..and why I love it.
Well, I started my 50NL career with a nice upswing. Not a heater; but, it felt good to win double what I am used too. As I mentioned in my previous post, I really do not think that 50NL is any harder that 25NL, yet at the same time, I have encountered problems and situations at this level that I have never ran across before.
The first thing I noticed immediately, was the Check/Raising. On my second and third day playing this week, I was encountered players who were constantly check/raising me on the flop in my pot and their own. I usually do not fret a c/r but I felt that many of these players are doing as a feeble attempt to bluff. I have yet come up with my standard reaction to these light c/r but it is something I need to focus on.
Secondly, playing straight forward poker at these levels seems so much more beneficially than I have thought before. I am not being as fancy as a used to be and it works better. I cut my hand range down a bit and found when I am playing ~21/15 is better than when I was playing upwards 25% VPIP.
These players seemed to better when it came to just calling my raises in position. (Or they just do it more and are still bad at it.) Unfortunately, since I am still novice at these stakes, I cut down my range from UTG-MP. I am not as-readily opening up suited-connectors and other garbage hands just for my table image.
Third, the aggressiveness of these players is incredible. Checking to them, is like checking to me on a flop, in your pot. They will always bet it. No matter how strong my flop and preflop lines are, when I check the turn, I seem to get hit with pot-size bets constantly and I love it. The c/r on the turn has become a huge play in my book and I am doing it with a pretty wide range of hands, which include AK for TPTK, suited connectors on complete bluffs, combo-draws I picked up and etc. Yea, I have gotten called by the top part of peoples ranges but usually I have good equity going in.
Finally, my rakeback is incredible. I love the fact that playing 3-4K hands a day is guaranteeing me between $50-60. With the addition of any Iron man bonuses I am going to be receiving, playing poker has never been so sweet.
So, in summation, I have been doing good. Not to say that I have not made any crucial mistakes: I made more than my fair share for 900 drunk hands last night. This will be the last time I am waking up in the morning beating my self up for how terribly I played after coming back from the bar with some of the Dynastiers. Never doing the drunk cash-game thing again.
Also, Christmas is coming up. So, make sure you guys recognize who is important in your life and take care of them. Remember, for many people, especially family, there is nothing material that can replace the love and affection that one can provide.
.....there are a pair of Maui Jims I am praying for tho. LOL. I have seen Denis Leary wearing these for two seasons on his FX series, "Rescue Me" and I have wanted them since. Well I found 'em!
Well, I started my 50NL career with a nice upswing. Not a heater; but, it felt good to win double what I am used too. As I mentioned in my previous post, I really do not think that 50NL is any harder that 25NL, yet at the same time, I have encountered problems and situations at this level that I have never ran across before.
The first thing I noticed immediately, was the Check/Raising. On my second and third day playing this week, I was encountered players who were constantly check/raising me on the flop in my pot and their own. I usually do not fret a c/r but I felt that many of these players are doing as a feeble attempt to bluff. I have yet come up with my standard reaction to these light c/r but it is something I need to focus on.
Secondly, playing straight forward poker at these levels seems so much more beneficially than I have thought before. I am not being as fancy as a used to be and it works better. I cut my hand range down a bit and found when I am playing ~21/15 is better than when I was playing upwards 25% VPIP.
These players seemed to better when it came to just calling my raises in position. (Or they just do it more and are still bad at it.) Unfortunately, since I am still novice at these stakes, I cut down my range from UTG-MP. I am not as-readily opening up suited-connectors and other garbage hands just for my table image.
Third, the aggressiveness of these players is incredible. Checking to them, is like checking to me on a flop, in your pot. They will always bet it. No matter how strong my flop and preflop lines are, when I check the turn, I seem to get hit with pot-size bets constantly and I love it. The c/r on the turn has become a huge play in my book and I am doing it with a pretty wide range of hands, which include AK for TPTK, suited connectors on complete bluffs, combo-draws I picked up and etc. Yea, I have gotten called by the top part of peoples ranges but usually I have good equity going in.
Finally, my rakeback is incredible. I love the fact that playing 3-4K hands a day is guaranteeing me between $50-60. With the addition of any Iron man bonuses I am going to be receiving, playing poker has never been so sweet.
So, in summation, I have been doing good. Not to say that I have not made any crucial mistakes: I made more than my fair share for 900 drunk hands last night. This will be the last time I am waking up in the morning beating my self up for how terribly I played after coming back from the bar with some of the Dynastiers. Never doing the drunk cash-game thing again.
Also, Christmas is coming up. So, make sure you guys recognize who is important in your life and take care of them. Remember, for many people, especially family, there is nothing material that can replace the love and affection that one can provide.
.....there are a pair of Maui Jims I am praying for tho. LOL. I have seen Denis Leary wearing these for two seasons on his FX series, "Rescue Me" and I have wanted them since. Well I found 'em!
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Dude, do you know what those are called? I want em too!
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