I've been slacking on the posts, mainly cause I had a bad session on Saturday night, and didn't feel like writing about it, then I had 2 quick evening sessions, one on Monday and one tonight. I'm going to summarize fast:
Saturday, got in a $22+1 war against ChairmanBd and got my ass handed to me. He we crazy aggro and I couldn't find the right strategy against him. I went 2/5 against him. Thankfully I ran into talisain51 and went 2/0 in the $55+2.5 to finish the night with a minimal loss:
$22+1: 2/5 ($73.00)
$55+2.5: 3/2 $42.50
Net: ($30.50)
Monday, I played the first available game. It was a $33+1.5 against guesswest. Decent player, don't remember the details but I won and do recall feeling good after. That's important, cause when I finished I saw vendo sitting at the $110+5 table. Now I had no intention of ever playing that level, but I was 2/1 against him at the $55+2.5 tables, and I knew him to be tight (=beatable). So I gambled with my winnings, and while it took long than normal (I restained my blind aggression a little), I came away with a victory. It was nerve racking, but I have come to the conclusion that if I see a player I know I can beat, I have to play him, even at the higher buy-ins.
$33+1.5: 1/0 $31.50
$110+5: 1/0 $105.00
Net: $136.50
Tonight, I again grabbed the first game I saw, a $33+1.5 against Ricky1730. Decent player. I've played him once before in a HU game and won, but also played him several times in the full table SNG. He likes to bluff, which is different than my blind aggression. He'll check and then bet at times that don't make sense, whereas I will just continuously fire at the pot until I know my opponent won't lay down his hand. Ok, so I'm rationalizing my aggression, big deal! :D Anyways... We play another and he get me pretty low, around $500 chips, and I worked my way back up to win. Then I found talisain51 again at the $55+2.5 tables and took another game from him. He was much more aggressive this time around, and I found myself folding a lot more than I would've liked, but I think he plays like I used to: Overplay the low draw + hands. Top-pair + low draw is an example. I broke him when he had A2Q8 to a 337Q turn, when I had the 3. River came a K and his low draw left him out to dry.
$33+1.5: 1/0 $31.50
$55+2.5: 1/0 $52.50
Totals right now are:
$11+0.5: 0/1 ($11.50)
$22+1: 2/6 ($96.00)
$33+1.5: 7/4 $42.00
$55+2.5: 13/8 $222.50
$110+5: 1/0 $105
$35+3: 2/2/2/20 ($358)
$55+5: 0/0/0/2 ($120)
cash: $41.07
Total: ($134.43)
I think I'm getting a groove back, so I'm going to start playing more full table SNGs to see if I can improve those numbers. If not, then it is clear that I should focus on the HU tables against the players I know I can beat consistently.
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