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NewbSaibot United States. Oct 30 2010 19:10. Posts 4946 | | |
Took some leftover rakeback and starting playing micro CAP games on FTP to limit my risk of ruin. The funny thing is I found it to be one of the most relaxing ways to play poker, short of getting high (k2o is progressively perking my interest in this). As a loose aggressive player I tend to see a lot of bad beats just from playing so many pots, at least at small stakes games. I feel I'm pretty good at hand reading, although not so great at playing postflop, such as when to value bet and when to not. My sessions usually result in winning lots of small-medium pots, and then losing one huge one to set me all the way back. The beauty of these micro cap games is that fish are still playing them like normal poker, none of that SS strategy you see at higher cap games. This is great because I can get reasonable value from all my 60/40 hands the way I should, and win pot after pot after pot. When that suckout comes around the corner the most I can ever lose is 30BB's. Fuck you variance, how ya gonna get me now? Even if I lost 5 hands in a row I'd probably just end breakeven. If I lose 5 hands in an uncapped game I'm probably in the deep red. Sure I miss out on value, but only from hands I'm likely to make 2% of the time anyway. For all you regs im sure that 2% makes up for all the losses in between. If you lose 180BB's over 400 hands but win 200BB in one glorious moment then you're ahead. Well problem for me is I dont play long enough to reach those pivotal moments. I quite enjoy battling players one at a time through leisurely play until im satisfied and choose to quit. There's also some sick sick fish at the high stakes cap games who just like the thought of playing 5/10, so it doesnt hurt to get used to it and craft my own theories for optimal play as I get there.
Ultimately though, it's simply +EV for me as a person to play these. It really doesnt bother me at all to lose AJs aipf to K9s for 30BB's as it would for 100 which happens quite often. I wish it didnt bother me at regular NL either, but thats another lesson I have yet to learn.
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Joe Czech Republic. Oct 30 2010 19:24. Posts 5987 | | |
There is also a 25/50NL 20bb CAP table at PokerStars. Those 20bb cant bother you at all... |
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mnj United States. Oct 31 2010 00:46. Posts 3848 | | |
someday you gotta call it quits imo |
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NewbSaibot United States. Oct 31 2010 01:26. Posts 4946 | | |
Good example though, had to leave club early after wife hurt her ankle wearing costume/heels, so we stopped off at a local NL50 game, played 4 hands of NL50 live and lost it all with AKo on a KT8dd flop holding Kd. I raise 16xBB pre and get snapped by utg limper and he calls it off chasing a flush draw and obviously hits. 100BB gone, wish it was 30. Pretty fucking pissed, especially after playing cap earlier for this very reason. |
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barbieman Sweden. Oct 31 2010 08:11. Posts 2132 | | |
every blog post you make seems to be a whine post, somehow pointing out how unlucky you are. You would probably be a happier person if you just quit. |
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maybe you should stop playing poker. I guarantee you're not the unluckiest poker player in the world |
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sawseech Canada. Nov 01 2010 23:40. Posts 3182 | | |
i juss had a 48 buy downswing playing 0.25nl deep
it wuz fun |
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| lets go fucking mental la la la la lets go fucking mental lets go fucking mental lala la la | |
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