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LemOn[5thF] Czech Republic. Apr 30 2009 11:36. Posts 15163

I know I said I will play tight ABC at NL25.
I will not. Monkey style 32/30 9-20% 3Bet with a 4bet bluff here and there seems much better against most people as they are

1) Multitabling Nits
2) Monkeys themselves, who are not used to other monkeys
3) High VP Fish I raise wide range in position against them but once the flop comes and I miss I don't invest a cent.
4) Solid observing players against which I am forced to play solid myself. But if they go by stats they might not realise I am not so loose against them and it might give me a slight edge. However I met 2-3 Gold Stars where I felt that I don't have an edge anymore and people like this are a big challenge for me as they knew very well how to adjust.

Its the path of high variance, and a path that I am not very experienced at. I still make big amount of mistakes and my skills are challenged at all times, but I believe it pushes my poker skills forward.

Just to show you some fun Monkey v Monkey hands:

Hand1: My line seems weird? That was my intention. I bluffed this 40/35 guy a lot, and sometimes he saw my K8o, 35s kind of hands on board with 0 outs. After being down roughly $5 to him (but still up at the table thanks to the nits) I wake up with a monster.

His range here? Random.
I did my best for my line not to make any sense and first let him bluff turn, and than make it look like an obvious illogical bluff myself. I try very hard for my bluffs to make sense at all times and bet only when its logical for me to have a hand, preferrably in small pots or at very obvious spots, but the aggro NL10-NL25 players don't seem to realise this, and even the tight players try to counter aggression by aggression a lot.

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Just a fun hand. This guy was stealing around 40%, so I started to 3bet him with anything semi-playable like A2o, any single gapper SC KTo etc. And he was folding, alot. Than he couldn't take it anymore and he started 4betting me All-in. 3 times I folded, but than I made my stand:
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Anyway my first year at uni (I came straight to second year) ends in one month.
Just got an essay with my usual 72% back (I had 3 modules last semestre, all 70-75% Overall mark, I could push it harder if my standard for 3k words essay was not one to two days of semi-studying and preparation for exams two days perhaps) is coming to an end and exams are in one month.

Than I have to find myself a job as I am going for an Internship next Uni Year,I had an interview with Sun Microsystems today and couple more are coming up, wish me luck ;o

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93% Sure!

Last edit: 30/04/2009 11:47

NiTE Croatia. Apr 30 2009 12:55. Posts 366

Good thing I'm at ipoker, I don't want to play vs you.

I'm pretty much going thru the similar evolution of my game, and I pretty much agree with your observations about the players at these limits.

It's all about getting a good idea of what your competition is made of, and knowing how to adapt.

you can add me to msn if you want (icajic@gmail.com), I'd love to work with you on improving both of our games.
I'll be kinda busy for the next few days, and in may in general, but after that - monstering alot!

Have an opinion about what I said? please say it

Zalfor United States. Apr 30 2009 13:25. Posts 2236

i would check/raise on the turn

LemOn[5thF] Czech Republic. Apr 30 2009 13:36. Posts 15163

Yeah Zalfor, Although I still believe I had more chance of making it seem like a bluff and him calling with my line the chance was probably not higher than the % chance of him outdrawing me (I don't think any scare card would make him less likely to call me really the way my image was set, but still I may add some % to that possibility)

93% Sure!

Last edit: 30/04/2009 13:37