL on Stars until I reach 200$, and then I'll try out 10NL. If I'm lucky, my party roll will zoom up super fast, while my stars roll will steadily increase.
Just two hands to end the post:
Hand 4: Played this tonight. I almost timed out trying to decide whether to call his shove on the river, but my gut told me he plays AK exactly like this too.
Hand 5: I have no words for this.
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